Dem calls out own party for gerrymandering Republicans ‘out of existence’
Democrats are fighting tooth and nail to stop Texas lawmakers’ plan to redraw the state’s congressional map, but critics, including one prominent member of their own party, say they don’t exactly hold the moral high ground.
Democrat legislators have fled the state to avoid votes on redistricting, which is expected to add more Republican seats to Congress for the Lone Star State. They’re getting the rock-star treatment as they visit blue states, where several governors have vowed to gerrymander Republicans out of their own Congressional delegations in retaliation for the Texas effort.
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However, Democratic strategist Julian Epstein told “Fox News Live” on Saturday that his party is not immune from criticism, as many blue states have already gerrymandered in a way that limits Republican congressional representation.
“No, I think they don’t have the moral authority, and there’s a lot of pearl-clutching going on,” he said.
Several blue states, including Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Mexico, have no Republicans in their House delegations. And many feature oddly-drawn districts, seemingly crafted to limit GOP representation.
“The Democrats don’t have clean hands here. You look at states like Massachusetts, New Jersey[…] Illinois, California, and Democrats have effectively gerrymandered Republicans out of existence,” Epstein added.
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Epstein cautioned that the nationwide redistricting battle could create a “race to the bottom,” and that leaving Republicans and Democrats in states led by the opposite parties could lead to people feeling left out of the democratic process. Epstein cited New Jersey, in which Trump garnered 46% of the vote in 2024, but Republicans only have three out of the 12 congressional seats.
Meanwhile, Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison, a Republican, told Fox News Digital on Saturday that Democrats are guilty of “total hypocrisy and faux outrage.”
“The dirty little secret is Democrats have no problem whatsoever with states redrawing their congressional maps to maximize partisan political advantage. They’re just furious that Republican states are starting to redraw their maps,” Harrison said.
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“It’s because Democrat state after Democrat state, for a decade, has been gerrymandering the hell out of their congressional maps,” he said.
“Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware, all of these states have zero. If you’re a Republican in those Democrat states, you don’t have any voice in Congress,” he added. “And [there are] many, many more that have given you just one seat, Oregon, I think Maine and Maryland.”
In California, a special election is likely to occur in November to counteract the Texas redistricting plan.
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“We are talking about emergency measures to respond to what’s happening in Texas, and we will nullify what happens in Texas,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Friday with some Texas state lawmakers.
“We’ll pick up five seats with the consent of the people. And that’s the difference between the approach we’re taking and the approach they’re taking,” Newsom added. “We’re doing it on a temporary basis. We’re doing it in a fully transparent way and we’re doing it by asking the people of the state of California for their consent and support.”
Harrison explained that Texas’s redistricting push has numerous reasons behind it, including the population growth in the Lone Star state since the last census.
Former Superman star responds after actor calls him a ‘loser’ for joining ICE
Actor John Leguizamo slammed former Superman actor Dean Cain as a “loser” after Cain announced that he is planning on becoming an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on Fox News’s “Jesse Watters Primetime” on Wednesday.
The “Moulin Rouge!” actor posted a video to his Instagram account on Friday, torching Cain’s decision to join ICE and calling the former “Superman” star a “moron.”
“What kind of loser volunteers to be an ICE officer?” Leguizamo questioned. “What a moron. Dean Cain, your pronouns are has/been.”
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The actor responded to Leguizamo’s criticisms of him on X, issuing a gentle reply to the “Ice Age” actor’s harsh words.
“He’s a good actor— I like his stuff,” Cain posted in response to an article from The Hollywood Reporter detailing Leguizamo’s criticisms of him.
Cain rose to fame in the 1990s with his performance as Clark Kent on the TV show “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.”
During an interview with Fox News Digital, the “Superman” actor explained that his motive to join ICE is the same as when he decided to get involved in law enforcement nearly a decade ago — to protect and serve the American people.
“Our ICE agents, who are amazing men and women, are incredible. And they’re black, and they are brown and green and yellow and Japanese and whatever. They’re a cross-section of Americans,” he told Fox News Digital. “They are doing their job, the job that Congress wrote the laws for them to support and uphold, and they’re doing the job of deporting people who are here illegally.
“If you’re a legal citizen here in this country, no worries, you’re great, but if you’re here illegally, you’ve broken the law to begin with, whatever the circumstances are. You had multiple opportunities to self-deport, and the fact that these men and women who are doing their jobs are getting vilified, I had to stand up with them and for them because I think it takes people standing up to change the culture,” Cain said.
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As noted by The Hollywood Reporter, Cain recently made headlines for his critical take on James Gunn’s adaptation of “Superman,” expressing concern over the director’s comments claiming that “Superman is the story of America … an immigrant that came from other places and populated the country.”
“How woke is Hollywood going to make this character?” Cain asked during an interview with TMZ. “How much is Disney going to change their Snow White? Why are they going to change these characters to exist for the times?”
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Canada sheds tens of thousands of jobs as Trump’s tariffs dent plans
Canada shed tens of thousands of jobs in July, dragging the country’s employment rate to its lowest point in eight months as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs rippled through key industries.
The labor market’s reversal came just weeks after a surge in hiring. Statistics Canada data, cited by Reuters, showed the economy created 83,000 jobs in June but lost 40,800 in July, erasing nearly half of that gain.
The share of working-age Canadians with jobs slipped to 60.7%, while the unemployment rate held steady at a near-multi-year high of 6.9%, according to the outlet.
Trump’s sectoral tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos have hit the manufacturing sector hard and reduced the hiring intentions of companies, Reuters said, citing statements from the Bank of Canada.
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As part of a broader “America First” trade policy, Trump introduced sector-specific tariffs in an effort to protect U.S. manufacturing and reduce trade deficits with key partners.
Manufacturing employment fell by nearly 10,000 from a year earlier, according to Statistics Canada, Reuters said.
Marty Warren, national director of the United Steelworkers union, confirmed to the outlet that about 1,000 of its members have been laid off.
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Youth workers were hit especially hard. Unemployment among 15- to 24-year-olds jumped to 14.6%, while their employment rate fell to 53.6%, levels unseen since the late 1990s, excluding pandemic years, Reuters added.
Despite the setbacks, the national layoff rate stayed at 1.1%, suggesting some stability in other parts of the economy, the outlet said.
The Bank of Canada left its benchmark interest rate unchanged this week but reportedly hinted it could move to cut rates if growth continues to falter and inflation remains under control.
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Oxford Economics economist Tony Davenport expects further job losses ahead, forecasting about 140,000 more layoffs and unemployment climbing into the mid-7% range later this year, according to Reuters.
FOX Business reached out to the White House for comment.
JONATHAN TURLEY: Alan Dershowitz fights back after Martha’s Vineyard chef refuses to serve him
Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz appears to be living through a remake of the Seinfeld Soup Nazi episode. However, Dershowitz is facing a new culinary menace in Martha’s Vineyard. Chef Krem Miskevich has barred the famed lawyer from buying pierogis because of his political views, and liberals are applauding him for it. Welcome to Pierogi Politics. It is the same distasteful politics that is tearing apart this country, only with an added carbo load.
Dershowitz has previously described how his liberal neighbors, who were friendly when he was advancing left-wing causes, have blacklisted him in the elite community due to his defense of President Donald Trump. He is treated as a persona non grata and shunned by the wealthy community.
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Now the blacklisting has extended to food. Dershowitz would regularly go to the West Tisbury Farmers Market and buy food from the Good Pierogi. Then Miskevich decided to join the mob and bar him from eating.
Miskevich (who goes by pronouns “they” and “them”) also accused Dershowitz of misgendering by referring to “him” in passing (Dershowitz said that he would happily use his preferred pronouns). However, Miskevich admits it is his political and legal views that led him to blacklist the professor.
Dershowitz is now pursuing legal action against the West Tisbury Farmers Market and posted this statement on his YouTube channel last week: “He didn’t approve of my politics so he wouldn’t serve me.”
Dershowitz suggested that the initial rejection may have been due to his wearing a pro-Jewish T-shirt. In his initial encounter, he had reminded the vendor that Massachusetts law prohibits refusing service based on race, religion or sexual orientation: “You couldn’t say ‘I don’t serve black people,’ you couldn’t say, ‘I don’t serve gay people,’ you couldn’t say ‘I don’t serve Jews.'”
The police were called in the incident and led Dershowitz away.
Miskevich has thrilled the left by venting his hate for Dershowitz and anyone who holds his political or legal views:
“When he came to our booth, I experienced a surge of emotion. As a chef, I love to share what I cook with the public, regardless of who they are. In this case, what was in the forefront of my mind was the fact that this was the high-profile attorney who represented several sexual predators and abusers including Jeffrey Epstein.”
Dershowitz is entirely in the right here, and the treatment that he received was outrageous. What is chilling is how hate is now celebrated on the left as a perverse type of virtue signaling.
We have seen how the left has embraced blacklisting, an abuse that was once associated with the McCarthy period. In 1950, columnist and civil libertarian Max Lerner penned a chilling prediction in the New York Post about the Red Scare: “There is a hate layer of opinion and emotion in America. There will be other McCarthys to come who will be hailed as its heroes.”
It turns out it would come from the left. Calls for blacklisting have come from city councils to public interest groups. Others called for banning those “complicit” from college campuses, while still others demanded a “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” to “hold Trump and his enablers accountable for the crimes they have committed.” Daily Beast editor-at-large Rick Wilson added his own call for “humiliation,” “incarceration,” and even ritualistic suicides for Trump supporters in an unhinged, vulgar column.
Writers and editors have joined blacklisting efforts targeting Trump supporters, conservative justices, and authors like JK Rowling for their political views. It is all part of the Orwellian logic of the Left: intolerance in the name of tolerance, blacklisting in the name of free speech.
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We have also seen lawyers increasingly targeted by the Left for their clients, a tactic once used against liberal lawyers representing unpopular criminal or civil clients. That includes the successful targeting of a Harvard professor for representing Weinstein. Many leading lawyers helped fund the Lincoln Project in its national effort to harass and abuse any lawyers representing the Republican party or President Trump.
This week, President Trump even had to sign an executive order to deter “debanking” where financial institutions discriminate on the basis of political or religious views.
Now, back to Dershowitz. Liberals are applauding the denial of food to people who do not share their political views. Indeed, Miskevich is parading and posturing like the MLK of Martha’s Vineyard for joining the mob against a single, unpopular neighbor. Instead of treating food as a basis for shared dialogue and exchange, Miskevich wants to weaponize it to use against those who dare to hold opposing views.
What is particularly striking is how these are many of the same people who insisted that a Colorado baker should be required to make cakes that violate the owner’s religious and free speech rights. In and later cases like , the Left hounded business owners for refusing to sell products that celebrated same-sex marriages. They were outraged that such denials are hateful and intolerant.
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However, in , the owner insisted that he would sell cakes to same-sex couples and anyone else coming into his store. He only drew the line at preparing cakes expressly celebrating same-sex marriages as an expressive act that violated his core beliefs.
In this case, Miskevich is refusing to sell pre-made pierogis based on a political litmus test. It is not clear that this violates the law, but it is wrong. If Dershowitz asked Miskevich to cater a pierogi-based party in celebration of Trump, I would support his right to decline as a matter of free speech given his dislike for conservatives. However, this is the denial of service for pre-made pierogis based on viewpoint discrimination.
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There is little doubt that Miskevich will haul in customers by pandering to the mob. The only thing that is more enticing today than the love for good food is the hate for opposing views. The problem is that feeding on hate will never satiate people; they simply want more servings. That insatiable appetite is destroying this country and now Miskevich is contributing to it one pierogi at a time.
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Yankees Hall of Famer and Trump supporter hospitalized after Old-Timers’ Day mishap
Legendary New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera reportedly injured an Achilles during the club’s 77th Old-Timers’ Day game Saturday, a team spokesperson told the New York Daily News.
Fellow former Yankees pitcher Rodger Clemens first revealed the injury in an interview during the WFAN broadcast of the Yankees game.
“It was a fun day until we just heard about Mariano. Mariano hurt his Achilles,” Clemens said. “I think he’s at the hospital now.”
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Rivera produced one of the highlights from Saturday’s Old-Timers’ Day game when he came up to bat and hit a single off former teammate and fellow Yankees legend Andy Pettite.
Saturday’s Old-Timers’ Day commemorated the Yankees’ 2000 World Series victory over the crosstown rival New York Mets. Rivera, Clemens and Pettite were all key players on that team.
Rivera became the first and only player to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame unanimously when he was inducted in 2019.
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Rivera, 55, endorsed President Donald Trump during Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.
“President Trump, he’s my friend,” Rivera said on WABC Radio’s “Sid & Friends.” “I can’t deny that. I will tell that to anyone. Before he was the president, he was my friend. Because of that, I’m going to vote for him.”
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Trump awarded Rivera the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019. Trump, a Yankees fan, praised Rivera as “maybe the greatest pitcher of all time.”
Timeline: how authorities tracked Montana bar massacre suspect through rugged mountains
ANACONDA, Mont. – An Army veteran suspected in a bar shooting massacre that claimed four lives in a rural western town of 9,000 people sparked a massive manhunt that lasted a full week.
Michael Paul Brown, 45, of Anaconda, Montana, was the state’s most wanted man until his time on the lam ended near a barn just under six miles from the scene of his horrific crime. Now he is behind bars, where he is likely to remain for the rest of his life.
Below is a timeline of the shooting, and events that followed.
Friday, Aug. 1
At around 10:30 a.m. local time, Brown entered The Owl Bar in Anaconda, a local watering hole where he was known to be a regular, and opened fire. He lived next door to the bar and “likely knew these patrons,” according to Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen.
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Brown was almost immediately identified as the suspect. A SWAT team raided his home, but he was not there.
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte confirmed in a mid-afternoon Facebook post that he was aware of the attack.
“I’m closely monitoring the situation involving an active shooter in Anaconda. Please join Susan and me in praying for the victims, their loved ones, and the brave law enforcement officers responding to this tragedy,” he said on Facebook.
The FBI and ATF then announced that they were headed to the scene to assist in locating Brown.
A massive manhunt was launched in the rugged mountains of nearby Stumptown Road, and included the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Law Enforcement Center, the Granite County Sheriff’s Office, Montana Highway Patrol, FBI and ATF. A lockdown was issued for that area.
Authorities located a Ford F-150 that they say Brown was driving, but he was not with the truck, which was stocked with clothing, food and outdoor gear.
Later that day, Brown was identified as a former armor crewman in the Army from January 2001 to May 2005, who had served in the National Guard from April 2006 to March 2008. He deployed to Iraq from February 2004 to March 2005, and was a sergeant when he left active service. He joined the Montana National Guard the next year, and served until 2009.
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Saturday, Aug. 2
Authorities released a photo of a shirtless Brown scaling a cement staircase, wearing black shorts. They said that photo was taken Friday, shortly after the shooting.
The lockdown was lifted in the Stumptown Road area, but the search, which included air and ground assets, expanded to the Barker Lakes area, according to The Associated Press. Knudsen said 250 law enforcement personnel were involved in Saturday’s search efforts.
Sunday, Aug. 3
Knudsen identified the victims in an afternoon press conference, and described the search as Montana’s “priority number one.”
The victims were identified as Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59, Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, David Allen Leach, 70 and Tony Wayne Palm, 74, all from Anaconda. Kelley was working as a bartender at the time. The three other victims were patrons.
Knudsen announced that the U.S. Marshals Service was offering a $7,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of Brown.
He also confirmed that Brown used a rifle in the shooting, and noted that Brown had access to firearms.
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Knudsen reiterated that Brown should be considered “armed and extremely dangerous.”
“Absolutely there is concern that he might come back into town,” Knudsen said. “By all indications, this is an unstable individual who walked in and murdered four people in cold blood for no reason whatsoever. So absolutely there is a concern for the public.”
Monday, Aug. 4
The search for Brown continued on Monday.
The U.S. Marshals Service upped the reward for information leading to his capture to $10,000.
Tuesday, Aug. 5
Gianforte held his first press conference since the bar massacre.
Flanked by high-ranking local, state and federal law enforcement officials, he said he had spoken to the families of the victims to offer his condolences on behalf of the state of Montana.
“Since the tragic event, our Montana law enforcement officers have been unrelenting in their pursuit, working around the clock to bring this suspect, Michael Brown, to justice for his heinous acts,” said Gianforte.
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He added that a Montana National Guard helicopter from the Helena Battalion and its four crew had flown 19 hours over the weekend to assist in the search, and to transport law enforcement in and out of the mountainous search area.
He said that under Montana law, he is able to release emergency state funding to local law enforcement agencies at their request in times of need.
“This morning I received that request from Anaconda-Deer Lodge, and moments ago, I signed an executive order to support the efforts of local law enforcement,” he said. “While the state has already been supporting this investigation with staff and aviation assets, this action today will ensure additional financial resources are available as we continue to track down this criminal.”
Knudsen provided an update on the ongoing search, and took questions from reporters.
Citing the ongoing investigation, he could not confirm whether authorities had recovered a weapon used in the shooting, or whether Brown left behind any clues as to his motive.
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Wednesday, Aug. 6
The search remained ongoing on Wednesday, without new updates from authorities.
Thursday, Aug. 7
Authorities continued to search for Brown on Thursday, while local residents told Fox News Digital that they feared his return to the town.
“He was always very skittish. Just like his thoughts were always off the wall and always giving crazy stories. But he was a very sweet guy,” Jill Rowles, a bartender at Jfk Bar, just one block from The Owl Bar, told Fox News Digital.
Rowles was a friend of Kelley, the victim and bartender at The Owl Bar.
“The town is just scared. Everybody’s scared. You see everything on Facebook like that. You hear the sirens go by and your stomach just turns,” she said.
“Everybody’s in shock, and, hey, everybody’s on edge. With me bartending, I’m looking at those doors constantly, she said, gesturing towards the two entrances of the bar.”
Another resident, Matt Fontenot, described a dispirited town that spent the week on edge.
“I feel like the air has almost changed, like the attitude of the town has grown just a little bit more submissive than usual, just because people feel like they don’t really have control over their lives as much right now because of this,” he said.
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Friday, Aug. 8
The manhunt for Brown in the mountainous terrain continued in the morning.
Several residents of the town expressed to Fox News Digital the desire for the manhunt to come to a conclusion – with Brown dead or alive – so the community could grieve its loss in peace.
Suddenly, in the early afternoon, information began to spread that Brown had been taken into custody.
Shortly thereafter, Gianforte confirmed the news on social media.
At around 4:30 p.m., Gianforte and Knudsen, again surrounded by local, state and federal law enforcement, emerged from the Deer Lodge County Courthouse for a press conference to discuss Brown’s arrest.
“Our brave men and women in law enforcement didn’t waste a second,” Gianforte said. “They jumped into action and began the search with the promise to not give up until they found this suspect. Today I am grateful to report that Michael Brown has been apprehended, arrested and is in custody.”
Knudsen then took to the podium.
“This really is an unprecedented level of cooperation,” Knudson said, referencing local, state and federal authorities who assisted in the arrest. “It’s a good day. We got our man.”
He gave special thanks to the U.S. Marshals Service, calling them a “huge asset to us here today” and said they were “directly involved” in Brown’s Friday apprehension. He revealed that 130 personnel were involved in the search, and that tips from the community also played a significant role in capturing Brown.
Brown was tracked down near a barn on private property about five-and-half miles from The Owl Bar.
The officials said he was taken to a local hospital to be medically cleared, and was then booked into jail.
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Citing an ongoing investigation, authorities provided few other details.
The charges against Brown have not been made public, nor has his motive for the alleged killings.
Montauk mystery unfolds after swimwear entrepreneur found dead aboard yacht
MONTAUK, N.Y. — Montauk authorities say a luxury summer getaway turned into a mysterious tragedy when 33-year-old swimwear entrepreneur Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was found dead aboard a docked yacht at the exclusive Montauk Yacht Club early Tuesday morning.
Suffolk County Police detectives launched a homicide investigation shortly after Nolan was discovered unresponsive on the vessel Ripple just after midnight. Despite frantic CPR attempts by good Samaritans and first responders, she was pronounced dead on the yacht.
Nolan, an Ireland-born businesswoman who ran a popular Manhattan-based bikini label, had recently celebrated a successful pop-up event in the Hamptons and was days away from flying home to Ireland to visit family.
While an initial autopsy found no signs of trauma, investigators are awaiting toxicology results to determine her cause of death. Here is a timeline of what we know so far:
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Early Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025
Shortly after midnight: East Hampton Town officers responded to a 911 call from a man who discovered a woman unresponsive aboard a docked vessel at the Montauk Yacht Club. Good Samaritans attempted CPR before first responders arrived, but she was pronounced dead.
People aboard other boats at the Montauk Yacht Club told 27East a man who owns two boats docked next to each other at the marina came crying for help from others on the dock at about midnight, throwing items at neighboring boats to wake up their crews.
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One witness, who declined to give his name, told the local outlet the man was naked and was shouting, “Do something, do something,” as he ran along the dock trying to awaken others. In his haste, the outlet reported, he threw a tube of sunscreen at a neighboring vessel.
4 a.m. – Suffolk County Homicide Squad detectives were notified and took over the investigation. The cause and manner of death remained undetermined.
Crime scene investigators conducted a detailed forensic sweep of the yacht, wearing gloves, photographing surfaces and locating fingerprint powder residue.
Wednesday, Aug. 6
An initial autopsy revealed no evidence of violence, though officials described the findings as preliminary and “inconclusive.”
Police identified the deceased as Nolan‑O’Slatarra.
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Originally from Ireland, the 33-year-old was a Manhattan fashion entrepreneur known for her high-end bikini brand, East X East, and infectious social media presence.
According to her LinkedIn profile, Nolan received her bachelor’s degree in commerce and master’s degree in digital marketing from the University College Dublin before moving to the Big Apple at age 26.
Thursday, Aug. 7
Nolan’s relatives, who live in Ireland, told The Irish Independent they were “numb with shock” after hearing the news.
“I don’t know what happened to my daughter,” her mother, Elma Nolan, said.
She recalled how her youngest daughter, Jacqui, arrived at their home in Carlow, Ireland, Tuesday night “crying and shaking” to deliver the news no parent wanted to hear.
Elma said she later spoke with a detective in Montauk but was told no further information could be released due to the early stage of the investigation.
“We weren’t told anything about the circumstances,” she said, adding Martha had planned to return to Ireland this week and had called just days earlier to ask about a ride from the airport.
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“That was the last time we spoke.”
The Viking diet is trending again — here’s what to know before giving it a shot
The Vikings may be best known for raiding and sailing, but now their eating habits are also drawing attention.
The “Viking diet” — sometimes called the “Nordic diet” — is rooted in what Norse people ate from the 8th to 11th centuries, and it’s currently having a modern revival.
Does this ancient way of eating deserve a place in your meal plan?
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Registered dietitian and food blogger Lauren Harris-Pincus, based in New Jersey, spoke with Fox News Digital about the details of the diet, its benefits and caveats, and smart ways to implement it.
What did the Vikings eat?
“[The Vikings] were limited to the foods available to them at the time,” Harris-Pincus said. “Their diet focused on clean, sustainable foods, which is why we are discussing its health benefits today.”
The Viking (or Nordic) diet mirrors today’s popular wellness plans, according to the dietitian. “Similar to the Mediterranean diet … it’s based on whole foods,” she said.
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Ultraprocessed foods have been making headlines, with some reports stating that Americans get over half their calories from lower-quality, unhealthy food groups.
Fiber-rich carbs like fruit, veggies, legumes, nuts and whole grains “support gut health and help to prevent lifestyle diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and some cancers.”
“It’s not important, wise or practical to follow the Viking diet exactly in our current food environment.”
Harris-Pincus shared some of the staples of the Viking diet, listed below.
- Vegetables: onions, garlic, leeks, cabbage, carrots, turnips, parsnips
- Nuts: walnuts, hazelnuts
- Fruit: raspberries, bilberries, plums, wild apples
- Meat: from cattle, pigs, sheep, ducks, hens and even horses or geese
- Seafood: herring, salmon, mackerel, plus whale and seal meat
- Grains: rye, barley, oats, millet, buckwheat
- Dairy: milk, butter, cheese
- Eggs, plus salt and spices for preserving food
Beer and mead (a honey-based fermented drink) were also common, sometimes even consumed by children due to lack of clean water.
Potential downsides
Despite its natural, unprocessed appeal, the Viking diet could have some nutritional downsides.
“This diet contains a significant amount of meat and animal fat compared to the Mediterranean diet,” Harris-Pincus warned.
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“While the high fat content helped Vikings survive cold winters, the excessive amount of saturated fat is a cardiovascular risk.”
The preserved nature of Viking-era food also meant high sodium, which is another heart health concern. Plus, the beer-heavy lifestyle doesn’t align with healthy lifestyles.
Tips to eat like a Viking
To make the most of a modern-day Viking diet, Harris-Pincus suggests skipping the mead while stealing some of the smarter habits.
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“Anyone can include more whole foods, especially fiber-rich carbs, while limiting highly processed foods high in sugar, fat and sodium,” she said.
Something as simple as cooking more at home and focusing on quality ingredients could have positive effects, according to the expert.
“It’s not important, wise or practical to follow the Viking diet exactly in our current food environment,” Harris-Pincus said.
“However, cooking at home with whole-food ingredients high in protein and fiber is always a good idea.”
Donna D’Errico says Playboy rejected her decades after posing her racy magazine cover
Donna D’Errico is in the best shape of her life and isn’t afraid to show off her hard work.
After the 30th anniversary of her debut on the cover of Playboy, D’Errico figured she’d reach out to the publication to see if it had interest in featuring a longtime fan favorite.
The “Baywatch” actress was shocked to learn that not only was Playboy not excited about her pitch, but the adult content outlet encouraged her to send images for possible social media inclusion.
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D’Errico, who recently launched the first celebrity artificial intelligence chat experience, Call Donna D, was first featured on the cover in September 1995 as Playboy’s Playmate of the Month. Reveling in success as an OnlyFans star and posing in the nude for a Peta campaign, D’Errico attempted to get back on the pages of the famous magazine.
“I actually contacted Playboy,” D’Errico exclusively told Fox News Digital. “I contacted Playboy because I was like, ‘You know, I’m kind of feeling myself. I feel like I look pretty good.’
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“‘I’m feeling pretty confident. I might like to kind of pose again, I don’t know. I think it might be kind of cool.'”
Before D’Errico could get ahead of herself, Playboy turned her down, she said.
“I contacted Playboy because I was like, ‘You know, I’m kind of feeling myself. I feel like I look pretty good. I’m feeling pretty confident.'”
“They were like, ‘Oh, we don’t do that anymore,'” she recalled. “I was, like, ‘What do you mean you don’t do that anymore? I know there’s not a magazine anymore, but don’t you, you know, have pictorials?’
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“They said, ‘No, not really. We don’t really do that now. It’s a completely different vibe.’ I was like, ‘Well, that sucks because I would have done it.’”
Playboy did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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If Playboy were to call back, D’Errico may be a little busy connecting with her millions of fans on her new interactive voice experience. The actress told Fox News Digital her original digital platform will enable followers to communicate with her on an entirely new level, be it for flirty chats or R-rated conversations.
“I’ve created an AI version of me that you can call anytime you want to, and it feels like I’m actually me on the other line talking with you. It’s wild,” D’Errico said. “People can call, and they’re talking about all kinds of things.
“You can call and talk about your love life. You know, they’re calling and talking about stress or work. They want advice. Some of them, some want a flirty conversation if you’re into that. It’s just, it was wild because it feels like I’m really there on the line with you.”
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The innovative AI experience is the first of its kind and includes a fully interactive AI version of the actress, complete with her exact voice, personality and signature charm over the phone and available to engage with fans 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
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“There’s a daytime version and then what I’m calling a VIP version or a nighttime version, and both are amazing,” the former Playboy cover girl said. “If you wanna call and just talk to me and get advice or talk about your day or stuff like that, the daytime version is perfect for that.
“But if you’re feeling bold, and you want some companionship for some kind of flirty, sexy talk — that’s the VIP version. And she, let me tell you, is not shy. I mean, I’m a lot shyer than she is. But if you’re into that, yeah, it’s there, and she’s pretty bold.”
D’Errico, who starred as lifeguard Donna Marco on “Baywatch,” joined the OnlyFans photo-sharing network in 2022 and has since become one of the most popular celebrities on the adult subscription site.
“I’ve got tons of subscribers on there. And I’m, like I said, I do it myself. I don’t use an agency,” D’Errico said.
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“I’m meeting lots of cool people, and I’m having a ball. I’m single. I don’t date. So, I have the freedom to talk to all of these guys and get flirty sometimes if I want. I’m not bound to a relationship. I can send sexy pictures and sexy lingerie and things that you would do if you had a man, send them some hot pictures during the middle of the day or something.”