Sabrina Carpenter blamed a generational double standard for the backlash she received over her "Man's Best Friend" album cover.Carpenter opened up about her new music and the controversial album cover after the Aug. 29 release. The pop star called out one generation for continuously getting offended by her, at times, overtly sexual lyrics."There is a generation that gets offended by some of the things I do, and it's a generation that has either young children ... or they've raised children, and they're just sort of looking at it from a different point in their life sort of scolding," Carpenter said during an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music. "And they all had sex - many times because they popped a lot of kids out. So, I just think about that, and I'm always just like it's so funny. I mean we're all, we're just so judgmental.""I'm not allowed to have sex, but you are?" Carpenter questioned.SABRINA CARPENTER SHARES NEW ALBUM COVER APPROVED BY GOD AFTER BACKLASH OVER RACY IMAGECarpenter announced her album on June 11. The album cover, which was shared on Instagram, was immediately met with harsh criticism as many fans labeled the photograph of the singer on all fours with a man pulling her hair as suggestive."Am I the only one who thinks this is dehumanizing for women?" one user wrote. Another added, "This cover makes me uncomfortable especially in times like these. Absolutely tone deaf.""This isn't satire, this is not empowering to women. You've missed the mark by so much hun," another user wrote.SABRINA CARPENTER DEFENDS HER RACY IMAGE, TELLS CRITICS THEY NEED TO GET OUT MORECarpenter finally revealed the vision behind the controversial cover art after releasing the entire album on Aug. 29."It's like so funny thinking about it now, because I wanted a man playing with my hair," the 26-year-old explained to Lowe. "I actually used maybe five different men to take that photo because none of them could play with my hair. They were all pulling it. Like they're all like nervous to be holding my hair and so, the grip looked like they were like yanking it.""And the whole purpose of the photo was supposed to be cheeky and airy and playful like, you know, I got myself here. Here I am," she continued. "Like this is someone I love but also someone that you know emotionally can be doing a lot with my heart and doing a lot with emotions.""There was only one shot that was shot on film that had that lighting the way that I wanted it with this facial expression where I'm clearly, you know, in control, even though I'm on all fours. And to me, it was just perfect."Carpenter showed her friends and family the album cover before releasing it to the world and claimed there were no wild reactions from her inner circle."There was no shift in the universe," Carpenter confirmed to Lowe. "It was a very normal day. So, when it came out, that was just my initial thing was to sort of be like, Well, then this is, I guess, why putting out something without having the context is always tricky.'"SABRINA CARPENTER BLASTS CRITICS OF HER SKIMPY TOUR OUTFITS: DONT COME TO THE SHOW'The "Manchild" singer admitted she's been fascinated with the public reaction to the album cover which she didn't anticipate."If Im being completely transparent, I dont do anything anticipating what the reaction will be," she told Interview magazine. "I only do things that speak to me, that feel right, and make sense when you hear the music. When I came up with the imaging for it, it was so clear to me what it meant. So the reaction is fascinating to me. You just watch it unravel and go, Wow."LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSThe internet has also seemingly misinterpreted some of Carpenter's lyrics on the album, which features storytelling about the singer-songwriter's own breakup experience."My experience and point of view are going to be so different from how other people live their lives," she allowed. "Sometimes I read things, and Im like, Wow, I dont experience this that way, but if they do, then thats real to them.""But what Im going through in this record, which is loss and heartbreak and celebration and trying to navigate my life as a young woman its not so much like Im above it all, but Im not beneath it, either," Carpenter added.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERCarpenter is no stranger to outrage over her lyrics. She recently opened up about the discourse over songs, which often include sexual innuendos. On tour, Carpenter performed various sex positions during her song "Juno." The moments often went viral, prompting complaints online.Her latest album included a few hits with similar innuendos. New songs like "House Tour" and "Tears" have caught the eye of fans."I mean, theres a lot of nuance to this, and Im not naive to that, but I felt like, Why is this taboo? This is something that women experience in such a real way, becoming comfortable with themselves and who they are," Carpenter told Interview about her choice to write about the touchy topic. "Theres so many reasons why I called it Mans Best Friend and theres so many layers in the experiences that I was going through at the time where, emotionally, I felt like one.""Im really, really grateful that theres enough of my audience that really knows me as a person that will be able to hear these songs how theyre intended. Its always going to be up to interpretation and I understand that. But Im glad you like my sexual content."

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann lost a long-shot bid to have damning DNA evidence thrown out Wednesday, after a New York judge ruled that prosecutors can use the evidence against him at trial in a decision police expect to impact far more cases.Heuermann's shocking arrest came more than a decade after the death of his last known alleged victim. At the time, he was a New York City architect who commuted daily from his home in the suburban village of Massapequa Park. Prosecutors have alleged he tortured and killed his victims in the basement while his wife and children took vacations.The sides had been tangling over the evidence since March, when the judge held a Frye hearing to determine whether the new type of DNA testing should be admissible. Heuermann's attorney, Michael Brown, had questioned the validity of new testing on rootless hair samples, which he likened to "magic" and said had not been used in New York state before.Prosecutors allege that the state-of-the-art technology linked hairs found on six of the seven murder victims to Heuermann. Brown said it's "a little weird" that each of the bodies is linked to his client by just one hair apiece. The hairs themselves do not all belong to Heuermann. Some were linked to his wife and daughter whom authorities do not believe were involved in the crimes but whose hairs were allegedly transferred to the victims by Heuermann.KOHBERGER PROSECUTOR REVEALS CRUCIAL MOMENT: EVERYTHING HINGED ON THAT ARGUMENTJudge Timothy Mazzei ruled that the new testing is accepted by the scientific community and therefore valid as evidence."This case was very aggressively and effectively litigated by both sides," Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney told reporters after the hearing. "I think that the reason why we were able to prevail was one simple reason: The science was on our side."Tierney called it a "significant step" in forensic DNA analysis and said it looks at hundreds of thousands more points of data than traditional DNA testing, and he said the new method is already being rolled out to county cold case detectives, like any other new law enforcement technology.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X"When you look at old cases that happened that have remained unsolved for whatever reason, one of the first things you do, whether it's phone evidence, whether it's DNA evidence, whether it's anything else, you know, new technology [can] help us to gather more information," he said.Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD cold case investigator and a professor of criminal justice at Penn State Lehigh Valley, called the judge's decision "awesome news.""This DNA is leading the way to closing more cases," he told Fox News Digital. Although he expects an appeal if Heuermann is convicted.REX HEUERMANN'S FAMILY KEPT GRUESOME PIECE OF EVIDENCE, SOURCE SAYSHeuermann entered the courtroom at 9:54 a.m. wearing a black suit, blue shirt and a green tie, looming over his attorney as the judge rendered his decision.His ex-wife, Asa Ellerup, who divorced him after the charges but has publicly maintained she doesn't believe he could've committed the crimes, sat quietly in the gallery. Their daughter, Victoria Heuermann, did not attend Wednesday's hearing.Prosecutors said Heuermann killed seven women over a period of at least two decades, dumping most of their remains on a remote parkway near Long Island's Gilgo Beach. Some victims were dismembered, with parts of their bodies recovered from wooded areas about 50 miles to the east.EX-WIFE OF ALLEGED GILGO BEACH KILLER STILL DEFENDS HIM, BUT DAUGHTER SAYS HE MOST LIKELY DID ITThe oldest case in which he's been charged was a cold case murder stretching back to 1993. The alleged crimes include torture and mutilation, and Heuermann allegedly took notes on the crimes, the targets and measures to avoid detection.The victims were all described as "petite" women, most of them around 5 feet tall and barely over 100 pounds. An eyewitness in the case, who was the last to see one of them alive, described Heuermann, whose identity was unknown at the time, as an "ogre" driving a Chevrolet Avalanche.SIGN UP TO GET THE TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTEROn July 13, 2023, Suffolk County police arrested Heuermann, who is 61, outside his Manhattan office in three cold case murders the deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, 24, Megan Waterman, 22, and Amber Costello, 27, in 2010.SUSPECTED SERIAL KILLER REX HEUERMANN CHARGED WITH SEVENTH SLAYINGOver the next 12 months, they tacked on charges in four additional slayings. First, they charged him with killing Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, whose remains were near the other three. They filed charges for the alleged murders of Jessica Taylor in 2003 and Sandra Costilla in 1993. Then they added charges in connection with the 2000 murder of Valerie Mack, a 24-year-old from Philadelphia.Heuermann pleaded not guilty to all the charges.But Tierney said his office has a lot of evidence prosecutors are ready to introduce at trial.GET REAL-TIME UPDATES DIRECTLY ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB"So we have now nuclear DNA, we have mitochondrial DNA, we have phone records, we have witness statements, we have financial records, we have internet searches, we have phone activity and we have other [evidence]," he told reporters. "When you look at the interaction of all of that evidence, it's, we would submit, compelling."Next up for Heuermann is a hearing on whether he should be tried on all of the cases together. His lawyer wants them split up, but Tierney said he believes they are all "intertwined" and should be tried at the same time.It was the disappearance of another woman that set off the whole case and surprised the residents of Long Island, which includes the two easternmost boroughs of New York City and a pair of suburban counties.In 2010, Shannan Gilbert placed a frantic and incoherent 911 call, begging for help and claiming someone was after her. The search for her went on for months and before police found her remains, they found 10 other bodies along Ocean Parkway. Her death is the only one that police have said they believe was accidental.

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Congress wasnt in session in August. But the Epstein files certainly were.The Epstein files dominated Congress before the summer recess. But when lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill in recent days, the first thing lawmakers wrestled with were the Epstein files again.Note: If you want something to go away, do not make it among the first orders of business.The Epstein issue gurgled through the summer. And House Republicans did little to tamp down the embers by adjourning the body a day early in July because they struggled to pass unrelated bills without delving into a complicated and sticky discussion of the Epstein files. Then, when the House returned, GOP leaders immediately prepped a resolution to formally bless an Epstein investigation by the Oversight Committee. The panel released some 32,000 pages of Epstein-related documents.Just hours after returning to session, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and others met with Epstein accusers.'NOT GOING AWAY': INSIDE THE EPSTEIN DRAMA THAT'S THROWN HOUSE GOP INTO CHAOSThat explains why the issue isnt ebbing any time soon."It is very much a possibility that Jeffrey Epstein was an intelligence asset working for our adversaries," declared Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., after talking to the Epstein victims at the Capitol. "I think this is going to be a criminal investigation for sure. I will say that what's been released, obviously, the American people have wanted for a long time."Before the recess, Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., teamed up to potentially bypass Johnson and compel the House to vote on releasing the Epstein files. The Epstein milieu quickly infected virtually every single legislative effort in Congress, effectively hamstringing the body. So Johnson cut everyone loose a bit early.But the issue festered over the recess. Massie and Khanna were back with their parliamentary gambit to go over Johnsons head and force an Epstein vote.Lawmakers from both sides routinely convene press conferences at a spot just outside the Capitol called the "House Triangle." Lawmakers often use this venue to feature non-members or people specific to the legislation theyre pushing at the news conference.Sometimes members bring a throng of people with them. A crowd occasionally gathers, depending on the issue.But I had never before witnessed the multitude of people who showed up at the House Triangle on Wednesday morning to hear Massie, Khanna and victims talk about their effort to pry open the files. People spilled out onto the walkways and plaza. That forced U.S. Capitol Police to restrict access to the area.Some of the victims recounted their Epstein stories in harrowing detail."When I got into the massage room, Jeffrey Epstein undressed and asked me to do things to him, my eyes welled up with tears. And I have never been more scared in my life," said Epstein accuser Haley Robson."I was even taken on a trip to Africa with former President Bill Clinton and other notable figures. In those moments, I realized how powerless I was," said Epstein victim Chauntae Davies.EPSTEIN VICTIMS SET TO BREAK SILENCE AMID BIPARTISAN PUSH TO RELEASE FILES: 'PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE OUTRAGED'Massie and Khanna are deploying whats called a "discharge petition." Its a rarely successful gambit to go over the head of the Speaker and force a debate and vote on your issue provided one can engineer 218 House signatures. If Massie and Khanna cobble together enough signatories, they may be able to force a vote later this month.House GOP leaders are concerned about this. Thats why Johnson hoped to intervene with his own measure to formalize the House Oversight Committees inquiry into Epstein. But Johnson designed the measure in a way that the House could approve it without taking a direct vote on it. That way, Republicans could point to angry constituents that they were in fact taking the Epstein files seriously without an actual roll call vote documenting their position and perhaps infuriating President Donald Trump. Or, they could tell other constituents who wouldnt want them to cross the President on Epstein to say they never directly voted on it at all. After all, it was buried in an unrelated measure.Make sense?But there was another motive behind the leaderships unique parliamentary maneuver on Epstein: They wanted to give Republicans cover to say that the House was in fact addressing the Epstein issue. The move might coax fewer members to support the Massie/Khanna effort. That would prevent the House from taking a concrete vote tied to Epstein. But otherwise, the House may need to directly wrestle with it.Massie called this a "political cover" to block his plan with Khanna to release the files.Johnson fired back at Massie."I would not put much stock into what Thomas Massie says. The House Republicans have been very consistent about maximum disclosure and maximum transparency," said Johnson.Trump long promised to release the files. But Trumps position this week was to blame Democrats."This is a Democrat hoax that never ends. You know, it reminds me a little of the [President John F.] Kennedy situation. We gave them everything over and over again. More and more and more and nobody's ever satisfied," said Trump. "But it's really a Democrat hoax because they're trying to get people to talk about something that's totally irrelevant to the success that we've had as a nation since I've been president."Massie suggested that Johnson is just trying to stay on Trump's good side by walking a political tightrope.HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE RELEASES THOUSANDS OF EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS"The Speaker is wrestling with [whether] he's going to have to choose between supporting Donald Trumps new position that the files shouldn't be released, or finding justice for these victims and survivors. The Speaker probably doesn't appreciate that he's going to have to choose one," said Massie. "The Speaker's position depends on him not just rubber-stamping but reinforcing anything Donald Trump wants, even if Donald Trump is wrong. So the Speaker is in a tough spot."The materials coughed up by the Oversight panel did include a new video of the so-called "missing minute." It fills in absent footage from Epsteins New York jail cell on the night he died.But Massie insists on the release of more material."What's clear is they're not redacting, just to protect victims. They are redacting to protect the reputations of people," said Massie.One Republican aligned with the President threatened to out those linked to Epstein."I'm not afraid to name names," said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., at the press conference. "So if they want to give me a list, I will walk into that Capitol on the House floor, and I'll say every damn name that abused these women."Khanna was buoyed by the support of Greene."I've never done a press conference with Marjorie Taylor Greene before," said the progressive Khanna. "I don't think Marjorie Taylor Greene would be part of a stunt against President Trump."Well know soon if the House has the votes to thwart the GOP leadership and consider the Massie/Khanna resolution. And tangling with the Epstein matter could even start to impact the ability of the House to wrestle with routine legislation again.And so, the Epstein saga continues. The same as it was before the August recess.

FIRST ON FOX: DENVER John Ramsey, the father of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, whose 1996 Christmastime murder remains one of Americas most haunting unsolved cases, announced a new petition asking Colorado lawmakers to enshrine the rights of families who believe law enforcement has not done enough to bring justice for their loved ones.While on stage at CrimeCons 2025 convention in Denver on Saturday, Ramsey asked the Colorado Legislature to bring state law into alignment with the federal Homicide Victims Families Rights Act, which ensures victims have the right to request a cold-case review in federally handled investigations that havent found answers."Fairness over favoritism," the petition reads. "Families shouldnt need media attention to get a second look."NEWLY UNEARTHED DOCUMENTS REVEAL DNA DID NOT MATCH KEY PLAYERS EARLY IN JONBENET RAMSEY CASEThe federal law does not apply to state or local investigations. Ramsey is proposing Colorado adopt its own version to give the right to a review to families after a case has gone unsolved for more than three years.The work would be conducted by one or more investigators who were not part of the original probe.The new team would be required to evaluate whether state-of-the-art DNA tools could help.JONBENET RAMSEY MURDER: FAMILY ENCOURAGED BY RENEWED INTEREST IN CASE, DNA TESTING POSSIBILITIESThe review would have transparency requirements, accountability and a deadline. If the case remains unsolved, the family would have the right to request a new review after another five years unless new evidence emerges sooner.Ramsey made the announcement on stage with investigative journalist Paula Woodward, author of "We Have Your Daughter," a book about the case.Both have long questioned the Boulder Police Departments handling of JonBenets murder, for which no one has been convicted after almost 30 years."Its been enacted in six states and at the federal level," Ramsey told a packed auditorium. "It needs to be enacted in every state."The petition was launched by Lura Vernon, a former aerospace engineer on the airplane side of NASA.JONBENET RAMSEY'S FATHER UNVEILS PETITION ASKING COLORADO GOVERNOR TO ADVANCE DAUGHTER'S MURDER CASE"Ive followed the case since the beginning and have daughters who are JonBenets age," Vernon told Fox News Digital in a statement. "I heard John Ramsey at CrimeCon in Memphis talk about the Federal Homicide Victims Act, and I thought this should have been the headline of every story... I asked myself what I could do. This petition was the answer."Ramsey has been a regular fixture at the events for years. At an earlier CrimeCon in Las Vegas, he announced the start of a petition asking Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to allow an independent agency to conduct modern DNA testing in the case rather than the Boulder Police Department.JONBENET RAMSEY CASE: FATHER REMEMBERS 'DADDY'S GIRL' ON WHAT WOULD BE HER 32ND BIRTHDAYJonBenet's mother reported her missing on the morning of Dec. 26, 1996, after finding a lengthy ransom note demanding $118,000. John Ramsey found her body later that same day in the basement of their home in Boulder.An autopsy revealed that JonBenet died of strangulation and a blow to the head. The Boulder City Medical Examiner reported an 8 1/2-inch fracture in her skull.Ramsey has long criticized the department for its "arrogance," "pride," "ego" and inexperience at the time his daughter was killed. More recently, he told Fox News Digital he has renewed "hope" after meeting with the departments new leadership."I've been extremely critical of Boulder police," he told Fox News Digital in October 2023, adding that his criticism is "unfair" to new brass who "inherited this mess" over the years."Until I'm proven wrong, I have hope that the new leadership within the police department, who I was impressed with, will make good on their promise to use outside help to solve this case," he said.Authorities are asking anyone with information related to the JonBenet investigation to contact 303-441-1974, BouldersMostWanted@bouldercolorado.gov or Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

The Department of Homeland Security blasted a federal judges order preventing the Trump administration from scrapping temporary protected status for more than a million Venezuelan and Haitian nationals in the United States.The temporary protected status, or TPS, applies to over 1 million people from the two countries, allowing them to remain in the U.S. for the time being, according to The Associated Press.The outlet reported that it applies to 600,000 Venezuelans and 500,000 Haitians.FED COURT OF APPEALS GRANTS TRUMP ADMIN PAUSE ON PROTECTIONS FOR 60K IMMIGRANTS"For decades, the TPS program has been abused, exploited, and politicized as a de facto amnesty program. Its use has been all the more dangerous, given the millions of unvetted illegal aliens the Biden Administration let into this country," a DHS spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News Digital."While this order delays justice, [DHS] Secretary [Kristi] Noem will use every legal option at the Departments disposal to end this chaos and prioritize the safety of Americans," the statement continued. "Under God, the people rule. Unelected activist judges cannot stop the will of the American people for a safe and secure homeland."CLICK HERE FOR MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGEJudge Edward Chen, of the Northern District of California, wrote in his ruling that ending the TPS was "unprecedented" and that Noems actions broke the law.VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS, PROGRESSIVE GROUP SUE TRUMP ADMIN AFTER NOEM NIXES BIDEN-ERA PROTECTED STATUS"This case arose from action taken post haste by the current DHS Secretary, Kristi Noem, to revoke the legal status of Venezuelan and Haitian TPS holders, sending them back to conditions that are so dangerous that even the State Department advises against travel to their home countries," the judge wrote.TPS for Venezuelans and Haitians was granted under the Biden administration, as the qualifiers for immigrants from a country to get the status include an active war or a major public health crisis in their homeland.FEDERAL JUDGE FINDS 'RACIAL AND DISCRIMINATORY ANIMUS' IN TRUMP MOVE TO CANCEL TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUSImmigrants who fall under TPS cannot be deported because of their legal status and are able to work in the U.S, according to the DHS website."The environmental situation in Haiti has improved enough that it is safe for Haitian citizens to return home," a DHS spokesperson said of Haiti in July. "We encourage these individuals to take advantage of the Departments resources in returning to Haiti, which can be arranged through the CBP Home app. Haitian nationals may pursue lawful status through other immigration benefit requests, if eligible."District-level federal judges have repeatedly been at odds with the Trump administration on a wide range of legal battles, especially on immigration-related cases. The administration has successfully appealed many of the cases.

Specific eating behaviors have been linked to a surprising medical condition.In addition to conventional risk factors, like lower body mass index and older age, skipping breakfast and eating dinner late are independently associated with osteoporosis, according to a new study.Researchers at Nara Medical University in Japan examined the lifestyle habits of 927,130 people from an insurance claims database.5 EVERYDAY FOODS AND DRINKS SILENTLY DAMAGING YOUR LONG-TERM HEALTH, SAY NUTRITION EXPERTSParticipants included adults 20 years or older (55% female and 45% male) who had a health checkup between April 1, 2014, and February 28, 2022.The researchers followed the patients, who had a median age of approximately 67, for approximately 2.6 years to see who developed an osteoporosis fracture in the hip, spine, forearm or humerus.Osteoporosis is a silent disease that occurs when bone mineral density and bone mass decreases, according to the National Institutes of Health.Most people dont know they have the disease until they break a bone most commonly in the hip, spine or wrist.EATING MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES LINKED TO SURPRISING EFFECT ON SLEEPOsteoporosis is a common cause of fractures in post-menopausal women and older men.The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that women 65 years and older have a bone density scan at least once to screen for osteoporosis.The study found that skipping breakfast more than three times a week and eating a late dinner were associated with other poor lifestyle choices, like smoking, drinking alcohol daily and not getting enough sleep or exercise suggesting that these unhealthy lifestyle habits accumulate over time.(The authors said the most common dietary habit in Japan is eating breakfast, lunch and dinner, defining a "late dinner" as eating less than two hours before bedtime more than three times a week.)"We demonstrated that these eating patterns frequently co-occurred with other unhealthy behaviors such as smoking, low physical activity and insufficient sleep suggesting that comprehensive lifestyle counseling may be important for fracture prevention," lead author Hiroki Nakajima, M.D., Ph.D., of Nara Medical University, told Fox News Digital.DO YOU REALLY NEED THREE MEALS A DAY? EXPERTS DEBATE THE TRADITIONAL RULEPeople with these unhealthy behaviors were already more likely to be diagnosed with osteoporosis but not having a routine eating schedule was independently associated with a higher risk of osteoporotic fractures.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTERThe study findings were recently published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.One key limitation is that this was an observational study meaning it only shows that skipping breakfast or eating late dinners is associated with the bone disease, but doesn't prove that it actually causes it.The authors also relied on a lifestyle questionnaire that was self-reported, so more objective research is needed.Previous research has confirmed that eating meals on a regular schedule is good for people's health.Healthy eating routines include consuming all meals in a time period of fewer than 12 hours per day, eating the most in the earlier part of the day, and avoiding food intake close to bedtime."There are several reasons eating breakfast and dinner on time benefits our health, but one key reason I often highlight is that establishing routines like having meals at specific times supports our well-being without requiring constant thought or reliance on willpower," Su-Nui Escobar, a registered dietitian in Miami, told Fox News Digital. (She was not part of the study.)"As a busy mom myself, I often rely on breakfasts I can either prepare in advance or those that I dont have to cook," she said.Some of Escobar's favorite easy breakfast ideas include the following.She also recommends the following easy dinner ideas.MORE IN HEALTH NEWS

EXCLUSIVE: Two high school girls' volleyball players in California are refusing to participate on their team as long as it rosters a biological male trans athlete.Alyssa McPherson and Hadeel Hazameh of Jurupa Valley High School in Riverside County, California told Fox News Digital they will not play or use the locker room alongside the trans athlete. Both players sat out of the team's Thursday night game against Chaffey High School."Deciding to sit out was a difficult decision to make because I love this sport and I love to compete, but this current situation with a biological male on the team is very unsafe and unfair not only for me, but all female athletes," McPherson said.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHazameh said she hopes her decision not to play will "encourage" others."Although sitting out was a very difficult decision for me because of how much I love this sport, I dont feel comfortable sharing the locker room nor the court with a biological male because I chose to play on a girls volleyball team, and its just unfair and unsafe to everyone being affected by this situation. I was scared to stand up before, but I realized someone must make the initiative to stand for whats right, so I hope my actions encourage others to use their voice as well," Hazameh said.At least four confirmed opposing teams have forfeited games to Jurupa Valley this season. Thursday's game against Chaffey was added to Jurupa Valley's schedule in response to the recent forfeits.TRANS VOLLEYBALL PLAYER INCIDENT UNLEASHES PARADE OF ANGRY PARENTS ON ILLINOIS SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGThe school has been under national scrutiny dating back to last spring's track and field season as the very same trans athlete, AB Hernandez, made a run to girls' state championships in high jump and triple jump. President Donald Trump magnified the attention when he sent a warning to California in the days leading up to the state championship in May.Now, Hernandez, in the midst of the senior's final volleyball season, is being protested not just by opposing teams, but also by longtime teammates.Fox News Digital has reached out to Jurupa Unified School District in response to McPherson and Hazameh's statements.The school district previously provided a statement exclusively to Fox News Digital, suggesting blame for the ongoing controversy involving Hernandez should be directed toward government officials and lawmakers."School districts do not write laws for the state of California, nor do they have the power to ignore them or change them. However, as primarily state-funded agencies, they are required to follow them.As these issues play out in our courts and the media, any advocacy on these matters should be directed at state and federal officials elected to make laws and policies that affect public education," the statement read."We empathize with all students who are impacted by issues beyond their control. JUSD is committed to upholding the law, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of, among other characteristics, gender, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation in any program or activity, ensuring that all pupils feel safe, supported, and affirmed for who they are at school."California law has enabled biological males to compete in girls' high school sports dating back to 2013.After Trump signed the "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order on Feb. 5, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) was one of the first state high school sports leagues to announce it would defy the order.The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the CIF and California Department of Education (CDE) in July for defying Trump's mandate to keep biological males out of girls' sports. The lawsuit came in the aftermath of Hernandez's state championships.Now, as the trans teen embarks on one more high school volleyball season, two teammates will be absent.Follow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) has sounded off on reports that the Trump administration is mulling a way of limiting transgender peoples ability to purchase firearms.The gun lobby group, the largest in the U.S. with 5 million members according to its website, released a statement Friday reinforcing its commitment that all law-abiding Americans have a right to bear arms.It comes as Department of Justiceofficials have had several internal meetings about placing restrictions on trans people in the wake of Annunciation School shooter Robin Westman, who identified as trans, killing two people and injuring 18 others late last month. Westmans firearms were purchased legally, according tothe Associated Press.FEDERAL APPEALS COURT APPROVES ILLINOIS RESTRICTIONS ON CARRYING GUNS ON PUBLIC TRANSIT"The NRA supports the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans to purchase and use firearms," the statement reads."NRA does not, and will not, support any policy proposals that implement sweeping gun bans that arbitrarily strip law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights without due process."As well as the NRA, Gun Owners of America (GOA) issued a clear, uncompromising stance on the issue."GOA opposes any and all gun bans. Full stop," the GOA wrote on X.In another post, the group quoted senior vice president Erich Pratt as saying: "Gun Owners of America does not compromise with our support for the right of all People to keep and bear arms."The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR), another major gun lobby group, has not formally weighed in on the issue, but its president, Dudley Brown, said he opposes the idea. He argued on X that labeling people "mentally defective" to strip them of gun rights would be a due-process violation.The DOJ officials conversations are in an early stage and no concrete steps have been taken, multiple sources told Fox News. One source pointed to a "pattern" of shootings carried out by transgender people, including Westmans attack.Audrey "Aiden" Hale, who identified as transgender, killed six at The Covenant School in Nashville in 2023. Alec McKinney, a transgender teen, was one of two shooters at STEM School in Colorado, where one person was killed, and eight others were wounded.Another source said the DOJ's discussions about banning transgender people from buying or owning guns have involved the Office of Legal Counsel, which provides legal advice to the executive branch.APPEALS COURT BLOCKS NEW MEXICO'S 7-DAY WAITING PERIOD FOR GUN PURCHASES, SAYING IT VIOLATES 2ND AMENDMENTThe source indicated that the DOJ officials are currently thinking through a feasible legal framework. Such discussions would likely rope in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which is part of the DOJ and has authority over federal rules related to firearms.When asked about the talks, a DOJ spokesperson downplayed the discussions targeting transgender people, telling Fox News the department has been examining numerous options to address the correlation between shootings and mental health but that it has not come up with anything specific."The DOJ is actively evaluating options to prevent the pattern of violence we have seen from individuals with specific mental health challenges and substance abuse disorders," the spokesperson said. "No specific criminal justice proposals have been advanced at this time."One of the sources said DOJ officials "are reviewing ways to ensure that mentally ill individuals suffering from gender dysphoria are unable to obtain firearms while they are unstable and unwell."People with mental health conditions are typically not banned from purchasing guns under current laws, which the Supreme Court reaffirmed as recently as 2024 in United States v. Rahimi. But in some instances, such as a court deeming someone mentally incompetent, that information is supposed to crop up during a background check and block a customer from obtaining a gun license.LGBTQ advocates called the idea of a ban misguided and dangerous, arguing that the vast majority of mass shootings in the U.S. are carried out by men and do not involve transgender people."Transgender people are less than 2 percent of the overall population, yet four times as likely to be victims of crime," GLAAD said. "Everyone deserves to be themselves, be safe, and be free from violence and discrimination. We all deserve leaders who prioritize keeping all of us safe and free."Since President Donald Trump returned to office, his administration has removed transgender people frommilitary service, scrubbed somefederal websitesof mentions of them and is trying to bar changing the sex marker onpassports. The administration has also been vehemently opposed to allowing biological males to compete in female sports and curtailed access to so-called gender-affirming care.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Top Biden administration officials questioned and criticized the way the former presidents team handled pardons and made use of an autopen in the waning days of his White House term, a report said, citing internal emails.A person familiar with the clemency process told Axios that afterPresident Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter on Dec. 1, 2024, "There was a mad dash to find groups of people that he could then pardon -- and then they largely didn't run it by the Justice Department to vet them."The news agency reported Saturday that several senior Justice Department officials raised concerns with the White House Counsel's office regarding the process to pardon individuals.Three days before Biden left office, the president announced that he was "commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses who are serving disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today under current law, policy, and practice."BIDENS AUTO-PEN PARDONS DISTURBED DOJ BRASS, DOCS SHOW, RAISING QUESTIONS WHETHER THEY ARE LEGALLY BINDING"With this action, I have now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history," Biden said in a statement on Jan. 17.However, Axios reported that the following day, senior Justice Department ethics attorney Bradley Weinsheimer argued in a memo that describing those who were pardoned as nonviolent was "untrue, or at least misleading.""Unfortunately and despite repeated requests and warnings, we were not afforded a reasonable opportunity to vet and provide input on those you were considering," Weinsheimerwrote, according to Axios.The news agency said Weinsheimer mentioned a man who pleaded guilty to murder-related charges.Weinsheimer described how the Justice Department labeled the man as "problematic," yet Biden commuted his sentence, Axios reported."I have no idea if the president was aware of these backgrounds when making clemency decisions," Weinsheimer reportedly added.Ed Siskel, the former head of the White House Counsel's office, and representatives for Biden did not immediately respond Saturday to requests for comment from Fox News Digital.'SHOULD BE PROSECUTED': HOUSE REPUBLICANS ZERO IN ON BIDEN AUTOPEN PARDONS AFTER BOMBSHELL REPORTSenior Biden White House officials also pushed back internally on requests to use the autopen, according to Axios, which cited emails it obtained.It said Biden White House staff secretary Stef Feldman repeatedly asked for more information and confirmation of Bidens intentions with the autopen."When did we get [Biden's] approval of this?" Feldman reportedly wrote in a Jan. 7 email regarding the use of autopen to sign an executive order."I'm going to need email from... original chain confirming [Biden] signs off on the specific documents when they are ready," she was cited by Axios as writing in a Jan. 16 email about using autopen to commute cases linked to crack-cocaine sentences.The developments come as President Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into Biden's administration, alleging that top officials used autopen signatures to cover up the former president's cognitive decline."I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didnt is ridiculous and false," Biden said in a statement in June. "This is nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans who are working to push disastrous legislation that would cut essential programs like Medicaid and raise costs on American families, all to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations," he added at the time.Fox News Digitals Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.