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Man Found Dead on Brooklyn Subway Tracks After Bag Reportedly Got Stuck

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A 57-year-old man died in Brooklyn on Monday evening after his bag was reportedly caught in closing subway doors, pulling him beneath the train.

Following a 911 call, police found Yaw Boahene “unconscious and unresponsive” on the tracks beneath a northbound A train at the Utica Avenue station in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood shortly after 6 p.m., according to the New York Police Department.

Emergency medical personnel pronounced Boahene dead at the scene. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal subway incident.

An A train arrives to a Subway station in Lower Manhattan

An A train arrives at a subway station in Lower Manhattan on Jan. 16, 2025, in New York City. (Zamek/Getty Images)

Boahene, who lived in Brooklyn, was leaving the train at about 6 p.m. when his shopping bag became lodged in the doors, The New York Times reported.

Cases in which subway passengers become trapped and are dragged by trains are extremely uncommon, though similar tragedies have occurred in New York City.

Police walk through Brooklyn’s Utica Avenue station while responding to an unrelated incident on June 23, 2023. (Gardiner Anderson for NY Daily News via Getty Images)

In October 2022, 20-year-old Joseph Ancona was killed at the Columbus Circle station after his bag became caught in a subway door and dragged him onto the tracks, where he was struck by the train, FOX 5 New York reported at the time.

Several months earlier, 37-year-old Marcus Bryant became trapped between a Q train and the platform at a Brooklyn station. He fell onto the tracks and was killed.

People wait to board a 1-line train at the 72nd Street subway station

Passengers wait to board a 1 train at the 72nd Street subway station on March 23, 2025, in New York City. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

In 2019, 39-year-old Vicente Alatorre died after a train dragged him into a tunnel at Grand Central Station.

Investigators initially suspected that Alatorre’s clothing or a bag had been caught in the train doors. They later determined that neither was involved, according to The Times.

Three Teens Die as Car Ploughs Into River Wear; Driver Arrested

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Three teenagers have died after a car broke through a barrier and plunged into the River Wear in Sunderland.

Emergency crews were dispatched to Panns Bank, close to Wearmouth Bridge, at about 1.30pm following reports that a vehicle had entered the water.

Four teenagers were believed to have been travelling in the black Audi A3. The 17-year-old driver managed to escape from the car and reach safety.

Rescuers later recovered the bodies of two teenage boys and a teenage girl from the river.

The driver was taken to hospital for treatment to injuries described as non-serious. He has since been arrested.

Police said they do not believe any other vehicles were involved.

Chief Superintendent Scott Cowie, Sunderland’s area commander, said: “This is a truly tragic incident where three young people have lost their lives.

“Our thoughts are with their families, friends and everyone affected by what has happened.

Emergency services were called to the banks of the waterway in Sunderland near Wearmouth Bridge at around 1.30pm

Emergency services were called to the River Wear in Sunderland, near Wearmouth Bridge, at around 1.30pm

A lifeboat is pictured at the scene alongside a string of police cars amid a large emergency service response

A lifeboat was photographed at the scene alongside a line of police vehicles during the major emergency response

A water rescue unit is pictured at the scene. Members of the public were asked to avoid the area

A water rescue unit was deployed as members of the public were urged to stay away from the area

“We will continue to support them in any way that we can and ask that their privacy is respected at this time.

“I want to thank all of our partners who supported the multi-agency search operation.”

He added: “Our investigation is at a very early stage as we work to establish the circumstances surrounding what happened.

“We would ask members of the public not to speculate about the incident, either on social media or within the community. Please be mindful of the potential impact such comments could have on the families involved.”

Police officers, firefighters and paramedics cordoned off a car park after the vehicle crashed through a barrier and entered the river.

Images from the scene showed ambulances, police cars and a fire engine positioned along the riverbank, while two rescue boats were operating in the water.

Coastguard and RNLI teams used poles to search beneath the surface, with a helicopter also taking part in the operation.

Dozens of distressed onlookers gathered on both sides of the River Wear as the emergency response continued.

A nearby resident, who asked not to be identified, said his neighbour contacted emergency services after seeing the incident from a window.

Mayor of North East England, Kim McGuinness previously said rescue teams were on the scene and 'we must hope and pray for those involved'

Mayor of North East England, Kim McGuinness previously said rescue teams were on the scene and ‘we must hope and pray for those involved’

An RNLI lifeboat is pictured at the scene. The coastguard and RNLI were seen using poles to probe the water

An RNLI lifeboat is pictured at the scene. The coastguard and RNLI were seen using poles to probe the water

The 31-year-old said: ‘There were loads of ambulances here, we had helicopters here at one point. 

‘This is the first time I’ve ever seen anything like this around here.

‘I’ve lived here for three years, this is sad to see.

‘Some families may get some awful, awful news today.’

Another man, who did not wish to be named, reported hearing a ‘bang’ and a sound ‘like a very large rock hitting water’, followed shortly by sirens.

Posting on social media, the Mayor of North East England, Kim McGuinness, said earlier today: ‘I’m aware of the serious incident on the River Wear today after a car entered the water in Sunderland. 

‘Rescue teams are at the scene and right now we must hope and pray for those involved. 

‘I’ve asked the incident commander to keep me updated as we let the emergency services do their work.’

Northumbria Police said: ‘Shortly before 1.30pm today, we received a report of a car entering the River Wear near Monkwearmouth Bridge in Sunderland.

‘We would ask members of the public to avoid the area.’

The North East Ambulance Service said: ‘We received a call to 999 at 1.23pm today to reports of an incident involving a car entering the River Wear near Wearmouth Bridge in Sunderland.

‘We sent to the scene an emergency ambulance, a clinical team leader, three officers, air ambulance and the full Hazardous Area Response Team. 

‘We are working closely with the coastguard and the police. We remain on scene at this time.’

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service previously said: ‘We can confirm that earlier this afternoon, two fire appliances, the TWFRS fire boat and a number of officers were dispatched to an ongoing incident on the River Wear, near Wearmouth Bridge in Sunderland.

‘Our dedicated teams are assisting blue light colleagues with the ongoing rescue efforts.’

Great North Air Ambulance Service added: ‘Our critical care team was activated at 1.35pm to an incident on the River Wear, near Monkwearmouth Bridge in Sunderland.

‘We had a doctor and paramedic on board our aircraft and they arrived on scene at 1.53pm.’

The next of kin of the three teenagers who died have been informed and are being supported by officers, police said. 

Anyone with information, in particular CCTV or dashcam footage, has been asked to send Northumbria Police a direct message on social media or use live chat and report forms on the force’s website.

Alternatively, 101 can be dialled quoting reference number: NP-20260929-0589.

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Homeland Security Directs $20 Million in Taxpayer Funds to Pro-Trump Advertising Campaign

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WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security has allocated $20 million for a series of campaign-style advertisements praising President Donald Trump, a spending decision that has drawn sharp criticism from Republicans and Democrats who call it an improper — and potentially illegal — use of taxpayer money.

In a letter sent Tuesday to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, two senior Democratic senators said the funding came from Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” and was originally intended for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

“We should not have to remind you that using government funding to create or air political ads like the ones that have been running over the last few days is illegal and a shockingly corrupt misuse of taxpayer dollars,” wrote Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee responsible for Homeland Security funding.

The backlash over the hagiographic ads has continued since they began airing last week during high-profile television programming, including college and National Football League broadcasts. Critics from both parties have questioned the use of taxpayer funds, particularly with the midterm elections approaching.

The White House has defended the commercials, which carry the disclaimer “Paid for by the U.S. government,” describing them as public service announcements.

But the unusual spots, which mirror Republican midterm messaging and feature celebratory images from Trump’s presidency — including one set to a “Love me, Love me” refrain — appear to run afoul of a law prohibiting the use of congressionally appropriated funds for propaganda. Experts have also noted that the ads, airing on network and cable television as well as streaming platforms, differ from traditional government PSAs because they do not appear intended to help Americans access a specific program.

A new commercial released over the weekend closely resembles a black-and-white video from Trump’s 2024 campaign. It shows the president walking down a hallway while warning in a voice-over of a “final battle” against “globalists” and “warmongers.” The ad closes with Trump looking directly into the camera and the words “Paid for by the U.S. Government” on screen.

One Republican senator has likened Trump’s advertisements to spots used by Hungary’s authoritarian former leader, Viktor Orban.

According to data from outside firm AdImpact, more than $2.5 million was spent on the three advertisements during the past seven days. The total may be considerably higher, depending on whether television networks categorized the spots as political advertising.

The senators said DHS has committed $20 million to the advertising campaign.

A person who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed the findings, which were first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

Trump’s ads use taxpayer dollars, skirting the law

The controversy comes as Republicans enter an increasingly unsettled midterm election season. Their control of the House and Senate, as well as Trump’s ability to advance his agenda, is at stake.

Voters say they are struggling with elevated gas and grocery prices and remain concerned about the U.S. war against Iran, which has now entered its seventh month. Democrats are preparing for sweeping oversight of Trump and his administration if they take power, and impeachment remains a possibility.

House Democrats said Trump’s Office of Management and Budget director, Russ Vought, transferred the money from Homeland Security to the advertising campaign on Sept. 19.

The Homeland Security funding is part of the $175 billion Congress awarded the department in the “Big, Beautiful, Bill” to support Trump’s immigration enforcement and deportation agenda. Democrats opposed the legislation, which Trump signed into law last summer, partly because it included steep cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, and Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, the ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security subcommittee, said that after cutting $1 trillion from Medicaid and social services and “more than quadrupling funding for mass deportations,” the Trump administration used the One Big Beautiful Bill to finance the president’s political advertisements.

The lawmakers said that if Democrats regain control, they “will work to uncover and reverse misuses of taxpayer money like this and hold those who abused their power accountable.”

The administration’s decision is particularly striking because Trump’s political committee, MAGA Inc., has hundreds of millions of dollars available for the midterm season. Groups aligned with MAGA Inc. have already begun spending money on House and Senate contests.

The administration has continued to defend its use of taxpayer funds for the advertisements and has given no indication that it plans to halt the campaign.

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Lindsay Clancy’s Attorney Claims “Total and Complete Lack of Evidence” She Killed Her 3 Children

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Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney urged the court to throw out the murder charges against her, arguing that prosecutors presented a “total and complete lack of evidence” proving she killed her children.

Attorney Kevin Reddington made the argument during a Sept. 29 hearing, asking Judge William Sullivan to dismiss the case because, he said, the prosecution had not established its claims beyond a reasonable doubt.

“I ask the court,” Reddington said during the hearing, which was streamed by CourtTV, “to hearken back to the evidence that was presented and ask yourself, where’s the evidence that she did this?”

Reddington sharply criticized the police investigation, calling it “horrific” and “ridiculous.” He claimed authorities relied on “woefully deficient” DNA and fingerprint evidence, as well as a statement from Lindsay’s then-husband, Patrick Clancy. Patrick told investigators he returned from running errands to find Lindsay had gone through a window and the children dead in the basement.

The defense attorney also raised questions about why Lindsay was found barefoot on the lawn, why investigators did not find blood in her bedroom and whether the prosecution’s timeline was consistent with the available evidence.

Reddington pointed to testimony from psychiatrists and doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, saying Lindsay emerged from what he described as an apparent coma only to be told what had happened. “She had no memory of what happened,” he told the judge.

He further argued that prosecutors had not disproved the defense’s claim that Lindsay was experiencing postpartum psychosis when the killings occurred. That issue was central to her first trial, which ended in a mistrial on Sept. 4.

“The evidence shows clearly and unequivocally that she was in a state of psychosis,” Reddington said.

Because prosecutors allegedly failed to establish both that Lindsay committed the killings and that she was not suffering from postpartum psychosis, Reddington said she should be acquitted of the murder charges.

Prosecutors countered that the case against Lindsay included a “voluminous” body of evidence tying her to the deaths of her children.

Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Shanan Buckingham said the defense was raising its challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence for the first time during the hearing. “For the first time, the defendant is now arguing that there is no evidence she did this,” Buckingham said.

Buckingham argued that Lindsay was the only person inside the home when the children were killed. She noted that surveillance footage showed Patrick carrying out his errands and said DNA recovered from the exercise bands used in the killings matched Lindsay.

The prosecutor also cited a conversation Lindsay allegedly had with a hospital chaplain after the killings. According to Buckingham, Lindsay described hallucinations that instructed her to kill the children in order to protect them.

Buckingham dismissed the defense’s claim that the state had failed to overcome reasonable doubt as “laughable.”

Judge Sullivan took the arguments under advisement and did not issue a ruling on the pending motions.

No Retrial Date is Set for Lindsay Clancy

Although Sullivan said he wanted to “get this thing tried,” he agreed not to schedule a retrial yet. Both sides asked to wait until the court resolves the outstanding motions before setting a new trial date.

Sullivan reluctantly agreed but said the court would revisit the scheduling question at the next hearing, set for Nov. 2.

Motion to Investigate Juror is Pushed to Later Hearing

Reddington has also filed a motion seeking an investigation into juror Michael Desronvil, the lone holdout whose vote resulted in the mistrial, according to NBC News. The court postponed that matter until the Nov. 2 hearing.

Desronvil’s attorney spoke out on X, saying the motion was “a full frontal attack on the U.S. Constitution” and dismissing it as “Looney Tunes.” 

Sullivan likewise postponed consideration of Reddington’s request to dismiss the case until Nov. 2.

Lindsay Clancy Speaks For First Time in Court

Lindsay remained quiet beside her attorneys for most of the hearing. However, she spoke in court for the first time after the judge greeted her.

Lindsay responded, “Good morning,” before the hearing got underway.

Lindsay Clancy’s Trial Ends in a Mistrial

Lindsay’s last trial ended in a mistrial Sept. 4.

The jurors were deadlocked 11-1 in favor of declaring her not guilty by reason of insanity, but could not come to a unanimous decision. 

29-Year-Old Mother Leaves Young Children Home Alone to Go on Cruise Trip

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A Florida mother has been charged after authorities alleged she left her four young children home alone while taking a multi-day cruise to the Bahamas.

Nathalie Belizaire, 29, allegedly left the children unattended at her North Miami Beach residence before boarding the Carnival Conquest on Friday.

She was arrested Monday after disembarking, where officers from the North Miami Beach Police Department were waiting. Police said the case began when one of the children’s fathers reported that the siblings had been left alone.

The father of Belizaire’s two-month-old child became suspicious after seeing her post about the cruise on social media. Belizaire allegedly told him that all four children were staying with their great-grandmother.

According to the arrest report, the father went to Belizaire’s apartment Saturday night. He said he could hear the children talking and saw that a television was on, but Belizaire was nowhere to be found.

First responders then forced their way into the home and found “all four minor children inside without adult supervision,” the report stated.

Police said the children were discovered “hiding together in the bathroom.”

Florida mother Nathalie Belizaire, 29, allegedly left her children alone in her home in North Miami Beach at the weekend so she could go on a Carnival Conquest cruise to the Bahamas

Florida mother Nathalie Belizaire, 29, allegedly left her children alone at her North Miami Beach home while taking a Carnival Conquest cruise to the Bahamas

Belizaire allegedly abandoned her children in her home in North Miami Beach, and police said her four kids were all found hiding together in a bathroom

Police said all four of Belizaire’s children were found together in a bathroom after allegedly being left alone in the North Miami Beach home

Authorities have not disclosed the ages of all four children. They said one was two months old and another was two years old.

After Belizaire’s arrest, her attorney denied the allegations in comments to NBC6. “Of course she denies the charges…. One baby, the baby was born in July of this year. Who leaves a baby alone like that?” the attorney said.

Police alleged that Belizaire had arranged for the children’s great-grandmother to care for them. However, investigators said the great-grandmother never arrived before Belizaire departed on the cruise.

Belizaire also allegedly sent a text message to her brother asking him to check on the children during the weekend.

The arrest was not Belizaire’s first encounter with law enforcement. She was arrested in January of last year after allegedly spraying a neighbor in the face with pepper spray.

In that case, police said Belizaire confronted the neighbor over claims that the woman had harassed her daughter.

The dispute reportedly began as a verbal confrontation. Belizaire then allegedly returned to her apartment, retrieved pepper spray and discharged it into the neighbor’s eyes.

She was charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm. The current status of that case remains unclear.

Belizaire was met off the ship by officers in Miami after the four-day cruise (stock image)

Officers met Belizaire in Miami after she returned from the four-day cruise (stock image)

Belizaire's arrest this week is not her first brush with the law. In January last year, she was arrested for allegedly pepper-spraying a neighbor in the face

Belizaire’s latest arrest follows a previous case in which she allegedly pepper-sprayed a neighbor in the face

When she was arrested in connection with the alleged child abandonment, Belizaire was reportedly first taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

She was then handed over to local police, and she is being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami. Belizaire is now facing four counts of child neglect without great bodily harm. 

At her first court appearance, officials said Belizaire declined to provide a statement to investigators and invoked her right to remain silent. 

Belizaire’s bond was set at $10,000, as a judge admonished her for allegedly abandoning the children.

‘You cannot make this up. It says she went on a cruise and left her children home alone,’ Judge Mindy Glazer said during the hearing, per NBC6. 

‘These poor kids, four of them, were home alone for three days… I’m just grateful nothing worse happened to these kids.’

Blake Lively Reportedly Parts Ways With Longtime Publicist Leslie Sloane

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Blake Lively has reportedly ended her professional relationship with longtime publicist Leslie Sloane, more than 20 years after the pair began working together.

The star severed ties with Sloane following the drama of her legal showdown with It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni, reports Page Six. 

Lively sued Justin Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, in December 2024. The lawsuit alleged defamation and sexual harassment during the making of their film It Ends With Us—claims Baldoni denied.

Sloane, who heads Vision PR, was later drawn into the legal dispute after Baldoni filed a $400 million defamation lawsuit naming her as one of the defendants.

The lawsuit accused Sloane of orchestrating a “smear campaign” against Baldoni and planting “malicious stories” about him. The publicist has denied those allegations.

The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Lively and Sloane for comment but has not received a response.

After two decades working together, Blake Lively has reportedly parted ways with her publicist Leslie Sloane

After more than two decades of working together, Blake Lively has reportedly parted ways with publicist Leslie Sloane

Sloane later sought to have herself removed from the lawsuit, which also named Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, as defendants.

Her attorney argued that Sloane had been “dragged” into the contentious case as part of a “smoke and mirrors exercise to distract from their own sexual harassment and their own systematic retaliation.”

According to E!, Sloane’s lawyer also maintained that there was no “basis” for the accusations.

Before the lawsuit was filed, Sloane said: “It’s clear that Mr. Baldoni and his Wayfarer Associates are suggesting that I originated press stories about HR complaints on set, which is false.”

A judge dismissed Baldoni’s case in October 2025. In May, after most of Lively’s claims were dismissed, she agreed to settle the remaining case.

Lively did not receive money as part of the settlement. However, Judge Lewis Liman, who oversaw the proceedings in a New York court, permitted her to seek legal fees tied specifically to Baldoni’s unsuccessful lawsuit against her.

Court filings show that Lively’s lawyers requested $7,495,526 in legal fees, along with $539,514 in expenses.

The fees were divided between two firms: Willkie, Farr & Gallagher sought $4,544,094, while Manatt, Phelps & Phillips requested $2,951,432.

The overall amount is expected to rise further because of costs connected to the most recent hearing on June 1.

Court documents indicate that the hearing will add approximately $300,000 to the total.

Despite the legal battle surrounding allegations made by both sides, It Ends With Us became a box-office success, earning $351 million worldwide.

The star severed ties with Sloane following the drama of her legal showdown with It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni, reports Page Six; Lively and Sloane pictured 2013

Page Six reports that Lively severed ties with Sloane following the legal battle involving her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni; Lively and Sloane are pictured together in 2013

Lively had previously sued Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios production company in December 2024 for alleged defamation and sexual harassment on the set of It Ends With Us, which they starred in together, with Baldoni also directing

Lively sued Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios production company in December 2024, alleging defamation and sexual harassment during the production of It Ends With Us, in which they both starred and Baldoni also directed

Lively had previously sued Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios production company in December 2024 for alleged defamation and sexual harassment on the set of It Ends With Us, which they starred in together, with Baldoni also directing

Lively sued Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios production company in December 2024, alleging defamation and sexual harassment during the production of It Ends With Us, in which they both starred and Baldoni also directed

Lively agreed to settle the It Ends With Us case earlier this year

Lively agreed to settle the It Ends With Us case earlier this year 

In the movie, Lively played florist Lily Bloom, who gets into a relationship with Baldoni, who plays an abusive neurosurgeon, Ryle Kincaid.

When the movie was released in the summer of 2024, it was overshadowed by rumors of a feud on set between Baldoni and Lively.

Lively alleged that Baldoni inserted unscripted kisses into a scene in which they were dancing together, and that his producer, Jamey Heath, walked into her trailer when she was breastfeeding her newborn baby.

Baldoni strongly denied her claims.

Lively is now demanding a whopping $8 million from Baldoni to cover the legal fees she incurred while battling his $400 million defamation lawsuit.

US Quietly Brings SR-71 Blackbird Out of Retirement—but Won’t Say Why

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NASA may be preparing to bring the SR-71 Blackbird—the fastest jet ever built—out of retirement, amid suggestions from the Trump administration that a new generation of hypersonic surveillance aircraft could be in development.

Former NASA and Air Force engineers told Aviation Week they had recently been approached about helping return an aging Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird to flight, nearly 27 years after the aircraft last took to the skies.

Mike Relja, a former Blackbird test engineer, said NASA contacted him last month about reviving the neglected aircraft. The SR-71 could reach Mach 3.3—roughly 2,200 mph—but Relja said he was too old to take on such an enormous project.

“I told the guy, ‘You know, I’m too old to be doing this,’” Relja told Aviation Week. “‘I wish you well. I’d like to see you make it. It would be interesting. But I just don’t think you can get there from here.’”

“I do know they’ve got people working on it,” Relja added. “But again, without equipment, it’s beyond me what they’re doing.”

The aircraft reportedly involved is Tail No. 884, an SR-71A that had been displayed at Edwards Air Force Base in California before it unexpectedly disappeared from public view in May.

The Blackbird had been housed at the base’s Armstrong Flight Research Center since Oct. 9, 1999. That date marked the final flight by any SR-71 in the United States.

After years on display, the aircraft could be filled with sand and moisture. Its engines may not have been lubricated or rotated since that 1999 flight, while spare parts valued at $600 million were destroyed in 2007.

Relja expressed doubt that engineers could repair the Blackbird’s damaged wings and retrain pilots to fly it, though he acknowledged that NASA’s considerable resources could make the seemingly impossible achievable.

“If you got a ton of money, maybe you can make it happen,” he told Aviation Week. “They went to the Moon, you know.”

First introduced 59 years ago, the SR-71 still holds the public-record speed mark for a crewed jet aircraft.

At Mach 3.3, the Blackbird could theoretically travel from New York to Los Angeles in just over an hour. A commercial airliner typically requires about 5 hours and 30 minutes to cover the same route.

Other retired NASA employees also said former Blackbird engineers had been contacted during the summer about working on the aircraft.

However, during interviews with those former engineers, NASA reportedly declined to explain why it would want to return the SR-71A to the air.

The agency has not publicly confirmed or commented on the alleged effort.

Speculation surrounding the Blackbird has intensified this month after NASA chief Jared Isaacman hinted at plans for a new class of hypersonic surveillance jets.

Isaacman, a billionaire aerospace enthusiast, owns what has been described as the world’s largest private air force.

“In the service of the first A [aeronautics] in NASA, we are rebuilding our X-plane fleet. The X-59 is researching quiet supersonic flight, but it’s just the beginning,” Isaacman said at the tech-focused All-In Summit in Los Angeles.

The X-59 Quesst is an experimental aircraft designed to test whether supersonic flight can be achieved without the powerful, disruptive “sonic boom” associated with breaking the sound barrier.

“It will not be long before NASA is once again flying as high and as fast from decades past—and then even more,” Isaacman said.

When a Blackbird-like image came up during a live interview immediately afterward, Isaacman added fuel to the mystery by asking, “You sure that’s a Blackbird?” He offered no further clarification.

Premier League Verdict Finds Manchester City Guilty Over ‘Sham Deals’ Claims

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The Premier League has confirmed that Manchester City was found guilty of every charge involving serious breaches of its financial regulations, including allegations that the club manipulated its accounts by approximately £900 million.

Daily Mail Sport reported on Friday that City had been found guilty of multiple violations spanning a glittering nine-year period in the club’s history. The verdict sent shockwaves through football and raised the prospect of severe sanctions, including possible expulsion from the Premier League.

Until now, however, there had been no official public comment on the conclusions reached by the independent panel that presided over a hearing which ended in December 2024.

That changed dramatically with the publication of a lengthy Premier League statement. The league said City had entered into “sham contracts” that misrepresented the actual agreements with several commercial partners, while also relying on other “sham” arrangements to artificially increase revenue and lower costs.

The league further said the club had distorted its financial position at the Etihad by an estimated £900 million.

According to the Premier League, the panel concluded that Manchester City submitted inaccurate accounts and concealed the true condition of its finances from auditors and football regulators. The club was also found to have significantly breached both Premier League and UEFA spending limits between 2009 and 2018, a period in which it won eight major trophies.

The Premier League has confirmed that Manchester City have been found guilty of 'all charges related to serious breaches' of the league's financial regulations

The Premier League has confirmed that Manchester City were found guilty of “all charges related to serious breaches” of its financial regulations

The Premier League said several sponsorship agreements formed part of a “disguised funding scheme”. Under the arrangements, sponsors paid only part of the stated fees, while the remainder was financed by Abu Dhabi United Group Investment & Development Ltd (ADUG), the company that owned the club.

The Core Decision published on Tuesday found that, in some financial years, ADUG contributed more than four times the amount paid directly by sponsors toward the club’s recorded sponsorship income.

In the 2013-14 season, for instance, Manchester City reported total sponsorship revenue of £127.5 million. The panel found that sponsors had provided only £16 million, with the remaining £111.5 million coming through ADUG’s disguised funding arrangement.

The panel also identified further ADUG-funded “sham” arrangements that enabled City to report lower operating expenses than those it actually incurred. It additionally found a “sham” circular agreement involving Fordham, an entity that bought the image rights of the club’s players, with the arrangement again funded by ADUG.

The Premier League said the arrangements inflated revenue and reduced reported costs by around £900 million, allowing the club to present a financial position that appeared to comply with spending regulations. As a result, City “filed misstated accounts and concealed the true state of its finances from its auditors and football regulators”.

Had the club accurately reported its finances, the Premier League said, it would have exceeded both the league’s and UEFA’s spending limits by a “very substantial amount”.

The panel also ruled that Manchester City repeatedly breached its obligations to cooperate with the Premier League and act in good faith. The club was found to have failed to assist with the league’s four-year investigation, which began after hacked club emails came to light.

The findings stated that City had made “concerted efforts to stop and frustrate the PL investigation”.

The Core Decision went further, describing some witnesses who gave evidence on the club’s behalf as “dishonest”.

“That evidence given by a number of important factual witnesses called to give evidence on behalf of the Club was false in a number of key respects,” the decision said. It added: “Certain of those factual witnesses had given evidence at the hearing that they knew to be untrue”.

Richard Masters, the Premier League’s chief executive, said: “The core decision establishes the facts of what happened at Manchester City during this period. It details how the club systematically broke Premier League Rules for nearly a decade.

“It also vindicates the Premier League’s decision to pursue this case against Manchester City. While the process to date has been both long and difficult, the League has remained determined that the facts be established independently.

“It is a key responsibility of the Premier League to ensure that the Rules, approved by the clubs themselves, are upheld to protect the integrity of the competition. It is paramount that the League remains competitive and fair for all clubs and for the fans. We take that role extremely seriously.”

‘This disciplinary case, and this decision, are the most significant in Premier League history. There are elements of the case that remain to be decided, including, importantly, what sanction must follow for these breaches. Now we have the Commission’s decision, we are committed to moving swiftly through the remainder of the process, to provide certainty for the League, our clubs and fans.’

Premier League CEO Richard Masters claimed that the commission's verdict had 'vindicated' the league's decision to pursue the charges

Premier League CEO Richard Masters claimed that the commission’s verdict had ‘vindicated’ the league’s decision to pursue the charges

In a statement released a short time later, City said it was ‘disappointed and surprised’ and referred to the ‘opinion of the Premier League Commission’.

It added: ‘The club is innocent of the accusations made by the Premier League and a comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence exists in support of all of its positions, relating to this case. The club will therefore be relentless, and where necessary proactive, in any and all appropriate regulatory and legal forums.

‘The Premier League process remains ongoing, with significant elements uncompleted. Manchester City will now pursue the appeal avenues open to it, on the basis that the opinion contains clear material errors, of law, principle and fact, and is unsafe.

‘The club has diligently respected due process for eight years on the basis that the Premier League Board and Executive would behave as an independent, impartial and fair-minded regulator, free from partisan influence.

‘The club is obviously restricted in what it can say further until all future proceedings are complete.’

City have until Friday to appeal.

Man City were first charged with the 115 breaches in February 2023. While that totemic number stuck, the figure – as they subsequently corrected – was actually 130.

Of those, 54 were charges of ‘failure to provide accurate and up-to-date financial information’ while there were 14 charges of ‘failure to provide accurate financial reports for player and manager compensation’. 

Both sets related to alleged offences between 2009 and 2018 (2009-2018), an eight-year period which saw the club win four Premier League titles, the FA Cup, and three League Cup competitions. 

There were also five charges of ‘failure to comply with UEFA’s regulations, including Financial Fair Play Regulations’ and seven charges of breaching the Premier League’s profit and sustainability regulations (PSR) between 2015 and 2018. 

There were also 35 counts of failure to co-operate with Premier League investigations between 2018 and 2023. 

The hearing into the 130 breaches began last September at London’s International Dispute Resolution Centre, with the Premier League sparing no expense and enlisting KCs Adam Lewis and Andrew Hunter to take its case.

Since last week’s news broke, former players from Man City’s rivals have suggested that they might be awarded honours won by the club during the period under scrutiny. 

With the sanction Man City will receive still pending, Rio Ferdinand called for the club to be stripped of its titles – including their first Premier League victory in 2011-12 which denied his side, crosstown rivals Man United, the league’s top spot on the final day of the season. 

‘Next time (former Man City player) Joleon (Lescott)’s on, he better bring my b****y medal,’ Ferdinand said on Rio Ferdinand Presents. ‘If you’re found guilty, then I think you should have to give the medals back. 

‘When I see Joleon, I’m actually going to go to his house and just say, “Listen, hand it over. Hand it over”. You can’t really sit there and say that you were champions, can you? Or you won that or you won that.

‘Well, they’re not going to have to pay any fines. They’re not going to get relegated. Just hand over the trophy. Hand over the medals, hand over the trophy. Simple as.’

His then-team-mate Wayne Rooney has taken a different view, stating on Tuesday morning that he would refuse the second-hand title, but instead look to see the club relegated for their breaches.  

‘When I see team-mates saying “I want a medal”, I’m happy with the five I’ve won,’ Rooney said on his Stick To United podcast. ‘I wouldn’t want this one. 

‘Should (the players) get it stripped for what the owners have done? Yeah maybe, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable accepting it.’ 

Instead, he added: ‘I’d put them in the lowest league they can go in and then put restrictions on them in terms of how much money they can spend for the next three or four seasons.’ 

READ MORE: The ugly stories around Man City’s ‘warfare’ over the 115 charges: The army of lawyers, the brick through the window, the tracker on a car, tension, paranoia and journalists targeted for reporting the truth, as revealed by IAN HERBERT

Sheriff’s Department Aware of Possible New Ransom Note in Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Case

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The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday that its task force, working with the FBI to investigate Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, had been alerted to a possible new ransom note.

“The PCSD/FBI Guthrie Task Force was recently made aware of a new possible ransom note related to the Nancy Guthrie investigation,” the department said in a Tuesday post on X.

“Investigators are also aware of social media comments regarding the note and are looking further into the information to determine its credibility,” the post added.

However, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation told Fox News that authorities are not treating any new notes as credible.

Nancy Guthrie was taken from her Tucson, Arizona, home during the early morning hours of Feb. 1, according to the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. She has not been seen since.

A photo of Nancy Guthrie, NBC host Savannah Guthrie's mother which Savannah Guthrie posted to Instagram on Aug 1, 2026.

A photo of Nancy Guthrie, NBC host Savannah Guthrie’s mother which Savannah Guthrie posted to Instagram on Aug 1, 2026. Nancy Guthrie went missing in February. Her children have pleaded with the public for help identifying her kidnappers after Pima County Sheriffs released a pair of ransom notes. (Savannah Guthrie/ Instagram)

A relative dropped Guthrie off at her home in Tucson’s Catalina Foothills shortly before 10 p.m. local time on Jan. 31. That was the last known sighting of her.

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Investigators have yet to identify a suspect or person of interest, even though a masked man was captured on Guthrie’s Ring doorbell camera.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said in the days after Guthrie disappeared that she had been taken. During a news briefing, he stated, “She did not leave on her own. We know that.”

Two images of the Nancy Guthrie suspect on her porch.

A source familiar tells News Media that two photos of the suspect in the Nancy Guthrie doorbell video were taken on different days. (FBI)

Authorities released two ransom notes connected to Guthrie’s kidnapping in July.

The first note, sent Feb. 2, said Guthrie was unharmed and demanded $4 million in cryptocurrency in exchange for her release.

The second note, sent four days later on Feb. 6, claimed that Guthrie had died soon after she was kidnapped.

When authorities released the notes in late July, they said the messages featured a distinctive writing style. Investigators asked anyone who recognized the writing patterns to contact the Pima County Sheriff’s Department or the FBI.

Nancy Guthrie's missing person billboard standing in Phoenix, Arizona.

Nancy Guthrie’s missing person billboards in Phoenix, Arizona on February 6, 2026. Guthrie has been missing since the beginning of February 2026. (KSAZ)

Anyone with information is urged to call 1-800-CALL-FBI. Those wishing to remain anonymous can contact 520-88-CRIME.

Florida Education Department Rewrites K-12 Science Standards to Remove ‘Ideology’ From Classrooms

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Florida education officials are taking another look at the state’s B.E.S.T. Science Standards, emphasizing that “science begins in wonder, not in ideology.”

TAMPA, Fla. — The Florida Department of Education has overhauled its K-12 science standards and is inviting families to weigh in on the proposed changes.

As part of the review, state officials are organizing a listening tour where parents, students and teachers can offer feedback on revisions to the B.E.S.T. Science Standards.

According to the department, the updated framework is designed to help students observe carefully, ask questions, conduct investigations, evaluate evidence, test theories and reconsider their conclusions when the facts point in a different direction.

“Science begins in wonder, not in ideology,” the FDOE wrote in a post on X announcing the updates. The statement adds that the classical tradition viewed nature as understandable because it was ordered, describing creation as a book that reason can read.

The department also says the revised standards will give students stronger connections to the communities where they live.

“By embedding Florida-based contexts throughout the standards, students develop deeper connections between scientific concepts and the natural systems, resources, and industries that shape their state,” the FDOE website says.

The proposal also includes updated instruction guidelines covering health and nutrition.

The statewide listening tour is scheduled to begin Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 5 p.m. at Armwood High School in Seffner. A virtual session is planned for Wednesday.

The science standards review is the latest proposed change to Florida’s education system. Earlier this month, the department approved new classroom guidelines for artificial intelligence. In July, a state law took effect restoring requirements for cursive writing instruction in Florida schools.