'Nightcaps' is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk. It runs Monday-Friday on OutKick.com . I'm not a person who gets starstruck. Maybe it's the line of work I'm in. Since college, I've spent my entire career working with professional athletes, including some of the biggest names in MLB and the NFL. And working in sports, I've crossed paths with countless other celebrities, too — actors, mu
President Donald Trump ordered American flags lowered across the United States for one week Tuesday, as he mourned the death of country music icon Dolly Parton, telling the legendary singer, "The World loves you." Parton died peacefully Tuesday in Nashville , Tennessee, according to an announcement shared by her representatives. She was 80. "Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER, has just passed away," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "This i
President Donald Trump ordered American flags lowered across the United States for one week Tuesday, as he mourned the death of country music icon Dolly Parton, telling the legendary singer, "The World loves you." Parton died peacefully Tuesday in Nashville , Tennessee, according to an announcement shared by her representatives. She was 80. "Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER, has just passed away," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "This i
Canada announces 'dollar-for-dollar' retaliatory tariffs on US as high as 50% Canada has announced counter-tariffs as high as 50% on a range of US goods in retaliation to the latest wave of levies on Canadian imports imposed by President Donald Trump last weekend. The Canadian tariffs will apply to nearly C$28bn ($20bn; £15bn) worth of American products, ranging from steel to furniture, fresh tuna and cotton T-shirts, officials announced on Tuesday. The list of targeted products is designed to m
CIA chief in Moscow for unannounced talks, US media reports The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has travelled to Moscow for unannounced talks, the BBC's US news partner CBS has reported. John Ratcliffe reportedly arrived in the Russian capital earlier on Tuesday. Neither Washington or Moscow have confirmed the nature of the visit or who he was due to meet. In-person talks between high-level American and Russian officials are rare. BBC News has contacted the White House and Penta
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Hayden Panettiere’s team slammed the "gossip and speculation" that erupted after her shocking death and warned that the public still didn’t know the full story as investigators searched for answers. Her representative condemned the speculation surrounding Panettiere’s final hours and accused outsiders of turning her death into fodder for gossip. "Many people who were not close to Hayden are using her death as an opportunity to fuel gossip and speculation about a situation they knew very little a
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker showed off his swagger in a tongue-in-cheek social media video Monday, prompting a wave of mockery from critics online. The video, recorded in black and white and notching more than 1 million views, features Pritzker making a variety of model-like expressions at the camera behind a caption that reads "when you’re in an aura-farming contest and your opponent in JB." Aura-farming is a common piece of slang used to describe the taking of certain actions with the explicit g
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Mic h igan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El- Sayed sparked controversy on social media Monday night after comparing Sharia law to Christian canon law during an interview with Fox News anchor Jesse Watters. "Getting rid of Sharia law is White supremacy?" Watters said to El-Sayed, bringing up past comments from the Michigan candidate opposing a ban on Sharia law and comparing those efforts to white supremacy. "Can you explain that one?" Sayed responded by comparing Sharia, Islamic law based on
