Judge blocks Trump’s order despite overwhelming American support
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., blocked a portion of President Donald Trump’s executive order on election integrity that is popular among Americans, according to a Gallup poll.
The portion of the order that Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia struck down included provisions related to requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
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Less than two weeks before the 2024 election, Gallup found that 84% of U.S. adults were in favor of requiring voters to show identification and 83% supported requiring proof of citizenship when registering for the first time.
When broken down by party, 67% of Democrats, 84% of Independents and 98% of Republicans were in favor of mandating voter ID. The party breakdown over proof of citizenship was similar, with 66% of Democrats, 84% of Independents and 96% of Republicans supporting the idea.
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Kollar-Kotelly, however, argued that Trump did not have the authority to issue such an order, as the Constitution delegates control of election regulations to Congress and states.
“Consistent with that allocation of power, Congress is currently debating legislation that would affect many of the changes the President purports to order,” Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee, wrote in her order. “No statutory delegation of authority to the Executive Branch permits the President to short-circuit Congress’s deliberative process by executive order.”
Earlier this month, the House passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require states to obtain proof of citizenship for those registering to vote in a federal election. Additionally, the act mandates that all non-citizens be removed from voter rolls. The Senate still needs to pass the measure before it can reach Trump’s desk.
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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who sponsored the bill in the House, wrote, “In order to preserve this republic, we must uphold what it means to be able to vote in a U.S. election. I am grateful that my colleagues answered the call and passed the SAVE Act, as this serves as a critical first step to ensure that we maintain election integrity throughout our country.”
So far in 2025, five states have enacted voter ID requirements, and one has mandated proof of citizenship for registration, according to Voting Rights Lab. Additionally, 25 states are considering bills that would mandate proof of citizenship, while 40 are mulling legislation requiring voter ID.
Son of Deion Sanders sends message after falling out of 1st round in NFL Draft
Shedeur Sanders suffered one of the most dramatic NFL Draft slides of any top quarterback prospect in recent history on Thursday night.
Sanders, who was projected by some to be the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft after the college football season, fell completely out of the first round and remains undrafted going into day two.
The former University of Colorado star admitted that he and his family “did not expect” what occurred on Thursday night, in footage posted by his brother Deion Sanders Jr. Still, the quarterback appears to be keeping a positive attitude and expects to be drafted on Friday.
“We all didn’t expect this, of course, but I feel like with God, anything possible, everything possible. I don’t feel like this happened for no reason. All of this is, of course, fuel to the fire. Under no circumstances did we all know this was going to happen, but we understand we on to bigger and better things,” the quarterback said.
“Tomorrow’s the day. We going to be happy regardless. Legendary.”
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Still, the quarterback hinted at possibly knowing that he might not get picked in the first round earlier on Thursday. Hours prior to the draft, Sanders made a social media post insisting he was prepared for whatever happened in the first round.
“I’m built for whatever today may bring,” he wrote.
What the day brought was a surprising slide for Sanders, and a dent to his father and college coach’s expectations.
NFL Hall of Famer and Colorado head coach Deion Sanders previously insisted Shedeur would be a top-five pick when he entered the draft in an X post in May 2024. That post received a community note on Thursday after Shedeur slid.
Two other quarterbacks were taken in the first round while Shedeur waited to hear his name called. The Tennessee Titans took former Miami quarterback Cam Ward with the first overall pick, and the New York Giants traded back into the first round at No. 25 to take former Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart.
Several other teams that have a need at quarterback, including the Cleveland Browns, New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers, also passed on Sanders.
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This happened despite the fact that Sanders led the Big 12 Conference with 4,134 passing yards and 37 touchdown passes and was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year. In his 50 college games, Sanders threw for 14,347 yards, 134 touchdowns and 27 interceptions.
But his value came into question in weeks leading up to the draft amid concerns about his character.
An anonymous NFL coach recently told the NFL Network that Sanders was “the worst formal interview I’ve ever been in in my life.”
“He’s so entitled. He takes unnecessary sacks. He never plays on time. He has horrible body language. He blames teammates,” the coach continued. “But the biggest thing is he’s not that good.”
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Another longtime AFC executive echoed that sentiment, telling the outlet, “It didn’t go great in our interview. He wants to dictate what he’s going to do and what’s best for him. He makes you feel small.”
Those concerns and criticisms took their toll on the quarterback’s draft stock, as he now will have to settle for hearing his name on day two, at the earliest.
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AOC campaign-style video swirls 2028 presidential run rumors
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has crisscrossed the United States with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour, and Americans are speculating about whether the New York Democrat is launching a shadow campaign for president.
Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign account posted a video on X this week that invigorated those rumors as the four-term Democrat from New York City and a progressive leader proclaimed, “We are one.”
“I’m a girl from the Bronx,” Ocasio-Cortez said on a campaign-style stage in Idaho. “To be welcomed here in this state, all of us together, seeing our common cause, this is what this country is all about.”
FiveThirtyEight founder and prominent pollster Nate Silver signaled earlier this month that Ocasio-Cortez is the leading Democrat to pick up the party’s presidential nomination in 2028. In a draft 2028 pick with FiveThirtyEight’s Galen Druke, Silver chose Ocasio-Cortez as his top choice to lead the Democratic Party’s presidential ticket.
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“I think there’s a lot of points in her favor at this very moment,” Druke said, adding, “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has broad appeal across the Democratic Party.”
Americans are reposting Ocasio-Cortez’s video across X, pointing to the video as proof of her 2028 presidential ambitions. “Get ready America. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will almost undoubtedly run for president in 2028,” political reporter Eric Daugherty said in response to the video.
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As rumors swirl over Ocasio-Cortez’s ambition for higher office, back at home in New York, a Siena College poll found Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s favorability is down, at 39% among New York state voters questioned in the poll, which was conducted April 14-16. Meanwhile, Ocasio-Cortez’s favorability soared to 47%.
The longtime senator from New York faced pushback from the Democratic Party in March for supporting the Republican budget bill backed by President Donald Trump that averted a government shutdown and stirred up outrage among congressional Democrats who planned to boycott the bill.
That growing disapproval among Democrats was reflected in the poll, and the shifting perception comes as DNC vice chair David Hogg, through his political arm, Leaders We Deserve, faced blowback from the DNC this week for investing $20 million into electing younger Democrats to safe House Democrat seats.
Colin Reed, a Republican strategist, said Ocasio-Cortez “shouldn’t be discounted” by Democrats “who are standing in her way” of running for whichever office she decides to seek – whether as a U.S. senator or President of the United States.
While Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders are garnering national attention as they jetset across the country, Reed said their passion and energy might invigorate the progressive portion of the Democratic Party, but “her ideas are way too outside the mainstream to ever be electable at a nationwide level.”
“Ultimately, in a Democratic base there’s always going to be a percentage of voters who are drawn to that message. The issue they run to is it’s just not the majority of Americans. The majority of Americans don’t want to transform our country into some sort of ‘European-style government rules all’ vision. That’s why America was founded in the first place – to get away from oppression, from an overbearing, overreaching government,” Reed said.
As Democrats struggle to land on a consistent message and search for a clear party leader following Republicans’ November wins, there is an opportunity within the party to dominate the national Democratic narrative, Reed explained.
“Chaos loves a vacuum, and right now, there is a vacuum in leadership in the Democratic Party, and thus chaos is ruling the roost,” Reed said.
“As long as those two are out there, they’re going to get attention because nobody else is doing anything. The house of cards will come crumbling down, especially when you’ve got two folks out there, Senator Sanders and Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, holding themselves out as climate warriors as they jet around the country on private jets spewing untold carbon emissions into the air. That hypocrisy is one that’s tough for a lot of folks’ stomachs,” Reed added.
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Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment by deadline.
George Soros’ son is ‘tortured’ and ‘impossible’ heir, damning profile says
A New York Magazine profile on Alex Soros, son of George Soros, who has been chosen to take up his father’s leadership mantle, doesn’t paint the heir in a positive light.
“The real story is that every single person who knows the family knows that Alex was exactly the wrong person to lead the foundation,” the New York Magazine profile on Alex Soros, published Tuesday, reads, quoting an anonymous source “with deep OSF ties.”
George Soros started what the Open Society Foundations (OSF) website calls his “philanthropic network” in the mid-1980s. It eventually became OSF, which has been led by George Soros for decades. In June 2023, he passed the leadership torch to his son, Alex.
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“In private he is brooding and cerebral and has a propensity for candor and bursts of hot-temperedness,” the New York Magazine piece, authored by Simon van Zuylen-Wood, says of Alex Soros, who is chair of the board of directors at OSF.
“His halting, Peter Thiel–like baritone is full of ahs and ums, and his sentences can sound like records skipping, as if he were unable to easily put into language what is clear in his mind. This slightly tortured persona has invited comparisons with his elder half-brother Jonathan, who sprang from Harvard Law School and a federal clerkship to work alongside his father in finance and philanthropy.”
Van Zuylen-Wood writes that people, including OSF’s first president, Aryeh Neier, thought that Jonathan Soros, a co-founder and partner of the investment firm, One Madison Group, would be his father’s successor.
“When Soros insiders try to explain the family dynamic, they draw on the standard texts of empire and heredity,” van Zuylen-Wood says. “‘Roman is Alex,’ says a former OSF senior official, referring to Roman Roy, the sardonic failson in ‘Smart but f**king impossible and not particularly interested in the details.’ Another Soros insider cites not HBO but the Gospel of Luke, casting Alex in the role of the Prodigal Son, who is rewarded with his father’s love despite his wayward years.”
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Alex Soros held a fundraiser at his New York City apartment for vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, and posted photos of the event on X.
The New York Magazine piece says that Alex Soros “created a PR headache by posting photos from the event on social media, as is his custom after meeting heads of state and elected officials. (As a former OSF higher-up says, Alex likes to collect “shiny objects.”).”
The piece points out that Alex Soros’ X account is filled with photos of powerful Democrats, including former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Presidents Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and world leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron, the late Pope Francis, and Ukrainian Head of Presidential Administration Andriy Yermak.
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Previous reporting from Fox News highlighting a Media Research Center study on Alex Soros, found that he politicized mass shootings, praised Biden’s “disastrous” 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, supports abolishing the Electoral College, embraced disparaging claims against conservative Supreme Court Justices and supports decriminalizing “sex work.”
Since the 2018 elections, Alex Soros has given more than $5 million to federal political coffers, and records show that his largest contribution was $2 million to the Schumer-aligned Senate Majority PAC during that time.
With billions to spend, the New York Magazine profile questions the 39-year-old’s ability to be an effective leader.
“Exactly how to push back against the [Trump] madness he leaves unclear,” van Zuylen-Wood wrote. “Nor does he offer any coherent agenda for the Democrats, whose roiling, inconclusive debates can seem personified by Alex himself. He was a regular presence at the Biden White House, one-half of an odd power couple, yet few in the broader political universe have a grasp of how he thinks about the world and plans to spend the wealth at his disposal.
“That money could help determine the fate not only of a rudderless Democratic Party but of a country that every day is disappearing legal residents and immigrants, shaking down universities, defying court orders, and otherwise taking aim at the very open society his father’s global philanthropy exists to uphold.”
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Open Society Foundations for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
Serial killer fears addressed by district attorney after 8th body discovered
The Hamden County District Attorney in Massachusetts on Thursday addressed rumors of a New England serial killer after authorities discovered a woman’s body off a bike path in Springfield on Tuesday.
The woman’s death comes amid rumors circulating online about a possible New England serial killer following the deaths of seven and now eight people, mostly women, between March and April in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. As of Friday, authorities have not announced any kind of connection between the eight victims’ deaths.
It is unclear how the woman in Springfield died, and the local medical examiner is conducting an autopsy, but Hamden County DA Anthony Gulluni said his office is thoroughly investigating each act of violence in the Springfield community.
“Our hearts go out to the families who are grieving,” Gulluni said.
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His office urged the public to be mindful of social media’s role in spreading misinformation and unverified claims, which “can compromise active investigations and contribute to a sense of chaos that does not reflect the full picture.”
“We are actively working every lead and deploying every available resource,” Gulluni added. “At this time, there is no indication that these incidents are connected to each other or are they [are] part of a larger public safety threat.”
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Authorities are asking anyone with information relevant to investigations in the Springfield area to come forward and contact the Springfield Police Department Detective Bureau at 413-787-6355 or through text a tip by texting CRIMES (2-7-4-6-3-7), typing SOLVE, and writing your tip.
“As always, our focus is on seeking justice, supporting victims and their families, and maintaining the safety of our community,” the DA’s office said.
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The eerie rumors began circulating on a Facebook group called “New England Serial Killer,” which has since changed its name due to Facebook rules and regulations. Over the last two months, human remains have been located in New Haven, Norwalk, Groton and Killingly, Connecticut; Foster, Rhode Island; and Framingham, Plymouth and now Springfield, Massachusetts. Some social media users say these discoveries of human remains — particularly, female remains — across the three neighboring states may indicate a serial killer.
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But Connecticut State Police told Fox News Digital last week that “there is no information at this time suggesting any connection to similar remains discoveries, and there is also no known threat to the public at this time,” regarding the deaths in Connecticut.
The New England Serial Killer Facebook group, which now has 66,700 members, has garnered nearly 20,000 new members this month as searches for “New England serial killer” on Google spiked around April 7, according to data from the search engine.
Parents furious after middle schoolers forced to answer sexually explicit questions
A Massachusetts school district is at the center of a battle over parental rights after it administered a health survey to middle school students in late March that asked children as young as 11 sexually explicit questions despite parents opting their child out.
Burlington Public Schools (BPS) notified parents on March 6 via an app called ParentSquare about its plans to administer the 2025 Youth Risk Behavior Survey to students at Marshall Simonds Middle School.
The survey, which is part of a national initiative developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, asked students sensitive questions about alcohol, drug use and gender identity.
One question in the 2025 survey asked students if they’ve ever had sexual intercourse, describing the act in detail and providing the definitions of oral and anal sex. It also asked about the use of sex toys.
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Fox News Digital spoke with three parents whose children took the controversial survey, two of whom opted their child out and have since filed federal complaints with the U.S. Department of Education with the help of the Massachusetts Liberty Legal Center (MLLC), an organization that defends free speech, religious liberty and parental rights.
“I felt absolutely sick to think that they were asking such explicit questions to children,” said Adrianne Simeone, a Burlington mother who opted her 13-year-old son out of the survey. “I’ve talked to my kids about sex. My children know about sexual reproduction, but I have not talked to them about anal sex or oral sex or sex toys. I don’t think those were appropriate for minors of any age, let alone children as young as 11.”
MLLC alleges that BPS violated the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA), which stipulates that K-12 schools that receive federal funding must notify parents and allow them to opt their children out of surveys involving sensitive topics.
“In not opting out students who had been opted out by their parents, [they] actually violated federal law,” said Sam Whiting, legal counsel for MLLC. “We’re very hopeful that the Department of Education, especially under the Trump administration, will follow through and enforce that law against the district.”
Some students who had been opted out of the survey by their parents were still forced to take it, despite protesting, because their names were not on the opt-out list.
Teachers did not inform students that the survey was voluntary, according to a demand letter sent to members of the BPS School Committee by MLLC.
David Hanafin told Fox News Digital he’s furious with the school district after his 11-year-old son was also forced to take the survey despite being opted out.
“We don’t send our kids to school to be indoctrinated. We don’t send our kids to school to have these discussions. You don’t need to open their mind. You need to teach them to read, to write, math, accurate history, accurate science, and you send them home, and we’ll take care of the rest,” he said.
Hanafin, who has six children in the school district between elementary, middle and high school, said he had an agreement with Superintendent Eric Conti and Assistant Superintendent Laura Chen about opting his children out of all surveys that touch on sensitive topics.
“My daughter’s 11 years old. She still writes her list to Santa Claus every year and she can’t wait for Santa Claus to come and bring her presents. And then they’re asking her questions about anal sex and about sex toys and that — how anybody in their right mind could say this is in any way shape or form appropriate, or what information they’re trying to glean from it, makes no sense,” he told Fox News Digital.
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The Youth Risk Behavior Survey has been used nationwide since 1991 to monitor health behavior changes over time and to collect data to guide policies on issues like teen substance abuse, suicide and sexual health.
The 2023 version had questions about alcohol and prescription drug use, as well as questions about gender identity, but the definition of sexual intercourse was changed in 2025 to be more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community, according to JSI, the healthcare research and consulting organization that created the survey.
Simeone and Hanafin have both signed onto federal complaints filed with the Education Department. They also spoke out against the survey alongside more than a dozen other parents at a school committee meeting on April 1.
A third parent who spoke with Fox News Digital but requested anonymity out of fear of backlash said she hasn’t signed onto the federal complaint but plans to do so.
She missed the notification in ParentSquare about the survey due to the large number of messages the school sends in a day, so her daughter took it. She said she felt “sick” after seeing the questions.
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Superintendent Conti apologized at the April 1 meeting for the opt-out policy not being honored, saying it was a “mistake.”
He claimed that some of the definitions in the survey were changed and added without BPS’ consent after their Wellness Committee had reviewed them.
Conti also stated that he was informed by Marshall Simonds Middle School Principal Tim McMahon that only four opt-out policies were not honored, a claim disputed by other parents and MLLC.
School Committee Member Christine Monaco told parents that she found some of the survey definitions “awful,” “inappropriate” and “disgusting.”
“Some students knew their parents’ wishes and advocated for themselves, only to be ignored, which is totally unacceptable. This cannot happen again. We as a committee need to revisit our policies and explore greater protections for our students and their families regarding student surveys and parental consent,” said another member.
The school committee voted unanimously on April 8 to suspend all student surveys until a new policy is adopted and to remove all funding for JSI from the upcoming budget.
BPS announced additional steps it was taking in the wake of the survey fallout, including hiring an independent consultant to review the administration of the 2025 survey.
“We remain committed to transparency, accountability, and the well-being of all students, and we value our continued collaboration with families and the broader community,” read an announcement on the district’s website.
One parent at the April 8 meeting made it clear that she didn’t have a problem with the survey questions, nor did she find them “disgusting,” only a little “surprising.”
“I believe in the positive information the survey provides,” she said, arguing for more representation of all groups of people.
Hanafin and Simeone told Fox News Digital the school district has a history of disrespecting parental rights and pushing inappropriate content on students, and they want someone to be held accountable.
“I’m really exhausted by the lack of respect for parents and our right to decide when and how we talk to kids about these things,” said Simeone.
She recalled her push for greater transparency from the school district regarding the Spectrum Club, a student organization that promotes LGBTQ+ rights. Simeone said the club was not listed publicly on the ParentSquare app and she had to fight to make it publicly listed and to require parental permission.
“I think what’s most important for parents to take home from this is that you need to be an advocate for your child. Don’t wait for something to go wrong,” she told Fox News Digital. “Take this lesson right here, this example, and bring it to your school system, your school committee, your superintendent, your principal, and say to them, ‘I want to know exactly what’s going on in our school system if you’re participating in activities like this.’”
Hanafin echoed similar sentiments about the power of parents’ voices, arguing they shouldn’t be afraid to speak up for their children.
“People are so afraid to speak out against the orthodoxy, and they make that very, very clear. And so, the school is always pushing this one side of the gender, and parents are afraid to speak out against it because they’re going to be labeled bigoted, they’re going to be labeled homophobic, transphobic, whatever it is,” he said.
Superintendent Conti and Assistant Superintendent Chen did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the incident.
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Julie Hartman, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education, said the federal agency is committed to protecting parental rights:
“Children do not belong to the government; they belong to parents. Parents should be the primary decision makers when it comes to their child’s education. The Department will not tolerate abuse of parents’ rights – or of students who are victims of predatory behavior by adults who are supposed to protect them.”
Actress shares secret behind her marriage to ‘90s Hollywood heartthrob
Sarah Michelle Gellar is opening up about the secret to her long-lasting marriage.
During an appearance on “Today With Jenna and Friends” the 48-year-old actress surprised hosts Jenna Bush Hager and Tiffany Hadish with her “simple” secret to achieving a long-lasting marriage.
“Separate bathrooms!” she said on the show.
Hager couldn’t hold back her surprise, asking the actress, “That’s it? It’s that simple?” to which Gellar responded, “It’s that simple.”
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The couple first met when filming the hit movie “I Know What You Did Last Summer” in 1997, but they didn’t start dating until three years later, in 2000. After just two years of dating, the two tied the knot in a star-studded ceremony in Mexico in 2002, later welcoming two children; Charlotte, 15, and Rocky, 12.
“See, I was thinking it was like the [‘I Love Lucy’] thing where [Lucy and Ricky had] twin beds, and then when y’all want to get together you push them together, and when you want to be apart, you push them apart,” Haddish joked after Gellar shared her advice.
Gellar admitted she “had not thought of that,” but thought it was “actually a really good idea.”
This isn’t the first time Gellar advised couples that separate bathrooms might be the key to making a successful marriage last, elaborating on the idea during an appearance on Harry Connick Jr.’s talk show, “Harry,” in 2017.
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“I feel like there are certain things that should just be kept your own, and they never need to know,” she said on the show. “Also, maybe, possibly a separate shopping credit card? Or if you’re a guy, maybe a separate gaming card, so I don’t have to see how much video games cost.”
In an interview with Fox News Digital in December 2024, the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star put the blame for the high divorce rate in America on shifting societal views.
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She explained that many people don’t put in the effort when it comes to making relationships work, explaining that “everything takes work in you, whether it’s a friendship or a work relationship or a marriage.”
“You have to put the work in, and we live in an extremely disposable society now,” she explained. “Your phone breaks, you don’t fix it. You get a new one, and I think that’s a lot of the attitude toward relationships.”
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Prior to their marriage, Prinze Jr. appeared on “The Howard Stern Show” and made a million-dollar bet with the radio show host that his marriage with Gellar would last, after Stern suggested the two wouldn’t make the distance.
On their 20th wedding anniversary, Gellar uploaded screenshots of the interview on her Instagram Story, reminding Stern of the bet. According to Us Weekly, she tagged him in the post and wrote, “@SternShow, I think you owe us.”
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Jurors in Karen Read murder retrial head to crucial location in case
On Friday morning, Judge Beverly Cannone revealed to the jury in Karen Read’s trial they will be traveling to 34 Fairview Road in Canton, Massachusetts. The home is the location where John O’Keefe’s lifeless body was found on the morning of Jan. 29, 2022 and is the centerpiece in Read’s second murder trial.
Cannone instructed the jury not to take notes or conduct any investigations while visiting the home.
Before the jurors boarded the bus, prosecutor Hank Brennan asked them to look at Read’s Lexus SUV and take mental note of the height of the bumper while visiting. Read is accused of using the same vehicle to ram O’Keefe outside the home, leaving him to die in frigid temperatures on the cold January morning.
Defense attorney David Yannetti instructed the jury to look at the distance between the home’s second floor window and the front lawn where O’Keefe’s body was found, while also encouraging the jurors to take a look at Read’s Lexus.
“The purpose of this view is to help you better understand the evidence and to appreciate the location and its surroundings,” Cannone told the jury.
While visits to crime scenes – called “jury views” – are rare, several high-profile cases have taken jurors to the heart of trial to give a firsthand view before deliberations.
Notably, jurors in Alex Murdaugh, O.J. Simpson and Scott Peterson’s trials took trips to crucial locations in their cases.
Jurors in the 2004 trial of Scott Peterson were transported to California’s Berkley Marina to view where the body of his wife, Laci, was found. The prosecution wanted the jurors to visualize their theory of how Peterson disposed of Laci’s remains, ultimately leading to a guilty verdict in the trial.
Simpson’s 1995 trial
took jurors on a trip to his California estate as well as his ex-wife’s condominium, where the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman occurred. The NFL Hall of Famer was subsequently acquitted of both murders. .
Jurors in Murdaugh’s 2023 trial visited the family’s South Carolina estate, viewing the dog kennels where Alex’s wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, were shot to death. Murdaugh was later found guilty of murdering his wife and son and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The jurors in Karen Read’s trial
are headed to the Massachusetts home where John O’Keefe’s body was found in the front yard on a snowy January morning, marking yet another high-profile case where the trial left the courtroom and took a trip back in time to the crime scene.
On Thursday, jurors heard text messages from Karen Read
and John O’Keefe from the day O’Keefe was murdered. The messages, read by detective Nicholas Guarino, painted a rocky picture of the couple’s relationship in the hours leading up to O’Keefe’s death.
The argument began in the morning, with O’Keefe writing that he was “sick of always arguing and fighting.”
By afternoon, the conversation turned toward early evening plans, as Read texted, “Why don’t you meet me at the hillside at 4:30/5.”
After a few follow-up texts, O’Keefe replied, “Like I said, [doctor] now, and he has practice til 6. If you want to go start drinking then go for it.”
Read said she didn’t know what time practice was but that she wanted to meet him out rather than at his house to give him “space.”
After more back-and-forth, O’Keefe texted her at 3:39 p.m., “You’re like jonesing to drink. So go!”
At another point in the conversation, she indicated she’d rather meet in town “for drinks” than hang out at his house.
When O’Keefe said his friend, Mike Camerano, was coming over, he suggested Read drop by too.
“Mike doesn’t want to go out for a bit?” she replied. “I would like to, been a s— day from the jump.”
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Sometimes, Karen Read might take things into her own hands, like when she got a “weak pour” at a bar the night her boyfriend died.
Unhappy with the alcohol level, she added extra shots on her own, according to a 2024 interview she gave for a documentary on Investigation Discovery.
The clip aired in court Thursday as part of her retrial on murder charges in the death of her boyfriend, John O’Keefe.
“The drinks that they were pouring me at McCarthy’s, which was where I consumed most of the alcohol, was the weakest vodka tonic,” she told the camera. “It tasted just like all soda water with lime, not that I need it to be a martini, but it might have a splash of vodka in it.”
She said she complained about it to O’Keefe, and he suggested ordering another shot and dropping it in herself.
“So each drink was being counted as a double,” she continued. “I would get a vodka tonic, and then I would pour a shot into it.”
Read recounted drinking at CF McCarthy’s bar in Canton, where she said she drank “most of [the] alcohol” she’d consumed on Jan. 28, 2022.
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Karen Read’s trial is set to resume Friday with jurors taking a road trip to tour key sites from the night John O’Keefe was killed.
Read is facing second degree murder charges for the alleged murder of O’Keefe in January 2022. Prosecutors allege Read mowed the Boston police officer down with her Lexus SUV during an emotionally-charged, drunken argument, leaving him to die in the front yard of a fellow officer’s home in frigid temperatures.
Read’s defense team is telling a different story, insisting Read is innocent. Attorney Alan Jackson alleges O’Keefe was killed
inside the home and his client was framed in an elaborate cover-up orchestrated by now-fired lead investigator Michael Proctor.
The bus trip to view the locations comes on the fourth day of testimony, with prosecutors spending the week calling numerous state witnesses to set the stage for Read’s second murder trial.
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