UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad endured a bizarre interview with a local news outlet in which the anchors seemingly had no idea who he was. Muhammad recently achieved champion status with a dominating victory over Leon Edwards at UFC 304. Taking a literal victory lap, Muhammad stopped by WGN News in his home city of Chicago for an interview that quickly became awkward. The painful interview started with anchor Tonya Francisco reading off the teleprompter to introduce Muhammad and co-anchor Amy Rutledge then positioning a question around Muhammad being the first UFC champion from Chicago. After Muhammad explained where he was raised and what schools he went to, Francisco replied by saying, "That's so awesome." Francisco then quickly revealed her stunning lack of knowledge on the subject. "Is that how you got involved in U— is it ... not UFC fighting, it's mostly just street fighting, or ..." the anchor strangely asked. "It's mixed martial arts," Muhammad explained. "Is that how you got involved? Did your coach get you into it?" Francisco then asked, not realizing his coach is indeed his MMA coach. Muhammad politely explained how his training has always been MMA-focused and that he combines the different disciplines involved. 'She had no idea who I was. She didn't do [any] research.' However, Francisco wasn't finished with her out-of-left-field questions. "So how do you train differently from boxing and from wrestling to become a mixed martial artist fighter?" This line of questioning forced Muhammad to essentially repeat the fact that he trains for all the different aspects of MMA. Relentlessly, Rutledge soon asked if Muhammad was "involved" with any of the amateur "boxing clubs for young people" around the city. "No, I've never done any boxing," Muhammad reiterated. The interview will be reminiscent of the early 2000s for many UFC fans, when the majority of the public and even the sporting world was largely unfamiliar with MMA. At the time, fighters spent most of their time in interviews trying to explain what MMA is and why it should be allowed to exist. Muhammad expressed this feeling on Joe Rogan's "MMA Show 162" after he and the host discussed old UFC fights that involved headbutts. Headbutting was banned in the UFC in 1997. "It's funny how you say the 'headbutt days,'" Muhammad said. "I did an interview yesterday with Chicago news, and the lady ... she had no idea who I was. She didn't do no research because she was like 'You're the champion of street fighting, right?’" the champion recalled. "Imagine that," Rogan responded, flabbergasted. "You're the world champion, and this person hasn't even done five minutes of research on the sport you do." "It was wild. People still think that," Muhammad replied, before Rogan started joking. "You should have just started making s**t up," the comedian said, before suggesting Muhammad should have claimed fighters meet in alleys and fight with rolls of nickels in their hands. Rogan went on to say that some people in the news aren't even human. "They're like robots. All they want to do is be on TV. They have no opinions, no personality." Muhammad later revealed that the Chicago network actually has a sports anchor, who wasn't used to interview him. Instead, the champion said it felt like the anchors were only capable of reading a teleprompter. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The San Diego Sheriff's Department determined that no crime was committed after a large group of illegal immigrants attempted to board a school bus carrying young children last week.The sheriff's office told KGTV that none of the individuals forcibly stopped or entered the vehicle and therefore, no criminal charges were filed.'It was simply a frightening situation because it was unfamiliar to us.'However, Nicole Cardinale, whose 8-year-old son was sitting at the front of the school bus when the incident occurred, explained that she "doesn't believe the men never made a move to get on the bus," the news outlet wrote.Last Tuesday, three illegal immigrant males walking along Highway 94 allegedly tried to stop a Jamul-Dulzura Union School District school bus, forcing the driver to go around them, KSWB-TV previously reported.The following day, 20 individuals allegedly attempted to board another school bus along a different Jamul-Dulzura Union School District route while it was picking up children. Local reports claimed the parents at the bus stop helped the driver prevent the illegal immigrants from entering the vehicle.In a letter to parents, Superintendent Liz Bystedt noted, "Both incidents involved people either trying to stop or board a bus at a bus stop."Cardinale called the encounter "really scary" for her son."[My son] said these adults — they weren't kids — had backpacks on and they were trying to get on [his bus.] … He said there was a lot of them," she told KSWB. "It's just scary that these kids are put into this situation. If those 20 people would have gotten onto the bus and tried to take over the bus, these kids and the bus driver could have been in real danger."She noted that the men were "standing in the doorway" of the bus."I'm assuming they were communicating with the driver, trying to get a ride," Cardinale said. "Why they thought it was okay to get on school bus? I know there is a language barrier, but they also [need] to have some empathy. … Those are children, and how frightened they possibly were."The sheriff's department investigated the incident, concluding that no crime was committed."It is not uncommon for community volunteers and charitable organizations to provide resources in these parts of the county, some of which operate vehicles similar to school buses," the sheriff's office told KGTV.A letter from the superintendent read, "It appears that while several individuals approached the bus, there never appeared to be any intent to take over the bus or harm anyone. At no point in time did anyone other than the students enter the bus, or even get close to entering a bus.""It was simply a frightening situation because it was unfamiliar to us. The Sheriff's office will continue to remain vigilant to this issue and provide extra patrols along the bus routes," Bystedt added.Border Patrol officials reported that "several were detained" for being in the United States illegally. Those individuals are facing removal processes.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

RFK Jr.’s former running mate, Nicole Shanahan, has endorsed Trump following Kennedy’s decision to suspend his campaign. She joins Glenn Beck on “The Glenn Beck Program” to discuss her decision to voice support for Trump despite being “a lifelong California Democrat liberal.” - YouTube www.youtube.com Despite the distinct differences between Glenn's and Nicole’s beliefs on policy, they agree on something much broader and more important: the Bill of Rights. Nicole says she was “very comfortable within the Democratic party for many years,” but “something happened in 2016 that started a cascading series of events” that have turned it into an entity that is “immoral,” “unprincipled,” and lacking in “honesty,” “transparency,” and “competence.” “They feel entitled to throw away very, very important principles – principles like the Bill of Rights, principles like our First Amendment free speech, principles like not using sabotage in democratic processes,” she tells Glenn, adding that “all they have left as a policy is not Donald Trump.” “My last response in the weeks before I left the party was: That is not a policy; that is not leadership. You can't run on a platform of 'not Donald Trump,'” she explains. Kamala Harris, as “a woman of color,” is “selling that for everything it's worth right now, and that to me is the kind of thing that goes against the very liberal principles that I was raised with.” Shanahan goes on to explain that the Democrats’ decision to exchange meritocracy for the idea that "if you can check a box of a minority on a sheet, that is enough” is actually “a form of racism … because it creates a hierarchy based on race.” What she’s seen happen in the Democrat Party “rings more closely to what [her] mother grew up with in communist China, which is this single-narrative totalitarianism.” Glenn thinks the average Democrat voter thinks a lot like Shanahan. “The average person that lives on my street that votes differently – I don't think they want totalitarianism,” he says. “How do we talk to them to get them to wake up?” he asks. Shanahan’s answer is brilliant. To hear it, watch the clip above. Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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I might be looking forward to the iPhone 16, but the first new Apple product I'll buy when preorders open next week is a new Apple Watch. I'll probably go for the smallest Apple Watch Series 10, as my current Apple Watch SE 2 needs two battery charging sessions to make it through one day. The Apple Watch Series 10 will bring a new design and, hopefully, blood pressure tracking algorithms. That's why I'm eying this particular model. I could always go for the next-gen SE, but that model might not be released until next year. As for the Ultra, I don't want my Apple Watch to be that huge. I've been using the 40mm Apple Watch SE 2 for two years, and I find the size perfect for me. With Apple's launch less than a week away, a last-minute leak might give us more details about the Apple Watch Series 10 design. If this new report is accurate, the Apple Watch Series 10 models will indeed have bigger displays, but they won't be the sizes we've seen in previous rumors. Also, the screens might be flat, like the Ultra. Continue reading... The post Apple Watch Series 10 leak says earlier display size rumors were wrong appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $199 Apple iPad, $20 Anker earbuds, $300 Samsung Galaxy phone, $30 Blink Mini 2, more Today’s deals: $3.75 smart plugs, $50 off Sonos Ace, $70 Oral-B electric toothbrush, $170 ASUS laptop, more Today’s deals: $40 Sony headphones, $50 Ninja blender, $140 AirPods 3, $60 foldable camera drone, more Today’s deals: 10% off new Sony ULT WEAR headphones, gaming laptops, Samsung OLED TVs, more

In an Instagram post, Beats teased that the long-anticipated Powerbeats Pro 2 will launch in 2025. First released in 2019, Powerbeats Pro was the company's first true wireless earbuds. At the time, Apple's subsidiary still used Cupertino's H1 chip. With wing-like sterns that go around your ears, the earbuds were great for outdoor sports but had several drawbacks. For example, the charging case was too bulky, and you couldn't wirelessly charge it. Beats also didn't add Active Noise Cancelling, Transparency Mode, or (at the time still unexistent) Spatial Audio. Five years after its original release, Powerbeats Pro doesn't fit the current Beats lineup, where the company offers a similar sound to all of its audio products but differs in other perks. In the sneak peek of Powerbeats Pro 2, we see that the company is tweaking the design, although it will keep the wing-like sterns as a signature of this product. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_f6dGPs7Wx/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D With that, it's possible that Powerbeats Pro 2 will be a different style of earbuds for those who dislike the Beats Fit Pro design with a stern that goes inside your ear (and also needs a second generation ASAP). That being said, these are the features I hope Beats brings to Powerbeats Pro 2: Smaller charging case: After introducing one of the smallest charging cases on the market with the Beats Solo Buds, I hope Beats can make the new Powerbeats Pro 2 charging case thinner so you can, at least, put it in your pocket New USB-C port: The original Powerbeats Pro uses a Lightning port; for the second generation, Beats will likely support USB-C Wireless charging capabilities: Still talking about the case, I hope this new generation brings a wireless charging case. Not all Beats earbuds offer this functionality, but these premium earbuds deserve it Spatial Audio support: Apple's signature technology should be available for this product, as Dolby Atmos has been a huge part of Apple Music and Apple TV+ experiences ANC and Adaptive Modes: The original Powerbeats Pro offered great passive noise canceling, but a second generation needs proper ANC; AirPods Pro's Adaptive Mode would also be a must-have for these earbuds, especially during outdoor workouts Profile Modes: Although I'm not a big fan of Profile Modes, they are one of Beats' signature features for the Beats Studio Pro. If the company adds them to the new Powerbeats Pro, this could mean Beats thinks these earbuds are really premium. BGR will let you know once we learn more about these upcoming earbuds. Don't Miss: Beats now has its best headphones lineup ever: How to pick the perfect model for you The post Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 launches in 2025, and I’m hoping for these 6 improvements appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: 10% off new Sony ULT WEAR headphones, gaming laptops, Samsung OLED TVs, more Amazon gift card deals, offers & coupons 2024: Get $550+ free Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales Today’s deals: $17 myQ, $399 Apple AirPods Max, $40 Fire TV Stick 4K Max, $180 off Sonos Arc, more

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