Harvard University and the University of Toronto have revealed a contingency plan that would allow select international Harvard graduate students to continue their education in Canada if the Trump administration's plan to impose U.S. visa restrictions and prevent them from re-entering the U.S. is upheld by the courts.The U.S. Department of Homeland Security moved last month to terminate Harvard's ability to enroll international students after the university allegedly failed to provide extensive behavioral records of student visa holders the agency had requested, including footage of protest activity involving student visa holders, even if it's not criminal, and the disciplinary records of all student visa holders in the past five years.A federal judge has since blocked the government's effort to end the university's visa program.HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL ANNOUNCES LAYOFFS AFTER TRUMP CUT BILLIONS IN FUNDINGBecause of potential U.S. visa challenges,students at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government who may be unable to return to the U.S. will be given the option to continue their studies through a visiting student program at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.The program would combine courses taught by Kennedy and Munk faculty members, according to the deans of both institutions.The contingency plans were released to ease student uncertainty, but will only be used if there is enough demand from students unable to enter the U.S. over potential visa or entry restrictions, the deans said in a statement."With these contingency plans in place, HKS will be able to continue to provide a world-class public policy education to all of our students, even if they cannot make it to our campus this year," Harvard Kennedy School Dean Jeremy Weinstein said.The program will be available to international students who have already completed one year at the U.S. campus.The Trump administration has moved to cut billions of dollars in federal research funding for Harvard, in part, over its handling of alleged antisemitism and violence on campus amid anti-Israel protests sparked by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.Weinstein announced staff layoffs at Kennedy in a recent email to faculty and staff, citing "unprecedented new headwinds" creating "significant financial challenges," including a "substantial proposed increase in the endowment tax" and "massive cuts to federal funding of research."HARVARD WEIGHS HOW TO STRIKE DEAL WITH TRUMP ADMIN WITHOUT LOOKING LIKE IT CAVED: REPORTOver the past five years, more than 50% of Kennedy students have come from outside the U.S., the school's media office said.A total of 739 students from 92 countries in programs aimed at developing leadership in public policy and government are enrolled at the school, according to the Harvard International Office website.Reuters contributed to this report.

Senate Republicans unveiled their long-awaited version of President Donald Trumps "big, beautiful bill," but its survival is not guaranteed.Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., revealed the stitched-together text of the colossal bill late Firday night.The final product from the upper chamber is the culmination of a roughly month-long sprint to take the House GOPs version of the bill and mold and change it. The colossal package includes separate pieces and parts from 10 Senate committees. With the introduction of the bill, a simple procedural hurdle must be passed in order to begin the countdown to final passage.When that comes remains an open question. Senate Republicans left their daily lunch on Friday under the assumption that a vote could be teed up as early as noon on Saturday.HOUSE CONSERVATIVES GO TO WAR WITH SENATE OVER TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL'Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told Fox News Digital that he had "strongly encouraged" Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to put the bill on the floor for a vote Saturday afternoon."If you're unhappy with that, you're welcome to fill out a hurt feelings report, and we will review it carefully later," Kennedy said. "But in the meantime, it's time to start voting."But Senate Republicans desire to impose their will on the package and make changes to already divisive policy tweaks in the House GOPs offering could doom the bill and derail Thunes ambitious timeline to get it on Trumps desk by the July 4 deadline.However, Thune has remained firm that lawmakers would stay on course and deliver the bill to Trump by Independence Day.When asked if he had the vote to move the package forward, Thune said "well find out tomorrow."TOP TRUMP HEALTH OFFICIAL SLAMS DEMOCRATS FOR 'MISLEADING' CLAIMS ABOUT MEDICAID REFORMBut it wasn't just lawmakers who nearly derailed the bill. The Senate parliamentarian, the true final arbiter of the bill, ruled that numerous GOP-authored provisions did not pass muster with Senate rules.Any item in the "big, beautiful bill" must comport with the Byrd Rule, which governs the budget reconciliation process and allows for a party in power to ram legislation through the Senate while skirting the 60-vote filibuster threshold.That sent lawmakers back to the drawing board on a slew of policy tweaks, including the Senate's changes to the Medicaid provider tax rate, cost-sharing for food benefits and others.Republican leaders, the White House and disparate factions within the Senate and House GOP have been meeting to find middle ground on other pain points, like tweaking the caps on state and local tax (SALT) deductions.While the controversial Medicaid provider tax rate change remained largely the same, a $25 billion rural hospital stabilization fund was included in the bill to help attract possible holdouts that have raised concerns that the rate change would shutter rural hospitals throughout the country.On the SALT front, there appeared to be a breakthrough on Friday. A source told Fox News that the White House and House were on board with a new plan that would keep the $40,000 cap from the House's bill and have it reduced back down to $10,000 after five years.But Senate Republicans are the ones that must accept it at this stage. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., has acted as the mediator in those negotiations, and said that he was unsure if any of his colleagues "love it.""But I think, as I've said before, I want to make sure we have enough that people can vote for than to vote against," he said.Still, a laundry list of other pocket issues and concerns over just how deep spending cuts in the bill go have conservatives and moderates in the House GOP and Senate pounding their chests and vowing to vote against the bill.Republican leaders remain adamant that they will finish the mammoth package and are gambling that some lawmakers standing against the bill will buckle under the pressure from the White House and the desire to leave Washington for a short break.Once a motion to proceed is passed, which only requires a simple majority, then begins 20 hours of debate evenly divided between both sides of the aisle.'BABY STEPS': LEADER THUNE DETAILS HIS WORK TO CORRAL REPUBLICANS BEHIND TRUMP'S LEGISLATIVE VISIONDemocratic lawmakers are expected to spend the entirety of their 10 allotted hours, while Republicans will likely clock in well below their limit. From there starts the "vote-a-rama" process, when lawmakers can submit a near-endless number of amendments to the bill. Democrats will likely try to extract as much pain as possible with messaging amendments that won't actually pass but will add more and more time to the process.Once that is complete, lawmakers will move to a final vote. If successful, the "big, beautiful bill" will again make its way back to the House, where House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will again have to corral dissidents to support the legislation. It barely advanced last month, squeaking by on a one-vote margin.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hammered on the importance of passing Trump's bill on time. He met with Senate Republicans during their closed-door lunch and spread the message that advancing the colossal tax package would go a long way to giving businesses more certainty in the wake of the president's tariffs."We need certainty," he said. "With so much uncertainty, and having the bill on the president's desk by July 4 will give us great tax certainty, and I believe, accelerate the economy in the third quarter of the year."

Utility workers recently came across a millennia-old mummy that predates the Inca Empire.The groundsmen were excavating trenches in the Peruvian capital of Lima earlier in June when they came across the remains.The well-preserved female mummy dates back 1,000 years, experts said and was found just 20 inches below the ground.ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN TOMBS OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN OFFICIALSThe Inca Empire lasted from around 1400 to 1533 A.D. so the individual died some 400 years before the rise of the Incans.Pictures of the remains show the skeleton in an upright position, still retaining dark brown hair.The mummy likely dates back to the Chancay culture, which existed in Peru from 1000 to 1470 A.D.Jose Aliaga, an archaeologist with utility company Clidda, told The Associated Press the burial was undoubtedly pre-Hispanic.DOZENS OF ANCIENT SKELETONS FOUND IN HEART OF BUSTLING CITY: 'HARD TO IMAGINE'The Spanish colonized the area in 1535."We found remains and evidence that there could be a pre-Hispanic burial," Aliaga said.Lima, home to 10 million people, has been inhabited by humans for thousands of years.The city is located in a valley irrigated by three Andes-fed rivers, which made it inhabitable for ancient civilizations.For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com/lifestylePieter Van Dalen, dean of the College of Archaeologists of Peru, told AP that coming across remains is not uncommon in Lima.The city alone boasts 400 archaeological sites."It is very common to find archaeological remains on the Peruvian coast, including Lima, mainly funerary elements: tombs, burials, and, among these, mummified individuals," the expert noted.Van Dalen, who was not involved in the discovery, said many Peruvian mummies are naturally mummified in desert areas, where their skin is dehydrated by the heat.Some Peruvian mummies are usually found in a seated position with hands covering their faces.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERMummies are of high interest to archaeologists worldwide, and many are discovered and studied every year.Earlier this spring, Peruvian officials announced the discovery of5,000-year-old remains belonging to ahigh-status ancient woman.Researchers also conducted a recent study on an 18th-century mummy in Austria, finding that it was well-preserved from an unusual embalming method.Fox News Digital's Mitch Picasso contributed to this report, as did The Associated Press.

Asa Ellerup is grappling with the reality that the man she was married to for nearly 30 years is suspected of being the Gilgo Beach serial killer.Rex Heuermann, a hulking New York City architect, has been charged with killing seven women, most of them sex workers, and dumping their bodies on a desolate parkway not far from Gilgo Beach on Long Island. He has pleaded not guilty.Ellerup, 61, filed for divorce in 2023, just days after the 59-year-old was arrested for the murders of three of the victims. She and her children are now speaking out for the first time in a new Peacock docuseries, "The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets."WATCH 'ARCHITECT OF DEATH: THE LONG ISLAND SERIAL KILLER' ON FOX NATION"Shes a very damaged soul from all of this," director Jared P. Scott told Fox News Digital. "You can see the scars of her life story. . . . We often think of denial as maybe a place you get stuck in. But to me, it seemed like denial was this search. It was constantly thinking about certain moments, replaying things back in her head, trying to reconcile 27 years of marriage to this man who ostensibly was living this double life.""I think shes trying to make sense of the unimaginable within the familiar," he shared. "Shes walking through her house. Shes looking at pictures. Shes reliving moments. . . . Shes searching for the familiar, the day-to-day, the routine."Fox News Digital reached out to Heuermanns attorney for comment.Although the divorce was finalized in April, Ellerup still believes Heuermann is "not capable" of committing the crimes hes accused of.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X"My husband was home here he is a family man," Ellerup told the cameras. "They are telling me he has been soliciting sex from sex workers. What? I dont have sex with my husband? I dont satisfy him? He comes home and he eats my dinner. It isnt good enough? No. I dont believe my husband did this.""Nobody deserves what they got," she said. "But Rex was not seeing [sex workers]. Hes a family man. He didnt do this. I would need to hear it from Rex face to face that he killed these girls for me to believe it. My husband never kept me out of anything."While Ellerup defended her ex-husbands innocence, their daughter, Victoria Heuermann, later said off-camera that she believes the patriarch "most likely" committed the killings.The 28-year-olds admissions were made through a statement from producers."She told us several times throughout filming that she was on the fence," Scott said. "A lot of it has to do with the fact that this all happened when she was much younger. And as prosecutors have laid out in every indictment, the family was out of town every time one of these alleged crimes happened. So she just didnt know. She didnt see it. She was too young to remember any of this, so she didnt see any signs."Scott said that after filming, it was Victoria who reached out to the producers.SIGN UP TO GET THE TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER"She said, I want to have a conversation about where Im at now," he said. "She now wanted to express that she now felt that, based on whats been presented and explained to her, she now believes her dad is most likely the Gilgo Beach killer. And that most likely thats important. You can still see that hesitation. You can still see shes wrestling with what that means."Looking back, the family described Heuermann as a doting father and husband.Ellerup met the "talk, dark and handsome" Heuermann when they were both teenagers on Long Island. They quickly formed a close-knit friendship. And when she later left her tumultuous first marriage, it was Heuermann who stepped in as a "hero," taking her and her son, Christopher, in. She married Heuermann in 1996, and they welcomed a daughter a year later."I was madly in love with the man," said Ellerup. "Theres no doubt about that."Ellerup maintained that she saw no "abnormal behavior" in their nearly three decades of marriage. At the same time, she revealed that in July 2009, around the time one of his alleged victims went missing, Heuermann suddenly renovated a bathroom while she and their two children visited her family in Iceland. She noted that her former husband eventually joined the family for their final week of the trip."She does mention that shes in denial," said Scott. "She told me several times, People are saying Im in denial. Well, OK, Im in denial, but what would you do? What would anyone do if they were in my shoes? . . . Asa is having a really hard time with the weight of this."Shes put out through her lawyer that she is still reserving her right for judgment if theres a trial. She still, I think, wants to give her husband the benefit of the doubt. But also, who would want to believe this? Who would want to believe that their husband of 27 years was capable of this?"GET REAL-TIME UPDATES DIRECTLY ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB"Rex Heuermann, from our understanding, based on the facts that are publicly presented to us, seemed to be a master manipulator," Scott continued. ". . . Asas journey is now one of constantly searching for answers, searching for memories, almost being stuck inside that house.""We spent a lot of time with the family in that house where the alleged crimes were allegedly orchestrated," he reflected. "Shes walking through these rooms, and she has memories in that basement that are radically different from what we can infer from reading these very public indictments about what prosecutors believed happened down there.""Shes in this constant loop of trying to figure out just what the hell happened," Scott added.In the documentary, Victoria said her father was around the family "90% of the time" and was never violent toward any of them. However, she also acknowledged there were times when he stayed home while the family went on vacation. She was around 10 to 13 years old when the killings happened.Prosecutors claim Heuermann committed some of the killings in the basement while his family was out of town.Ellerup maintains investigators have the wrong man.She dismissed a computer file prosecutors claim is a "blueprint" of his crimes, calling it "absurd," The Associated Press reported.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAccording to the outlet, prosecutors say the document features a series of checklists for before, during and after a killing, such as a "body prep" checklist that includes, among other items, a note to "remove head and hands."The outlet also noted that Ellerup also shrugged off other evidence prosecutors have enumerated in court documents, including a vast collection of bondage and torture pornography found on electronic devices seized from their home, and hairs linked to Heuermann that were recovered on most of the victims bodies.At one point in the documentary, the filmmakers captured Ellerup speaking to Heuermann on the phone from jail. Ellerup and her daughter have been regularly attending court hearings with their attorney."She has been looking at everything through the lens of her memories," said Scott. "Not everything that we have seen in the media, not through the indictments that have been put out by the prosecution, but through her memories. And in that, I was struck by how ordinary it all seemed. And I dont mean that in a dismissive way, but in the sense that it felt like she could be any of us."The family is now planning to move to South Carolina. In the documentary, Victoria said the separation was for financial reasons, to protect the familys assets."The family of an accused serial killer is often met with, and understandably, with suspicion, revulsion, cruelty they become collateral damage," said Scott. ". . . They inherit the shame, the scrutiny, the guilt. And weve all heard of the stages of grief. I think theyre going through that as well."MOTHER SENSED 'STRONG DANGER' FROM SON-IN-LAW WEEKS BEFORE DAUGHTER'S MURDER DURING CAMPING TRIPOne thing is certain for Scott many lives were destroyed over the years."I ultimately hope that justice is served," said Scott. "Its important that we remember the victims in the story all the victims. The women who lost their lives were more than how they were labeled. And the family that Rex Heuermann left behind, who are now experiencing a different kind of trauma, one they didnt choose.""This is a tragic tale," said Scott. "And its all the direct result of being in the blast radius of Rex Heuermanns alleged crimes."

The U.S. Virtual Embassy in Iran is insisting that Americans leave the Middle Eastern country amid conflicts in the region after a partial reopening of its airspace.This comes after a ceasefire agreement between Iran and Israel to end the nearly two-week conflict."As of June 26, 2025, Iran's airspace has been partially reopened, although business trips from Tehran and other major centers may be interrupted," the embassy said in an advisory. "US citizens should follow local media and consult with commercial airlines to get more information about flights departing from Iran."American citizens who wish to leave Iran must travel by land to Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey or Turkmenistan if the conditions are safe, the embassy said.IRAN WARNS OF 'REAL CAPABILITIES' IF TRUMP DOESN'T DROP 'DISRESPECTFUL' TONE TOWARD SUPREME LEADERThe U.S. State Department created a crisis information acceptance form for American citizens in Iran to provide information on consular assistance, the embassy noted. But because of the limitations of consular support in Iran, the embassy said it does not anticipate that withdrawal from Iran will be provided with direct assistance from the U.S. government.U.S. citizens who plan to leave Iran must use the available facilities to leave the country, it said.The embassy encouraged Americans wanting to leave Iran to take several actions, including having a plan to leave immediately without relying on the U.S. government, keeping their phones charged and communicating with loved ones about their situation, preparing an emergency plan for emergency situations and signing up for alerts from the U.S. government such as the Intelligent Passenger Registration Program (STEP) that would make it easier to find their location in an emergency abroad.NEW YORK TIMES ATTORNEY TELLS TRUMP NO APOLOGY COMING FOR COVERAGE OF IRAN STRIKESAmericans who cannot leave Iran are advised to find a safe place in their residence or another safe building and to carry food, water, medicine and other essential items with them.At certain intervals, the Iranian government has limited access to the mobile internet network and physical phone lines, the embassy said, adding that U.S. citizens should be prepared for internet network outages and develop alternative network connectivity and communication plans."American-Iranian dual citizens must leave Iran with an Iranian passport and before leaving Iran, they must be ready to face checkpoints and be interrogated by Iranian authorities," the embassy said. "The state of the Iranian government Dual citizenship does not recognize and will treat American-Iranian dual citizens only as Iranian citizens. US nationals in Iran are at significant risk of interrogation, arrest, and detention. Showing a US passport or proving a connection with the United States is sufficient reason for the arrest of a person by the Iranian authorities.""US passports may be confiscated in Iran," it continued. "American-Iranian dual citizens should consider that in their Iranian passport, they will receive the necessary visas for the countries they will pass through on their return trip to the United States, so that in case of confiscation of their American passport, they can use [their] Iranian passport in Iran. These people can then apply for a new US passport in the country they will pass through."U.S. citizens who reside in Iran with a permanent residence visa, regardless of how long they are staying, must obtain an exit permit when departing Iran, the embassy said, noting that all Iranian passport holders are required to pay exit fees.

The University of Virginia president stepped down on Friday after facing intense pressure from the Trump administration over the institution's diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.James E. Ryan, who had led the school since 2018, said he had already decided that next year would be his last and decided not to "fight the federal government in order to save my own job" until then.To make a long story short, I am inclined to fight for what I believe in, and I believe deeply in this University,"Ryan wrote to the UVA community on Friday. "But I cannot make a unilateral decision to fight the federal government in order to save my own job.To do so would not only be quixotic but appear selfish and self-centered to the hundreds of employees who would lose their jobs, the researchers who would lose their funding, and the hundreds of students who could lose financial aid or have their visas withheld.""This is especially true because I had decided that next year would be my last, for reasons entirely separate from this episodeincluding the fact that we concluded our capital campaign and have implemented nearly all of the major initiatives in our strategic plan," he continued.TRUMP'S DOJ PRESSURING UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA TO AXE ITS PRESIDENT OVER DEI PROGRAMS: REPORTRobert D. Hardie, leader of the University of Virginia's governing board, said in a statement he accepted Ryan's resignation with "profound sadness," adding that he had been an "extraordinary president," led the institution to "unprecedented heights" and that the university "has forever been changed for the better as a result of Jim's exceptional leadership."This comes after the Trump administration had privately demanded that the university remove Ryan to help resolve a Justice Department probe into the institution's DEI practices, according to The New York Times.The Justice Department argued that Ryan had failed to dismantle the school's DEI programs and misrepresented the steps taken to eliminate them, amid the administration's efforts to root out DEI in higher education, the newspaper reported.The federal governments moves targeting higher education include pulling billions of dollars from elite universities such as Harvard, which has been the subject of investigations by various agencies over issues such as DEI initiatives, admissions practices and alleged antisemitism on campus.But this was the first time the administration had pressured a university to remove its president."That sham virtue signaling of DEI has no place in our country, and the Trump administration is working tirelessly to erase this divisive, backward, and unjust practice from our society," White House spokesman Harrison Fields told Fox News Digital."Any university president willingly breaking federal civil rights laws will be met with the full force of the federal government, and it would behoove every school in America to prioritize the civil rights of every student and end DEI once and for all," he continued.Ryan had focused on increasing diversity at the university, bringing in more first-generation students and encouraging community service. These efforts had ruffled the feathers of conservative alumni and Republican board members who argued he was "too woke" and wanted to impose his beliefs on students.Before his time as the university's president, Ryan served as the dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he received recognition for his commitment to DEI programs.In a joint statement, Virginias Democratic senators said it was "outrageous" that the administration would demand Ryan's resignation over "'culture war' traps.""Decisions about UVAs leadership belong solely to its Board of Visitors, in keeping with Virginias well-established and respected system of higher education governance," Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine said. "This is a mistake that hurts Virginias future."Conservative groups have lambasted Ryan for what they regard as insufficient steps toward compliance with the administration's plans to eliminate DEI. America First Legal, a nonprofit launched by Trump advisor Stephen Miller, accused the University of Virginia last month of rebranding DEI programs to skirt Trump's executive orders aimed at ending diversity initiatives.HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL ANNOUNCES LAYOFFS AFTER TRUMP CUTS BILLIONS IN FUNDING"Rebranding discrimination does not make it legal, and changing a label doesnt change the substance," Megan Redshaw, an attorney at America First Legal, said in a statement at the time. "UVAs use of sanitized language and recycled job titles is a deliberate attempt to sidestep the law."The group took direct aim at Ryan, noting that he joined hundreds of other college presidents in signing a public statement condemning the administration's "overreach and political interference."On Friday, the group vowed to continue to use every available tool to root out DEI."This week's developments make clear: public universities that accept federal funds do not have a license to violate the Constitution," Redshaw said in a statement to The Associated Press. "They do not get to impose ideological loyalty tests, enforce race and sex-based preferences, or defy lawful executive authority."

Body mass index (BMI) may not be the most accurate predictor of death risk.A new study from the University of Florida found that BMI a measurement that is commonly used to determine whether a persons weight is in a healthy range for their height is "deeply flawed" in terms of predicting mortality.Instead, ones level of body fat is "far more accurate," concluded the study, which was published this week in the Annals of Family Medicine.BMI IS WRONG WAY TO MEASURE OBESITY, RESEARCHERS SAYTo measure participants body fat, the researchers used a method called bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), which uses a device to measure the resistance of body tissue to a small electrical current.Over a 15-year period, those who had high body fat were found to be 78% more likely to die than those who had healthy body fat levels, researchers found.They were also more than three times as likely to die of heart disease, the study noted.BMI which is calculated by dividing weight by height, squared was described as "entirely unreliable" in predicting the risk of death over a 15-year period from any cause.The study included 4,252 people in the U.S. and pulled data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.MEN FACE HIGHER CANCER RISK WITH THIS SPECIFIC BODY FAT MEASUREMENTBMI should not be relied upon as a "vital sign" of health, according to senior author Frank Orlando, M.D., medical director of UF Health Family Medicine in Springhill."Im a family physician, and on a regular basis, were faced with patients who have diabetes, heart disease, obesity and other conditions that are related to obesity," Orlando said in a press release for the study."One of the routine measures we take alongside traditional vital signs is BMI. We use BMI to screen for a person having an issue with their body composition, but its not as accurate for everyone as vital signs are," he added.BMI has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity.An individual is considered obese if their BMI is 30 or above, overweight if it is between 25 and 29.9, of "normal" weight in the range of 18.5 to 24.9, or underweight if lower than 18.5.While BMI is easy to calculate, one of its main limitations is that it cannot distinguish between muscle and fat mass, the researchers noted."For example, people who are bodybuilders can really elevate their body mass index," Orlando said. "But theyre healthy even with a BMI indicating that theyre obese.""BMI is just so ingrained in how we think about body fat," Mainous added. "I think the study shows its time to go to an alternative that is now proven to be far better at the job."EXPERIMENTAL DRUG HELPS PATIENTS LOSE NEARLY A QUARTER OF BODY WEIGHT IN EARLY TRIALSOther methods, such as a DEXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) scan, may be even more accurate than BIA, but are much more expensive and not as accessible, the researchers noted."If you talk to obesity researchers, theyre going to say you have to use the DEXA scan because its the most accurate," Mainous said in the release. "And thats probably true. But its never going to be viable in a doctors office or family practice."Dr. Stephen Vogel a family medicine physician with PlushCare, a virtual health platform with primary care, therapy andweight management options echoed the limitations of BMI."It has been an easy measurement tool that helps us understand at-risk groups across various populations and demographics, but it doesn't provide accurate data from patient to patient," the North Carolina-based doctor, who was not involved in the study, told Fox News Digital."These findings don't challenge the assumptions about BMI they strengthen the message that new standards, delivered in a consistent and low-cost way, would provide better nuance for the individual when it comes to their overall physical health.""The main strengths of this study are a better correlation to an individual's risk of morbidity and mortality however, the limitations lie in the fact that we don't have enough data to determine the right cutoff for these numbers, or to identify the right tools that will be both accurate and precise across the population," Vogel said.The researchers also acknowledged that body fat percentage thresholds havent yet been as standardized as BMI and waist circumference.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTERAlso, the age range of the participants in the study was limited by the data source."Future studies should extend this comparison of body fat to BMI in older adults," the researchers wrote.The study was also limited by focusing only on mortality as an outcome, they noted, without taking into account any developing diseases such as heart failure or cancer that could deepen the understanding of body fat as a risk factor.The goal, according to Vogel, is to have a cost-effective, consistent method that can be used across the population with reliable accuracy."Benefits would come in the form of a more detailed list of information that helps providers and patients make informed decisions about the patients health, which is ideal," Vogel noted."I'm hopeful there's enough buzz around these measures that steps will continue to be taken toward regular implementation."For more Health articles, visitwww.foxnews.com/healthThe researchers are hopeful that once standards are validated, measuring body fat percentage with bioelectrical impedance analysis could become standard of care.They added, "These data will drive better discussions in the doctors office, as well as public health initiatives with the goal of improving the health of all."

The Mariska Hargitay-directed documentary "My Mom Jayne" covers a lot of ground about actress Jayne Mansfields life and about Hargitays attempts to reconnect with the memory of her mother.The film had its share of bombshells, most notably that Hargitay found out as an adult that the man who raised her wasnt her biological father and that, in the chaos of the car crash that killed her mother, Hargitay was left behind at the scene as a 3-year-old.The documentary also reveals that Mansfield hungered to be a serious actress despite her "dumb blonde" image.Hargitay revealed for the first time in the documentary that Mickey Hargitay wasnt her biological father as she believed her entire childhood.MARISKA HARGITAY STUNS IN CANNES AFTER REVEALING SHOCKING FAMILY SECRETWhen she was 25, she said she was talking with the head of Jayne Mansfields fan club, Sabin Gray, and he inadvertently told her about her biological father."Hes showing me all these photos," the "Law & Order: SVU" star told Alex Cooper this week on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast. "Hes showing me whatever it is, dresses that she had that hed collected, earrings that she wore, things from movies from the movie set, props or whatever, and then he says to me, 'Do you want to see a picture of Nelson?'"She added, "I just looked at him, and this jolt went through my body, and I said, 'Who's Nelson?' And then I knew in one second."She said in the documentary, "Thats when like I think the blood just drained out of his face and he sort of went white as a ghost and he looked at me panicked and he said, Well, its probably not true," adding that he then showed her pictures of a man who "looked like the male version of me."She told Cooper, "And I think that (Gray) couldnt believe that I didnt know. I was 25, how could I not know?"She said in the film, "It was like the floor fell out from underneath me. Just the bottom dropped out of everything. It was like my infrastructure dissolved and life as I knew it was irrevocably changed."She told Cooper that she felt like she was going to crash her car after she left Sabins house "because I was so not present. I was totally dissociated and out of my body, and I got to my brothers house. I didnt even know how I got there, but I knew that I shouldnt be driving. It was crazy."After that, she said she then confronted her father, asking him, "Why didnt you tell me youre not my father? You lied to me."LAW & ORDER: SVU STAR MARISKA HARGITAY'S REAL-LIFE HERO MOMENT ON LIVE TVBut he told her that was "bulls---.""I was in so much pain," she said in the documentary, "but I could see his pain was almost worse, so I decided I would never talk about it again, and I would never bring it up to him again, and I never did," she said. "But the fact is I had bad years after that."She said she didnt tell anyone, and would just go to bed crying every night for a long time.Hargitay had an identity crisis over the revelation."Who was I related to? Who did I belong to? And then, on top of it, I was born out of some affair like some illegitimate, sinful mistake? I was so angry at my mother for leaving me in this mess and for hurting my father and for leaving me feeling so alone and untethered," she admitted.She said for her own survival she "disowned the part of myself that was my mothers daughter."When she was 30, she decided to go see her biological father, Nelson Sardelli, who was performing in Atlantic City at the time."And after the show he came out and I said, Hi, Nelson, my name is Mariska Hargitay. I understand you knew my mother,'" she said.He burst into tears and told her "Ive been waiting 30 years for this moment,'" she said, adding thatthey stayed up until 5 in the morning talking that night, and he told her what had happened.SOPHIA LOREN AND JAYNE MANSFIELD: THE STORY BEHIND THAT INFAMOUS SNAP"That was 30 years ago, and Ive kept it a secret ever since," she added.Sardelli said he met Mansfield in Atlanta, and she asked him to see her show. When the show was over, she asked to go for a ride in his car.He said that at the time Mansfield and Hargitay werent talking to each other, and she and Sardelli began publicly dating, and he was even introduced to her kids. They performed together, made a movie together and went all over Europe together.He found out Mansfield was pregnant with his child while they were in Europe.Hargitay read a letter in the documentary that Mansfield wrote to her mother talking about "going through perhaps the most trying time" of her life while she was pregnant with Hargitay and having "the love of two men a very deep love from each of them. I hope God shows me the way soon because I have really been depressed as of late."Sardelli said in the documentary that he broke up with her in Europe, and they never spoke again, which he called the "biggest shame" of his life, acknowledging "a lot of people paid the price for this love affair that we had.""I cant imagine what your father felt, but I am grateful to him," he said.He told Hargitay after Mansfield died, her grandmother wanted him to "rock the boat and claim you or something but by that time Mickey was the father you knew, and your siblings they were your siblings. What would I be accomplishing that would be beneficial to you?"JAYNE MANSFIELD'S FATAL CAR CRASH CHANGED ELAINE STEVENS' LIFE FOREVERYears later, he said he talked to Mickey once and Hargitay told him, "'Nelson, nobody has to tell me whos the father of my child,' and I said to him, I will not embarrass you in any way. Never."Hargitays stepmom told her that if Sardelli ever came up in conversation, he would only tell her, "Im her father, period.""Mickey was a great father, and he was so full of love for you, but I think Mickey was quite capable of shutting out pain, which I think he did a lot with Jayne, so he said Mariskas my daughter, and he said that until the day he passed," she added.Hargitay said she spent 30 years trying to hide her story "to honor my dad, but something that Ive also realized is that sometimes keeping a secret doesnt honor anyone."Reacting to the truth being revealed for the first time in her documentary, Sardelli said it felt like a "stronger, higher power is forgiving me. There is nothing I can change, but I regret having extricated myself from your mothers life because I think certain things would not have happened to her."He added that hed like to be able to have one more conversation with Mickey and apologize to him, "because Im sure I was part of his suffering."Hargitay added, "Ive spent most of my life feeling ashamed of my mother, a person who I had no memory of, a person whose voice I didnt want to hear, a persons whose career made me want to do it differently, a person who made her share of problematic choices and left me with loss and secrets, but at 60 years old I feel different."Hargitay also met her half-siblings Giovanna and Pietra Sardelli, who kept the secret as well.Giovanna said she once confronted her father as a child after finding a secret letter hed kept written from Mansfields mother, telling him he had an "amazing child thats yours," but he told Giovanna that Hargitay is a "little girl, has a father who loves her like I love you. This little girl is safe."Pietra interjected, "And if she is OK, she just lost her mother. You cannot take the only family she knows, and that was their decision and thats why they stayed quiet."MARISKA HARGITAY OPENS UP ABOUT LOSING HER MOM JAYNE MANSFIELD AS A CHILD: THERES NO GUARANTEES'"And that made sense to me and I tucked that away." Giovanna said, adding that she remembered coming years later to Mariskas birthday party and telling Katie Couric when the journalist asked, that they werent related, they were just family friends."My need to honor Mickey was so huge, but the fact is I was wrong, because you guys had to live all these years with the secret, and you were so generous, so generous to me," Hargitay told her sisters.While the documentary doesnt go into a lot of detail about the Mississippi crash that killed Mansfield and two others, Hargitays brother Zolton Hargitay, who was 6 at the time, said he remembered his mother had been sitting in the back seat with the children before moving into the front seat.He said she had been arguing with her boyfriend, then she got out of the car and called their father before she moved into the front seat.Zoltan remembered her comforting him before the crash, "telling me I was going to be fine, 20 minutes later, half an hour, whatever, I heard her scream so loud, and that was it just silence."The car had crashed into a tractor trailer that had slowed down around 2 in the morning on June 29, 1967, killing Mansfield, her boyfriend and the driver of the car.Mariska, Zoltan and Mickey Hargitay, Jr. were in the back seat at the time and survived."I often think about why she didnt just stay in the back seat with us," Zolton said through tears.Zoltan said he remembered being in a car on the way to the hospital and looking around before saying, "Wheres Maria?" referring to Mariska. "And they said Whos Maria, so then we doubled back."Ellen Hargitay, Mariskas stepmom, said when they went back, she was found "lodged underneath the passenger seat with a head injury and thank God, thank God Zolie woke up."Mansfield didnt have a will at the time of her death at 34 years old in 1967, "So the state sold off her belongings to pay her debts and there were just a handful of items that my siblings and I were able to keep," Hargitay explained in the doc.She added, "For me, a lot of this is about reclaiming what was lost. Even physical things." Hargitay finally went through the family storage unit, which she said hadnt been opened since 1969, two years after her mother's death.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERA poignant moment near the end of the film showed Hargitays husband, Peter Hermann, surprising her with Mansfields piano. The actress was both a pianist and violinist.Hargitays stepmom, Ellen Hargitay, said shes sure Mansfields widower was "not over her" when they met and started dating."Because she passed away June 29, 1967, and Mickey and I got married in April of 1968. But you always have them with you," she said. "Theres no way when you love somebody that they ever leave your heart. I dont care who, I dont care how angry you are, I dont care anything. If you really love somebody they remain in there."Mansfields oldest child, Jayne Marie Mansfield, said: "It was love at first sight with Mickey [Hargitay]. It really was, and he was just such a nice man, you could just see that she was so happy."Hargitay and Mansfield divorced in 1963, four years before her death.Her daughter Jayne said she believes her mom became depressed shortly before her divorce from Hargitay."Her career wasnt going well, so she went back to these parts for dumb blondes," Mansfield explained. "I dont think it was easy for her. But I dont think it was easy for Mickey either. She was completely absorbed in negativity because she wasnt doing the kind of work she dreamed of doing, and I believe she became a victim of depression. You know youre never yourself when youre depressed."LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSEllen said Mansfield started meeting other men and "the marriage fell apart. I think Mickey was hurt deeply by Jayne. I think she blew it when she divorced Mickey.""Mickey was the most positive influence in her life and even though he might have felt a lot of pain, he loved her. He always loved her even after they were divorced," she added.Mansfield came back to him many times after their divorce, and they were together again for a few months around the time she was pregnant with Mariska, Jayne said.Hargitay said her mothers baby whisper voice used to annoy her, and she would try not to listen to it when she heard her."She didnt always talk like that," Hargitay said, adding that her mother had copied Marilyn Monroe in that way.Her former publicist Rusty Strait said she personified that character because it was what the studio wanted at the time.But at home, her daughter Jayne said she "didnt put on any of those airs," and wore her hair in a scarf and no makeup.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"But she was also very eloquent. She spoke French, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, and she wanted us to be exposed to more [in life]," she added.Her son, Zoltan, said he "kind of looked the other way" when his mom did her "public voice. Because I knew she was really, really smart."Jayne said her mother told her she wanted to be a serious actress but "the parts didnt come in so she did what she had to do."She said Mansfield had "great admiration" for Marilyn Monroe, but eventually realized "that blonde persona is a box," adding that her mom told her around the time of Monroes death in 1962 that "she wanted to reverse that image.""My Mom Jayne" premiered on HBO on Friday and is streaming on Max.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held his first official meeting in Washington, D.C., with the families of the hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza amid the terror group's ongoing war with Israel.Rubio reaffirmed the Trump administration's commitment to securing the release of all 50 remaining hostages, according to a press release from The Hostages and Missing Families Forum.The meeting featured Moshe Lavi, brother-in-law of hostage Omri Miran; Ilay David, brother of hostage Evyatar David; Tzur Goldin, brother of Lt. Hadar Goldin; and recently released hostage Iair Horn, whose brother Eitan Horn remains in captivity.TRUMP TOUTS ADMINISTRATION 'S PROGRESS ON PEACE DEALS, SAYS WORLD LEADERS RESPECT OUR COUNTRY AGAINRubio's wife, Jeanette, and son, Anthony, were also at the meeting.During the meeting, the secretary told the families that true victory in Gaza would only be realized when all the hostages returned home, according to the press release.He also noted that the U.S. government has already demonstrated its ability to lead significant initiatives in the Middle East. He further argued that Israel has achieved victories in Iran and Lebanon and is capable of defeating Hamas.The families stressed that this is a critical window of opportunity to bring the remaining hostages home in one comprehensive deal rather than phases or partial agreements as has been the case in Israel's previous hostage deals with Hamas, the press release said.They expressed trust in the Trump administration to act with urgency and determination to free the remaining people in Hamas' captivity.ISRAEL RECOVERS REMAINS OF THREE MORE BODIES HELD BY HAMAS: 'NO VICTORY UNTIL LAST HOSTAGE RETURNS'"We've waited long enough," the families said. "It's time to make brave decisions and bring all our loved ones backall at once."

Brandon Tatum's journey to become one of the most popular conservative influencers was a unique one that began at an Arizona Trump rally during the 2016 election.Known as "The Officer Tatum" on social media, Tatum has millions of followers and subscribers across all platforms where he shares his opinions and reactions to political issues, the media, and hot cultural issues. Tatum spoke with Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview about how he got there.Tatum's journey began as a college football player at the University of Arizona in Tuscon. However, he wasn't selected in the NFL draft, so he set his career sights elsewhere with his college degree, and explored various career opportunities in Tucson.As Tatum was searching, he needed to find something to be able to provide for his family. He applied to join the police department and got a response.TRUMP LIFTS POLICE BURDEN WITH EXECUTIVE ORDERS IN FIRST 100 DAYS: VETERAN OFFICERTatum did a ride-along with Officer Sean Payne, who inspired him to pursue a career in law enforcement."He's since retired, but you know he changed my life doing that ride along with him inspired me to be a police officer. And I always say this when I speak about it is for the first time in my life, I saw a hero in Sean Payne and I said, you know, I want to be a hero like him," Tatum said.Tatum said he wanted to serve his community and described his career as a police officer as "incredible.""I was a SWAT operator. I was a field training officer, which is, I trained new officers," he said. "I was crisis intervention trained, which means I negotiated and helped people in crisis, people who are trying to commit suicide, you name it.""I was there to help," he added.It was a full-circle moment for Tatum, who previously didn't have a good experience with the police growing up."I didn't really like police officers from the community I grew up in," he said. "I actually got arrested when I was eight years old for smoking marijuana in a vacant house. So my first experiences with police officers were of me going to jail and not necessarily experiencing police officers that were in the community to help."PRO-TRUMP INFLUENCER WILL TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST NEW YORK MAGAZINE OVER DESPICABLE COVER STORYAnd then, Tatum had a political awakening."When I first saw those taxes come out of my paycheck, I realized that I needed to start voting and being politically active," Tatum said.He realized his views aligned more with the Republican Party."Growing up being Black in America, by default, most of us are Democrat, so it really opened my eyes to saying, you know what, I think I align with the Republican Party more. I'm a conservative, I love God. I mean, all the things that I think most people would identify, associated with conservatism or Republicans," Tatum shared.The 2016 election changed Tatum's life in a big way.A video Tatum posted describing his experience at a Tucson Trump rally went viral overnight. He then made an appearance on "Fox & Friends" to describe posting the video and his support for the future president."I think Donald Trump is a good candidate and I think that he has the tangibles, and he has the ability to make this country great again," Tatum told "Fox & Friends" in March 2016.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREFollowing that appearance, he realized the importance of making his voice heard."I have a voice. I need to really speak out about these things that I see that are absolutely ridiculous," Tatum said.Since then, Tatum has been vocal online about various issues over the last decade, including Colin Kaepernick's NFL protests and the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots.