Morgan Wallen threw a curveball during his ritual pre-concert walkout over the weekend in Canada.The "Last Night" singer is known for his surprise, star-studded entrances into arenas before a show, and he walked out with Toronto Blue Jays legend Jos Bautista for the second night of his "I'm The Problem" tour stop in Ontario.While walking alongside the former professional baseball player, Wallen, 30, took a bat from the slugger and attempted to mimic Bautista's iconic bat flip.MORGAN WALLEN, JELLY ROLL HELP COUNTRY MUSIC EARN LONG-OVERDUE RECOGNITION AT VMASThe "Whiskey Glasses" singer walked backstage wearing blue jeans with a red and white polo shirt and cowboy boots. Bautista sported a classic Blue Jays jersey and a black hat while carrying a bat in one hand.MORGAN WALLEN BOWS OUT OF GRAMMY RACE DESPITE RECORD-BREAKING COUNTRY ALBUMThe Dominican athlete earned the nickname Joey Bats for his impressive reputation at the plate.During Game 5 of the 2015 American League Division Series, Bautista ceremoniously chucked his bat in the air after hitting a three-run home run to send the Jays to the next round.At Rogers Centre, crowds erupted while watching on screens as Bautista handed Wallen his bat before the "Chasing You" singer took a practice swing and threw the bat to the side.Behind-the-scenes, though, the stunt went awry when Wallen accidentally hit Bautista's wife Neisha. In a video later shared to Neisha's Instagram account, she could be heard screaming before someone asked if she was OK.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER"Yeah, yeah, I'm good," Neisha could be heard saying in the background.Wallen's representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.APP USERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW POSTThe "Thought You Should Know" musician has featured famous friends on his routine walkout to his concerts, including Barry Bonds, Steve Young, Brett Favre, Roger Clemens and Drake.Wallen had a passion for baseball prior to embarking on his singing career. He was a pitcher at Gibbs High School in Tennessee, which boasts famous graduates who include Kenny Chesney, Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne and country singer Ashley Monroe.His sports career ended his senior year, though, when he injured his ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow and set his sights on music.Through his Morgan Wallen Foundation, Wallen donated $500,000 toward Parkwood Community Club for the revitalization of the historic Black baseball and softball complex in north Nashville in 2023.Wallen joined forces with Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association Youth Development Foundation, who donated an additional $500,000, for a total $1 million invested into the project."I started the Morgan Wallen Foundation to support youth in two areas sports and music," Wallen said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital at the time. "When I heard about Parkwood, right here in Nashville, I knew I wanted to help."

A Texas state representative is speaking out after a Texas A&M student was allegedly removed from a class for questioning transgender-related course content."After serving under President Trump, I was shocked after I got elected in 21 to learn that Texas government might be the biggest funder of DEI and LGBTQ indoctrination in America," Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison, R., toldFox News Digital in a statement."Texans are being taxed out of their homes, and their money is being weaponized against them, their values and their children,"Harrison added. "Texas should be leading the fight against leftist indoctrination, not subsidizing it. The liberal president of Texas A&M must be fired and all DEI and LGBTQ indoctrination defunded."TEXAS PARENTS SUE HOUSTON SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SECRETLY TRANSITIONING THEIR CHILD AGAINST THEIR INSTRUCTIONSIn a post Monday on X, Harrison shared video of what he said showed a Texas A&M student being removed from class after objecting to transgender content."Caught on tape: Texas A&M student kicked out of class after objecting to transgender indoctrination... and A&M president defends LGBTQ Studies," he wrote.In his X post, Harrison included a video recorded by a female student who interrupted the lecturer and asked if it was legal to be teaching gender ideology, citing former President Donald Trumps executive orders.Fox News Digital reached out to Texas A&M University for comment and was referred to a statement from university President Mark A. Welsh III, who addressed the controversy in a post Monday on Texas A&Ms X account."I learned this afternoon that key leaders in the College of Arts and Sciences approved plans to continue teaching course content that was not consistent with the courses published description," Welsh said. "As a result, I directed the provost to remove the dean and department head from their administrative positions, effective immediately.""As a result, I directed the provost to remove the dean and department head from their administrative positions, effective immediately," Welsh added."Our students use the published information in the course catalog to make important decisions about the courses they take in pursuit of their degrees. If we allow different course content to be taught from what is advertised, we let our students down. When it comes to our academic offerings, we must keep our word to our students and to the state of Texas."ETHICS PROFESSOR SUES UNIVERSITY, SAYS HE WAS FIRED OVER CRITICISM OF GENDER POLICIESFox News Digital also reached out to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, R., who on Tuesday posted on X that the professor should be fired.Harrison said in a letter to Abbott that a Texas A&M student whistleblower provided his office with video evidence of being removed from a childrens literature class after objecting to what he called persistent transgender and DEI indoctrination.In the letter, Harrison alleged that students were "forced to learn the gender unicorn, which propagandizes extreme transgender ideology." He claimed the professor encouraged "criminal child grooming" and distributed instructional materials suggesting childhood is a time to explore gender.Harrison told Fox News Digital he has filed 14 pieces of legislation to end taxpayer funding of DEI and LGBTQ programs, all of which he said were blocked in the Texas House. He continues to urge Abbott to call a special session to advance the bills.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE

Concerns that Jalen Carter could be sidelined for the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl rematch with the Kansas City Chiefs were quashed Tuesday, when multiple reports clarified the discipline Carter will face.The NFL issued a $57,222 fine and will not impose an additional suspension. The league determined Carter's ejection in the opening seconds of last Thursdays season opener "will serve as a one-game suspension.""Jalen Carter of the Philadelphia Eagles has been suspended without pay for one game for his act of unsportsmanlike conduct in last Thursdays game against the Dallas Cowboys," the NFL said in a statement obtained by the NFL Network.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Because Carter was disqualified before participating in a single play, the suspension is considered to have been served in Week 1 and he will forfeit his game check."Moments after kickoff against the Dallas Cowboys, officials ruled Carter ineligible for the remainder of the game after he was caught spitting at quarterback Dak Prescott during an argument.EAGLES STAR A.J. BROWN RESPONDS TO GETTING JUST 1 TARGET IN SEASON-OPENING WIN AGAINST COWBOYSCarter addressed his actions after the game. "It was a mistake that happened on my side, and it just wont happen again," Carter said. "I feel bad, just for my teammates and the fans out there. It wont happen again. I made that promise."Referee Shawn Smith explained the decision to eject Carter from the game at Lincoln Financial Field. "Its a disqualifiable foul in the game," Smith told a pool reporter after the game. "Its a non-football act."Carters agent, Drew Rosenhaus, said his client does not intend to seek an appeal. "After talking to the Eagles, the NFL and the NFLPA, Jalen has decided not to appeal and focus on the Chiefs game," Rosenhaus said.Prescott offered context on what led up to last weeks incident."(H)e was trolling, I guess you could say, trying to mess with Tyler Booker," Prescott said. "I was just looking at him. I was right here by the two linemen, and I guess I needed to spit, and I wasn't going to spit on my lineman and I just spit ahead. And he goes, Are you trying to spit on me?"The NFL stressed the importance of players displaying sportsmanship this season."League rules prohibiting unsportsmanlike conduct are of vital importance to everyone involved in the game. The NFL has been clear with players, clubs, and the NFLPA that it plans to place particular emphasis on sportsmanship this season," the statement from the league concluded.The Eagles defeated the Cowboys 24-20 in a weather-delayed season opener. The Chiefs lost 27-21 to the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil last Friday.Follow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Nepal's protests against the government turned violent across the Himalayan nation on Tuesday with officials confirming that at least 19 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded, Reuters reported.Demonstrators, mainly young people from Generation Z, torched parliament and the homes of government officials, stormed prisons, and forced the resignation of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli in the nation's capital of Kathmandu.Reports from local media said protesters allegedly set the home of former prime minister Jhala Nath Khanal on fire with his wife, Ravi Laxmi Chitrakar, inside the Dallu residence.FRANCES MACRON TO APPOINT FOURTH PRIME MINISTER IN A YEAR AS DEBT BATTLE TOPPLES CENTRIST LEADERShe was critically burned, the New York Times reported, and was rushed to Kirtipur Burn Hospital, her family said.Violent protests erupted last week after the government banned major social media platforms, including Facebook, X, and YouTube.Although the ban was revoked, demonstrators said they would continue until parliament was dissolved, with many unhappy with the current political parties, blaming them for corruption, the Associated Press reported."I am here to protest about the massive corruption in our country," student Bishnu Thapa Chetri told the AP. "The country has gotten so bad that, for us youths, there is no grounds for us to stay."EUROPEAN PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER PROTESTS OVER PAST FINANCIAL DEALINGSOli, whose own home was also set on fire, resigned Tuesday. Black smoke was seen billowing from the Singha Durbar palace complex, which is the governments main administrative home.Officials also confirmed that two prisons in western Nepal were stormed, leading to the escape of nearly 900 inmates.The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu has urged citizens to avoid large gatherings.Nepals army chief, Ashok Raj Sigdel, warned the military could "take control of the situation" if the violence continues, though he appealed to demonstrators for dialogue.Fox News Digital has reached out to the Nepal Government office for comment.

Democrats will hold onto a vacant congressional seat in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., in a special election seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump and his sweeping and controversial agenda.Democratic Party nominee James Walkinshaw defeated Republican nominee Stewart Whitson in Virginia's left-leaning 11th Congressional District, according to The Associated Press.Walkinshaw will succeed late longtime Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, who died in June after a battle with cancer.Heading into Tuesday's special election, Republicans controlled the House 219-212, with three seats controlled by Democrats vacant, as well as one held by the GOP. Walkinshaw's victory in the left-leaning district that Republicans haven't won in nearly two decades further narrows the GOP's fragile House majority.TRUMP NOT ON BALLOT BUT FRONT-AND-CENTER IN 2025 ELECTIONSThe district is home to tens of thousands of government workers and contractors, and the federal jobs cuts by Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and crime and immigration, transgender policies and even the push to release the Justice Department's files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were all in the spotlight on the campaign trail.FOUR KEY SENATE SEATS THE GOP AIMS TO FLIP IN NEXT YEAR'S MIDTERM ELECTIONS"Folks in Northern Virginia and Fairfax are feeling the impact of the Trump policies. And I like to say we're kind of on the leading edge of the Trump economy here. Everybody in Fairfax knows someone, probably someone on their street, maybe the parent of their kid's soccer team, who has lost their job because of DOGE or the Trump policies," Walkinshaw told Fox News Digital on Election Day eve.Walkinshaw, a Fairfax County Board of Supervisors member who previously served as Connollys chief of staff, argued that "if the Trump policies continue, tariffs, the so-called big, beautiful bill, that's going to be the case all around the country. So, I think we're on the leading edge of that. And I think voters tomorrow are going to send a statement about that."Whitson also said Trump was in the campaign spotlight because of a "lot of the great policies that he's been championing."Whitson, an Army veteran and former FBI special agent who oversees federal affairs for a conservative think tank, told Fox News Digital "the people in our district who have lost their job or who are worried about losing their job, they don't need empathy. They need solutions."He said Walkinshaw claimed "he's going to fight President Trump and fight the administration. And my pitch to voters in our district is: is that going to help? Is that going to help improve the situation? The answer is no."We need someone to represent the people in our district who can work with any administration, whether it's Republican or Democrat," Whitson emphasized.While Trump isn't very popular in the district the president won just 31% of the vote in his White House re-election last year Whitson said Trump's polices "center on common sense."Fox News' Kiera McDonald contributed to this report.

A California man, accused of wearing a mask that made him appear White in dozens of robberies, was charged on Monday with allegedly using an online dating app to lure men into meetings that ended in murder, disappearance and a near-fatal assault, according to Los Angeles prosecutors.Rockim Prowell, 34, of Inglewood, California, was charged with two counts of murder with a special circumstance allegation of multiple murders, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.He also faces one count of attempted murder, two counts of carjacking, two counts of second-degree burglary and one count of assault with a deadly weapon, according to the DA's office.Prosecutors said the first victim, Miguel Angel King, 51, met with Prowell July 20, 2021, after the two men talked on an unnamed online dating app.PORTLAND MURDER SUSPECT HIT WITH FOURTH HOMICIDE CHARGE AS VICTIMS' FAMILIES DEMAND JUSTICEProwell is accused of fatally shooting King before stealing his car, which was discovered more than a week later just miles from Prowells home, according to the DA's office. Forensic evidence inside the vehicle linked Prowell to the killing.Nearly a month after the murder, Kings remains were discovered in the Angeles National Forest Aug. 14, 2021.CALIFORNIA MAN ACCUSED BY FEDS OF SCAMMING $2 MILLION FROM PEOPLE ON DATING APPSNearly two years later, a second victim, Robert Gutierrez, 53, agreed to meet Aug. 21, 2023, about a mile from Prowells home, after connecting on the same dating site, according to officials.Two days later, Gutierrezs family reported him missing. His body has never been found.When investigators arrested Prowell last week, they found Gutierrezs car in Prowells garage, along with additional evidence tying him to the killing, according to the DA's office.FELON WHO ALLEGEDLY BARRELED CAR THROUGH LA NIGHTCLUB CROWD FACES 37 ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGESAuthorities said Prowell's most recent attack came on Feb. 22, when he lured a 40-year-old man he met through the same dating app to a location four miles from his home.Prowell allegedly bound the victim, stole his wallet and beat him with a baseball bat, according to the DA's office. The man managed to escape, but Prowell chased him in a vehicle, allegedly striking him and leaving him with a broken leg."Imagine the terror and horror these victims felt after being duped into believing they were meeting for one reason, only to face inexplicable violence," Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman wrote in a statement. "These were predatory acts that showed a total disregard of life."Prowell is on probation in two separate cases for a series of burglaries he committed in the Beverly Hills and Los Angeles areas between 2019 and 2021, according to the DA's office.A local report from affiliate FOX 11 indicates he may be connected to more than 30 masked burglaries across Southern California.The mask, which authorities found in a vehicle Prowell was driving, appeared to resemble a young, White man's face.It is unclear if any masks were connected to the dating app incidents.If convicted as charged, Prowell faces death or life in state prison without the possibility of parole. A decision on whether to seek the death penalty will be made at a later date.The Beverly Hills Police Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office declined Fox News Digital's request for comment.

EXCLUSIVE: Three young women in southern California are filing a lawsuit against the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), the California Department of Education (CDE) and the Jurupa Unified School District (JUSD) over the inclusion of a biological male transgender athlete on the Jurupa Valley High School girls' volleyball team.The lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, alleged the plaintiffs "have suffered sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, unsafe and unfair athletic environments, viewpoint discrimination, and infringements on their religious liberty and safety" as a result of Jurupa Valley rostering the trans athlete.The plaintiffs in the case are current players Alyssa McPherson, Hadeel Hazameh, former player and McPherson's older sister Madison McPherson, and their families. Hazameh and Alyssa McPherson recently withdrew themselves from the team in protest of the trans athlete, they previously told Fox News Digital.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe plaintiffs are being represented by the law firm Advocates for Faith & Freedom.The lawsuit alleged that Hazameh and Alyssa McPherson were recently removed from the team group chat after telling their coach they were "uncomfortable sharing the volleyball court and locker room with a male student." The plaintiffs also claimed that the school's practices have violated the girls' religious liberties."Plaintiffs have been intimidated by an intentionally hostile environment created by Defendants wherein they were bullied by school officials to censor their objections to competing with, and against, a male and to sharing intimate and private spaces with a male," the lawsuit reads.The McPherson family, who identify as practicing Catholics, claimed to "believe that God created human beings as male and female and that gender is a fixed characteristic that cannot be changed. Their faith informs their understanding of human identity and shapes their views regarding the importance of recognizing and honoring the distinctives of male and female as created by God," per court documents.Meanwhile, Hazameh and her family identify as practicing Muslims "whose religious obligations prevent H.H. from exposing her hair or body to males, including by wearing a hijab. Guided by Islamic teachings, they believe that men and women have distinct biological differences, roles, and responsibilities, which should be respected and upheld," per court documents."Their faith emphasizes modesty, dignity, and the honoring of gender distinctions which must conform with one biological sex in both practice and identity."The lawsuit seeks monetary damages and to have the trans athlete, AB Hernandez, removed from the team, claiming the athlete's presence has led other schools to forfeit games to Jurupa Valley this season. So far, four confirmed opponents have forfeited matches to Jurupa Valley amid national scrutiny over Hernandez's participation in girls' sports.Hazameh and Alyssa McPherson competed alongside Hernandez throughout their entire high school volleyball careers. Madison McPherson is a former teammate of Hernandez.COLLEGE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OPEN UP ON TRANS TEAMMATE'S ALLEGED SPIKES TO THE HEADBut this season, Hernandez's final high school season, opened with widespread controversy after the trans athlete claimed two girls' state championships in track and field last spring.The postseason meets that Hernandez competed in were met with protests by female athletes and their families, who often wore the "Save Girls Sports" T-shirts. In the days leading up to Hernandez's state championship victories, President Donald Trump sent a post on Truth Social warning California officials and Governor Gavin Newsom not to allow a trans athlete to compete in the state finals.The CIF amended its policies to reward any female athlete that finished behind Hernandez, but still allowed the trans athlete to compete, and ultimately win the girls' high jump and triple jump, and second place in long jump. The female athletes who finished one spot behind Hernandez shared the podium spots alongside the trans athlete.Then in July, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the CDE and CIF for its policies that have allowed biological males to compete in girls' sports across the state despite Trump signing an executive order in February to prohibit it.That lawsuit is ongoing.Fox News Digital has reached out to the CDE, CIF and JUSD for a response to the lawsuit filed by the McPhersons and Hazameh, but has not received a response.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 said."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."A bipartisan survey by the Public Policy Institute of California found a majority of California residents oppose biological male trans athletes competing in women's sports.That figure included more than 70% of the state's school parents."Most Californians support requiring transgender athletes to compete on teams matching the sex they were assigned at birth," the poll stated."Solid majorities of adults (65%) and likely voters (64%) support requiring that transgender athletes compete on teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with. An overwhelming majority of public school parents (71%) support such a requirement."Follow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

The Missouri House of Representatives passed a new congressional map on Tuesday that is expected to hand Republicans an additional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.The Missouri Senate is now tasked with passing the new map before it can land on Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe's desk.A special session of Missouri's legislature to redraw the solidly red state's congressional districts began last week. The Midwest state is the latest battleground in the high-stakes partisan fight over congressional redistricting ahead of the midterms."Missouris conservative, commonsense values should be truly represented at all levels of government, and the Missouri First Map delivers just that," Kehoe said as he announced the special session and unveiled the proposed map.TRUMP-BACKED REDISTRICTING PUSH TURNS MIDWESTERN STATE INTO NEXT POLITICAL BATTLEGROUNDMissouri Democrats staged a sit-in over the weekend, refusing to leave the chamber in protest of the Republican-backed map. Missouri state House Minority Leader Ashley Aune has accused Republicans of pushing to "rig our maps and eliminate our representation in Congress."ABBOTT CLEARS FINAL REDISTRICTING HURDLE AS TEXAS SENATE PASSES NEW TRUMP-APPROVED MAPDemocratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin celebrated the Missouri Democrats' protest in a statement released Monday."The DNC applauds their efforts leading and using every tool at their disposal to raise awareness for the craven scheme by Missouri Republicans. In every corner of this country, Democrats are fighting back. Missouri Democrats can count on the DNCs support as we protect Missouri voters and save our country from Trumps billionaire-first agenda," Martin said.President Donald Trump argued in a social media post that Missouri voters would have "the tremendous opportunity to elect an additional MAGA Republican in the 2026 Midterm Elections."Kehoe's move came hours after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law a redistricting bill passed by the Republican supermajority in the state legislature that aims to create up to five right-leaning congressional districts at the expense of currently Democrat-controlled seats in the reliably red state.The efforts in Missouri and Texas are part of a broad effort by the GOP to pad their razor-thin House majority to keep control of the chamber in the 2026 midterms, when the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats.Democrats are fighting back against the rare, but not unheard-of mid-decade redistricting.State lawmakers in heavily blue California have approved a special ballot proposition this November to obtain voter approval to temporarily sidetrack the state's nonpartisan redistricting commission and return the power to draw the congressional maps to the Democrat-dominated legislature.The effort in California, which aims to create five more Democratic-leaning congressional districts and counter the shift in Texas, is being spearheaded by two-term Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is seen as a likely 2028 Democratic presidential contender.In Missouri, the new map proposed by Kehoe targets longtime Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City area district by shifting it eastward to include rural right-leaning voters.If passed by the GOP-controlled legislature, the new map would likely flip Cleaver's seat and give Republicans a seven-to-one advantage in the state's U.S. House delegation.Cleaver, whose seat is threatened, has vowed to take legal action if the new map is signed into law by the governor.With Democrats currently needing just a three-seat pickup in next year's midterms to win back the House majority, Indiana, South Carolina and Florida are mulling their own GOP-friendly redistricting plans ahead of the 2026 elections. And right-leaning Ohio is under a court order to draw new maps ahead of the midterms.Democrats, as they push back, are looking to New York, Illinois and Maryland in the hopes of creating more left-leaning congressional seats.In Illinois and Maryland, where Govs. J.B. Pritzker and Wes Moore are discussing redistricting, Democrats hope to pick up to three more left-leaning seats.And Democrats could pick up a seat in right-leaning Utah, where a judge recently ordered the GOP-controlled legislature to draw new maps after ruling that lawmakers four years ago ignored an independent commission approved by voters to prevent partisan gerrymandering.

Authorities believe the man accused of killing a retired Auburn University professor ambushed her and repeatedly hit her with a sharp object while she walked her dog Saturday.Police in Auburn, Alabama, said Julie Gard Schnuelle, 59, was found dead Saturday in a wooded area of Kiesel Park with injuries consistent with an assault. Harold Rashad Dabney III, 26, was arrested on two counts of capital murder in the death of Schnuelle.The Auburn Police Department said in a news release that Dabney was arrested Sunday following an 8:30 a.m. call reporting a "suspicious person," noting that detectives "made observations that led them to believe Dabney had involvement with the homicide." Dabney also stole Schnuelle's Ford F-150 pickup truck, authorities said.A spokesperson for the Lee County Coroner's Office told Fox News Digital Schnuelle died of "multiple sharp force injuries."RETIRED COLLEGE PROFESSOR KILLED IN ATTACK WHILE WALKING DOG IN PARKAccording to WRBL News 3, detectives believe Dabney ambushed Schnuelle while she was walking her dog at Kiesel Park and dragged her hundreds of yards into the woods, stabbing her with a sharp object.Schnuelle was a professor emerita at Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine from 2003 to 2021, when she retired, the university said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital."The Auburn University community extends its sincere condolences to Gard Schnuelles family and loved ones for their tragic loss," a spokeswoman said.PORTLAND MURDER SUSPECT HIT WITH FOURTH HOMICIDE CHARGE AS VICTIMS' FAMILIES DEMAND JUSTICE"She was a cherished educator, mentor and colleague whose dedication to students and passion for theriogenology and veterinary medicine left a lasting impact on Auburn," the university said. "Dr. Gard Schnuelles legacy of compassion, scholarship and service will continue to inspire generations of veterinarians."Ashley Rutter, a former student of Schnuelle, told AL.com the professor went to Kiesel Park every day."She ran there every day," Rutter said. "She was always so welcoming. She was spunky and ready to make jokes. But if she saw something she didnt like, she would always stand up for you and for herself."

It was a full-on nuclear explosion.Just like the Pacific Testing Grounds near the Marshall Islands and French Polynesia.But this political blast tore through the Senate chamber.In November 2013, late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., detonated the first Senate "nuclear option." He curbed the filibuster to confirm executive branch nominees except the Supreme Court. Rather than 60 votes to break a filibuster, such nominees would only need a simple majority.SENATE GOP LEADER MOVES TO LOWER FILIBUSTER THRESHOLD FOR TRUMP NOMINEES THROUGH NUCLEAR OPTIONFormer Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., ignited the second "nuclear option" in 2017. The Kentucky Republican anticipated a Democratic filibuster as the Senate tried to confirm Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. So McConnell chipped away at the filibuster bar for nominations to the High Court.McConnell also lowered that bar from 60 yeas to 51.Both of these instances were so dramatic, they featured parliamentary mushroom clouds erupting over the Capitol. The Senate eventually fell into nuclear winter after both instances, paralyzed from the fallout.Now, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is poised to discharge the parliamentary equivalent of a "suitcase nuke" on Thursday.Thunes gambit isnt something to ignore. It wont carry the same immediate parliamentary weight of the maneuvers executed by Reid and McConnell. However, its another crack in the Senate custom of the filibuster. The legislative filibuster still exists. Senators can still block bills if they can prevent the body from cobbling together 60 yeas to break a filibuster.Thune will follow the playbook established by Reid and McConnell to alter the Senate precedent (note, this is not a rules change. The Senate requires 67 votes to break a filibuster on a rules change) to expedite the confirmation of lower-level nominees in groups. This plan will not include judges nor cabinet secretaries.Thune set his gambit into motion Monday by introducing a resolution to accelerate a slate of about 40 nominees. By rule, the Senate will take a procedural vote to break a filibuster on his resolution to confirm the batch of nominees on Thursday. The resolution itself which is specific to this type of batch of nominees needs 60 yeas. The Senate wont get 60 yeas.THUNE LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR NUCLEAR OPTION IN SENATE FIGHT OVER TRUMP NOMINEESBut this is exactly the scenario that Thune needs in order to go nuclear.The coin of the realm in the Senate is unlimited debate. But one of the rare occasions senators can't debate something is when an issue fails and a senator requests a re-vote. So a failed vote to break the filibuster backs the Senate into the exact parliamentary cul-de-sac which Thune wants.At the end of the roll call vote, Thune will likely switch his vote from yes to no on breaking the filibuster. The Senate allows members to demand a mulligan if they are on the prevailing side of the issue. In this case, Thune is suddenly with the "noes," even though he initially voted yes to break the filibuster. But remember, Thune is only temporarily switching his vote in order to advance his cause. He may lose the battle. But may ultimately win the war.By changing his position, Thune can then order a re-vote on the roll call which failed. And since the Senate is in this unique posture of not allowing any debate, Democrats are paralyzed. They cant do anything to stop Thune from what he plans next.This is very similar to what Reid did in 2013, followed up by McConnell in 2017, on the first two nuclear options.Thune will then make a point of order on the floor.Thune will assert that on the resolutions like the one he drafted, a bloc of lower-level nominees (e.g. the ones now before the Senate) does not need 60 votes to break a filibuster. The chair potentially Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, or even Vice President Vance, who is the President of the Senate will presumably rule that Thune is wrong. Senate rules and precedent do require 60 votes to break a filibuster on this type of resolution.CONGRESS RETURNS WITH DEMOCRATS REFUSING TO NEGOTIATE AS OCT 1 SHUTDOWN DEADLINE LOOMSBut Thune doesnt stop there.The Majority Leader will then request a vote to overturn how the chair ruled. He will assert that a simple majority is necessary to break a filibuster for this type of resolution even though thats never been the case before.The Senate will vote. And if 51 senators vote in favor of ruling against the chair, the Senate will have established a new precedent. It will lower the threshold from 60 to 51 on this type of resolution to speedily advance a batch of nominees all at once.Once the Senate does that, Thune will need to set up another procedural vote under the new precedents to break a filibuster. If Thune "files cloture" again on Thursday, the Senate can vote on Monday to break a filibuster needing only 51 yeas on Monday, Sept. 15. If the Senate votes to break the filibuster on the resolution under the revamped precedents, the Senate could vote to confirm the 48 nominees in question on Wednesday, Sept. 17.Here's an example of some of the nominees in the queue for confirmation:Former Rep. Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., is up for Under Secretary for Nuclear Security. President Trump tapped Leslie Beyer to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Richard Anderson to become an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force. Jovan Jovanovic to lead the Export-Import Bank. Callista Gingrich, wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., is the Presidents pick as Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.Thune says that Democrats are obstinate, not allowing the Senate to confirm a batch of nominees in one fell swoop. He accuses Democrats of obstruction, saying the minority is trying to undermine the President."This is simply the world's longest, most drawn out temper tantrum over losing an election," said Thune.TRUMP NOMINEES PILE UP AS GOP WEIGHS RULE SHIFT ONCE FLOATED BY DEMOCRATSBut Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., had a message for Republicans: caveat emptor. Especially when Democrats eventually return to the majority and have a Democratic president."I say to my Republican colleagues, think carefully before taking this step," warned Schumer. "If you go nuclear, it's going to be a decision you will come to regret."One could argue that Democrats helped crack open this door when Reid initiated Nuclear Option #1 in 2013. Democrats were frustrated over Republicans hamstringing President Obamas nominees.The same when McConnell returned the favor over the Supreme Court with Nuclear Option #2 in 2017.And if youre a real student of history, consider that late Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, D-W.V., really set the table for Thunes maneuvers via three precedent gambits in 1980.So the tit-for-tat continues.During the Cold War standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, geopolitical observers said the world teetered on mutually assured destruction. Launching a nuclear attack on one nation would result in annihilation of both countries. One country may strike first. But the prime aggressor would not survive because of guaranteed retaliation, in kind.There is no such mutually assured destruction doctrine in this parliamentary wargame. Neither Democrats nor Republicans have fired a full nuclear volley at the other side. Each strike has been "strategic," directed at a limited political target. Thus, theres no mutually assured destruction.But that also means theres no incentive for Senate dtente.And thats why these parliamentary strikes and counterstrikes probably dont end any time soon.