Peanut butter is a spread by definition, but when the word "spread" appears on a peanut butter jar label, it's most likely sat...

Popular pantry product can't legally be called peanut butter — here's why

Peanut butter is a spread by definition, but when the word "spread" appears on a peanut butter jar label, it's most likely satisfying a legal requirement rather than acting as a simple descriptor.

Skippy, a well-known name in the peanut butter world, must label its Natural Peanut Butter Spread as such because it contains palm oil.

Regulations set by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) state that, in order to be classified as peanut butter, a product must contain at least 90% peanuts — otherwise, the word "spread" needs to be included on the label.

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The Skippy website acknowledges this FDA regulation, saying: "Natural Peanut Butter Spreads can include additional ingredients like palm oil or other oils, which are not hydrogenated."

"These spreads may still contain at least 90% peanuts but include other ingredients that place them outside the standard definition of 'peanut butter,'" the website notes.

It wasn't the smoothest journey to get this regulation set in stone.

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Back in 1959, an FDA press release included the findings of a survey which showed that "products labeled ‘peanut butter’ had reduced their peanut content as much as 20 percent by substituting cheaper hydrogenated or vegetable oils for expensive peanuts and peanut oil," according to the FDA.

When manufacturers asked about adding glycerin to peanut butter in order to fight oil separation, the FDA responded by stating that, "if glycerin could be added without rendering the food adulterated, its addition would have to be set forth prominently on the product label."

It became apparent that customers liked peanut butter that spread easily and had a bit of sweetener.

So, in 1961, the FDA proposed a new standard which maintained products consisting of 90 percent peanuts and additional sweeteners would be classified as peanut butter.

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Upon this proposal, three peanut butter brands — Skippy, Jif and Peter Pan — began a twenty-week public hearing to argue what peanut percentage the new standard would dictate.

Eventually, the US Appeals Court approved the FDA proposal to set peanut butter standards "at no less than 90 percent for peanuts and no more than 55 percent fat," according to the FDA.

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Today, as shoppers browse supermarket shelves stocked with many different variations of peanut butter, taking a closer look at the label could answer an important question: Is it really peanut butter?

Fox News Digital reached out to Skippy's parent company, Hormel Foods, for comment.



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Palm Beach County — home to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago — passed a one-year moratorium on the planning and construction of data cent...

Trump's home county hits pause on data centers over environment and electric bill concerns

Palm Beach County — home to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago — passed a one-year moratorium on the planning and construction of data centers as commissioners seek to conduct a thorough review of data centers’ impacts on the environment, noise pollution and electric bills.

The moratorium, passed Thursday, comes just weeks after Trump said communities that reject data centers would "end up being backwards and poor." Among the wealthiest counties in the country, Palm Beach County includes the town of Palm Beach, home to 65 billionaires.

"If you want to go through poverty, crime and squalor, I would say don’t approve of data centers," Trump said from the Oval Office Sept. 4.

The Palm Beach County Commissioners’ 6-0 vote doesn’t put a permanent ban on data centers. Instead, it gives county leadership time to conduct environmental impact reviews before updating zoning rules for where data centers can be built.

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The moratorium applies to all new applications for data centers with an anticipated peak electrical load of at least 50 megawatts.

"Many communities want the economic benefits a data center brings, but we all fear the higher power bills, the negative environmental impact, disruptive noise, the depletion of water resources," a Palm Beach County resident shared during Thursday’s meeting.

Trump has made expanding data centers and accelerating artificial intelligence a cornerstone of his agenda, arguing the United States cannot afford to lose the AI race to China and warning that opposition to data centers only benefits Beijing.

Data centers are the physical backbone of artificial intelligence, housing thousands of powerful computers that store and process digital information while providing the computing power needed to train and run AI systems.

In 2016, Palm Beach County approved the construction of "Project Tango," a proposed 202-acre AI data center, which is located 20 miles from Mar-a-Lago. The data center will also be built near an elementary school and homes.

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In July, commissioners voted 6-1 to reject a proposal to expand Project Tango by roughly 1.67 million square feet. But existing approvals for two 100,000-square-foot data center buildings remain in place.

Residents at Thursday's meeting said Project Tango was the driving factor behind the push to hit pause on data center project approvals, with several residents advocating for no data centers to be built.

"I think the best good neighbor data center is no data center," resident Sergei Kelly said. "We have the Everglades to our South and to our West. The coast to our East. I don’t think data centers, especially large data centers they want to build desperately, should be here at all."

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and Palm Beach County Commissioners for comment.



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The Premier League has reportedly given Manchester City a major red card. City has been found guilty of more than 100 financial charges tha...

Premier League finds Manchester City guilty of more than 100 financial charges: report

The Premier League has reportedly given Manchester City a major red card.

City has been found guilty of more than 100 financial charges that were brought by the league over an eight-year period, according to a report from The Athletic. The punishment has not been decided, and City is expected to appeal potential sanctions, according to the report.

"The Premier League process remains ongoing, with significant elements to be completed, and subject to strict confidentiality. As such Manchester City FC’s position remains consistent with the club’s statement of February 2023," City told The Athletic in a statement.

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In November 2018, German outlet Der Spiegel published internal emails from City that it claimed detailed schemes by the club to conceal the true sources of income in a bid to comply with Financial Fair Play regulations. City did not dispute the emails but declined to comment because they came from hackers.

The emails prompted a Premier League investigation. In March 2019, UEFA opened a formal investigation into whether City broke the rules.

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In February 2020, City was banned from the Champions League for two seasons by UEFA for "serious breaches" of spending rules and failing to cooperate with investigators. City was also fined 30 million euros (then $33 million). City said UEFA’s investigation was "flawed" and announced plans to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

In July 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned City’s ban but still imposed a 10 million-euro ($11.3 million) fine for lack of cooperation with investigators.

In 2023, City was referred to an independent commission by the Premier League, which alleged more than 100 breaches of financial rules by the club. City was accused of providing misleading information about its finances from 2009-18 and subsequently failing to cooperate with the league’s investigation. City said it was "surprised" by the allegations and claimed there was a "comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence" to counter them.

City won the Premier League for the fifth time in six seasons after the charges were brought. On Friday, The Athletic reported that City was found guilty of all but one of the charges.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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For four decades, Joseph DeAngelo hid in plain sight as the man authorities would eventually identify as the Visalia Ransacker, the East Are...

'Unmasking a Monster': Golden State Killer series challenges timeline of Joseph DeAngelo's crimes

For four decades, Joseph DeAngelo hid in plain sight as the man authorities would eventually identify as the Visalia Ransacker, the East Area Rapist and, most famously, the Golden State Killer. But a new Fox Nation series is investigating whether his known crimes tell the whole story.

"Golden State Killer: Unmasking a Monster" re-examines DeAngelo’s violent past through exclusive testimony and never-before-seen evidence, asking whether his crimes began earlier than previously believed and, if so, what additional victims he left behind.

"There’s a possibility, and probably a high likelihood, that he committed way more crimes than we ever will know about," said Anne Marie Schubert, who served as the Sacramento County district attorney from 2015 to 2023.

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DeAngelo was arrested in 2018 at 72 years old following a search of genealogy websites, bringing an end to a decades-long hunt. In 2020, he pleaded guilty to 50 rapes and 13 murders.

The four-part series challenges the established timeline of DeAngelo’s crimes, beginning with accounts of earlier assaults and controlling behavior. It goes on to re-examine evidence surrounding the murders of two teenage girls and explores whether DeAngelo framed others to evade capture.

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Later episodes examine his more than 50 attacks as the East Area Rapist and his transformation from serial rapist to serial killer.

The series also raises questions about crimes that remain unsolved, including the cases of Donna Richmond and Bess Snelling, featuring new statements from alleged victims and their relatives.

One survivor featured in the series recounts being violently raped when she was 12 years old. Another person of interest believes his mother was a victim of DeAngelo.

The final chapter examines perhaps the largest lingering question surrounding DeAngelo’s crimes — whether they actually ended in 1986, or whether he continued prowling, raping and killing before his arrest more than three decades later.

To learn more, subscribe to Fox Nation and stream "Golden State Killer: Unmasking a Monster."

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The Atlantic staff writer Jenisha Watts said Wednesday she plans to send her young Black son to private school , citing her own experience w...

Nikole Hannah-Jones' friend sends Black son to private school after NYT writer has education regrets

The Atlantic staff writer Jenisha Watts said Wednesday she plans to send her young Black son to private school, citing her own experience with struggling schools while choosing a different path from friend and 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones, who recently confronted regrets about her daughter’s public school education.

Watts said in her Atlantic essay that Hannah-Jones’ experience helped convince her she could not make the same decision for her son.

"I could never make the choice she made," Watts said. "I know too well what can go wrong. I’m sending him to a private preschool, and I plan to apply for private kindergarten too."

Hannah-Jones, who previously said that scrutiny of her decision should also focus on Black children whose families cannot afford better options, responded directly to Watts in a new statement to Fox News Digital.

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"I have a deep respect for Jenisha and all she has overcome," she said. "Our concerns and values as parents are always shaped, to some degree, by our own experiences as children. Unlike Jenisha, I got a parachute out of my segregated school, and that changed my life. And, as a result, I have always thought about the equal worth of children who didn't get that parachute and how that shaped their lives as well.

"I still believe, as I always have, in public schools as necessary and common good, that education should be the great equalizer and that parents should not have to choose between doing what's right for their children and what's right for community."

Hannah-Jones said the problems raised by both families ultimately required broader policy changes.

"In the end, the inequality I write about and that Jenisha experienced is systemic and will only be fixed if we acquire the political will to make different policy choices that value the inherent worth of all of our children, even if those children happen to be born Black and poor," she said.

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School choice advocate Corey DeAngelis, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, offered a sharply different assessment in a statement to Fox News Digital, arguing Watts was right to prioritize her son rather than wait for improvements to the public school system.

"Jenisha Watts is doing what a parent is supposed to do. She is putting her son first," he said. "Watts has options most families do not. The scandal is not that she is using them. The scandal is that politicians and teachers unions fight to keep those options out of reach for everyone else. School choice is the equalizer. Trapping kids in failure factories by zip code only makes inequality worse.

"It is time to fund students, not systems, so all families can have a shot at the American dream. If Hannah-Jones and her friends actually want to help other children, they should fight for the funding to follow the student. You do not fix public schools by locking kids in them. You fix them by giving families a way out — and giving those schools a reason to change."

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Watts described Hannah-Jones as a "confidant and friend" and defended her against critics who accused her of sacrificing her daughter’s education for her ideals. But Watts said her own childhood in Lexington, Kentucky, where she described receiving an "abysmal education," shaped the choice she is now making for her son.

Watts said those academic deficiencies followed her into adulthood.

"I’m a staff writer for The Atlantic, and I’m writing a memoir, and I still can’t shake off my poor education," she wrote.

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The debate followed Hannah-Jones’ recent New York Times Magazine essay revisiting a choice she first detailed in a 2016 Times Magazine cover story. Hannah-Jones said she eventually apologized to her daughter Najya after reviewing academic problems that followed her through elementary and middle school.

Najya told her mother she wished her own education had received more consideration alongside Hannah-Jones’ concerns about educational inequality.

"Sometimes I wish, instead of always thinking about other kids, you would have thought about me. I never really got the education I wanted," Najya said.

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New York City Public Schools Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels defended the public school system’s mission in a statement to Fox News Digital.

"From day one, I have made it clear: Every student, regardless of background or ability, should feel affirmed, valued and held to high expectations," Samuels said. "At New York City Public Schools, we know that our students benefit from inclusive environments where every child has access to rigorous academics, student supports and diverse learning opportunities.

"This is the crux of my vision of a truly integrated public school system, and I am committed to doing the work to make that a reality."

Watts said her decision was not meant as a condemnation of Hannah-Jones or parents who choose differently but reflected what she sees as a broader failure that forces families to weigh their children’s immediate interests against struggling schools.

"America should not force parents to make that kind of choice," she said.



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A pilot's dramatic escape from a plane that crashed into the Pacific Ocean off California has prompted an investigation.  The plane, an ...

Mayday call captures pilot's urgent warning before aircraft goes down off coast

A pilot's dramatic escape from a plane that crashed into the Pacific Ocean off California has prompted an investigation. 

The plane, an MK-58 Hawker Hunter, plunged into the water after the pilot reported trouble while flying off California's Central Coast on Tuesday evening, ABC News reported.

The crash triggered an emergency response near Morro Bay, where the pilot was rescued after ejecting from the aircraft.

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed to Fox News Digital on Thursday that the plane crashed near San Luis Obispo around 6:50 p.m. after the pilot reported an engine issue.

"Only the pilot was on board," the spokesperson said. "The FAA will investigate."

The Navy has since grounded Hawker Hunters operated by Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) while the incident is under investigation, according to ABC News.

The aircraft was being flown in support of a Navy and Marine Corps contract when it went down, according to ABC, citing ATAC.

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Four ATAC aircraft, including the one that crashed, were involved in the mission.

Before the crash, the pilot issued a mayday call and reported losing engine thrust, according to air traffic control audio obtained by ABC from LiveATC.net.

"Mayday, mayday, mayday. I have lost thrust in my engine," the pilot told controllers, according to the ABC report.

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ATAC operates the aircraft as part of its work supporting training for the U.S. armed forces.

The company has 22 Hawker Hunters in its fleet, according to a Navy public information officer cited by ABC.

The FAA is actively investigating the incident. 

No additional details are known at this time.

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Fox News Digital reached out to the NTSB and the U.S. Navy for additional information.

The Hawker Hunter crash comes amid several recent aviation incidents that have prompted emergency responses.

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In late August, a 24-year-old man allegedly stole a Cessna 172 from an airport in Hungary while intoxicated and flew toward the area of the country’s only nuclear power plant.

The unauthorized flight prompted fighter jets to respond before the plane came down in a sunflower field, where rescue crews were dispatched.

In addition, a Delta Air Lines flight recently returned to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport shortly after takeoff due to a pilot medical emergency.



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FIRST ON FOX: Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, the lawyer representing an alleged illegal immigrant shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE...

Lawyer for Austin ICE shooting victim sparks online fury over 'sickening' deleted Charlie Kirk post

FIRST ON FOX: Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, the lawyer representing an alleged illegal immigrant shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is facing heat over a post critics say mocked the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

In a deleted post, re-surfaced in a screenshot from retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Larry Brock Jr., Lincoln-Goldfinch wrote, "How do you resist getting shot in the neck? Does Charlie Kirk have any advice on that?"

The post was quickly highlighted by conservatives on social media who made the argument that it questions Lincoln-Goldfinch’s credibility as she defends her client to the media and pushes back against the official story from federal law enforcement.

"Ladies and gentleman, the lawyer representing the Venezuelan illegal who was shot in Austin by DHS after a high-speed car chase, is exactly how you'd imagine her," Charlie Kirk Show Executive Producer Andrew Kolvet posted on X.

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"POS scum," conservative influencer LibsofTikTok posted on X.

"She represents a man shot resisting federal officers, then jokes about Charlie Kirk catching one in the neck," conservative influencer Gunther Eagleman posted on X, adding that the lawyer’s post was "sickening and pathetic."

"That is not lawyering. That is cheering political violence. Remember her name. This is who they put on the case. America is done pretending these people are just professionals."

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"Nasty woman," Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) posted on X.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, Lincoln-Goldfinch publicly addressed the issue for the first time, saying, "A post referencing the death of Charlie Kirk was removed from our account. We recognized the post could be misconstrued and that's why it came down. We have also addressed this issue internally."

In a LinkedIn post last year, Lincoln-Goldfinch offered condolences to the Kirk family, pointing to "gun violence" as one of the main takeaways.

"My heart goes out to the family of Charlie Kirk," she wrote. "Incidents like these are a painful reminder that none of us is truly safe from gun violence. We owe it to each other to process this event with compassion and seriousness, and also to approach solutions with equal seriousness."

28-year-old Wilber Garces Perez was shot by ICE officers on Sunday, sparking protests across the city that resulted in arrests and injured police officers. The Department of Homeland Security says that Perez was an illegal alien who fled during a targeted vehicle stop.

"No amount of smears and false narratives will slow down ICE from doing its job to arrest illegal aliens from our communities," the department said in an X thread outlining what it called misinformation about the shooting.

Lincoln-Goldfinch as pushed back on several of the government's claims on social media, including that Perez is in the country illegally.



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