Imagine a brilliant student from rural Limpopo. She presents a thorough case study to her class that is locally relevant and grounded in real-world African issues. Her classmate submits a technically perfect paper filled with American examples and Western solutions that don’t apply to a rural African setting. The difference? Her classmate prompted ChatGPT and submitted a paraphrased version of its response. 

This example highlights an uncomfortable truth — generative AI is reshaping teaching and learning in higher education but, without critical reflection, it risks widening the gap between relevance and convenience.

The recent Daily Maverick article on the “CheatGPT” crisis captured a significant tension. The vast majority of large language models such as ChatGPT weren’t built with African realities in mind. Their training data privileges Western knowledge, history and frameworks. Yet across Africa, these tools are being rapidly integrated into our educational systems and often with little interrogation of their cultural biases or pedagogical implications. 

This poses obvious risks, such as the unintended consequences of imposing Global North solutions onto vastly different educational, technological and socio-economic contexts. For example, an AI tool calibrated for English-speaking, well-resourced school systems could reinforce exclusion in multilingual classrooms or among students with limited internet access.

A more subtle, longer-term concern is the growing influence of digital colonialism — the way global tech platforms shape what knowledge is visible, whose voices matter and how learning happens. In higher education, this risks weakening our academic independence and deepening reliance on systems that were never built with our contexts — or our students — in mind.

Banning AI tools is not a solution. The question isn’t about whether to use AI or not, it’s how to do so with care, strategy and sovereignty.

Too often, institutions swing between extremes of uncritical techno-optimism (“AI will solve everything”) and fearful rejection (“Ban it before it breaks us”). Lost in the middle are students who lack guidance on responsibly working with these tools and shaping them for African futures.

When an African law student queries ChatGPT, they’re often served US case law. Ask for economic models, and the results tend to assume Western market conditions. Request cultural insights and Western assumptions are frequently presented as universal truths. 

It’s not that AI tools can’t provide localised or African-specific information, but without proper prompting and a trained awareness of the tools’ limitations, most users will get default outputs shaped by largely Western training data.

Our African perspective risks being overshadowed. This is the hidden curriculum of imported AI — it quietly reinforces the idea that knowledge flows from the North to the South. African students and lecturers become unpaid contributors, feeding data and insights into systems they don’t own, while Silicon Valley collects the profits.

So, what’s the alternative? What is needed is a technocritical approach which is a mindset that acknowledges both AI’s promise and pitfalls in our context. The five core principles are:

Participatory design: Students and academic staff are not just users but co-creators, shaping how AI is embedded in their learning.

Critical thinking: Learners are taught to critically interrogate all AI outputs. What data is presented here? Whose voices are missing?

Contextual learning: Assignments require comparing AI outputs to local realities, to identify more nuanced insights and to acknowledge blind spots.

Ongoing dialogue: Hold open and candid conversations about how AI influences knowledge in and beyond our classrooms.

Ethics of care: Advance African perspectives and protect against harm by ensuring that AI use in education is guided by inclusion and people’s real needs — not just speed or scale.

The shape of AI in African education isn’t pre-ordained. It will be defined by our choices. Will we passively apply foreign tools or actively shape AI to reflect our values and ambitions?

We don’t need to choose between relevance and progress. With a technocritical approach, we can pursue both — on our terms. Africa cannot afford to adopt AI without adaptation, nor should students be passive users of systems that do not reflect their reality. This is about more than access. It’s about  digital self-determination — equipping the next generation to engage critically, challenge defaults and build AI futures that reflect African voices, knowledge and needs.

AI will shape the future of education, but we must shape AI first. Africa has the opportunity not just to consume technology, but to co-create it in a relevant way. A technocritical approach reminds us that true innovation doesn’t mean catching up to the Global North — it means confidently charting our own course. 

Dr Miné de Klerk is the dean of curricula and research (mine.deklerk@eduvos.com) and Dr Nyx McLean is the head of research and postgraduate studies (nyx.mclean@eduvos.com) at Eduvos.

For too many families, a letter through the door means another bill they struggle to afford.

I know what that’s like. Growing up, our phone was regularly cut off because it was the easiest bill to skip when finances were too stretched. So easing the cost-of-living pressures on hardworking families is deeply personal for me.

That’s why, this winter, we are going further to protect working people, giving almost 3 million more households £150 off their energy bills compared to last year.

Under outdated rules put in place by the last government, millions of people on means-tested benefits missed out on the support they needed.

But in 2025, six million households will get help with their bills. That includes 900,000 families with children, and 1.8 million households in fuel poverty.

But this isn’t just about numbers on a page. It’s about peace of mind. 

It’s about knowing you can heat your home without fearing the next bill. And it’s about fairness — making sure support reaches the people who need it most.

This comes alongside a fall in energy prices in July, which will provide some much-needed extra breathing room.

But in the long run, we need to do more to keep people’s bills low. In this new era of instability, there are some obvious truths we simply can’t ignore. We can’t be dependent on foreign dictators like Putin for our energy. 

We can’t ignore the urgent need to produce clean British energy here at home. And we cannot allow people to suffer in homes they can’t afford to heat anymore.

That’s why this government has set up Great British Energy, which will produce cleaner, cheaper British energy across the country, and creating thousands of jobs in the process. 

From the £14 billion we announced last week for a new nuclear power station, Sizewell C, which will supply millions of homes, to £500 million in hydrogen investment, we are building the infrastructure this country needs to keep bills low for decades to come. 

That will provide the security and certainty people deserve.

My government is rolling up its sleeves and bringing bills down for the long term, but I know families need support right now.

That’s why we are taking a range of actions, not just regarding energy, to put more money back in people’s pockets. 

Free breakfast clubs in primary schools and free school meals for children whose families are on Universal Credit will save parents hundreds of pounds a year and set our young people up to succeed at school.

We’re limiting the number of branded items of school uniforms, saving parents even more of their hard earned cash. We’re expanding childcare hours to help families with the costs of childcare.

Because we took the tough decisions needed to wipe the slate clean in the budget last October, we’ve put the economy on a stable footing. 

That’s paved the way for four consecutive cuts in interest rates, keeping people’s mortgages low. 

It means we can raise the winter fuel allowance threshold for pensioners this year. 

And it means we can now move on to the next phase of my government – investing in Britain’s future so that working people across the country have more money in their pockets and feel more secure. 

These are all things we promised in our manifesto before the election. Now, we’re delivering.

This isn’t the summit of my government’s ambition, we’re just getting started. And we won’t stop until those cost of living pressures are eased.

But this winter, millions will feel the difference.

And that’s the kind of change my government is delivering for Britain.

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Energy bills will be cut by £150 for millions more households this winter as the Warm Home Discount is expanded across the UK.

The change means every billpayer who receives means-tested benefits will qualify for the discount, which is automatically applied to bills by suppliers.

Writing exclusively for Metro, Sir Keir Starmer said the move is ‘deeply personal’ to him due to the cost-of-living pressures his family experienced while he was growing up.

The Prime Minister wrote: ‘For too many families, a letter through the door means another bill they struggle to afford.

‘I know what that’s like. Growing up, our phone was regularly cut off because it was the easiest bill to skip when finances were too stretched.’

Today’s move confirms plans announced in February by Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.

It means around 2.7 million more households around the country will receive the cut in their bills this winter, the government said, including 900,000 families with children and 1.8 million households in fuel poverty.

Overall, more than six million households will get the discount later this year, according to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Starmer wrote: ‘But this isn’t just about numbers on a page. It’s about peace of mind.

‘It’s about knowing you can heat your home without fearing the next bill. And it’s about fairness — making sure support reaches the people who need it most.’

Miliband added: ‘Millions of families will get vital support with the cost of living this coming winter, demonstrating this government’s commitment to put money in people’s pockets through our Plan for Change.’

The expansion comes shortly after the government U-turned on cuts to the winter fuel payment, which is paid to qualifying pensioners to help pay for heating in cold weather.

Only those receiving Pension Credit got the benefit last winter, sparking sustained and damaging criticism that is thought to have contributed to Labour’s lacklustre performance in May’s local elections.

Earlier this month, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced it will go to all pensioners with an income below £35,000 this year.

Pensioners who meet the qualifying criteria will receive both the warm home discount, worth £150, and the winter fuel payment, worth up to £300.

Both are usually applied automatically – the warm home discount is taken off bills by the electricity supplier, while the winter fuel payment is paid directly into bank accounts.

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Justin Bieber took to social media to discuss his healing process and “anger issues” after another confrontation with paparazzi.

“People keep telling me to heal,” Bieber wrote Monday. “Don’t you think if I could have fixed myself I would have already? I know I’m broken. I know I have anger issues. I tried to do the work my whole life to be like the people who told me I needed to be fixed like them. And it just keeps making me more tired and more angry. The harder I try to grow. The more focussed [sic] on myself I am.

He continued: “Jesus is the only person who keeps me wanting to make my life about others. Because honestly I’m exhausted with thinking about myself lately aren’t you?”

Bieber, 31, was spotted at the beach by paparazzi. He was seen telling the people with cameras to leave him alone. Fox News Digital reached out to Bieber’s representative for comment.

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The “Never Say Never” singer previously pleaded with paparazzi to leave him alone in a video shared to his Instagram in April.

“Look at these guys, man,” Bieber repeatedly said while videoing.

“This has to stop,” the “One Time” singer wrote in his caption.

Throughout the video, fans can hear the back-and-forth between Bieber’s entourage and photographers.

“Guys, can you back up please?” someone asked, before a photographer replied with, “You’re filming me?”

“You guys done?” another person asked the photographers.

“Got your shots, go,” the man added, encouraging the photographers to be on their way.

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Bieber is no stranger to paparazzi and has been dealing with an intense level of scrutiny since his meteoric rise to fame began in 2009. 

The musician was first discovered after posting covers to YouTube. His viral fame led to the release of his first album, “My World,” which featured the hit singles “One Time” and “One Less Lonely Girl.”

At the time, Bieber was 16 years old.

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Amid recent speculation, Bieber’s team told TMZ that concerns about Bieber’s mental and physical health are “exhausting and pitiful and shows that despite the obvious truth, people are committed to keeping negative, salacious, harmful narratives alive.” 

His team added that he is focused on being a father to his son, Jack, and producing new music. Hailey and Justin welcomed their first child in August.

Despite rumors of a rocky spot in the pop star’s marriage to Hailey, a source told People in April that Bieber is having fun with his wife’s support.

“Hailey is not on the verge of wanting a divorce or leaving him. It’s just completely untrue,” the insider told the outlet. “If anything, she’s sad about how hard everyone is being on him now that he finally is coming back out of his shell.”

A Massachusetts town is facing backlash and a potential lawsuit for a school committee proposal trying to ban religious organizations and churches from renting public school space.

A letter from the Massachusetts Liberty Legal Center, addressed to the members of the Salem School Committee, says that the committee is discriminating against House of Promise Church and other religious groups over a proposal, Policy 3204, that would ban religious institutions from renting or leasing space in Salem Public Schools. 

The proposal, included in the Salem School Committee’s May 19, 2025, meeting minutes, reads, “Leases and rentals not being granted to religious organizations was added to the policy to address concerns that there may be religious organizations with values that do not align to the district’s values.”

“I write on behalf of my client, House of Promise Church, to demand that you immediately cease any effort to discriminate against it or any other religious organization based on their religious beliefs and viewpoints,” Sam Whiting, counsel of the Massachusetts Liberty Legal Center (MLLC), wrote in a June 9 letter. 

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“It is our understanding that you are in the process of approving a policy that would ban religious organizations, and only religious organizations, from renting or leasing space in Salem Public Schools,” the letter reads. “This would constitute a clear First Amendment violation. Should you pass and implement this policy, we will take immediate legal action to preserve my client’s rights.”

The MLLC letter contends that the House of Promise Church, which has reserved space in Collins Middle School auditorium for Sunday services, is being singled out.

“House of Promise Church is a non-denominational Christian church that has reserved space in the auditorium of Collins Middle School for Sunday worship services for a number of years,” the letter reads.

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It adds that the church has “used the online public reservation portal to do so. During that time, it has never received any complaints or negative feedback about its use of the property. Many other organizations also rent space from Salem Public Schools for their meetings and activities, such as the Boys and Girls Club, a daycare, and various afterschool programs.” 

The members of the Salem School Committee reportedly voted to advance the policy on June 2 and are expected to pass the policy in a vote Tuesday. 

“In a conversation with Pastor Hyatt after the June 2nd meeting adjourned, Superintendent Zrike expressed that it was his understanding that if the policy passes, House of Promise Church will be immediately barred from renting space at Salem Public Schools and any current reservations will be cancelled,” the letter reads. 

In a statement to Fox News Digital, Whiting said that the proposal is in direct violation of the First Amendment, with a nod to Salem’s infamous witch trials in the 1600s.

“We are astounded by Salem’s blatant violation of the First Amendment, which violates decades of clear legal precedent,” Whiting said. “Apparently, someone needed to inform Salem that our Constitution doesn’t allow for anti-Christian witch hunts. We trust that our letter will do the trick and that the Salem School Committee will vote to reject this discriminatory policy.” 

House of Promise Church pastor Richard Hyatt told Fox News Digital that he is “deeply troubled” by the new policy to exclude religious organizations.

“To be clear, the only religious organizations currently using these buildings are churches—and no one else. Meanwhile, more than 100 secular institutions continue to have access with no threat of exclusion. This selective treatment tells me that we are not being judged on our behavior or impact, but solely on our religious identity and beliefs,” Hyatt said.

He added that if the proposal advances, the church will “not hesitate to pursue all legal avenues to defend our rights under the First Amendment and Massachusetts law.”

Fox News Digital reached out to the Salem School Committee and Superintendent Stephen Zrike for comment, but did not immediately receive a response. 

The former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, Ippei Mizuhara, reported to federal prison in Pennsylvania on Monday, Mizuhara’s attorney Michael Freedman confirmed to Fox News Digital. 

Mizuhara was sentenced to 57 months in prison for stealing nearly $17 million from Ohtani to pay off gambling debts. 

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Federal prosecutors asked for a 57-month prison sentence while also asking Mizuhara to pay $16.9 million of restitution to Ohtani and another $1.1 million to the IRS.

The Dodgers fired Mizuhara in March 2024.

Federal investigators filed a complaint against Mizuhara on April 11. One day later, he turned himself in to law enforcement, the Department of Justice confirmed.

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Mizuhara pleaded guilty to bank fraud and filing a false tax return in June 2024, admitting that he placed about 19,000 bets with the bookie over a two-year period and accumulated over $40 million in debt.

Ohtani publicly addressed the gambling scandal in late March, saying he had never placed a sports bet and that Mizuhara’s story about paying off his $4.5 million gambling debt was fabricated.

Mizuhara was initially ordered to report to prison in March, but a federal judge granted a delay. No reason for the delay has been disclosed.

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Despite losing his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination last week, progressive Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was recently arrested outside an ICE facility during a protest, is likely not finished in New Jersey politics, according to political strategists from both sides of the aisle.

According to a New Jersey political insider, Baraka is likely to even be tapped by the now-Democratic gubernatorial nominee Mikie Sherrill for the lieutenant governor role, the No. 2 spot in the state.

Mayor of Newark since 2014, Baraka has garnered a reputation as a progressive. It was his arrest outside an ICE detention facility in Newark on May 9, however, that propelled him to the national stage.

Baraka filed a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba this month, accusing her of “false arrest and malicious prosecution” in connection with the incident.

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He was one of several public officials, including Democratic Reps. Robert Menendez, LaMonica McIver and Bonnie Watson Coleman, who allegedly rushed past security through the gates of the facility with a group of protesters, according to officials from the Department of Homeland Security. 

The U.S. attorney’s office has since dismissed the case against Baraka “for the sake of moving forward.” 

Kenny Gonzalez, executive director of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, told Fox News Digital that “the day that his arrest happened, [Baraka] really did become a hero of New Jersey’s Democrat Party.”

Baraka’s campaign took full advantage of the moment, even beginning to send fundraising messages to supporters while he was still incarcerated, according to Politico.

Politico reporter Matt Friedman posted a screenshot of a text message from Baraka’s campaign that reads in all caps “RAS BARAKA HAS BEEN ARRESTED” and “Ras was at Delaney Hall today demanding entry into the ICE detention center where Trump and MAGA extremists are illegally detaining people.” 

The message went on to say, “Ras is ready to do whatever it takes to stop Trump and protect New Jerseyans from his extreme agenda. We need you with us now more than ever. Donate now.” 

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Gonzalez explained that “almost every Democrat elected official, including all of his primary opponents for governor, came out against what had happened, calling it some sort of injustice and saying that it was wrong.” 

“I do believe that we were correct in predicting that this stunt would actually boost him, and it really did,” said Gonzalez.  

He said that though early polling had Baraka in a distant third place, the Newark mayor’s performance, coming in second with 20.6% of the vote, “was really the big news of the night.”

“Mikie Sherrill spent millions and millions more dollars than he did. So it’s no surprise that she emerged as the primary winner. But Ras Baraka was a distant third place, and he came in second,” said Gonzalez. “So the stunt definitely boosted him, and I think to this day he remains very, very popular among the Democrat Party.”

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“I wouldn’t be surprised if Mikie Sherrill picks Ras Baraka to be her lieutenant governor candidate,” he said.

“He put up a formidable performance, and he’s an African-American politician who has very deep ties to many urban communities,” he went on. “Mikie Sherrill couldn’t even win her own home county. So I think she should probably pick somebody who did.”

Gonzalez is optimistic that Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump, can flip the New Jersey governorship back red.

“What Ras Baraka did was he failed to fulfill his responsibility as mayor of Newark … he put illegal immigrants over Newark citizens,” he said. “There are so many other issues that New Jerseyans face, such as high property taxes, unsafe neighborhoods, a school funding formula that hasn’t worked in many years. So I believe that commonsense voters think that Ras Baraka should have focused his campaign a little bit more on that.”

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Meanwhile, Kevin Hagan, a New Jersey Democratic political strategist and advisor, told Fox News Digital that “Baraka certainly created a campaign that not only gained attention but earned an impressive result of votes on Election Day.”

Hagan credited Baraka’s success not to the Delaney Hall protest and arrest but to “his willingness to take on President Trump and his policies but also bring to the forefront issues important to the Democratic Party on education, affordability and quality of life in the state.”

Hagan said that based on how well Baraka ran his campaign, he should “certainly” at least “be considered as a potential candidate.”

“But what’s important now is the Sherrill campaign and the congresswoman deciding on who is best to be her partner, to see the campaign’s way to victory in November, but more importantly, a partner to govern in January,” he said.

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On whether Democrats will be able to pull off a win in November, Hagan pointed out that over the last 32 years, New Jersey has been governed for 16 years by a Democrat and 16 years by a Republican.

“So, from a partisan perspective,” he said, “Democrats can take nothing for granted in their effort to maintain control of the governor’s office.”

Former ABC News reporter Terry Moran said it was not a journalist’s job to be “objective” while also praising CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley’s viral graduation speech attacking President Donald Trump in an interview on Monday.

Moran, who was axed from ABC News last week after posting an anti-Trump rant on X, knocked the notion that journalists were supposed to be unbiased in their news coverage in a conversation with The Bulwark’s Tim Miller posted to Substack.

After describing himself as a “centrist” and “Hubert Humphrey Democrat,” Moran dismissed critics from the right who said his post unmasked a liberal bias that is typical in the media. 

“My own feeling is that you don’t sacrifice your citizenship as a journalist. Your job is not to be objective,” he said.

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He also mocked the idea that objectivity was a realistic journalistic standard.

“There is no Mount Olympus of objectivity where a Mandarin class of wise people have no feelings about their society,” he continued. “We’re all in this together. What you have to be is fair and accurate.”

Moran touted his interview with Trump in April as one recent example of where he felt he met that objective. Trump repeatedly criticized Moran in the combative interview.

He also weighed in on Pelley’s fiery commencement address at Wake Forest University last month that caused a stir.

“I thought Scott was absolutely spot on,” Moran said. “I’m now in a position where I can help in that good work. That fills me with joy as well. We can all put our shoulder to the wheel because I do think he’s right. This is a moment of danger, and I’m happy to be able to help if I can.”

Pelley warned graduates of threats to truth, DEI and freedom of speech under the Trump administration and urged them to speak up against it.

“In this moment, this moment, this morning, our sacred rule of law is under attack. Journalism is under attack. Universities are under attack. Freedom of speech is under attack. And insidious fear is reaching through our schools, our businesses, our homes and into our private thoughts, the fear to speak in America. If our government is, in Lincoln’s phrase, ‘Of the people, by the people, for the people,’ then why are we afraid to speak?” Pelley said at one part of the address.

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During the Monday interview, Moran doubled down on his June 8 social media post that called Trump and White House aide Stephen Miller “world-class haters.”

“This, while very hot, is an observation, a description that is accurate and true,” he said.

He added later, “It was something that was in my heart and mind. And I would say I used very strong language, deliberately, because he, I felt, and it wasn’t any – you see him all the time doing the same, spitting venom and lies into our debate, degrading our public discourse, debasing it and using the power of the White House and what he’s been given to grind us down in that bile. And, that’s very disturbing to me.”

Moran deleted the post and was initially suspended by ABC News over the incident. 

The network, which he had worked at since 1997, fired him days later, just before his contact was set to expire.

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He also reflected on the fallout from the post in his conversation with Miller.

“I realized that this was going to be a very serious situation and had to stand up, you know, and deal with it. And activity is one of the best things to assuage fear. But also, I thought about it in my own conscience first. And I thought, as I tell you, I wrote it because I thought it was true. And at the end of the day, when all the bad stuff has happened, my children will know that whatever it means, it means that,” he said.

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Elijah Blue Allman, the son of Cher and the late Gregg Allman, has been hospitalized for demonstrating erratic behavior.

On Saturday, the 48-year-old was taken to a hospital in San Bernardino County after authorities received a disturbance call. 

“Deputies from our Morongo Basin Station responded to a residence in Landers for a male subject acting erratically,” authorities from the Bernardino County Sheriff’s office said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital. “When deputies arrived, Elijah Allman, 48, was being evaluated by emergency medical personnel. Deputies located drugs inside the home and Allman was transported to the hospital. The investigation is ongoing.”

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When reached by Fox News Digital, a representative for Cher could not provide additional details. 

Elijah’s estranged wife, Marieangela King Allman, said he remains committed to sobriety, despite the setback. 

“While it is true that Elijah has faced personal challenges in the past, one constant has been his unwavering commitment to sobriety and his loyalty to those he loves,” she said in a statement to People. 

“Like many, he continues to confront his inner struggles — but it is important to recognize that he does so from a place of strength, not defeat,” Marieangela continued. “Despite the assumptions that often color how his journey is portrayed, the reality is that Elijah remains grounded, focused and deeply committed to living with integrity and purpose.”

“I want to state, without hesitation, that I will always root for him,” she added. “My support is steadfast and comes from a place of deep respect for the person he is and the resilience he continues to show.”

In 1975, Cher and Gregg married three days after she divorced her husband and singing partner, Sonny Bono. Their marriage was tumultuous from the start: Cher requested a divorce just nine days after their Las Vegas wedding, although she dismissed the suit a month later.

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Together they released a widely panned duets album under the name “Allman and Woman.” They had one child together, Elijah Blue, and Cher filed for legal separation in 1977.

In his memoir, Gregg said he spent years overindulging in women, drugs and alcohol before getting sober in the mid-1990s. He said that after getting sober, he felt “brand new” at the age of 50.

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“I never believed in God until this,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press in 1998. “I asked him to bring me out of this or let me die before all the innings have been played. Now I have started taking on some spiritualism.”

However, after all the years of unhealthy living he ended up with hepatitis C which severely damaged his liver. He underwent a liver transplant in 2010.

Gregg, a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, passed away in 2017 at age 69.

Fox News Digital’s Stephanie Nolasco and The Associated Press contributed to this post. 

University of Arkansas baseball star Gage Wood pitched just the third no-hitter in College World Series history and first in 65 years on Monday, striking out a record 19 against Murray State to protect his team’s 3-0 victory.

Wood joined Jim Ehrler of Texas in 1950 and Jim Wixson of Oklahoma State in 1960 as the only pitchers to throw CWS no-hitters.

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The junior only had two three-ball counts as 83 of his 119 pitches were strikes.

Wood had bid for a perfect game in the eighth inning, but a 2-2 breaking ball hit Dom Decker in his back foot.

“When I hit the guy in the foot, I knew I screwed up,” Wood said after the game. 

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Still, Wood, a junior right-hander who set the CWS record for strikeouts in a nine-inning game, celebrated his feat after the game.

“The only special thing was I didn’t want to go home. That’s it,” he said. “We’re not going home. We get to play tomorrow night. But it’s pretty cool.”

Wood has gone from closer as a freshman to middle reliever as a sophomore to weekend starter as a junior. He injured his right shoulder throwing a warmup pitch in his Feb. 23 start against Michigan and didn’t return until April 18 against Texas A&M, a total of 54 days.

Asked what he did with the game ball, Wood said, “I gave it to my dad and said happy late Father’s Day.”

Arkansas (49-14) plays another elimination game Tuesday night against the winner of Monday night’s game between LSU and UCLA.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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