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France and Italy have reportedly opened talks with Tehran seeking to guarantee safe passage for their ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

People put far too much stock in college rankings.

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A New York Magazine article highlights parents who regret having children — and BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere believes it simply cherry-picks miserable anecdotes while ignoring the deeper fulfillment many people find in raising a family.“Sooner or later, everyone has to decide whether to give up lazy weekends, disposable income, and overall peace of mind to have a baby instead. For many of those on the fence, one anxiety looms large: ‘What if I make the wrong choice?’” New York Magazine wrote in a social media post promoting the article.“Parent regret is more common than you might think — the r/regretfulparents sub-Reddit alone gets around 70,000 weekly visitors who anonymously commiserate — though stigma makes it hard to admit in real life,” the caption continued.The article centers around the opinions of three people who regret their decision to become parents.“Parenting can be very stressful. Parenting can have difficult parts to it. You can go through tough seasons where your kids don’t like you or they’re angry with you or your partner or you’re bringing them all over the globe to different events and it can get frustrating, and it can feel like, you know, you don’t really have a lot of me time,” Stu comments.“We don’t have lots of child-care options — we do part-time day care and don’t have a lot of family able to help us; otherwise we use PTO and juggle our work schedules to have all the coverage we need — and it feels like the rest of my life is put on hold for motherhood,” one woman told the interviewer.“I have good moments as a mom, but I get hung up on thoughts like, What I really wanted to do today was painting, or reading, or doing these chores alone,” the woman added.“If what you’re thinking about life is ‘gosh, I really hate my life, I’d much rather do chores alone,’ I mean, I don’t think you’re just going to be a happy person. I think your life is going to be filled with misery,” Stu comments.In another quote from the same unhappy mother, she admits that when “thinking about life without” her kids, she’d “be happier overall.”Another mom admitted that she felt “angry and alone” after needing to take her daughter to the ER for a nosebleed.“Everyone’s had a day where they just think things that are insane as a parent,” Stu says.“It is about sacrificing a lot of things,” he adds.Want more from Stu?To enjoy more of Stu’s lethal wit, wisdom, and mockery, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

The Trump EPA is moving to rescind Biden-era regulations that cracked down on the health industry’s use of ethylene oxide, a colorless gas used to sterilize 95 percent of all surgical kits and 50 percent of all medical devices used in the United States, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
The agency will issue a proposal on Friday to restore more-attainable restrictions on ethylene oxide that had been in place for decades. If finalized, it would scrap rules the Biden EPA issued in 2024 that forced the nation’s nearly 100 highly specialized medical sterilization facilities to slash ethylene oxide emissions by more than 90 percent—something that would have required them to either install expensive new pollution-control equipment within two years, or shut down.
Friday’s move is one of the Trump administration’s single largest deregulatory actions to date. It will save the medical device industry as much as $630 million over the next two decades, according to estimates from the EPA. Hospitals and medical device manufacturers had argued the Biden-era rules were overly burdensome, would greatly reduce the number of devices that could be sterilized every year, and would push up health care costs.
Medical groups warned at the time that the Biden rule would have dire consequences for patients.
“The reality will be very clear to many consumers who are already skipping necessary health care today due to the rising cost of living,” the Medical Device Manufacturers Association wrote after the Biden EPA first issued its regulations. “EPA’s actions will mean fewer operations, fewer wellness and pediatric checkups, and longer wait times for life-changing procedures. EPA’s proposed actions will also exacerbate inequality in health care access.”
“We worry that the standards … could put at risk a vital component to protecting human health — delivering health care to those who need it, when they need it,” the American Hospital Association added.
The Trump EPA said rescinding those regulations will help avert a potential medical supply shortage, which it added would have undermined public health and national security. At the same time, the agency will uphold previous regulations that establish emissions limits on ethylene oxide, which is a carcinogen.
“The Trump EPA is committed to ensuring life-saving medical devices remain available for the critical care of America’s children, elderly, and all patients without unnecessary exposure to communities,” said EPA administrator Lee Zeldin.
According to the FDA, ethylene oxide is “the only acceptable sterilization method” for a large number of sophisticated medical devices like heart valves, pacemakers, surgical tools, gowns, drapes, ventilators, syringes, and catheters. The chemical is used to sterilize roughly 20 billion such devices every year.
President Donald Trump, meanwhile, issued a proclamation in July 2025 stating that commercial sterilization facilities’ use of ethylene oxide “is essential to ensuring that our nation provides its sick and injured with the best outcomes possible.” And he granted dozens of facilities an exemption from the Biden-era rules.
That came months after Zeldin announced he would initiate a review of the 2024 regulations.
The Biden administration ultimately sought to all but eliminate ethylene oxide emissions over health concerns. When inhaled at high doses, ethylene oxide can cause dizziness, nausea, and respiratory irritation, according to the EPA. Regular long-term exposure to the gas increases the risk of certain cancers.
Environmental groups said the regulations would mainly benefit the estimated 14 million people who live within five miles of sterilizer facilities in the United States. One group, Earthjustice, took credit for the regulations, saying they were the culmination of years of legal pressure.
Still, the Trump EPA argued Friday that the Biden administration may have also lacked the authority to issue the regulations. According to the agency, under the 1970 Clean Air Act, it is required to conduct a single risk review of ethylene oxide every eight years. The Biden-era regulations, though, were informed by a second discretionary review conducted within that timespan. That second review “should have never been completed,” the agency said.
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Sydney Sweeney revealed how a childhood insecurity that left her feeling self-conscious led to the launch of her lingerie brand.Sweeney launched her brand, Syrn, in early 2026. The latest Hollywood “It Girl” opened up about how she never felt confident growing up until working on the hit HBO show “Euphoria.””I grew up with boobs. I was wearing a 32DD in sixth grade, and I never felt confident,” she told Us Weekly. “I never had anything I felt good in, and I just wanted to hide. It wasn’t until [I played] Cassie in ‘Euphoria’ that I started realizing it’s actually powerful to be confident; our bodies are incredible. We should embrace [them] and feel really good in our skin.”Her insecurity combined with the experience she had filming “Euphoria,” led Sweeney to create the concept for her lingerie brand.PUKA NACUA PLAYS COY ON CHANCES FOR SYDNEY SWEENEY DATE AFTER MAKING PLAY FOR HER”I’d always be like, ‘Oh, this fit doesn’t work,’” she told the outlet. “‘I don’t have the support I want. The straps are digging into my shoulders, or it’s kind of itchy and riding up.’””I started a whole Pinterest board of thousands of photos of inspiration, and I [thought], ‘I should actually do this.’ And we put it together,” Sweeney explained.Sweeney used her personal style to create pieces for her brand, including her date night go to – a black corset top.”That’s why I made it, because I don’t like to get too dressed up; I’m more of a jeans girl,” she told the outlet. “I could not find a top that made me feel hot without being too much. But this is perfect. You can tie it as tight as you want, so you can make ’em pop as much as you want! The shape is amazing.”LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSSweeney recently opened up about navigating her love life in the public eye and detailed the qualities she looks for in an ideal partner in an interview with Cosmopolitan.”Look, I am a boss in my life. I take control. I go after what I want,” she told the outlet. “I am confident, and I am successful, and I don’t actually need a man. I’ve got myself. I’ve got an incredible group of girlfriends. I’ve got a team of bad— women.””That is very intimidating to a lot of guys, so a guy needs to be able to stand in that with me,” she added. “It takes a very specific person who can handle the world that comes with me. There was a guy who I really, really liked, but he told me he can’t handle my world. It’s a hard thing.”CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERThe 28-year-old admitted she has a “huge fear” of ending up alone.”I have a huge fear of being alone for the rest of my life, so I look for someone who will be my best friend, who I can hang out with, talk to all the time, dream up things with, and work with,” Sweeney explained.”Athletic and outgoing and funny,” she added. “I’m a sporty girl, so someone needs to be able to climb a mountain with me, go skydiving with me. And someone who loves their family. I love myself a man… oh, wow, when you print that, you won’t hear the inflection in my voice.”

It’s hard to believe no one in the Pentagon anticipated this. It’s even harder to believe the U.S. has ‘few options’ to reopen the Strait, as CNN reported.

Within hours of a radical shouting “Allahu akbar” and opening fire Thursday in an Old Dominion University classroom, an armed suspect rammed a vehicle into a Detroit-area synagogue and school, then exchanged fire with security personnel.The suspect was killed, and the guard was injured.’Today’s attack is every community’s worst nightmare.’Temple Israel, a Reform synagogue in West Bloomfield Township with roughly 12,000 members as well as a preschool and religious education school, revealed in a statement that “everyone is safe,” including the preschool students and staff members.”As you have no doubt heard, Temple Israel was the victim of a terrorist gunman who was confronted and neutralized by our security personnel who are truly heroes. Our teachers followed their training and kept the children safe and calm,” stated Temple Israel, which ran an active-shooter training exercise six weeks ago.Following reports that the vehicle used in the attack was registered to a naturalized U.S. citizen who lived in Dearborn, Michigan, the Department of Homeland Security identified the suspect as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a 41-year-old Lebanese native who first entered the U.S. in 2011 on an IR1 spousal visa.RELATED: Heroic students subdued suspected terrorist in Old Dominion attack and ‘rendered him no longer alive,’ says FBI Jewish volunteer EMTs near Temple Israel following the attack. Photo by Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesGhazali was granted American citizenship “under the Obama administration” on Feb. 5, 2016 — just a year after applying for naturalization, the DHS noted.A neighbor told the Detroit Free Press that Ghazali lived in Dearborn Heights and recently lost his family in an Israeli strike in Lebanon.Dearborn Heights Mayor Mo Baydoun, among the officials who promptly condemned the attack, confirmed in a statement that “earlier this month, [the suspect] lost several members of his own family, including his niece and nephew, in an Israeli attack on their home in Lebanon.”A Lebanese official told NBC News that two of the suspect’s adult brothers — alleged members of Hezbollah — were also among those killed in the recent Israeli strikes. A March 6 report claimed that Qassem and his brother Ibrahim Ghazali were killed in Western Bekaa along with Ibrahim’s children Ali and Fatima.Lebanese authorities claim that at least 687 people, including 98 children, have been killed in Israeli attacks since Feb. 28, reported the BBC. The Israel Defense Forces noted earlier this month that as part of an “enhanced forward defense posture,” it had taken positions inside Southern Lebanon and was “conducting targeted strikes against Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure.””All of us have thoughts of maybe why this happened,” Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said on Thursday. “But we don’t operate in a world where we can presume something. We have to determine it through investigation.”Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) stated, “Today’s attack is every community’s worst nightmare. We saw incredible people step up today to save lives and stop the suspect. Our state is grateful to the security personnel for their bravery and law enforcement who jumped into action to keep students safe.”The West Bloomfield Police Department said that it is working in concert with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, Michigan State Police, and other agencies to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A famous Hawaii volcano erupted recently, its lava reaching as high as 1,000 feet — with the eruption on March 10 prompting temporary closures at a national park and part of an important highway due to falling glassy volcanic fragments, including ash, The Associated Press reported.Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island, has been dazzling residents and visitors with an on-and-off eruption that periodically sends fountains of lava soaring into the sky.The fountaining that began earlier this week marked the eruption’s 43rd episode since it began in Dec. 2024.NATIONAL PARK DEATH EXPOSES REPEATED RULE VIOLATIONS AS TOURISTS TAKE DANGEROUS RISKSA livestream showed two fountains of bright-red lava and smoke. It was unclear how long the fountaining would last, as some episodes have lasted a few days, with others just a few hours.As in other times, the molten rock was confined within Kilauea’s summit crater inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and hasn’t threatened homes or buildings.But the lava fountains were creating trouble for neighboring communities and a highway where the volcanic fragments and ash, known as tephra, were falling. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERThe tephra prompted temporary closures at the national park around the summit and a partial closure of Highway 11, an important route around the island, on either side of the park.Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano also erupted in January, with photos showing lava piling up inside its summit crater, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The eruption came less than a month after its previous eruption ended.CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIESThe Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected the lava glowing inside the Halemaumau crater at the volcano’s summit caldera through webcam images, indicating Kilauea had begun erupting.TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZThe volcano’s summit is inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and is not near residential communities. But a 2018 Kilauea eruption destroyed over 700 residences. As the lava advanced, the volcano erupted in a series of rare explosive bursts at the time. It hurled towering plumes of ash thousands of meters into the sky, according to Science magazine.Fox News Digital’s Lawrence Richard, as well as The Associated Press, contributed reporting.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a Friday morning press briefing that Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was injured and “likely disfigured.””Iran’s leadership is in no better shape. Desperate and hiding, they’ve gone underground, cowering. That’s what rats do. We know the new so-called not-so-Supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured,” Hegseth said.This is a breaking news story and will be updated