High-profile agent to sell business after emails with Ghislaine Maxwell surface: reports

High-profile sports and talent agent Casey Wasserman announced to staff he will be selling his talent agency in the aftermath of recently released emails between him and Ghislaine Maxwell, The Associated Press reported Saturday.

Wasserman, the founder and CEO of Wasserman Agency and chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, exchanged flirtatious emails in 2003 with Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s right-hand woman, according to documents included in the most recent release by the Department of Justice.

The memo arrived days after the LA28 board’s executive committee met to discuss Wasserman’s appearance in the Epstein files. The committee said it and an outside legal firm conducted a review of Wasserman’s interactions with Epstein and Maxwell with Wasserman’s full cooperation.

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“We found Mr. Wasserman’s relationship with Epstein and Maxwell did not go beyond what has already been publicly documented,” the committee said in a statement, adding that Wasserman “should continue to lead LA28 and deliver a safe and successful games.”

Wasserman has said previously he flew on a humanitarian mission to Africa on Epstein’s private plane at the invitation of the Clinton Foundation in 2002. He said in his memo to staff that his interactions with Maxwell and Epstein were limited and that he regrets the emails.

“It was years before their criminal conduct came to light, and, in its entirety, consisted of one humanitarian trip to Africa and a handful of emails that I deeply regret sending. And I’m heartbroken that my brief contact with them 23 years ago has caused you, this company, and its clients so much hardship over the past days and weeks,” the memo said.

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“I never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein,” Wasserman said in a prior statement. “As is well documented, I went on a humanitarian trip as part of a delegation with the Clinton Foundation in 2002 on the Epstein plane. I am terribly sorry for having any association with either of them.”

United States women’s national soccer team legend Abby Wambach announced earlier this week she was leaving the agency. Chappell Roan also left the agency.

In the email exchanges, Wasserman told Maxwell, “I think of you all the time. So, what do I have to do to see you in a tight leather outfit?” Another exchange showed Maxwell asking Wasserman whether it would be foggy enough during an upcoming visit “so that you can float naked down the beach and no one can see you unless they are close up?” Wasserman responded, “or something like that.”

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Wasserman has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

Baseball player’s celebratory leap turns into season-ending nightmare

A Seton Hall baseball player went from the top of the world to the bottom in an eye blink.

In Seton Hall’s season opener, Justin Ford blasted a two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning against Boston College at the Puerto Rico Challenge in Ponce.

Ford turned toward his dugout while heading toward second base and gave a celebratory hop and fist pump, but the hop proved to be catastrophic.

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Once he landed, Ford’s left ankle buckled awkwardly, resulting in a gruesome injury.

The Asbury Park Press reported that Ford was replaced by a pinch runner who completed his home trot to officially give the Pirates a 4-3 lead.

It was a lead Seton Hall could not hold onto. The Eagles scored two runs in the top of the seventh and then one more in the eighth to win by a final of 6-4.

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Ford played in 15 games last year and struggled to get much going, hitting .175. He did own a .358 on-base percentage thanks to 11 walks and a hit-by-pitch in his 53 plate appearances.

However, his 2026 junior season looks to be over just as it started.

Seton Hall will face Manhattan College Saturday and then N.C. State Sunday to wrap up their Puerto Rico trip.

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The contest was also the first for Boston College, which will take on Houston and Washington before returning to the United States.

Longtime cruise line closes its doors, scrapping future scheduled voyages

A beloved cruise line has abruptly shut down and canceled all future bookings.

Alaskan Dream Cruises announced Feb. 4 it would halt all operations, disrupting upcoming vacation plans.

The small ship cruise line, which was based in Sitka and offered trips to Southeast Alaska, said guests who had booked reservations would receive refunds and information on next steps in an email.

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“Our guests are being fully refunded any deposits or payments they’ve made, but we sincerely hope they choose to visit our state with another company if they’re able,” Zak Kirkpatrick, a company spokesperson, told Fox News Digital.

“Guests were offered a transfer program with UnCruise Adventures, which is another well-established small ship expedition line.” 

The parent company will continue to operate but will shift its priorities, it said. 

“Alaskan Dream Cruises has made a strategic decision to conclude operations of its Alaska Native-owned, Sitka-based small ship cruise line, effective Feb. 4, 2026,” the company said in a statement.

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“This decision reflects a deliberate realignment of the company’s business focus to strengthen its core operations and ensure long-term sustainability.”

Alaska Dream Cruises has no current voyages scheduled. Its ships typically sail from May through September.

The company’s fleet of 10- to 76-guest vessels was considered unusual because it was a more intimate experience. 

Focusing on Alaskan heritage, the voyages would navigate remote fjords and narrow channels inaccessible to large ships.

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“This decision was intentional and necessary,” owner Jamey Cagle said in the statement.

“After careful evaluation of our long-term objectives, we determined that concluding cruise operations allows us to responsibly focus our resources where they will have the greatest impact.”

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The company had a 4.7 rating on Google Reviews. Yet the cruise ship operator — owned by a family from the Tlingit tribe and founders of the Sitka-based maritime business Allen Marine — faced an increasingly competitive cruise industry.

“Alaskan Dream Cruises certainly faced a unique set of challenges as a cruise line based in Sitka, Alaska. There are high overheads in the industry, and it’s a well-capitalized landscape,” said Kirkpatrick, the company spokesperson. 

“However, the current demand for visiting Alaska is a very good thing for our region and state.”

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The global cruise industry reported a record 37.7 million passengers in 2025, according to the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) 2025 report. But even large cruise operators felt a financial crunch in 2025.

“Alaskan Dream Cruises certainly faced a unique set of challenges.”

Some of the challenges in the industry were rising fuel and labor costs and higher port fees, according to Caribbean News Digital.

Fans of the company flocked to Facebook to recount their voyages.

“I want to say that this is truly a loss for Alaska tourism,” one traveler wrote on Facebook. “The trip we took in 2024 was truly the best vacation we have ever had.”

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Another person commented, “This makes me incredibly sad. Our cruise with you was one of our best vacations, and we have referred many to you since we did our cruise in 2021.”

“So sad to hear … They have always been a great alternative to large ship cruising,” a traveler wrote on a CruiseCritic message board. 

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Another agreed, saying, “So heartbreaking. They were such an amazing outfit. I’m sure it was just so difficult competing against the giants.”

Fieri admits he ‘can’t even be in the same room’ with popular dish as food aversions revealed

Celebrity chef and Food Network star Guy Fieri has built a career on embracing bold flavors across America, from greasy-spoon classics to under-the-radar regional specialties on “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.”

But even the self-proclaimed Mayor of Flavortown has his limits — and some of the dishes Fieri won’t touch are surprisingly common in everyday diets.

Over the years, the 58-year-old Emmy-winning chef has made clear what he avoids and struggles to stomach. Here are six of the most surprising.

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1. Ghost peppers

Fieri is known for loving spicy food, but even he has a ceiling.

Ghost peppers, also known as Bhut Jolokia, rank among the hottest peppers in the world at roughly 1 million Scoville heat units, according to Chowhound.

During appearances on “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” Fieri approached ghost pepper–laden wings and hot sauces cautiously, once joking that the peppers were “gonna eat my soul.”

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2. Peanut butter hamburgers

A cheeseburger topped with peanut butter may sound like a novelty, and perfect for “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” but for Fieri, it’s a tough sell.

On an episode of the show filmed in Indiana, Fieri reacted strongly when trying a peanut butter-topped burger, declaring, “I absolutely don’t enjoy that at all … I wanna go home.”

He later gave the combination another try at a California spot and admitted it was better executed the second time around.

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3. Cow brains

Organ meats are a recurring theme on Fieri’s no-fly list.

Fieri sampled fried cow brains at Oklahoma’s Cattleman’s Steakhouse during Season 7 of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” and visibly struggled with the texture. Brains are sometimes served with eggs, combining two of Fieri’s least favorite foods in one dish, The Daily Meal reported.

While cow brains are considered a delicacy in some culinary traditions, texture proved to be a deal-breaker for the TV host, per Mental Floss.

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4. Haggis

Scotland’s national dish doesn’t get a free pass, either. Haggis, which traditionally includes sheep’s heart, liver and lungs mixed with oats and spices, falls under the offal category. The traditional version containing sheep lungs is banned in the U.S.

Fieri reportedly sampled beer-battered haggis balls at Mac’s Fish ‘N Chips in Santa Barbara during Season 13 of his show, and while he admitted it was well-seasoned, his broader aversion to organ meats remains.

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5. Liver and onions

Fieri hasn’t minced words about liver, reportedly saying he “can’t even be in the same room” as the dish.

Liver and onions was previously named America’s “most hated food” by Forbes, suggesting Fieri is far from alone in his distaste. The nutrient-dense dish dates back to ancient Rome, where it was considered a prized food, according to Britannica.

6. Eggs

Perhaps the most surprising item on Fieri’s list is plain egg dishes. While he’ll use eggs as an ingredient in sauces and baked goods, Fieri avoids them when they’re the star of the plate, he has said.

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In a 2024 Food Network clip, Fieri compared scrambled eggs to “liquid chicken.” His aversion reportedly stems from childhood memories of struggling through the chalky yolks of hard-boiled eggs.

Nicole Kidman shares intimate bedroom photo as she embraces life after Urban split

Nicole Kidman is embracing life after love — and she’s putting it on full display.

The Hollywood actress marked Valentine’s Day with a sun-soaked bedroom snap that had fans doing a double take, five months after her split from country superstar Keith Urban.

The 58-year-old actress shared a solo photo of herself on the edge of a bed, bathed in natural light, wearing an oversized pink sleep shirt and little else visible. Her eyes were closed as she showed a soft smile.

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Her Instagram caption read, “Happy Galentines” with a pink heart emoji.

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Galentine’s Day — the holiday that spun out of a joke on the sitcom “Parks and Recreation” — celebrates female friendships.

The comments section was filled with love for Kidman’s sweet yet sensual social media post, including from celebrity friend Michelle Pfeiffer.

“Happy Galentines my friend,” she wrote with three red heart emojis.

“Glowing,” one fan wrote, while others called her “beautiful” and “thriving.”

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The bedroom moment comes on the heels of a finalized divorce that quietly closed the curtain on nearly 20 years of marriage.

In January 2026, Kidman and Urban reached a settlement in a Nashville court, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital. Kidman was designated the primary parent of their two minor daughters. Urban will have parenting time every other weekend unless otherwise arranged.

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Neither party will pay alimony, and child support was set at $0.

In September, the Academy Award winner filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. She listed Sept. 30 as the date of separation and requested to be named the primary residential parent of the couple’s daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret.

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The settlement brings a formal close to a nearly two-decade marriage that began with a whirlwind romance. Kidman and Urban first met in 2005 at an event in Australia. Just one year later, they married in Sydney.

SEN McCORMICK: Rubio’s Munich speech is a vital wake-up call for the West

Europe stands at a crossroads. To save itself and our cherished Transatlantic alliance, it must not only change policy but also recommit itself to the common inheritance of Western Civilization.

That was the message Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered this weekend at the Munich Security Conference, in a defining foreign policy speech of our time. At an affair best-known for platitudes and navel-gazing, he diagnosed the roots of Europe’s decline and provided a clear vision for how America and its European allies can unite, again, to preserve the most important alliance in human history. It could not have come at a better time.

Formed in the shadow of the Iron Curtain, the NATO alliance has underpinned American, European, and even global security for decades. It held back the march of Communism. It brought peace to a continent reeling from centuries of brutal warfare. It reunified Europe.

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It is an alliance bonded by sacrifice and history. Like generations of American soldiers before and since, I fought alongside our NATO allies in the 82nd Airborne, crossing into Iraq with a French unit at the outset of the First Gulf War. And when America was attacked on 9/11, our NATO allies answered our call. They spilled blood in the mountains of Afghanistan and streets of Iraq alongside our young men and women in uniform.

That bond remains, but, Secretary Rubio warned, it has grown weaker as our allies have pursued policies of managed decline. They have crippled their productive capacity with so-called “green energy” policies, allowed deindustrialization to neuter their defense capabilities, and neglected the very fabric of their own societies through mass, uncontrolled immigration. They have failed to live up to their end of the bargain in the alliance, and the marriage between the United States and Europe now needs fixing.

However, the roots of decline run deeper than policy choices, to the very soul of Western society. Secretary Rubio sees this truth, and that’s why all Americans should hear his speech.

The remarks remind us what leaders in the United States and throughout Europe are tasked with defending: a sacred inheritance from the forebearers of Western Civilization — the civilization that gave us Beethoven, established the rule of law, built the Sistine Chapel, sustained a rich philosophical tradition, and took us to the moon — but which now faces grave and existential threats.

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It is this shared bond of history and cultural inheritance — alongside the cold realities of geopolitics — that holds our nations together. Not vague abstractions, impotent international organizations, or even transatlantic trade.

Our European allies have forgotten this fact. Too often, they have traded national interest and hard power for vague and moralistic appeals to international institutions and a bloated welfare state. The Trump administration, as articulated in Secretary Rubio’s speech, has rejected that failed status quo and championed an honest, hard-nosed view of foreign policy designed to promote our national interests.

Under President Donald Trump, this administration put that policy to action. It has reasserted American sovereignty and our nation’s exceptional role as a leader on the world stage. American leadership, not the United Nations or any other international body, has brought peace to the Middle East, toppled Iran’s nuclear program, and ended the reign of a narco-terrorist dictator.

This isn’t a divorce from Europe, retreat from the world stage, or an abdication of America’s role as a world leader. Nor is it the misguided doctrine of internationalists who were eager to spend blood and treasure to export ideology to far-off lands. It’s a sober understanding of the realities of power and what it takes to secure the United States and Europe as we face a changing world together.

Secretary Rubio’s speech marks a defining moment for the U.S.-led global order. Just as crucially, it serves as a powerful call for the champions of the West to defend a shared civilization with a beautiful past — and a future that must be met by an alliance built on this deep and enduring bond.

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I trust many in Europe will heed the call. On a recent visit to Norway, Finland, Estonia and Denmark with several of my U.S. Senate colleagues, we met with leaders laser-focused on rebuilding their hard power, deterring the Russian bear on their borders, and restoring the heart and soul of the NATO alliance. Many of those I spoke to understood what is at stake. They had learned the hard lessons of the War in Ukraine and Europe’s inept response.

I hope those voices will trumpet Secretary Rubio and be “unapologetic in our heritage and proud of this common inheritance.”

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Canada’s curling controversy spreads to women’s team as stone gets yanked

Canada has faced renewed accusations of cheating after a member of the Swiss men’s curling team raised concerns of double-touching during their round-robin game on Saturday. The allegations came shortly after World Curling made adjustments to officiating following the first claims made against Canada’s Marc Kennedy. 

Switzerland became the sole unbeaten team at Milan Cortina after defeating Canada 9-5 in their fourth straight win, but the victory did not come without controversy. 

Swiss curler Pablo Lachat-Couchepin was captured on the broadcast talking to his coach during a fifth-end break in which he mentioned that he witnessed double-touching. 

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“I don’t want to focus too much on it, but he double-touched, and the referee saw it,” he said, according to The Toronto Star. It was unclear if those concerns were raised to officials.

The controversy even bled onto the women’s side on Saturday. 

Canadian curler Rachel Homan had her stone removed after an official ruled that she had touched it again after releasing the handle. Homan protested, but per World Curling’s rules, there are no official replays and the official’s final call stands. 

According to The Athletic, video replay of the incident did show Homan’s finger grazing the rock.

 The new accusations came after World Curling released a statement addressing the claims first made by Sweden on Friday and Kennedy’s subsequent reaction, which was captured on the live broadcast. 

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“Game Umpires are situated at the end of each sheet and physically cannot see every delivery infraction. However, when they are made aware of delivery issues, game umpires are positioned to observe the delivery for three ends. During this period of observation in the Friday evening game, there were no violations recorded,” the statement began.

The sports governing body also addressed two rule concerns including “double-touching” and touching the granite. According to the rules, players can retouch the handle multiple times, but “touching the handle after the hog line is not allowed and will result in the stone being removed from play.” Additionally, the stone will be removed from play if the granite of the stone is touched at all during “forward motion.” 

As a result of the allegations, World Curling said that two officials will be positioned to observe all deliveries beginning with Saturday’s games. 

Kennedy vehemently denied the accusations made by Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson at the time, saying, “Who’s doing it? I haven’t done it once, you can f— off.”

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Canada was issued a verbal warning for Kennedy’s language, which he apologized for on Saturday – but the apologies ended there. 

“I probably could’ve handled myself better in the moment,” he told CBC. “I know I’m a role model for Canadian curlers, so if I apologize at all, it’s to the young curlers around the country that would’ve expected more from me in that moment.”

 Kennedy went on to say he was defending himself and his team when their integrity came under criticism, and went on to further accuse Sweden of being in the wrong, saying he believed they “premeditated planning to try to catch us.”

“They’ve come up with a plan to catch teams in the act,” Kennedy said.

Senator delivers crucial vote for GOP voter ID bill while drawing line on filibuster

Senate Republicans gained a key ally in their quest to enshrine voter ID into law, but the lawmaker’s support comes with a condition.

A trio of lawmakers, led by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, have undertaken a campaign to convince their colleagues to support the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, working social media and closed-door meetings to secure the votes.

The campaign has proven successful, with the cohort gaining a crucial vote from Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who announced that she would back the SAVE America Act, which recently passed the House. With Collins, Senate Republicans have at least a slim majority backing the act.

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“I support the version of the SAVE America Act that recently passed the House,” Collins said in a statement first reported by the Maine Wire. “The law is clear that in this country only American citizens are eligible to vote in federal elections.”

“In addition, having people provide an ID at the polls, just as they have to do before boarding an airplane, checking into a hotel, or buying an alcoholic beverage, is a simple reform that will improve the security of our federal elections and will help give people more confidence in the results,” she continued.

Collins noted that she did not support the previous version of the bill, known simply as the SAVE Act, because it “would have required people to prove their citizenship every single time they cast a ballot.”

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Her decision gives Lee and Senate Republicans the votes needed to clear a key procedural hurdle in the Senate.

“We now have enough votes to pass a motion to proceed to the House-passed bill — even without any additional votes — with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie,” Lee said in a post on X.

That tie-breaking scenario would only present itself if Republicans turn to the standing, or talking, filibuster. It’s a move that Lee has been pushing his colleagues to make, and one that would require actual, physical debate over the bill. 

It’s the precursor to the current version of the filibuster, where the only hill lawmakers have to climb is acquiring 60 votes. Lee and other conservatives believe that if they turn to the standing filibuster, rather than the “zombie filibuster,” they can barrel through Democratic resistance.

But some fear that turning to that tool could paralyze the Senate floor for weeks or even months, depending on Senate Democrats’ resolve.  

And Collins’ support is not enough to smash through the 60-vote Senate filibuster.

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Complicating matters, Collins made clear that she does not support doing away with the filibuster, as do several other Senate Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., who reiterated earlier this week that the GOP doesn’t have the votes to eliminate the legislative tool.

“I oppose eliminating the legislative filibuster,” Collins said. “The filibuster is an important protection for the rights of the minority party that requires Senators to work together in the best interest of the country.”

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“Removing that protection would, for example, allow a future Congress controlled by Democrats to pass provisions on anything they want — D.C. statehood, open borders, or packing the Supreme Court — with just a simple majority of Senators,” she continued.

GOP senators Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, remain the only Republicans who have not pledged support for the SAVE Act.