More disturbing allegations against alleged MS-13 member championed by Dems surfaces
FIRST ON FOX: A 2020 protective order case filed against deported “Maryland man” Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the suspected MS-13 gang member being held in El Salvador, sheds even more light on his violent past, a Fox News Digital review of the document found.
Abrego Garcia, 29, is a Salvadoran illegal immigrant and suspected MS-13 gang member who was living in Maryland until he was deported to the high-security Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) in his home country during the first 100 days of the Trump administration.
Though many Democrats, including Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, hold that Abrego Garcia is an innocent man who was “wrongly deported,” the administration has pointed to considerable evidence that he is a member of the infamous MS-13 gang. In April, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision ordering the Trump administration to arrange Abrego Garcia’s return.
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The court required the “government to ‘facilitate’ Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador.”
The Trump administration agreed to clear any administrative obstacles keeping Abrego Garcia from returning to the U.S., but Attorney General Pam Bondi has said that returning him is “up to El Salvador if they want to return him. That’s not up to us.”
This has caused significant outrage among Democrats, several of whom, despite mounting evidence against Abrego Garcia, have flown to El Salvador to advocate for his release.
The latest document, which was obtained and reviewed by Fox News Digital, adds to the mounting evidence against Abrego Garcia, allege that his wife accused him of verbal and physical abuse against her and mental abuse against her children.
The petition for protection form filed in Maryland by Jennifer Vasquez Sura has boxes checked for “acts of abuse,” including kicking, slapping, shoving, mental injury of a child and detaining against will.
On Aug. 11, 2020, Vasquez Sura asked for the petition to be rescinded, saying her family wanted to take part in their son’s birthday, and Abrego Garcia “also agreed to continue counseling and if not [he’s] willing to sign divorce papers.”
The original petition form lists their son and Abrego Garcia’s stepchildren needing protection.
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It says on Aug. 3, 2020, that her “husband took [her] phone around 1:00 a.m., and in the morning he wanted to take my car, but I told him I was going to go out with my kids. He then got angry. I went upstairs to make food for my kids but he turned off the stove.”
In addition, the form said Abrego Garcia had threatened her and wrote that she has a recording in which he “told [her] ex-mother-in-law that even if he kills me no one can do anything to him.”
The document also alleges that his wife accused him of verbal and physical abuse against her and mental abuse against her children. The petition for protection form filed in Maryland by Jennifer Vasquez Sura has boxes checked for “acts of abuse,” including kicking, slapping, shoving, mental injury of a child and detaining against will.
On Aug. 11, 2020, Vasquez Sura asked for the petition to be rescinded, saying her family wanted to take part in their son’s birthday, and Abrego Garcia “also agreed to continue counseling and if not [he’s] willing to sign divorce papers.”
The original petition form lists their son and Abrego Garcia’s stepchildren needing protection.
It says on Aug. 3, 2020, that her “husband took [her] phone around 1:00 a.m., and in the morning he wanted to take my car, but I told him I was going to go out with my kids. He then got angry. I went upstairs to make food for my kids but he turned off the stove.”
In addition, the form said Abrego Garcia had threatened her and wrote that she has a recording in which he “told [her] ex-mother-in-law that even if he kills me no one can do anything to him.”
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The form also describes an incident in November 2019 when he grabbed her “by the hair in the car.” In December 2019, he allegedly grabbed her hair in the car and “dragged” her “out of car leaving [her] in the street.” She wrote that he also “broke” her son’s tablet, “broke doors” in the house, pushed her against a wall, broke a phone and a television and damaged the walls that spring.
This comes after Fox News Digital reported on written domestic violence allegations filed in court against Abrego Garcia by Vasquez Sura in 2021, but the case was dismissed because she did not make it to a court appearance, CBS News reported.
In the filing, written in Vasquez’s handwriting, she alleges Abrego Garcia repeatedly beat her, writing, “At this point, I am afraid to be close to him. I have multiple photos/videos of how violent he can be and all the bruises he [has] left me.”
Vasquez alleged that Abrego Garcia punched and scratched her eye, leaving her bleeding. He also allegedly threw her laptop on the floor. She wrote that, on another day, Abrego Garcia got angry again, started yelling and ripped her shirt and shorts off before grabbing her arm and leaving marks.
In addition to this, according to police and court records shared with Fox News Digital, Abrego Garcia was arrested in Hyattsville, Maryland, in October 2019, at which point he was identified by the Prince George’s County Police Gang Unit as an MS-13 gang member.
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A federal immigration court in Baltimore further determined Abrego Garcia was not eligible for release because he “failed to meet his burden of demonstrating that his release from custody would not pose a danger to others, as the evidence shows that he is a verified member of MS-13.”
The court held that “the fact that a ‘past, proven, and reliable source of information’ verified the Respondent’s gang membership, rank, and gang name is sufficient to support that the Respondent is a gang member” and that Abrego Garcia had “failed to present evidence to rebut that assertion.”
Several DHS sources have confirmed to Fox News Digital records indicating that Abrego Garcia was previously pulled over by a Tennessee highway patrol trooper while driving an SUV belonging to Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes, another illegal alien who in 2020 confessed to human smuggling across the U.S.-Mexico border.
The trooper noticed eight individuals in the car with Abrego Garcia, who said he began driving three days prior from Houston, Texas, to Temple Hills, Maryland, via St. Louis, Missouri, to “perform construction work.” The report on the stop states that the trooper suspected it was a human trafficking incident because there was no luggage in the vehicle. Additionally, the individuals in the car reportedly gave the same address as Abrego Garcia’s home address.
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When speaking with the trooper, Abrego Garcia allegedly “pretended to speak less English than he was capable of and attempted to put encountering officer off-track by responding to questions with questions.” After the incident, the officer decided not to issue Abrego Garcia a citation for the driving infractions. Instead, he gave him a warning for driving with an expired license.
The new document further reveals that Abrego Garcia was driving a black 2001 Chevrolet Suburban that he said belonged to his “boss.” The Suburban was identified by DHS as belonging to Hernandez Reyes, who pleaded guilty to human smuggling after being caught in Mississippi in a car with passengers from Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras.
According to another document also confirmed by DHS sources, the Homeland Security Investigations Baltimore field office further flagged the vehicle being driven by Abrego Garcia as belonging to a target they suspected of human trafficking or smuggling.
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The office said the “vehicle is used by HSI Baltimore target in human smuggling/trafficking operation. Vehicle makes trips to southern border to pick up non-citizens.”
Anti-Israel protester issues defiant message to Trump after being freed by federal judge
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of an anti-Israel protester who helped organize riots and protests at Columbia University.
Authorities with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Mohsen Mahdawi, a green card holder, earlier this month in Vermont. U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford ordered his release following a hearing Wednesday morning.
“I’m not afraid of you,” Mahdawi declared in a message to President Donald Trump as he left the courthouse.
According to the court filing, Mahdawi co-founded the Palestinian Student Union at Columbia after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror attack. He founded the group with Mahmoud Khalil, another pro-Palestinian activist who was detained by federal immigration officials under the Trump administration earlier this year.
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Vermont’s two U.S. senators, Bernie Sanders, an independent, and Peter Welch, a Democrat, as well as the state’s sole member of Congress, Rep. Becca Balint, a Democrat, condemned Mahdawi’s arrest on April 14.
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The three issued a joint statement saying Mahdawi walked into an immigration office for “what was supposed to be the final step in his citizenship process” and was instead “arrested and removed in handcuffs by plainclothes, armed individuals with their faces covered.”
“These individuals refused to provide any information as to where he was being taken or what would happen to him,” the statement alleged.
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“This is immoral, inhumane, and illegal,” it continued. “Mr. Mahdawi, a legal resident of the United States, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention.”
As a student at Columbia, Mahdawi was an outspoken critic of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and organized campus protests until March 2024.
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According to a court filing, Mahdawi was born in a refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and moved to the United States in 2014. He recently completed coursework at Columbia and was expected to graduate in May before beginning a master’s degree program there in the fall.
Vance hails senior team’s trust under Trump as he reflects on first 100 days in office
EXCLUSIVE: WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance said he feels “very empowered” by President Donald Trump, telling Fox News Digital that there is “complete trust across the senior team,” and “good synergies” in “service of a common vision.”
Vance sat for an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital Wednesday in his West Wing office inside the White House.
The vice president reflected on his role as vice president, which, notably, is not limited to a specific portfolio, but rather a broad role touching on foreign and domestic policy issues and more.
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“Obviously, the president makes decisions. And what’s so good about the team that we have, both on the economic side, but also on the foreign policy side, is the president gives directives, and each person has their role in fulfilling those directives, and there is complete trust across the senior team,” Vance explained to Fox News Digital. “It’s kind of empowering, because you don’t have to constantly check in — you don’t have to micromanage some of these things.”
Vance told Fox News Digital that he spoke to Secretary of State Marco Rubio Tuesday, after not having spoken to him “for four or five days before then.”
“It’s kind of nice to just know that you’ve got the secretary of State working on his stuff, the Department of Defense secretary who’s working on his stuff, and I’m, of course, working on my stuff,” Vance said. “And then we all come back; we update the president; we go from there.”
But Vance said it is “a very fluid and dynamic situation.”
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“I think that will certainly continue over the next 100 days — over the next four years,” Vance said. “But I think what enables it — what makes it possible — is that people actually trust one another.”
Vance told Fox News Digital that the president “has full faith in his team.”
“And it just makes it very easy to actually work successfully when you’re not constantly checking in and you’re not constantly, you know, dealing with the bureaucracy,” Vance said. “You can just go and do your job.”
Vance told Fox News Digital that he, as vice president, feels “very empowered by the president.”
“I was talking to Secretary Rubio about this yesterday, and I think Marco Rubio feels very empowered, and there’s just this sense that the President both likes and trusts his senior team, and so he’s able to govern effectively,” Vance explained. “The president is dealing with a million different things, but it’s a lot more digestible when you can give directives to your team and say, ‘Go and do this.’ And that’s what’s happening on the economic side. It’s what’s happening on the national on the national security side.”
“And obviously, because I’m the vice president, I have a more global view of this, but it’s really an amazing thing to see, because there’s just a lot of good synergies that, you know, I don’t know if the president had the first administration — I don’t know if any president has had in prior administrations — where there was such great confidence in the team.”
“You read stories about, you know, Kamala Harris’s portfolio, or you read stories about other vice presidents, about, even Dick Cheney’s portfolio, where there was this dynamic of, there were turf battles, and one person was trying to say, ‘This is what I work on, and this is what you work on, and don’t step on my territory,’” Vance explained. “There’s just none of that.”
Vance added: “Because our territory is what the president has told us that we have to get done, and we don’t mind sharing that territory if it’s in service of a common vision, which it is.”
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Meanwhile, when asked for highlights of the first 100 days of the Trump administration, Vance pointed to his first foreign trip in February to France to discuss artificial intelligence.
“A lot of people were very excited about American leadership in AI, but then, of course, we gave a speech heard around the world at Munich where I thought — it’s just one of the things you can do with this office is say things that need to be said,” Vance told Fox News Digital.
“And I thought it needed to be said that some of our European allies have gone backward on free speech, on religious expression, on border control, and in the same way that President Trump is trying to change that dynamic in the United States of America, I think it would behoove our European friends to do the same.”
Another highlight, Vance said, was visiting Eagle Pass, Texas.
“That was another highlight, because there was a sense of — and I don’t mean this negatively — almost boredom at Eagle Pass because the Border Patrol agents were showing me photos of these places that were just overwhelmed by illegal immigrants and now — you can’t see anybody.”
Vance reflected on “visualizing the drop in just a few short weeks of a 95% reduction in illegal immigration, and the fact that these guys felt like they didn’t have as much to do.”
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“But if they don’t have that much to do, that means we’re doing the American people’s business,” Vance said. “And just seeing that so crystal clear — a connection between Donald Trump’s policies and the end of the border crisis — just good things for the American people.”
“It was a very cool day,” he said. “I also got to ride in a helicopter.”
How alleged track meet murder suspect’s family will use $500K in donations
EXCLUSIVE: The family of Texas teen Karmelo Anthony has been at the center of national media in recent weeks after the 17-year-old allegedly stabbed another boy to death at a track meet in Frisco on April 2.
Since the incident, Anthony’s family has raised more than $515,000 on the crowdsourcing platform GiveSendGo. The Karmelo Anthony Help Fund has become one of the most-discussed fundraising campaigns in recent weeks, collecting half a million dollars for a suspect who has reportedly said “I did it” about the stabbing but also claims it was in self-defense.
The campaign has not yet reached its $600,000 goal, which was pushed up on Tuesday from a previous $525,000 goal, so the funds have not been paid out to the family.
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GiveSendGo co-founder Jacob Wells told Fox News Digital that his company has a team that is communicating with the Anthony family about how they plan on using the money once received.
“They’ve been very clear that the vast bulk of this money is going to be used for Karmelo’s legal defense,” Wells said, later adding, “They’ve indicated that some of it will be used to provide them some security, some much-needed security.”
Wells also said, “And then also, a secure location for them to live… they were renting before, and they’re continuing to rent. So it’s like, okay, $3,000 a month for the next year, year and a half.”
Wells declined to reveal anything more specific than that.
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Fox News Digital has reached out to the family’s attorney and spokesperson, Next Generation Action Network (NGAN) President Dominique Alexander, for comment.
The fundraiser’s page description has been changed since it first went live.
The fundraiser’s purpose currently reads, “While legal defense is a critical part of this journey, we want to make it clear that this fund is not solely dedicated to legal expenses. The funds raised will also support a range of urgent and necessary needs that have emerged as a result of this situation, including — but not limited to — the safe relocation of the Anthony family due to escalating threats to their safety and well-being, as well as basic living costs, transportation, counseling, and other security measures.”
The page previously did not disclose the purpose of the funds.
“We sent an email out to everyone that donated… because there was some confusion at the beginning about whether this one was specifically a legal defense fund, or whether it was open for other things,” Wells said.
“They did update their campaign to say ‘hey, here’s some of the things that we’ll be spending money on.’ And we sent an email out to everyone who had donated saying ‘make sure that’s you’ve read, and if you have any questions now, about their updated statements as far as use of funds, then you’re welcome to ask for a refund… and zero people responded saying ‘I want my money back.’”
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Wells added that if a campaign’s funds were being used to purchase something that was not properly represented on the fundraiser page, it would be a violation of the company’s policy and grounds for removal.
Wells says he has taken down another fundraiser on his site for fraudulently raising money for travel expenses while the organizer intended to use the money to buy a gun. However, he specified that is not the case with the Anthony fund.
Anthony was recently moved from his home to an “undisclosed location to ensure his immediate safety” following an “alarming increase in death threats, continued harassment, and physical intimidation targeted at the family’s home,” NGAN said in a statement last week.
According to the release, the threats included people loitering and taking photos of the Anthony family’s current residence, unwanted food deliveries that NGAN said were “made to disturb and harass the family” and a mailing of Metcalf’s obituary to the home, which was also described as “disturbing.”
“We are sharing images and documentation of the threats the family has faced this past weekend to make the public aware of the dangerous atmosphere that has been created — an atmosphere fueled by organized hate, systemic racism, and intentional misinformation,” the group said.
Anthony was released from the Collin County Jail after his bond was reduced from $1 million to $250,000 last Monday. He is charged with first-degree murder.
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Meanwhile, the Metcalf family have been victims of swatting in recent weeks, the Frisco Police Department previously confirmed. Swatting is when a 911 call is made, usually to report a fake violent crime, to get police and sometimes even SWAT teams, to respond to the address given by the caller.
Anthony reportedly confessed to stabbing Metcalf when he was arrested by a school resource officer at Kuykendall Stadium in the minutes following the attack.
When one officer told another that he had the alleged stabbing suspect in custody, Anthony apparently said, “I’m not alleged. I did it,” according to the arrest report from the incident.
Anthony also asked the officers if Metcalf was “going to be OK” and asked if what happened could be considered “self-defense.”
Trump’s offer to Elon Musk as chief cost-cutter takes step back from DOGE
Elon Musk received a round of applause from President Donald Trump’s Cabinet as he prepares for a planned exit from his role at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
“You have been treated unfairly,” Trump said to Musk on Wednesday during a Cabinet meeting. “But, the vast majority of people in this country really respect and appreciate you. And this whole room can say that very strongly. It’s really been a tremendous help. You opened up a lot of eyes as to what could be done. And we just want to thank you very much.”
“You’re invited to stay as long as you want,” Trump added as applause broke out in the room for Musk. “At some point, I guess he wants to get back home to his cars and his family.”
Musk has been the public leader of DOGE since the administration began in January, leading teams through various federal agencies in search of government overspending, fraud and mismanagement, which has received repeated praise from Trump and his administration.
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The tech billionaire, who leads both SpaceX and Tesla, was hired as a “special government employee,” which is a role Congress created in 1962 that allows the executive or legislative branch to hire temporary employees for specific short-term initiatives.
Special government employees are permitted to work for the federal government for “no more than 130 days in a 365- day period,” according to data from the Office of Government Ethics. Musk’s 130-day time frame, beginning on Inauguration Day, runs dry on May 30.
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles told the New York Post on Tuesday that Musk is no longer working regularly from the White House.
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“Instead of meeting with him in person, I’m talking to him on the phone, but it’s the same net effect,” Wiles told the outlet as the tech billionaire prepares to depart from his role at DOGE. “He hasn’t been here physically, but it really doesn’t matter much.”
Musk said Wednesday during the Cabinet meeting that DOGE has now saved the U.S. $160 billion through his efforts trimming government fat, and celebrated the accomplishments of the administration in the meeting.
“The American people voted for secure borders, safe cities and sensible spending,” Musk said. “And that’s what they’ve gotten. Tremendous amount has been accomplished in the first hundred days. As everyone has said, it’s more than has been accomplished in any administration before. Ever. Period. So, this portends very well for what happens for the rest of the administration. I think this could be the greatest administration since the founding of the country.”
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The tech billionaire notably wore two Trump hats during the meeting, quipping: “Mr. President they say I wear a lot of hats,” he said.Even my hat has a hat.”
DOGE is a temporary cross-departmental organization that was established to slim down and streamline the federal government. The group itself will be dissolved July 4, 2026, according to Trump’s executive order.
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Musk and Trump have both previously previewed that Musk’s role was temporary and would come to an end in the coming weeks.
“You, technically, are a special government employee and you’re supposed to be 130 days,” Fox News’ Bret Baier asked Musk during an exclusive interview with the DOGE leader in March. “Are you going to continue past that or do you think that’s what you’re going to do?”
“I think we will have accomplished most of the work required to reduce the deficit by a trillion dollars within that time frame,” Musk responded.
Trump also told the media in March that he would keep Musk “as long as I can keep him,” but that “he’s got a big company to run.”
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Tesla dealerships have faced repeated protests amid Musk’s work with DOGE, including physical attacks on cars and monetary boycotts of the company.
Musk noted during the Cabinet meeting that protestersdo like to burn my cars, which is not great,” which received laughter from colleagues.
Bill Belichick breaks silence on interview debacle — and defends his girlfriend
North Carolina Tar Heels football coach Bill Belichick broke his silence on Wednesday after a TV interview sparked backlash toward him and his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson.
Belichick appeared on “CBS News Sunday Morning” and was asked a question about how he and Hudson met. Belichick was promoting his new book in which he describes Hudson as his “creative muse.” Naturally, a few questions came up about their relationship. As interviewer Tony Dokoupil asked how they met, Hudson shut down the question.
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The interaction sparked a ton of backlash toward the couple. Belichick attempted to quash it all in his statement.
“I agreed to speak with ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ to promote my new book, ‘The Art of Winning – Lessons from My Life in Football.’ Prior to this interview, I clearly communicated with my publicist at Simon & Schuster that any promotional interviews I participated in would agree to focus solely on the contents of the book,” he said.
Belichick said he was “surprised” about getting the questions about his relationship and when Hudson stepped in, she was doing her job. He went on to accuse CBS of creating a “false narrative” with so-called “selectively edited clips.”
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“Unfortunately, that expectation was not honored during the interview. I was surprised when unrelated topics were introduced, and I repeatedly expressed to the reporter, Tony Dokoupil, and the producers that I preferred to keep the conversation centered on the book,” he said. “After this occurred several times, Jordon, with whom I share both a personal and professional relationship, stepped in to reiterate that point to help focus the discussion. She was not deflecting any specific question or topic but simply doing her job to ensure the interview stayed on track. Some of the clips make it appear as though we were avoiding the question of how we met, but we have been open about the fact that Jordon and I met on a flight to Palm Beach in 2021.
“The final eight-minute segment does not reflect the productive 35-minute conversation we had, which covered a wide range of topics related to my career. Instead, it presents selectively edited clips and stills from just a few minutes of the interview to suggest a false narrative – that Jordon was attempting to control the conversation – which is simply not true.”
Fox News Digital reached out to CBS for comment.
Belichick, 73, and Hudson, 24, have been linked since last year. She has been seen with him at several events, including February’s NFL Honors.
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Hudson has been more involved in Belichick’s professional life as of late, according to multiple reports. Their relationship is certainly set to be a topic of conversation through the college football season.
Country raises concerns over Manhattan-sized Arctic land sale as tensions rise
A large plot of private land in Norway’s Arctic Svalbard archipelago may soon be sold for about €300 million ($330 million), but the deal has raised concerns in Oslo over national security.
The property, known as Søre Fagerfjord, covers roughly 60 square kilometers (23 square miles) and is the last privately owned land in Svalbard.
A group of international and Norwegian investors has offered to buy the land, but officials in Norway worry it could give foreign powers a strategic foothold in a sensitive Arctic region.
The land is about 60 kilometers (37 miles) from the main town of Longyearbyen and has been in Norwegian hands for over a century. It was listed for sale last year, and the government quickly made it clear that any sale must be cleared in advance due to security laws.
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One of the sellers even called it a “strategic foothold in the High Arctic,” which has only fueled concerns.
Svalbard is becoming more important as melting sea ice opens up new shipping routes and increases global interest in the region.
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The buyers describe themselves as environmentalists from NATO countries who want to protect the land.
“The consortium includes both Norwegian and international investors who have a long-term perspective of protecting this territory from environmental changes,” said Birgit Liodden, a shareholder and climate activist.
She added that about half the money from the sale would go toward environmental projects in Svalbard. So far, the group has not discussed the sale with the Norwegian government.
Still, Norwegian officials are cautious. In 2024, they blocked a similar attempt by Chinese investors. Trade Minister Cecilie Myrseth warned at the time that such actions could harm regional stability and threaten national interests.
Svalbard is governed by a 1920 treaty that gives over 40 countries, including Russia, China and the U.S., equal rights to live and do business there.
Russia, which operates a settlement on the islands, has accused Norway of breaking the treaty by increasing its military presence, something Norway denies.
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The sellers’ lawyer, Per Kyllingstad, said the buyers only want to protect nature and that the sale should not be blocked.
Legendary NFL quarterback reportedly involved in deadly golf cart accident
Jeff Sperbeck, the longtime agent, business partner and friend of John Elway, has died from injuries suffered in a crash involving a golf cart reportedly driven by the legendary Denver Broncos quarterback.
Sperbeck was 62.
The Riverside County (California) coroner confirmed Sperbeck died early Wednesday at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California. The injury occurred on Saturday night in nearby La Quinta.
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Elway was the one driving the golf cart as Sperbeck fell off and hit his head on asphalt, TMZ reported earlier Wednesday. Sperbeck was put on life support due to his injuries.
Sperbeck was sitting in the passenger seat of the golf cart at the time of the incident, according to ESPN.
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation. There was no indication now that Elway was driving the golf cart recklessly, TMZ reported.
Sperbeck began his relationship with Elway in 1990, becoming his manager. He has since helped hundreds of NFL players through multiple agencies.
Some of his other clients include Hall of Famers Ronnie Lott and Jim Plunkett.
In 2015, Elway and Sperbeck founded 7Cellars, which produces premium wines from central California and Napa Valley.
Elway spent all 16 seasons with the Broncos, winning two Super Bowls for the franchise along the way.
He became the team’s general manager and executive vice president, and then president of football operations, after his playing days, before serving in a consultant role until his contract was up in March 2023.
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Elway was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004.
Beloved Italian restaurant chain closes more locations after going bankrupt for third time
Italian restaurant chain Bertucci’s is closing more locations after filing for bankruptcy again to mitigate losses.
The Massachusetts-based business, which has locations along the East Coast and is best known for its brick oven pizza and pasta, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Florida last week. It marked the chain’s third bankruptcy since 2018.
Bertucci’s also closed seven of its underperforming locations – five in Massachusetts, one in Rhode Island and one in Maryland. It now operates 15 restaurant locations in six states, according to court documents.
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The company cited the “deterioration” of the U.S. economy and “lack of consumer demand for legacy casual-dining brands” as reasons why the restaurant chain has been operating at a loss, according to the filing.
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“With losses accumulating, inflationary pressures still high, and industry headwinds gusting, the proverbial final straw fell on [Bertucci’s] this year as the world saw food costs soar, consumer spending slow, and an uncertain global economy falling in (and out) of decline,” as stated in the bankruptcy documents.
Bertucci’s has assets and liabilities between $10 million and $50 million, according to the filing.
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The restaurant chain hopes bankruptcy will provide the business with a “breathing spell” so it can “determine the best path forward and formulate an overall reorganizational plan,” it said in the filing.
In April 2018, Bertucci’s filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and closed 15 restaurants. In December 2022, amid challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic like the closure of restaurants and inflation, it declared bankruptcy for a second time and streamlined operations down to 23 locations, according to the filing.
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Bertucci’s did not respond to FOX Business’ request for comment.