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24 states’ attorneys general call on Supreme Court to keep biological boys out of girls sports

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Attorneys general from 24 states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling and uphold an Arizona law to prohibit biological boys from competing on girls’ sports teams.

The petition comes after a federal appeals court ruled that the law likely violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.

“Sports teams are divided by sex to begin with to give girls a level playing field so they’re not competing against boys,” South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said in a news release. “Arizona’s law restricting girls’ sports teams to biological females is just common sense, and it protects girls from competing against bigger, stronger males who identify as females.”

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In addition to Wilson, the attorneys general supporting the petition are those from Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming.

The petition notes that these states have laws similar to Arizona’s that restrict girls’ sports to biological females.

It also argues that the Equal Protection Clause does not prohibit states from offering separate sports teams for men, women, boys and girls.

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The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“In sports, equal access means a level playing field,” the attorneys general write in their brief. “And a level playing field usually means sports teams divided by sex so that girls can compete against other girls.”

“Basing the distinction on biology rather than gender identity makes sense because it is the differences in biology—not gender identity—that call for separate teams in the first place: Whatever their gender identity, biological males are, on average, stronger and faster than biological females. If those average physical differences did not matter, there would be no need to segregate sports teams at all,” they continued.

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The petition argues that the Equal Protection Clause does not prohibit states from offering separate sports teams for men, women, boys and girls. (ALLISON DINNER/AFP via Getty Images)

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The attorneys general are asking the high court to “make it clear that the Constitution does not prohibit states from saving women’s sports from unfair competition and providing meaningful athletic opportunities for girls and women,” according to Wilson’s news release.

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Police: 3 children whose disappearance prompted Amber Alert found safe in Boston – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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STOUGHTON, MASS. (WHDH) – Three children whose disappearance triggered an Amber Alert out of Stoughton Friday have been found safe in Boston, state police said.

State police reported that they were looking for Ashyley Vazquez, who was believed to have kidnapped three children, ages 8, 9, and 11.

No additional information was immediately available.

This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

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Human smugglers convicted after Indian family freezes to death trying to illegally cross northern border

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A pair of human smugglers were convicted this week in Minnesota, following the deaths of an Indian family, including two children, who froze during a blizzard in 2022 while attempting to illegally cross into the U.S. from Canada.

The jury in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, found Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, and Steve Shand, 50, guilty on four counts, including conspiracy to bring migrants into the country illegally.

Patel is an Indian national and Shand is a U.S. citizen from Florida. 

“This trial exposed the unthinkable cruelty of human smuggling and of those criminal organizations that value profit and greed over humanity,” Minnesota U.S. Attorney Andy Luger said in a statement. “To earn a few thousand dollars, these traffickers put men, women and children in extraordinary peril leading to the horrific and tragic deaths of an entire family. Because of this unimaginable greed, a father, a mother and two children froze to death in sub-zero temperatures on the Minnesota-Canadian border.”

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A split of Patel and Shand's mug shots

The jury in Fergus Falls, Minn., found Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, and Steve Shand, 50, guilty on four counts, including conspiracy to bring migrants into the country illegally. (AP Photo)

Jagdish Patel, his wife, Vaishaliben, who were both in their 30s, and their children: daughter Vihangi, 11, and son Dharmik, 3, all froze to death in January 2022 while attempting to illegally cross into Minnesota via an operation coordinated by Harshkumar Patel and Shand. The family was not related to Harshkumar Patel. 

“It’s pretty brutal,” juror Kevin Paul told reporters after the trial of the weather conditions where the family was trying to cross. “I couldn’t imagine having to do what they had to do out there in the middle of nowhere.”

The family was among 11 migrants in the same group who made the treacherous crossing to Minnesota that January. After only seven made it across, the family was found dead the next day by Canadian authorities.  

“Human smuggling is a vile crime that preys on the most vulnerable, exploiting their desperation and dreams for a better life,” Jamie Holt, a Special Agent with Homeland Security Investigations, said. “The suffering endured by this family is unimaginable and it is our duty to ensure that such atrocities are met with the full force of the law.”

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Road signage is posted just outside of Emerson, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

Prosecutors said Patel, who was also known as “Dirty Harry,” organized the scheme and Patel was the driver. Both men were involved in an international smuggling ring that help Indians illegally cross the border. 

Another human smuggler, who was part of the ring, testified during the trial that he had made more than $400,000 smuggling more than 500 Indian migrants across the U.S. border and that the migrants usually work low-wage jobs in the U.S. to pay off their debts to the smugglers, which can be as much as $100,000. 

Personal items recovered from the family after they froze to death

Items found in a migrant child’s backpack.  (U.S. Attorney’s Office via AP)

The pair could face up to 20 years in prison, depending on the prosecutors’ recommendation. 

Shand’s defense team had claimed that he was an unwitting participant in the scheme, while Patel’s attorneys argued that the charges against him were a case of mistaken identity. 

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More than 14,000 Indian migrants were arrested at the Canadian border while attempting to cross into the U.S. illegally, in the year that ended on Sept. 30. 

It accounted for 60% of arrests along the border and has increased 10-fold in the last two years. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Chef Esther Choi on how motherhood has changed her cooking: ‘Next level’

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Becoming a mother has changed the way Esther Choi looks at food, she told Fox News Digital at the opening of her new restaurant in Las Vegas earlier this month.

Choi, a chef and television star, was celebrating the opening of her new restaurant, Mokbar, located in Caesars Palace. 

“Being a mom to a 1-year-old has changed everything about how I view food,” Choi told Fox News Digital. (See the video at the top of this article.)

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“I generally tend to love to cook for people, but cooking for my baby? Next level,” she said. “So much fun.”

Choi, 38, gave birth to her son, Leonardo, on Feb. 22, she announced on Instagram.

Esther Choi standing in front of her new restaurant.

Becoming a mother, chef Esther Choi told Fox News Digital, “changed everything about how I view food.” Her son is now a year old.  (Fox News Digital)

Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the culinary expertise of his mother, little Leonardo is being exposed to a wide variety of foods at a young age. 

“I feed him everything,” Choi said, adding that she wants “his palate to be really great and vast.” 

“That’s the type of chef I am as well,” she said, noting she cooks with an “open mind.”

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“I love all different types of food. So, cooking for my kid has been one of the best joys in life. And that’s kind of how I have always been,” she said.

As a chef, Choi said she “loves cooking for people, and my kid is no different.” 

“It’s the heart that you have as a chef – to want to cook for others.” 

Chef Esther Choi posing with chopsticks behind bowls of food.

Chef Esther Choi recently opened a Mokbar location at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.  (Caesars Entertainment)

Choi has always been influenced by her family, even long before she became a mother herself. She told Fox News Digital that her grandmother is her “biggest inspiration,” not only as a chef but as a human being.

“She is one of those people who has really such a special impact on my life,” Choi said. “She raised me to love people. And then how you show that love was through food, for her. And I learned that from her.” 

Her grandmother cooked everything with her whole heart, Choi said — which Choi believes is the secret of why her grandmother’s food tasted so good.

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“And so that’s what I always like to keep in my mind. That’s my motto as a chef,” she said. “Cook with your heart, cook with love and think about the person who you are cooking for.” 

Mokbar’s newest location in Vegas is Choi’s fifth restaurant and the first outside the New York area. 

“Cook with your heart, cook with love and think about the person who you are cooking for.”

Choi’s other restaurants include Mokbar locations, as well as a gastropub in New York’s Lower East Side named Ms. Yoo after her grandmother. 

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Mokbar’s menu is “a twist on modern Korean food,” she told Fox News Digital, featuring “very authentic Korean flavors, but done in a modern way.”

Many of the items feature Choi’s favorite food, kimchi, she said.

A bulgogi bowl.

Mokbar’s menu is “a twist on modern Korean food,” Choi told Fox News Digital. Many items feature her favorite food, kimchi (shown above).  (Caesars Entertainment)

“We make about five different types [of kimchi] in house, and it’s really special to me because kimchi is kind of the heart of Korean culture,” she said. 

As her other restaurants do, Mokbar’s menu has items that are either Choi’s grandmother’s recipes or are directly inspired by her cooking. 

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“The mandu, which is a Korean dumpling, is my grandmother’s recipe. As with the kimchi, as with the Korean barbecue,” she told Fox News Digital. 

“A lot of the flavors you see here are my grandmother’s recipes, and [they are] the flavors that I grew up with.” 

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Sneak Peek: Museum of Illusions Boston set to open Saturday – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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BOSTON (WHDH) – Museum of Illusions is opening its Boston location Saturday with discounted presale tickets on sale now.

Museum of Illusions Boston will be permanently located at Marketplace Center, adjacent to the Rose Kennedy Greenway and Faneuil Hall Marketplace. 

In an announcement the museum says it “aims to entertain, educate, and inspire visitors by offering a deeper understanding of the complexities of human perception through a collection of perspective-changing rooms, intriguing installations, and surprising images.”

The  immersive exhibits play with perception, light, and physics, providing an engaging STEM experience.

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Brown scores 31 points to help the Celtics outlast the Wizards 108-96 for a key NBA Cup victory – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 31 points, and the Boston Celtics overcame an off night for Jayson Tatum to beat the Washington Wizards 108-96 in the NBA Cup on Friday night.

The Celtics improved to 2-1 in East Group C of this competition with one game remaining. Washington is 0-2 and has lost 10 in a row overall.

The Wizards hung in there in front of a crowd that included recently injured Capitals star Alex Ovechkin. Washington trailed by five in the final minute when Brown made a high arcing jumper to make it 99-92 with 46 seconds remaining.

Tatum went 0 for 10 from 3-point range and scored 16 points, although a couple free throws with 11 seconds left enabled him to extend his streak to 55 consecutive games with at least 15 points.

Jordan Poole led Washington with 23 points. Neither team shot well from 3-point range, with Boston finishing 11 of 46 and the Wizards going 7 of 28.

Takeaways

Celtics: Boston was missing Al Horford because of a non-COVID illness, and with Kristaps Porzingis also out, it fell to players like Luke Kornet to provide size. Kornet had six points and six rebounds without missing a shot from the field.

Wizards: Washington did outscore Boston 52-30 in the paint, but this was a missed opportunity on a night the Celtics weren’t at their best.

Key moment

Down by six in the fourth, Washington’s Kyle Kuzma got himself free but missed a shot from in close. Tatum’s jumper at the other end completed a four-point swing that gave the Celtics a 97-89 advantage.

Key stat

Only Luka Doncic (84 games entering Friday) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (61) have longer active streaks of scoring 15 points than Tatum.

Up next

The Celtics return home to face Minnesota on Sunday. Washington plays at Indiana that same day.

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Police recover watch belonging to Travis Kelce in Rhode Island following break-in of his mansion: report

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A watch belonging to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was reportedly found over 1,000 miles away from his Kansas mansion that was broken into last month.

The homes of Kelce and teammate Patrick Mahomes were burglarized last month shortly before one of their games — Kelce’s house is in Leawood, Kansas, while Mahomes’ residence is in nearby Belton, Missouri.

The watch was recovered in Providence, Rhode Island, where Kelce’s girlfriend, pop star Taylor Swift, also owns a home.

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce looks on during the game against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Oct. 20.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce looks on during the game against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Oct. 20. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

NFL players were cautioned by the league to be on high alert after the homes were broken into last month in a wave of burglaries reportedly tied to international organized crime. It was eventually revealed that $20,000 in cash was taken from Kelce’s home.

In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, the NFL issued a security alert to teams and the NFL Players Association, warning that professional athletes in different sports have become “increasingly targeted for burglaries by organized and skilled groups.”

Law enforcement officials say the suspects conduct extensive surveillance on their targets’ homes and have even posed as groundskeepers or joggers. Some have even attempted home deliveries. 

Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, left, and quarterback Patrick Mahomes, right, wait to lead their team onto the field before the preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, on Aug. 10. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

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The memo urged players to take special precautions, including installing home security systems. They were also encouraged not to post live updates of their comings and goings on social media or showcase their expensive items online. 

“Obviously, it’s frustrating, disappointing. I can’t get into too many of the details because the investigation is still ongoing, but, obviously, it’s something that you don’t want to happen to really anybody, but obviously yourself,” Mahomes said last week.

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Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs looks on before kickoff of the game against the New Orleans Saints at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 7.  (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

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The Chiefs suffered their first loss of the season on Sunday, falling to the Buffalo Bills after winning their first nine games.

Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.

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Soros-backed prosecutor under fire for Laken Riley killer death penalty decision

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When a Georgia judge convicted Jose Ibarra, Laken Riley’s killer, on 10 counts and sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole, politicians and pundits across the country expressed frustration that he was not sentenced to death.

Over a nearly four-day trial, prosecutor Sheila Ross brought 29 witnesses to the stand to prove that Ibarra brutally attacked and killed Riley, a 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student who was jogging on the University of Georgia campus by bashing her head with large rocks and possibly strangling her.

But Georgia Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez decided not to pursue the death penalty against Ibarra in May, about three months after Riley’s murder, saying in a May 31 press release that the decision to seek life without the possibility of parole instead of death was “reached after careful deliberation with the senior prosecutor and the support of the victim’s family.”

“Our utmost duty is to ensure that justice is served and that the victim’s family is an integral part of the deliberation process,” Gonzalez said in a statement at the time. “We understand that there will be those outside this office who will disagree with our decision and seek to exploit this case for political gain. However, the integrity of our judicial process and the pursuit of justice must always transcend political considerations.”

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Deborah Gonzalez poses next to a rainbow-colored Harris-Walz sign

Soros-backed Georgia DA Deborah Gonzalez lost a re-election bid in 2024. (X)

Fox News contributor and former criminal and civil trial attorney Ted Williams, who also worked as a homicide detective in Washington, D.C., called Gonzalez’s decision “absolutely outrageous.”

“This person should burn her bar card,” Williams said. “Each case, and this case, should have been ruled, and a decision on the death penalty should have been made on the merits. This is friggin’ outrageous.”

He added that “capital punishment is left to the discretion of the local prosecutor under Georgia law.”

Jose Ibarra, the illegal migrant and suspect in the Laken Riley murder listens to testimony

Jose Ibarra appears at his trial at the Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Athens, Ga. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)

“A prosecutor should make a decision on whether to seek the death penalty on how egregious and violent the murder was,” Williams explained. “Political leanings should never factor into that decision. Sadly, prosecutor Deborah Gonzalez failed Laken Hope Riley in death by not seeking the death penalty against Jose Ibarra. If there was ever a case that called for the death penalty, it was this case.”

“Ibarra violently murdered Laken Riley. He stalked Laken and took a rock and bashed her skull in.”

— Ted Williams

Republican Georgia State Rep. Houston Gaines told Fox News Digital that had the death penalty been on the table, Ibarra may have chosen a plea deal instead of life without parole, and a trial exposing the graphic details of Riley’s murder would not have been necessary.

DA for Georgia's Western Judicial Circuit Deborah Gonzalez takes part in the inaugural Athens Pride Parade in downtown Athens, Ga., on Sunday, June 12, 2022. Athens Pride was organized by the Athens Pride and Queer Collective.

Deborah Gonzalez, the DA for Georgia’s Western Judicial Circuit, takes part in the inaugural Athens Pride Parade in downtown Athens, Ga., June 12, 2022. (Joshua L. Jones/USA Today Network)

“[I]f there was ever a case to pursue the death penalty, this is one to consider,” Gaines said. “At least leave it on the table … make the defendant plea to life without parole.”

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In 2020, when the George Soros-backed prosecutor — a former state representative — took office as DA, she expressed opposition to the death penalty.

“I do not support the death penalty. It is cruel & in humane.”

— Deborah Gonzalez

“I do not support the death penalty. It is cruel & in humane,” Gonzalez said in a Sept. 23, 2020, post on X. “As DA of #athensga I will not seek it in any prosecution. The eye for an eye argument does not make our community whole. Restorative justice does that.”

A split image of Laken Riley running and Jose Ibarra in court

Laken Riley’s last moments were caught on a UGA trail camera Feb. 22. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)

On her first day in office, Gonzalez’s office outlined some of her new initiatives, which included not seeking the death penalty, in a memo her office sent to the Georgia state legislature at the time. Gaines shared parts of the memo on X in February after Riley’s murder, urging the DA to pursue the death penalty.

In that memo, Gonzalez said she would “take into account collateral consequences to undocumented defendants,” or, in other words, the negative impacts of criminal convictions for illegal immigrants.

“District Attorney Gonzalez is wrong for factoring into her decision not to seek the death penalty ‘collateral consequences to undocumented defendants,'” Williams said. “It is outrageous to believe that any DA sworn to uphold the law looking at the facts of this case would take into consideration how undocumented defendants are to be treated in the criminal justice system. A decision to seek the death penalty should be based solely on the individual merits of a case and not whether a person is undocumented.”

Gonazlez, who lost re-election in 2024, decided not to prosecute the Ibarra case and handed it to special prosecutor Ross, who scored a hasty conviction after the nearly four-day trial.

Gonzalez received criticism from Gov. Brian Kemp and other local politicians for her failure to get a single conviction in a jury trial for a criminal case over the course of her term, WSBT-TV first reported in February.

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A split image of Georgia Rep. Houston Gaines and Georgia District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez.

Houston Gaines has criticized Deborah Gonzalez’s decision not to pursue the death penalty in Jose Ibarra’s criminal case in the murder of Augusta University student Laken Riley. (Gaines/ © Joshua L. Jones/USA Today Network)

“She made the decision before the case even happened,” Gaines said of Gonzalez’s anti-death penalty stance. “When you come into office and you make blanket policy statements, that’s the issue. … Again, you have individuals who come into our community like Jose Ibarra because … we’re a community that has welcomed individuals who are in this country illegally and who commit serious crimes. And they know that violent criminals are more likely to get off easy in Athens than in other places.”

Gaines also noted that Gonzalez “only has a couple of lawyers left in the office because they’ve had 35 resignations for 17 positions over the last couple of years.”

“They’ve had an over 200% turnover,” the state representative said. “So, she really has no lawyers left in her office, and they weren’t able to handle this case.”

Gonzalez’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

Courtroom proceedings in the Laken Riley murder trial of illegal migrant, Jose Ibarra

Prosecutor Sheila Ross presents her closing arguments before Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard during the trial of Jose Ibarra at Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Athens, Ga. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)

Ibarra illegally crossed into the United States through El Paso, Texas, in September 2022 and was released into the U.S. via parole, ICE and DHS sources previously told Fox News. He briefly lived in New York City, where he was arrested in 2023 for endangering a child. He and his 29-year-old brother, Diego Ibarra, were also previously cited for shoplifting in Athens. 

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Jose, Diego and their younger brother, Agenis, lived in an apartment building less than a half mile from the on-campus park where Riley was running the morning of Feb. 22. Their apartment complex backed up to a shortcut that leads to running trails along UGA’s campus where Riley was found dead in a wooded area, partially naked and covered in leaves, that afternoon. She died of blunt force trauma and asphyxiation, according to a Georgia Bureau of Investigation medical examiner.

Diego, who worked briefly at a UGA cafeteria before his arrest in February, had ties to a known Venezuelan gang in the U.S., Tren de Aragua, according to federal court documents.

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Texas man convicted after saying he mutilated victims, ate human heart as part of ‘ritualistic sacrifices’

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A Texas man was convicted of killing three people, dismembering them and burning their bodies after admitting to investigators that he was called to “commit sacrifices.”

Jason Thornburg was found guilty of capital murder on Wednesday and now, the same Tarrant County jury that convicted him must determine whether he receives a death sentence or if he will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to Fox 4.

In September 2021, Thornburg killed three people, dismembered their bodies and stored them under his bed at a motel in Euless, Texas, before lighting the bodies on fire inside a dumpster in Fort Worth.

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Jason Thornburg

Jason Thornburg (Tarrant County Jail)

Thornburg confessed to investigators that he felt a compulsion to commit “ritualistic sacrifices” and that he ate a victim’s heart and other parts of the victims’ bodies.

His attorneys argued he was insane when he carried out the murders and suffered from a severe mental disease.

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Thornburg confessed to investigators that he was being called to “commit sacrifices” and that he ate a victim’s heart and other parts of the victims’ bodies. (iStock)

When he was arrested on murder allegations, Thornburg confessed to police he killed his roommate in May 2021 during a suspicious home explosion and his girlfriend in Arizona back in 2017.

These two previous murders were brought up in court on Thursday when the punishment aspect of the trial began.

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The jury must now determine whether he receives a death sentence or if he will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. (iStock)

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The victims’ families cannot speak publicly until the punishment phase is finished.

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Kylie Kelce announces she is pregnant with fourth child: ‘Another sister’

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Jason Kelce is mastering the “Girl Dad” title.

The future NFL Hall of Famer and his wife are expecting their fourth daughter, Kelce’s wife, Kylie, announced on Instagram Friday.

Kylie shared a “very accurate representation” of her three daughters’ reactions to getting “another sister” on the social media platform.

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Jason and Kylie Kelce

Jason Kelce poses for a photo with Kylie Kelce during the “Kelce” documentary premiere at Suzanne Roberts Theatre Sept. 8, 2023, in Philadelphia. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

All three daughters were photographed wearing pink sweaters that said “Big Sister.” One daughter was covering her ears, another smiling and the youngest crying.

“I feel like we captured a very accurate representation of how each of the girls feel about getting another sister. At least Ellie, mom and dad are on the same page!” Kylie wrote on Instagram.

It’s not yet known how far along Kylie is or when daughter No. 4 is due.

Jason and Kylie Kelce have been married since April 2018. The two met on a dating app earlier in the decade, and Jason has joked he was “blacked out drunk” on their first date.

Kylie recently ripped her husband for his “dumba–” advice on how to spice it up in the bedroom, where he told men to “wear some really skintight pants” and “grab her right on the a–.”

“If I had to guess based on my husband’s dumb– response to this question,” Kylie said in her own video, “I would say that he’s probably going to experience a spell of his wife saying that she’s not interested.”

Kylie and Jason Kelce

Jason Kelce and Kylie Kelce attend the world premiere of “Kelce” Sept. 8, 2023, in Philadelphia. (Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Prime Video)

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Well, it appears the two are just fine.

Kelce retired earlier this year after spending all 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles.

In his illustrious career, he made seven Pro Bowls and was a six-time first-team All-Pro selection, winning the 2018 Super Bowl and playing in another, which he lost to younger brother Travis.

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Broadcaster Jason Kelce before a game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. (Jay Biggerstaff/Imagn Images)

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He played in 193 games in his NFL career, second most in team history. He made 156 consecutive starts, a franchise record. He has since joined ESPN’s “Monday Night Football,” while his podcast with his brother, “New Heights,” continues to grow in popularity.

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