Her fiance Jake Ankers announced on social media that a group of men carrying a machete entered their home on Thursday evening while they were in the house with their two-year-old daughter. Crosby, who is nearly eight months pregnant, thanked those who have sent their support to the couple in an Instagram Story post on Saturday. The reality TV star, 34, wrote: “I’m typing this I’m laid in hospital. Baby is all fine, thank you for all the messages!” She added: “This month has had misfortune after misfortune. I want to thank you all for your kind messages about the break-in the other night. “Still something I’m really struggling to come to terms with.” Ankers also posted a photo of Crosby lying in a hospital bed to his Instagram Story, saying she had been “rushed in to hospital” as the TV star had been experiencing “serious pains in her stomach”. The businessman thanked their followers for reaching out and their local community for being “fantastic” since the burglary attempt. Ankers, who appeared with the reality star on BBC Three reality show Charlotte In Sunderland, previously said the thieves “tried to rob my house with my two-year-old and my partner who is nearly eight months pregnant, armed with a machete”. He said one of the four men “had a red balaclava on” and was carrying the weapon at the top of the stairs. Durham Constabulary were alerted at 7pm on Thursday to reports of an aggravated burglary in Houghton-le-Spring, a town in the Sunderland area. A spokeswoman for the force said: “Officers attended the area however the suspects left the scene before their arrival. “Nobody was injured in the incident and no items are believed to have been taken.” She added that an investigation is under way and anyone with information is asked to contact police. Crosby is best known for appearing in the MTV reality series Geordie Shore and winning the 12th series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2013. She and Ankers got engaged in October 2023 after she gave birth to their first child in 2022.
Fans of The 1% Club were left in disbelief as a staggering 15 contestants stumbled on what was deemed the "easiest ever question". In tonight's episode, a fresh batch of 100 hopefuls stepped up to the challenge of joining The 1% Club by answering a series of brain teasers, including the ultimate 1% question - all in the pursuit of prize money and membership in the elite club. Host Lee Mack kicked off the show, welcoming contestants and bracing them for the intellectual hurdles ahead. Anticipating an easy start, he delivered the first question, reports Lancs Live . Throwing the question out to the contenders, host Lee asked: "What food is represented here? " as a thermometer paired with a fluffy white dog appeared before the participants. He playfully clarified, "To clarify that is not a sheep, that is a thermometer." When time ran out, he announced: "Right let's see how many people are still in the game and how many people are out," only to discover in surprising fashion that 15 individuals had got it wrong. Lee expressed his astonishment openly, commenting: "15! You've got to be kidding me! I said to the producer, we can't have this question because no one will get this wrong." Viewers were just as astounded to see the incorrect answers, with social media commentary quickly highlighting their shock. One viewer posted: "How do you get that wrong? #The1PercentClub," while another chimed in with: "To the 15 of you that just got that last question wrong... #The1PercentClub." A third wrote: ""I'm still curious about what other answers were given to the Hot Dog question. #The1PercentClub," whilst a fourth added: "#The1PercentClub 15 people out on this? Where are they getting the contestants from?" A fifth penned: "How did 15 people manage to get that question wrong? ! ? #The1PercentClub." In an intense conclusion to tonight's show, the final contender, Connor, tackled the 1 Percent question. Having reached the final part of the game, he had already secured £10,000. Yet, Connor boldly rejected the guaranteed sum and took a gamble on the £97,000 prize. In a dramatic turn of events, his answer was incorrect, resulting in him leaving the competition empty-handed. *The 1 Percent Club airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
AMHERST – The UMass men’s soccer team took care of business during its NCAA tournament first-round game against Evansville on Thursday. The Minutemen notched a 2-1 victory on a rain-soaked Rudd Field. Alec Hughes and Andrew Ortiz netted goals for UMass (11-3-5) while goalkeeper Alex Geczy turned aside two of the Aces’ three shots on goal. The Minutemen led 2-0 with about 30 minutes left to play, but Evansville cut their lead in half with a strike at 70:52. UMass fought off the Aces’ late attack, which included a corner-kick with a minute to go, to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament. The club will travel to play at No. 6 Penn on Sunday at 5 p.m. for a spot in the Sweet 16. “I'm happy and relieved,” Minutemen head coach Fran O’Leary said. “We played a very good team, a really well-coached team. All credit to Evansville. We followed them, they came back against really good teams and we talked about it at halftime that they're a resilient, well-coached group and they were going to come back at us.” Evansville won the Missouri Valley Conference title to reach the NCAA Tournament. The Aces beat Bowling Green, 3-2 in overtime in the MVC championship. The Minutemen scored first in Thursday’s game on a perfectly-placed shot from Hughes on a free kick at 20:17. Oliver Akintade drew the chance on an aggressive rush to the Evansville net, but was taken down just outside the box on the left side, about 10 yards from the end line. Article continues after... Cross|Word Flipart Typeshift SpellTower Really Bad Chess Hughes proceeded to bend the ball into the top right corner on a rocket shot Aces goalie Michal Mroz had no chance on. Hughes’ tally counted as the graduate student’s 15th of the season. “Alec will always score goals, but what impressed me today was his attitude from the beginning,” O’Leary said. “His work ethic, his mentality was superb. You could see he wanted to carry the team today and that's an attitude we'll need to take into the next game. Alec will always score goals, but today the level of physicality and commitment he played with was second to none.” The Minutemen poured the pressure on the rest of the half and could have added a couple more goals if not for Mroz’s stellar play (nine total saves) in the Aces net. The hosts finished the 45-minute frame with a 11-3 edge in shots. Evansville came out desperate in the second half, yet it was UMass that scored the eventual game-winner on Ortiz’s fifth tally of the season at 59:19. Akintade was involved once again, this time setting up Ortiz with a cross pass after maneuvering around a handful of Aces defenders. "He's a very good player. He's a very, very good player,” O’Leary said of Akintade. “We were fortunate to get him from a Division 3 program, there's a lot of very good players playing Division 3 college soccer. He was superb today. He won the free-kick for the first goal and then he obviously got an assist on the second so big contributions from him today.” Akintade starred for Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Mich. for four years before transferring to UMass this fall. With time ticking away in their season, the Aces controlled the play the remainder of the game, which translated into Samuel Awusu’s goal to make it 2-1. Awusu’s shot changed direction off a Minuteman defender and spun sideways off the far-post and into the net. Evansville followed with five of the contest’s final eight shots, but couldn’t convert as UMass picked up its first win in the NCAA tournament since 2007. “[Hughes’] goal was a terrific individual effort and [Akintade] carved through them and Ortiz made a late run for a cutback and two terrific goals,” O’Leary said. “We held on at the end and credit to them, they kept coming at us. The teams in the NCAA [tourney] are good teams and they proved it today, but I'd like to think that we proved we're a good team too."
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Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, yelled at reporters as he arrived Wednesday for an extradition hearing in Pennsylvania. The grandmother of Luigi Mangione, the suspect charged in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's Dec. 4 murder , left a fortune to her children and grandchildren — as long as the descendant has not "been charged, indicted, convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony," according to her will. Mary Mangione, a Baltimore-area millionaire philanthropist married to real-estate developer Nick Mangione, left an estimated $30 million — and possibly more — to her family when she died in 2023. The matriarch had 10 children and 37 grandchildren. "It is my precatory desire that the Trustees particularly consider invoking their discretion to implement this Section if the felony is a common law felony, a statutory felony if it is the codification of a common law felony, a heinous felony, any felony involving a physically violent act against another person or property or any drug related felony involving distribution or intent to distribute any type of drug or illegal substance," the will states. "The decision of the Trustees is conclusive, final and binding on everyone. It is my precatory wish that the benefit of the doubt is not given to the individual." Luigi Mangione, her 26-year-old grandson, graduated valedictorian from the Gilman School, a private, all-boys high school in Baltimore, in 2016. He went on to receive his bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020. UNITED HEALTHCARE CEO MURDER: IVY LEAGE GRAD SPAWNS MOVEMENT FUELED BY ANTI-CAPITALIST SENTIMENT Luigi Mangione shouts while officers restrain him as he arrives for his extradition hearing at Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (David Dee Delgado for Fox News Digital) Authorities arrested Luigi in a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday, at which point he allegedly presented local police with a fake ID and appeared to start shaking when they asked if he had been in New York recently. Police said the suspect took a bus from New York City to Philadelphia, and then from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and on to Altoona — a rust-belt town nestled between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. Officials also found a handwritten manifesto condemning the health care industry, as NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny previously told Fox News. The manifesto specifically mentioned UnitedHealthcare. OBAMACARE PROVISION AMONG IVY LEAGUE MURDER SUSPECT'S POSSIBLE TRIGGERS: RET. FBI AGENT Luigi Mangione pictured in a Pennsylvania mugshot after his arrest in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Obtained by Fox News Digital) Luigi's background has come under an intense spotlight as the public speculates about the possible motive behind the 26-year-old's alleged crimes. While officials have not commented on an official motive, the public has speculated that the suspect had strong grievances with both the health care industry and capitalism in general. Some commentators have noted Luigi's wealthy family background in response to praise for the suspect's alleged decision to commit an act of violence in order to send a message to the health care insurance industry. UNITED HEALTHCARE CEO MURDER SUSPECT HAS OUTBURST OUTSIDE PENNSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE A general view of Hayfields Country Club in Cockeysville, Maryland on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. The country club is owned by Luigi Mangione’s family, who was arrested in Pennsylvania for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital) Notably, on Thursday evening, UnitedHealthcare revealed to employees that Luigi Mangione was not covered by UnitedHealthcare. A professor at Mangione's alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, took to TikTok and Instagram to voice praise for the suspect that she has since retracted. WHO IS LUIGI MANGIONE, SUSPECT IN UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO MURDER? UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning last week. (Photo Credit: Businesswire | NYPD Crimestoppers) UPenn School of Arts and Sciences Deputy Dean Jeffrey Kallberg issued a statement on Wednesday regarding the post from UPenn Assistant English Professor Julia Alekseyeva. COULD IVY LEAGUE MURDER SUSPECT LUIGI MANGIONE FACE FEDERAL CHARGES? "Much concern was raised by recent social media posts attributed to Assistant Professor Julia Alekseyeva," Kallberg said. "Her comments regarding the shooting of Brian Thompson in New York City were antithetical to the values of both the School of Arts and Sciences and the University of Pennsylvania, and they were not condoned by the School or the University. Upon reflection, Assistant Professor Alekseyeva has concurred that the comments were insensitive and inappropriate and has retracted them." LUIGI MANGIONE'S VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH: Former Washington Post and New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz told Piers Morgan that she and "so many other Americans" felt "joy" upon hearing the news of Thompson's death. "I do believe in the sanctity of life and I think that’s why I felt, along with so many other Americans, joy, unfortunately," Lorenz told Morgan on Monday, adding later, "Maybe not joy, but certainly not empathy." UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO MURDER SUSPECT LUIGI MANGIONE COMPLAINED ABOUT BACK SURGERY BEFORE SLAYING On Goodreads, a platform where users review and keep track of books they've read, a profile matching Mangione wrote a review for a book by the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski . "It's easy to quickly and thoughtless write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic, in order to avoid facing some of the uncomfortable problems it identifies," he wrote. "But it's simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out." UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO SLAYING SUSPECT LUIGI MANGIONE'S FIRST MEAL BEHIND BARS REVEALED Luigi Mangione was taken into custody in Pennsylvania. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP In New York, Mangione faces one count of murder, two counts of second-degree criminal weapons possession, one count of second-degree possession of a forged document and one count of third-degree criminal weapons possession. In Pennsylvania, he faces one count of forgery, one count of carrying a firearm without a license, one count of tampering with records or identification, one count of possession of instruments of a crime and one count of presenting false ID to law enforcement, according to court documents. Fox News' Mollie Markowitz and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report. Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.
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Caterpillar director Johnson acquires $39,857 in stockGTA 6 Moon Theory Debunked, Fans Devastated - IGN Daily FixFormer Tulane quarterback Darian Mensah has already found a new program in Duke, while Mississippi State's Michael Van Buren Jr., Wisconsin's Braedyn Locke and Cal’s Fernando Mendoza are exploring changes of their own in the transfer portal . Mensah, a redshirt freshman with three years of eligibility remaining, told ESPN on Wednesday he has transferred to Duke. He attended the Blue Devils men's basketball game against Incarnate Word on Tuesday night. The Blue Devils (9-3) will face Mississippi in the Gator Bowl, but without 2024 starting quarterback Maalik Murphy and backup Grayson Loftis, who also entered the portal. Mensah, viewed as one of the top players in the portal, threw for 2,723 yards and 22 touchdowns and completed 65.9% of his passes. He led the Green Wave to a 9-4 record and the American Athletic Conference championship game, where they lost 35-14 to Army. Tulane will play Florida in the Gasparilla Bowl on Sunday. Van Buren, Mendoza and Locke announced on social media they had entered the portal. Van Buren started eight games as a true freshmen for the Bulldogs. He threw for 1,886 yards on 55% passing with 16 total touchdowns and seven interceptions for the Bulldogs (2-10, 0-8 Southeastern Conference). He took over as the starter when Blake Shapen suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in a 45-28 loss to Florida on Sept. 21. Shapen has said he plans to return next season. Van Buren, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound passer from St. Frances Academy in Maryland, had two 300-yard performances for the Bulldogs, including 306 yards and three touchdown passes in a 41-31 road loss against Georgia. Mendoza threw for 3,004 yards in 2024 with 16 TDs, six interceptions and a 68.7 completion percentage. “For the sake of my football future this is the decision I have reached,” he posted. Locke passed for 1,936 yards with 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions for Wisconsin this season. He said he will have two years of eligibility remaining at his next school. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballCalifornia congressman introduces bill to defund the state’s high-speed rail project
LLMs Raise Efficiency, Productivity of Cybersecurity TeamsWASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 100 former senior U.S. diplomats and intelligence and national security officials have urged Senate leaders to schedule closed-door hearings to allow for a full review of the government's files on former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard , Donald Trump's pick to be national intelligence director. The former officials, who served in both Democratic and Republican administrations, said they were “alarmed” by the choice of Gabbard to oversee all 18 U.S. intelligence agencies. They said her past actions “call into question her ability to deliver unbiased intelligence briefings to the President, Congress, and to the entire national security apparatus.” A spokesperson for Gabbard on the Trump transition team on Thursday denounced the appeal as an “unfounded” and “partisan” attack. Avril Haines, the current director of national intelligence, when asked Thursday whether intelligence sharing with allies could be in jeopardy under the next administration, cited the importance of those relationships and noted the strong bipartisan support for them in Congress. The question, at a Council on Foreign Relations talk, focused on the especially close intelligence sharing among the Five Eyes — the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It did not mention Gabbard by name. “It is hard for me to believe that anybody coming in wouldn’t want to maintain those relationships,” Haines said. “So I wouldn’t think of them as being in significant risk,” she added. “I certainly hope that will continue.” Among those who signed the letter to Senate leaders were former Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, former NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller, former national security adviser Anthony Lake, and numerous retired ambassadors and high-ranking military officers. They wrote to current Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and incoming Republican Majority Leader John Thune on Wednesday to urge the closed briefings as part of the Senate's review of Trump's top appointments. They requested that Senate committees “consider in closed sessions all information available to the U.S. government when considering Ms. Gabbard’s qualifications to manage our country’s intelligence agencies, and more importantly, the protection of our intelligence sources and methods.” The letter singles out Gabbard's 2017 meetings in Syria with President Bashar Assad, who is supported by Russian, Iranian and Iranian-allied forces in a now 13-year war against Syrian opposition forces seeking his overthrow. The U.S., which cut relations with Assad's government and imposed sanctions over his conduct of the war, maintains about 900 troops in opposition-controlled northeast Syria, saying they are needed to block a resurgence of extremist groups. Gabbard, a Democratic member of Congress from Hawaii at the time of her Syria trip, drew heavy criticism for her meetings with a U.S. adversary and brutal leader. As the letter notes, her statements on the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine have aligned with Russian talking points , diverging from U.S. positions and policy. Gabbard throughout her political career has urged the U.S. to limit military engagement abroad other than combatting Islamic extremist groups. She has defended the Syria trip by saying it is necessary to engage with U.S. enemies. In postings on social media earlier this year she confirmed that the U.S. had for a time placed her “on a secret terror watch list” as a “potential domestic terror threat.” She blamed political retaliation. Neither she nor U.S. authorities have publicly detailed the circumstances involved. Alexa Henning, a spokesperson for Gabbard with the Trump team, called the letter sent to the Senate leaders “a perfect example” of why Trump chose Gabbard for this position. “These unfounded attacks are from the same geniuses who have blood on their hands from decades of faulty ‘intelligence,’" and use classified government information as a "partisan weapon to smear and imply things about their political enemy," Henning said. A spokesperson for Thune did not immediately respond to questions about the request. —- Associated Press writer Didi Tang contributed.
Rita Ora has joined Dame Judi Dench, Olivia Colman, Jude Law, Melanie C and a host of other celebrities to reimagine the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on its 75th Anniversary. Their take on the famous document is seen in the episodic ‘For our Family Human’ films, which aim to raise awareness for the landmark birthday of the “enshrinement of the rights and freedoms of all human beings”. The first installment of the shorts launched on 28 October with British actress Nazanin Boniadi, and the following series of films has since gone viral with over 200 million views to date as an array of high profile supporters each narrate a video modernising the original text of 30 articles. Rita says while facing the camera in her film the rhyming couplet: “To fully realise this declaration across every nation and border, We shall all be entitled to an social and international order.” Along with Rita, the full cast for the ‘For our Family Human’ series includes Dame Judi Dench, Oliva Colman, Jude Law, Melanie C, Annie Lennox, Sabrina Elba, Nicholas Pinnock, Rudy Pankow, Vicky McClure, Rick Astley, Adam Hills, Laura Whitmore, Sean Pertwee, Jason Wong, Ramla Ali, Annabelle Wallis, Anoushka Shankar, Alexina Graham, Lena Headey and Kouth Wiel. It is being hosted exclusively on the “positive news platform” ‘Smiley News’, which says the films align with its “vision to inspire positive change in society and to inspire people to re-imagine the world they want to live in” and “feel optimistic about the future and be empowered to be part of the solution”. A release from the company said: “Featuring a diverse collection of music, film and entertainment stars, each film sees famous faces reciting a modern take on the original articles.” The emotive rhyming couplets used in the films were written by award-winning writer and director Dan Cadan and the films are supported by Art for Human Rights, led by human rights activist, barrister and producer Bill Shipsey. Smiley News’ campaign will raise awareness and funds for Choose Love through the Matchmaker for Good initiative from the Smiley brand, where all gross profits from the sale of co-branded merchandise – Choose Love x Smiley branded T-shirts, sweatshirts and tote bags – will be donated to the charity to fund their life-saving work. The original Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed 75 years ago in December. It was a milestone in history that enshrined the rights and freedoms of all human beings – stating all people are born free and equal in dignity and rights regardless of nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status.Liam Payne was paying up to $35K a month for girlfriend Kate Cassidy’s expenses