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The seafood chain says it rebuilt the deal with stronger financial discipline and dine-in pricing that varies by market.

With five weeks to go in the regular season, the Dodgers know they’ll eventually get Shohei Ohtani and Edwin Díaz back as healthy members of their stretch-run pitching staff.

Ganna Kovrizhnykh, a Ukrainian citizen, was driving through San Diego County on a cross-country road trip before she was reported missing by a friend on July 12, 2025.

The "Nashville" alum's mom blasted her daughter's on-again, off-again boyfriend's alleged chain of events of the day she died.

The "Nashville" alum's mom blasted her daughter's on-again, off-again boyfriend's alleged chain of events of the day she died.

"They Can't Define A Woman": Bill Maher Says Democrats "Opened The Door" With "Crazy" Cultural Issues

Bill Maher says Democrats are still paying a political price for cultural positions that leave voters thinking the party has "lost their minds."

The 'Real Time' host argued that Republicans have benefited from Democrats continuing to focus on cultural issues where, in his telling, much of the country believes the party has gone off the rails.

Bill Maher MOCKS Democrats for the "crazy stuff" that is STILL costing them elections: "They can't define a woman," and "they think the WNBA should be full of men."

He says the country thinks they "lost their minds."

MAHER: "The Democrats made it a lot easier for [Republicans] by harping on cultural issues where the country thought they had lost their minds. I feel like the elections we're having these days are still that."

"The Democrats are saying, 'These guys are crooks, and inflation is still high. We can do better, and we can give you healthcare.' And the other people are saying, 'Yeah, but they want to get rid of Thanksgiving. We like Thanksgiving.'"

"And then they can't define a woman, and they think the WNBA should be full of men, and just crazy stuff. And so they kind of opened the door for that."

A New York Times/Ipsos poll found 79% of Americans say trans athletes should not compete in women's sports. That includes 94% of Republicans and even 67% of Democrats.

The party is losing this issue with its own base and still won't drop it.

— The Vigilant Fox ? (@VigilantFox) August 22, 2026

"The Democrats made it a lot easier for [Republicans] by harping on cultural issues where the country thought they had lost their minds," Maher said.

He contrasted Democratic messaging about corruption, inflation and healthcare with the sort of cultural arguments that can cut through everything else, joking that voters instead hear that Democrats "want to get rid of Thanksgiving."

Then Maher got to the issue he clearly believes remains politically toxic: "They can't define a woman, and they think the WNBA should be full of men, and just crazy stuff."

"And so they kind of opened the door for that," he added.

Polling cited by Vigilant Fox underscores the problem... A New York Times/Ipsos survey found that 79% of Americans said transgender female athletes should not be allowed to compete in women's sports.

The opposition crossed party lines, including 94% of Republicans and 67% of Democrats.

Tyler Durden Sat, 08/22/2026 - 18:05

A proposed Costco on the Shafter-Bakersfield border is generating excitement, along with worries about how much more traffic the project could bring during construction and after it opens.

U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, set aside the policy Friday as “contrary to law and in excess of statutory authority.”

Jim Serger, 55, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Cory Hardy, 51, of Ennis, Montana, hadn’t seen each other in 30 years since serving together overseas.

Claire Kittle and Kristin Juszczyk, wives of 49ers stars George and Kyle, shared stunning bikini photos from their summer getaway to Italy.

The 1960s marked a shift in American cuisine as international dishes gained popularity while the processed and convenience foods of the 1950s remained staples on dinner tables.

Xavier Becerra has decided that the race for governor is in the bag. So he’s not offering policy details, or promises, that anyone might use to hold him accountable later.

Fauci's Lawyers Set Up Legal Defense Fund

Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,

Dr. Anthony Fauci’s lawyers have created a fund for people to donate for his legal expenses.

The fund “has been established to help pay the costs of the ongoing legal representation of Dr. Fauci,” according to its website.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, testifies before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in Washington on July 29, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

All contributions are final and non-refundable, the lawyers said.

Fauci, 85, was director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 until late 2022.

“Dr. Fauci is facing an unprecedented legal barrage for a retired civil servant, and he deserves a robust defense against these unfounded and frivolous actions,” David Schertler, a lawyer representing Fauci, told Reuters. “Dr. Fauci has not done anything wrong, and we are prepared to fight back against this shameful harassment of an honorable man who dedicated his career to saving lives.”

Fauci will not receive any payment or other form of distribution from the legal defense fund, his lawyers said. It is set up as a trust with an independent corporate trustee, according to Fauci’s legal team.

Neither Fauci nor his lawyers have control over how the money will be distributed or how the fund will be managed, his lawyers said. Invoices submitted by Fauci’s attorneys will be reviewed by an independent expert adviser, they said. Once all of Fauci’s litigation concludes, any remaining funds will be distributed to charity, his lawyers said.

In his last year of service, Fauci made $480,654, according to financial data obtained by Open the Books. The net worth of Fauci and his wife, who was the chief bioethicist at the National Institutes of Health until 2024, reached $15 million in 2023, according to a financial disclosure released by the transparency organization.

Fauci’s role as head of an agency that sent money to a laboratory in Wuhan, China, near where the first COVID-19 cases were detected, and his statements about the research the agency funded as well as the origins of COVID-19, have come under increasing scrutiny in the wake of senators obtaining hundreds of pages of his diary and emails he and others sent during the pandemic.

The diary showed Fauci was informed by many virology experts that COVID-19 bore a feature that may signal manipulation by scientists. Just months later, Fauci promoted a paper with which he had secretly assisted that said it was implausible COVID-19 came from a lab.

After Fauci in July refused to answer questions from senators about the diary and other documents, a Senate committee voted to hold him in contempt and sent a criminal referral to federal prosecutors. The Department of Justice has not commented on the referral, and Fauci has not been charged as of yet.

Fauci has a pardon covering conduct from Jan. 1, 2014, through Jan. 19, 2025. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), among others, has said that he should be prosecuted because he has allegedly made false statements after the 2025 date, in addition to the contempt he showed Congress.

Paul wrote on X: “For years we were told Fauci was the infallible expert who never made a mistake and never lied. Now his lawyers are admitting the legal exposure is so large they need a special fund to handle it. You can’t fundraise the truth away.”

Fauci also faces multiple probes by state officials, including Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who issued a subpoena to Fauci and said he would investigate whether the infectious disease expert “personally profited off the COVID ‘guidance’ he issued.”

The legal fund was established after Dr. David Morens, a senior adviser to Fauci for 16 years, admitted to defrauding the government by destroying records subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

Morens faces up to five years in prison.

Fauci testified in a public hearing in 2024 that he was not aware of a conspiracy to evade Freedom of Information Act requests, after emails from Morens that were released by journalists and lawmakers detailed such a scheme.

“I can send stuff to Tony on his private gmail, or hand it to him at work or at his house,” Morens wrote in one email. “He is too smart to let colleagues send him stuff that could cause trouble.”

In several missives released by Paul in 2025, Fauci instructed aides to delete emails after they read them.

Reuters contributed to this report.

Tyler Durden Sat, 08/22/2026 - 17:30

The Jets have a decision to make at safety.

The day started with Aaron Boone revealing Giancarlo Stanton, a Hall of Fame-type bat when healthy, had strained a calf for a third time this year.

The music producer, a noted foodie, previously exposed wife Selena Gomez's "diet of a 5-year-old."

The music producer, a noted foodie, previously exposed wife Selena Gomez's "diet of a 5-year-old."

It’s Hope Season in the NFL right now.

“There is no way this woman is in the water right now!”

A judge ordered the FDNY to use competitive exams for high-level EMS promotions, ending what unions called an arbitrary internal process.