A former Tennessee police chief who investigated the murder that sent Christa Pike to death row recalled the convicted killer being “ruthless” and “almost giddy” while describing the crime to investigators, as Gov. Bill Lee signaled her death sentence is unlikely to change after she survived a failed execution.Pike, 50, survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection on Sept. 30 and has since returned to prison, raising questions about whether the state could attempt to put her to death again.Lee addressed Pike’s fate Wednesday, saying she remains incarcerated under Tennessee law.CHRISTA PIKE IS BACK BEHIND BARS AFTER BOTCHED EXECUTION, BUT HER ULTIMATE SENTENCE FACES A NEW TEST”I suspect her sentence will be the same as it was before unless determined otherwise by the courts,” Lee said.The governor’s comments come as Pike’s attorneys have called on Lee to commute her death sentence to life without parole following the failed execution.CHRISTA PIKE’S BOTCHED LETHAL INJECTION TAKES FOCUS OFF VICTIM, JEOPARDIZES EXECUTION: FORMER POLICE CHIEFPike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, a fellow participant in a federal Job Corps program in Knoxville.Former Knoxville Police Chief Phil Keith, who was involved in the investigation, recently recalled Pike’s demeanor while she was being questioned about the killing in the New York Post documentary “No Mercy: Christa Pike Unraveled.”FORMER KNOXVILLE POLICE CHIEF SAYS INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL HAUNTED BY COLLEEN SLEMMER’S MURDER 31 YEARS LATER”I heard somebody that was ruthless, without any remorse, almost giddy,” Keith said. “You know, she was describing what took place, like, almost the sense that she was bragging about it.”Keith confirmed the comments to Fox News Digital, calling them “spot on.” He described Pike in two words: “Pure evil.”Keith also recalled Pike openly talking about the killing after returning to the Job Corps.LETHAL INJECTION SURVIVOR CHRISTA PIKE’S FORMER SATANIST BOYFRIEND COULD BE RELEASED IN 5 YEARS”Pike, when she got back, you know, immediately had to express her joy with killing Colleen,” Keith said in the documentary. “And then the very next day in class, she bragged again, talking about how she killed Colleen. She showed her shoes that had blood on them.”Pike was 18 when she, her 17-year-old boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, and 19-year-old Shadolla Peterson were charged in Slemmer’s killing. All four were participating in the Job Corps at the time, court records show.CHRISTA PIKE’S ATTORNEYS SAY SHE’S IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BOTCHED LETHAL INJECTIONSThe three took Slemmer to a secluded area on the University of Tennessee’s Knoxville campus, where her throat was cut multiple times, she was struck in the head with a large piece of asphalt and a pentagram was carved into her chest.Pike later confessed to her role in the killing, according to court records.CHRISTA PIKE DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL, RETURNED TO PRISON AFTER BOTCHED EXECUTION, ATTORNEYS SAYKeith said the brutality of the crime scene shocked even veteran homicide investigators.”I was accustomed to seeing that kind of gore, if you will. But the brutality was different,” Keith said in the Post documentary.CHRISTA PIKE NOW CONSCIOUS AND TALKING AFTER SURVIVING 2 DOSES OF LETHAL INJECTION DRUG”You know, the visual scene of it, it was so shocking,” he added.Pike was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996, and the Tennessee Supreme Court later affirmed her convictions and sentence.CHRISTA PIKE’S ATTORNEY SAYS SHE’S ‘UP AND WALKING’ MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER BOTCHED EXECUTIONFOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XMore than three decades later, Tennessee attempted to carry out that sentence on Sept. 30 after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a last-minute stay issued by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.The execution attempt failed after Pike received two doses of pentobarbital, and she was taken to a hospital.She remained unconscious for days, and her attorneys at one point believed she was brain-dead and expected her to be taken off life support. Pike later regained consciousness and was discharged from the hospital before being returned to prison.SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWSHer attorneys have since said she is able to walk and speak in full sentences.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUBFollowing the execution attempt, Lee halted Tennessee’s remaining executions for the year and ordered an independent review of what went wrong.SEND US A TIPPike’s attorneys have argued she should not be subjected to another execution attempt.LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCASTThe push for commutation predates the failed execution.GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAILIn a 2021 filing with the Tennessee Supreme Court, Pike’s attorneys sought a certificate of commutation, pointing to her age at the time of Slemmer’s murder as well as her history of childhood trauma, mental illness and brain damage.Fox News Digital reached out to Pike’s attorneys and Lee’s office for additional comment, and to Keith to confirm the context of his remarks.Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
Maine, Kansas Senate races neck and neck as Democrats lead in Texas, Michigan, poll shows
High-profile races that will determine which party controls the Senate for the next two years are extremely tight, according to a new CNN poll, as Maine and Kansas remain close and Democrats extended their leads in Texas and Michigan.Democrats, who are widely projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives, need to flip four Senate seats from red to blue in order to gain a 51-seat majority, protecting their majority from the vice presidential tiebreaker.In Maine, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is the only Republican incumbent running in a state that went for Kamala Harris in 2024.FOX NEWS POLL: NAIL-BITER IN MAINE SENATE RACECollins’ Democratic challenger is Troy Jackson, the former president of the state Senate who jumped into the race as a replacement for the previous nominee, scandal-plagued Graham Platner.The race has no clear frontrunner, according to the CNN poll, though Jackson holds a marginal lead.COLLINS INSISTS SOCIALIST RIVAL WON’T BEAT HER AS MAINE’S MONEY MACHINE: ‘YOU’LL LOSE BIG TIME’Forty-nine percent of respondents told the outlet’s pollsters they favored Jackson, compared to 45% for Collins. While Jackson is slightly ahead, at least 12.5% of voters say they could still change their minds.Respondents tied Collins to her party less than any other Republican running for Senate in the nation, with 46% of respondents saying they believe she would choose her constituents over the Republican Party.DAVID MARCUS: THE FUTURE OF THE GOP IN NEW ENGLAND RIDES ON MAINE’S SENATE VOTECollins was one of seven Republicans to vote in favor of President Donald Trump’s second impeachment in 2021, and she joined Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, as the only Republicans to vote against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Senate confirmation in 2025.With Collins managing to distance herself from Trump, her race has largely become a referendum on her own career. Three-quarters of respondents from either party told CNN pollsters that their choice was motivated more by Collins than Jackson.DAVID MARCUS: IN BLUE MAINE, NOBODY BELIEVES SUSAN COLLINS WILL LOSE UNTIL THEY SEE ITIn Michigan, despite warnings from some mainstream Democrats and the state’s Jewish community, Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed is building a lead over former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.Respondents favored El-Sayed at 49% compared to the 42% who favored Rogers, according to the poll. CNN’s previous poll, released in early September, showed El-Sayed with a 47% share compared to Rogers’ 44%, showing the former public health director El-Sayed building on his lead.FOX NEWS POLL: MICHIGAN VOTERS SPLIT BETWEEN EL-SAYED AND ROGERSThe Democrat has consolidated his party’s support after a contentious primary with Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich. Ninty-five percent of likely Democrat voters say they’ll punch the ticket for El-Sayed, up from 90% in the September poll.Rogers voters, meanwhile, are motivated more by dislike for the Democratic candidate than faith in the Republican. 57% told CNN pollsters they were voting against El-Sayed, up from 41% in a previous poll.DAVID MARCUS: THE 5 FACTORS THAT COULD DECIDE MICHIGAN’S TIGHT AND UGLY SENATE RACERogers’ favorability has also taken a hit, moving from 58% in September to 50% in October.Texas State Rep. James Talarico also built upon a narrow lead over Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, despite Talarico’s extended absence from the campaign trail in early October.FOX NEWS POLL: TEXAS SENATE RACE GALLOPING TOWARD A PHOTO FINISHForty-nine percent of likely voters told pollsters they’d vote for Talarico, while 43% said they would vote for Paxton, according to the poll.Texas, a state that has voted for exactly one new Democratic Senate candidate into office since Lyndon B. Johnson vacated his seat to become vice president, also voted more strongly for Trump in 2024 than in either of his previous elections.TRUMP WON THIS RELIABLY RED STATE BY DOUBLE DIGITS. NOW A DEADLOCKED RACE IS BRINGING HIM BACKDespite the typically steadfast support for the GOP in the Lone Star State, Talarico is riding a wave of favorability and minority support to remain in pole position five days before polls close.CNN’s poll says 64% of likely voters of color support Talarico, including 22% of the cohort that voted for Trump in 2024.Talarico is also leading Paxton in favorability within their own parties. 24% of Republicans have an unfavorable view of Paxton, according to the poll. Just 2% of Democrats, meanwhile, view Talarico unfavorably.In Kansas, a state which Trump won by 16 percentage points in 2024, incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., is falling behind Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton.Forty-nine percent of likely voters say they support Hamilton, 45% say they support Marshall.Hamilton, a relatively unknown candidate, is far outperforming his own party in a state where Democrats are broadly unfavorable. 57% of voters view the Democratic Party as unfavorable while only 38% of them feel the same about Hamilton.Like Republicans in Michigan, likely voters in Kansas appear to be more highly motivated by a dislike for one candidate than strong positive feelings for another. 59% of Hamilton backers say they’re motivated by opposition to Marshall.Hamilton, a Christian pastor, is even drawing support from across the aisle. Roughly 12% of Republicans and Republican-leaning likely voters say they support Hamilton, according to the poll.CNN conducted its polling via telephone between Oct. 20 and Oct. 27. 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Consumer spending flattens out after U.S. inflation surge
Consumer spending rose sharply in September, but it largely reflected households spending more on gas and transportation after an increase in energy costs.
UnitedHealth is bouncing back, but a major risk remains
There was a time my mum was in the hospital, and I remember how quickly health and money became two worries at once. You’re already concerned about someone you love getting better, and the last thing you want is to start thinking about hospital bills.
That experience made me appreciate just how much financial peace of mind matters when someone needs medical care.
Millions of people live with those concerns. UnitedHealthcare served 48.3 million members in the third quarter. UnitedHealth Group (UNH) brought in $112.7 billion in revenue, slightly below $113.2 billion a year ago. Optum Health’s operating earnings rose to $735 million even as it exited some value-based care markets.
CEO Stephen Hemsley said the results reflect a push toward “a simpler, more supportive experience for patients” and clinicians. UnitedHealth now expects full-year earnings of at least $19.50 per share on a GAAP basis and $20.50 on an adjusted basis.
However, that progress has come at a cost, with the company reducing benefits and exiting certain markets.
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UnitedHealth’s margins recover, but costs stay high
In a note shared with TheStreet, Morgan Stanley said it hosted an investor lunch with CFO Wayne DeVeydt, UnitedHealthcare President Bobby Hunter and Medicare & Retirement CEO Betsy Chin.
It kept an Overweight rating and raised its price target to $531 from $529. Morgan Stanley said management’s recovery and visibility into 2027 and 2028 earnings raised its conviction.
Shares have returned 25.87% this year and 13.71% over one year through Oct. 28, according to Yahoo Finance. Morgan Stanley says UnitedHealth trades at 14.8x 2028 earnings, about 0.3 turns below its historical average.
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Medicare Advantage, the private plans for older Americans, is the clearest recovery. After years of pricing and product adjustments, margins are at the upper end of the company’s 2%-4% target.
September’s federal landscape file showed benefit cuts and market exits, yet management believes enrollment can grow in 2027. Its HMO and special-needs plans have done well so far in open enrollment, which runs Oct. 15 to Dec. 7.
Where UnitedHealth’s costs still hurt
Employer-sponsored plans are harder. Specialty drugs, hospital care, and out-of-network billing disputes keep margins suppressed. Management is resetting plan design and pricing to return to 7%-9% margins. It may stay near the low end to protect enrollment, with 2027 a foundation year and growth likely in 2028.
People may feel Medicaid most. UnitedHealth expects a “steady stream” of membership attrition through 2027 as states trim rolls ahead of new work requirements and other provisions of the federal budget law known as OBBBA. It still calls Medicaid core and expects growth to restart in 2028.
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Thinking back to when my mum was hospitalized, I know how much having reliable financial support matters during a medical emergency. Few things are more worrying than losing health coverage when you need it most. For families already struggling with medical bills, even a small change in benefits can make a big difference.
AI is the biggest swing factor in 2027, management says, and it could be a “grand slam” if executed well. UnitedHealth plans to spend about $4 billion on capital investments in 2027, primarily on AI, following roughly $1.5 billion in AI spending in 2026. Management expects it to take about 12 months for those investments to break even.
In one example, AI cut the cost of its Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls from about $8 million a year to $15,000 a month. Administrative spending should fall in dollar terms in 2026 and 2027, and the CFO said 2027 would look much better if savings were converted to profit rather than reinvested.
UnitedHealthcare served 48.3 million members in the third quarter, bringing in $112.7 billion in revenue, slightly below $113.2 billion a year ago.Bill Clark / Getty Images
Morgan Stanley sees upside if the turnaround holds
Policy is the wild card. With midterms making investors anxious, management wants stability in funding across Star Ratings, which grade plan quality, and risk adjustment. It has engaged more than ever with the administration and CMS, whose leaders echoed that optimism at a Morgan Stanley conference.
Morgan Stanley does not expect UnitedHealth to sue over its 2028 Star Ratings, as Centene, Alignment Healthcare and Clover have.
With debt back to about 40% of capital, management has a “green light” to restart acquisitions in 2027 and beyond, targeting value-based care and fintech-adjacent assets. Morgan Stanley’s illustrative bridges show 2027 earnings up to 15% above its estimates and 14% above consensus at the high end, and 2028 up to 13% and 15%, before any extra AI savings.
Its base case is $531. The bull case is $648 on faster margin recovery, and the bear case is $354 if medical use rises and the recovery slips.
For investors, the verdict is that the turnaround is further along than the share price suggests, but it depends on commercial costs, Medicaid attrition, and regulators. For members, the same fix shows in plans, benefits, and coverage.
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Third-quarter U.S. GDP increases a better-than-expected 3.4% as September inflation accelerates
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FBI, ICE Agents Won’t Monitor Polls During Midterms: Filing
FBI, ICE Agents Won’t Monitor Polls During Midterms: Filing
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employees will not monitor voting locations during the upcoming midterm elections, although other law enforcement agents will, a government official said in a court filing on Oct. 28.”There will be no Federal Bureau of Investigation or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees, much less agents, serving as monitors,” the Department of Justice official said in the document, which was filed with the federal court in the District of Columbia.The official, Eric Neff, acting chief of the Voting Section in the department’s Civil Rights Division, said he was aware of only one Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee participating in the division’s poll-monitoring effort. That employee, from Customs and Border Protection, is serving on behalf of the division, not as a DHS representative, according to Neff.DHS did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.The Department of Justice confirmed earlier Wednesday that it plans to send 1,000 workers to monitor polls across all 50 states.”Every monitor will merely observe and report any potential violations of federal law to the Department, which will be reviewed after Election Day,” a spokeswoman told The Epoch Times in an email.The spokeswoman declined to say who would serve as monitors or where exactly they would be deployed.Neff said monitors would include employees from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.Those employees will be prohibited from carrying guns and barred from taking any action beyond normal Civil Division monitoring conduct, such as observing polling locations and taking notes, according to Neff.”Thus, while monitoring, the monitors will not be acting as ‘law enforcement personnel,’ a ‘law enforcement officer,’ or a ‘law enforcement agent’ as commonly understood,” he wrote, adding that monitors have been trained not to interfere with voting or election officials and to only speak to voters after they have cast ballots.For years, the Department of Justice has deployed monitors to polling sites for both federal and non-federal elections to watch for violations of federal laws, such as the Voting Rights Act. Federal law says the monitors “shall investigate and report to the Attorney General.”The department usually gives jurisdictions advance notice before sending monitors, according to nonprofit organization Campaign Legal Center. The center said monitors should not identify themselves to voters and election officials as federal agents, prosecutors, or anything other than Department of Justice employees or monitors, because doing so could intimidate voters in violation of federal law.New York Attorney General Letitia James said this week that New Yorkers should not fear federal workers at polling locations.”Armed federal agents are not allowed at polling places, and no one can use a badge, a weapon, or a threat to stop you from voting,” she said. “Voting in New York is safe, and my office will make sure every eligible voter can cast their ballot and be heard.”The Department of Justice has declined to publicly release locations employees will monitor on Nov. 3.Neff said in the new filing that the division is still identifying all locations it will send monitors to. He also said that releasing a full list of locations, as sought by a Freedom of Information Act request, would undermine the division’s monitoring operation and potentially put monitors at risk.Jack Phillips contributed to this report.
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Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer denies she’ll testify about homicidal thoughts in ex’s suit against her doctors
Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer disputed claims from Patrick Clancy’s counsel that she would testify in a civil case against her healthcare providers, calling them false.During a hearing Wednesday in Norfolk County Superior Court, attorney Howard Cooper said he expects Lindsay Clancy to testify in a lawsuit filed by her ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, against her healthcare providers.Patrick and Lindsay Clancy have each sued hospitals and healthcare providers, alleging that failures in her medical care contributed to the deaths of their three children, Callan, Cora and Dawson.LINDSAY CLANCY’S LAWYER TORCHES CONSPIRACY THEORIES ACCUSING PATRICK CLANCY”We believe that Lindsay Clancy, once her Fifth Amendment issues are resolved one way or the other, will testify that she told these defendants explicitly that she had homicidal ideation, that she was worried about something awful happening to her kids,” Cooper said in court.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUBIn a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, said his client has never said she’ll testify, adding that she never told her healthcare providers that she had homicidal thoughts toward her children.SEND US A TIP”It has come to my attention that counsel for Patrick Clancy represented to the court in his civil case that my client, Lindsay Clancy, will testify about statements she made to her healthcare providers,” Reddington said. “Lindsay Clancy never told any of her healthcare providers that she harbored homicidal ideation toward her children. She never indicated that she intended to testify in Mr. Clancy’s lawsuit, and no one acting for her ever represented that she would.””Mr. Clancy’s counsel does not speak for Lindsay Clancy,” he added.LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCASTAttorneys representing the hospitals and healthcare providers have asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuits, arguing that Lindsay Clancy never disclosed having homicidal thoughts to those treating her.GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAILClancy, 36, faced three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, all under age 6, who were found strangled at the family’s home in January 2023.Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on Friday, Sept. 4, after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict, ending in an 11-1 divide.
Reddit users reveal ‘rich people’ habits they tried once and could never go back from
What’s a spending habit rich people have that is totally worth it?As the loyal readers know, I am a big fan of Reddit. When it comes to places on the internet where you can find yourself going down deep rabbit holes, there’s probably no place that beats Reddit.You simply never know what you’re going to find. There are plenty of crazy stories, history lessons and really cool military content on Reddit.REDDIT THREAD ON LIFE CHEAT CODES GOES VIRAL WITH ADVICE ON FITNESS, SLEEP AND COMPOUND INTERESTThere’s also plenty of debates and discussions, and that’s what leads us here today.I was scrolling the r/askreddit subreddit early Thursday morning when I stumbled across and interesting thread title that caught my attention:AMERICANS SAY THEY’RE BROKE. SO WHY CAN’T THEY STOP SPENDING SO MUCH?What’s a ‘rich people’ thing you tried once and immediately understood why they do it?As someone interested in money (aren’t we all, after all?), it was an instant click from me. The results didn’t disappoint at all.Let’s check out some of the replies before breaking it down:Now, as the readers also know, I’m a working class guy from rural Wisconsin. You grow up fast when you grow up in those harsh winters. Life doesn’t have many luxuries and you learn to get by with what you have.Having said that, I have tasted the high-life once or twice, and without question flying first class is the obvious answer to this viral Reddit question.Are there much more expensive things rich people have access to? Sure, but flying first class is attainable for most people if they want it to be, and it makes the flying experience significantly better.Not a little bit better.Much better.Taking a seat on a first class flight – I’ve always found Delta to be the best – and being immediately greeted with a snack and drink instantly makes the hellish airport experience better.SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTERIt’s almost impossible to go back once you’ve been in first class.What’s your splurge item that wealthy people enjoy? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.