U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is asking authorities in North Carolina to keep an illegal immigrant charged in a deadly hit-and-run that killed three people behind bars.Javiel Pena Sola, a Salvadoran citizen, allegedly struck and killed three people traveling in a vehicle on July 18 in Salisbury before he fled the scene. He was found with the help of a police K-9, ICE said.Two victims were pronounced dead at the scene, while a third was airlifted to a hospital where they later died.MAN CHARGED IN CRASH THAT KILLED MOTHER AND TWO YOUNG SONS HAS ICE DETAINER, PRIOR DWI CONVICTIONS"I heard people screaming ... and they pulled the man out; and as they pulled him out, he started screaming," witness Quindel Woods told WSOC-TV.Sola's vehicle was later found in a creek. He is charged with three counts of hit-and-run involving serious injury or death.ICE has lodged a detainer with local authorities to keep him in custody.EXCLUSIVE: DHS SEEKS CUSTODY OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER TRUMP DEPORTATION, BIDEN RELEASEDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said Sola was arrested in 2016 but was released. She said he entered the United States through Arizona in April 2022."Although ICE had arrested him in 2016, the Obama Administration RELEASED him into American communities," she said. "These deaths were 100% preventable. Open borders and sanctuary policies have deadly consequences."Sola's criminal history includes prior convictions for reckless endangerment, failure to stop after an accident involving damage to an attended vehicle, and driving without a license in Maryland in July 2015, as well as an arrest for escaping from custody.After his arrest in Maryland on charges of escaping from custody, law enforcement officials in Baltimore honored an ICE detainer and turned him over to federal agents in March 2016. He was then released by the Obama administration two months later, ICE said.

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A vote on legislation to curb lawmakers' ability to profit from the stock market as well as implementing federal voter ID measures divided House Democrats on Wednesday afternoon.The two measures were combined in a single legislative package after months of debate in the House of Representatives on both issues. While unrelated, both voter ID and banning congressional stock trading have received overwhelming support in multiple public polls.Despite bipartisan negotiations, particularly on banning members of Congress from trading stocks, a significant number of Democrats still opposed the final package though it passed.EX-HOUSE DEM WHO RIPPED CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADING BAN AS 'BULLS---' CHANGES HER TUNE IN COMEBACK BIDRep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, one of the key supporters of banning lawmakers from the stock market, argued the two issues "go hand in hand.""One, the overwhelming majority of Americans want this. Two, it's something that we can get passed this week that gets it into the president's hands before the August return-to-district [period]," Nunn told Fox News Digital.He said of Democrats' criticism, "Only in Washington can you have two wins for 90% of Americans, and Democrats will say that's one win too many."TRUMP INTERVENES AS HOUSE GOP REVOLT PUTS SAVE AMERICA ACT AT CENTER OF SPENDING SHOWDOWNMeanwhile, Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital of the stock trading ban specifically, "The American people deserve to know their elected officials are serving the public, not their own financial interests. Members of Congress should be held to the highest standards of transparency and accountability, and this legislation is an important step toward restoring trust in Congress."Not all Republicans are on board, however. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., accused his fellow GOP lawmakers of trying to dissuade Democrats from supporting the bill by attaching the voter ID requirement."We are voting on a stock trading ban for members of Congress BUT Republicans added voter-ID in the legislation. Not to get Dems to vote for voter-ID, but to get them to vote against the stock trading ban, so they can use it in the Nov. election," Massie wrote on X. "If we really wanted to ban stock trading for members of Congress, we would offer stand alone legislation and could get a large bipartisan majority, and the bill would have a chance of passing on the Senate."SEN MARK WARNER CALLED OUT IN ABC INTERVIEW FOR INACCURATE VOTER ID CLAIMSAn August 2025 poll from the Pew Research Center showed that 83% of U.S. respondents favored "requiring all voters to show government-issued photo identification to vote."But Democrats have argued this week that the voter ID portion goes too far, and the stock trading ban portion does not go far enough."I've said repeatedly, House Democrats strongly support a stock trading ban for members of Congress. We also support a ban on the president, the vice president and federal judicial officers from trading individual stock as well. But none of that is before us today," Rep. Joe Morelle, D-N.Y., the top Democrat on the committee charged with elections oversight, said during debate on the bill Monday."Rather, this bill is a crude combination of two completely unrelated bills, the so-called Stop Insider Trading Act and theVoter ID Act, the latter of which is already a crude reformulation of at least three other failed Republicanvoter suppression proposals."Democrats are criticizing the voter ID portion for its requirement of identification extending to mail-in voting, which they have argued is a route to suppress Americans' ability to cast ballots that way.Left-wing lawmakers have attacked the stock trading bill because it does not require members of Congress to sell their existing stocks but rather bans them from buying more stock in the future.Lawmakers must also go through a public disclosure process before selling that existing stock.While it extends the ban on buying new stocks to lawmakers and their families, it effectively allows them to retain a blind trust. Democrats have also complained that it does not extend to the executive branch, namely, President Donald Trump and his family.

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"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin claimed Wednesday that the Congressional hearings on the Smithsonian institution were about the Trump administration not wanting to award reparations to the descendants of slaves.Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Dr. Anthea Hartig faced questions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday after a White House report published earlier this month found that the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History has become a taxpayer-backed institution of "ideological capture" and "extreme political activism.""The real reason behind this is about financial repair to the descendents of the enslaved Africans," Hostin said, as co-host Whoopi Goldberg pushed her to clarify what she meant."Reparations," Hostin said. "I think this reflects a broad effort by the Trump Administration to reshape the way the nations history is told, so this country does not have to pay Black people for the forced labor and the unpaid labor that built this country. I really think that this is what this is about."NEW YORK FAR-LEFT GROUP CLAIMS REPARATIONS 'OWED' AS BLACKS' MEDIAN WEALTH 'NEARLY 15 TIMES LESS' THAN WHITES"Even after 250 years, theres so much repair that needs to be done when it comes to aggrieved groups in this country, but especially African Americans," Hostin said."Lets face it, when you have truth and reconciliation commissions, and you've have them when it comes to interned Japanese Americans, you've had them when it comes to the Holocaust, youve had them when it comes to Native Americans, it has not happened truth and reconciliation commissions, when it comes to slavery. And that is because theyre trying to bury the truth part. You cannot have true reconciliation, and then you cannot have true financial repair unless you have the truth. And theyre trying to erase that truth," she said.Hostin noted that the United Nations General Assembly voted to declare the transatlantic slave trade to be "the gravest crime against humanity," in March 2026. The U.S., Argentina and Israel voted against the resolution, and 123 countries voted in favor. Fifty-two countries abstained from the vote.TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TOUTS MORE THAN $1B IN UN BUDGET CUTS AS REFORM PUSH GAINS MOMENTUMThe co-host of "The View" quoted Ambassador Dan Negrea, U.S. representative to the UNEconomic and Social Council, as saying the U.S. "does not recognize a legal right to reparations for historical wrongs that were not illegal under international law at the time they occurred," prior to the vote."And so what this is about is money," Hostin said. "This is not about anything else. Its about this country trying to avoid paying African Americans our due."Hostin appeared on the PBS documentary show "Finding Your Roots" in 2024, and was stunned at the time to find out her ancestor was a slaveholder. Henry Louis Gates Jr., the host of the show, revealed one of Hostin's ancestors on her maternal side was likely involved in the slave trade in colonial Spain.Her third great-grandfather also "owned at least one human being," he said.Hostin, whose mother is Puerto Rican and father is Black, confessed the revelation left her "in shock."'THE VIEW' CO-HOST SUNNY HOSTIN DOUBLES DOWN ON AMERICAN FLAGS MAKING HER FEEL 'UNSAFE'"Wow, Im a little bit in shock. I just always thought of myself as half Puerto Rican. I didnt think my family was originally from Spain and slaveholders," she said.Hostin shared that her husband Manny's family is also from Spain, so they have that in common."I think its actually pretty interesting that my husband and I have shared roots, so I do appreciate that, and I think its great for our children to know this information. I guess its a fact of life that this is how some people made their living, on the backs of others," she continued.Hostin also recently faced backlash over her saying she felt unsafe in neighborhoods with American flags.

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France has become the first country in the European Union to ban children under 15 from using social media after lawmakers approved sweeping legislation requiring platforms to block young users through age-verification systems, citing growing concerns over children's mental health and online safety."I had committed to it, and now its been voted on: social media will be banned for those under 15 starting back-to-school," French President Emmanuel Macron said in a Tuesday X post."Thanks to the parliamentarians," he added. "Its up to the Constitutional Council to rule, then on to action to make this measure concrete and protect our children online."UK TO BAN TIKTOK, YOUTUBE, OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA APPS FOR CHILDREN UNDER 16, STARMER SAYSCNN reported Tuesday that France joins a growing list of countries moving to restrict children's access to social media, with Australia becoming the first nation to ban social media for users under 16 last year, while the United Kingdom plans to introduce similar rules next year.Spain, Greece and Denmark are also considering minimum age requirements. CNN also reported that the French measure passed with overwhelming support in Parliament and now heads to President Emmanuel Macron for his signature.Australia requires platforms to take reasonable measures to keep children below the minimum age from creating or maintaining accounts, while French officials have pledged to introduce age-verification systems to enforce the legislation, according to the report.META MEDICARE SCAM ADS TARGETING SENIORS FACE SCRUTINYBBC reported that under the rollout plan, the law will first bar children under 15 from creating new social media accounts beginning in September, with age verification required for all new users.Starting in January 2027, the requirement will expand to existing accounts, meaning all users in France will need to verify they are at least 15. According to the BBC, platforms will be required to use age-verification technology approved by France's privacy regulator.USHA VANCE BACKS BOOKS OVER PHONES AS MORE SCHOOLS IMPLEMENT NO-CELL POLICIES

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The NTT IndyCar grid is going to look a little different in 2027 with news that the first sale of an IndyCar charter has been completed, and it will bring a new team to the grid.Albeit one that fans are very familiar with.On Wednesday, it was announced that Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing had agreed to sell one of its three charters to Drewy & Reinbold Racing, with the transaction subject to IndyCar approval.TRUMP TOUTS INDYCAR DRIVERS' 'SPECIAL' ABILITY AT FREEDOM 250 GRAND PRIX SHOWCASE, SEEMINGLY ENDING HOT DEBATEIt's the first sale since the charter system was introduced in 2024, and it will see RLL dropping from a three-car operation down to a two-car operation, and DRR rejoining the egrid full-time with a single car.Dreyer & Reinbold last competed in IndyCar full-time back in 2012 and has become a regular fixture in the Indianapolis 500. They had two cars in this year's field, which were driven by Conor Daly and Jack Harvey.This news comes just weeks after the death of DRR founder and owner Dennis Reinbold on June 13.TRUMP TOUTS INDYCAR DRIVERS' 'SPECIAL' ABILITY AT FREEDOM 250 GRAND PRIX SHOWCASE, SEEMINGLY ENDING HOT DEBATE"I want to thank Bobby Rahal, Mike Lanigan, David Letterman and Jay Frye for the way they approached this from our very first conversation," DRR CEO Derek Reinbold said in a statement. "They treated this as a partnership between two organizations that want to see each other succeed, and this announcement today reflects that.The teams did not name any drivers or which of RLL's three cars' charters will head to DRR.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGERLL currently fields the No. 15 Honda driven by Graham Rahal, the No. 35 Honda driven by Louis Foster, and the No. 47 driven by rookie Mick Schumacher.According to FOX Sports' Bob Pockrass, both Rahal and Foster are under contract for next season, while Schumacher is not.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMSIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWSThat has led to speculation that Schumacher is the odd man out. He is, however, coming off a season-best finish at Nashville.After the race, he told Pockrass that he feels there's a high chance he will be on the grid in 2027.We'll see how it shakes out, because this has already been one of the crazier IndyCar silly seasons in recent memory, with even the likes of Christian Lundgaard who has two wins on the year and his fifth in the standings hunting for a new ride for 2027.

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Actor Kelsey Grammer issued a warning about the state of American education, arguing that citizens who fail to learn the nation's founding history risk being manipulated.Speaking on "Planet Tyrus" Tuesday, Grammer called for an overhaul of the nation's education system while pushing back against critics who dismiss the Founding Fathers as "old White guys in wigs.""If you don't know where you come from, you don't know who you are. If you don't know who you are, you can be controlled," Grammer warned.SPEAKER JOHNSON WARNS STUDENTS ARE 'INDOCTRINATED' TO SEE US THROUGH 'WRONG LENSES' AS NATION CELEBRATES 250TH"There's a whole bunch of things that just have got to stop with our educational system, and we got to retool it. There's no question," he said.Grammer recently starred in the film, "Young Washington," which follows the Founding Father before he became the nation's first president. Grammer also hosted the six-episode Fox Nation series "The Patriot War," narrating key points in the American Revolution ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary.The former "Frasier" and "Cheers" actor said America's past serves as a blueprint for its future one he believes many young people are dismissing.KELSEY GRAMMER URGES AMERICANS TO LOOK TO FOUNDING FATHERS FOR GUIDANCE AS NATION FACES DEEP DIVISIONS"Yeah, I'm pretty tired of the old White guy in [a] wig thing," Grammer told Tyrus. "I mean Thomas Jefferson was 33 when he wrote what is arguably the most important political document in the history of man," he said.Grammer emphasized that the American Revolution was fought on radical ideas rather than identity and called for a stronger push to teach early American history."It never had anything to do with the way you looked," Grammer said. "It had everything to do with the way you thought and the way you dreamed, and that's all America."WATCH THE FULL 'PLANET TYRUS' INTERVIEW ON YOUTUBEHe argued the Founding Fathers did not claim America would be perfect but envisioned an evolving quest for better.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE"The land of the possible. Yeah, absolutely. It's always [going to] fall a little short, but that's just it. It's the world of becoming. We're becoming a more perfect union, always, rather than we just are one," Grammer said.Grammer said that most of the 56 people who signed the Declaration of Independence "ended in ruin" by sacrificing everything for the nation. He added, "Some of their children were murdered, some of their wives were raped," and said their spirit of resilience in hard times remains today."They paid the ultimate sacrifice, the ultimate one. And they would probably do it again. And I think that sort of character is what still is in most of us. I believe in America that way," Grammer said.

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Stocked with food that expired years ago and lined with dusty shelves, some New York City bodegas and delis have allegedly been operating as fronts for organized Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card-skimming schemes, using hidden devices to steal information and ultimately taxpayer-funded benefits, according to an expert who is sounding the alarm.Criminals attach hidden skimming devices to checkout payment terminals to capture EBT card data while using pinhole cameras or keypad overlays to record customers' PINs, according to the FBI. The stolen information is then used to create counterfeit cards and drain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, costing consumers and financial institutions more than $1 billion each year."A large percentage of these convenience stores are actually EBT ATMs," Haywood Talcove, CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions Government, told Fox News Digital "Their sole purpose is to traffic cards, not sell food."Speaking after joining the Secret Service on a recent fraud operation in New York City, Talcove continued: "I saw firsthand a can of tuna that expired three years ago. I saw firsthand pancake syrup that was two years expired, sardines that were expired. What struck me is the industry that is built around trafficking these EBT cards, taking away money from individuals and their families that actually need it."SNAP FOOD STAMP FRAUD HAS NEFARIOUS TERRORISM LINKS, TOP AGRICULTURE WATCHDOG WARNS CONGRESSAccording to the Secret Service, the agency's New York Field Office conducted a three-day operation across Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens in June that uncovered 35 illegal skimming devices and prevented an estimated $36.5 million in fraud, marking its fourth anti-skimming operation in New York City this year.Eligible households receive monthly SNAP benefits on an EBT card, which works like a debit card and is used to buy eligible food at authorized retailers, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.Talcove said he saw multiple stores on the same block with shelves stocked with expired food, which led him to believe some were operating primarily to facilitate EBT fraud rather than as legitimate grocery sales. During the operation, the Secret Service uncovered skimming devices on checkout payment terminals that can capture EBT card data that criminals can encode onto counterfeit cards for unauthorized purchases or withdrawals."The logical question you ask yourself is, 'How can there be enough economic activity to sustain stores that are all selling the same thing and they're very small?'" he said.Talcove said "that's not why they're there," adding the condition of many stores led him to believe some businesses were operating primarily to facilitate EBT fraud rather than as legitimate grocery stores."They're there to not provide nutrition because across the street is a wonderful supermarket with fresh food and fresh fish and produce and shelves that aren't dusty that don't sell food that's expired," he said.Although the fraud may appear to be carried out by only a small group, Talcove said it runs much deeper than that."You start looking at these groups and you very quickly realize they're criminal and they're organized," he said.FRAUD EXPERT WARNS AI IS HELPING CRIMINALS OUTPACE THE GOVERNMENT: 'DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS'Michael Peck, assistant special agent in charge of the U.S. Secret Service's Criminal Investigative Division, told The City Reporter in June that criminals have packed as much as $1.2 million in stolen cash into dishwashers before shipping it overseas, and that the runners installing skimming devices earn about $150.The City Reporter, citing the Secret Service, also reported that many of the organized crime groups behind the EBT skimming schemes originate in Eastern Europe and are "living large off the scam, renting $10,000-a-month apartments and Lamborghinis."However, Talcove said the fraud extends beyond bodegas and delis, arguing many other retailers fit "into this category." He also said the SNAP program does not require itemized purchase records, making suspicious transactions harder to detect."I've got firsthand insights into one that was pretending to be a store, but it was actually a laundromat," he said. "I'm looking at one right now on the West Coast that is pretending to be a store that is actually a strip club accepting EBT."Talcove called the fraud the "perfect scam," citing weak identity verification, outdated card technology, and limited purchase records."Number one, you're not going to get caught, number two, the government never runs out of money, and number three, the SNAP program has fundamental flaws in its administration," he said.But Talcove said the "real victim here" is the families on SNAP who don't receive the food they need, something he said he witnessed firsthand in New York City. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 250,000 retailers nationwide are authorized to accept SNAP benefits."The problem there is they have families," he said. "They have children that are hungry and the money that was intended to go to the child is being diverted to something that it was never intended to do."Emphasizing the impact, Talcove said hard-earned taxpayer dollars are being lost while criminals take advantage of those "who show up every day, that try to do the right thing."ALLEGED FEEDING OUR FUTURE FRAUD RINGLEADER TRANSFERRED FROM SOMALIA TO FACE US CHARGES"They're transnational in nature," he said. "They are taking advantage of our empathy because they understand that you're not gonna stop somebody from getting an EBT or SNAP benefit, because who would want to take food away from the hungry?"Talcove proposed "a concerted effort" to remove suspicious stores from the SNAP program, upgrading EBT cards to chip technology, strengthening identity verification, and monitoring large purchases to detect potential fraud.In a statement to Fox News Digital, a New York City Department of Social Services spokesperson said EBT skimming is a "nationwide crisis," saying the city has been working closely with state officials and law enforcement to help "vulnerable" New Yorkers who may be impacted.Just this month, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the state will begin replacing current EBT cards with more secure, chip-enabled cards in early 2027 to help stop fraud.Following five years of investigations, Talcove praised the Secret Service but argued arrests alone won't solve the problem."It is just so part of the ecosystem now," he said.Talcove said "once you see it, you can't unsee" the "unconscionable" fraud where businesses disguise themselves as normal stores while operating as something else entirely."How is it that a laundromat is pretending to be a place where you can buy food?" he said.

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Police are investigating a "random" attack where a woman was stabbed to death in the parking lot of a shopping mall in a California beach town.Rachell Summers, 73, from Capitola, was discovered with multiple stab wounds outside the food court to the Capitola Mall; it happened just before 1 p.m. Monday.The mall is located a little more than a mile from Capitola Beach, a popular beach resort in the Santa Cruz area.AMERICAN TOURISTS STABBED OUTSIDE ATHENS' ACROPOLIS AS POLICE DETAIN SUSPECT IN APPARENT RANDOM ATTACKThe Capitola Police Department announced suspect Tyler Leibelt, 19, was arrested on charges related to the knife attack.FOLLOW US ON XPolice said, "Based on the investigation, detectives continue to believe this was a random act of violence, and there is no indication that the suspect knew the victim prior to the attack."CLICK HERE FOR MORE U.S. NEWSAccording to court records, Leibelt is charged with murder, among other felonies.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XLIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MOREOne of the charges listed, "PC667.5(C)-ENH-VIOLENT FELONY ALLEGATION" or California Penal Code 667.5, which reveals the suspect may have been charged in a previous felony case.LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCASTThat means Leibelt, if convicted in this case, may be subject to substantially longer incarceration times and stricter rules.SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWSGET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAILAs for the victim, Summers was a local artist who managed the Art of Santa Cruz art gallery, which is now closed for the remainder of the week, the New York Post reports."Our hearts remain with Rachell's family, friends, and all those affected by this tragic and senseless act of violence," the police department said in a social post.GET BREAKING NEWS ALERTSThe investigation is ongoing.SEND US A TIP

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Tomatoes and soy have long been praised for their health benefits. Now, a small new study suggests that combining compounds from both into a specially formulated beverage may help reduce inflammation in adults with obesity.Researchers at Ohio State University found that adults who drank two 6-ounce servings of a tomato-soy beverage each day for four weeks experienced significant reductions in several markers of systemic inflammation, according to a study published in the journal Molecular Nutrition & Food Research.The beverage wasn't ordinary tomato juice. It was made with tomatoes bred to contain high levels of lycopene a powerful antioxidant that gives tomatoes their red color and fortified with soy isoflavones, naturally occurring plant compounds found in soybeans.PALEO DIET LEADER BANS 'CAVEMAN' LABEL, SAYS HEALTHY EATING PLAN WIDELY MISUNDERSTOODResearchers compared the fortified drink with a standard tomato juice and found only the specialized beverage significantly lowered three proteins linked to chronic inflammation.The findings add to growing research into whether certain foods and plant compounds can help combat inflammation, but experts caution consumers not to expect the same results from grocery store tomato juice."This study adds to a growing body of research suggesting that bioactive compounds in foods may help influence inflammation, but it's important to keep the findings in perspective," Florida-based registered dietitian Jamie Lee McIntyre, who was not involved in the study, told Fox News Digital.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER"Researchers tested a specially formulated tomato-soy juice that contained concentrated amounts of lycopene and soy isoflavones not a beverage consumers can easily recreate at home. While the results are promising, larger studies are needed before we can make broad dietary recommendations."The study included just 12 adults with obesity over four weeks, making it too small to draw broad conclusions about long-term health effects, McIntyre said."That's enough to generate an interesting hypothesis but not enough to conclude that this beverage will reduce inflammation or improve health outcomes for the general population," she said.CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWSInstead of looking for a single "anti-inflammatory" food, people should focus on an overall healthy eating pattern, McIntyre said."The exciting part of nutrition research is seeing how foods may support health in new ways, but one small study shouldn't outweigh decades of evidence," she said.TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ"For most people, the biggest payoff still comes from consistently eating a colorful, varied diet rather than chasing the latest nutrition headline."Researchers said they hope to build on the findings with larger studies to better understand how food-based interventions could help manage chronic inflammation.