Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss revealed Sunday he was battling an illness as he addressed why he was wearing glasses.

The former Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots star wide receiver didn’t disclose specifically what he was dealing with.

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“I just wanted to let the viewers know that me and my wife and my family are battling something internally. I have some great doctors around me,” he said on ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown.” “I couldn’t miss the show. I wanted to be here with you guys. I feel great. But if you see me with these ‘Michigan turnover glasses’ that I have on, it’s not being disrespectful because I’m on television. It’s because I’m battling something.

“I need all the prayer warriors. God bless you all. Thanks for the prayers.”

Moss encouraged his male followers to get regular checkups and their blood work done in a video posted to his Instagram.

New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss and quarterback Tom Brady hug after connecting to score against the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, on Aug. 28, 2009. (Geoff Burke-USA Today Sports)

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“We’ll work through it,” he added.

Moss was able to work through the illness and joined his ESPN co-hosts Mike Greenberg, Rex Ryan, Alex Smith and Tedy Bruschi.

“It’s beautifully said. All for one and one for all. If he’s wearing glasses, we’re all wearing glasses today,” Greenberg said.

Moss will turn 48 in February. He was a six-time Pro Bowler and four-time All-Pro in the NFL.

Randy Moss poses with his wife Lydia Griffith at the New England Patriots Hall of Fame induction ceremony for Tom Brady at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on June 12, 2024. (Eric Canha-USA Today Sports)

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He played 14 years in the league.

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What is being dubbed as the largest gold deposit in the world has been found in China, state outlet Xinhua news said.

The gold reserves are worth 600 billion yuan, according to Reuters, which amounts to $83 billion U.S. 

The discovery was made by geologists with the Hunan Provincial Geological Institute about 12 miles beneath the surface in the Asian country’s Pingjiang County, Xinhua reported, according to the New York Post. 

The area of the discovery of 40 gold ore veins with a total of 300.2 tons of gold resources is known as the Wangu goldfield. 

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Hunan Academy of Geology forecast that there were more than 1,000 tons of gold reserves at a depth of over 3,000 meters, according to Xinhua.

China is the world’s largest gold producer, accounting for around 10% of global output in 2023, data from the World Gold Council showed.

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The gold found last month in China is worth 600 billion yuan, Reuters reports. (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg)

Prior to the discovery, the title of the largest gold reserve in the world went to the South Deep gold mine in Gauteng Province, South Africa, the Post states. It holds about 930 metric tons of gold. 

In October, prices for gold futures had risen over 32% year to date and more than 38% in the past year, setting a number of new all-time highs in the process. 

Stacks of gold bars in a subcompartment of the vault inside the U.S. Mint in West Point, New York, June 20, 2006. (Daniel Barry/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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One ounce of gold is currently going for nearly $2,674.

Investors have turned to gold as a safe haven from a variety of geopolitical risks in the past year, including the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. Uncertainty surrounding the direction of U.S. economic policy after the election, as well as the Fed’s rate-cutting plans and long-term trajectory of the growing national debt have also bolstered investment in gold.

FOX Business’ Eric Revell and Reuters contributed to this report.

Colorado State Rams women’s volleyball coach Emily Kohan called the team’s Mountain West Tournament Championship win over San Jose State on Saturday a “statement” victory.

The Rams earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with the four-set win over the Spartans. San Jose State competed in the tournament under a shroud of controversy over the eligibility of transgender player Blaire Fleming. San Jose State had a bye in the first round and Boise State forfeited its match to allow the Spartans to play in the finals.

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Kohan credited her team for staying the course.

“We stuck together through a lot, against a lot of odds and a lot of negative energy, and we controlled our own destiny,” Kohan said, via the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “I think we made a statement in the process.”

Colorado State was one of the Mountain West teams that did end up playing San Jose State during the regular season. The Spartans had five conference opponents forfeit matches against them. They were 1-1.

Colorado State’s head coach Emily Kohan watches a home game against Colorado at Moby Arena on Sept. 19, 2024, in Fort Collins. (Logan Newell/The Coloradoan/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

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“No one from (Colorado State) was negative in this whole thing,” Kohan added. “Nobody came and blamed anyone else, and nobody tried to point fingers. We’ve tried to make this really difficult situation as neutral or as controlled on our side as possible. It’s been a dynamic that we’ve handled really well… and not be nasty humans in the process.”

For Fleming, the conference finals will likely be the final match of the player’s career.

Colorado State athletic director Joe Parker introduces CSU volleyball head coach Emily Kohan as her hiring is announced on Dec. 16, 2022, at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins. (Chris Abshire/The Coloradoan/USA Today Network)

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Fleming led the Spartans on a run to the championship match in a senior season overshadowed by lawsuits from a teammate and a national controversy over Fleming being transgender. Fleming led the team in spikes and prompted four Mountain West rivals to forfeit a total of seven conference games, including a tournament semifinal.

Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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After a presidential election, the losing party faces a crossroads. The message from voters is clear: take a look in the mirror, recalibrate and prepare to come back stronger by the midterms. 

Too often, this process devolves into internal blame games, leadership shuffles and ideological purges that look more like therapy sessions than strategic planning.
 
Having debated Trump surrogates more than 200 times on right-leaning networks, I’ve seen firsthand how Republicans harness frustration to energize their base and broaden their appeal. Through countless conversations this year, it became clear to me that Donald Trump and his campaign didn’t offer unique solutions or innovative policies. However, what they did offer – better than many Democrats – is a winning narrative built upon the magnitude of change voters seek.

Despite being the party of progressivism, we are hesitant to progress with the evolving political world. We reuse the same candidates, the same message and the same strategies, expecting to achieve new results. To many voters, our party represents the status quo. 

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Our political opponents utilize terms like establishment and the “Swamp” to describe our leaders to skeptical constituents. Voters who are looking for change or a sense of real progress often feel frustrated by what they perceive as an establishment utilizing a repetitive approach to power.

Democrats have the policies to address the country’s top issues, but policy alone doesn’t win elections. Elections are all about telling a story. It’s about meeting voters where they are and weaving their concerns into a compelling, relatable message. 

During my time in the state Senate, I saw this dynamic play out during the Great Recession. My constituents cared deeply about affordability. While I worked toward environmental protection, health care reform and infrastructure, I reframed those priorities through the lens of what mattered most to voters’ lives: their wallets.

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This cycle, Democrats struggled to connect with voters on that same pressing concern: affordability. Despite the Biden administration’s strong economic indicators – lower unemployment, GDP growth and easing inflation – many Americans didn’t feel the recovery. Gas, grocery and housing costs loomed larger in their minds. Republicans didn’t come to the table to solve these problems; they simply articulated them better, positioning themselves as the champions of change.
 
Our challenge now is not to redefine who we are but to refocus on how we communicate. At its heart, the Democratic Party is the party of working families, unionized labor and equal opportunity. Yet, we allowed these core values to get buried under competing narratives, in turn confusing voters about what and who we stand for.

Engaging voters requires stepping outside of our comfort zone. As someone who has represented Democratic ideals on right-leaning platforms, I’ve learned the importance of listening to and debating opposing viewpoints. Trump surrogates often reframed issues to put Democrats on the defensive, assuming we’d retreat to moral arguments rather than practical ones. 

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Influencing those debates in an unfriendly territory required staying rooted in solutions that resonated with voters’ everyday concerns. This approach – engagement rather than retreat – must guide the party moving forward. 

It’s not a sign of weakness to address the concerns of voters who didn’t choose us. It’s leadership. By engaging skeptics, we build trust, strengthen our policies and show Americans that we’re fighting for everyone, not just those already in our corner. 

Operating exclusively inside an echo chamber only leads to infighting and excluding coalitions from the Democratic Party.

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The Democratic Party’s future isn’t about rewriting our core principles. It’s about better understanding voters’ frustrations and aspirations and meeting them with empathy and clarity. Acceptance is key: acceptance of election results, of the concerns that drove voters this cycle, and of the diverse coalitions that call this party home.
 
This is a moment to look outward, not inward. To meet voters where they are and show them we’re the party of inclusion, empathy and solutions. We’ve spent too much time looking in the mirror.

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Several hours after members of Michigan and Ohio State’s football team brawled over a flag-plant at midfield, a similar incident occurred in North Carolina.

N.C. State defeated North Carolina in Chapel Hill on Saturday, 35-30, and wanted to let everyone know about it.

So, shortly after the game, members of the Wolfpack tried to plant an N.C. State flag at midfield, where the Tar Heel logo sits.

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UNC took exception, and players had to be separated well after many punches were thrown.

Bunches of players were on top of one another near midfield in what became a scary-looking incident.

UNC receiver J.J. Jones actually took the flag and threw it into the stands before getting into it with a member of the Wolfpack.

Eventually, N.C. State celebrated with their fans.

Even Florida and Florida State had to be separated later in the day. This situation was calmed down relatively quickly, and it did not appear that punches were thrown. Head coaches Mike Norvell and Billy Napier had an animated conversation regarding the incident, and Norvell tossed the Florida flag aside.

There was no such incident at College Station after Texas beat Texas A&M in the return of the in-state rivalry after a decade-plus hiatus.

North Carolina State Wolfpack players try to put their flag at midfield after the game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Kenan Memorial Stadium. (Bob Donnan-Imagn Images)

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The UNC game marked Mack Brown’s finale, with the school announcing Tuesday he won’t return next year.

Hollywood Smothers slipped through the middle of the line for a 2-yard touchdown with 25 seconds left to help N.C. State beat their in-state rivals.

In Florida, the Gators took home a 31-11 victory in Tallahassee in what has been a season to forget for the Seminoles.

DK Kaufman of the North Carolina State Wolfpack carries a flag around the field after their 35-30 win on Nov. 30, 2024, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

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Both the Wolfpack and Tar Heels await bowl destinations – with the latter also awaiting the hiring of their next coach. The Gators will also see who they play in a bowl game, while the Noles went 2-10.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Irish exit polling suggests that the incumbent center-right parties could likely form a coalition government, though vote counting continues on Sunday and the left-wing Sinn Féin remains in the running.

Center-right party Fine Gael was the first choice of 21% of voters, and another center-right party, Fianna Fáil, had 19.5%, according to an Ipsos B&A poll, which asked 5,018 voters across the country how they had cast their ballots.

The two parties, which governed in coalition before the election, would need the support of smaller groups or independents to achieve a majority in the 174-seat Dail, the lower house of Parliament. 

Left of center opposition party Sinn Féin was at 21.1% support, according to the poll, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.

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The two center-right parties have yet to see the 88 seats needed to secure majority rule, and negotiations to form a coalition could extend for weeks as Europe awaits a potential shake-up brought by the return of President-elect Trump. 

Sinn Féin achieved a stunning breakthrough in the 2020 election, topping the popular vote, but was shut out of government because Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael refused to work with it, citing its leftist policies and historic ties with the Irish Republican Army during three decades of violence in Northern Ireland.

Though Sinn Féin, which aims to reunite Ireland with the independent Republic of Ireland, could become the largest party in the Dail, it may struggle to get enough coalition partners to form a government. During the election campaign, both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil maintained they would not go into government with it.

Fianna Fáil could get as many as 48 seats and Fine Gael 39, leaving them on the cusp of 88 seats, former Trinity College Dublin political science professor Michael Gallagher told RTE, citing vote tallies.

The most obvious candidates as coalition partners would be center-left parties Labour and the Social Democrats, who Gallagher said could take eight seats each, according to Reuters. 

A Sinn Fein-led government would shake up Irish politics — and the future of the United Kingdom. The party is already the largest in Northern Ireland, and a Sinn Féin government in the republic would push for a referendum on Irish reunification in the next few years. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald said that Sinn Féin had “broken the political mold” in Ireland.

“Two-party politics is now gone. It’s consigned to the dustbin of history, and that in itself is very significant,” she told the Associated Press, as she awaited results at a count center in Dublin. “The question now arises for us, what do we do with that?”

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald walks to cast her vote at Deaf Village Ireland (DVI) on the Navan Road, in Dublin, as voters go to the polls in the 2024 General Election in Ireland, Friday Nov. 29, 2024.  (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

The poll only gives an indication and does not reveal which parties will form the next government. Ireland uses a complex system of proportional representation in which each of the country’s 43 constituencies elects several lawmakers and voters rank candidates in order of preference. As a result, it can take some time for full results to be known.

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The cost of living — especially Ireland’s acute housing crisis — was a dominant topic in the three-week campaign, alongside mass migration, which has become a flash-point issue in a country of 5.4 million people long defined by emigration.

The election results will show whether Ireland bucks the global trend of incumbents being ousted after years of pandemic, international instability and cost-of-living pressures.

Before polling day, analysts said the most likely outcome was another Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil coalition. That remains a likely option. The front-runners to be the next Taoiseach, or prime minister, are current Taoiseach Simon Harris of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin — despite their parties’ relatively lackluster showing. Harris, Martin and McDonald all won-re-election to their parliamentary seats in results announced Saturday.

Irish Prime Minister and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris, center, accompanied by his wife Caoimhe and children Cillian and Saoirse, casts his vote at Delgany National School, County Wicklow, as voters go to the polls for the 2024 General Election in Ireland, Friday Nov. 29, 2024.  (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

Fine Gael candidate Paschal Donohoe, a minister in the outgoing government, said the main theme of the election was “one of the center holding.”

“The big picture is, at a time in which incumbent governments all over Europe are struggling to get re-elected, the two larger parties within this government, in particular Fine Gael, are going to deliver a very strong performance,” he told the AP. 

The Green Party, which held 12 seats in the last parliament and propped up the governing coalition, acknowledged that it was headed for a disappointing result.

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Among a large crop of independent candidates was reputed organized crime boss Gerry “the Monk” Hutch, who has seen a groundswell of support since he was bailed on money-laundering charges in Spain this month in order to run for election. 

Early results suggested he stood a good chance of winning a seat in Dublin. 

Reuters and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

A Massachusetts man allegedly killed his roommate on Thanksgiving for standing “too close” to the food he was preparing because the roommate “often sneezes,” although he claims the killing was an accident.

Richard Lombardi, 65, was charged with assault and battery on a person 60 and over, causing serious injury and involuntary manslaughter, according to Boston 25 News. He pleaded not guilty in Plymouth District Court.

Lombardi is accused of attacking his 80-year-old roommate Frank Griswold at their home in Marshfield on Wednesday after he became upset that his roommate was too close to the food he was preparing for Thanksgiving.

Griswold, was pronounced dead at South Shore Hospital on Wednesday night after Lombardi allegedly threw him to the ground, hitting his head and breaking his neck and nose.

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According to court records, Lombardi told police he was cooking a meal when he began arguing with Griswold and told him he did not want him in the kitchen touching the food.

Lombardi said Griswold “often sneezes” and he did not want him to “sneeze or contaminate the food,” which was near the sink. Lombardi said he left the kitchen and later returned to Griswold standing near the food doing dishes.

He said he grabbed Griswold from behind and threw him aside, adding that his “feet got tangled up, and he fell and hit his head on the floor,” according to Boston 25.

Richard Lombardi, 65, is accused of attacking Frank Griswold, 80, after he became upset that his roommate was too close to the food he was preparing for Thanksgiving. (iStock)

Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Joseph Presley said Lombardi did see Griswold near the food and that “he went over and grabbed Mr. Griswold from behind, grabbed his back and threw Mr. Griswold to the right and tossed him to the side.”

Lombardi said he called 911 when he noticed Griswold was unconscious and bleeding from his head. Griswold also suffered cuts on his face.

“He was seen laying[sic] face-up on the floor in the kitchen in a pool of blood,” Presley said.

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Lombardi said Griswold “often sneezes” and that he did not want his roommate to “sneeze or contaminate the food.” (iStock)

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Lombardi’s attorney, Marshall Johnson, said the incident “sounds like an accident based on what the evidence was that was revealed in court.”

Johnson said Lombardi and Griswold were friends for about 30 years and roommates for more than 20 and that his client was devastated to find out Griswold had died.

Lombardi is being held without bail. His next court appearance is scheduled for Dec. 4.