Chris Mara scored first sit-down with John Harbaugh to kick off Giants chase
The latest twist in the Harbaugh saga means that the Giants are the first team to have one of its executives sit down with the former Ravens coach since he hit the open market.
The Giants are going so far to try and land John Harbaugh as their next coach, it wouldn’t be a shock if Chris Mara showed up to Harbaugh’s Baltimore home with Sunday sauce.
While that may be a stretch, the Giants’ senior player personnel executive was in the Baltimore area on Sunday and had lunch with the sought-after coach as the two met at Harbaugh’s home, The Post’s Paul Schwartz confirmed.
The latest twist in the Harbaugh saga means that the Giants are the first team to have one of its executives sit down in person with the former Ravens coach since he hit the open market.
The Giants had already been making their push for Harbaugh last week as well when general manager Joe Shoen spoke with the highly coveted head coach on Thursday, the same day Harbaugh spoke with other interested teams.
A number of franchises have expressed interest in wooing Harbaugh to coach their respective teams and on Monday, he spoke with the Falcons’ new president of football, Matt Ryan, over the phone in what was later revealed to be an exploratory call.
Harbaugh has reportedly also had calls with the Titans, Browns, Raiders and Cardinals.
Monday’s call had been the Falcons attempt to get into the ballgame with Harbaugh in the early stages of his process.
The Giants are among those getting an in-person meeting with Harbaugh, though no formal interviews have been scheduled yet.
Ex-Giants corner Sam Beal has been missing for months as distraught family seeks answers
The family of former Giants cornerback Sam Beal is asking for the public’s help after it has been seven months since he went missing.
Beal, taken by the Giants in the supplemental draft in 2018, has not been seen since July 12, 2025, and his sister, Essence Zhane, took to social media Monday trying to find anyone with information about his disappearance.
“Tomorrow makes it 7 months since we’ve last heard from or seen my brother. We’ve done everything we could on our end to piece things together and at this point we’re in desperate need of support on all ends,” Zhane wrote on Facebook on Monday. “I’m not here to answer a bunch of why’s and how’s I just need this to land in the right direction to gain some form of answers or closure. I’m a Big sister and I need my brother to know that We Love You and miss you and this has been a heavy feeling for months to carry around.”
She ended the message asking anyone with information to reach out to the Kentwood Police Department or the Virginia Beach Police Department.
Zhane also included a picture of Beal’s license photo, the missing persons report and an image of a parking receipt.
Beal went missing last July after dropping off his girlfriend at a family member’s home, according to a missing persons report listed on the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System website.
The former NFL player borrowed her car and was supposed to head to work, but instead drove to Virginia Beach and spoke with his girlfriend on the phone the next day, telling her where he was and that he would return home the following day.
“Samuel has not been heard from or seen since the phone call on 07/13/2025. Samuel did not bring anything with him aside from the clothes he was wearing, a pair of slides, and his wallet that contained his banking card and driver’s license,” the online case report stated. “The girlfriend’s vehicle was recovered in Virginia Beach, VA by one of her family members. The vehicle was found with Samuel’s shoes and socks on the floor of the front passenger seat along with some sand on the floor.”
The Kentwood Police Department is listed as the investigating agency by NamUs; it did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Beal played in nine games over the course of his time with the Giants, starting three of his six appearances in 2019 and adding three appearances in 2021.
He was cut during the 2021 season and has not played with any professional football organization since.
Former Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Dave Giusti, who helped win the 1971 World Series, dies at 86
Dave Giusti, a reliable reliever who spent 15 years in the majors and helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1971 World Series title, has died.
The club, citing Giusti’s family, said he died on Sunday.
The right-hander went 100-93 with a 3.60 ERA in 668 career appearances for five clubs from 1962-77.
He began his career as a starter in Houston but had his greatest success with the Pirates, who acquired him from St. Louis in October 1969 and then moved him to the bullpen full-time.
Giusti led the National League with 30 saves in 1971, then added 10 2/3 scoreless innings in the playoffs as the Pirates beat the Giants in the NLCS and then the Baltimore Orioles in seven games in the World Series.
He played seven seasons for Pittsburgh, registering 133 saves, which ranks third in franchise history.
He split time between Oakland and the Chicago Cubs in 1977 before retiring.
A native of Seneca Falls, New York, Giusti played collegiately at Syracuse before being signed by Houston, then an expansion team known as the Colt .45s, as an amateur free agent.
He appeared in 22 games as a rookie in 1962, spent all of 1963 in the minors before returning to the majors for good after being called up during the 1964 season.
Giusti is survived by his wife, two daughters and four grandchildren.
US Marshals join search to locate 'West Wing' actor Timothy Busfield following child sex abuse charges
“Albuquerque Police Department is working with the US Marshal Service to get Mr. Busfield into custody.”
The US Marshals Service has joined in the hunt to locate Timothy Busfield after a warrant was issued for the actor’s arrest in New Mexico in connection with child sex abuse charges.
The Albuquerque Police Department confirmed that its investigators are working with the US Marshals Service to track down the “West Wing” actor’s whereabouts and take him into custody in connection with the disturbing allegations.
“Albuquerque Police Department is working with the US Marshal Service to get Mr. Busfield into custody,” department spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos told Deadline Monday.
Gallegos said there is no timeline for when authorities expect to apprehend the “Field of Dreams” actor.
The Post has reached out to the Albuquerque Police Department for comment.
Busfield, 68, is wanted on two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse.
Busfield allegedly engaged in unlawful sexual conduct with a pair of 11-year-old twins while directing the Fox show “The Cleaning Lady” in 2024, according to an arrest warrant issued on Friday.
One of the alleged victims claimed the shocking incidents first started when he and his brother were 7 years old, according to the affidavit.
The investigation into the “Stripes” star’s alleged crimes kicked off in November 2024 when a doctor at the University of New Mexico Hospital alerted police about suspected sexual abuse and grooming involving the minors, per the warrant.
Although the APD initially declined to press charges against Busfield, the case was said to have been reopened in September 2025 when one of the kids told his counselor and then pediatrician that Busfield “touched him on his penis and bottom,” the affidavit claims.
The “Revenge of the Nerds” star also allegedly told the kids to call him “Uncle Tim” and tickled them on their stomachs and legs, per the arrest warrant.
Busfield, meanwhile, reportedly spoke to investigators by phone in November and said it was “highly likely” he had “physical contact” with the twins while filming “The Cleaning Lady.”
“I don’t remember those boys,” he also said, according to the affidavit. “No, I don’t. I don’t actually, I don’t remember it, if it happened. I don’t remember overtly tickling the boys ever, but it wouldn’t be uncommon for me.”
During that interview with the police, the “Thirtysomething” alum reportedly claimed that Elodie Yung, the lead actress on “The Cleaning Lady,” told him that the twins’ mom was seeking “revenge” because the boys were not invited back for the show’s final season.
The allegations remain under investigation.
Busfield has more than 700 combined credits as an actor, producer, and director in TV and film, and is known for his major role in several seasons of “The West Wing.”
He married “Little House on the Prairie” star Melissa Gilbert in 2013. The couple shares no children.
In November, Gilbert made a post on Instagram against child sex abuse after Megyn Kelly commented on convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Son, 19, who was sole survivor in father's murder-suicide rampage dies unexpectedly week after starting college
“I strive to do good things in this world. I am very grateful and blessed to have this opportunity to be happy.”
A 19-year-old man who was the sole survivor in his father’s murder-suicide rampage, which claimed the lives of his parents and three younger siblings, died unexpectedly at his extended family’s Utah home just one week after starting his freshman year of college.
Sha Reh was 17 years old when police say his father killed his mother, his 8-year-old and 2-year-old sisters and his 11-year-old brother at their house in December 2024.
Reh was found in the garage with a gunshot wound to the head and miraculously survived, though he was permanently blinded as a result of the attack.
His extended family confirmed his death in a GoFundMe. They wrote that he died of natural causes on Sunday.
His distraught loved ones said Reh persevered in the wake of his family’s murder and learned to communicate in Braille at the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind. He recently reached a point where he could “live independently” again.
Reh, a first-generation student, was accepted to the University of Utah as a Presidential Scholar and began his freshman year just one week before he died. He was set to major in pre-law, and dreamed of attending law school after completing his undergraduate education.
His surviving family said they found comfort in the thought of “his reunion with his family.”
“He was among those who were once blind, but now can see. He has a perfect vision of his and his family’s eternity, and his home is now with them. Caring for him and watching him grow and regain his independence has been a labor of love for our family,” they wrote in a statement.
In an interview with KSL in May 2025, Reh admitted that he didn’t necessarily struggle to pick up Braille.
When his family emigrated to the US from Myanmar a few years before that nation plunged into civil war, he had to learn English from scratch, and could use similar tactics to teach himself Braille.
Upon settling in Utah, his family was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Reh cited his faith as a source of lasting comfort and motivation, since he could rest easy knowing “I will be able to see my family again in the afterlife.”
“I strive to do good things in this world. I am very grateful and blessed to have this opportunity to be happy,” Reh told the outlet.
NASA Scraps Spacewalk Amid ISS Medical Concern
NASA postponed its first spacewalk of 2026 and said it is considering an early end to the current International Space Station crew rotation after an unspecified medical issue involving one crew member.
In a statement posted late Wednesday, NASA said it "is postponing the Thursday, Jan. 8, spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The agency is monitoring a medical concern with a crew member that arose on Wednesday afternoon aboard the orbital complex."
NASA added that it would not identify the astronaut or provide details, saying: "Due to medical privacy, it is not appropriate for NASA to share more details about the crew member. The situation is stable."
The agency said it is reviewing options, including ending the mission early, and indicated more information would be forthcoming.
Reuters described NASA's consideration of an early return as unusual, reporting that the agency is "considering a rare early return" of the Crew-11 astronauts after canceling the planned spacewalk.
Crew-11 launched Aug. 1, 2025, on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and includes NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japan's Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, according to NASA.
Reuters added that astronauts typically rotate through the station in multi-month stays and that medical issues on the ISS are generally kept private.
On Thursday, NASA issued a follow-up update describing the matter as limited to one person and again stressing stability.
BBC Seeks to Dismiss Trump's $10B Defamation Lawsuit in Florida Court
The BBC is seeking dismissal of a $10 billion lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump over alleged defamation tied to a Jan. 6 speech edit.
Trump filed a lawsuit in December over the way the BBC edited a speech he gave on Jan. 6, 2021. The claim, filed in a Florida federal court, seeks $5 billion in damages for defamation and $5 billion for unfair trade practices.
The speech took place before some of Trump’s supporters breached the U.S. Capitol as Congress was poised to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, which Trump alleged was stolen from him.
The BBC had broadcast the documentary — titled “Trump: A Second Chance?” — days before the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
It spliced together three quotes from two sections of the 2021 speech, delivered almost an hour apart, into what appeared to be one quote in which Trump urged supporters to march with him and “fight like hell.” Among the parts cut out was a section where Trump said he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully.
The broadcaster has apologized to Trump over the edit of the Jan. 6 speech. But the publicly funded BBC rejects claims it defamed him. The furor triggered the resignations of the BBC’s top executive and its head of news.
Papers filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Miami say the BBC will file a motion to dismiss the case on March 17 on the basis that the court lacks jurisdiction and Trump failed to state a claim.
The broadcaster’s lawyers will argue that the BBC did not create, produce or broadcast the documentary in Florida and that Trump’s claim the documentary was available in the U.S. on streaming service BritBox is not true.
It will also argue that Trump has failed to “plausibly allege” the BBC acted with malice in airing the documentary.
Attorney Charles Tobin, for the BBC, said Trump can't prove actual damages because he won reelection by a commanding margin, and carried Florida by 13-point margin, better than his 2016 and 2020 performances.
He said the documentary also couldn't have harmed his reputation because it aired after Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including allegations he “directed the crowd in front of him to go to the Capitol.”
The BBC is asking the court to postpone discovery — the pretrial process in which parties must turn over documents and other information — pending a decision on the motion to dismiss. The discovery process could require the BBC to hand over reams of emails and other materials related to its coverage of Trump.
“Engaging in unbounded merits-based discovery while the motion to dismiss is pending will subject defendants to considerable burdens and costs that will be unnecessary if the motion is granted,” Tobin wrote.
If the case continues, a 2027 trial date has been proposed.
“As we have made clear previously, we will be defending this case,” the BBC said Tuesday in a statement. “We are not going to make further comment on ongoing legal proceedings.”
American Workers Win Big as Inflation Remains Low, Wages Surge
“Yet another report confirms that President Trump has defeated the inflation crisis inherited from the Biden Administration, while so-called ‘experts’
Fresh economic data released today reaffirms that inflation is firmly under control as American workers see real wage gains in President Donald J. Trump’s economy.
“Yet another report confirms that President Trump has defeated the inflation crisis inherited from the Biden Administration, while so-called ‘experts’ continue to be proven wrong month after month. President Trump’s powerful tariffs, massive tax cuts for working families, and sweeping deregulatory agenda have positioned our economy for a boom in 2026. Americans are already seeing the results: workers’ wages are rising rapidly, trillions in investments are flowing into the country to create good-paying jobs, and economic growth is accelerating.”
Core inflation came in below economists’ expectations. It’s “a more confident signal of cooling price growth after shutdown-related distortions” and a “convincing sign that inflation is on a downward path,” according to Bloomberg.
President Trump ended Biden’s inflation crisis. Since President Trump took office, headline inflation has been running at 2.4% (much lower than the 3% annual rate inherited from Biden) and core inflation has been running at 2.4% (much lower than the 3.3% annual rate inherited from Biden).
Wages are rising. Real private sector weekly earnings are on track to rise 4% in President Trump’s first full year in office — resoundingly beating inflation. In fact, private sector workers are on track to see a real wage gain of $1,100 — gaining back some of the purchasing power they lost under Biden.
Blue-collar workers are seeing real results. Overall, goods-producing workers — the backbone of American industry — are on track to see their real annual earnings rise by $1,300 in President Trump’s first full year in office. Mining and logging workers are on track for an increase of $2,200, construction workers are on track for an extra $1,400, and manufacturing workers are on track to gain $1,300.
Sen. Blackburn to Newsmax: Make Fraud a Deportable Offense
Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Tuesday called for amendments to national immigration law to make committing fraud a deportable offense or grounds for stripping citizenship from naturalized Americans.
"What we would do is amend the Nationality and Immigration Act and make certain that all fraud, not only fraud above $10,000, but all fraud that is committed against the U.S. taxpayer and our government would be deemed as a deportable or a denaturalization offense," the Tennessee Republican told Newsmax's "Wake Up America."
Blackburn said the proposal is meant to consolidate what she described as "scattered portions of fraud" in current law.
"It is not explicit that all fraud is deemed this way," she said.
The measure would also affect detention and venue, said Blackburn.
"It would allow these individuals, once they're apprehended, to be held until their hearing," she said, while also allowing "any court, not just an immigration court, but any court, to hear these cases."
Blackburn tied the effort to Minnesota, where hosts referenced a federal enforcement surge and what they called "overwhelming fraud" that recently surfaced.
"The American people have looked at what has happened in Minnesota with billions of dollars of fraud," she said, adding that whistleblowers elsewhere have flagged alleged fraud in daycare centers, elder care, healthcare, and other programs.
Asked how denaturalization works, Blackburn said that "there is a process through the NIA that you can be denaturalized, and what this does is to make certain that fraud is explicit in one of those portions."
The interview also touched on a lawsuit that has been filed by Minnesota against the federal government over the surge of immigration officers to the state.
"Trump Derangement Syndrome is alive and well in Minnesota," she said. "We are certainly seeing that our ICE agents are there doing their job."
Blackburn added that ICE is apprehending violent criminals.
"You can go to the ICE website," she said. "You can look at some of the rap sheets on these individuals, child sexual assault, molestation, aggravated assault, murder, rape, and other violent crimes."
On Capitol Hill, Blackburn said she did not expect a government shutdown as lawmakers work on spending bills.
"We will not have another shutdown," she said. "The House has passed this three-bill omnibus. The Senate will move forward with the minibus [and] will pass it before the end of the week."
Chris Mara scored first sit-down with John Harbaugh to kick off Giants chase
The latest twist in the Harbaugh saga means that the Giants are the first team to have one of its executives sit down with the former Ravens coach since he hit the open market.
The Giants are going so far to try and land John Harbaugh as their next coach, it wouldn’t be a shock if Chris Mara showed up to Harbaugh’s Baltimore home with Sunday sauce.
While that may be a stretch, the Giants’ senior player personnel executive was in the Baltimore area on Sunday and had lunch with the sought-after coach as the two met at Harbaugh’s home, The Post’s Paul Schwartz confirmed.
The latest twist in the Harbaugh saga means that the Giants are the first team to have one of its executives sit down in person with the former Ravens coach since he hit the open market.
The Giants had already been making their push for Harbaugh last week as well when general manager Joe Shoen spoke with the highly coveted head coach on Thursday, the same day Harbaugh spoke with other interested teams.
A number of franchises have expressed interest in wooing Harbaugh to coach their respective teams and on Monday, he spoke with the Falcons’ new president of football, Matt Ryan, over the phone in what was later revealed to be an exploratory call.
Harbaugh has reportedly also had calls with the Titans, Browns, Raiders and Cardinals.
Monday’s call had been the Falcons attempt to get into the ballgame with Harbaugh in the early stages of his process.
The Giants are among those getting an in-person meeting with Harbaugh, though no formal interviews have been scheduled yet.
Ex-Giants corner Sam Beal has been missing for months as distraught family seeks answers
The family of former Giants cornerback Sam Beal is asking for the public’s help after it has been seven months since he went missing.
Beal, taken by the Giants in the supplemental draft in 2018, has not been seen since July 12, 2025, and his sister, Essence Zhane, took to social media Monday trying to find anyone with information about his disappearance.
“Tomorrow makes it 7 months since we’ve last heard from or seen my brother. We’ve done everything we could on our end to piece things together and at this point we’re in desperate need of support on all ends,” Zhane wrote on Facebook on Monday. “I’m not here to answer a bunch of why’s and how’s I just need this to land in the right direction to gain some form of answers or closure. I’m a Big sister and I need my brother to know that We Love You and miss you and this has been a heavy feeling for months to carry around.”
She ended the message asking anyone with information to reach out to the Kentwood Police Department or the Virginia Beach Police Department.
Zhane also included a picture of Beal’s license photo, the missing persons report and an image of a parking receipt.
Beal went missing last July after dropping off his girlfriend at a family member’s home, according to a missing persons report listed on the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System website.
The former NFL player borrowed her car and was supposed to head to work, but instead drove to Virginia Beach and spoke with his girlfriend on the phone the next day, telling her where he was and that he would return home the following day.
“Samuel has not been heard from or seen since the phone call on 07/13/2025. Samuel did not bring anything with him aside from the clothes he was wearing, a pair of slides, and his wallet that contained his banking card and driver’s license,” the online case report stated. “The girlfriend’s vehicle was recovered in Virginia Beach, VA by one of her family members. The vehicle was found with Samuel’s shoes and socks on the floor of the front passenger seat along with some sand on the floor.”
The Kentwood Police Department is listed as the investigating agency by NamUs; it did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Beal played in nine games over the course of his time with the Giants, starting three of his six appearances in 2019 and adding three appearances in 2021.
He was cut during the 2021 season and has not played with any professional football organization since.
Former Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Dave Giusti, who helped win the 1971 World Series, dies at 86
Dave Giusti, a reliable reliever who spent 15 years in the majors and helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1971 World Series title, has died.
The club, citing Giusti’s family, said he died on Sunday.
The right-hander went 100-93 with a 3.60 ERA in 668 career appearances for five clubs from 1962-77.
He began his career as a starter in Houston but had his greatest success with the Pirates, who acquired him from St. Louis in October 1969 and then moved him to the bullpen full-time.
Giusti led the National League with 30 saves in 1971, then added 10 2/3 scoreless innings in the playoffs as the Pirates beat the Giants in the NLCS and then the Baltimore Orioles in seven games in the World Series.
Giusti made his lone All-Star appearance in 1973.
He played seven seasons for Pittsburgh, registering 133 saves, which ranks third in franchise history.
He split time between Oakland and the Chicago Cubs in 1977 before retiring.
A native of Seneca Falls, New York, Giusti played collegiately at Syracuse before being signed by Houston, then an expansion team known as the Colt .45s, as an amateur free agent.
He appeared in 22 games as a rookie in 1962, spent all of 1963 in the minors before returning to the majors for good after being called up during the 1964 season.
Giusti is survived by his wife, two daughters and four grandchildren.
US Marshals join search to locate 'West Wing' actor Timothy Busfield following child sex abuse charges
“Albuquerque Police Department is working with the US Marshal Service to get Mr. Busfield into custody.”
The US Marshals Service has joined in the hunt to locate Timothy Busfield after a warrant was issued for the actor’s arrest in New Mexico in connection with child sex abuse charges.
The Albuquerque Police Department confirmed that its investigators are working with the US Marshals Service to track down the “West Wing” actor’s whereabouts and take him into custody in connection with the disturbing allegations.
“Albuquerque Police Department is working with the US Marshal Service to get Mr. Busfield into custody,” department spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos told Deadline Monday.
Gallegos said there is no timeline for when authorities expect to apprehend the “Field of Dreams” actor.
The Post has reached out to the Albuquerque Police Department for comment.
Busfield, 68, is wanted on two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse.
Busfield allegedly engaged in unlawful sexual conduct with a pair of 11-year-old twins while directing the Fox show “The Cleaning Lady” in 2024, according to an arrest warrant issued on Friday.
One of the alleged victims claimed the shocking incidents first started when he and his brother were 7 years old, according to the affidavit.
The investigation into the “Stripes” star’s alleged crimes kicked off in November 2024 when a doctor at the University of New Mexico Hospital alerted police about suspected sexual abuse and grooming involving the minors, per the warrant.
Although the APD initially declined to press charges against Busfield, the case was said to have been reopened in September 2025 when one of the kids told his counselor and then pediatrician that Busfield “touched him on his penis and bottom,” the affidavit claims.
The “Revenge of the Nerds” star also allegedly told the kids to call him “Uncle Tim” and tickled them on their stomachs and legs, per the arrest warrant.
Busfield, meanwhile, reportedly spoke to investigators by phone in November and said it was “highly likely” he had “physical contact” with the twins while filming “The Cleaning Lady.”
“I don’t remember those boys,” he also said, according to the affidavit. “No, I don’t. I don’t actually, I don’t remember it, if it happened. I don’t remember overtly tickling the boys ever, but it wouldn’t be uncommon for me.”
During that interview with the police, the “Thirtysomething” alum reportedly claimed that Elodie Yung, the lead actress on “The Cleaning Lady,” told him that the twins’ mom was seeking “revenge” because the boys were not invited back for the show’s final season.
The allegations remain under investigation.
Busfield has more than 700 combined credits as an actor, producer, and director in TV and film, and is known for his major role in several seasons of “The West Wing.”
He married “Little House on the Prairie” star Melissa Gilbert in 2013. The couple shares no children.
In November, Gilbert made a post on Instagram against child sex abuse after Megyn Kelly commented on convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Gilbert, 61, is not accused of any wrongdoing.
Son, 19, who was sole survivor in father's murder-suicide rampage dies unexpectedly week after starting college
“I strive to do good things in this world. I am very grateful and blessed to have this opportunity to be happy.”
A 19-year-old man who was the sole survivor in his father’s murder-suicide rampage, which claimed the lives of his parents and three younger siblings, died unexpectedly at his extended family’s Utah home just one week after starting his freshman year of college.
Sha Reh was 17 years old when police say his father killed his mother, his 8-year-old and 2-year-old sisters and his 11-year-old brother at their house in December 2024.
Reh was found in the garage with a gunshot wound to the head and miraculously survived, though he was permanently blinded as a result of the attack.
His extended family confirmed his death in a GoFundMe. They wrote that he died of natural causes on Sunday.
His distraught loved ones said Reh persevered in the wake of his family’s murder and learned to communicate in Braille at the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind. He recently reached a point where he could “live independently” again.
Reh, a first-generation student, was accepted to the University of Utah as a Presidential Scholar and began his freshman year just one week before he died. He was set to major in pre-law, and dreamed of attending law school after completing his undergraduate education.
His surviving family said they found comfort in the thought of “his reunion with his family.”
“He was among those who were once blind, but now can see. He has a perfect vision of his and his family’s eternity, and his home is now with them. Caring for him and watching him grow and regain his independence has been a labor of love for our family,” they wrote in a statement.
In an interview with KSL in May 2025, Reh admitted that he didn’t necessarily struggle to pick up Braille.
When his family emigrated to the US from Myanmar a few years before that nation plunged into civil war, he had to learn English from scratch, and could use similar tactics to teach himself Braille.
Upon settling in Utah, his family was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Reh cited his faith as a source of lasting comfort and motivation, since he could rest easy knowing “I will be able to see my family again in the afterlife.”
“I strive to do good things in this world. I am very grateful and blessed to have this opportunity to be happy,” Reh told the outlet.
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In 2023, however, more than 80 newspapers stopped printing the cartoon after the cartoonist was accused of spouting racist remarks.
Adams had said on his podcast that black people were “a hate group” and urged white people to “just get the hell away” from them.
Despite the controversy, Adams continued to host his podcast and promote his cartoon.
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NASA Scraps Spacewalk Amid ISS Medical Concern
NASA postponed its first spacewalk of 2026 and said it is considering an early end to the current International Space Station crew rotation after an unspecified medical issue involving one crew member.
In a statement posted late Wednesday, NASA said it "is postponing the Thursday, Jan. 8, spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The agency is monitoring a medical concern with a crew member that arose on Wednesday afternoon aboard the orbital complex."
NASA added that it would not identify the astronaut or provide details, saying: "Due to medical privacy, it is not appropriate for NASA to share more details about the crew member. The situation is stable."
The agency said it is reviewing options, including ending the mission early, and indicated more information would be forthcoming.
Reuters described NASA's consideration of an early return as unusual, reporting that the agency is "considering a rare early return" of the Crew-11 astronauts after canceling the planned spacewalk.
Crew-11 launched Aug. 1, 2025, on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and includes NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japan's Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, according to NASA.
Reuters added that astronauts typically rotate through the station in multi-month stays and that medical issues on the ISS are generally kept private.
On Thursday, NASA issued a follow-up update describing the matter as limited to one person and again stressing stability.
BBC Seeks to Dismiss Trump's $10B Defamation Lawsuit in Florida Court
The BBC is seeking dismissal of a $10 billion lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump over alleged defamation tied to a Jan. 6 speech edit.
Trump filed a lawsuit in December over the way the BBC edited a speech he gave on Jan. 6, 2021. The claim, filed in a Florida federal court, seeks $5 billion in damages for defamation and $5 billion for unfair trade practices.
The speech took place before some of Trump’s supporters breached the U.S. Capitol as Congress was poised to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, which Trump alleged was stolen from him.
The BBC had broadcast the documentary — titled “Trump: A Second Chance?” — days before the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
It spliced together three quotes from two sections of the 2021 speech, delivered almost an hour apart, into what appeared to be one quote in which Trump urged supporters to march with him and “fight like hell.” Among the parts cut out was a section where Trump said he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully.
The broadcaster has apologized to Trump over the edit of the Jan. 6 speech. But the publicly funded BBC rejects claims it defamed him. The furor triggered the resignations of the BBC’s top executive and its head of news.
Papers filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Miami say the BBC will file a motion to dismiss the case on March 17 on the basis that the court lacks jurisdiction and Trump failed to state a claim.
The broadcaster’s lawyers will argue that the BBC did not create, produce or broadcast the documentary in Florida and that Trump’s claim the documentary was available in the U.S. on streaming service BritBox is not true.
It will also argue that Trump has failed to “plausibly allege” the BBC acted with malice in airing the documentary.
Attorney Charles Tobin, for the BBC, said Trump can't prove actual damages because he won reelection by a commanding margin, and carried Florida by 13-point margin, better than his 2016 and 2020 performances.
He said the documentary also couldn't have harmed his reputation because it aired after Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including allegations he “directed the crowd in front of him to go to the Capitol.”
The BBC is asking the court to postpone discovery — the pretrial process in which parties must turn over documents and other information — pending a decision on the motion to dismiss. The discovery process could require the BBC to hand over reams of emails and other materials related to its coverage of Trump.
“Engaging in unbounded merits-based discovery while the motion to dismiss is pending will subject defendants to considerable burdens and costs that will be unnecessary if the motion is granted,” Tobin wrote.
If the case continues, a 2027 trial date has been proposed.
“As we have made clear previously, we will be defending this case,” the BBC said Tuesday in a statement. “We are not going to make further comment on ongoing legal proceedings.”
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American Workers Win Big as Inflation Remains Low, Wages Surge
“Yet another report confirms that President Trump has defeated the inflation crisis inherited from the Biden Administration, while so-called ‘experts’
Fresh economic data released today reaffirms that inflation is firmly under control as American workers see real wage gains in President Donald J. Trump’s economy.
“Yet another report confirms that President Trump has defeated the inflation crisis inherited from the Biden Administration, while so-called ‘experts’ continue to be proven wrong month after month. President Trump’s powerful tariffs, massive tax cuts for working families, and sweeping deregulatory agenda have positioned our economy for a boom in 2026. Americans are already seeing the results: workers’ wages are rising rapidly, trillions in investments are flowing into the country to create good-paying jobs, and economic growth is accelerating.”
Core inflation came in below economists’ expectations. It’s “a more confident signal of cooling price growth after shutdown-related distortions” and a “convincing sign that inflation is on a downward path,” according to Bloomberg.
President Trump ended Biden’s inflation crisis. Since President Trump took office, headline inflation has been running at 2.4% (much lower than the 3% annual rate inherited from Biden) and core inflation has been running at 2.4% (much lower than the 3.3% annual rate inherited from Biden).
Wages are rising. Real private sector weekly earnings are on track to rise 4% in President Trump’s first full year in office — resoundingly beating inflation. In fact, private sector workers are on track to see a real wage gain of $1,100 — gaining back some of the purchasing power they lost under Biden.
Blue-collar workers are seeing real results. Overall, goods-producing workers — the backbone of American industry — are on track to see their real annual earnings rise by $1,300 in President Trump’s first full year in office. Mining and logging workers are on track for an increase of $2,200, construction workers are on track for an extra $1,400, and manufacturing workers are on track to gain $1,300.
Sen. Blackburn to Newsmax: Make Fraud a Deportable Offense
Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Tuesday called for amendments to national immigration law to make committing fraud a deportable offense or grounds for stripping citizenship from naturalized Americans.
"What we would do is amend the Nationality and Immigration Act and make certain that all fraud, not only fraud above $10,000, but all fraud that is committed against the U.S. taxpayer and our government would be deemed as a deportable or a denaturalization offense," the Tennessee Republican told Newsmax's "Wake Up America."
Blackburn said the proposal is meant to consolidate what she described as "scattered portions of fraud" in current law.
"It is not explicit that all fraud is deemed this way," she said.
The measure would also affect detention and venue, said Blackburn.
"It would allow these individuals, once they're apprehended, to be held until their hearing," she said, while also allowing "any court, not just an immigration court, but any court, to hear these cases."
Blackburn tied the effort to Minnesota, where hosts referenced a federal enforcement surge and what they called "overwhelming fraud" that recently surfaced.
"The American people have looked at what has happened in Minnesota with billions of dollars of fraud," she said, adding that whistleblowers elsewhere have flagged alleged fraud in daycare centers, elder care, healthcare, and other programs.
Asked how denaturalization works, Blackburn said that "there is a process through the NIA that you can be denaturalized, and what this does is to make certain that fraud is explicit in one of those portions."
The interview also touched on a lawsuit that has been filed by Minnesota against the federal government over the surge of immigration officers to the state.
"Trump Derangement Syndrome is alive and well in Minnesota," she said. "We are certainly seeing that our ICE agents are there doing their job."
Blackburn added that ICE is apprehending violent criminals.
"You can go to the ICE website," she said. "You can look at some of the rap sheets on these individuals, child sexual assault, molestation, aggravated assault, murder, rape, and other violent crimes."
On Capitol Hill, Blackburn said she did not expect a government shutdown as lawmakers work on spending bills.
"We will not have another shutdown," she said. "The House has passed this three-bill omnibus. The Senate will move forward with the minibus [and] will pass it before the end of the week."