The family of a former University of Alabama baseball player who passed away after receiving an experimental COVID-19 jab said their son’s coaches pressured him into getting the shot. Davis James Heller, 22, died on October 5, 2022, from a cardiac episode. “His father, DJ Heller, told 1819 News his son did not want to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Heller presented a fake vaccination card the first year. But when it was time for a second vaccination, DJ Heller said his son felt guilty despite having a pre-existing condition,” 1819 News reports. “The coach, trainer and doctor never acknowledged what happened, but Davis’ teammate has come forward to describe the pressure they felt,” Dr. Mary Talley Bowden said. Davis Heller took one for the team, and it cost him his life. The coach, trainer and doctor never acknowledged what happened, but Davis’ teammate has come forward to describe the pressure they felt. @AlabamaBSB https://t.co/G1Jo53eWnm pic.twitter.com/6bmp7vB5fC — Mary Talley Bowden MD (@MdBreathe) October 17, 2024 The university told the outlet there were never official COVID-19 jab mandates for any sport. “No student-athletes at The University of Alabama were ever required to be vaccinated against COVID,” the university told 1819 News. “To state otherwise is false,” it added. However, a former teammate of Heller’s described the pressure players felt to get the experimental shot to the outlet. The family of a University of Alabama baseball player who passed away after being pressured into getting the COVID-19 vaccine is raising awareness and helping young athletes succeed.Davis James Heller was only 22 years old and had a promising baseball career ahead of him when he… pic.twitter.com/wrlbXg2Rxa — “Sudden And Unexpected” (@toobaffled) October 16, 2024 1819 News reports: However, Heller told his parents that coaches told the team it was selfish not to get vaccinated. Without the shot, players were not allowed to go out to eat on road trips or eat in the dining hall, Heller told his parents. They also had to be tested for COVID twice a week and quarantined for five days after every contact trace, according to Heller. He told his parents the coaches strongly advised them to get the shot if they planned to play ball. Even though he had a medical exemption from a doctor, Heller did not want to let anyone down. “So, when he got there in the second year and was told he would not be able to go into a locker room or a training room, he knew he would basically be isolated,” DJ Heller said. “Now looking back on it, he reluctantly decided to get it. He was completely distraught about it and towards the end of that year, he didn’t get a whole lot of opportunities.” Davis Heller’s teammate Jim Jarvis spoke to 1819 News about his friend and his own experience feeling pressured to get the vaccine. The pair became fast friends when they played in the same San Diego league. Jarvis said Heller was an amazing player, and even though they were on opposing teams, he was respectful. “There were like different guidelines if you didn’t get the vaccine and those guidelines came off as very, very strict,” Jarvis told the outlet. “It was to a point where you got the feeling that if you didn’t get the vaccine, you, like, basically were going to be kind of excluded from the rest of the team,” he continued. “You were basically told that without getting the vaccine, you were hurting the team,” he added. “Davis Heller was forced to get the C0VID shots to play baseball for @UofAlabama. His exemption from a cardiologist was denied, and Davis died on his couch studying for a test. I spoke with his father @ncm20az and will share our conversation tomorrow,” Bowden said. Davis Heller was forced to get the C0VID shots to play baseball for @UofAlabama. His exemption from a cardiologist was denied, and Davis died on his couch studying for a test. I spoke with his father @ncm20az and will share our conversation tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/03zgwEUxxT — Mary Talley Bowden MD (@MdBreathe) October 13, 2024 From America Out Loud News: Today, I talk to DJ Heller, whose son, Davis, died unexpectedly and suddenly at the age of twenty-one. Davis, an all-star athlete, was required to get the COVID shots to play for the University of Alabama’s baseball team. Davis’ cardiologist recommended he not get the shots and wrote him an exemption letter, but the University refused to accept it. Davis died nine months later of “sudden cardiac arrest” while studying for an exam on his sofa. Davis was an accomplished athlete with an incredibly positive attitude who said he wanted to be the “best teammate in the country.” He struggled with the decision to get the COVID shots but succumbed so he could fulfill his dream to play collegiate baseball. Heller spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons playing with the Crimson Tide before transferring to North Greenville University. He passed away during his first semester at North Greenville.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) announced a five-day human trafficking operation yielded nearly 160 arrests. The operation, called “Operation Autumn Sweep,” led to 157 arrests of people involved in alleged criminal activity related to sex work. Sheriff Grady Judd said suspects were ”involved in illegal acts related to soliciting prostitutes, offering to commit prostitution, or aiding and abetting prostitutes,” WKMG reports. “25 illegal immigrants were arrested in this operation,” Judd said during a press conference. “Sixteen percent of these total arrests were people who should not have even been in this country,” he continued. “There is no border security at the Southern Border. Zero. It doesn’t exist,” he added. WATCH: JUST IN: Polk County, Fla. Sheriff announces 157 arrests in human trafficking operation, including Disney World employee and over 2 dozen illegal aliens "There is no border security at the Southern Border. Zero. It doesn't exist." pic.twitter.com/PtBAllMvZc — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 17, 2024 WKMG reports: Sheriff’s officials said four possible human trafficking victims were identified during the operation. In addition to the 157 arrested, three other people were arrested for soliciting “who they thought were children online, and charged with traveling to meet a minor, attempted lewd and lascivious battery on a minor, and use of a computer to seduce a child,” a release said. One of these suspects, 28-year-old Branden Orr, told a detective who was posing as a girl that he could go to their house and that he wanted to take her to Disney, Judd said. The sheriff’s office said Orr told detectives he is a lifeguard at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort. “Sheriff Grady Judd is briefing the media about Operation Autumn Sweep, an undercover investigation during which 157 suspects were arrested – as well as 3 suspects who were arrested for soliciting who they thought were children online for sex. One of those suspects – Michael Gillis – is out on bond from Minnesota for committing the same crime there,” Judd said. Sheriff Grady Judd is briefing the media about Operation Autumn Sweep, an undercover investigation during which 157 suspects were arrested – as well as 3 suspects who were arrested for soliciting who they thought were children online for sex. One of those suspects – Michael… pic.twitter.com/Rsc12FBh6u — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd (@PolkCoSheriff) October 17, 2024 From ABC Action News: In addition, PCSO said 96 suspects were arrested for soliciting a sex worker and traveling to the undercover location to negotiate having sex in exchange for money Fourteen other suspects were arrested on other charges. One was charged with human trafficking. Sheriff Judd said the operation ended early due to the approaching hurricane, and he called it amazing that they could arrest 157 in that short time. Of the arrests, PCSO said that: Twenty-six suspects told detectives they were married. Twenty-five of the arrested are suspected of being undocumented migrants and are from Cuba, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Venezuela. Ten suspects brought illegal drugs to the location: cocaine, MDMA, and marijuana. Ten guns were brought to the undercover location A total of 131 suspects were outside Polk County, including nine states and the United Kingdom: Arkansas, California, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The people arrested ages ranged between 15 and 61 Three suspects were either active duty military or veterans Three suspects that were arrested worked at Disney World. WATCH:

Democrat mayor of Dolton, Illinois, Tiffany Henyard, whom residents have dubbed “the worst mayor in America,” has officially announced that she is running for re-election.

Former President Donald Trump has taken the lead over Vice President Kamala Harris across key battleground states in not just the betting markets, but also in the polls looking at the 2024 White House race. On Thursday, Rasmussen Reports and American Thinks unveiled the results of a poll that showed Trump ahead of Harris 49%-47% among likely voters in Wisconsin, after which RealClearPolitics (RCP) updated its poll tracker for the state to give Trump an overall 0.1 percentage point advantage. Harris had a better average than Trump in Wisconsin since the beginning of August, with a 0.2 percentage point lead as recently as Wednesday. As it turns out, Harris traveled to Wisconsin on Thursday for a number of campaign events. ? BREAKING: Trump flips Wisconsin in New RealClearPolitics No Toss Ups Map and now leads Kamala Harris in all battleground states. pic.twitter.com/HvCRcGGvkd — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 17, 2024 With less than three weeks to go before Election Day, the spread in every one of the “Top Battlegrounds” tracked by RCP favored Trump. As of October 17, Trump’s advantage was 1.1 percentage points in Arizona, 0.5 points in Nevada, 0.1 points in Wisconsin, 0.9 points in Michigan, 0.5 points in Pennsylvania, 1 point in North Carolina, and 0.9 points in Georgia. This happened one day after Polymarket showed that Trump had pulled ahead of Harris across six battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Michigan. Harris had been performing better than Trump in some of those states, including Wisconsin and Nevada, just days ago. Other betting markets have also favored Trump. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that a poll it conducted found swing state voters viewed Trump as being more capable than Harris to handle the economy and border security, two issues they rated as their top areas of concern in the election. Harris got better marks when it came to issues such as health care and housing affordability. Overall, the newspaper said, the candidates were “virtually tied” across the battleground states the poll examined. RCP’s average for national polls showed Harris ahead 49.2%-47.7% as of Thursday. But the site’s Electoral College page shows Trump being favored to win 219 electoral votes, Harris being favored to get 215 electoral votes, and 104 electoral votes labeled as “Toss ups.” And with RCP’s “No Toss-up” option, Trump leads Harris 312-226 after Wisconsin, Nevada, Michigan, and Pennsylvania started to lean toward the GOP over the past few weeks. The Senate, according to RCP, looks to be leaning toward a narrow GOP majority. RCP’s “Battle for the House 2024” page shows Republicans favored to get 207 seats, Democrats to get 196 states, and 32 seats that remain “Toss Ups.” Its “2024 Governor Races” page shows 23 Democrats, 26 Republicans, and one — New Hampshire — in the “Toss Ups” category.

Within hours of Vice President Kamala Harris‘ appearance on Fox News, it became clear that the legacy media outlets had all received their pre-written talking points and their marching orders. The interview, which was shortened to just over 20 minutes after the vice president arrived late — grew combative at times as Bret Baier pressed the Democratic presidential nominee for real answers. Harris responded to each question — regardless of topic — by filibustering until she found a point from which she could pivot and attack her Republican rival, former President Donald Trump. Democrats and multiple media personalities took to X to do damage control because, as Mark Hemingway noted, “If Kamala had done well, they’d be posting her highlights from the interview, not attacking Baier, who was perfectly professional.” “I figured @BretBaier would be tough. I didn’t think he would be downright rude and disrespectful. The VP did great. She is strong. He is scared,” former Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) posted in response. I figured @BretBaier would be tough. I didn’t think he would be downright rude and disrespectful. The VP did great. She is strong. He is scared. — Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) October 16, 2024 CNN’s Jim Acosta and Brian Stelter complained that Baier was “misleading” and “deceptive” during the interview. CNN's Jim Acosta and Brian Stelter held a Legion of Stupid meeting just now and, needless to say, they HATED how @BretBaier treated Kamala Harris and believe he was deceptively misleading her pic.twitter.com/5OkRKLmDhf — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 17, 2024 Stelter’s initial response to the interview was fairly telling as well — without highlighting anything that Harris actually said, he claimed that she had given a show of strength simply because she was willing to make an appearance on Fox News. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 .@brianstelter: This was one of the most adversarial interviews Kamala Harris has probably ever done. A lot of viewers are going to come away saying, 'Wow, she's willing to do that. That's a sign of toughness and strength' pic.twitter.com/DExzpPBSvE — Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 16, 2024 MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough complained that Baier was “shockingly rude.” The hosts of ABC’s “The View” argued that Baier only challenged Harris with tough questions because she was a woman — despite the fact that Baier’s interview with Trump in 2023 was equally, if not more, contentious. Joe Concha found a common thread in a number of legacy media headlines as well, and he posted a screenshot of five of them along with the caption, “The ‘testy’ memo went out from the DNC. Everybody getting how this works now?” The “testy” memo went out from the DNC. Everybody getting how this works now? pic.twitter.com/wZS8CRWmZp — Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) October 17, 2024 While Democrats tried to spin Harris’ appearance, the Trump campaign took a different approach. They posted the interview, unedited and in its entirety, saying, “Our newest ad just dropped.” ? OUR NEWEST AD JUST DROPPED pic.twitter.com/jX9MMQRHuv — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 16, 2024

Details have been released about multiple 911 calls made by the hotel staff minutes before Liam Payne’s shocking fatal fall from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 31. Local reports reveal that staff was very worried about the state of the former member of One Direction, after reportedly noticing the English singer appeared to be under the influence before emergency crews responded to his fall from several stories at CasaSur Palermo Hotel, People magazine reported. According to a translation of La Nacion of the transcript of the call, the staff made it clear they needed help “urgently” — though they didn’t use his name in the call. The Associated Press reported that the hotel manager told the 911 operator about “a guest who is overwhelmed with drugs and alcohol. … He’s destroying the entire room and, well, we need you to send someone, please.” A BBC transcript stated that the staff said the person had been “trashing the entire room” before his death. Liam Payne appeared unconscious when he plummeted from hotel balcony, autopsy reveals https://t.co/bnyqmXUh2O pic.twitter.com/pvLRYIvwMb — New York Post (@nypost) October 17, 2024 Daily Mail also published pictures they claimed to have come from Payne’s hotel room showing a smashed up TV and drug paraphernalia.  In a second call, a member of the hotel staff said they worried the guest’s “life may be in danger” because he was “in a room with a balcony. We’re a little afraid that he …” the BBC reported. Sky News reported that the staff was “afraid he could do something that threatens his life,” adding that the person had been at the hotel for “three days.” The 911 operator assured the manager that emergency crews were on the way, per the outlet.  On Wednesday, Payne was found dead in the hotel courtyard after falling off the balcony of his hotel, as previously reported. The cause of death is currently listed as “multiple trauma” and “internal and external bleeding,” the Associated Press reported. An investigation into the circumstances of his death is underway. The British celebrity got his break in the music industry after appearing on “The X Factor” in 2008. He returned to the reality competition show two years later along with Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik, the singers who would become the popular band One Direction. The band split up in 2016, with members deciding to take off on solo careers.  Payne is survived by his 7-year-old son Bear Grey.

Border Patrol agents are threatening to leave their jobs and warning of a mass exodus from the law enforcement agency if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the presidency in November, saying that working under the Biden-Harris administration has been “four years in hell.” The comments come as border security and illegal immigration have been ranked as some of the most important issues on the minds of voters as the election draws near. “I’m not doing this … again,” one anonymous agent said in an interview with the New York Post, going on to describe working under the Biden-Harris administration as “four years in hell.” Another agent added that “lots of guys who can retire will go” if Harris wins, but that “if Trump wins, they’ll stay.” “Under this administration, they’ve done everything they could to make our job as inefficient as possible,” one of the agents said of the Biden-Harris administration. “They can’t outwardly tell us not to do our job, but when you’re watching criminals come in and get released it sucks.” The National Border Patrol Union recently endorsed Donald Trump for president, warning that “every city, every community in this great country, is going to go to hell” if Harris beats Trump in the November 5th election. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 Some of the illegal aliens who entered the United States under the Biden-Harris administration are now believed to have committed violent crimes, including assaults, rapes, and murders, against American citizens. Yuma Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem also commented on the current administration, saying that it has damaged morale among Border Patrol agents. “The morale has never been as low in the Border Patrol, but under the Biden-Harris administration and her current ads, acting like she’s pro-border security is just putting salt on an already gaping wound for the morale of border Border Patrol agents and law enforcement.” Harris recently released an advertisement in which she markets herself as a “border state prosecutor,” with one shot even featuring an image of the border wall constructed under the Trump administration. Another advertisement stated that “Kamala Harris supports increasing the number of Border Patrol agents.” Harris’ pivot on immigration comes as the Biden-Harris administration has presided over a historic increase in illegal immigration on both the southern and northern border. More than 10 million people have crossed the border under the Biden-Harris administration, with an estimated 1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways recorded since Biden was inaugurated in 2021. There were a total of 415,000 reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 during the Trump administration. Recent polling has found that a majority of voters do not believe that Vice President and Democratic candidate for president Kamala Harris has “clearly explained” her policy stances concerning illegal immigration.

For most of our lives, we’ve been made to believe that celebrities are all extremely rich and have big paychecks. Ocassionally, some stars shine a bit brighter than others, but if they’re on our TV or movie screen, they must be getting a fat check, right? Actually, maybe not. Henry Winkler claims he quite literally earned crumbs for his role in the 1998 Adam Sandler film The Waterboy. View this post on Instagram A post shared by New York Post (@nypost) Adam Sandler Personally Called Henry Winkler For A Favor Henry told Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off-Camera podcast Adam, “Called me up in the middle of the night. He said, ‘Henry, I need a favor. My actor didn’t show up. I need you to drive right now to the park in LA.'” Of course, Henry is a pro and knew that he wanted to help his pal out. He told Kelly he got up and dressed, shaved, and drove to the park at 3:30 in the morning to help Adam.  Stars often keep their salary under wraps, but we love it when they dish the dirt on pay. Luckily, Henry wasn’t shy and told Kelly, “Do you know what I got? A cookie.” Surprisingly, Henry and Adam have worked together several times, and Kelly was shocked by the pay. She asked, “There’s no Maserati for Henry Winkler?” “I didn’t even get to keep my wardrobe,” Henry joked. Even though he didn’t get rich from the movie, Henry adores Adam. “I love him.” Henry called Adam wacky, loyal, funny, and a family man. “He is whatever you imagine.” This Story’s Featured Image Is By Getty Images. The post Henry Winkler Hilariously Recalls The “Salary” He Earned For “The Waterboy” & You’ll Be Shocked appeared first on InspireMore.