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The nationwide diarrhea outbreak caused by the Cyclospora parasite turned deadly after Michigan health officials reported two deaths.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said “both individuals had significant underlying health conditions that may have been impacted by cyclosporiasis and dehydration.” The department declined to release additional information. 
“Cyclosporiasis is generally not a life-threatening illness,&#8221; the department said. &#8220;Death resulting from cyclosporiasis is uncommon in the United States.”
The parasite has spread across the country this summer <a href="https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/cyclospora-the-tiny-parasite-behind-explosive-diarrhea-cases/2026/07">through</a> contaminated produce, including lettuce, basil, cilantro, parsley, raspberries, blackberries, and snow peas. Symptoms typically begin one to two weeks after infection and include diarrhea, loss of appetite, bloating, extreme tiredness, low-grade fever, stomach cramps, and vomiting. 
Cases have been reported in 47 states and the District of Columbia. Michigan has been one of the hardest-hit states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed nearly <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/cyclosporiasis/php/surveillance/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">7,000</a> laboratory cases and is tracking more than 11,500 additional cases, with the largest concentrations reported in Michigan and Ohio. 
Taylor Farms&#8217; iceberg lettuce grown in central Mexico was initially identified as a potential source of the outbreak. On July 17, the company voluntarily recalled the affected lettuce.
“Anything currently on shelves is not the affected product,” Taylor Farms <a href="https://www.taylorfarms.com/cyclospora-information-hub/">said</a>. 
The Food and Drug Administration later said one positive test result was a false positive, but the agency continues investigating because that finding applied to only one shipment. 
“FDA’s traceback investigation and outbreak data continue to converge on shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms locations in central Mexico,” the agency <a href="https://x.com/US_FDA/status/2079238466118865220?s=20">said</a>. “The FDA will continue to work with federal and state partners to investigate this multistate outbreak and ensure products implicated in this outbreak have been removed from the market.”
Taylor Farms supplies produce to numerous grocery chains and restaurant brands nationwide, including Taco Bell, Chipotle, McDonald&#8217;s, KFC, Long John Silver’s, Pizza Hut, Walmart, Target, Safeway, Whole Foods, Meijer, Vons, Food4Less, Sprouts, Kroger, and Walmart.

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Bar Asraf, a 30-year-old resident of the Israeli Sha&#8217;arei Tikva settlement, was found dead after he shot himself at the grave of his girlfriend Liron Barda, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, The Jerusalem Post <a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-904382">reported</a> on Monday.
Barda, who worked as the bar manager at the festival, stayed and gave first aid to the wounded during Hamas&#8217; attack despite pleas from friends and family for her to run. Asraf&#8217;s sister Lihi said the family was celebrating her other brother&#8217;s wedding just before Asraf was found dead. 
&#8220;We were at my brothers wedding. He apparently started to feel lonely. You could not tell. He was always happy and laughing,&#8221; Lihi said. &#8220;At the groom&#8217;s celebration there was dancing and a Shabbat reception with a singer. It was magical. We were at the peak of the family&#8217;s life.&#8221;
&#8220;He was actually coping well but he had a moment of madness being alone while seeing everyone with their families,&#8221; Lihi added. &#8220;People need to know what <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nova-festival">Nova</a> did to people. On that day [October 7] he started driving toward Re&#8217;im to save her until he realized there was no one left to save and they turned him back halfway.&#8221;
After Asraf left the gathering, Lihi thought he had gone to be alone to think as he often did. After two hours passed, the family began to search, first checking a few places before going to Barda&#8217;s grave. &#8220;He loved talking there and being with her,&#8221; Lihi said.
&#8220;I walked over and suddenly I saw him lying next to Liron&#8217;s grave. I said to him, &#8216;Bar, get up, what are you doing again,&#8217; and then I realized he was covered in blood. I stepped on a gun beside him. I screamed. I could not function. My father started CPR. I knew it was the end. He was cold. &#8230; He died in the place he wanted to be most with the woman he wanted to be with most.&#8221;
Their mother, Bracha, called her son &#8220;a special boy&#8221; and described Barda and Asraf as &#8220;soulmates since childhood.&#8221;
&#8220;There were three nerve-wracking days when we did not know what happened to her at Nova. He stayed at my house and did not leave my side from morning until evening sitting with her entire family,&#8221; Bracha said. &#8220;He stayed in touch with them ever since, brought her mother bouquets of flowers and got a tattoo of her. A little while ago I saw him looking sad and asked what was wrong. He said, &#8216;Mom, I am sad. It is hard for me without Liron. I miss her. There is no one who can replace her, no one to cheer me up.&#8217; We felt he was struggling deeply without her.&#8221;
Shiran Maor of SafeHeart, which supports survivors of the October 7 festivals and their families, said, &#8220;Our hearts break over this devastating tragedy. We share in the family&#8217;s deep grief and stand with everyone who knew and loved him.&#8221;
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a free hotline for individuals in crisis or distress or for those looking to help someone else. It is available 24/7 by dialing 988.

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A non-English-speaking Ukrainian migrant killed two people while driving a semi-truck in Alabama after becoming distracted by his phone. Now, he&#8217;s getting off with a slap on the wrist.
Andrii Dmyterko recently took a plea deal, pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts of criminally negligent homicide, while prosecutors dismissed two felony charges of homicide by vehicle, Fox 10 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/icegov/videos/1414187794142445/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. He received a sentence of two years in Clarke County jail and was credited for 430 days, meaning he will need to serve less than a year behind bars.
While behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler on May 6, 2025, Dmyterko crashed into four vehicles stopped at a red light, resulting in the deaths of two people. Dmyterko didn&#8217;t stop until his truck was roughly the length of two football fields from the crash scene.
The victims of the crash were later identified as Woodie Earl Beck III, 53, and Ashley Marie Springer McDonald, 37, <a href="https://www.al.com/crime/2025/05/truck-driver-charged-in-alabama-crash-that-killed-coach-woman-was-distracted-by-phone-records-say.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to AL.com.
In an effort to ensure the Ukrainian national stays locked up, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/07/21/ice-asks-alabama-not-release-alien-convicted-fatal-truck-crash-killed-two-alabama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lodged</a> a detainer with local authorities in Alabama requesting that they hand him over upon his eventual release.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the Biden administration let Dmyterko into the country in 2024 through its humanitarian parole program for Ukraine.
That same year, he applied for a work visa and received one, DHS said.
“This alien from Ukraine was paroled into our country by the Biden Administration. Now, because of his reckless driving behind the wheel of a semi-truck, two people are dead,&#8221; Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement earlier last month.
“ICE has lodged a detainer asking Alabama officials to cooperate with us and turn him over when his sentence is complete so that we can remove him from our country,&#8221; Bis added.
The Trump administration has enacted new training requirements for individuals seeking Commercial Driver&#8217;s Licenses to drive heavy trucks following a string of crashes by foreign drivers, some of whom were in the country illegally. Among the changes is the enforcement of an English-language requirement.
President Donald Trump also recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-trumps-patriotic-plan-to-replace-illegal-immigrant-truck-drivers">introduced a plan</a> to train American veterans to replace illegal immigrant truck drivers.
The new program would allow veterans with <a href="https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/military-skills-test-waiver" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two years</a> of experience safely operating heavy military vehicles to bypass the traditional CDL <a href="https://www.roehl.jobs/driving-jobs/cdl-truck-driving-schools/cdl-school-cost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">training process</a>, which takes roughly three to eight weeks and often costs applicants between $3,000 and $6,000.
In a recent X post discussing the new program, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he has &#8220;ZERO TOLERANCE for any Americans being put in harm&#8217;s way,&#8221; adding that it &#8220;shouldn’t be a partisan issue.&#8221;
&#8220;Getting ILLEGALS and FRAUDSTERS out from behind the wheel and putting great American Veterans in the driver’s seat is one of the many ways the Department of Transportation is working tirelessly to bring safety back to our roads,&#8221; he said.

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Vincent Pastore, the veteran character actor best known for portraying Salvatore &#8220;Big Pussy&#8221; Bonpensiero on HBO&#8217;s acclaimed crime drama “The Sopranos,” has died at the age of 80.
Pastore was found dead Saturday at his home in the Bronx after friends became concerned when they had not heard from him for several days, according to multiple reports. His longtime manager, Robert Attermann, confirmed his death in a statement, remembering the actor as both a devoted performer and a loyal friend.
&#8220;I had the privilege of representing Vinny for more than 30 years, long before ‘The Sopranos’ made him a household name,&#8221; Attermann said in a statement to <a href="https://ew.com/vincent-pastore-dead-the-sopranos-star-was-80-12032321">Entertainment Weekly</a>. &#8220;To the world, he will always be remembered as the unforgettable &#8216;Big Pussy,&#8217; but to those of us who knew him, he was so much more.&#8221;
Authorities have said there were no signs of criminal activity in the death.
Although Pastore built a lengthy career playing gangsters, police officers and other tough-guy characters, he became a television icon through his role as Bonpensiero, one of Tony Soprano&#8217;s closest friends whose secret cooperation with the FBI became one of the defining storylines of the series&#8217; early seasons. His character&#8217;s death at the end of Season 2 remains one of the show&#8217;s most memorable moments, though Pastore later returned in flashbacks and dream sequences throughout the series.
Before landing the role that made him famous, Pastore appeared in a number of crime films, including “Goodfellas,” “Carlito&#8217;s Way,” “Gotti,” “The Jerky Boys: The Movie,” and “Men of Respect.” He also made appearances in television series including “Law &amp; Order,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Practice,” “General Hospital,” “One Life to Live,” “Hawaii Five-0,” and later competed on reality programs such as “Celebrity Apprentice” and “Dancing With the Stars.”
Born in the Bronx on July 14, 1946, Pastore served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War before studying drama at Pace University. He came to acting later in life after working as a nightclub owner, bouncer and chauffeur, eventually building a steady career in film and television.
In recent years, Pastore continued acting, appearing in the crime drama “Gravesend” and making a guest appearance on “Yellowjackets.”
Pastore and his fellow Sopranos cast members received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2000, with another nomination the following year.
Tributes from former co-stars quickly followed news of his death. Actor Michael Imperioli, who played Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos, remembered Pastore as &#8220;a kind hearted brother who cared deeply about his family and friends.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a hard one for us,&#8221; Imperioli wrote on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbg1eWLhaMv/">Instagram</a>. &#8220;We did lots of work together and traveled all over the USA as well as Italy and Australia. Lots of good times. Lots of laughs. I will miss him always.&#8221;
Pastore is survived by his daughter, Renee Pastore.

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WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance eulogized the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) from the United States Capitol on Tuesday, describing Graham as a &#8220;true American original&#8221; and a great statesman who deeply loved his fellow Americans.
Vance spoke in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday morning as he and his fellow Republicans honored the life of the late senator, who suddenly died earlier in July at the age of 71.
The vice president offered his deep sympathy and condolences to Graham&#8217;s family and staff, telling them, &#8220;I know so many of you loved Lindsey like I did. So many of you argued with Lindsey, laughed with Lindsey, relied on Lindsey.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/watch-live-lindsey-graham-honored-in-solemn-capito?contentProgram=Daily%20Wire%20News&amp;contentType=ShowEpisode&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;location=Home%20Tab&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Home%20Featured%20Carousel">WATCH: Lindsay Graham Honored In Solemn Capitol Ceremony</a>
&#8220;Lindsey Graham loved people from all walks of life,&#8221; he reflected. &#8220;I think in part because of the way that he grew up, because of the fact that he wasn&#8217;t handed everything. He was fascinated in everybody. He was fascinated in the wait staff in the Senate dining room. He was fascinated in the people who made the food. He was fascinated in the lowest staffer who had been hired three days earlier. He was fascinated by, of course, the very leadership of our country.&#8221;
&#8220;I think he was fascinated in people because he loved people and he was interested in them,&#8221; he added, describing Graham as the kind of person who &#8220;treated everybody the same because he was fascinated and he loved every single person in this chamber.&#8221;
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Vance shared that he first met Graham when he was on the campaign trail for his Senate race in 2022. He recalled driving in the back of the car with Graham, heading from campaign event to campaign event with the late senator, seeing firsthand how invested Graham was in his fellow Americans, and experiencing Graham&#8217;s &#8220;world-class sense of humor.&#8221;
On the campaign trail, ahead of one of Graham&#8217;s hits on Fox News, Vance asked the South Carolina senator to direct people to his website. Vance joked: &#8220;Over a four-minute interview, he must have mentioned JDVance.com close to a dozen times. The host would ask, &#8216;How was the weather?&#8217; And Lindsey would say, &#8216;Well before I check the weather, I always go to JDVance.com.&#8217; And in a four- or five-minute TV appearance, Lindsey Graham raised us over $100,000.&#8221;
&#8220;That swashbuckling, infectious laugh, that attitude, that passion that so many others have talked about,&#8221; Vance shared. &#8220;Lindsey Graham was impossible not to like as a human being and, of course, as a United States senator.&#8221;
Vance recalled getting into a huge argument with Graham about a funding bill for Ukraine during a Senate lunch. Afterwards, he said, he went back to his staff and told them he had probably lost Graham&#8217;s vote on important rail legislation he was working on. Later on, he found out that the &#8220;fiercest advocate of that bill behind the scenes was Senator Lindsey Graham.&#8221;
&#8220;I went to Lindsey and I said, &#8216;Why are you helping me? Why are you helping this legislation?&#8217; And I expected him to do what so many politicians would do. I expected him to lie and say, &#8216;Well, I really care about rail legislation.&#8217; And he said, &#8216;I don&#8217;t care about that at all.&#8217; I said, &#8216;Why are you helping me?&#8217; And he said, &#8216;Well, I don&#8217;t care about it, but you do.'&#8221;
&#8220;And that was the kind of colleague he could be,&#8221; Vance added. &#8220;A person you argued with and fought with in one minute but behind the scenes, without collecting an ounce of credit, was working for you and working for the things that you cared about in the next. That was who Lindsey Graham was.&#8221;
Vance credited Graham with helping Justice Brett Kavanaugh make it through his Supreme Court confirmation, describing the late senator as a &#8220;fierce&#8221; advocate for the embattled Supreme Court justice nominee, swaying other senators with his passionate defense of Kavanaugh.
&#8220;I believe he saved that nomination,&#8221; Vance said.
&#8220;He saw that the Senate at its very worst could be a venue for character assassination,&#8221; the vice president said. &#8220;But because he loved people, he saw that the Senate at its very best could be a deliberative body geared towards persuading people. And that&#8217;s what Lindsey Graham did in that case and in so many others.&#8221;
&#8220;I choose to remember Lindsey Graham as a man who could disagree with you without being disagreeable,&#8221; Vance said. &#8220;I choose to remember Lindsey Graham as a person who could fight with you on one issue but fight for you on another issue. I remember Lindsey Graham as a man who loved people. And because he loved people, he was willing to reason with them, to respect them, and ultimately to persuade them.&#8221;
&#8220;May God comfort all of those who loved Lindsey Graham, particularly his beautiful family,&#8221; Vance concluded. &#8220;And may God rest the soul of Senator Lindsey Graham, a true American original.&#8221;

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Three people were killed and four more were wounded when at least two gunmen opened fire at a bustling food festival beneath the Space Needle in Seattle on Sunday.
Shots rang out at around 6:00 p.m. PT at the Bite of Seattle food festival, an annual free weekend-long event that typically attracts 350,000 people. When police arrived on the scene, two people were seen shooting at each other and officers immediately sought to chase down the suspects while other officers provided first aid to the wounded, according to the Seattle Police Department, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.com/US/multiple-people-shot-seattle-center-police/story?id=135108867">reported</a>.
One of the suspects was found and taken into custody on Sunday evening, but police are still searching for the other suspect as of Monday morning. It remains unclear if the gunmen were only targeting each other or if they purposely fired at other festival attendees.
While one suspect remains on the loose, Assistant Seattle Police Chief Tyrone Davis <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3lMwXrLfGA">said</a> at a press conference on Sunday night that there is no ongoing threat to the community. Police recovered two weapons at the scene of the shooting.
In a press conference on Sunday night, leftist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson opened the briefing to discuss &#8220;gun violence&#8221; and argue that the city and the country have &#8220;a lot of work to do &#8230; to make this better.&#8221; As the mayor lectured about &#8220;gun violence,&#8221; a reporter cut in, saying, &#8220;I get your passion, mayor, but we need to know what happened tonight, please.&#8221;
The mayor then turned the press conference over to the assistant police chief to go through the details of the shooting.
Two people were pronounced dead at the scene, and a third person died later at the hospital, according to Davis. Those killed were a 19-year-old man, a 44-year-old man, and a 56-year-old woman. A 2-year-old boy was among the four people wounded and is in stable condition in an area hospital. Michael Girardi, a man who witnessed the shooting, told The Seattle Times that the toddler&#8217;s mother was &#8220;in anguish&#8221; as her son was being treated by paramedics. The young boy appeared to be conscious and wasn&#8217;t crying, according to Girardi.
A 23-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman are also in stable condition, while a 40-year-old woman with minor injuries declined to be transported to a hospital.
&#8220;Thankfully, we had officers on the scene that were brave, went to those shots, and prevented more victims from being injured,&#8221; Davis said.
Estan Wakonabo <a href="https://apnews.com/article/seattle-center-shooting-food-festival-space-needle-90548c65364e742a97fb7cb0fea31209">told</a> the Associated Press that he and his girlfriend were waiting in line for a photo booth at the festival when he was pushed in the back and turned around to see chaos.
“People were hiding, were pushing, people were falling on the ground, baby strollers were falling,” Wakonabo said.

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Last week, Christian apologist and Boston College professor Dr. Peter Kreeft, 89, gave heartbreakingly beautiful <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/pints-with-aquinas-ep-587?elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+Show+Episodes+Carousel">marriage advice</a> in the wake of the passing of his wife, Maria. 
Kreeft, who was married for 63 years, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/pints-with-aquinas-ep-587?elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+Show+Episodes+Carousel">told</a> The Daily Wire&#8217;s &#8220;Pints with Aquinas&#8221; host Matt Fradd that someone should only get married if he loves the other person&#8217;s soul, describing his &#8220;last view&#8221; of his wife and how he fell in love with her again in that moment. Kreeft&#8217;s wife died in May.
&#8220;What advice do you have for someone watching this who&#8217;s newly married or who is about to be?&#8221; Fradd asked Kreeft.
&#8220;Do you think, that when you are very old, and your wife is very old and ugly and wrinkled, and fat, and not very bright or even nasty, that you will still find her beautiful?&#8221; the author posed. &#8220;If so, marry her.&#8221;
&#8220;The last view I had of my wife in the nursing home about an hour after she died, I fell in love with her again. Here is a wasted, emaciated, wrinkled, suffering body — it&#8217;s as beautiful as a crucifix,&#8221; an emotional Kreeft said. &#8220;&#8216;Cause that body ain&#8217;t gonna last, but the soul is.&#8221;
&#8220;So if you don&#8217;t love her soul, but just love her body, don&#8217;t get married,&#8221; he added.
The moment was marked by deafening silence from Fradd, who looked overwhelmed with emotion.
Folks online had a similarly emotional reaction to the marriage advice.
&#8220;I sent this to my oldest kids this morning because it’s the perfect answer. Tune out the lost boys who say a never ending line of women is fulfillment. What this man describes is,&#8221; activist and filmmaker Robby Starbuck <a href="https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/2077158435548778852?s=20">commented</a>.
&#8220;Ohhh my word. Instant tears,&#8221; conservative host Liz Wheeler <a href="https://x.com/Liz_Wheeler/status/2077066375680381151">said</a>. &#8220;This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard someone say.&#8221;
Pro-life activist Kristan Hawkins <a href="https://x.com/KristanHawkins/status/2077099882129793206">reacted</a>, &#8220;This was such a beautiful and profound moment on [Matt Fraad]&#8216;s podcast, Pints with Aquinas. When Matt Fradd asked Dr. Peter Kreeft what advice he would give newly married couples, his answer gave me chills. Every husband and wife and anyone who feels called to marriage should hear this.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/pints-with-aquinas-ep-587?elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+Show+Episodes+Carousel">Watch Matt Fradd&#8217;s full interview with Dr. Peter Kreeft</a>

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Actor Sam Neill, best known for his role in the iconic Steven Spielberg classic “Jurassic Park,” died unexpectedly on Monday at the age of 78.
His family shared a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DauK0SrT6uJ/?hl=en">statement</a> on the actor’s passing on Monday morning. “It is with immense sadness that the whānau [extended family] of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney, Australia,” the statement began.
“Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterized his whole life,” the statement continued. “The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free. They would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff at St Vincent’s Private Hospital for their incredible care. More details will be shared later, but for now, on behalf of the family, we ask that you respect their privacy as they navigate this immeasurable loss.”
Neill announced in 2023 that he had been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer, but in April of this year, he was declared cancer-free.
The actor, who was born in Northern Ireland, was instantly recognizable for his starring role in “Jurassic Park,” but Neill almost didn’t get the role as there was a lot of competition in Hollywood. Ultimately, the star was picked for the part of Dr. Alan Grant after Harrison Ford turned it down.
“I like playing villains and bad guys, characters with moral ambiguity, because, in a way, they are easier to play,” he <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-13-ca-2614-story.html">told</a> the Los Angeles Times when the film debuted in 1993.
He also appeared in films including “The Hunt For Red October” and “The Piano” along with popular television shows such as, “The Tudors” and “Peaky Blinders.”
In 1993, Neill <a href="https://www.twopaddocks.com/the-story/">opened a vineyard</a> in New Zealand and saw its continued success as being a major part of his legacy beyond his film career.
He said during an interview with Esquire U.K. in 2016, “It doesn’t matter how popular an actor you are, nobody will remember you forever. Acting is ephemeral so it’s nice if you can leave something behind, like a great wine or a beautiful house that has a legacy.”
Neill is survived by four children and eight grandchildren. Neill&#8217;s son Andrew was placed for adoption when he was a baby, and he and Neill connected later in life and developed a relationship, which the actor detailed in his memoir, “Did I Ever Tell You This?”
Neill was previously in a long-term relationship with New Zealand actress Lisa Harrow and was later married to Japanese makeup artist Noriko Watanabe from 1989 until 2017.
The actor took pride in his craft and was not interested in the celebrity lifestyle.
“I do hope I’m not a celebrity because … I think it’s two different jobs,” he told the Sydney Morning Herald in 2023. “You can be an actor — hopefully a very good actor — but it’s another job to be a celebrity, and that’s one you can sign up for or not. And I never signed up for that. I’ve avoided that like the plague.&#8221;
“The winemaking thing is absolutely half my life and has been immensely rewarding, and it’s very different from everything else that I do. I’m sort of … half-farmer, half-thespian, if you like,” Neill said.

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The Medical Examiner of Washington, District of Columbia, released preliminary details on Sunday after examining the body of deceased Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
Graham&#8217;s office shared a statement with several outlets on Sunday afternoon, revealing details about what the ME believed had caused the senator&#8217;s sudden death at the age of 71: &#8220;Aortic Dissection due to Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.&#8221;
According to the statement, the findings are preliminary until all forensic testing — including both microscopic and toxicological — has been completed.
&#8220;The death certificate will be PENDING until all the toxicological and microscopic testing are finalized and at that point the death certificate will be updated to reflect the cause of death and appropriately classify the manner of death,&#8221; it read.
Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) is a condition in which plaque — made up of calcium, fatty deposits, and cholesterol — sticks to the interior walls of arteries, causing them to become more narrow and less flexible over time. The restriction of blood flow leads to a number of serious conditions, from high blood pressure and Coronary Artery Disease to heart attacks and strokes.
The aorta is the largest artery in the body, and aortic dissection — a tear in the wall of the aorta — is an immediately life-threatening condition characterized by sharp pain in the chest or back. The same condition was responsible for the sudden deaths of actors Alan Thicke in 2016 and John Ritter in 2003.
According to a <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/07/12/us-news/lindsey-graham-medics-called-over-chest-pains-heart-attack-before-death/">report</a> published Sunday by The New York Post, EMTs were dispatched to Graham&#8217;s Capitol Hill residence at 8:30 p.m. local time to assist a man who was suffering from sever chest pains. Approximately 25 minutes later, emergency responders confirmed that they were performing CPR on a man in his 70s following a sudden cardiac arrest.
Their arrival, according to the same report, was initially complicated by a dead-bolted door — one that the unidentified 911-caller had said was likely to be unlocked. The caller was reportedly en route from Baltimore, Maryland, to Graham&#8217;s location at the time the call was made.
Graham was transported from his residence to George Washington University Hospital at approximately 9:30 p.m., and within a few hours, his office had published a statement confirming his death from a &#8220;brief and sudden illness.&#8221;
President Donald Trump offered his thoughts on the matter almost immediately, and even stepped in to do the &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; interview Graham had been scheduled to do on Sunday morning — but when asked about Iran, he made it clear that he was only there to talk about his friend.
Later in the day, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116908044067369620">announced</a> via his Truth Social platform that flags across the nation would be lowered in Graham&#8217;s honor for the next week: &#8220;In honor of the remarkable life and achievements of Senator Lindsey Graham, a dear friend of mine, and a truly great man, who achieved so much for our Country, and his beloved Home State of South Carolina, I am ordering all American Flags throughout the United States lowered to Half Mast until Saturday evening at 6 P.M. GOD BLESS YOU LINDSEY!&#8221;

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Bonnie Tyler — the smoky-voiced Welsh belter who turned heartbreak into arena-sized bombast with &#8220;Total Eclipse of the Heart&#8221; — <a href="https://apnews.com/article/bonnie-tyler-singer-died-11b043ebdb4fa946daa42aad804ce4a1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died Wednesday</a> in a Portuguese hospital. She was 75.
The singer, born Gaynor Hopkins in the coal-mining village of Skewen, Wales, had been battling an illness and passed away in Faro, where she&#8217;d made her home for decades, her family confirmed in a Facebook post.
Her road to that final night was tough. Back in May, Tyler underwent emergency surgery on a perforated intestine, was placed in an induced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-singer-wakes-up-from-coma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coma</a>, and spent weeks fighting for her life in intensive care before doctors believed she was turning a corner.
Tyler&#8217;s raspy, whiskey-and-cigarettes voice — the product of throat surgery she had in 1977 to remove vocal nodules — became one of pop&#8217;s most distinctive instruments, and she leaned into it hard. &#8220;I can&#8217;t help it if I&#8217;ve got a husky voice,&#8221; she once <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/arts/music/bonnie-tyler-dead.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot back</a> at critics who compared her to Rod Stewart.
That voice found its perfect vehicle in 1983&#8217;s &#8220;Total Eclipse of the Heart,&#8221; a Jim Steinman-penned monster originally dreamed up for a Nosferatu musical. The song was practically destined for Meat Loaf — until he lost his voice during recording and Tyler swooped in. The track shot to No. 1, sold millions, and hasn&#8217;t left the culture since, still racking up karaoke nights and eclipse-season streaming spikes more than four decades later. &#8220;
“After it was a hit,” she remembered, Meat Loaf “always used to say: ‘Dang. That song should have been mine!’” She told The Telegrapgh last year, “How can you ever possibly imagine it would still be so big today and people who weren’t even born then would be singing it at karaoke?”
Tyler followed up with &#8220;Holding Out for a Hero,&#8221; the synth-pop banger that soundtracked &#8220;Footloose&#8221; and blared out of gyms and movie screens throughout the &#8217;80s. She racked up three Grammy nominations along the way, though she never took one home.
The daughter of a coal miner and one of six kids, Tyler credited her mother with instilling the grit that carried her out of Wales and onto the world stage, once recalling her mom&#8217;s blunt advice: believe in yourself, because nobody else will do it for you.
She went on to represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision in 2013, released more than a dozen albums across her career — her last, &#8220;In Berlin,&#8221; dropped in 2024 — and was honored with the Order of the British Empire in 2022 for her contributions to music.
Tyler is survived by her husband, Robert Sullivan, a former Olympic judo competitor turned property developer, whom she married back in 1973. A full list of survivors was not immediately available.

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A teenager who went missing after a boat trip with his friends on the Fourth of July was found dead as authorities identified his body Tuesday afternoon.
Nolan Wells, 18, was identified by the Jackson County Coroner’s Office through dental records after his body was discovered “in the water, just offshore” from Horn Island, a popular island off the coast of Mississippi, on Monday morning. Wells and his friends were celebrating the holiday on the boat on the island before his disappearance.
Wells’ cause of death is still unknown pending autopsy results that could take weeks. Authorities told ABC News that drowning appears to be the most likely cause of death at this point in the investigation.
Wells and his friends left for the island from a private dock in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, early on Saturday. He was last reported seen around 3 p.m. “talking to a girl” on the northern side of the island. His friends returned home without him, and Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter stated that it appears Wells “chose to stay there.&#8221;
When Wells did not return home, his mother reported him missing late Saturday night. Videos then began to surface on social media appearing to show a heated confrontation on the island on the Fourth of July, sparking online speculation about whether it was connected to Wells&#8217; disappearance. Authorities say they are aware of the footage and reviewing it, but have not verified its authenticity or linked it to his death.
Authorities have <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nolan-wells-missing-mississippi-horn-island-family-ben-crump/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&amp;linkId=976922074" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> for &#8220;original, unedited photos and videos taken on the northwest tip of Horn Island, particularly those depicting alleged altercations or containing images of, or believed to include Nolan Wells.&#8221;
Wells’ mother, Christine Wonsley, has posted on her Facebook regarding the situation.
“His father, Elmore Wonsley and I are not ok. We have so many questions,” she <a href="https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a>. “Our hearts are breaking, we keep waiting for Nolan to walk through that door with his beautiful smile and a joke of course.”
“Missing our Nolan so much every second of everyday. This has been the worst time of our lives,” she said in another post.
The family has retained nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump.
&#8220;His family deserves answers. They deserve the truth,&#8221; Crump <a href="https://x.com/AttorneyCrump/status/2074589567131267537" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;We will not rest until every fact about what happened to Nolan on Horn Island is brought into the light, and we call on investigators to pursue this case with the urgency and transparency this family deserves.&#8221;
Currently, no foul play is suspected in Wells&#8217; death, but the investigation is still ongoing.

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