Harris leans into holiday ‘spirit’ with message to staffers sugarcoating massive layoffs
Vice President Kamala Harris tried to encourage Democratic staffers facing layoffs from the DNC on Sunday, telling them that their “spirit will not be defeated.”
Harris made the comments during the DNC’s holiday celebration in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. She spoke alongside President Biden and first lady Jill Biden at the event, which played host to staffers who were let go from the DNC without severance packages after the election.
“This holiday season, like any time of the year, let us really be conscious of all the blessings we have. Let us celebrate the blessings we have; let us celebrate and advance the blessings we have yet to create,” Harris said. “And let us always remember our country is worth fighting for, and our spirit will not be defeated.”
“And hear me when I say this, that spirit that fuels the countless hours and days and months of work that you have put into this, that spirit. It can never be defeated. Our spirit is not defeated. We are not defeated. Let’s be clear about that. We are strong. We are clear about why we are in this. And because you’re here right now. I say again, thank you. Because not only are you clear about all of that, you’re willing to put in the hard work and that work must continue,” she said.
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Biden took the stage after Harris and defended the pair’s legacy as they prepare to leave office. He argued that the country is in a “resoundingly” better position today than when he and Harris entered the White House.
“The one thing I’ve always believed about public service, and especially about the presidency, is the importance of asking yourself, have we left the country in better shape than we found it? Today, I can say with every fiber of my being, of all my heart, the answer to that question is a resounding yes,” he said.
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He went on to encourage staffers to “stay engaged” in the years ahead.
“You’re not going anywhere, kid,” Biden said of Harris. “Because we’re not gonna let you.”
Some DNC staffers had expressed frustration at the post-election layoffs, which are relatively common in Washington, D.C. The DNC union objected to the lack of severance packages and other benefits when the layoffs were announced in late November.
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“We find it very cruel that DNC management is trying to claim that layoffs are just part of the job,” a DNC union member told Mother Jones. “And we feel strongly that losing an election has not absolved the organization of its responsibility to treat its workers with basic dignity.”
DNC Chair Jaime Harrison does not plan to seek re-election to his post, leaving a pool of would-be leaders to vie for the top position.
The next chair will be chosen by the roughly 450 voting members of the national party committee when they meet at the beginning of February at National Harbor in Maryland for the DNC’s winter meeting.
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The list of candidates seeking to replace Harrison includes Martin O’Malley, the former two-term Maryland governor, Ben Wikler, who has led the Democratic Party in Wisconsin for five years, and Minnesota Democrats chair Ken Martin.
See first bill from Trump’s waste-cutters aimed at giving relief to American taxpayers
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are dropping hints about where the co-leads of President-elect Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will focus its efforts on trimming federal spending when the new administration takes over in January.
Musk, the wealthiest person in the world who is known for his ambitious goals, has set an aim to slash $2 trillion in federal spending under the initiative, while Ramaswamy, a billionaire in his own right, has said entire agencies will be “deleted” under DOGE’s recommendations.
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IRS: Simplifying U.S. tax code policy
“In 1955, there were less than 1.5 million words in the U.S. Tax Code. Today, there are more than 16 million words,” DOGE posted to its X account on Nov. 15. “Because of this complexity, Americans collectively spend 6.5 billion hours preparing and filing their taxes each year. This must be simplified.”
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Department of Defense (DOD): The Pentagon’s chronic audit failing
Two days after the previously cited post, DOGE flagged that the Department of Defense had failed its 7th straight audit last month, noting that the DOD once again cannot fully account for its budget – which was $824 billion.
When Musk saw the news about the Pentagon’s latest failed audit, we wrote on X, “Sounds like a job for @DOGE!”
In a subsequent post, Ramaswamy noted that the Department of Education (DOE) just failed its third consecutive audit and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) “showed significant deficiencies.” He also threw red flags about AmericCorp’s budget, calling all the findings, “Utterly unacceptable” before adding, “Time for DOGE.”
Congress: $516B Authorized for expired programs
“In FY2024, U.S. Congress provided $516 billion to programs whose authorizations previously expired under federal law,” the DOGE X account posted on Nov. 16. “Nearly $320 billion of that $516 billion expired more a decade ago.”
Federal workforce: Ending government employees’ working from home option
DOGE and its co-leads have vowed repeatedly to end telework for federal employees, and flagged the Biden administration’s last-minute deal extending 42,000 Social Security Administration (SSA) employees work-from-home privileges for another five years – after President-elect Trump leaves office.
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Ramaswamy says a majority of federal workers do not show up to the office, and pointed to the fact that the U.S. government owns thousands of vacant buildings, which he called, “nuts” and “a job for DOGE.”
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Musk separately pointed to a report from Sen. Joni Ernst indicating that “If you exclude security guards & maintenance personnel, the number of government workers who show up in person and do 40 hours of work a week is closer to 1%!.”
He added, that’s “Almost no one.”
Expediting government projects
In an X post on Dec. 5, DOGE pointed to a slew of federal projects that were delayed for years due to red tape. Musk and Ramaswamy say deregulation is a key part of DOGE’s purpose, which is in line with Trump’s agenda.
Ramaswamy pointed to particular issues with how construction is being hindered by regulations.
Modernizing and finding cost-effective government IT systems
“The Federal government spends 80% of its annual $100 billion IT budget on maintaining outdated systems,” DOGE posted on X. “Not only are older systems more expensive to maintain, but they are also more vulnerable to hackers.”
Musk and Ramaswamy both wrote posts saying updating tech is a priority, with Ramaswamy saying, it is on DOGE’s “to-do list.”
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Returning money to taxpayers
In response to a DOGE post that in 2023 NIH spent $759 million on workforce diversity and outreach, over $611,000 on “Evaluating Microaggressions among Latinx Individuals with Obesity,” and $87,944 on the “Role of the estrous cycle and nucleus accumbens signaling on incubation of oxycodone craving in female rats,” Ramaswamy wrote, “Return this $$ to the taxpayers.”
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Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as nominee to serve as director of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and Ramaswamy signaled cost-savings can be anticipated across the board under RFK’s watch.
Federal agencies: Fraud losses
In response to a report that the federal government loses between $233 billion and $521 billion each year due to fraud, Musk replied on X, “Drop the @DOGE hammer.”
Foreign aid: Investment transparency
“Here’s an easy one for @DOGE!” longtime budget-cutting evangelist, former presidential candidate, and retired Congressman Dr. Ron Paul wrote on X. “ELIMINATE foreign aid! It’s taking money from the poor and middle class in the US and giving it to the rich in poor countries – with a cut to the facilitators in between! Americans don’t want their government to borrow more money to spend on foreign aid. Besides, it is the immoral transfer of wealth and is unconstitutional.”
Musk responded, “@DOGE will address this with full transparency for the American people.”
Protecting Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security benefits
Most of the largest spending program in the federal government is Social Security, followed by Medicare and Medicaid, along with other mandatory obligations. While several options for adjustments have been floated to address the sustainability of these programs over the years, Ramaswamy said in a recent interview that touching entitlements is not DOGE’s role.
Ramaswamy told Axios at the Aspen Security Forum earlier this month that it would be premature to discuss any of the aforementioned entitlements through DOGE, saying such cuts would be “a policy decision that belongs to the voters” and their representatives in Congress.
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However, Ramaswamy signaled that DOGE will be looking to stop sending taxpayer dollars to people who are wrongly pocketing funds under the programs.
He told the outlet, “Right now, there are hundreds of billions of dollars flowing out the door of all of those programs ending up in the hands of people who, even under the statute, should not be receiving those payments.”
Professors accused of playing a role in accused Ivy League killer’s mental snap
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s alleged killer, Luigi Nicholas Mangione, graduated from a top Ivy League school, and now he’s behind bars, charged with second-degree murder. An elite university professor explained how Ivy League campuses across the country perpetuate radicalization, painting a picture of the suspect’s educational environment.
Thompson, 50, was shot from behind on the sidewalk outside a New York City Hilton hotel on Dec. 4 before a shareholder conference. After a five-day national manhunt for the killer, Mangione, 26, was taken into custody on Monday at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Raised by a prominent Maryland family, the murder suspect graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with bachelor and master’s degrees in computer science and was part of the Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society for Electrical and Computer Engineering.
“It is fairly uniform in the Ivy League and other so-called elite educational institutions that they skew extremely heavily to the left among the faculty,” Cornell Law professor William Jacobson told Fox News Digital. “The modern Democratic Party . . . leans very heavily to the left, has a very strong anti-American, anti-capitalist wing to it . . . so it would not surprise me if somebody growing up and getting educated in that atmosphere becomes radicalized.”
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Jacobson said that there has been a shift in the attitude of educators at elite universities over the last two to three decades.
“Activism is now considered a vital part of the teaching role for many professors,” he explained. “They do not distinguish between their teaching and their activism.”
“That most clearly manifests itself on the anti-Israel front. But it’s elsewhere, too, on the anti-capitalist front . . .if you’re educating yourself in that atmosphere, I certainly could understand why someone would have hostile views towards a health insurance company.”
A professor at Mangione’s alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, took to TikTok and Instagram to praise the suspect, which she has since retracted.
UPenn School of Arts and Sciences Deputy Dean Jeffrey Kallberg issued a statement to Fox News Digital on Wednesday regarding the post from UPenn Assistant English Professor Julia Alekseyeva.
“Much concern was raised by recent social media posts attributed to Assistant Professor Julia Alekseyeva,” Kallberg said. “Her comments regarding the shooting of Brian Thompson in New York City were antithetical to the values of both the School of Arts and Sciences and the University of Pennsylvania, and they were not condoned by the School or the University. Upon reflection, Assistant Professor Alekseyeva has concurred that the comments were insensitive and inappropriate and has retracted them.”
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Mangione subscribed to anti-capitalist and climate change causes, according to law enforcement sources, the New York Post reported.
When the suspect was taken into custody, four fake IDs, a gun and silencer resembling those used in the shooting, and a handwritten manifesto denouncing the health insurance industry were found on him. In his manifesto, Mangione mentioned UnitedHealthcare specifically, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told Fox News.
The Ivy League graduate had an outburst on Tuesday, as he was escorted into a Pennsylvania courthouse, revealing more of his ideology.
“It’s completely out of touch, and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and its lived experience!” Mangione shouted, as he was hurried inside.
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A profile suspected of belonging to Mangione on the social media site Goodreads periodically posted on the platform and wrote a review for a book by the infamous Unabomber Ted Kaczynski.
“But it’s simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out.”
Writing about Kaczynski’s “Industrial Society and Its Future,” he quoted another online “take that [he] found interesting.”
“When all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive,” he wrote. “You may not like his methods, but to see things from his perspective, it’s not terrorism, it’s war and revolution.”
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A Princeton University professor recently spoke to Fox News about an op-ed he wrote for the New York Times, in which he gave advice to college students who feel they’ll be discriminated against at elite universities for being right-leaning or conservative.
“They fear being treated unfairly by faculty members who are hostile to their beliefs,” Robert George wrote. “To these students, I say, with regret: You’re right to worry. I’ve seen these things happen.”
In his op-ed, he recalled a student being removed from a leadership position on a sports team because some of her more liberal teammates accused her of expressing an opinion about policing that they disagreed with.
“That sort of atmosphere where you’re surrounded by claims that the United States is not legitimate,that capitalism is a unique evil in the world, where you do not get taught the horrors of communism and socialism . . . it’s not surprising that somebody would look at health care and blame an executive of a company without understanding what health care looks like in other places,” Jacobson said, noting that he does not know Mangione’s specific motives and cannot say definitively whether the suspect was radicalized during his studies.
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Mangione has been charged with second-degree murder, second- and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument in the killing of Thompson, according to a felony arrest warrant in New York.
“I think people need to focus on what the evidence is, what in his background might have radicalized him . . . what in his background would have led him to engage in such an elaborate plot,” Jacobson said.
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“This is not a spontaneous act of violence. This was obviously clearly planned. [The suspect] identified the person, identified the company, identified where he would be, identified when he would be vulnerable.”
Starbucks CEO overhauls parental leave policy after employee email
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol, just about four months on the job, has taken on the challenging task of turning around the world renowned coffee giant, using key strategies to drive change and create what he hopes will be the “unrivaled best job in retail.” Chief among them: transparency and swift decision-making.
One of his latest decisions came from an employee email, internally called partners, asking for longer parental leave.
“It caught my attention. I followed up with the team, and then we reached out to a few more partners,” Niccol told FOX Business digital in an exclusive interview. He quickly decided that “this is one we can take action on.”
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Starting this spring, the company will double its paid parental leave benefits. For some workers, it’s as much as three times the original amount.
For instance, paid leave for birth mothers is increasing from six to 18 weeks. All other non-birth parents – whether welcoming a child through birth, surrogacy, adoption or long-term foster care – will receive up to 12 weeks of paid leave at 100% of their average pay, according to Starbucks.
For employees to be eligible for benefits, they need to work an average of 20 hours per week, according to the company’s current policies.
“We have a culture of learning. We have a culture of ideas, but we also want to have a culture of we make decisions, we take action and we hold ourselves accountable on the execution,” Niccol said. “That’s been kind of the deal I’ve been making with people as I go to stores, as I reply to emails, as I do communications, whether it’s letter or video.”
Before Niccol took over, the company faced growing pressure from unionization campaigns across the nation and back-to-back disappointing fiscal quarters as traffic declined. Niccol, who replaced former CEO Laxman Narasimhan in August, is trying to boost profitability and create a better environment for workers.
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In the early days of his new role, Niccol was candid with his team about the need for a “turnaround.”
“I need everybody’s collective best thinking so we have the right insights to turn this business around,” Niccol said.
While he acknowledged he didn’t have all the solutions, he was clear about his commitment: “What I definitely am committed to doing is identifying what we need to fix and taking action to fix it.”
When Niccol, who held executive roles in some of the biggest bands in the industry, including sitting at the helm of Taco Bell and Chipotle, visited stores, he also made it clear to employees that he wanted their input.
He tried to establish ‘Hey, call me, email me, You know, I can’t be in every store, but I’m willing to listen, and I’m willing to listen,'” Niccol said.
One of the first suggestions he received was if the company could bring back the coffee condiment bar. By November, Niccol said the condiment bar is making a comeback next year. He simultaneously announced that stores would boast the former “coffee house” aesthetic with “personal touches,” including serving coffee in ceramic mugs. They are re-introducing Sharpies and will stop charging extra for customizing beverages with non-dairy milk.
“Sometimes when you get into a challenged environment, you kind of become almost store blind, like you don’t see some of these obvious things,” Niccol said. “You’re so focused on trying to get things turned around, you walk past some of the obvious things.”
While Niccol said that not every suggestion would be accepted, he noted the importance of making quick decisions.
He believes the most powerful words for creating a healthy culture are “yes” and “no.”
“If a culture starts to understand where we’re getting the “yeses” and where we are getting the “nos,” it reinforces the kind of business, the kind of values, the kind of promises we want to make for customers and partners,” he said. “I try to keep it simple, and I try to get to a ‘yes’ and a ‘no,’ not let’s have another meeting on that.”
Beyond extending certain benefits, the company is working to improve scheduling and increase the number of hours per employee. The goal is for employees to receive at least 24 hours of work per week, according to Niccol.
Currently, the challenge they are facing is making sure they have enough people scheduled at the right times.
Niccol said that the issue sometimes is that the “roster” of employees gets too small because they try and spread hours evenly, rather than adjusting for the natural ups and downs of the business.
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As a result, Niccol said stores end up understaffed during peak times, even though everyone is getting hours. He is trying to ensure that people can rely on their schedules while also making sure the company is scheduling the right number of people at the right times.
Among its latest goals to create a positive work culture, the company also committed to filling 90% of retail leadership roles internally, to ensure employees stay longer and grow with the company.
It is also continuing to cover 100% of college tuition for thousands of employees as part of its Starbucks College Achievement Plan and offering company stock to eligible partners.
Since 1991, 1.5 million partners have received $2.4 billion in stock. Shares have gained 4% this year, trailing the S&P 500’s 27% rise.
Archaeologists uncover burial site — and it appears Santa Claus is real after all
While Santa Claus is often pictured flying across the night sky on Christmas Eve, a team of archaeologists may have unearthed a sarcophagus containing the remains of the saint whose spirit of generosity is still celebrated in the modern world more than 1,600 years later.
“We believe that we have encountered a sarcophagus to be in situ (original position) for the first time,” said associate professor Ebru Fatma Findik, who is heading the excavation team through Hatay Mustafa Kemal University’s Department of Art History.
The discovery was made at St. Nicholas Church in the Demre district of Antalya, Turkey, as part of an excavation initiated by Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
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The sarcophagus was found in the church’s two-story annex, which is believed to be the original burial site of Saint Nicholas, a bishop who lived in the ancient city of Myra during the fourth century.
“While drilling inside the structure, we encountered a surprise sarcophagus,” Findik said.
“While drilling inside the structure, we encountered a surprise sarcophagus,” Findik said.
“We are working inside the 20-meter-long, two-story structure that borders the church courtyard from the south. This work, among the undecorated sarcophagus group, is made of local stone and has a slightly high barrel roof.”
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The lid has a handle, Findik said, and the underground part of the approximately 2-meter-long sarcophagus is estimated to be 1.5-2 meters high.
“According to initial evaluations, its similarity to the types of sarcophagi in the region is striking,” Findik added.
She explained to A News, a Turkish news agency, that the exact location of Saint Nicholas’ burial remains uncertain.
“Some historical sources mention that St. Nicholas was buried near the sacred area of the city of Myra,” Fındık told A News.
“The discovery of a sarcophagus near the church, which is believed to be the resting place of St. Nicholas, could indicate that this site may indeed be the sacred area in question. We can say that we have reached archaeological evidence that confirms historical sources about St. Nicholas’ burial place being in the city’s sacred area.”
Before the team reached the sarcophagus, they found other artifacts of interest.
“In addition, many terracotta oil lamp fragments and animal bones were unearthed before reaching the sarcophagus during the drilling,” Findik said.
Saint Nicholas, known for his acts of generosity, was born in the third century Greek village of Patara, which is now on the southern coast of Turkey.
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It is said his wealthy parents died when he was young and that he used his inheritance to assist the needy and suffering, especially children.
He served as the bishop of Myra and died in 343 CE.
Around 200 years after his death, his remains were moved to the Church of St. Nicholas, which was built in his honor.
Findik said her team looks forward to gathering more information as the excavation continues.
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“The fact that a sarcophagus has been unearthed very close to the church that is thought to contain the tomb of St. Nicholas excites us greatly,” Findik said.
“As part of the project, we will be happy to complete the excavation and restoration of the area where the sarcophagus is located and contribute to our country’s tourism.”
Sylvester Stallone angers Palm Beach neighbors with unique request for $35M mansion
Sylvester Stallone wants to keep moving forward with plans to build an underwater barrier near his Palm Beach home, despite the wrath of neighbors in his affluent, water-front community.
Stallone, 78, reportedly has plans to build a seaweed barrier in the Intracoastal Waterway by his $35 million mansion, according to The Palm Beach Post.
What appears to be billed as an environmental project needed to keep out debris and seaweed from the waterway, “the overall project purpose is to exclude boaters” from being near the property, a public notice from the Army Corps stated. Seaweed is listed as a secondary concern.
Neighbors were reportedly blindsided by the proposal request from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, which stated they have until 5 p.m. on Christmas Day to comment on Stallone’s project, according to the outlet.
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The “Rocky” actor’s application also included a request for a lease of state land due to the positioning of the barrier which is owned by the state, according to records.
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“He bought a beautiful property,” Stallone’s neighbor Bradford Gary told the outlet, calling the home “one of the nicest West Indies houses” in the North End. “I can see why you’d want to protect it. But you can’t just kind of stake your claim and think you own the water.”
Representatives for Stallone did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
In 2021, Stallone was confirmed as the buyer of a sprawling $35 million home, which sits on approximately 1.5 lakefront acres, facing over 250 feet of beach with a dock.
The total living space – including a main house, a guest house and a pool pavilion near the keyhole-shaped pool in the backyard – is over 13,000 square feet. Between the main and guest spaces, the property has seven bedrooms and 12 baths.
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Records indicated the barrier application was submitted in January 2023, with plans received by the Army Corps in August. A month-long public comment period began on Oct. 24, where one question was submitted regarding manatees becoming entangled, and the proposed project’s effects on seagrasses.
“The Corps is reviewing the project purpose to determine if the use of barrier for the purpose of deterring boaters within the public waterway is permittable,” the Army Corps spokesperson said, according to The Palm Beach Post.
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For residents Susan Gary and husband Bradford, the public-comment period notice was only recently received in the mail, and long after the window had closed for them to raise concerns.
“Usually when your neighbors are gonna do something, we’ve found in Palm Beach, usually they call,” Gary said. “A lot of neighbors are concerned.”
Last year, Stallone spoke about his decision to relocate to the East Coast after building his career and family in Los Angeles. In the opening scenes of his Netflix documentary, “Sly,” Stallone spoke about the decision to move, saying it was beneficial to his creativity.
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“I wasn’t moving because ‘Oh, wow, I wanted another beautiful view.’ Any time changing that paradigm which you become used to, it’s literally to jump-start that process again,” he explained.
Flavin also made it clear that change was the primary factor for their move, not any concern over crime rates expressed by some celebrities.
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“There’s crime everywhere, there’s crime in Florida, too, so I didn’t move because of crime. You can find it anywhere you look, even in small towns,” the mother of three said.
“I think California is probably the most beautiful state in the United States. I absolutely love it, but I just needed a change. I felt like I’ve been there long enough, and life is short, so I wanted to make a change and not just be sitting in one house the rest of my life.”