Top defense contractor announces major move weeks after Dem governor takes office
After nearly a decade in Virginia, Boeing announced on Wednesday that it is moving its Defense, Space & Security headquarters out of the state back to St. Louis. This comes just weeks after new Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger took office, replacing Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
In a Wednesday statement, Boeing said that its decision to move its defense headquarters to St. Louis emphasizes company leadership’s “commitment to being present and engaged with teammates who are designing, producing and delivering vital defense and space products and capabilities for customers in the U.S. and around the world.”
The company said that it is progressing on a multi-billion-dollar investment in “the world’s most advanced combat aircraft production facilities,” including in St. Louis.
The change moves the defense headquarters from Arlington, Virginia, back to its former site in St. Louis, where much of the company’s products are designed and manufactured. Boeing’s headquarters was in Arlington, a suburb of Washington, D.C., for nearly a decade, with the company moving in 2017.
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Boeing cited leadership proximity to its workers, saying that “by aligning leadership with the workforce and investing in state-of-the-art facilities, Boeing is poised to strengthen its core business and drive innovation in defense solutions for the U.S. military and global allies.”
Steve Parker, Boeing Defense, Space & Security CEO, said that “the headquarters move, coupled with our senior leaders being based at and spending their time at major engineering, production and manufacturing centers across the U.S., reflects our continued focus on disciplined performance across our business.”
“It’s important for leaders to be side-by-side with our teammates, listening to their feedback and acting to remove obstacles as we continue to stabilize and strengthen our business,” added Parker.
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Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe hailed the move as a major “win for the heartland.”
“Missouri is the best place in the nation for aerospace and defense manufacturing, and having the Boeing Defense headquarters back where it belongs is a win for our workers and a win for the heartland,” said Kehoe, adding, “We are proud to see this leadership return to the production floor where the real work of defending our nation happens every day.”
The departure comes just over a month after Spanberger took office as Virginia’s governor. Though she campaigned as a pragmatic centrist, critics have said her day-one actions depict a very different approach.
In a flurry of executive orders after her inauguration, the Democrat rescinded ex-Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s 287(g) order that instituted cooperation with ICE, reprioritized diversity, equity and inclusion and seized on broad affordability initiatives, including housing regulation reviews that align with progressive approaches to zoning.
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Former House colleague Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, has criticized Spanberger’s leadership, telling Fox News Digital that “less than a month in office as governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger has shown a commitment to turning the commonwealth into California.”
While Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security headquarters is moving back to St. Louis, Boeing’s global headquarters appears to be staying in Arlington, Va after it moved in May 2022, months after Youngkin became governor in Virginia.
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Spanberger’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s after-hours request for comment.
NYC’s first free grocery store pop-up fuels ticket anxiety on trendy block
On Sunday in a busy stretch of restaurants and boutiques in the West Village, hundreds of New Yorkers queued up outside a pop-up shop offering free groceries.
“New Yorkers are in pain,” Nick from Queens, New York, one of several people Fox News Digital interviewed outside the pop-up, said as he waited to grab pasta sauce, bath soap and a bag of Tide Pods.
The scene was underscored by the city’s cost of living woes and anxiety over who would get a yellow ticket granting entry to the small shop before they “sold out” of goods.
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The pop-up was opened Feb. 12 as a five-day store by cryptocurrency-based prediction market Polymarket. It comes as Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani advances a proposal for city-run grocery stores aimed at easing rising food costs and broader affordability pressures.
It was billed as New York City’s first free grocery store, with critics casting it as a stunt riffing on Mamdani’s proposal as the prediction-market company faces heightened scrutiny from regulators in various states, including New York.
Shoppers characterized The Polymarket — which was separate from Mamdani-led efforts to unveil city-owned, subsidized grocery stores in each of the five New York City boroughs — as a learning moment for the mayor as residents cited concerns with security, running out of food and people cutting lines.
The giveaway drew residents from across the five boroughs — some arriving before sunrise, others showing up mid-morning in the hopes of getting a yellow ticket and a spot in the line wrapped around the block.
Rushing for tickets
As the crowd grew, however, so did the tension.
People in line told Fox News Digital Sunday that they were worried they’d made the trip for nothing.
“I literally got here at 9 o’clock … and basically what they said is that they ran out of tickets,” a woman named Fatima told Fox News Digital.
Another man, Sherrod from Jamaica, Queens, said the same happened to him.
“They told me that they ran out of tickets,” he said. “I couldn’t get no more food. … I couldn’t get access to the store.”
Fatima and Sherrod spoke after security guards began pushing people off the block shortly after 9 a.m., when the first batch of tickets was gone. Several shoppers said they were told to leave the area and come back around 1:30 p.m. for another chance — and not to linger on the sidewalk as ticket-holders moved through the store.
“Let’s go people, let’s go. Go home,” one security guard positioned outside The Polymarket was heard shouting to the crowds just after 9 a.m. Sunday. “Do not linger, do not look, do not watch. Please go home.”
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Shoppers were told the pop-up would open at noon and close at 3 p.m., or until supplies ran out. Ticket-holders were let inside a couple at a time and paired with a staffer to fill a blue tote bag at no cost.
Polymarket funded and operated the pop-up, a company representative told Fox News Digital, and the prediction market also donated $1 million to Food Bank for New York City as part of the effort.
The representative said Polymarket also gave $50 gift cards to some shoppers who ended up in the back of the line and were turned away, in an effort to “be as accommodating as possible.”
Some shoppers slammed the setup — and the mad dash for tickets — while early arrivals said security kept the line safe.
“Security’s been phenomenal,” said Nick, who was fourth in line and received a ticket without problems. “This morning, there was a drunk guy over here harassing a lady. And I was telling him to go. And the head security guy, he saw that we were in trouble, and he did his job and got him out of here. Protecting us.”
Another local, Michael, told Fox News Digital: “I’ve seen a mix of things, like security needs to work on their presentation, dealing with the customers who are of florid backgrounds … because they don’t have the customer service expertise.”
Michael set up a chair outside the grocery store, and watched shoppers file in and out of the shop all morning, but was not positioned in line. He told Fox News Digital that he only had three cups of soup left in his cupboard but was doubtful there would be enough groceries left at The Polymarket at the end of the day for him to stock up his pantry.
The line drew all walks of life — people on disability, working New Yorkers looking for a financial boost, residents shopping for the homeless, New Yorkers living in shelters, and others who did not speak English.
Brooklynite Sumayah said she visited the pop-up earlier in the week and managed to grab “two dozen eggs and some butter” before items started running out. Out of work for more than two months and currently on disability, she said a free grocery trip could spare her from spending roughly $600 a month on food and household essentials.
Sumayah said the process inside could feel uncomfortable to some, citing shoppers are paired with someone who moved them through the aisles.
“Someone shops with me and I’m kind of uncomfortable with that,” she said. “I also understand because sometimes you might have some people that want to overdo it and grab like 10 of something… but the person that I was with, they kind of rushed me through things and I couldn’t get all the stuff that I wanted.”
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Even so, Sumayah said her overall experience was “pretty calm and quiet,” and called the pop-up “very much needed in New York.” She said the turnout alone showed how wide the need spreads — and how quickly word of free groceries travels.
“I even met a woman that came from India yesterday and she was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m in line. I’m coming to get free food,’” Sumayah said. “I’m thinking like, how should I get back on the plane with that?”
Sumayah called on local leaders contemplating installing city-run stores to ensure such shoppers are safe as they wait in line for the goods — including from neighbors unhappy with the lines — while Sherrod called for a potential city-run effort to be better “organized” and “learn from this.”
Nick added that such stores should be directly located in impoverished areas and food deserts far from the wealthy streets of Manhattan.
Hammering costs
Almost everyone in line — no matter if they got a ticket or not — sounded off that food costs in the city were sky-high, and they needed an assist.
“Shoot, I used to spend on average $300 to $500 on groceries,” said Jaquan, who caught the A train to get to the market Sunday morning. “I used live with my mom, so that made it even worse. Right now I’m homeless, I live in a drop-in center.”
Another Big Apple resident, Monique, said she spent $200 on groceries “the other day” and “didn’t even get much.” Sherrod, who said he has a family of four, put his monthly grocery spending at around $400 to $500 and described the free groceries as a real help.
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Nick said choosing to wait for hours to get a ticket was worth it, noting it would save him as other expenses build up.
“I’ve switched to fast food and it’s taking a hit on my health,” he said, adding he was already a month behind on his phone bill because grocery costs came first.
For the more than 300 individuals who did get tickets moved through the door, they were thrilled with the haul.
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“I got the spaghetti. I got orange juice. I like orange juice,” Nick from Queens said after making it through the store. “I also got some ground beef. They had grass-fed ground beef, they had lean ground beef and the regular ground beef so I’m glad I got that. I’m really glad I got the grass-fed.”
Carrie Underwood booed by ‘American Idol’ audience, sparks online political debate
Carrie Underwood faced unexpected backlash during a recent “American Idol” moment, igniting a social media firestorm over politics and being “on the right side of history.”
On Monday, the 42-year-old “American Idol” judge revealed on X, formerly Twitter, that she had received a less than warm reception from the audience during the long-running reality competition show’s Hollywood Week.
“Spoiler alert… I get booed A LOT from our Hollywood Week audience,” Underwood wrote, adding a flushed face emoji and tagging the show.
Social media users quickly flocked to the comments section to vent their fury over Underwood’s perceived conservative leanings, with many referring to her performance during President Donald Trump‘s 2025 inauguration ceremony.
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Some shared their opinions that the booing was an expression of disapproval from the audience over her purported politics.
“Lol. You bet. You sang for a mad man,” one social media user wrote, as others chimed in to share their agreement and accuse Underwood of being “MAGA.”
“Amen,” one X user replied.
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“100%” another added.
“Indeed,” one X user wrote, with another commenting, “Exactly.”
“You took the extra step of making sure literally everyone dislikes you. Respect,” one critic wrote.
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“Go away, has been,” another commented.
“Have you been hacked? Odd you would mention it, good to know. I stopped watching it in 2025,” another critic added.
However, Underwood’s replies were also filled with supportive comments from fans, who defended the eight-time Grammy Award winner.
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“Good! The last thing you want is Hollywood thinking well of you,” fellow country star John Rich wrote.
“You are loved by all the right people,” another chimed in.
“Miss Underwood, stay with your values ma’am. You are on the right side of history & more importantly, morality,” one supporter commented.
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“You are loved, Miss Carrie,” another wrote with a heart emoji.
“Take those boos as a compliment ! We are on the right side of history. Trust you will not lose your base, probably gain more followers. Stay strong!” a fan commented.
Underwood’s performance of “America the Beautiful” took place in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, shortly after Trump took the oath of office in January 2025.
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The singer was widely praised by fans after she continued her rendition of the patriotic anthem by singing a capella, engaging the crowd after the background music failed.
However, many detractors slammed Underwood for what they saw as a public endorsement of Trump. Some fellow celebrities were also critical of the “Jesus, Take the Wheel” hitmaker.
Mandy Moore and Ariana Grande both “liked” an online meme that suggested Underwood sounded off-key during the performance.
“The View” host Joy Behar publicly questioned Underwood’s decision, calling out what she viewed as normalizing Trump’s presidency through the performance.
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“General Hospital” star Nancy Lee Grahn claimed on Threads that she can “no longer look” at Underwood following her performance at the inauguration.
Meanwhile, other notable names commended Underwood for continuing to sing after the audio issues and defended her involvement with the inauguration.
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Behar’s fellow “The View” host Whoopi Goldberg said Underwood had every right to perform and stood by the “American Idol” winner’s choice to sing at the inauguration, emphasizing artistic freedom.
Fellow country star Jason Aldean praised her handling of the difficult, a cappella performance and called it a “pro move.”
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Underwood has repeatedly said she prefers to avoid talking about politics. When she confirmed that she would be performing at Trump’s inauguration, the singer wrote in a statement, “I love our country and am honored to have been asked to sing at the inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event.”
“I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in the spirit of unity and looking to the future,” she added.
Actor Peter Greene accidentally shot himself in brachial artery, medical examiner says
The cause of death for actor Peter Greene, who was found in his New York City apartment in December, was an accidental gunshot wound, the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner said on Wednesday, according to reports.
The 60-year-old “Pulp Fiction” star was found with a “gunshot wound of left axilla with injury of brachial artery,” the medical examiner said, referring to his left armpit, according to People magazine.
The brachial artery is the major blood vessel that supplies blood to the upper arm, elbow, forearm and hand, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
His manner of death was determined to be accidental.
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Fox News Digital has reached out to the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner.
Greene’s manager, Gregg Edwards, confirmed his death to Fox News Digital in December.
Edwards said Greene died in his apartment in Manhattan. According to the New York Daily News, which first reported his death, neighbors in his building heard Christmas music blaring from his home starting early Dec. 10, and when it didn’t stop, a wellness check was performed on Dec. 12, which is when he was found.
“He was just a terrific guy,” Edwards told The Associated Press. “Arguably one of the greatest character actors on the planet; Has worked with everybody.”
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He added, “We’ve been friends for over a decade. Just the nicest man.”
Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Greene landed some of his first leading roles in “Laws of Gravity” in 1992 and “Clean, Shaven” in 1993, according to IMDb.
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In 1994, he played villain, Zed, in Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” who is brought in to torture characters played by Bruce Willis and Ving Rhames. That same year, he played another leading villain opposite Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz in “The Mask.”
He continued acting steadily, with nearly 100 acting credits to his name, including roles in “The Usual Suspects,” “Blue Streak” and “Training Day.”
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Greene’s most recent role was in the movie “Clicka,” which was released last month.
His manager also shared that at the time of his death, he was working on a documentary called “From the American People: The Withdrawal of USAID,” producing and narrating it alongside Jason Alexander and Kathleen Turner.
Olympic romance blooms as hockey star Hilary Knight pops the question
American speedskater Brittany Bowe will not leave the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics with a medal, but she will return home with a new ring.
Team USA women’s hockey captain Hilary Knight proposed to Bowe at the 2026 Winter Games. The two first met while competing at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Knight proposed on the eve of the women’s hockey gold medal clash between the U.S. and Canada.
Knight shared the moment on social media, captioning a video of the two athletes in matching Team USA gear, “Olympics brought us together. This one made us forever.”
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Bowe entered with two bronze medals, and Knight, a four-time Olympic medalist, will leave with a fifth — gold or silver — after Thursday’s rematch with Canada.
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Knight reflected on connecting with Bowe during the 2022 Beijing Games under COVID-19 protocols.
“To have that human connection, even walking outside at a distance, it was really cool,” Knight told Olympics.com last week.
Bowe said she has come to know a different side of Knight beyond her superstar persona.
“Knowing her as a hockey player, it’s like this big, strong, powerful female,” Bowe said. “But then, when we got to know each other, she was soft, genuine, kind, almost shy. That really sparked my interest.”
Romance has been part of the story at this year’s Games, particularly for Valentine’s Day. Last week, American skier Breezy Johnson’s boyfriend proposed at the finish of her super-G run in Cortina d’Ampezzo.
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Johnson captured her first career Olympic gold medal in the women’s Alpine skiing downhill event.
US secretly airlifted 6,000 ISIS fighters to prevent catastrophic jailbreak
EXCLUSIVE: This was the kind of prison break officials say could have changed the region, and perhaps even the world, overnight.
Nearly 6,000 ISIS detainees, described by a senior U.S. intelligence official as “the worst of the worst,” were being held in northern Syria as clashes and instability threatened the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, the guards responsible for keeping the militants locked away and preventing a feared ISIS resurgence. U.S. officials believed that if the prisons collapsed in the chaos, the consequences would have been immediate.
“If these 6,000 or so got out and returned to the battlefield, that would basically be the instant reconstitution of ISIS,” the senior intelligence official told Fox News Digital.
In an exclusive interview, the official walked Fox News Digital step by step through the behind-the-scenes operation that moved thousands of ISIS detainees out of Syria and into Iraqi custody, describing a multi-agency scramble that unfolded over weeks, with intelligence warnings, rapid diplomacy and a swift military lift.
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The risk, the official explained, had been building for months. In late October, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard began to assess that Syria’s transition could tip into disorder and create the conditions for a catastrophic jailbreak.
The ODNI sent the official to Syria and Iraq at that time to begin early discussions with both the SDF and the Iraqi government about how to remove what the official repeatedly described as the most dangerous detainees before events overtook them.
Those fears sharpened in early January as fighting erupted in Aleppo and began spreading eastward. Time was running out to prevent catastrophe. “We saw this severe crisis situation,” the official said.
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According to the source, the ODNI oversaw daily coordination calls across agencies as the situation escalated. The official said Secretary of State Marco Rubio was “managing the day to day” on policy considerations, while the ODNI drove a working group that kept CENTCOM, diplomats and intelligence officials aligned on the urgent question: how to keep nearly 6,000 ISIS fighters from slipping into the fog of war.
The Iraqi government, the official said, understood the stakes. Baghdad had its own reasons to move quickly, fearing that if thousands of detainees escaped, they would spill across the border and revive a threat Iraq still remembers in visceral terms.
The official described Iraq’s motivation bluntly: leaders recognized that a massive breakout could force Iraq back into a “2014 ISIS is on our border situation once more.”
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, the official said, played a pivotal role in smoothing the diplomatic runway for what would become a major logistical undertaking.
Then came the physical lift. The official credited CENTCOM’s surge of resources to make the plan real on the ground, saying that “moving in helicopters” and other assets enabled detainees to be removed in a compressed timeframe.
“Thanks to the efforts… moving in helicopters, moving in more resources, and then just logistically making this happen, we were able to get these nearly 6,000 out in the course of just a few weeks,” the official said.
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The SDF, he said, had been securing the prisons, but its attention was strained by fighting elsewhere, fueling U.S. fears that a single breach could spiral into a mass escape. Ultimately, detainees were transported into Iraq, where they are now held at a facility near Baghdad International Airport under Iraqi authority.
The next phase, the official said, is focused on identification and accountability. FBI teams are in Iraq enrolling detainees biometrically, the official said, while U.S. and Iraqi officials examine what intelligence can be declassified and used in prosecutions.
“What they were asking us for, basically, is giving them as much intelligence and information that we have on these individuals,” the official said. “So right now, the priority is on biometrically identifying these individuals.”
The official said the State Department is also pushing countries of origin to take responsibility for their citizens held among the detainees.
“State Department is doing outreach right now and encouraging all these different countries to come and pick up their fighters,” he said.
While the transfer focused strictly on ISIS fighters, the senior intelligence official said families held in camps such as al-Hol were not part of the operation, leaving a major unresolved security and humanitarian challenge.
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The camps themselves were under separate arrangements, the official said, and responsibility shifted as control on the ground evolved.
According to the official, the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian government reached an understanding that Damascus would take over the al-Hol camp, which holds thousands of ISIS-affiliated women and children.
“As you can see from social media, the al-Hol camp is pretty much being emptied out,” the official said, adding that it “appears the Syrian government has decided to let them go free,” a scenario the official described as deeply troubling for regional security. “That is very concerning.”
The fate of the families has long been viewed by counterterrorism officials as one of the most complicated, unresolved elements of the ISIS detention system. Many of the children have grown up in camps after ISIS lost territorial control, and some are now approaching fighting age, raising fears about future radicalization and recruitment.
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For now, the official said, intelligence agencies are closely tracking developments after a rapid operation that, in their view, prevented thousands of experienced ISIS militants from reentering the battlefield at once and potentially reigniting the group’s fighting force.
“This is a rare good news story coming out of Syria,” the official concluded.
Basketball coach suspended after epic tirade against officials, foul disparity
The Horizon League suspended Green Bay Phoenix men’s basketball head coach Doug Gottlieb on Wednesday for one game after his epic tirade against officiating following a loss.
Gottlieb criticized officials over what he believed was inconsistency in calls during the team’s 75-72 loss to the Milwaukee Panthers on Sunday. He will miss Friday’s game against Oakland.
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“Gottlieb’s postgame comments do not reflect the League’s values or sportsmanship expectations. The Horizon League considers this matter closed and will have no further comment,” the league said in a statement.
Gottlieb apologized for his outburst.
“I’d like to apologize to the Horizon League and the officials for my disparaging comments following Sunday’s game,” he said in a statement. “I understand and appreciate how difficult their job is, and respect what they do for the sport of basketball. I will be better moving forward.”
Green Bay was down 73-72 late in the game when Milwaukee’s Stevie Elam stole the ball from Phoenix player Preston Ruedinger, who was driving to the basket. Elam was fouled and made two free throws to extend the lead with one second left in the game.
On the Panthers’ previous possession, Amar Augillard drove to the basket and got a foul call. He hit two free throws to put the Panthers ahead. Gottlieb believed there should have been a foul call.
“It’s the exact same play as the other end — could not be more similar,” he said. “And yet, every time they drove, it was a foul. And every time we did, it was mixed.”
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The Panthers were 30-of-37 on free throws and Green Bay was 14-of-18.
Gottlieb was also upset with a technical foul call he was given. He slammed his hands on the press conference table as he argued he wasn’t being “demonstrative” toward officials.
“I need the (Horizon) league to explain to me why I got a technical foul when I did not curse, I was not demonstrative, I did not leave my box,” he said. “All I said was, ‘That’s the same play as the other end.’ All we ask is that there’s a fair game.
“That’s what we ask. C.J. O’Hara goes and gets an offensive rebound, their player dives at his legs, C.J. gets called for a foul. I need (Horizon League Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials Donnie Eppley) and the new commissioner (Jill Bodensteiner) to explain to me the disparity in the officiating. That’s what I need explained to me.”
Green Bay athletic director Josh Moon said their department talked to Gottlieb about his actions.
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“We appreciate his apology and respect the commissioner’s decision, however, we do not believe his actions warrant a suspension. We feel a reprimand or public censure would have been appropriate,” he said.
Family speaks out after trans gunman kills ex-wife, son at hockey game
The victims’ family members released a statement saying they are “deeply and profoundly affected by the recent events that took place” after a transgender gunman opened fire on his family at a high school hockey game this week in Rhode Island.
Robert Dorgan, 56, opened fire Monday inside the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket during a hockey game between Coventry and Blackstone Valley schools, killing his ex-wife Rhonda Dorgan and son Aidan Dorgan, before fatally shooting himself, according to Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves.
The Dorgan family’s attorneys released a statement Wednesday, as Rhonda’s parents – Linda Dorgan and Gerald Dorgan – and family friend Thomas Giarrusso remain in the hospital in critical condition.
“We are reminded that behind every headline is a family experiencing profound pain and loss,” the family wrote. “We care greatly for all families impacted by this recent tragedy and our thoughts are with them.”
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“While there are many questions being asked, please know we are focused on all of those who have been injured and whose lives have been forever changed,” they added.
The Dorgan family was sitting in the bleachers during the shooting, but police said it appeared there was no conversation or confrontation between the suspect and the victims before he opened fire.
Authorities have not yet released a suspected motive.
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Attorneys said the family is cooperating with the appropriate authorities and agencies, and asked all questions be referred to legal spokesperson Lawrence J. Signore.
They did not comment on Robert and Rhonda’s two surviving children.
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Signore’s website notes he represents individuals “injured due to someone else’s careless mistakes.”