A Massachusetts judge has agreed to bar references to an unrelated, botched murder investigation in Karen Reads second trial on murder and other charges in the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O'Keefe.Police in Canton, a suburb about 20 miles south of Boston, inaccurately determined the Feb. 4, 2021 death of Sandra Birchmore, 24, was a suicide before federal investigators said she had been strangled and charged a Stoughton officer with her murder.The FBI arrested former Stoughton Police Officer Matthew Farwell, 38, in August in Birchmore's murder.KAREN READ DEFENSE FLOATS THEORY THAT JEALOUS BRIAN HIGGINS FOUGHT JOHN O'KEEFE BEFORE DEATHHe is accused of grooming her since she was a teenager, maintaining a sexual relationship for years and then killing her when she told him she'd become pregnant and staging the murder to look like a suicide.Canton Police were also the first to respond after O'Keefe was reported unresponsive outside another Boston Police officer's house Jan. 29, 2022, during a blizzard.Local police collected bloody snow evidence in red Solo cups and placed them in a Stop and Shop grocery bag. A Canton lieutenant used a leaf blower to move snow from where O'Keefe's body had been found. Witnesses were interviewed informally, off camera and not at the police station.KAREN READ TRIAL REVEALS FLIRTY TEXT MESSAGES WITH ATF AGENT BEHIND BOYFRIEND'S BACKO'Keefe was found dead on Brian Albert's front lawn. Albert's brother is a Canton Police detective.State police took over the investigation later that day. But their involvement wasn't without controversy. The lead detective was fired earlier this year after an internal investigation into unprofessional text messages revealed in court during Read's first trial, which ended in a mistrial.Read the motion:STATE TROOPER POINTS TO POSSIBLE WEAPON IN JOHN O'KEEFE DEATH AND IT'S NOT KAREN READ'S CAR"Gov. [Maura] Healey should have ordered the revamping of police training in the state after the debacle in Karen Read 1.0," said Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and criminal justice professor at Penn State Lehigh Valley. "Everything from response to the scene by patrol officers to securing the scene to identifying evidence, the proper collection of evidence, the proper containers for that evidence and so on."The two cases prompted town residents to demand an audit into their own police department, and the town board hired a firm called 5 Stones Intelligence, or 5Si.KAREN READ'S GOOGLE TIMELINE DERAILED AGAIN AS 2ND EXPERT DISPUTES DEFENSE CLAIMSThe firm released its findings in a 206-page report April 1, the same day jury selection began in Read's retrial.It found no evidence that Canton Police had conspired to frame Read, but the auditors recommended that all death cases be reviewed by supervisors in the future.In the report, 5Si recommended that Canton detectives undergo "advanced training" on crime scene investigations and that all patrol vehicles be equipped with crime scene kits and evidence collection bags. They called for an increase in the police department's budget.GET REAL-TIME UPDATES DIRECTLY ON THE TRUE CRIME HUBThere was also a federal investigation into the handling of O'Keefe's death. Read remains the only person charged.She faces charges of second-degree murder, drunken driving manslaughter and fleeing a deadly accident for allegedly striking O'Keefe with her Lexus SUV during an argument and leaving him for dead around 12:30 a.m.She and two friends returned at 6 a.m. and found O'Keefe on the ground, covered in snow that had intensified throughout the day. An autopsy found his cause of death was trauma to the head and hypothermia. The manner was undetermined.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XRead has denied striking O'Keefe at all, pleaded not guilty and suggested she is being framed by local police and their allies.She was first tried on the charges last year, but jurors deadlocked, and Judge Beverly Cannone declared a mistrial.So far in the retrial, at least one evidence bag appears to have been mislabeled, and another had more pieces of broken taillight than expected. Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik was also grilled about a lack of photographs for some evidence and a delay of hundreds of days for some reports in the investigation."If nothing else, they should be taught documentation, documentation and documentation," Giacalone told Fox News Digital. "These arent small mistakes. These are errors that will cost you cases, will cause lawsuits in the state of Massachusetts and it just makes everybody in the criminal justice system look bad.""If Massachusetts has this problem, what about other states?" Giacalone said. "Now's the time to nip them in the bud before we find out another Karen Reed trial disaster."Special prosecutor Hank Brennan, a high-profile defense attorney whose clients have included mobster Whitey Bulger, was brought in to lead the second trial.He asked Cannone last week to block the defense from bringing up the Birchmore case as Read's lawyers look to paint the investigation as unreliable and corrupt. She agreed, unless the "door is opened" by prosecutors."They're not gonna open that door," said Linda Kenney Baden, a high-profile defense attorney who squared off against Read lawyer Alan Jackson, a prosecutor during the first trial of record producer Phil Spector in 2007. Like Read's, it ended in a mistrial.WATCH: Zoomed-in clip appears to show Karen Read backing into parked SUVStill, she said, she believes there is plenty of room for jurors to find reasonable doubt."They gotta prove she hit him," she said. "It's really as simple as that. It's a drunk-driving hit-and-run."Read's SUV has a broken taillight, and police witnesses described finding matching pieces on Albert's front lawn.But the defense also played surveillance video from O'Keefe's garage that appears to show her backing her SUV into his parked vehicle shortly before she found his remains along with two other women, Kerry Roberts and Jennifer McCabe.Still, the veteran trial attorney praised Brennan's handling of the case and how he's left out key witnesses who may have tanked the prosecution in the first trial and gave the defense less room to maneuver."The way Brennan has tried this case is that he's not letting any of the bad stuff in, so whenever Alan Jackson goes to the stuff that really hurts them, he doesn't have a place to go there," she said.For one, he left former Massachusetts State Tpr. Michael Proctor off the prosecution's witness list. Proctor sent a series of rude, lewd and unprofessional text messages about Read and the investigation, which led to his firing.He is still on the defense's witness list and could be called to the stand later.

For four years, former Playboy playmates - and twins - Karissa and Kristina Shannon were thought to have been living a life of luxury and glamour inside the Playboy mansion with boyfriend Hugh Hefner. But behind closed doors, the Florida natives were fighting to survive a web of trauma-filled experiences ignited by jealousy and betrayal.Coming from "humble beginnings," the twins, now 35, were first discovered when they were just 16 years old. Two years later, they moved into the mansion with Hefner and his already-established girlfriends and "The Girls Next Door" stars Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson."We were only 18, it was our 19th birthday when we actually hooked up with Hef," Kristina told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.PLAYBOY TWINS' TROUBLING EXPERIENCE WITH HUGH HEFNER 'CRUMBLED' THEIR IDENTITIES, LED TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE"We were teenagers," Karissa added."So, it was like we felt out of our comfort zone. We didn't have fake boobs, we didn't have fake teeth, we didn't have the fake hair," Kristina continued. "We were all-natural, and we were just trying to make it, and finding out we were going to be Playmates was the biggest deal to us. And then finding out we could be on the TV show was even bigger."Upon entering the mansion, the girls instantly felt "very bullied" by the other women. HOLLY MADISON RECALLS PLAYBOY FOUNDER HUGH HEFNER'S 'INSECURITIES': 'HE HAD A JEALOUS STREAK'"These girls are so mean, and we didn't know what to do," Kristina said.The luxurious life they once fantasized about quickly became a nightmare when an STD outbreak got passed around."Hugh Hefner did not use condoms," Kristina claimed. "Once everybody caught chlamydia, we're like, 'No, we're only 18. We were 18, and we caught chlamydia.""We were yelling and screaming, crying. We were so mad," Karissa added."And they're such a hippie mentality. . . . They're like, 'Oh, it's normal sexual activity.' They said, 'When you're sexually active, that's what happens.' We're like, no, we were 18, 19. And we're thinking in our heads, You guys are nuts. Just because you're sexually active does not meet with that, you're catching STDs, then we're not okay with it.""From what Hef says, when we all caught chlamydia, is that when you're sexually active, that's what happens," said Kristina. "That's what he said. So you cannot go by what he says. You cannot trust him. So you have to watch out for yourself."LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSKristina claimed that Hefner would have sex with "anything walking.""Hef, he would definitely a hundred percent have sex with anything walking, anything walking. If he found it somewhat good-looking, he would definitely hook up. . . . So, it was just like we had to deal with it."It was very embarrassing," Karissa added.Due to the lack of protection, Karissa found herself pregnant at 20 years old."I didn't want Hef to know, because the first thing I thought of, he was going to want to keep it," Karissa said. "I didn't want [anyone] else to know, because I felt like I didn't want to be pregnant by him. I didn't want to have to deal with it."WATCH: FORMER PLAYBOY TWINS EXPOSE SECRET DETAILS DURING NIGHTMARE YEARS WITH HUGH HEFNERKarissa ended up getting an abortion, a "big and emotional" decision, she said.HOLLY MADISON ON BEING GASLIT WHILE LIVING IN CULT-LIKE PLAYBOY MANSION: YOU WERENT ALLOWED TO LEAVE"Juicy J from Three 6 Mafia was the only friend we had, and his dad was a pastor," Karissa recalled."He took us to get her abortion," Kristina added.After the procedure, the girls had to film promos for "Girls Next Door.""My stomach was so swollen," Karissa recalled. "I was not in any way ready to talk about it. And I was so scared that Hef would find out that he wanted it. And I didn't know what was, I didn't know what to do I was scared. I just didn't want anyone to know. And I was embarrassed and I felt disgusting."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER"I was so confused and dealing with so much stuff, it really trauma bonded me to my sister, and that's why we went through what we went through, and I'm just so happy that I've come out of it," she added.By the time they were 22 years old, the girls had had enough and were ready to leave Hefner and the mansion. "When we moved out, we had a couple of years where we went through this individuality phase," Karissa recently told People magazine. "I feel like every set of twins goes through it, particularly in your early 20s. We were both into different things and trying to be individuals, because Hef really did force the twin thing on us, more than anyone else had ever. But we've always been extremely close. I believe we're twin flames, closer than most twins.""Everyone was saying we were going through our 'Anna Nicole phase,'" Kristina told the outlet. "We gained weight. There was alcohol and pills. We were really unhealthy and lost and, even at points, suicidal. We had no one. It was just us trying to figure it out after losing ourselves."FORMER PLAYBOY MODEL HOLLY MADISON BLASTS HOLLYWOOD AS DARK PLACE TEEMING WITH LEECHESThe twins told Fox News Digital that Hefner had really stripped them of their identities in a lot of ways."It was very scary for us. It really was, because we lost who we were," Kristina said.Now, the women, who now live in Michigan, are focused on the future and taking care of their mental, spiritual and physical health."We meditate every day together, and we're into meal-prepping and not eating out, really self-care and just taking time for ourselves and learning how to be selfish, learning how to say no," Karissa said."We went in our hearts, we went through our healing era, which took years. I didn't think we would ever come out of it. But Michigan changed us. We love being in Michigan and then going to L.A. or Vegas for work," Kristina added.As far as their next professional move, the twins are looking for a creative outlet, whether it be a talk show or a podcast."Something honest and real," said Kristina. "We won't hold back."

For the first time in four years, Jamie-Lee Arrow was ready to sit face-to-face with her father, the "Skara Cannibal."It was October 2024, and the 23-year-old, now a mother to two young children, was hoping to be reunited with the man she knew and loved."I had no idea how he would react," Arrow told Fox News Digital. "And I didnt know how I would react. I couldnt even imagine what it would feel like. But when I first saw him, it was like we had always been together. And when he started to cry and show so much emotion, it felt really nice. It felt he had changed. I thought he changed."HAPPY FACE SERIAL KILLER NEARLY CONFESSED BRUTAL MURDERS TO TEEN DAUGHTER: YOULL TELL THE AUTHORITIESOne of Swedens most shocking murders is being explored on Investigation Discoverys true crime series, "Evil Lives Here: The Killer Speaks." The two-hour special, now available for streaming, features intimate interviews with Arrow, as well as her father, Isakin Jonsson.In 2010, Jonsson, 46, brutally killed his girlfriend, Helle Christensen, 40, in his Skara, Sweden, home. According to the episode, he slit Christensens throat, decapitated her and then ate parts of her remains. Arrow was nine at the time."I accidentally saw the newspapers," she recalled. "I didnt know what the word cannibal meant. But, when I was 13, I read some articles, and then I understood what the word meant. But by then, my dad had me wrapped around his finger. He made himself the good person, and his girlfriend was the villain. He brainwashed me to believe that."As a child, Arrow lived in two worlds. She described her mothers home as "loving and normal." But when it came time to visit her dad, she experienced "the dark side." There was no light in his home, she recalled. He kept himself busy watching violent horror films and making macabre voodoo dolls. She was warned by Jonsson not to tell her mother."It was like demons and the devil were our reality," she said. " That was so normal to me. But I also kept all of that inside of me."On some days, Jonsson was "the perfect dad" who was doting and loving. But his mood swings were like whiplash, and, without warning, he could be cold and distant. He would sometimes send a confused Arrow back home when "he couldnt deal with me."FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XAt nine years old, Arrow met Christensen, her fathers new girlfriend. Arrow was smitten by the mother of five's warm demeanor and flaming red hair. She considered her a "second mom.""My impression was that she really loved him," Arrow explained. "But I was never under the impression that my dad loved her. I knew she . . . was begging for him to love her back. But at the same time . . . she could provoke him. They could have a really good time. They could laugh together, watch films together. But it was like a rollercoaster all the time."The episode described how Christensen and Jonsson frequently fought violently. Arrow witnessed their brawls and would worry that something bad might happen."[My father] lost touch with reality," said Arrow. "I felt like I was losing my dad more and more. The happy times became rarer."Arrow still vividly remembers the last time she saw Christensen. She called it "the worst weekend of my life.""She cooked some food for us," said Arrow. "As she served it, she went, like, Enjoy your meal because this is the last thing youll ever eat from me, because your dad is going to kill me.' Thats one of the last things I ever heard her say."SIGN UP TO GET THE TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTERSoon after, Christensen was gone.Arrows mother tried to shield her daughter from the news of the murder. Arrow said she went into a state of shock when she found out from the press that her beloved "stepmom" had been killed by her father."I cried my eyes out," she said. " I went into denial very quickly. The next day, I was cold. I was cold as ice. I couldnt feel anything. I was just numb. And it was scary, because I didnt recognize myself. I think I went into denial to protect myself."In 2011, Jonsson was convicted of Christensens murder. The court placed him in a psychiatric hospital. Over the years, Arrow spiraled into depression and anxiety, leading to a crippling drug addiction.During that time, she stayed in touch with her father. When she opened up to him about being teased at school, he suggested using voodoo dolls to punish her bullies, the episode revealed.Arrow later confided in her father that she was suffering from depression and was contemplating taking her own life. He made her perform a ritual where she would have to sell her soul to the devil, she said.He also opened up about the murder."When I was 18, he asked me, Jamie, do you want me to walk you through how I committed the murder?" said Arrow."Its such a twisted thing to say. [But] he walked me through it. I was so surprised, because he showed no remorse. He almost said it with passion. And I was sitting there wanting to throw up. He almost had a smirk on his face. Then it all became so real, like, Oh, my God. He really did this. Thats the first time I truly felt in my body that my dad was not well. This man is sick."" His eyes had turned black," said Arrow. "He reminded me of what it used to be like when I was a child. That scared me, because he talked to me in the same way as he used to talk to his girlfriend that he murdered. That made me feel like I was no different from her."GET REAL-TIME UPDATES DIRECTLY ON THE TRUE CRIME HUBAt 19, Arrow decided to stop visiting her father. As time passed, she wondered whether he had changed for the better. Thats when she decided to see him again.The series captured the pair's unsettling reunion. During their emotional sit-down, Jonsson claimed that he had killed Christensen because he would then get psychiatric help for his deteriorating mental health. He also claimed that Christensen had had a death wish."I used to believe that so hard," Arrow admitted. "I didnt question it at all. I do believe there are some truths in that, but I do also believe that he always liked watching . . . really twisted films. I do believe he had some sick fantasies. I believe he saw the murder as his chance to live out those fantasies."Still, Arrow doesnt think of Jonsson as "evil.""I think of him as a very broken, sick person," she said. "The thing he did was evil. That was an evil thing to do. And there is nothing that makes up for that. There is no excuse for that. It was completely and utterly evil. But I see him as my dad, my very broken and sick dad.""I know he had a very difficult childhood, a lot worse than mine," she continued. "I feel sorry for the little child that is my dad, because no one knows what wouldve happened if he had gotten a better start in life."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAccording to the series, Jonsson has been released from the hospital, but remains under its supervision. Arrow, having closure, now mourns him "like he is dead," People magazine reported. The episode shared that she has no desire to have Jonsson be a part of her childrens lives."Becoming a mother made me look at everything differently," she reflected. "I can look at the little Jamie from a parents perspective. That made me realize so much about my childhood. I used to think that some events happened in my childhood because of me, because it was my fault. But becoming a mother made me realize that none of it was my fault.""Sometimes I just want to go back in time and hug myself," she said. " My goal with sharing my story has always been to make people realize and believe that anyone can make it, no matter where they come from, no matter how broken they are. If you suffer from PTSD, if you suffer from trauma or addiction I believe that everyone on this Earth can get out of any darkness."

WARNING: This article contains graphic images. Reader discretion is advised.Researchers have uncovered the reason an "unusual" 18th-century mummy was preserved so well in Austria and it's highly abnormal.A study about the mummy was recently published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine. The so-called "air-dried chaplain" is housed in the crypt of the church of St. Thomas am Blasenstein in Upper Austria.Historians believe the mummy's identity was most likely Franz Xaver Sidler von Rosenegg, a vicar who had been temporarily delegated to the St. Thomas parish at the time of his death.STRANGE VIKING GRAVE WITH 'CHRISTIAN OVERTONES' DISCOVERED BY PERPLEXED ARCHAEOLOGISTS: VERY UNUSUALHe was between 35 and 45 years old when he died and passed away between 1730 and 1780, according to carbon dating. Experts were able to glean details about his life, including his diet, from the study."He had a high-quality diet based on terrestrial animal products [and] showed no signs of major physical work load," the study noted.Despite his relatively healthy lifestyle, researchers believe that he died from an acute pulmonary hemorrhage after suffering from tuberculosis."[He] was most likely a pipe smoker and suffered from chronic active pulmonary tuberculosis with peripheral and central (hilar) calcifications (primary tuberculous complex) and a right lower lobe cavity with focal heterotopic ossification and potential active inflammation," the study detailed.EXPERTS REVEAL DETAILS ABOUT A 16TH-CENTURY CATHOLIC SAINT FOUND 'PERFECTLY PRESERVED': 'TRULY UNIQUE'But experts were stunned when they came across the mummy's midsection and found it full of curious material including wood chips, twigs and fabric."Most surprisingly, we detected, in the otherwise completely intact abdominal (and pelvic) cavity, extensive packing with foreign material, which was identified as a mixture of wood chips, fragmented twigs, large amounts of fabric of various types, including elaborate embroidered linen, and even pieces of silk," the article said.Researchers also came across a solution made of zinc, chloride and copper that appeared to aid in the cadaver's preservation.The solution had been inserted into the mummy's abdominal cavity.For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com/lifestyle"This embalming method seems to have included high-level zinc-ion solution impregnation (most likely zinc-chloride with small amounts of arsenic) and the addition of copper," the study said.Researchers added, "It led to an excellent state of conservation of the [body], while the face (and skull) and peripheral extremities were less well-preserved."Professor Andreas Nerlich discussed the findings in an email with Fox News Digital, noting the embalming technique was previously unknown."The most significant factors for the embalming of this mummy were the internal stuffing [of] fabric and wood chips and the zinc-chloride solution," the expert said.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERThough the mummy was found to have had a healthy diet, Nerlich said that factor "obviously had no influence."The professor added, "We have no idea whether this [embalming] technique has been applied more often, but this is the first verified case of such a treatment. We have no data on its use in other cases."The mummy is one of several well-preserved remains that have been studied and publicly reported in recent months.Last year, archaeologists unsealed a 2,000-year-old tomb in Italy and found a mummy to be in "excellent state."In March, a female 130,000-year-old baby mammoth was dissected in Russia.

Conan OBrien and Ryan Reynolds poked fun at Meghan Markles recent foray into the jam industry this week, comparing her to Reynolds' father's work as a "food broker."Reynolds was discussing his late father, James Reynolds, different careers, telling the comedian on his "Conan OBrien Needs a Friend" podcast this week that his father left police work when the actor was a kid and became a food broker."He got out of copping and then became a food broker, which were like, Come on, thats CIA, right? And he's like No, really, Im a middleman for jars of jam and tiny yogurt," the "Deadpool" actor said of his father who died in 2015."He works for Meghan Markle," OBrien joked. "Really tiny jams, harvestable jams, made from the oils of Montecito."MEGHAN MARKLE BEMOANS DOWNSIDE OF BEING UNDER MICROSCOPE OF FAMEReynolds, who avoided talking about his legal entanglements with his wife Blake Lively and her ex-co-star Justin Baldoni in the hour-long podcast, said: "If Jimbo Reynolds wasnt dead I would say he is Meghan Markle. Well, adjacent.""Many people have likened the two," OBrien laughingly agreed.A food broker is a sales professional who helps clients sell their products to customers, often negotiating product placement in stores, according to Indeed.The Duchess of Sussex launched her new lifestyle brand, As Ever, in April, selling a limited supply of artisanal jams, cookie mix, herbal tea, honey and other products, which quickly sold out.MEGHAN MARKLE DISMISSING ECONOMIC CONCERNS AROUND NEW LIFESTYLE BRAND IS 'OUT OF TOUCH': EXPERT"Where it all began this signatureAs everraspberry fruit spread is inspired by the recipe Meghan crafted in her home kitchen," Markles As Ever website says of the $14 sold-out jam. "This signature blend delicately mixes the sweetness of raspberries with a hint of lemon, and is crafted with a fluid texture so it can be drizzled, spread, poured and enjoyed for so much more than your morning toast. This delectable spread comes in elegant Keepsake Packaging, crafted to be cherished long after the last spoonful."Markle suggests three ways of enjoying the jam: drizzling it over a puff pastry with brie cheese and a sprig of thyme, spooning it over freshly made crpes and, when its finished: "Repurpose the Keepsake Packaging as a charming home for your favorite trinkets or small treasures."O'Brien and Reynolds' ribbing of Markle came just days after "Saturday Night Live" cast member Colin Jost joked on the "Weekend Update" segment that Britains only demand in its new trade deal with the U.S. is "that we keep these two," while showing a photo fo of Markle and husband, Prince Harry.Markles venture into the lifestyle industry has been criticized by some on social media as inauthentic.PR expert Doug Eldridge told Fox News Digital previously that while lifestyle icons Martha Stewart and Rachael Ray adopted different marketing approaches while building their empires, there was an essential common component one that Markle is currently missing."In marketing, there is aspirational marketing and relatability marketing. Martha Stewart was aspirational; Rachael Ray was relatable. Each personality came at it from a different direction, but managed to connect with their audiences (because they were authentic) and in so doing, climbed to the top of the lifestyle mountain, respectively," Eldrige said, speaking of her lifestyle brand and her Netflix lifestyle show "With Love, Meghan."He continued, "Connection comes in two forms, but regardless of the path or direction, it remains the critical first step in any creative or marketing endeavor."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPMarkle films the show in Montecito, California, near where she and Harry currently live after they stepped down as senior royals in 2020 and moved to the U.S."Authenticity is like humidity you can't see it, but you can walk in a room and feel it," Eldridge said. "It's also critical for what Markle is trying to accomplish. Authenticity fosters relatability, which in turn creates likability, all of which are needed for marketability."

AI technology could be used to detect potentially deadly blood clots before they strike.That's according to scientists at the University of Tokyo, who say they have created a non-invasive way to observe clotting activity in blood as it occurs.The new artificial intelligence tool uses a powerful microscope to monitor platelets in real time, the researchers shared in a press release from the university.WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)?Platelets, which are tiny blood cells that help form clots to stop bleeding, play a "crucial role" in heart disease, particularly coronary artery disease, according to Dr. Kazutoshi Hirose, lead author of the study.If the platelet count is too high, it can increase the risk of blood clots.To prevent dangerous clots, patients with coronary artery disease are usually treated with anti-platelet drugs."However, it's still challenging to accurately evaluate how well these drugs are working in each individual, which makes monitoring platelet activity an important goal for both doctors and researchers," Hirose said in the press release.Traditional methods of monitoring platelet activity often rely on indirect measurements or invasive procedures.With the AI tool, a high-powered microscope works like a "super-high-speed camera that takes sharp pictures of blood cells in flow," said Yuqi Zhou, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Tokyo, in the release.ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRANSFORMS PATIENT CARE AND REDUCES BURNOUT, PHYSICIAN SAYS"Just like traffic cameras capture every car on the road, our microscope captures thousands of images of blood cells in motion every second," he said. "We then use artificial intelligence to analyze those images."The AI can distinguish between a single platelet ("like one car"), a clump of platelets ("like a traffic jam"), or even a white blood cell tagging along ("like a police car caught in the jam"), Zhou described."This technology stands out because it allows doctors to directly observe platelets in the bloodstream and measure how they interact and form clumps in real time," said Keisuke Goda, a professor at The University of Tokyos chemistry department, in the release."Our studies have shown it to be highly effective in patients with coronary artery disease, the most common cause of heart attacks and one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and the world," he added.When the researchers tested the technique on over 200 patients, they found that people with more serious heart problems had more clumping in their blood.A blood sample taken from a patient's arm and tested with the tool resulted in nearly the same results as blood taken directly from the heart's arteries, they noted.Harvey Castro, a Texas-based emergency physician and AI expert, described the implications as significant for patient care."Today, we rely on indirect lab markers or invasive cath-lab blood draws to judge clot risk," Castro, who was not involved in the study, told Fox News Digital."This technology turns an ordinary venous draw into live telemetry of platelet behavior, giving answers in seconds rather than hours."These advancements have the potential to change the standard of care for patients with coronary heart disease, according to the researchers.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER"Typically, if doctors want to understand what's happening in the arteries, especially the coronary arteries, they need to do invasive procedures, like inserting a catheter through the wrist or groin to collect blood," said Hirose."What we found is that just taking a regular blood sample from a vein in the arm can still provide meaningful information about platelet activity in the arteries."For more Health articles, visitwww.foxnews.com/healthGoda agreed that the tool could enable safer, more personalized treatments for heart disease patients."Rightnow,doctorsoftengiveblood-thinningdrugsandhopethey are working," he said. "With this method, they could actually see if the treatment is working in each patient."Castro cautioned that the technology is not yet ready for widespread use."The microscope is cutting-edge research gear, not yet a bedside device," he told Fox News Digital. "We need miniaturization and cost drops before every ER can use it."Looking ahead, after further research, Castro envisions that this innovation could change point-of-care decision-making for patients."Five years from now, I can imagine a point-of-care analyzer that lets me adjust antiplatelet drugs and how I titrate oxygen quickly and safely for the patient in front of me," he said.

Sean "Diddy" Combs' former protg Aubrey O'Day has confirmed that she will not be testifying in the former rapper's ongoing sex-trafficking trial.In 2005, the 41-year-old singer rose to fame when she appeared on Diddy's MTV show "Making the Band" and became a member of the girls' group Danity Kane. On May 14, O'Day shared a post on her Instagram Story that fueled speculation that she would testify as a witness at the highly-publicized federal trial in New York City."Hey New York!!! Where yall think I should head first?" O'Day wrote in a video taken in Manhattan. The former Danity Kane member added a balance emoji, which is a common symbol of justice.However, O'Day set the record straight during an appearance on the first episode of the podcast "Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes Present: Aubrey O'Day, Covering the Diddy Trial."CASSIE VENTURA EMERGES AS 'STAR WITNESS' IN DIDDY'S FEDERAL SEX CRIMES TRIAL: EXPERT"No, I'm not here to testify for the Diddy trial that I know of," O'Day said when questioned by hosts Robach and Holmes.However, O'Day went on to claim that government officials had reached out to her regarding the trial."I was contacted by [the Department of] Homeland Security and I did have a meeting with Homeland Security," she said, noting that she had been asked not to provide further details about the meeting."I posted on my Instagram that I was here in New York and enjoying myself because I wanted to make it clear to everyone that I am not here testifying," O'Day explained.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was the government agency that conducted the raids on Diddy's homes in Los Angeles and Miami in March 2024.WATCH ON FOX NATION: WHAT DIDDY DO?Fox News Digital has reached out to DHS for comment.When Holmes pointed out that the podcast was being recorded "right up the street from where the trial is taking place," O'Day said, "I didn't even realize that."Despite earlier reports that O'Day would be testifying, People magazine reported that the TV personality was not subpoenaed by the prosecution or the defense.The trial against Diddy began May 12 at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in Lower Manhattan.Authorities charged Diddy with multiple counts of racketeering conspiracy,sex traffickingby force, fraud or coercion and transporting for prostitution inan indictment unsealedin September 2024.The Bad Boy Records founder has denied the allegations made against him and pleaded not guilty to all charges.LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSDiddy's ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura testified for four days against the former rap mogul. The 38-year-old became emotional at times as she sat on the witness stand detailing the alleged abuse that she suffered during her relationship with Diddy, whom she dated from 2007 to 2018.Her husband, Alex Fine, was in court throughout his pregnant wife's testimony.Cassie claimed she was physically abused and forced into participating in "freak offs," where Diddy would coerce her into having sex with a male escort while he watched.Though O'Day was not involved with the court proceedings, her former Danity Kane bandmate Dawn Richard testified to allegedly witnessing Diddy assaulting Cassie in 2009. Richard told the court on Friday that one day after an alleged altercation in which she "observedCassie being attacked," the "Last Night" rapper told her it was par for the course in a normal relationship.ODay first crossed paths with Diddy while competing on season three of MTVs "Making The Band" nearly two decades ago. Three years later, the rapper fired O'Day from Danity Kane during the season four finale.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERYears before Diddy's arrest, O'Day had spoken out about her contentious history with the rapper on multiple occasions often alluding to his past allegedly abusive behavior."[Diddy] plays one of the dirtiest games there is around," O'Day previously told Cosmopolitan of her former boss.During an episode of the "Call Her Daddy" podcast in 2022, O'Day claimed she was let go because she "wasnt willing to do what was expected of [her] not talent-wise, but in other areas."After Diddy was hit with additional allegations of sexual misconduct by 120 accusers, including minors, in October, O'Day spoke up on X (formerly Twitter), claiming his "behavior could've been stopped," but said his arrest is a "win for all women."On Saturday, O'Day shared her thoughts on the trial in a statement to People Magazine."This trial is bittersweet for me, as I've been speaking the truth about Diddy for 20 years now," she said.The singer went on to explain why she had teamed up with Holmes and Robach to cover the trial in their new podcast."This podcast is the first step in reclaiming my voice and career that I was robbed of when I was abruptly fired from my band in order to appear discredited," O'Day said."My heart goes out to all the victims, especially those who could have been spared, had anyone taken these claims seriously prior," she added."My sincere hope is that justice will prevail and for there to be further systemic changes within the music industry to prevent all forms of abuse from those in a position of power."Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report.

The summer of 1969 haunted everyone in Hollywood including Frank Sinatra.The late singers hairdresser, Joseph Paris, recalled how the star was among those targeted by Charles Manson and his followers after masterminding the gruesome murders of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others.Paris recently wrote a memoir, "Hairman of the Board," which details his friendship with "Ol Blue Eyes," who passed away on May 14, 1998, at age 82.'50S FILM PRODUCER SHOT MOVIE STAR WIFE'S AGENT AFTER BEING 'GRIPPED BY A JEALOUS RAGE': BOOK"He [got] two Doberman Pinschers for his house in Los Angeles," Paris told Fox News Digital about how Sinatra responded to the news of the slayings."He had iron gates [installed]," he recalled. "The hairdresser [Jay Sebring] got killed, who used to cut everybodys hair in Las Vegas. And Sharon Tate got killed. So, this was serious stuff.""He was concerned about his well-being," said Paris. "He had some security ride shotgun. He always had a .38 when he traveled for his own protection because people would jump on stage they couldnt control themselves. They were such fans, especially if they had two or three drinks. And in Vegas, everybody drank."Sinatra had good reason to worry about Manson, the hippie cult leader who became the hypnotic-eyed face of evil across America. According to Paris, Sinatra, along with Elizabeth Taylor and Steve McQueen, "somehow made nutcase Charles Mansons hit list.""Frank began traveling with a beautiful, silver, .38-caliber, snub-nosed pistol that hed received as a gift," Paris wrote.Manson was a petty criminal who had been in and out of jail since childhood. In the 60s, he portrayed himself as a charismatic guru who embraced runaways and lost souls. He went on to order his loyal disciples to butcher some of L.A.s rich and famous in what prosecutors said was a bid to trigger a race war an idea he got from a twisted reading of the Beatles song "Helter Skelter."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERBefore the killings, the so-called family established a commune-like base at the Spahn Ranch, a ramshackle former movie location outside Los Angeles. It was there where Manson manipulated his followers with drugs, oversaw orgies and subjected them to bizarre lectures.He had musical ambitions and befriended rock stars, including Beach Boy Dennis Wilson. He also met Terry Melcher, a music producer and the son of actress Doris Day, who had lived in the same house that "Rosemarys Baby" director Roman Polanski and wife Tate later rented.But by the summer of 1969, Manson had failed to sell his songs. He alleged that Wilson took one of his songs, "Cease to Exist," revised it into "Never Learn Not to Love," and recorded it with The Beach Boys without giving him credit.On Aug. 9, 1969, Mansons followers slaughtered five of their victims at Polanski and Tates home: the actress, who was nearly nine months pregnant; coffee heiress Abigail Folger; celebrity hairdresser Jay Sebring; Polish film director Voityck Frykowski; and Steven Parent, a friend of the estates caretaker. Polanski was out of the country at the time.The next night, a wealthy grocer and his wife, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, were stabbed to death in their home across town.The killers scrawled such phrases as "Pigs" and a misspelled "Healter Skelter" in blood at the crime scenes. Manson was arrested three months later.WATCH: FRANK SINATRA WAS ON CHARLES MANSON'S HIT LIST AFTER SHARON TATE'S MURDER: BOOKParis told Fox News Digital that at the time, a local newspaper had published a list of celebrities Manson wanted his followers to target. Sinatra was among them."That was no secret," said Paris. "[And] after they found [Tate] dead and blood writing on the walls, this was some lunatic for sure. Just a horrible human being.""Everybody who was on that list has something to worry about, because theres a lunatic out there planning your death with five other psychos," he said. "There are some sick people in this world. [But] when somebody says theyre out to kill you, and they make an announcement of it, what are you supposed to do? Hide? Put on a bulletproof vest? Thats enough to drive you crazy."According to a report from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law, Manson follower Susan Atkins claimed to another inmate, Virginia Graham, that she and other Family members had a list of celebrities they had "planned to kill in the future." They included Richard Burton and Tom Jones, as well as Taylor, McQueen and Sinatra."Through an inmate friend of Grahams, Ronnie Howard, word of Atkinss amazing story soon reached the LAPD," the report read.Manson and Atkins, as well as Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten, were found guilty and sentenced to death. Another defendant, Charles "Tex" Watson, was convicted later. All were spared execution and given life sentences after the California Supreme Court struck down the death penalty in 1972.LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSAnother Manson devotee, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, but her gun jammed. She served 34 years in prison.Over the decades, Manson and his followers appeared sporadically at parole hearings, where their bids for freedom were repeatedly rejected. The women claimed they had been rehabilitated. Manson said prison had become his home.In 2017, Manson died of natural causes after nearly half a century in prison. He was 83.For years, it had been speculated that Sinatra had ties to another family the mafia. He was even tracked for over 40 years by the FBI, History.com reported. According to the outlet, while Sinatra always denied he was connected to the mob, he did interact with famous gangsters, including Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana, with whom he was close friends.Paris scoffed at the claims."Who were the nightclubs owned by? Bishops and priests?" he told Fox News Digital. "If you had to work for somebody in a nightclub, were you supposed to say, Youre not my friend, goodbye? Or Youre providing a living for me and my children? I dont believe it was bishops and cardinals that owned the nightclubs years ago.""So much for the wise guys, because he was not a mafia member," Paris stressed. "He did not support the mafia. He was an Italian who had a heart of gold."Today, Paris hopes readers will get to see a new side of Sinatra, the man he knew, through his book."He treated me like royalty," said Paris. "I was a kid from Brooklyn who didnt graduate from school, who went to work as a butcher thinking that was going to be my life But with Sinatra, life was always an adventure."

Conan OBrien and Ryan Reynolds poked fun at Meghan Markles recent foray into the jam industry this week, comparing her to Reynolds' father's work as a "food broker."Reynolds was discussing his late father, James Reynolds, different careers, telling the comedian on his "Conan OBrien Needs a Friend" podcast this week that his father left police work when the actor was a kid and became a food broker."He got out of copping and then became a food broker, which were like, Come on, thats CIA, right? And he's like No, really, Im a middleman for jars of jam and tiny yogurt," the "Deadpool" actor said of his father who died in 2015."He works for Meghan Markle," OBrien joked. "Really tiny jams, harvestable jams, made from the oils of Montecito."MEGHAN MARKLE BEMOANS DOWNSIDE OF BEING UNDER MICROSCOPE OF FAMEReynolds, who avoided talking about his legal entanglements with his wife Blake Lively and her ex-co-star Justin Baldoni in the hour-long podcast, said: "If Jimbo Reynolds wasnt dead I would say he is Meghan Markle. Well, adjacent.""Many people have likened the two," OBrien laughingly agreed.A food broker is a sales professional who helps clients sell their products to customers, often negotiating product placement in stores, according to Indeed.The Duchess of Sussex launched her new lifestyle brand, As Ever, in April, selling a limited supply of artisanal jams, cookie mix, herbal tea, honey and other products, which quickly sold out.MEGHAN MARKLE DISMISSING ECONOMIC CONCERNS AROUND NEW LIFESTYLE BRAND IS 'OUT OF TOUCH': EXPERT"Where it all began this signatureAs everraspberry fruit spread is inspired by the recipe Meghan crafted in her home kitchen," Markles As Ever website says of the $14 sold-out jam. "This signature blend delicately mixes the sweetness of raspberries with a hint of lemon, and is crafted with a fluid texture so it can be drizzled, spread, poured and enjoyed for so much more than your morning toast. This delectable spread comes in elegant Keepsake Packaging, crafted to be cherished long after the last spoonful."Markle suggests three ways of enjoying the jam: drizzling it over a puff pastry with brie cheese and a sprig of thyme, spooning it over freshly made crpes and, when its finished: "Repurpose the Keepsake Packaging as a charming home for your favorite trinkets or small treasures."O'Brien and Reynolds' ribbing of Markle came just days after "Saturday Night Live" cast member Colin Jost joked on the "Weekend Update" segment that Britains only demand in its new trade deal with the U.S. is "that we keep these two," while showing a photo fo of Markle and husband, Prince Harry.Markles venture into the lifestyle industry has been criticized by some on social media as inauthentic.PR expert Doug Eldridge told Fox News Digital previously that while lifestyle icons Martha Stewart and Rachael Ray adopted different marketing approaches while building their empires, there was an essential common component one that Markle is currently missing."In marketing, there is aspirational marketing and relatability marketing. Martha Stewart was aspirational; Rachael Ray was relatable. Each personality came at it from a different direction, but managed to connect with their audiences (because they were authentic) and in so doing, climbed to the top of the lifestyle mountain, respectively," Eldrige said, speaking of her lifestyle brand and her Netflix lifestyle show "With Love, Meghan."He continued, "Connection comes in two forms, but regardless of the path or direction, it remains the critical first step in any creative or marketing endeavor."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPMarkle films the show in Montecito, California, near where she and Harry currently live after they stepped down as senior royals in 2020 and moved to the U.S."Authenticity is like humidity you can't see it, but you can walk in a room and feel it," Eldridge said. "It's also critical for what Markle is trying to accomplish. Authenticity fosters relatability, which in turn creates likability, all of which are needed for marketability."

AI technology could be used to detect potentially deadly blood clots before they strike.That's according to scientists at the University of Tokyo, who say they have created a non-invasive way to observe clotting activity in blood as it occurs.The new artificial intelligence tool uses a powerful microscope to monitor platelets in real time, the researchers shared in a press release from the university.WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)?Platelets, which are tiny blood cells that help form clots to stop bleeding, play a "crucial role" in heart disease, particularly coronary artery disease, according to Dr. Kazutoshi Hirose, lead author of the study.If the platelet count is too high, it can increase the risk of blood clots.To prevent dangerous clots, patients with coronary artery disease are usually treated with anti-platelet drugs."However, it's still challenging to accurately evaluate how well these drugs are working in each individual, which makes monitoring platelet activity an important goal for both doctors and researchers," Hirose said in the press release.Traditional methods of monitoring platelet activity often rely on indirect measurements or invasive procedures.With the AI tool, a high-powered microscope works like a "super-high-speed camera that takes sharp pictures of blood cells in flow," said Yuqi Zhou, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Tokyo, in the release.ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRANSFORMS PATIENT CARE AND REDUCES BURNOUT, PHYSICIAN SAYS"Just like traffic cameras capture every car on the road, our microscope captures thousands of images of blood cells in motion every second," he said. "We then use artificial intelligence to analyze those images."The AI can distinguish between a single platelet ("like one car"), a clump of platelets ("like a traffic jam"), or even a white blood cell tagging along ("like a police car caught in the jam"), Zhou described."This technology stands out because it allows doctors to directly observe platelets in the bloodstream and measure how they interact and form clumps in real time," said Keisuke Goda, a professor at The University of Tokyos chemistry department, in the release."Our studies have shown it to be highly effective in patients with coronary artery disease, the most common cause of heart attacks and one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and the world," he added.When the researchers tested the technique on over 200 patients, they found that people with more serious heart problems had more clumping in their blood.A blood sample taken from a patient's arm and tested with the tool resulted in nearly the same results as blood taken directly from the heart's arteries, they noted.Harvey Castro, a Texas-based emergency physician and AI expert, described the implications as significant for patient care."Today, we rely on indirect lab markers or invasive cath-lab blood draws to judge clot risk," Castro, who was not involved in the study, told Fox News Digital."This technology turns an ordinary venous draw into live telemetry of platelet behavior, giving answers in seconds rather than hours."These advancements have the potential to change the standard of care for patients with coronary heart disease, according to the researchers.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER"Typically, if doctors want to understand what's happening in the arteries, especially the coronary arteries, they need to do invasive procedures, like inserting a catheter through the wrist or groin to collect blood," said Hirose."What we found is that just taking a regular blood sample from a vein in the arm can still provide meaningful information about platelet activity in the arteries."For more Health articles, visitwww.foxnews.com/healthGoda agreed that the tool could enable safer, more personalized treatments for heart disease patients."Rightnow,doctorsoftengiveblood-thinningdrugsandhopethey are working," he said. "With this method, they could actually see if the treatment is working in each patient."Castro cautioned that the technology is not yet ready for widespread use."The microscope is cutting-edge research gear, not yet a bedside device," he told Fox News Digital. "We need miniaturization and cost drops before every ER can use it."Looking ahead, after further research, Castro envisions that this innovation could change point-of-care decision-making for patients."Five years from now, I can imagine a point-of-care analyzer that lets me adjust antiplatelet drugs and how I titrate oxygen quickly and safely for the patient in front of me," he said.