Are your knees feeling less stable as you move past 60? Discover six stair exercises that can enhance your leg strength and boost your confidence.
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Stair exercises give you an edge in knee-strength training due to their natural design. With a sturdy banister or wall to aid balance, your legs can engage more effectively without added pressure. This built-in support allows you to focus on developing both strength and confidence without feeling rushed, an essential factor after turning 60.
While lunges offer great benefits, they often demand immediate control. On the other hand, stairs let you tailor the challenge to your level. Whether you start with a low step, adjust the range of motion, or work one leg independently, you can keep a hand close for balance, enhancing your workout experience.
Building strong knees involves more than focusing on the knee joint alone. The strength of your thighs, hips, hamstrings, and calves plays a crucial role in knee stability during activities like walking, climbing, and standing. An effective stair regimen should engage these muscle groups cohesively, offering comprehensive support to the knee.
Commit to this stair workout routine two to three times weekly for optimal results. Move deliberately, keep the railing within reach, and select a range that ensures stability from the beginning to the end of each session.
Seated Leg Extension
Seated leg extensions provide direct quadriceps work, which is useful for strengthening the area above the knee. This exercise is simple, controlled, and easy to use at the start of a knee-focused routine. Sit tall, straighten the leg with purpose, and pause briefly at the top so the thigh has time to engage.
Muscles Trained: Quadriceps, hip flexors, core.
How to Do It:
- Sit tall on a sturdy chair placed near the stairs or rail.
- Keep both feet flat on the floor.
- Brace your core and keep your chest lifted.
- Extend one knee until your leg is nearly straight.
- Pause for one second as your thigh tightens.
- Lower your foot with control and repeat before switching sides.
Recommended Sets and Reps: Perform 3 sets of 10 to 12 reps per side. Rest for 30 to 45 seconds between sets.
Best Variations: Alternating leg extensions, paused leg extensions, slow-tempo leg extensions.
Form Tip: Keep your upper body still and let your thigh control the lift.
Stair-Rail Box Squat
A box squat builds thigh and hip strength within a controlled range of motion. Using the stair rail for light support gives you a steady handhold as you lower and stand. The goal is to sit back with control, lightly touch the seat, and stand tall without collapsing into the bottom position.
Muscles Trained: Quadriceps, glutes, hamstrings, core.
How to Do It:
- Place a sturdy chair or box near the stair rail.
- Stand in front of it with your feet about shoulder-width apart.
- Hold the rail lightly with one hand.
- Push your hips back and lower toward the chair or box.
- Tap it lightly with your hips.
- Press through your whole feet to stand tall.
Recommended Sets and Reps: Perform 3 sets of 8 to 12 reps. Rest for 45 to 60 seconds between sets.
Best Variations: Higher box squats, pause box squats, slow-tempo box squats.
Form Tip: Use the rail for balance, not to pull yourself up.
Split Squat Isometric Hold
Split-squat isometric holds build strength around the knee without requiring repeated up-and-down reps. Holding the position keeps tension in the quads, glutes, and hips while the stair rail helps you stay steady. This is a strong bridge between basic squats and more demanding single-leg work.
Muscles Trained: Quadriceps, glutes, hamstrings, calves, core.
How to Do It:
- Stand beside the stair rail, lightly holding it with one hand.
- Step one foot back into a split stance.
- Bend both knees and lower a few inches.
- Hold the position with your front heel grounded.
- Keep your chest tall and breathe steadily.
- Stand back up, reset, and switch sides.
Recommended Sets and Reps: Perform 3 sets of 15 to 30-second holds per side. Rest for 45 to 60 seconds between sets.
Best Variations: Higher split squat holds, shorter holds, slow-tempo split squats.
Form Tip: Keep your front knee tracking in the same direction as your toes.
Extended-Leg Glute Bridge
The extended-leg glute bridge strengthens the glutes and hamstrings, which help support the knee from the back of the leg. Placing one heel on a low step creates a stronger challenge without needing weights. Move slowly and focus on lifting from the hip, not the lower back.
Muscles Trained: Glutes, hamstrings, hips, core.
How to Do It:
- Lie on your back near the bottom stair.
- Place both feet on the lowest step with your legs mostly straight.
- Brace your core and press through your heels onto the step.
- Lift your hips until your glutes tighten.
- Lower with control and repeat before switching sides.
Recommended Sets and Reps: Perform 3 sets of 8 to 10 reps per side. Rest for 45 seconds between sets.
Best Variations: Standard glute bridges, bridge holds, slow-tempo extended-leg bridges.
Form Tip: Keep the lift small and controlled, so your glutes and hamstrings create the movement.
Madison Beer’s Engagement Ring Illusion: Why It Appears Bigger Than Reality
Madison Beer, a celebrated singer, and NFL player Justin Herbert have delighted fans with the announcement of their engagement. Captured in recent photographs, Beer flaunts an impressive engagement ring that immediately caught the public’s eye. A jewelry specialist has analyzed the ring, discussing its cut, size, and estimated value. Despite its sizable appearance, the expert suggests the diamond might seem more substantial than it is.
Madison Beer and Justin Herbert announced their engagment
Beer shared the exciting news on Instagram, declaring that she and Herbert are planning to wed. Accompanying a series of heartfelt photos capturing the proposal, Beer simply captioned them, “Meet my fiancé.”
The couple set the rumor mill spinning back in August 2025 when whispers of their budding romance began. Since those early days, Beer has been a familiar face at many of Herbert’s games, lending her support. Herbert has also reciprocated by making a cameo in Beer’s captivating music video for her track “lovergirl.”
An expert examined Madison Beer’s engagement ring from Justin Herbert
Within Beer’s Instagram post, her stunning diamond engagement ring is prominently displayed. The ring is characterized by an elongated radiant cut, offering a sophisticated rectangular shape. Oliver Hobart, an expert in fine jewelry and the Creative Director at 925E, has assessed the ring. He noted that while its grandeur is eye-catching, the ring might give an impression of being larger than its actual dimensions.
“Working from the ring’s proportions against Madison Beer’s finger and knuckle in these photos, I’d estimate the central stone at somewhere between 8 and 10 carats if not larger, a genuinely substantial size,” he explained. “Elongated cuts like this tend to read even larger than their actual carat weight, because the eye reads length as size before it registers width.”
The diamond is the star of the show in this ring.
“The band appears to be a plain or very finely set shank in a white metal, most likely platinum, with no visible halo,” Hobart said. “Nearly all the design and budget has gone into the stone itself rather than the surrounding setting, which is a deliberate choice.”
Given this estimate, he shared what he believes the ring may have cost Herbert.
“At an estimated 8 to 10 carats, and assuming a colourless to near-colourless grade with good clarity, which is typical for a stone of this calibre and prominence, I’d value this ring somewhere in the region of £180,000 to £280,000 ($240,000 to $370,000) if not more,” he said. “It’s a wide bracket, because cut quality and colour grade move the price enormously at this carat weight, and neither can be pinned down precisely from a photograph. But that’s the realistic range.”
Madison Beer’s engagement ring has a popular cut
While radiant cut diamonds look similar to emerald cuts, Hobart explained that there is a difference between the two.
“This stone is throwing far more sparkle than [an emerald cut]. A radiant cut takes the same elongated rectangular outline but cuts the facets underneath differently, to bring in the fire you’d normally get from a round stone,” he said. “You can see it catching light along almost the full length of the stone rather than in one central flash.”
These cuts have become very popular amongst celebrities in recent years. Beer’s ring has only further driven up interest.
“Radiant cuts have become one of the most popular choices for engagement rings over the past few years, worn by the likes of Hailey Bieber and Ariana Grande, so this isn’t an obscure pick on Herbert’s part,” he said. “It sits in a real sweet spot: the elongated, elegant silhouette of an emerald cut, with significantly more brilliance and sparkle. That combination is exactly why it’s had such a moment.”
Discover 6 Fascinating Facts About the Yolŋu, Custodians of the Garma Festival
Important Note: This content includes the names of Indigenous individuals who have passed.
For more than a quarter of a century, the Yolŋu community has been inviting guests from various corners of Australia and the globe to Gulkula. It’s a gathering where sharing knowledge and celebrating rich cultural traditions come to the forefront.
The Garma festival emerged from the visionary minds of Yolŋu leaders, the late Dr. Yunupingu AC, along with his sibling Dr. M. Yunupingu, who led the renowned rock group Yothu Yindi and was a pioneering educator.
They envisioned a vibrant stage dedicated to both preserving Yolŋu traditions and fostering a space for mutual cultural exchange. This vision is encapsulated within the festival’s name: ‘Garma,’ a term from the Yolŋu matha language, embodies the concept of a ‘two-way learning process.’
Debuting in 1999, Garma has evolved into a pivotal event, now recognized as a foremost platform in Australia for political, cultural, and social discourse.
But who are the Yolŋu, what is some of their history, and why is Garma held where it is?
Who are Yolŋu?
Yolŋu means ‘people’ in the language of Yolŋu matha. Yolŋu are the Aboriginal people of north-east Arnhem Land region (which is known as ‘Miwatj’ – translating to “morning side” or “land of the first sunrise”).
The Yolŋu are made up of some 26 ‘bäpurru’ (clans) differentiated by the land, languages, and dialects they speak, but generally sharing overall similarities in the ritual life and cultural lifestyles (each clan’s members own areas of land and waters).
Clans include the Gälpu, Rirratjiŋu, Gumatj, Wangurri, Ḏäṯiwuy, Ŋaymil, Dhalwaŋu, Djapu, Dhudi-Djapu, Madarrpa, Maŋgalili, Munyuku, Marrakulu, Djarrwark, Golumala, Djambarrpuyŋu, Gupapuyŋu, Warramiri and Marrangu.
Yolŋu people identify themselves first by their family group, then by their clan and language, and finally by their family’s country.
The Yolŋu land owning groups are divided into two moieties, Yirritja and Dhuwa. People belong to the moiety of their father, and marry someone of their mother’s moiety.
Today, the Yolŋu live mostly in the settlement of Yirrkala or in the 25 or more outstations or homeland communities scattered throughout a 200-kilometre region.
What is Yolŋu matha?
Yolŋu matha is the group of languages spoken in north-east Arnhem Land. Yolŋu is the word for ‘people’ and matha means ‘tongue’ or ‘language.’
There are over 40 Yolŋu languages and most Yolŋu peoples speak multiple languages.
Centuries of trade (some 300-500 years before 1770) occurred between the Yolŋu and trepang (sea cucumber) fishers from Makassar (Sulawesi) in Indonesia. It led to the adoption of many Malay words into Yolŋu Matha, referred to as ‘common loanwords’.
About 10 kilometers south-east of Yirrkala, at a placed called Garanhan (also called Macassan Beach) lies Wurrwurrwuy, where 47 rare Yolŋu ‘stone pictures’ lie.
They record the history of trade between the Yolŋu and Macassans.
The stone pictures depict Macassan praus (a double-hulled canoe), houses, trepang fireplaces and drying houses, sharpening stones for iron knives and other images relating to the Macassan trepang industry.
Why is Garma held at Gulkula?
Gulkula is a highly sacred Gumatj ceremonial site on the Dhupuma escarpment overlooking the Gulf of Carpentaria. It’s located about 40 kilometres from Nhulunbuy on the Gove Peninsula.
Gulkula is a focal point of Yolŋu culture and one of the most sacred places in Yolŋu cosmology.
According to tradition, it is the site where the sacred ancestral figure Ganbulabula first created the yidaki (didgeridoo) while searching for honey and brought it to the Gumatj people.
Ganbulapula, a master of the ceremonies brought the yiḏaki into existence and named all the places and trees and animals in the area.
Iconic Yolŋu artist and leader Mungurrawuy Yunupingu (1907–1979) described Gulkula as “an all-encompassing philosophical, physical, cosmological, theoretical place”.
What is a buŋgul?
A buŋgul is a ceremony, a meeting place of dance, manikay (song) and ritual.
Yolŋu clans have been performing buŋgul for thousands of years. This is a ceremonial tradition as old as any in the world.
At Garma, Yolŋu conclude the evening buŋgul inviting balanda (non-Indigenous) to dance with them – together as one.
Dances mimic animals, natural and environmental elements, ancestral stories and cultural interactions, such as the arrival of the Macassans.
Yolŋu – the first ‘Australians’
The Yolŋu were one of the first people to be described as “Australians”.
In 1803, English navigator Matthew Flinders, on his circumnavigation of the continent, made the first detailed charting of the Arnhem Land coast in his ship The Investigator.
At Caledon Bay in February 1803, when describing an encounter with Yolŋu people, he uses the term “Australians” in his journal.
Then again in October 1803, as he headed home to England in The Cumberland, Flinders stopped for a shore visit in a bay on the Wessel Islands.
He interacted with a a small group of Yolŋu men whom he called “the Australians”.
It is believed to be the first time that anyone had applied that name to the people of the continent that he had mapped and named.
The first recorded European contacts with East Arnhem Land were an exploratory voyage by Dutch man Willem van Colster in 1623 that sailed into the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Cape Arnhem (Wanuwuy) is named after the ship of this voyage, The Arnhem.
In 2013, unpublished documents from Matthew Flinders’ 1803 circumnavigation were unearthed – which contained Yolŋu words.
The words were documented in notes from Robert Brown, a botanist with Flinders, and are the earliest known record of Yolŋu language.
Yolŋu culture – to infinity and beyond
Did you know that the music of the Yolŋu people of north-east Arnhem Land has a unique place in human history?
It is travelling through interstellar space aboard both the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecrafts.
Back in 1977, NASA selected two Yolŋu songs for the Voyager Golden Record, a gold-plated phonograph record designed to represent the cultural and natural diversity of Earth to any extra-terrestrial life that might one day encounter the spacecraft.
The record was assembled by a committee led by astronomer Carl Sagan.
Today, Voyager 1 is the most distant human-made object, more than 24 billion kilometres from Earth, carrying those Yolŋu songs into interstellar space.
FIFA Clashes with Critics Over Controversial World Cup Shares Sale Plan
In a defiant response to mounting criticism, FIFA unleashed a fierce critique on the press amid widespread outrage over its contentious proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors.
In a statement released late at night, FIFA accused the media of circulating ‘erroneous reporting’ that, according to the organization, has disrupted their ‘planned consultation process.’ However, the statement stopped short of identifying which specific reports it deemed inaccurate.
Despite facing a storm of criticism from numerous international bodies within the sport, FIFA remains determined to push forward with a vote on the contentious FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) initiative. The proposal has been met with considerable resistance from a slew of global sporting organizations.
FIFA’s statement continued: ‘Our planned consultation process was disrupted by incorrect media reports,’ it said, emphasizing that the process will continue to ensure each FIFA Member Association (MA) can cast its vote grounded in facts.
Moreover, the statement from FIFA firmly refutes claims that it is compromising the integrity of the sport: ‘Nobody is selling football. This is not something FIFA would ever entertain.’
The response from FIFA came after European nations agreed to boycott future World Cups over FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s plan. CONCACAF, including USA and Canada, followed by rejecting the proposal.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has faced calls to quit over a plan to sell World Cup shares
FIFA issued a late-night response to furious backlash over the controversial plan to sell World Cup stakes to private investors by blaming the media for the uproar
‘We have heard the feedback provided by the respective confederations in relation to the proposed establishment of FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) and would like to address the issues that have surfaced since the initial media reporting on Tuesday,’ the FIFA statement began.
‘We respect the feedback and concern aired in public and reaffirm our commitment to an open and democratic consultation.
The statement concludes with a mention of the ‘principles’ that ‘underpin the FFE proposal,’ including ‘unprecedented development funding, truly global ownership of the commercial opportunities of our sport, and full self-determination through a democratic process for all MAs.’
FIFA’s statement was released in the early hours of Friday morning at the organization’s headquarters in Switzerland.
The widely condemned proposal was in disarray almost immediately as England joined 89 other nations in boycotting future World Cups. By Thursday afternoon, England and the other 54 UEFA nations were in unanimous agreement on the proposal aimed at generating $4 billion (£3.1billion) in investment for FIFA tournaments.
UEFA was backed by the 35 FIFA-registered nations of CONCACA, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, who also rejected the plans – although they stopped short of threatening to withdraw from FIFA competitions.
Sources told The Daily Mail that opposition to Infantino’s FIFA presidency is growing within CONCACAF, as the vast majority of member associations have already lost confidence in his leadership.
Infantino has been widely criticized for his decision to put the World Cup ‘up for sale’
To pass the proposal, Infantino would need the backing of 106 member associations. Currently, 90 FIFA members are publicly opposed to the plans. Sixteen more rebels would make it impossible for Infantino to pass his plans.
‘UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions,’ the European soccer body said after an urgent online meeting of its 55 member nations.
The next scheduled FIFA tournament is within weeks in Europe – the Women’s Under-20 World Cup hosted by Poland from September 5.
‘Some things are simply too important to sell,’ UEFA said in a statement. ‘The FIFA World Cup belongs to football. It always will. And so long as Europe has a voice, it will never be for sale.’
The strategy meeting was called to counter Infantino’s offer of $20 million to each of FIFA’s 211 global members, which has to be accepted by mid-September.
Infantino’s secret project was revealed Tuesday to spin off its commercial operations in a new $20 billion subsidiary called FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) 20 percent owned by private investors. The core investor would be a New York investment firm created by Joshua Kushner, the brother of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
The core investor would be a New York investment firm created by Joshua Kushner (pictured earliere this month in California), the brother of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner
Infantino wrote Tuesday to the 211 members – already the effective owners of FIFA as a non-profit association under Swiss law – that if they approve FFE, their promised $10 million basic funding for the next four years will double to $20 million. He projected FIFA funding through 2038 would be $86 million each, instead of about $36 million.
‘This is not merely a profound failure of leadership, but an abdication of FIFA’s duty as the custodian of world football,’ said UEFA, where Infantino was a long-time staffer and its CEO-like general secretary when he was first elected to lead FIFA in 2016.
Infantino’s high-stakes financial gambit now could threaten his previously secure 11-year presidency of FIFA as anger and frustration with him rise among soccer stakeholders, including three of the six continental bodies.
FIFA has set a November 18 deadline for potential candidates to declare in a presidential vote of the 211 members scheduled next March in Rabat, Morocco.
Meanwhile, officials have said privately that Infantino is eying a lucrative commissioner-like role at the FFE spinoff beyond 2031.
Virginia University Under Fire for Concealing Student’s Terror Conviction in Disturbing Oversight
An in-depth probe into the tragic events of March at Old Dominion University has surfaced a startling oversight: federal authorities did not alert the school that a student, who later committed a shooting on campus, had once been found guilty of aiding ISIS.
It was on March 12 that Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, reportedly shouting “Allahu Akbar,” unleashed gunfire in an ROTC classroom at ODU. The chaos resulted in the death of an Army veteran instructor and left two students injured before he was ultimately taken down by ROTC personnel.
Back in 2016, Jalloh was convicted for attempting to supply material assistance to ISIS, with plans aimed at targeting U.S. military members.
According to a report ordered by the university, there was no communication from his federal probation officer, the FBI, or any other state or federal agencies to notify ODU of his prior conviction.
Before carrying out this tragic assault on March 12, 2026, Jalloh had served in the Army National Guard, adding a layer of complexity to his background. (The Intercept)
“Had ODU known about Jalloh’s criminal history, it is highly likely that ODU would have sought his removal from campus due to the risk he posed, particularly to military-affiliated individuals,” the independent report said.
The FBI told News Media Thursday it is not the agency responsible for notifying colleges.
“The FBI does not serve as a notification authority for colleges or universities regarding an individual’s criminal history – that is a shared responsibility across state, local, federal and community partners,” the FBI said.
Additionally, the bureau noted that Jalloh’s terrorism-related convictions were widely publicized by the Department of Justice in 2016 and 2017, with at least three press releases detailing his case still available on the agency’s website.
“Furthermore, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia issued several press releases and publicly available information, including a press release when Jalloh was sentenced in 2017 for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization,” the agency said.
“The release remains on the Department of Justice website and can be found through an internet search with multiple links available.”
ODU said that, under Virginia law enacted in 2022, public universities are prohibited from asking applicants about their criminal history during the admissions process.
In compliance with the law, ODU said it removed criminal history questions from its applications, leaving the university dependent on voluntary student disclosures or outside law enforcement notifications.
Under Jalloh’s federal supervised release, his probation officer reportedly had the authority to require him to disclose his criminal record to third parties.
However, no such notification was provided to any university office or campus police, according to the report.
“Given that Virginia law requires universities to rely on student self-disclosure, it is even more important that other law enforcement agencies ensure that information that universities need to know to safeguard their students is shared with universities. This critical failure led to tragic consequences here,” the ODU report said.
Jalloh also never voluntarily disclosed his 2016 federal terrorism conviction to ODU, according to the report.
Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was identified as the shooter at Old Dominion University March 12, 2026. (AP Photo)
While Virginia law allows public universities to inquire about criminal history after an applicant is admitted, ODU’s policy at the time only sent post-admission background questionnaires to first-time students, excluding readmitted returning students such as Jalloh.
According to the campus report, Jalloh first enrolled at ODU as an undergraduate student in 2007. After being academically suspended in 2010, he was readmitted in 2011 after serving in the Army National Guard.
He briefly took classes through spring 2012 before stopping for unknown reasons and was later convicted on federal terrorism charges in 2016.
He then served eight years in prison before being released in December 2024. Afterward, Jalloh applied for readmission as a returning student and was re-enrolled at ODU in 2025.
After Jalloh’s case exposed a gap in the university’s post-admission screening policies, ODU said it officially expanded its post-admission criminal history questionnaire to include readmitted students alongside first-time students.
Lt. Col. Brandon Shah was killed in the deadly shooting at Old Dominion University March 12. (Old Dominion University)
Additionally, the report said nothing else on Jalloh’s readmission application raised any concerns.
Jalloh’s application reportedly listed a private residential address in Sterling, Virginia, rather than a federal prison address. Two professors who taught him in the months before the attack also reported no behavioral concerns.
The United States Probation and Pretrial Services Eastern District of Virginia did not immediately respond to a request for comment from News Media.
Court Dismisses Bodycam Confession in Heart-Wrenching Newborn Discard Case
In a significant ruling, the New Mexico Supreme Court has determined that prosecutors cannot use a teenager’s confession, captured via bodycam, after she abandoned her newborn in a hospital trash can. This decision is rooted in doctor-patient confidentiality laws, the court decided on Thursday.
The state’s top justices reached a unanimous decision to exclude any statements made by Alexee Trevizo, who was 19 at the time, from her 2023 trial. These comments were made in a hospital setting in the presence of police, but the court concluded that they are insulated by doctor-patient privilege, as reported by People.
The footage captures Trevizo expressing remorse, stating, “I’m sorry, it came out of me. I didn’t know what to do,” as she faced the situation’s aftermath.
In her recorded exchange with nursing staff, Trevizo admitted, “I was scared” and noted, “it was not crying or nothing,” referencing the newborn.
The highest court in New Mexico also confirmed the protections from the Fifth Judicial District Court, ruling that all surveillance and police bodycam recordings involving Trevizo within the hospital are inadmissible in court due to doctor-patient confidentiality, according to the outlet.
Prosecutors previously argued that any conversations between Trevizo, her mother and medical staff that happened in front of police in her hospital room should be allowed at trial.
Police had not yet read Trevizo her Miranda rights prior to those conversations — but prosecutors tried to argue that the teen had made the comments in front of police, not directly to an officer and therefore she did not need to be Mirandized.
The high school cheerleader was also receiving medical treatment when the cops entered her hospital room wearing bodycams.
“Despite her unresolved medical crisis, Dr. [Heather] Vaskas, without authorization, ambushed Defendant, bringing with her two armed officers who stood in the doorway of her hospital room, and disclosed her personal medical information to all persons in the room without warning,” the court stated in an opinion written by Justice Michael E. Vigil.
The opinion added that because Trevizo was “not given the opportunity to exclude anyone from the room before Dr. Vaskas discussed her condition in the presence of others,” and was in a “compromised medical condition,” the court “cannot conclude that Defendant’s waiver of her physician-patient privilege was voluntary.”
The now-22-year-old was charged with first-degree murder on May 10, 2023, after her newborn baby was found dead in a hospital trash bin.
Months earlier, on Jan. 27, Trevizo went to the Artesia General Hospital complaining of severe back pain, and hiding her pregnancy from her mother and doctors even as she was actively in labor.
Trevizo is seen in security footage running out of her hospital room toward a hallway bathroom while clutching her bum.
Her mother followed Trevizo toward the bathroom and knocked multiple times but was not allowed in and waited with nurses for around 20 minutes.
Before a nurse was able to unlock the door, Trevizo opened the bathroom door and was found cleaning up a heavy amount of blood on the floor.
Doctors originally thought the bloody mess was from the teen attempting to terminate her pregnancy.
But a custodian sent to clean up the bathroom discovered a newborn baby boy inside the trash that was no longer breathing.
The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator later determined the newborn died by homicide.
While Trevizo maintained the baby was stillborn, the district attorney’s office filed charges against Trevizo based on her confession as well as video taken from hospital security cameras that showed the teen coming and going from the bathroom where the newborn was discovered.
Following her arrest, Trevizo was released from jail and permitted to finish the school year without an ankle monitor or house arrest while waiting for trial.
She attended prom and had planned to walk in her high school graduation while awaiting trial, but the school ultimately asked that she not attend the ceremony.
Trevizo was allowed to attend New Mexico State University, where at one point, students launched a petition that amassed over 30,000 signatures demanding she be banned from campus.
It is unclear whether Trevizo is still enrolled at NMSU.
Trevizo’s long-awaited trial has experienced a number of delays as prosecutors continue to fight for the right to use the footage and confessions in court.
Seattle Storm Fans Allegedly Target Sophie Cunningham Supporters in Harassment Incident
A tense scene unfolded during Tuesday’s WNBA game between the Seattle Storm and Indiana Fever as several fans vocally confronted young supporters of Sophie Cunningham. These young fans were there to express their protest against the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports.
The atmosphere turned hostile when one man loudly jeered, “Garbage! Take the trash out!” while pointing at the girls and journalist Brandi Kruse, who spearheaded the Seattle protest.
Although the commotion prompted onlookers to call for security intervention, the altercation persisted according to a video shared by Fox News. The footage captured the rising tensions as fans remained fervently divided over the controversial issue.
In conversation with Fox News Digital, Kruse recounted the ordeal, saying, “Some of the fans were relentlessly booing at them. I turned around to remind everyone, ‘Look, they’re just teenage girls.'”
Moreover, social media buzzed with another video allegedly depicting an irate Storm fan spitting towards a Fever supporter following Indiana’s 105-95 victory. However, this incident remains unverified.
The game drew national attention when Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton was accused by the unidentified girls of calling them ‘f***ing insane.’ Keaton has since been fined and banned from attending the team’s next five home games over the incident, while Storm spokespeople have also issued an apology.
Several WNBA fans were recorded berating the young Sophie Cunningham supporters who attended Tuesday’s game to voice their opposition to trans athletes in female sports
Several voices can be heard calling for security to have the man taken away in the video shared by Fox News . But despite the pleas for help, the confrontation continued in Seattle
The girls (left) accused Keaton of calling them ‘f***ing insane’ and berating them
In addition to Keaton’s comment, Kruse said the girls faced abuse from players, who gave a ‘thumbs down’ sign, and a number of other fans. At one point, Kruse said, she noticed one of her two subjects was crying.
‘I look over at halftime, and she’s sobbing,’ Kruse said of one of the girls, both of whom were wearing XX-XY Athletics shirts. ‘They were so excited for those seats, like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see some of their favorite players. They stayed up the night before making signs.’
The young fans were seen holding signs at the game thanking Indiana’s Cunningham for her objection to transgender athletes in women’s sports.
‘Thank you Sophie for speaking up for girls,’ read the sign.
The pair defended their actions to Kruse.
‘We’re not being hateful,’ one of the unidentified girls told Kruse. ‘Maybe they should work on being more kind to people, even though our opinions differ. We were being respectful and kind to people, even though I don’t care if you think something else.’
Cunningham, 29, recently insisted women ‘shouldn’t have to go against biological men’
WNBA star Cunningham took to X to slam Keaton and called her ‘truly embarrassing’
Cunningham broke her silence on the incident, writing on X on Wednesday night: ‘I truly believe there is a safe space and love for EVERYBODY. Biological girls, biological boys, trans women, and trans men. Everyone is welcome at my table!
‘You can disagree and still be kind. Bravo to those girls for standing up for what they believe. You’ll be hearing from me soon. Yay for gifts.
‘Truly embarrassing of the co-owner. Unfortunately shows the type of leader she is.’
There was also an anti-trans rally near the arena in support of Cunningham before Tuesday’s game.
A crowd of a few dozen had gathered outside Climate Pledge Arena to both support Cunningham and promote statewide initiatives 638 and 011, which would bar transgender students from participating in girls’ athletics at Washington schools.
Media members asked to speak to Cunningham and Caitlin Clark postgame, but neither player was made available. Kelsey Mitchell and Monique Billings addressed the media instead, alongside head coach Stephanie White.
When White was asked about the rally and Cunningham’s recent comments, a Fever public relations representative intervened with the following statement:
‘Neither our organization nor Sophie had any knowledge of this demonstration and no contact with its organizers,’ the statement said. ‘Our only goal as a team, whether at home or away, is to win basketball games and make Fever fans for life, and we are united in that mission.’
Tragic Loss: Georgia Family Mourns 6-Year-Old After Tonsillectomy Complications
Emersyn “Emmy” Bridgers passed away following unexpected complications arising from what was supposed to be a routine tonsil removal, a surgery her family described as standard.
A heartbreaking loss struck a Georgia family as their 6-year-old daughter succumbed to unforeseen complications after a tonsillectomy. This procedure, generally routine, rarely leads to serious issues.
Emersyn “Emmy” Bridgers had only just marked the milestone of graduating from kindergarten and was eagerly anticipating her first-grade adventure. Her family fondly recalled how she had already selected a rose-themed outfit for her school’s upcoming open house.
On July 27, the day of her surgery, Emmy went through what everyone expected to be a simple tonsillectomy. Sadly, the young girl did not survive due to complications from the procedure, as shared by a fundraising effort online.
Emmy’s family remembers her as a beacon of warmth and inclusion, touching people with her innate kindness and tender affection. Her joyful hugs and infectious smile had the power to light up any space she entered.
Her teacher lovingly called her “Little Momma” because of the way she cared for others.
The family is raising money to help cover funeral expenses and is asking motorcycle riders to participate in her funeral procession, with attendees encouraged to wear pink in her honor.
“Emersyn Paisleigh Bridgers was a light in every life she touched and such a loving child,” the family’s online fundraiser states.
In a message shared with 11Alive, the family said funeral arrangements have not yet been finalized.
“We are also looking for bikers to ride in her procession to her final resting place & for everyone to wear pink for Emmy’s final ride,” the family wrote. “We want to pink it out for her.”
“Emmy was a bright light in everyone who knew her’s life, she was kind, happy, and loving to everyone around her,” the family continued.