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The U.S. Coast Guard is asking the public for help identifying a sailboat that it says may have been moored next to the one owned by Brian and Lynette Hooker the night Lynette disappeared in the Bahamas.
More than a month after 55-year-old Lynette’s April 4 disappearance, the Coast Guard is still investigating the case. Brian said that his wife fell overboard from their eight-foot dinghy while the couple motored back to their yacht, Soulmate, off the coast of Elbow Cay around dusk. Soulmate was moored in Aunt Pat’s Bay off the island.
The couple had been drinking at the Abaco Inn and attempted to return to the yacht despite high winds and choppy seas, which Brian said caused Lynette to fall overboard.
LYNETTE HOOKER MISSING IN BAHAMAS: TIMELINE OF MICHIGAN WOMAN’S DISAPPEARANCE, HUSBAND’S ARREST

Brian Hooker visits the Central Police Station in Freeport, The Bahamas, on April 14, 2026, to retrieve his wedding ring and watch with his lawyer, Terrel A. Butler. Hooker was released from jail the previous night after police questioned him about the disappearance of his wife, Lynette Hooker. (Matthew Symons for Fox News Digital)
“#CGIS [Coast Guard Investigative Service] is asking the public for info about the disappearance of Lynette Hooker w/in Aunt Pat’s Bay, BAH, [April. 4],” the Coast Guard said in a post on X, attaching grainy images of a nondescript sailboat. “CGIS is looking for the owner of the sailboat below moored near the SV Soulmate.”

The U.S. Coast Guard is asking the public’s help in identifying a sailboat and its owners, who potentially saw Brian and Lynette Hooker on April 4, 2026, the night she disappeared in the Bahamas. Photo taken on an unknown date. (U.S. Coast Guard)
The Coast Guard asked those with information to submit tips through their phone application.
CBS reported that it obtained a Coast Guard memo on the search update.

Lynette Hooker went missing after she fell off a small boat on Saturday evening. Her husband, Brian Hooker, reported her missing early Sunday morning. (Lynette Hooker/Facebook; Brian Hooker/Facebook)
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“The owners/occupants of the sailing vessel may have information relevant to the CGIS investigation,” that memo said, according to CBS.
The Coast Guard declined to comment further, citing the ongoing investigation.
Brian, 58, was detained for five days by Bahamian police following his wife’s disappearance. Ultimately, he was not charged with a crime and was released from custody. He has denied wrongdoing in the case.
Upon his April 13 release from custody at the Central Police Station in Freeport, Grand Bahama, he told reporters he would remain in the Bahamas to search for his wife. The next day, he returned to the U.S.

A map shows the reported movements of Brian and Lynnette Hooker on the night of April 4, 2026, between Abaco and Marsh Harbour in The Bahamas. (Fox News Digital)
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If he is charged with a crime, he could be extradited back to the Bahamas.
The Hookers lived in Michigan until they retired to their boat and lived out their dream of sailing in the tropics.
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Brian’s Michigan-based attorney Crystal Houser hung up the phone when reached by Fox News Digital on Wednesday morning.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Royal Bahamian Police Force.
The United Kingdom’s Green Party leader Zack Polanski, a 43-year-old self-styled “eco-populist” presenting himself as a progressive alternative to Keir Starmer’s governing Labour Party, is banking on a political breakthrough in British local elections this week.
More than 5,000 council seats will be up for grabs on Thursday as voters in 136 local authorities head to the polls, including in London and other major UK cities.
According to polling group YouGov, the Green Party appears set to make major gains in the capital and could come first in as many as eight of London’s 32 councils.
The party’s ratings have steadily improved since Polanski was elected leader in a landslide victory in September last year. In February, the Green Party won its first-ever parliamentary by-election, taking Gorton and Denton, a constituency in Greater Manchester which had been held by the governing Labour party for nearly a century.
Polanski is viewed by political observers in the UK as a media-savvy representative of a green socialist movement which seeks to inspire younger generations for change, along the lines of New York’s Zohran Mamdani.
To achieve this, the Green Party has expanded beyond its core environmental mission, experts say. Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London, said that under Polanski’s leadership, the Greens have become “far more left-liberal and pro-Gaza focused than environmentally concerned”.
“The reason the party’s poll ratings have increased lies partly in the visibility his considerable communication skills have given them, partly in Israel’s wars on Gaza and Lebanon, and partly in widespread frustration among left-liberal voters at the Starmer government’s hardline rhetoric on immigration,” Bale told Al Jazeera.
“The Greens have elected a headline-grabbing leader at the same time as they’re facing off against a terribly unpopular PM and government that has disillusioned many of its 2024 voter coalition.”
If the polls are accurate, the upcoming local vote could consolidate the Green Party’s position as an alternative to Starmer’s Labour party – traditionally associated with the working class in the UK.
The Green Party leader grew up as David Paulden in a Jewish community in Salford, Greater Manchester. At the age of 18, he changed his anglicised name to a version of his original family name to recognise his Jewish heritage, he said.
He studied drama at Aberystwyth University in Wales and began a career in community theatre, before switching to become a hypnotherapist and mental health counsellor.
Polanski, who is openly homosexual and “proudly vegan”, began his political career with the Liberal Democrats, standing for the party as a councillor in north London in 2015 and as a London Assembly candidate in 2016.
He joined the Green Party the following year and was elected to the London Assembly in 2021 and as deputy leader of the Green Party in 2022.
He was nominated as party leader in September last year, winning the vote with 20,411 votes against 3,705 ballots cast for his rivals Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns, who ran on a joint ticket.
Following his election as party leader, Polanski promised to “work every single day to deliver environmental, social, racial and economic justice”.
He professes a brand of “eco-populism” that links environmental policies with socialist ones, including a wealth tax on billionaires, stronger workers’ rights in cases of unfair dismissal and a 15-pound ($20.41) per hour minimum wage for workers of all ages.
In an interview with the podcast The Rest Is Politics, hosted by former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell and former Conservative leadership contender Rory Stewart in November last year, Polanski argued it was necessary to take back the term “populism”, arguing it should represent those who support the interests of the 99 percent of people rather than the wealthy 1 percent majority.
In the UK, as in other Western countries, the term “populism” has become associated with the far-right, driven by concerns over immigration and declining trust in governance as expressed by political parties such as Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage.
Going by his definition, Polanski told the podcast, “I am a populist, Farage is not.”
Polanski has called on Starmer’s government to take action over Israel’s genocide in Gaza. “We have to be clear and say this loud – our government is not just complicit but active participants,” he told crowds of protesters gathered at a march for Palestine in London last year.
“This is not self-defence [by Israel], this is collective punishment. The UK must immediately end arms sales to Israel, support an urgent and permanent ceasefire, and back a full international investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
But Polanski’s popularity has taken a hit in the run-up to the local elections this week in the wake of a row with the chief of the Metropolitan Police after two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, a residential area of north London with a large Jewish community, on April 29.
Both victims suffered serious injuries in the attack, which the Metropolitan Police declared a terrorist incident. Polanski later apologised for sharing an “inaccurate” post on social media in which he criticised police officers for “violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head” during their intervention.
He claimed he had found the whole incident “very traumatic, especially as a Jewish person”.
Despite his heritage, Polanski and other Green Party candidates have also faced accusations of anti-Semitism over a series of social media posts.
One post by Philip Brookes, a Green candidate for Newcastle City Council, described Israel as “a bunch of Polish, Russian, Hungarian terrorists killing Palestinian people for 76 years”. Brookes also published an image of an Israeli flag being torn up to reveal a Nazi swastika flag on his Facebook page, and wrote that it “takes serious effort not to be a tiny bit antisemitic” when considering the situation in Gaza.
Mohammed Suleman, a candidate for the same council elections, reposted a TikTok video claiming that Jewish prisoners of war were willing to follow Nazi instructions to bury Soviet prisoners alive during World War II.
Although Polanski has assured voters that “antisemitism, Islamophobia, any form of hatred or hate crime, is not welcome in the Green Party”, last-minute polls nevertheless suggest the accusations could lose votes on the day.
Bale, at Queen Mary University of London, said support for the party will probably remain strong before Thursday’s vote in multicultural, inner-city London and “some ‘artsy’ towns”.
“The Greens will win plenty of councillors from Labour, even if that won’t give them control of many – if any – councils,” he said.

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David Beckham, Victoria Beckham, Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola Peltz have seemingly awkward moment during 2023 premiere, years before Brooklyn made explosive allegations about his parents. (Video courtesy: Mike Marsland/Getty Images)
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If you “Wannabe” at Victoria Beckham’s dinner table, you’ve gotta put down your phone.
Beckham, 52, revealed a few of her strict parenting choices while chatting on the “Aspire with Emma Grede” podcast.
The designer admitted that her four children with David Beckham had a “very different upbringing” than both of their parents, but she was adamant on keeping them grounded.
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Victoria Beckham admitted to a few strict rules her four children must abide by. (XNY/Star Max/GC Images)
“I think the world is also a very different place now as to what it was when they were younger,” Beckham said. “We’ve always tried to protect the children as much as we can. We’ve always been very close.”
She acknowledged that “communication is really key” to keeping their family aligned, and that the Beckhams abide by a few strict rules.
“You know, 6:00 at night every night at our house — so long as neither of us are traveling — we always eat dinner together,” she said.
“We’re quite a traditional family, more than people would recognize without even saying it.”

David and Victoria Beckham have four children. (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
She added, “We’re not on our phones, and we’re all just talking about what’s happened, you know, during the day. So being very close is really, really important to us.”
The Spice Girls singer reflected on what she hopes to have instilled in her four children.
“We want the kids to be hardworking, kind … I think that I’ve always wanted to be the best mom that I could be and look after the kids, but I also feel that it’s been part of my job to really help them fulfill their full potential and for them to recognize what their sense of purpose is,” Beckham said.
DAVID BECKHAM’S SON, BROOKLYN, SPEAKS ABOUT HIS DAD AS SPECULATION OF ‘TENSION’ IN FAMILY CONTINUES
“And with Cruz for example, it was his music and anything that I could do to support him, to encourage and to help him – that’s my job as his mom. It’s never about being pushy or forcing. It’s being there to support.”
Grede wondered if Victoria’s mothering skills were ever impacted by the public scrutiny she’s faced as a global icon.
“I think that it’s very different parenting adult children to parenting smaller children,” Beckham said. “I’m just trying to do the best, the best that I can.”

David Beckham poses with his three sons as Victoria Beckham admitted to a few strict rules her four children must abide by. (Justin Goff)
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“They grow up so quickly and I just want them, like I said, you just want to … it’s my job to make sure that my kids are the best versions of themselves and that they feel fulfilled.”
In addition to encouraging her kids to “dream big and then dream even bigger,” Beckham revealed her children pursue deeper spiritual work.
“My kids manifest, my kids have crystals beside their beds, and they know that they do have a responsibility as well because of the profiles that they have and how they can use that to do good in the world,” she said.
“That’s really important as well … and to be really good people. You know, the greatest compliment, as you know, is when someone will say, ‘I met your kids, and they were great kids.'”

David and Victoria Beckham have been married for 26 years. (Chandan Khannna)
In an April interview with The Wall Street Journal, the Spice Girl gave a brief update on her current relationship with their eldest son Brooklyn, months after the 27-year-old made scathing claims against his parents.
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“I think that we’ve always — we love our children so much,” Victoria told the outlet, without directly referencing Brooklyn. “We’ve always tried to be the best parents that we can be.”
“And you know, we’ve been in the public eye for more than 30 years right now, and all we’ve ever tried to do is protect our children and love our children,” she added. “And you know, that’s all I really want to say about it.”

Brooklyn Beckham put his family on blast in a lengthy statement. (Brooklyn Beckham/Instagram)
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Brooklyn, 26, became the center of the storm in January after confirming a longstanding war within his family in a lengthy statement shared on social media.
In the posts, the photographer explained how his parents “controlled narratives” throughout his life in an attempt “to preserve” a functioning family facade.
Brooklyn’s lengthy statement concluded, “My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.”

Nicola Peltz’s past has been pushed into the spotlight as the Beckham family rift continues. (Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
In addition to Brooklyn, Victoria and David share sons Romeo, 23, and Cruz, 21, along with daughter Harper, 14.
Israel must ‘immediately and unconditionally’ release Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago de Avila, UN rights office spokesperson says.
Published On 6 May 2026
The United Nations has called for the immediate release of two Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla activists abducted by Israeli authorities last week, calling for an investigation into the “disturbing accounts of severe mistreatment”.
Israel must “immediately and unconditionally” release activists Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago de Avila, where they continue to be held without charge, UN rights office spokesperson Thameen al-Kheetan said in a statement on Wednesday.
The Spanish and Brazilian nationals were among dozens of activists who had set sail for Gaza as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters off Greece on April 30.
Flotilla organisers say that among about 180 activists, just these two were taken to Israel, where they remain in jail.
“It is not a crime to show solidarity and attempt to bring humanitarian aid to the Palestinian population in Gaza, who are in dire need of it,” said al-Kheetan. “Disturbing accounts of severe mistreatment of Abu Keshek and Avila must be investigated, and those responsible must be brought to justice.”
An Israeli court on Tuesday extended the activists’ imprisonment until May 10. They are on a hunger strike, drinking only water, since they were abducted last Thursday, organisers said.
No charges have been filed against the two men but they face several accusations, including affiliation with a “terrorist organisation and contact with foreign agents,” Adalah, the Israeli rights group representing them, previously told Al Jazeera.
Adalah said Abu Keshek and Avila have faced severe physical abuse while in Israel’s custody that amounts to “torture”.
On Wednesday, Teresa Regina de Avila e Silva, Avila’s mother, died in Brasilia at the age of 63, the flotilla announced in a post on X. “She was a woman of remarkable joy and great strength,” the flotilla said.
“She faced years of serious illness with courage, serenity, and dignity, driven by an unwavering will to live and surrounded by the unconditional dedication of her family.”
The Global Sumud Flotilla’s first voyage to Gaza in August and September drew worldwide attention before Israeli forces intercepted those boats off the coasts of Egypt and Gaza in early October.
Crew members, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, were arrested and expelled by Israeli forces.
The UN spokesman al-Kheetan also called for an end to Israel’s use of arbitrary detention and of “broadly and vaguely defined terrorism legislation, inconsistent with international human rights law”.
He said the blockade on Gaza must end and humanitarian assistance in sufficient amounts must be allowed into the enclave.
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A Biden administration alum running for Congress is facing sharp Republican criticism over her role in the botched U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Cait Conley, a Democrat seeking to unseat Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., in a battleground district, previously served in a senior position on former President Joe Biden’s National Security Council focusing on counterterrorism in the Middle East.
Conley has sought to elevate her profile in a crowded Democratic primary by highlighting how Russia banned her from the country for her work under Biden, and she’s used campaign materials to lean into how she operated from the White House Situation Room.
But she has been largely silent on Biden’s controversial evacuation of troops from Afghanistan in August 2021, which coincided with her time on the NSC.

A sign showing photos and names of 13 U.S. service members killed in a terrorist attack at Abbey Gate outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport is displayed during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 9, 2024. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
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The chaotic and violent exit led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members and more than 160 Afghans in a terrorist attack outside the Kabul airport during the final days of the military departure. Hundreds of American citizens were left behind as the Taliban returned to power.
Though Conley’s responsibilities at the NSC have not been publicly detailed, her position would have likely landed her in meetings about the planning and execution of the evacuation. Several Biden administration officials testified during the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s probe that the NSC and then-National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan played an outsized role in the decision-making process leading up to the withdrawal.
The Lawler campaign said Conley should have to level with voters about the hurried departure and the horrific Abbey Gate suicide bombing, which it characterized as one of the “worst national security failures in modern history.”
“That’s her record and if she wants to run on it, she should have to answer for it and apologize for it,” Lawler campaign spokesman Ciro Riccardi said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Why should Hudson Valley families trust her judgment on national security now?”
A spokesperson for the Conley campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment seeking clarification on her involvement in, and view of, the withdrawal decision and plans.
Still, her team has leaned into Conley’s national security experience as a cornerstone of her campaign platform.

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., has sharply criticized Democratic challenger Cait Conley over her connection to the deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, which overlapped with her service on former President Joe Biden’s National Security Council. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images ; Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)
The National Republican Congressional Committee, House Republicans’ campaign arm, argued that Conley’s ties to the withdrawal are disqualifying.
“She can’t be trusted to keep New Yorkers safe either,” NRCC spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “It’s just that simple.”
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment and the DNC did not reply by time of publication.
The Biden administration’s evacuation plan has been faulted for failing to anticipate the swift collapse of Afghanistan’s government and for not ensuring adequate security precautions for U.S. service members and citizens against terror threats.
Conley has not commented publicly on the withdrawal since launching her bid for the Hudson Valley seat.

The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates Lawler’s reelection bid as a “toss-up.” (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Conley is among several Democrats vying in a June primary to flip Lawler’s seat blue. Rockland County legislator Beth Davidson and progressive Effie Phillips-Staley are also seeking the Democratic nomination.
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the contest as a “toss-up” after downgrading the race in favor of Democrats in January.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris narrowly won the swing district north of New York City in 2024.
Conley is a combat veteran who served for 16 years as an active-duty Army officer. Following her stint as Director for Counterterrorism on the NSC, she served as a senior advisor at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency until January 2025.
Demonstration against an estate event featuring properties for sale in the occupied West Bank is the second protest in six months.
Published On 6 May 2026
About 100 pro-Palestinian protesters have gathered outside a New York synagogue for the second time in six months to demonstrate against an Israeli real estate event featuring properties for sale in the occupied West Bank.
Counterprotesters were also present outside the venue on Tuesday evening as scuffles broke out between the opposing groups.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators also clashed with police after trying to bypass security barriers and move closer to the synagogue.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the real estate event. A spokesperson for Mamdani told The Intercept that some of the properties being marketed were “illegal under international law and deeply tied to the ongoing displacement of Palestinians”.
The demonstration was organised by Pal-Awda NY, which staged a similar protest outside the same synagogue during an Israeli real estate event in November.
Since then, the New York City Council has passed legislation restricting demonstrations near religious institutions. Under the new rules, police are required to publish plans establishing buffer zones during protests outside places of worship.
The event in New York, formally known as The Great Israeli Real Estate Event, is held in the United States and Canada with the aim of helping foreign buyers buy property in Israel and relocate there.
Under international law, Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are illegal.
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Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope has garnered a reputation recently as being a man who is in over his head.
In a recent article I wrote, I highlighted the rising levels of vitriol coming from the Wildcat faithful regarding Pope’s inability to close in the transfer portal while also letting top-ranked high school recruit, Tyran Stokes, slip through his grasp.
With all this in mind, the embattled coach and his team of PR personnel at the University of Kentucky had the brilliant idea to let Pope face the public firing squad that is social media in a stunning lack of self-awareness.
A public Q&A session? Really?
I want to know who in the PR department thought this was a good idea.

Head coach Mark Pope of the Kentucky Wildcats watches the court during a game against the Florida Gators at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 7, 2026. (Jeff Moreland/Icon Sportswire)
If I were advising Pope, I’d have to be incredibly frank with him. “Hey, coach! Listen, you guys flamed out in spectacular fashion in the NCAA Tournament, half your roster jumped into the portal, and you lost a surefire NBA lottery pick to Kansas. My advice to you would be to recruit and coach your a– off and maybe lie low for a while.”
Most people on X knew this was going to be an unmitigated disaster before even reading the questions, firing up their metaphorical popcorn as they eagerly awaited the slow-motion train wreck.
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Maybe we are overreacting, though.
I mean, it can’t be as bad as many on the internet were anticipating, right? Surely only a few trolls were filtered out before the real questions came through.
Let’s see what all the fuss was about.
Oh, yeah. It was that bad.
I’m not joking, I barely had to scroll. Those were all the first several questions that showed up when I opened the post’s comments section.
I’ve seen a lot of people on X, both Kentucky fans and neutral observers, saying that they feel bad for Pope because he had to do this.
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Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Pope speaks during an NCAA Tournament First Round Practice press conference at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis., on March 20, 2025. (Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images)
I’m not sure I necessarily agree with that sentiment.
As I stated above, the smart thing for Pope to do would be to lie low, roll up his sleeves and get to work. Maybe he could have even gotten with the Kentucky Basketball social media team and released a series of episodes highlighting how intense their offseason conditioning and practice programs have been.
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Anything other than sitting in front of a camera and getting peppered by angry Wildcats fans drunk on bourbon and filled with disappointment.
The offseason of Mark Pope’s discontent soldiers on, and the beatings will continue until talent acquisition improves.

Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Pope looks on during NCAA Tournament First Round practice at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis., on Mar. 20, 2025. (Jeff Hanisch/Imagn Images)