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The choosing and decorating of a Christmas tree to display during the holiday season is a beloved tradition with a long history. Today, Christmas trees are often decorated with an array of ornaments, including glass ones, homemade creations, candy canes, tinsel and sparkling lights, but that was not always the case. There was a time in history when Christmas trees were adorned with edible items, including apples, to commemorate the feast of Adam and Eve on Dec. 24. Germany is credited with starting the tradition of the Christmas tree, according to History.com, with 16th century records telling of Christians bringing trees into their homes for the holiday. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT SOLD CHRISTMAS TREES TO LOCAL RESIDENTS ON HIS OWN ESTATE IN THE 1930SThe Christmas tree has evolved over time, especially in the way in which it is decorated. In the 1600s, it was typical for a Christmas tree to be decorated using apples, according to the National Christmas Tree Association. The feast of Adam and Eve, held on Dec. 24, was honored by a “Paradise Play,” which told the story of Adam and Eve. The play featured a “Paradise Tree,” according to the website, The Catholic Company, which was decorated with apples.HOW TO SAY ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS’ IN 10 LANGUAGES TO FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLDIt was popular in Germany to set up “Paradise Trees” in homes, according to several sources, including Britannica and CatholicProfiles.org. Then, in the 1700s, evergreen tips were hung from the ceilings of homes, also decorated with apples as well as gilded nuts and red paper strips, according to the National Christmas Tree Association. It was not until the 1800s that the Christmas tree made its way to the United States by German settlers, according to the source. At this time, Christmas trees were not the large displays they are now, and they simply sat atop a table, per the National Christmas Tree Association. Then, in the mid-1800s, trees began to sell commercially in the U.S. By the late 1800s, glass ornaments became a common decoration for the Christmas tree, according to the National Christmas Tree Association. Today, every family has their own traditions and preferences when it comes to decorating the Christmas tree. Some go with a very complimentary design, sticking to a single or couple of colors. Others opt for a mix-matched arrangement, combining homemade ornaments with more classic ones, as well as colorful lights, ribbon and more. 



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An Indiana man convicted in the 1997 killing of four people including his brother and his sister’s fiancé was put to death on Wednesday in the state’s first execution in 15 years.Joseph Corcoran, 49, was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m. CST at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana, according to the Indiana Department of Correction, making it the 24th execution in the U.S. this year. He was scheduled to be executed with the powerful sedative pentobarbital, although officials did not mention that drug in their statement.Prison officials said his last meal was Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.Corcoran was convicted in the July 1997 shootings of his brother, 30-year-old James Corcoran; his sister’s fiancé, 32-year-old Robert Scott Turner, and two other men, 30-year-old Timothy G. Bricker and 30-year-old Douglas A. Stillwell.INDIANA TO CARRY OUT FIRST STATE EXECUTION IN 15 YEARSPrior to the shooting, Corcoran was under stress because his sister’s upcoming marriage would require moving out of the home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, that he shared with his brother and sister, according to court records.During his time in jail for those killings, Corcoran reportedly bragged about shooting and killing his parents in 1992 in northern Indiana’s Steuben County, for which he was charged but later acquitted.The execution on Wednesday comes after Gov. Eric Holcomb, a Republican, announced plans in June to resume state executions following a 15-year hiatus caused by difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs.The state provided limited details about the execution process, and no members of the press were allowed as witnesses under state law. But Corcoran chose a reporter for the Indiana Capital Chronicle as one of his witnesses.Indiana and Wyoming are the only two states in the country that do not allow members of the media to witness state executions, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.Corcoran’s attorneys had challenged his death penalty sentence for years, claiming he was severely mentally ill, which affected his ability to understand and make decisions. Earlier this month, the state Supreme Court rejected a request from his attorneys to stop his execution.He had exhausted his federal appeals in 2016, but his attorneys asked the U.S. District Court of Northern Indiana last week to halt his execution and hold a hearing to decide if it would be unconstitutional since Corcoran has a serious mental illness. The court refused to intervene on Friday, followed by another denied request on Tuesday from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.Corcoran’s attorneys then made a final plea and urged the U.S. Supreme Court to issue an emergency order blocking his execution, but it also denied their request for a stay late Tuesday.Defense attorney Larry Komp said he was disappointed with the high court’s ruling, saying that the issue surrounding Corcoran’s mental health was not properly examined.INDIANA SEEKS TO CARRY OUT FIRST EXECUTION IN 15 YEARS AFTER OBTAINING LETHAL INJECTION DRUG”There has never been a hearing to determine whether he is competent to be executed,” Komp said in a statement to The Associated Press. “It is an absolute failure for the rule of law to have an execution when the law and proper processes were not followed.”Corcoran’s only remaining option to extend his life after the legal challenges became Holcomb, who could have commuted Corcoran’s death sentence but elected not to.Holcomb’s office released a statement Wednesday after Corcoran was put to death.”Joseph Corcoran’s case has been reviewed repeatedly over the last 25 years – including 7 times by the Indiana Supreme Court and 3 times by the U.S. Supreme Court, the most recent of which was tonight,” Holcomb said. “His sentence has never been overturned and was carried out as ordered by the court.”Indiana’s last state execution was carried out in 2009 when Matthew Wrinkles was put to death for killing his wife, her brother and sister-in-law in 1994. Since that time, 13 executions have been carried out in the state, but those were initiated and performed by federal officials in 2020 and 2021 at a federal prison.State officials have said they could not resume executions because the combination of drugs used in lethal injections were unavailable.There has been a shortage of the drugs across the country for years because pharmaceutical companies have refused to sell them for executions, which forced states, including Indiana, to use compounding pharmacies, which make drugs specifically for clients. Some of these pharmacies use more accessible drugs such as the sedatives pentobarbital or midazolam, both which critics argue can cause intense pain.At midnight, a group of anti-death penalty activists began singing “Amazing Grace.”Religious groups, disability rights advocates and others have opposed Corcoran’s execution. About a dozen people, including some who were holding candles, held a vigil late Tuesday to pray outside the prison.”We can build a society without giving governmental authorities the right to execute their own citizens,” Bishop Robert McClory of the Diocese of Gary, who led the prayers, said.Other death penalty opponents also held protests outside the prison Tuesday night, with some holding signs that read “Execution Is Not The Solution” and “Remember The Victims But Not With More Killing.””There is no need and no benefit from this execution. It’s all show,” Death Penalty Action director Abraham Borowitz, whose organization protests every execution in the U.S., said.Corcoran’s wife, Tahina Corcoran, told reporters outside the prison her husband was “very mentally ill” and she did not think he fully understood what was happening to him.”He is in shock. He doesn’t understand,” she said.The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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The ex-boyfriend of Madeline Kingsbury, a 26-year-old mother who went missing in 2023 and was found dead after a 69-day search, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Tuesday.Adam Fravel, 30, was sentenced by District Judge Nancy Buytendorp in Winona, Minnesota, after he was convicted of premeditated first-degree murder about 136 miles away in Mankato due to pretrial publicity, The Associated Press reported.”The sentence reflects the severity of your actions and serves as a clear statement that such violence will not be tolerated in this community,” Buytendorp said, adding that she hopes the case will “inspire collective action to prevent future tragedies of this nature.”Fravel, who did not testify in his defense at trial, told the judge during sentencing that he is innocent and “never caused harm to Maddie.”MADELINE KINGSBURY’S EX IN CUSTODY AFTER ‘COVERED AND CONCEALED’ REMAINS IDENTIFIEDKingsbury, who shared two young children with Fravel, went missing in March 2023 after dropping their kids off at daycare. Her disappearance gained national attention and prompted a massive search that lasted more than two months.Her body was found by a deputy in June 2023 in a culvert on a dead-end road near a property owned by Fravel’s parents. She was wrapped inside a gray fitted sheet closed with duct tape. Fravel was arrested days after the discovery.Prosecutors said Kingsbury was strangled with a towel and a medical examiner determined her cause of death to likely be asphyxiation. FAMILY OF MISSING MINNESOTA MOM FEARED FOUL PLAY WHEN SHE DISAPPEARED AFTER DAYCARE DROP-OFF”The crimes committed by Mr. Fravel shook the foundations of our community, shedding a very bright light on the extremes of domestic violence, and revealing the evil acts of a man who had no care as to how his actions would affect his children for their lifetimes,” Winona County Attorney Karin Sonneman told the court, according to The AP.Witnesses, who testified to seeing bruises on Kingsbury’s neck, also said that she was planning to leave Fravel for another man due to “alleged abusive behavior and inadequate financial contributions,” the outlet said.Fravel’s attorney Zach Bauer told the judge they intend to appeal the sentence, arguing that the case focused on “tunnel vision, revisionist history and secret truths.”The two children shared by Fravel and Kingsbury now live with her parents, who were in the courtroom during sentencing.Kingsbury’s mother, Catherine, had the following statement read to the court on her behalf.”I will never understand a father who could and did do this to his children. He took away a mother’s love, the type of love that only Maddie could give them. The knowledge of this horror will haunt me forever. All that Adam had to do was walk away and let Maddie go. He chose not to do that. He chose evil over good.”The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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A New Jersey woman is facing charges over allegations she bludgeoned her mother to death, according to officials.Breanna Beacham, 32, was charged with first-degree murder, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday.Police in Willingboro were called shortly before 4 p.m. Monday to a home on Hopewell Lane in the Hawthorne Park neighborhood for a report of an assault in progress.NEW JERSEY TEACHER TAPED 9-YEAR-OLD BOY TO DESK FOR NEARLY AN HOUR, POLICE SAYWhen they arrived at the home, police discovered the body of the suspect’s mother, 57-year-old Kim Beacham-Hanson, who is a singer-songwriter.Beacham was temporarily staying at the home with her mother.She was taken into custody at the home on Monday evening and was booked into the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly pending a detention hearing.A preliminary investigation determined that Beacham-Hanson had been bludgeoned to death.The Burlington County Medical Examiner determined after conducting an autopsy that the death was a homicide caused by multiple blunt injuries.GOV. PHIL MURPHY SIGNS LAW PROHIBITING BOOK BANS, MAKING NEW JERSEY THE LATEST STATE TO DO SOCLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe motive for the attack is unclear at this time. The incident remains under investigation.



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A Virginia man was killed when a bear shot out of a tree by one of his hunting partners fell on him, according to state wildlife officials.The incident happened on Dec. 9 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, according to a statement from Virginia’s Department of Wildlife Resources.A hunting group had been tracking the bear when it ran up a tree.When the group began retreating from the tree, one of the hunters shot the bear, which fell onto another hunter who was standing about 10 feet from the bottom of the tree.HUSBAND LEAPS ONTO POLAR BEAR THAT LUNGED AT WIFE IN SURPRISE ATTACK: POLICEOne person in the group rendered first aid before Harvey was rushed to two different hospitals.But the victim, identified as Lester C. Harvey, 58, of Phenix, Virginia, succumbed to his injuries on Friday, the wildlife department stated.An obituary for Harvey said he leaves behind a wife, five children and eight grandchildren. He was a self-employed contractor and an avid outdoorsman.Other similar incidents have happened in recent years in the U.S.In 2018, a man in Alaska was critically injured when his hunting partner shot a bear on a ridge, causing the animal to fall down a slope onto the man, who was also struck by rocks dislodged by the bear.ALABAMA BEAR CAREFULLY MOVES TRASH CAN IN UNUSUAL VIDEOThe following year, another man in North Carolina was injured after his hunting partner shot a bear in a tree. The animal fell out of the tree and began biting the victim. The man and the bear then tumbled off a cliff.The victim in North Carolina was transported to a hospital for his injuries, and the bear was later found dead.The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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President-elect Trump dropped his most recent round of ambassador nominations on social media Tuesday night, before issuing a warning to Senate Republicans about any potential deals with Democratic lawmakers.The Republican leader began by nominating Herschel Walker as his choice for U.S. ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Walker, a staunch Trump ally, ran for the U.S. Senate in 2022 as a candidate from Georgia.”I am pleased to nominate Herschel Walker as United States Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas,” Trump’s post began. “Herschel has spent decades serving as an Ambassador to our Nation’s youth, our men and women in the Military, and athletes at home and abroad.”Trump went on to call Walker, a former National Football League (NFL) player, a “successful businessman, philanthropist, former Heisman Trophy winner, and NFL Great.” The president-elect also commended Walker’s previous work in the first Trump administration.TIDE TURNS FOR HEGSETH AS TRUMP’S DEFENSE SECRETARY NOMINEE GOES ON OFFENSE”During my First Term, he served as Co-Chair of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. Herschel has traveled to over 400 Military installations around the World, removing the stigma surrounding mental health,” Trump added. “He represented the United States at the 1992 Winter Olympics as a member of the U.S. bobsled team.”
 
“Congratulations Herschel! You will make Georgia, and our entire Nation, proud, because we know you will always put AMERICA FIRST!”Trump followed up his post about Walker to announce Nicole McGraw as his pick for U.S. ambassador to Croatia. The president-elect described McGraw as a “philanthropist, businesswoman, and World renowned art collector.”GET TO KNOW DONALD TRUMP’S CABINET: WHO HAS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT PICKED SO FAR?”Nicole has brought fine art to the People through her work leading CANVAS Art Charities, and raised Millions of Dollars for neglected and abused children as a Board Member of Place of Hope,” Trump wrote. “She is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with a BFA in Art History and Studio Art. Congratulations Nicole!”After issuing the nominations, Trump ended with a note warning Senate Republicans not to make deals with Democrats to “fast track” nominations this month.”To all Senate Republicans: NO DEAL WITH DEMOCRATS TO FAST TRACK NOMINATIONS AT THE END OF THIS CONGRESS,” Trump wrote. “I won the biggest mandate in 129 years. I will make my appointments of Very Qualified People in January when I am sworn in.”



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Fox News host Sean Hannity says the American people are ready to “move on” from President Biden in his opening monologue Tuesday on “Hannity.”SEAN HANNITY: Joe Biden is still president for a few more weeks. But you, the American people, are ready, obviously, to move on. According to a new Reuters poll, Biden now has an approval rating of only 38%. Joe will now spend most of the next month sleeping, hopefully, while his staff is working overtime to sabotage the incoming Trump White House.…TRUMP SAYS BIDEN ADMIN ‘KNOWS WHAT IS HAPPENING’ ON DRONESThe days of secrecy, dishonesty, lack of availability and lack of transparency, they are over. From the border to crime to the economy to spy balloons and little drones flying over our heads. Trump is upfront about his plans, about his agenda. And as for that current drone scandal now brewing nationwide… On January 20th, 2025, the gaslighting in this country will come to an end. Our federal government is now abusing power like never before. But in 34 short days, Donald Trump will bring about the return of a basic principle: our federal government cannot abuse power like this ever again.In 24 days, Trump will bring about a return of a basic American principle. Our government will once again be by the people, for the people, of the people. And the all-powerful bureaucratic state is facing a reckoning. We will have a return to constitutional order. What did our framers and our founders, what did they want more than anything? They wanted something called limited government, greater freedom. And hopefully, we can return to that. 



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The Atlanta Falcons have made a change at quarterback.Due to Kirk Cousins’ recent struggles, the team will be going with rookie Michael Penix Jr.The writing had been on the wall recently.In his last five games, Cousins, in the first year of a four-year, $180 million deal, has just one touchdown pass and nine interceptions. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMWhen the Falcons took Penix with the eighth pick, it sent shockwaves around the league, considering it was just weeks after they had signed Cousins to his deal. However, the Falcons need a boost, and apparently they think this is it.”After review, we have made the decision Michael Penix will be the Atlanta Falcons’ starting quarterback moving forward,” head coach Raheem Morris said in a statement. “This was a football decision, and we are fully focused on preparing the team for Sunday’s game against the New York Giants.”Penix threw for 4,903 yards with 36 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in his final season with Washington, whose lone loss that season was in the national championship to Michigan.NFL LEGEND DREW BREES NOT COUNTING OUT CHIEFS DESPITE NARROW ESCAPES: ‘THEY’RE NEVER PRETENDERS’Cousins, who turned 36 during training camp, ruptured his Achilles last year, his final season in Minnesota.In his 13th NFL season, Cousins started off slow, throwing for 864 yards, four touchdowns and four picks in his first four games. In his next five, he had 13 touchdowns and three picks while averaging 292.8 passing yards per contest. But his last five have been forgettable.In that span, he’s completed 62.7% of his passes, and his lone touchdown came Monday in a 15-9 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders. Atlanta lost each of its previous four to lose its division lead.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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Michael Vick is reportedly going to be a college football head coach. The former star NFL quarterback will take over as head coach of Norfolk State’s football program, according to The Virginian-Pilot.Vick told the outlet Monday he was having conversations about potentially taking over the program. “I know how to lead, and I know what it takes,” he told the newspaper. Vick had also been linked to another college head coach opening at Sacramento State, according to ESPN.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM”He has expressed interest in the position, and, yes, I did meet with him about his interest in Sac State football and our athletic rise. As you can imagine, given the success of our athletic programs, our football head coach job is an attractive role,” Sacramento State President Luke Wood said in a statement to ESPN.However, The Sacramento Bee reported Vick wasn’t a candidate for that job, citing an unnamed “member of the school’s athletic department” who told the paper ESPN’s report was just a rumor.Vick played his college career at Virginia Tech from 1998-2000, earning first-team All-American honors in 1999. Vick was then drafted with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2001 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons, where he became one of the top young stars in the sport. BILL BELICHICK EXPLAINS WHY RECRUITING FOR UNC HAS ‘VERY SIMILAR’ FEEL TO NFL: ‘IT’S EXCITING’Vick was the cover athlete of EA Sports’ Madden NFL 2004. That year’s version of the video game made Vick one of the fastest players in the game and one of the fastest quarterbacks in the history of the series. But Vick’s career and reputation took a dark turn in 2007.Vick infamously spent nearly two years in prison after pleading guilty to financing a dog-fighting operation, forcing him to miss the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Vick had to rehab his image, and the NFL allowed him to play with the Philadelphia Eagles, where he spent five seasons after being released from prison in 2009. He also joined the New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers before retiring in 2015. Vick ventured into coaching in the summer of 2017, when he joined the Kansas City Chiefs and his former Eagles head coach, Andy Reid, as a coaching intern. He joined the NFL on FOX as an analyst after training camp concluded that year.In April 2018, Vick was hired as offensive coordinator for the Atlanta Legends of the Alliance of American Football. However, shortly before the season began, head coach Kevin Coyle announced Vick wouldn’t serve as offensive coordinator but would remain with the team as a consultant.Vick has never coached at the college level, but he now gets a chance to help turn a program around after a 4-8 season in 2024.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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An attorney advising Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is slamming a New York Times report last week that claimed the Trump HHS secretary nominee sought to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval for the polio vaccine.”Contrary to hysterical media reports that the petition sought to make sure no polio vaccines would be available, the scope of the petition was quite narrow,” Aaron Siri, a close RFK Jr. adviser and partner at Siri & Glimstad LLP, told Fox News Digital. “It simply asked the FDA to require a proper trial for licensure for children of a novel polio vaccine.”The New York Times reported Friday that Siri is “waging a war” against all vaccines, but Siri said the report “falsely claimed the petition sought to eliminate” the polio vaccine, “as if there is only one, and that our client sought to leave Americans without the choice to get vaccinated for polio.” RFK JR SET TO FACE ABORTION, VACCINE SCRUTINY IN SIT-DOWNS WITH SENATORS ON CAPITOL HILL”In reality, the petition sought to ensure the safety of one of the six existing licensed polio vaccines that we inject into our children three times before their first birthday,” he said.The report came just days before RFK Jr. headed to Capitol Hill this week to meet with Senators, seeking support for his HHS confirmation.The petition, filed in 2022 on behalf of the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) and not as an individual action by Siri, urged the FDA to suspend the polio vaccine IPOL for infants and children. ICAN’s request stems from concerns that IPOL, licensed in 1990 by Sanofi, was approved based on pediatric trials that, according to the FDA, evaluated safety for only three days after injection.This is not the traditional polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk or Albert Sabin that many people are familiar with, Siri added. Instead, it is a product utilizing a different technology, where the polio virus is grown on monkey kidney cells that have been genetically altered to replicate indefinitely, similar to cancer cells. Traces of these cells are present in each vaccine dose.BIDEN CLEMENCY ANNOUNCEMENT GETS MIXED REVIEWS ON CAPITOL HILL: ‘WHERE’S THE BAR?’Another petition filed on behalf of ICAN in 2021 addresses 13 childhood vaccines containing aluminum adjuvants. According to the petition, a peer-reviewed study found discrepancies between the aluminum levels in these vaccines and the amounts listed on their FDA-approved labels. The petition calls on the FDA to verify and publicly release documentation proving the accuracy of the aluminum content or halt distribution until resolved — an issue critics say should not be controversial for products injected into infants.”Currently, political labeling (pro-vaccine, anti-vaccine) is inadequate to encompass the realities of medical ethics, regulatory capture, and the influence of corporate money on health policy,” Siri said. “We must be able to raise valid questions about vaccine safety, efficacy and policy without fear that any deviation from the mantra ‘safe and effective’ will be smeared with epithets and outrage.”‘OF COURSE I SUPPORT THE PARDON OF MY SON,’ JILL BIDEN TELLS REPORTERIn the days since media outlets have reported about Siri’s petition, both Trump and RFK Jr. have said they support the polio vaccine, without specifying which one. RFK Jr. has expressed his skepticism of some vaccines, while supporting the use of others, in interviews during his 2024 presidential campaign run as part of his “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) slogan. “Mr. Kennedy believes the Polio Vaccine should be available to the public and thoroughly and properly studied,” Katie Miller, the transition spokeswoman for Kennedy, said in response. Meanwhile, Trump said “everything should be looked at,” adding that he’s a “big believer in the polio vaccine,” during a Mar-a-Lago press conference Monday morning. Fox News Digital reached out to the New York Times for comment but did not receive an immediate reply.



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While teams are vying for a national championship against 11 others, many college football players, including those in the College Football Playoff, are on the hunt for new schools.The transfer portal opened up last week, several days before the 12-team College Football Playoff, and the timing has led to skepticism.Earlier this week, Penn State backup quarterback Beau Pribula said he was put in an “impossible” situation to enter the portal, following Drew Allar’s announcement to return next season, when the team has bigger things to focus on. Even head coach James Franklin said the quarterback was in a “no-win” situation.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMWell, the head coach that will be opposite Franklin in Rhett Lashlee took it a step further, calling the timing “terrible.””I feel so awful for our kids and kids around the country,” the SMU head coach said on Tuesday, via ESPN. “There’s no other sport at all that has free agency in the season. It’s sad. It’s terrible. You hear the story about their backup quarterback saying, ‘I don’t have a choice.’ That’s wrong. That’s unacceptable. That’s not OK. He shouldn’t have to make that decision.'”PENN STATE’S JAMES FRANKLIN POINTS OUT BIG TRANSFER PORTAL PROBLEM AS PLAYER ENTERS DESPITE UPCOMING CFP GAME”The real easy thing is you don’t have a transfer portal in December. That’s the real easy answer, and it solves all the problems,” Lashlee added. “Why in the world would we put kids in a position where they’ve got to decide, ‘Do I transfer or play in the playoff? Do I transfer or play my bowl game?…’ People are bombarding our roster, trying to pick people off our roster, and we’re trying to focus on the playoff. So yeah, it’s real easy – don’t have a transfer portal in December. Go to the spring.”Lashlee, who defended NIL money and transferring, finds himself in a similar scenario with his backup quarterback in Preston Stone, admitting it’s a “juggling act” at the moment. Stone entered the portal last week, but will stay with the team through their playoff run.The Mustangs will head to Happy Valley for a noon contest on Saturday, with the winner facing third-seeded Boise State and Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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Jalen Hurts has the Philadelphia Eagles back in prime contention for the Super Bowl despite criticism about some of his passing numbers slipping year over year.Hurts had 290 passing yards and two touchdown passes in Sunday’s win against the Pittsburgh Steelers. With a shiny chain on, he started his postgame press conference asking reporters if “that’s what they wanted to see?”CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMDomonique Foxworth, a former NFL defensive back and current ESPN analyst, said on Tuesday’s “Get Up” that the lack of backlash from Hurts’ remarks after that game was a result of “pretty privilege.””He got up at the press conference after the game, and he acted like he was Josh Allen,” Foxworth said. “Look at this man with his Kangol looking like Nino Brown… with three thousand million trillion dollars worth of diamonds on his neck, and he acting like he just went for 400 yards for three weeks in a row.”Man, you had one good week passing. And everyone forgets it when he starts batting his eyes at you.”BENGALS STAR TEE HIGGINS RESPONDS TO SUPPORT FROM JOE BURROW, JA’MARR CHASE WITH FREE AGENCY LOOMING”Pretty privilege” or not, Hurts has the Eagles on top of the NFC East through 15 weeks.He has 2,892 passing yards, 18 touchdown passes and only five interceptions this season. His completion percentage (69.2%) is the highest it’s ever been in his career. And, his 12 wins have nearly matched his 14-1 season as a starter in 2022.Philadelphia is riding a 10-game winning streak with three games left.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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Americans flocked to Fox News Digital for information and analysis during last month’s historic election as the news site put up its most impressive month since the last presidential election. Fox News Digital had its best month since November 2020, leading news brands among both multiplatform views and minutes, according to Comscore. Fox News Digital piled up 4.5 billion multiplatform minutes to lead all news brands, a 57% increase compared to November of last year. CNN managed only 1.8 billion multiplatform minutes and The New York Times earned 1.5 billion, with both outlets losing multiplatform minutes compared to November 2023. FOX NEWS MEDIA SPOTLIGHT AWARDS RECOGNIZE TEAM MEMBERS WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND IN 2024Fox News Digital also led the way with 2.4 billion total multiplatform views, a 43% increase compared to last year. The Times had 1.7 billion for an 18% increase, but CNN saw a 3% decrease to finish with 1.3 billion total multiplatform views. Fox News Digital topped NBC News, ABC News, CBS News, Washington Post, Insider Inc., and USA Today, in addition to CNN, the Times and other outlets, in both categories. Fox News Digital also finished with 114.9 million total digital multiplatform unique visitors, a 30% increase compared to last year. The FOX News Mobile App had its best month since September 2021, finishing with 7.2 million unique visitors in November.FOX NEWS DOMINATES NOVEMBER WITH LARGEST CABLE NEWS SHARE EVERFox News finished November as the No. 1 news brand on YouTube securing over 400 million video views, according to Shareablee. It was a staggering 114% year-over-year increase and Fox News’ YouTube channel saw a 171% uptick compared to November 2023 in hours spent. Fox News was No. 1 among U.S.-based outlets with Election Day livestream views on YouTube, and had over one million concurrent viewers at its peak. The stream of President-elect Donald Trump’s speech led NBC News, ABC News and all other streams.Fox News Digital, CBS News, NBC News, Washington Post and ABC News com have opted in to account for social incremental in total digital multiplatform unique visitors, while brands like CNN and The New York Times have not opted in.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP



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Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice called out San Francisco 49ers star Deebo Samuel for his crucial mistakes in the team’s 12-6 loss to the Los Angeles Rams last week.Samuel had three catches for 16 yards on seven targets. He voiced his frustrations about allegedly not receiving the ball enough. Through the loss against the Rams, Samuel is third in targets with 71 and has 34 carries.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMRice dropped some hard truths in an interview with 95.7 The Game in San Francisco on Monday.”I would’ve been p—-d at myself, I would’ve been p—-d at the whole scenario, and I would go to work, go to work on the football field, during practice, and if you do it during practice you’re going to be able to do it during the game,” Rice said. “That ball that he dropped, after you complain about not getting that many touches? You cannot drop the football because everybody is going to get down on you, and they’re going to come after you.BENGALS STAR TEE HIGGINS RESPONDS TO SUPPORT FROM JOE BURROW, JA’MARR CHASE WITH FREE AGENCY LOOMING”I never said anything about not getting touches or anything like that. I just worked, man. I just kept working, and if you show it during practice, they’re going to make the call during the actual football game where you’re going to have opportunities, where you can make catches, get into a rhythm and be productive.”Samuel, as well as the entire 49ers team, is in the midst of a down year.He has 43 catches for 569 yards and a touchdown catch in 13 games. He also has 95 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown. The numbers are among the lowest of his career and a far cry from the Pro Bowl and All-Pro season he had in 2021.San Francisco is 6-8.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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The fiancée of Colorado Buffaloes star Travis Hunter broke her silence amid a wave of criticism she has received over the last week for her interactions with the football player.Leanna Lenee received the brunt of wild online criticism as of late for her reactions at specific moments. She posted a video on her TikTok account to try and quell the outpouring of negativity.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM”I’m tired, emotionally and mentally. I’ve seen people trying to make me out to be a person that I am not,” Lenee said in the near 8-minute clip. “But what’s a testimony without a test of faith?”Lenee went over her relationship with Hunter from the beginning and addressed each moment of criticism she received from clips posted online.She explained that after Colorado’s last win over Oklahoma State, security was afraid of fans storming the field and would not let fans, or even family, go down with the players. Lenee said that was what she was upset about then.”It was not deeper than anyone made it out to be,” she said.At the Adidas event where she was accused of saying, “What am I supposed to do just sit here?,” she said she was asking Hunter whether she should stay with him or go with his family. She said the clips that surfaced online were of Hunter taking photos with Adidas reps for social posts.NFL LEGEND MIKE VICK CAUGHT IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHING RUMOR MILL”The things that I see people make up is truly crazy because that’s not what happened. I just think people are finding every single little thing and making it something it’s not,” she said of the criticism. “Bird-brained individuals are just accepting what they see online.”Finally, she addressed the negativity around her response to Hunter winning the Heisman Trophy in the frazzled moment his name was called. Lenee got teary-eyed as she said that Hunter was “perfect” in her eyes.”When his name was called, I instantly was going to get up — if you watch the video, his mom didn’t get up, so I was like, ‘Oh, maybe I don’t get up, I just sit here,’” she said. “… As soon as I seen Travis get up, then I thought it was appropriate to stand up, greet him, congratulate him. “But then, there was a camera right in front of Coach Prime and I knew they were going to film that moment and, because of how people are online, I was like, I don’t want to be in that shot, so I sat down.”I got out of the camera, purposefully, so they can have their moment. That’s all it was. No one told me to stand up, no one had to tell me to celebrate with him. I was just sitting there crying, I wanted to take it in — I was super excited for him. But I wanted the moment to be about him and his family.”Hunter and Lenee got engaged in February.The Colorado two-way star defended Lenee on Twitch.”You ain’t never had no girl so why are y’all talking about me,” he said. “Find someone else to talk about. … Go talk about your girl. Go find a girl. Go find a life. Stop worrying about what I got going on. I know what I got.”My girl been with me for five years. y’all are just now starting to talk about me… y’all go do something else with y’all life. Clickbait pages stop, y’all better stop I’m telling y’all. Something bad is gonna happen to y’all [if you] keep doing that. Y’all better stop that. I ain’t playing.”Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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