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As colder temperatures approach, some in Nova Scotia are raising concerns over heating costs and questioning the adequacy of the province's assistance rebate program.

Alberta anti-separatist brings hard message to Central Canada: show a little gratitude  National Post

Republic of Ireland's game halted by tennis balls thrown and invader with Palestine flags amid Israel boycott demand.

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The WNBA’s favorite narrative — that players are perpetual victims — just reached peak delusion thanks to Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud.

Following Tuesday’s baseline dust-up after a foul on Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson confronted a fan, leading Cloud to take to Threads and smear both the Indiana Fever organization and the spectator.

Cloud demanded the Fever publicly condemn the fan, despite arena security clearing him of any wrongdoing. League guidelines explicitly prohibit players from stepping off the court or entering spectator space to confront fans.

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Yet, as reported by OutKick’s Dan Zaksheske, the WNBA excused Wilson under the absurd claim that she was standing in a "player escape lane."

"[And] imma be the one to say it's time for Indy as an organization to start denouncing some s——t," Cloud posted, defending Wilson and dragging the Fever.

Then came the wild leap.

Cloud launched slanderous accusations about the spectator’s personal life based on nothing more than a brief clip of him pointing a finger.

"Mind you he is the 2nd man to take a step towards the court... Wife had to yank him down out of embarrassment," Cloud wrote.

And then she crossed into reckless slander:

"Even worse.... if he's willing to do that s——t in public to a woman he doesn't know....how do you think he acts in his home?"

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The Sky guard closed her rant by framing players as victims: "No it's not our job to continue to fix the problems. Our job is to hoop & to be safe doing it."

A veteran WNBA player publicly implied a fan is a domestic abuser because he pointed a finger after a whistle: pure character assassination. Without a shred of evidence, Cloud casually weaponized domestic violence allegations against a fan who was simply cheering for his home team.

This isn't Cloud's first time acting as a courtside moral crusader, either. Just last month, she instigated a baseline scene with former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom in Chicago, marching over to confront him at his seat.

In today's WNBA environment, facts are secondary to maintaining the preferred narrative.

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A vocal contingent of players and media members operates under a bad-faith assumption, labeling Indiana’s fanbase as toxic. You have to ask the obvious question: is this constant outrage really about fan decorum, or is it because Indiana rostered the two most popular white players in the league, Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham?

Except the actual facts tell a completely different story.

Gainbridge Fieldhouse arena security conducted an immediate, onsite investigation into the baseline incident.

Security guards interviewed witnesses, reviewed footage, and officially confirmed that the spectator committed zero violations of the Fan Code of Conduct. He was cleared on the spot and remained in his seat for the rest of Indiana’s playoff win.

Yet for Cloud, official clearance means nothing. The assumption of guilt is permanent because it fits the narrative: Fever fans are bad, players are infallible and standing up to point is dangerous.

When a WNBA veteran does it to a fan who was officially cleared of any wrongdoing, the league office stays silent. Protecting the narrative will always come ahead of the truth.

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Manchester City played out a high-quality draw with Real Madrid in the Women’s Champions League after an unprecedented week of off-field tension at the English club.

The result – which was a fair reflection of an even but entertaining game – left both sides with two points from their opening two fixtures, but City will know their league phase opponents should theoretically become less challenging from hereon, after their opening draw at Bayern Munich.

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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 29: U.S. President Donald Trump waves after speaking during the America.gov launch event at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on September 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. The website features an artificial intelligence tool to help Americans interact with the federal government. The event was attended by tech leaders Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp, along with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) | Image Credits:Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images

In December 2025, about a month before the U.S. invaded Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolás Maduro, President Trump had a secret meeting with Elon Musk, Time magazine reports. This was roughly seven months after Musk left his role in the Trump administration at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

During this meeting, Trump “spent hours” talking to Musk’s Grok chatbot, including asking how Venezuelans would respond to the capture of their president, a source told Time. Just a few months earlier, in September, Trump began ordering U.S. military strikes against Venezuelan boats that Trump alleged were involved in drug trafficking.

People had apparently been turning to Grok asking about the boat strikes and political climate in Venezuela, as The Atlantic reported at the time. So Grok told Trump that Maduro was a “deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall,” Time reported.

When such celebrations indeed happened after the U.S. invaded on January 3, Trump apparently “came away thinking Grok was ingenious,” that source told Time.

So perhaps it should come as no surprise that in June of this year, the Pentagon’s head of AI said that the military used Grok Gov to deploy and strike targets during the Iran War.

While Grok isn’t the only AI model serving the DoD (OpenAI also has an agreement and Anthropic has been in a back-and-forth over how its models can be used for military intelligence and in modern warfare), Grok may become an even bigger favorite under this administration. Earlier this week, the Pentagon announced that Musk and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey have been tapped to co-lead a study about how advanced technology is, and can be, used in battlefields.

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch at https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/musk-ai-chatbot-grok-reportedly-210811943.html

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A judge on Thursday permanently dismissed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case against former Olympian David Hearn, who was accused of damaging the costly $14 million renovation project in June.

D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman’s ruling marks the end of a monthslong legal battle that included President Donald Trump criticizing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after she moved to voluntarily dismiss the federal charges in late July.

Unlike Pirro’s decision, Thursday’s ruling was made with prejudice, meaning the Department of Justice (Doj) cannot refile the same charges against Hearn.

Edelman rejected prosecutors’ request to preserve the possibility of recharging Hearn if new evidence surfaced, finding that existing investigative findings were sufficient to show the damage stemmed from a flawed renovation job.

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David Hearn was accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June.

"In the exceptional circumstances posed by this case, the government has no right to retain the ability to compound the errors it has already made, or even to threaten to do so, at Mr. Hearn’s expense," Edelman said. "This case must be dismissed with prejudice, and the government must thus be barred from reinstituting this charge against Mr. Hearn."

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Hearn’s counsel described the decision as a victory for "an innocent American seeking justice."

"This case never should have been brought in the first place. This was a miscarriage of justice, and what happened to Mr. Hearn is an outrage that should shock every American," Hearn’s counsel said in a statement.

"This administration chose to pursue an unjust prosecution against Mr. Hearn. It should not get repeated chances to wield the power of criminal prosecution against someone who should never have been prosecuted."

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment. 

White House Asks Doj To Consider New Prosecution In Reflecting Pool Case

President Donald Trump previously urged U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to reconsider the Justice Department’s decision to drop vandalism charges against former Olympian David Hearn.

Hearn was arrested June 19 and later indicted on one felony count of destruction of property for allegedly damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s lining.

Prosecutors alleged that Hearn was seen grabbing and tugging on a loose section of the pool’s coating, reportedly causing about $1,000 in damage. Officials added that he continued to do so even after National Park Service employees urged him to stop.

Trump Doubles Down On Reflecting Pool Vandalism Allegations, Cites New Witness Account

Former Olympian David Hearn, left, walks with his attorney, Norman Eisen, to speak to reporters gathered after his arraignment at Moultrie Courthouse July 9, in Washington, D.C. A D.C. judge on Thursday permanently dismissed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case against the former Olympian.

Trump has strictly maintained that the pool was vandalized, criticizing Pirro’s decision to drop the case as "hastily made."

"Anybody who thinks the Reflecting Pool wasn’t vandalized should go back to Law School!" Trump previously said in a post on Truth Social.

"People were on their knees with their hands in the water at the exact location of the ‘slashes.’ Additionally, there were witnesses to the VANDALISM, and the flexible areas of the material were cut with a knife."

The Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool as seen from the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.

The DOJ moved to dismiss the indictment after evidence from the Department of the Interior revealed that the damage was caused by a "rushed and botched" installation by contractor Atlantic Industrial Coatings ahead of the America 250 celebrations, court filings said.

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According to the documents, Hearn touched peeling perimeter "overspray" material that was already peeling and had minimal economic value.

Hearn subsequently requested that the case be dismissed with prejudice, permanently barring the government from refiling the charges.

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A judge on Thursday permanently dismissed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case against former Olympian David Hearn, who was accused of damaging the costly $14 million renovation project in June.

D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman’s ruling marks the end of a monthslong legal battle that included President Donald Trump criticizing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after she moved to voluntarily dismiss the federal charges in late July.

Unlike Pirro’s decision, Thursday’s ruling was made with prejudice, meaning the Department of Justice (DOJ) cannot refile the same charges against Hearn.

Edelman rejected prosecutors’ request to preserve the possibility of recharging Hearn if new evidence surfaced, finding that existing investigative findings were sufficient to show the damage stemmed from a flawed renovation job.

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"In the exceptional circumstances posed by this case, the government has no right to retain the ability to compound the errors it has already made, or even to threaten to do so, at Mr. Hearn’s expense," Edelman said. "This case must be dismissed with prejudice, and the government must thus be barred from reinstituting this charge against Mr. Hearn."

Hearn’s counsel described the decision as a victory for "an innocent American seeking justice."

"This case never should have been brought in the first place. This was a miscarriage of justice, and what happened to Mr. Hearn is an outrage that should shock every American," Hearn’s counsel said in a statement.

"This administration chose to pursue an unjust prosecution against Mr. Hearn. It should not get repeated chances to wield the power of criminal prosecution against someone who should never have been prosecuted."

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment. 

WHITE HOUSE ASKS DOJ TO CONSIDER NEW PROSECUTION IN REFLECTING POOL CASE

Hearn was arrested June 19 and later indicted on one felony count of destruction of property for allegedly damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s lining.

Prosecutors alleged that Hearn was seen grabbing and tugging on a loose section of the pool’s coating, reportedly causing about $1,000 in damage. Officials added that he continued to do so even after National Park Service employees urged him to stop.

TRUMP DOUBLES DOWN ON REFLECTING POOL VANDALISM ALLEGATIONS, CITES NEW WITNESS ACCOUNT

Trump has strictly maintained that the pool was vandalized, criticizing Pirro’s decision to drop the case as "hastily made."

"Anybody who thinks the Reflecting Pool wasn’t vandalized should go back to Law School!" Trump previously said in a post on Truth Social.

"People were on their knees with their hands in the water at the exact location of the ‘slashes.’ Additionally, there were witnesses to the VANDALISM, and the flexible areas of the material were cut with a knife."

The DOJ moved to dismiss the indictment after evidence from the Department of the Interior revealed that the damage was caused by a "rushed and botched" installation by contractor Atlantic Industrial Coatings ahead of the America 250 celebrations, court filings said.

According to the documents, Hearn touched peeling perimeter "overspray" material that was already peeling and had minimal economic value.

Hearn subsequently requested that the case be dismissed with prejudice, permanently barring the government from refiling the charges.