Family sues school after daughter pushed to share bed with biological male
A Colorado family’s outrage over their 11-year-old daughter being assigned a hotel room — and ultimately the same bed — with a transgender student during an overnight school trip to Washington, D.C., has evolved into a high-stakes federal appeal over parental rights and school transparency.
“They said that [they didn’t want us to talk about it] because they wanted to protect the privacy of the other student. And our thoughts are, ‘Well, what about the privacy of our daughter?’” demanded Serena Wailes, the mother who says the school district failed to inform her that one of the students assigned to the room was biologically male.
According to the Wailes family, their daughter only learned the truth upon arriving on the 2023 overnight trip and immediately called her mother, who was serving as a chaperone at the same event, in distress.
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Although the school ultimately allowed the girl to switch rooms, she was allegedly instructed not to discuss the reason for the change, a directive her parents argue reflects a broader pattern of secrecy within Jefferson County Public Schools.
“We didn’t talk to the school after this. We looked at the different options, and we felt like the best course was taking legal action to make a difference,” Joe Wailes, the father suing the school district, told “The Ingraham Angle” on Tuesday.
“There’s several issues going on within the JeffCo schools where we didn’t feel like we’d be heard. We didn’t feel like we’d get anywhere by talking directly to the school or even to the district. We felt like we needed to do something to really take a bigger action.”
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative legal organization focused on religious liberty cases, filed its opening brief Wednesday in Wailes v. Jefferson County Public Schools before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit on behalf of four families.
The suit claims the Denver-area district permits biologically male students to share overnight accommodations with girls based solely on gender identity, without notifying parents or obtaining their consent.
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It also claims the incident happened despite the district’s assurances that boys and girls would be placed on separate hotel floors.
Matt Sharp, an ADF attorney who also joined “The Ingraham Angle” on Tuesday, said the organization hopes to see the policy enjoined and ultimately changed.
“We want parental rights protected. We want parents to be informed about bad policies like this, and we want their request to be honored,” he said.
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“When they ask schools, ‘Don’t force our daughter to share a room with a boy,’ the school needs to honor that and needs to respect parents and needs to protect girls’ privacy.”
Jefferson County Public Schools did not immediately respond to a prior request for comment from Fox News Digital.
The district did provide a statement to a local news outlet regarding the incident in September, however, writing:
“While we have not yet been served with the lawsuit, we have conducted a cursory review of what was filed with the court and we disagree with a number of claims made in it. We look forward to having an opportunity in court to share the true facts, including the reasonable accommodations we offer families and students.”
“Families always have the ultimate choice whether their student participates in any unique programming that involves overnight accommodations. We take these issues seriously, and we follow all Colorado state laws when it comes to how we treat students, staff and families.”
Housing complex goes up in flames, leaving more than a dozen dead, others trapped
A fire engulfed several high-rise residential towers in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district Wednesday, killing at least 13 people and reportedly trapping others inside.
Hong Kong’s Fire Services Department said it received reports of a blaze breaking out at the Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, a district in the northern New Territories, around 2:50 p.m.
The fire was upgraded to a No. 5 alarm, the most severe rating in Hong Kong, by 6:22 p.m.
In a government statement, the department said nine people were taken to the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital and the Prince of Wales Hospital.
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Four people were pronounced dead and three were in critical condition. Another was listed as serious, and one was stable.
Tang Ping-keung, the secretary for security of Hong Kong, said one fireman died after sustaining injuries while battling the blaze.
“I am profoundly grieved at the passing of Mr Ho, who lost his life in the course of an operation. I offer my deepest condolences to his family members,” Tang said.
Photos from the scene showed the bamboo scaffolding of the towers engulfed in flames and thick, dark smoke pouring out of multiple floors.
Firefighters were working to extinguish the blaze, and one man was photographed in visible distress, saying his wife was trapped inside.
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Chan Kwong-tak, an 83-year-old retiree living in the community, told The South China Morning Post that the fire alarms failed to go off when the blaze broke out, even though the buildings were equipped with them.
“If someone was sleeping then, they were done,” he said.
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Tai Po’s former district councillor, Herman Yiu Kwan-ho, also told the outlet that residents reported not hearing the fire alarms go off even after they detected the smell of smoke. He said they were only warned when a security guard knocked on their doors, giving them little time to get out.
The Tai Po District Office opened temporary shelters for people in need at the Kwong Fuk Community Hall and the Tung Cheong Street Community Hall.
New York pregnancy centers at risk as mayor-elect vows to limit pro-life options
THE BRONX, N.Y.— The CEO of a pregnancy care center organization says he’s concerned about the future of his ministry and others like it as self-avowed democratic socialist Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani prepares to take office in January.
“We have some significant concerns with respect to Mayor-elect Mamdani‘s ideas around protecting New Yorkers from pro-life pregnancy centers,” said Rev. Jim Harden, CEO of CompassCare, an anti-abortion medical network based in Buffalo, New York, in an interview Friday with Fox News Digital.
Harden, who leads pregnancy care centers in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Staten Island and elsewhere in New York, recently penned an op-ed titled, “Zohran Mamdani Vows to Shut Down Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers.”
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In it, Harden wrote that during Mamdani’s campaign, he planned to “protect” New Yorkers from pro-life pregnancy centers, accusing them of spreading “false or deceptive information,” according to campaign materials.
Harden said that during his campaign, Mamdani proposed using Local Law 17— which Harden described as a consumer protection rule — against pregnancy centers.
In a “Zohran for New York City” document entitled, “Trump-Proofing NYC,” the portion discussing reproductive rights reads, “The Mamdani administration will protect New Yorkers from false or deceptive information spread by Crisis Pregnancy Centers, including lies about abortion safety and medications, and enforce Local Law 17 forcing these centers to disclose whether they have licensed medical professionals. It will also strengthen the city’s Abortion Access Hub by doubling funding to $2M, which confidentially helps New Yorkers find abortion providers and supports people living outside of New York through the process of scheduling appointments and finding financial assistance.”
The document adds, “It will also double funding to the New York Abortion Access Fund, which will provide essential funding to ensure New Yorkers get the medical care they need as New Yorkers face cuts to Medicaid.”
Harden said enforcing Rule 17 would require pregnancy care centers to post onerous New York City–mandated language in large font in advertising outlets and onsite locations.
“That language may include anything from a list of what we do not provide, such as abortion, to a phone number referring women to an abortionist,” Harden told Fox News Digital in a statement. “Rule 17 itself represents a violation of First Amendment rights.”
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CompassCare has three pro-life pregnancy centers located in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island.
“We’re not exactly sure, you know, how pro-abortion Mayor-elect Mamdani is, because he’s Islamic, right,” he added. “And the Muslim faith essentially prohibits abortion. But he also ran on a communist ticket. So he was piggybacking off of kind of a coalition of left-wing progressives, transgender, pro-abortion, environmentalism, etc. And so we’re not exactly sure which Mamdani is going to show up for work in January.”
Mamdani has repeatedly rejected claims by figures such as President Donald Trump that he is a “communist.” In Islam, there are varying interpretations about the moral permissibility of abortion, although some sects are strictly against it unless the mother’s life is endangered.
Harden, who has worked in the pro-life movement for decades, said there are few alternatives to abortion in New York City.
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“We’re outnumbered 53 to 3,” Harden said.
Harden said he cannot understand why Mamdani would want to “rob women of free medical care and community support.”
His organization offers pre-termination evaluation, STD testing and treatment, basic OB-GYN care, after-abortion care, and other services, all at no cost to the patient.
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“If Mamdani were able to accomplish his ostensible goals according to his campaign to shut us down or somehow protect women from free medical care and community support, it would impact women in the Bronx. It would impact women in Brooklyn. It would affect women in Staten Island,” Harden said. “They would not have an ethical alternative to abortion.”
Harden said his pregnancy care centers exist to give a choice other than abortion to women, and that choice will cease to exist should clinics like his be forced to close.
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“Not a sane woman alive really wants to have an abortion. She just feels stuck, trapped, like she has no other choice, and so that’s why our mission statement reads that we’re a Christ-centered agency dedicated to empowering men and women to erase the need for abortion,” Harden said.
Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for Mamdani for comment.
Officials vow crackdown after violent street takeover leaves trail of destruction
Newly released video shows the aftermath of a violent neighborhood street takeover that ended with a car being torched and a couple being beaten in what officials are calling a “planned attack” in New York City over the weekend.
The incident broke out around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, after a large group of drivers descended on South Drive and 141st Street in Malba, a neighborhood located in Queens, according to the NYPD.
The vehicles were seen speeding over residential lawns and doing donuts in the street as the scene devolved into chaos, according to video shared by City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino, who represents the neighborhood.
As the events unfolded, Larry Rusch, a private security guard who lives in the area, heard the commotion outside his home and went out to discover approximately 40 vehicles speeding through the street, according to The New York Post.
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In an attempt to defuse the situation, Rusch reportedly parked one of his vehicles in the intersection to try to block drivers from causing more damage.
“As soon as I did that, everyone started leaving,” Rusch told The Post. “Then two individuals go up to the car. Somehow they threw some kind of firework or something and lit the car up. Then melee started again.”
Video shared by Paladino shows a vehicle burning in the middle of the residential street as several cars speed around it.
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Additionally, local resident Blake Ferrer was injured while attempting to defend his property from the rowdy group of drivers, The Post reported.
“When I came out, I said, ‘Bro, you gotta get the f— off my property,’” Ferrer told the outlet. “And that’s when it all started.”
The mob reportedly turned their attention to Ferrer, with additional footage showing a group of individuals allegedly attacking the homeowner and his wife, leaving the man with a broken nose, shoulder and ribs.
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A third resident also had objects thrown into his car during the incident, The Post reported.
“[The community] has been plagued for the past two years with home robberies, burglaries, car theft and just these wise guys, which the whole city’s been plagued by,” Paladino told “Fox & Friends” Tuesday morning.
As the sun rose on Sunday morning, the aftermath of the attack on the middle-class neighborhood became even more apparent.
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In a video shared by Paladino on social media, the councilwoman can be seen standing alongside Rusch as she pointed to skid marks throughout the roadway and his burned vehicle with its windows blown out.
Paladino also reportedly spoke to several residents who were either injured in the melee or saw their property destroyed.
“At 12:30 a.m. last night, a hundred animals descended upon this neighborhood,” Paladino said. “Walk around and you will see the skid marks. But most important of all, I want you to take a look at this car. They actually set a car on fire, they terrorized this neighborhood.”
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In a previous statement, Paladino blasted the NYPD’s response time to the scene, adding that residents who called 911 to report the incident were informed that a “quality of life team and 311 should handle the situation.”
However, the NYPD said in a statement to Fox News Digital that while the initial responding officer was rerouted to a more serious call, once authorities received word that the incident had been upgraded to a higher priority, an officer was quickly dispatched to the scene.
“The [precinct] covers a large geographical area, and this was a busy Saturday night,” a spokesperson for the NYPD said in a statement. “At the time of the incident in question, other units from the [precinct] were handling multiple priority jobs, including an arrest for an individual who was driving while intoxicated, transporting someone to the hospital, an assault, and a vehicle collision with injuries.”
As a result of the incident, the NYPD is planning to increase patrols within the area to “ensure this doesn’t happen again,” the department said.
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However, Paladino has voiced concerns regarding the lack of accountability within the city regarding similar cases, adding, “These incidents are happening citywide, and they’re happening because there are no longer any real consequences to this kind of criminality.”
“This was a planned attack,” Paladino said on “Fox & Friends.” “This was all preempted. They were prepared to do exactly what they did.”
Tariffs have surprising effect on unemployment and inflation patterns, Fed analysis reveals
A new analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco examined the impact of tariffs on the economy based on historical examples, finding that the effect of import taxes on inflation and unemployment vary over time.
The San Francisco Fed on Monday published an economic letter by senior policy advisor Oscar Jorda and Vice President Fernanda Nechio, both of the San Francisco Fed’s Economic Research Department, that used data from four decades of international trade to measure the economic shifts caused by tariffs.
“Tariffs can affect supply chains, investment, and firms’ output costs, resulting in supply-side effects such as higher inflation and higher unemployment,” the economists wrote. “However, tariffs can also affect spending, the demand side of the economy. Weaker demand translates to higher unemployment but lower inflation.”
“Estimates using 40 years of international data show that, following a change in tariffs, initially the unemployment rate increases and inflation declines. Over time, however, the unemployment rate returns to normal levels while inflation increases,” they said.
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The San Francisco Fed economists noted that the increase in unemployment and decline in inflation that tends to immediately follow tariff hikes resembles a negative demand shock, as consumers and businesses pull back spending, which slows the economy and inflation. They said that suggests “tariffs act like a brake on the demand side of the economy.”
“Firms may withhold investment spending until there is more clarity on future trade policy, since tariff policies will prompt them to reconsider how they arrange their supply chains. Consumers may respond cautiously to the new environment by slowing down their demand for products and services,” the researchers said.
“Over time, the economy adjusts: The unemployment rate returns to its original level or even declines slightly, whereas inflation picks up and peaks three years after the initial change in tariffs, relative to the scenario where tariffs remain unchanged,” they wrote.
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The economists noted that the size of the tariffs implemented by the Trump administration this year is significantly larger than historical examples, which means their analysis should be “interpreted with caution.”
The average U.S. tariff rate was at about 3% in the last few years, but has risen to around 18% this year – more than double the roughly 8% rate that prevailed in the mid-1960s and was the highest level in the data used for study prior to this year’s changes.
“The tariffs recently enacted are unprecedented in magnitude and scope, and they are surrounded by a great deal of uncertainty,” the economists said. “The sample used in our analysis is based on historical evidence that does not contain such large tariff changes. Thus, extrapolating our results to the current environment is somewhat fraught.”
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Economic data released this year has shown inflation trending higher in recent months following the Trump administration’s tariff announcements earlier this year.
The consumer price index (CPI) – a widely used inflation gauge published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) – began the year at 3% and dipped to 2.3% in April, which was the lowest level since February 2021.
However, CPI inflation has increased since this spring and reached 3% again in September, the most recent month for which CPI data has been released to date, due to the record-long 43-day federal government shutdown.
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The monthly jobs reports have also been disrupted by the shutdown.
The most recently released BLS jobs data showed that the unemployment rate was 4.4% in September – the highest level since October 2021 and an increase from 4% in January.
Ancient grave crashes through ceiling, exposing family’s final resting place
An unusual structural failure recently caused a dramatic, sinkhole-like collapse in an historic English churchyard — revealing a 300-year-old family vault.
The hole opened up on Saturday, Nov. 8, at All Saints Church in Martock, Somerset. That was the same weekend the parish observed its Remembrance Sunday services.
Pictures show the collapsed stone box tomb exposing the underground vault in the church’s grass-covered yard.
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A box tomb, also called a false crypt, is an above-ground structure that covers a grave, but does not contain remains itself. The destroyed tomb exposed the family vault, though the remains inside were undisturbed.
Speaking to Fox News Digital, Rev. Paul Fillery, a church official, said the collapse caused “a rather hectic week” for the parish.
“The weight of the box tomb on the weakened ceiling led to the whole thing collapsing through the ceiling of the vault and creating a very large hole,” said Fillery.
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The ancient vault, made of locally mined hamstone and built with stone shelves for each family member’s coffin, was sealed once all were laid to rest, he added.
The ornate box tomb was then placed above the ground as “a very grand gravestone,” the reverend said.
The vault contains the remains of Rev. Charles Lewis, a local church leader who died in the mid-18th century.
His wife’s remains were also in the vault, as were the remains of five other adult members of the Lewis family.
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Two children were buried in the vault; one died at age 6 and another died as an infant.
“We know this because someone recorded all the graves some years ago and their inscriptions,” said Fillery.
Contrary to previous reports, the church official said the cause of the collapse was structural failure, not rainfall or soil erosion.
He described the incident as “incredibly rare.”
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“We have several of these box tombs in the churchyard and the others all seem fine,” Fillery said.
He added that restoring the vault and the Grade II-listed tomb will likely cost tens of thousands of pounds, and that the church is accepting donations for the cause.
“The aim will be to repair and restore the vault and the box tomb as much as we can, while paying all respects to the family who have been laid to rest there,” Fillery said.
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“When it is all done,” he added, “I propose holding a brief service at the grave site to commend them once again to God and to a peaceful rest in the days and years to come.”
Chiefs’ Travis Kelce’s father fires back at critics in social media post
Ed Kelce has a message for Travis Kelce’s critics.
Kelce, 74, took to social media to praise his youngest son’s play this season.
“If anyone questions how good Travis is playing; through Week 10 he leads all tight ends in total yardage,” Kelce posted on Instagram.
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The Kansas City Chiefs tight end was the NFL league leader among tight ends in total yards through Week 10, but fell to second after Week 12. Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride leads all tight ends in both receptions (80) and yards (797).
Kelce is second in the NFL among tight ends with 674 yards, with the Indianapolis Colts’ rookie Tyler Warren just behind him with 662 yards. The 36-year-old has been resurgent for the Chiefs this season, as he has 54 catches and four touchdowns in addition to his 674 yards.
The 10-time Pro Bowler already has more touchdowns than he did last season and, despite his diminished athleticism, has been a reliable target for Patrick Mahomes.
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The four-time All-Pro quickly quashed any retirement rumors last season, as shortly after the team’s crushing Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, he announced his return. Last week, Kelce said he would let the Chiefs know his intentions to play in 2026 before NFL free agency begins in March 2026 to give the team ample time to plan their offseason.
Kelce had four catches for 43 yards in the Chiefs’ 23-20 win over the Colts on Sunday. The Chiefs improved to 6-5 with the win but remain outside the playoff picture.
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The Chiefs must get hot down the stretch if they want to make the playoffs, let alone win the division.
Their next game will be on center stage, as they will take on the surging Dallas Cowboys (5-5-1) on Thanksgiving at 4:30 p.m. ET.
Mary Tyler Moore married much younger doctor on Thanksgiving eve with turkey cake topper
In 1983, Mary Tyler Moore decided to do more than give thanks — she said, “I do” to her much younger beau.
On Nov. 23, 1983 — Thanksgiving eve — the sitcom star, 46, married Dr. S Robert Levine, 29, at The Pierre Hotel in New York City. It was a private ceremony attended by only a few close friends and family.
For the occasion, the actress wore a peach-hued dress that she transformed with vintage lace, turning it into her own unique creation. Their cake had a turkey topper, and Moore’s former co-star, Valerie Harper, was a bridesmaid.
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The couple met in 1980 when Levine, a cardiologist at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital, was treating Moore’s mother. At the time, he had no idea his patient’s daughter was a star.
“[Thanksgiving Eve] fit us,” Levine told Fox News Digital. “It was a little different, and yet it made so much sense. It was a day for giving thanks for the abundance with which we have been blessed.”
It was a union that lasted until Moore died in 2017 at age 80. The secrets behind their lasting marriage, according to Levine, were surprisingly simple.
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“It was trusting in the strength of our love for one another,” he explained. “It was finding a shared passion and pursuing it together, acceptance that we each had independent paths to pursue as well as a life together, and doing our best to always remain in a state of gratitude.”
Through Moore’s most difficult days, Levine never wavered — he stood firmly by her side when she needed him most.
“Among the many complications of diabetes from which Mary suffered, it was the loss of her vision from diabetic retinal disease that had the greatest negative impact on her life,” said Levine. “She was rendered unable to do the things she loved most — read and dance. Dancing was her true joy, and diabetic retinal disease stole that joy from her.”
“But despite this, she remained optimistic,” Levine continued. “She believed anything was possible, that research would someday find a cure. She greeted each day and every challenge with a smile and determination to overcome.”
Levine’s love for Moore endures. He’s keeping her legacy alive with the Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative, which “advances research to preserve and restore vision in people with diabetes.” It was a cause that also brought Levine and Moore closer in their lifetime.
Moore was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 33.
“The best way to honor her is to help create a world without vision loss from diabetes,” Levine said. “I founded [the Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative] to honor her and accelerate the development of cures and new preventive strategies for vision loss from diabetic retinal disease.”
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“The best way to also remember her is to remember her kindness and grace, and model her resilience,” Levine reflected. “I have etched on her memorial stone: Her spirit a beacon, her smile eternal, she made us better.”
Back in 2023, Levine spoke to Fox News Digital about his love story.
“We all walk into relationships with baggage,” Levine reflected. “I was a young doctor. I had no expectation in my life of actually ever having a relationship with anything or anyone other than medicine. That was my calling. That’s what I was committed to.”
“When we met, I was not prepared to have a relationship with anyone,” he shared. “But as you see in her work, there was something so compelling about Mary — so genuine, so approachable. And all my usual barriers to interaction with people, my fears, were kind of reduced. They were eliminated.”
Levine recalled that after a second visit, he advised Moore, “If you need anything, just give me a call.” Moore replied, “Does acute loneliness count? Is that a good enough reason to call?”
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“I came back with something completely unexpected,” Levine chuckled at the time. “I said, ‘I can’t think of a better reason to be awakened at 3 a.m.’ But she allowed me to be natural, to be relaxed, to be uninhibited, to engage at the moment, which is something that I never really had done with a woman before. And so, our life together, our love, was just that. It was immediate. It was natural. It was an ease with which we both felt with one another that persisted through the years.”
A few days after the memorable quip, they made a dinner date. They went on to spend every weekend together. Moore gushed to friends that she was head over heels in love. After marrying, they later moved to Connecticut, where Moore embraced the role of being just another private citizen.
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“… She, indeed, made people better,” said Levine. “She made me better. That’s how I want the world to remember her. She was a special lady. I miss her. I miss her deeply.”
Little-known holiday tradition sends cannabis sales surging nationwide
The biggest shopping day of the year may be Black Friday, but the cannabis equivalent happens the day before Thanksgiving.
Despite potential health risks, “Green Wednesday” has been named the second-highest day of the year for pot sales, according to various reports, second only to April 20 (4/20) as the leading day for sales.
This is in part due to dispensaries offering large discounts on products like pre-rolls, edibles, gummies, vapes and flowers.
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According to Dutchie, an Oregon-based e-commerce platform used by thousands of dispensaries across the U.S., average sales increased 91% on Nov. 27, 2024 — the day before Thanksgiving last year — compared to a typical Wednesday. The average basket per shopper increased by 9% to more than $70.
New York dispensaries reported even higher numbers, according to the analysis, with medical baskets reaching more than $106.
“While not as well-known as 4/20, Green Wednesday is quickly becoming a premier cannabis holiday and a vital day of business for cannabis dispensaries,” Spencer Scott, Dutchie’s chief revenue officer, wrote in a press release. “And as more Americans swap alcohol for cannabis, the popularity of Green Wednesday will just increase.”
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A blog post by Catalyst Cannabis — a California-based dispensary with nearly 30 locations — noted how Green Wednesday allows customers to stock up before family gatherings, long weekends and general travel. Catalyst called the day a “pre-holiday pilgrimage for weed lovers.”
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“Think of it as a moment to reset, refuel and roll up before the chaos begins,” the post reads.
According to the seller, Green Wednesday began in the early 2010s, when delivery services noticed an “unexpected sales spike” on the day before Thanksgiving.
“Customers were prepping for family gatherings, eating/cooking marathons and everyone’s favorite ‘cousin walk,’” Catalyst reported. “Soon, the industry caught on and began promoting special deals around the event, branding it as the cannabis version of Black Friday.”
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The retailer added, “As the stress of travel and family dynamics ramps up, people turn to Green Wednesday for a little holiday peace.”
Potential health risks
While Catalyst encourages taking advantage of the pre-holiday deals, it also offers some safety tips.
Those include knowing your dose, staying hydrated, not driving under the influence and keeping cannabis products safely stored away from kids and pets.
While cannabis products can have a de-stressing effect for many, recent studies have cautioned that marijuana use may increase mental health challenges like paranoia, anxiety and depression.
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Researchers found that people who first tried marijuana to deal with pain, stress or depression were far more likely to struggle with paranoia later.
Cannabis has also been linked to a higher risk of heart attacks and strokes, according to a 2024 study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
“‘Green Wednesday’ is quickly becoming a premier cannabis holiday.”
“Cannabis is not an innocent bystander when it comes to cardiovascular health,” Dr. Robert Page, a University of Colorado School of Medicine professor who serves as the American Heart Association chair, told Fox News Digital at the time.
“We need to get out to the public the fact that there is a potential for these types of cardiovascular events and people need to make an informed decision.”
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Potency has also increased in recent decades. According to the American Psychological Association, in the 1960s and 1970s, marijuana averaged about 1% THC; today, many products reach 30% and concentrates can be as high as 95%.
Fox News Digital’s Khloe Quill contributed to this report.