Shark trackers recently reported that a 1,400-pound, 13-foot great white shark pinged off a Florida beach four times in one day.

The enormous adult shark, nicknamed “Breton,” surfaced off Daytona Beach four times on Thursday, according to data from OSEARCH, a global nonprofit that collects data for research purposes.

After first “pinging” at 10:51 a.m. Wednesday, Breton pinged on Thursday at 12:37 p.m., 3:55 p.m., 5:30 p.m., and 6:49 p.m., according to data.

A “ping” is recorded when a tagged shark spends a brief period of time at the surface, according to OSEARCH. The tag is attached to the shark’s dorsal fin.

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Breton continued traveling west on Friday and Saturday, with his most recent ping being in the Blake Plaeau, according to OCEARH.

According to the tracker, Breton has traveled nearly 139 miles in the last 72 hours.

He left the coast of Newfoundland in early November, making his way to Florida. 

“Breton” has traveled nearly 139 miles in the last 72 hours, according to the tracker. (OSEARCH)

He was the first shark tagged during OCEARCH’s Expedition Nova Scotia 2020 and is named after Cape Breton, where researchers found him, according to his biography. Over the last four and a half years, he has traveled more than 41,000 miles.

Breton is the fifth shark OSEARCH has tagged at Scatarie Island in two years of working in the area, showing the white sharks may have predictable access, according to OSEARCH.

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Researchers told affiliate Fox 35 Orlando that North Atlantic great white sharks often leave their summer feeding grounds to enjoy warmer waters and more abundant food sources. 

OSEARCH did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

Fox 35 Orlando’s Annabelle Sikes contributed to this article.

While “From a Peanut Farm to the Presidency” often serves as the standard description of Jimmy Carter’s political career, reducing his life to those two hallmarks does a disservice to a legacy seeped deeply in humanity and a sense of genuine compassion. 

In his attempt to exemplify one of his favorite biblical passages, Ephesians 4:32, which says, “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God gave you,” Carter stood as a beacon of honesty and decency in our divided American body politic. 

At a time when cynicism, division, mistrust and a greater sense of apathy seem to dominate our national discourse, Carter’s life should remind us of what is possible when we lead with principle, tolerance and a steadfast belief in the power of honest dialogue. 

Running for president in the shadow of the Watergate scandal and President Richard Nixon’s ultimate resignation, Carter’s 1976 campaign revived hope in government and extended to the electorate a belief in unwavering integrity. 

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Carter kept his famous pledge to never lie to the American people, all at the cost of his re-election in 1980. His candor, unique to a city where people play politics and twist the truth, was not a political tactic but an expression of his deeply rooted Christian values.

Many of today’s politicians continue to express these values under the evangelical banner. However, for Carter, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and lieutenant in the Navy’s submarine division, truth was not negotiable. Instead, it was the foundation of leadership that appeared throughout his years in government service. 

Carter’s political career started in the Georgia state Senate. That’s where he, a Plains business owner, father and avid churchgoer, rose to national prominence by embracing complexity and navigating change while not losing his sense of self. 

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When Carter ran for governor of Georgia, he recognized the profoundly entrenched divisions in his home state. He understood the art of politics – not as a tool for manipulation but a means of bringing people together. He reached across ideological lines to earn the trust of Georgia’s segregationists, not to pander but to create an opportunity for dialogue and, ultimately, transformation. 

Once in office, Carter set out to dismantle segregation and champion civil rights, proving that political courage can coexist with pragmatism. This unique bridge-building ability extended well beyond Georgia and defined Carter’s presidency. Whether he was negotiating the Camp David Accords between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin or promoting human rights on the global stage, Carter showed that diplomacy and conversation could achieve what threats and ultimatums could not.

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His belief in dialogue was rooted in faith – faith in God, humanity and the moral arc of the universe bending toward justice. This belief in the power of the American people pushed Carter to establish the Department of Education and the Department of Energy. 

Carter also uplifted and empowered women in government service. He set the stage for President Bill Clinton, decades later, to elevate Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the U.S Supreme Court and Alexis M. Herman as the first African American U.S. labor secretary, by nominating Ginsburg, then an American Civil Liberties Union attorney, to the U.S. Courts of Appeals and appointing Herman, a former women’s and civil rights leader, as director of the Labor Department’s Women’s Bureau. 

While stagflation and a months-long hostage crisis cost Carter his chance at re-election, he served as a global humanitarian outside the White House, driven by his unshakeable faith and unwavering belief in what is possible when folks come together.

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Pushed by purpose and undergirded by a belief in equity and justice for all the world’s people, Carter, as a global citizen, helped provide treatment for Guinea worm disease, river blindness, malaria and other ailments. Through his work at the Carter Center, he tirelessly promoted peace, free elections worldwide, and dialogue in Haiti and Cuba. 

Earning a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, Carter has taught us all that leadership is not confined to titles and terms but measured by actions and impact. 

In today’s polarized political environment, Carter’s life provides a roadmap for healing. He showed us how to lead with humility and grace, engage in conversations even when they are uncomfortable, and prioritize the common good over personal ambition. 

At a time when compromise is often viewed as a weakness, Carter’s example reminds us that finding common ground is an act of strength. President Jimmy Carter’s story is ultimately a story of faith – in America, in humanity, and in the idea that we are stronger when we are united.

As we mourn his passing, we must also celebrate his legacy by embracing his values – honesty, integrity and a relentless commitment to justice. We must remember that dialogue is not an admission of defeat but a declaration of hope. 

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is leading the charge for a national ban on trans athletes in college sports. 

Tuberville previously told Fox News Digital he will be re-introducing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to Congress after the new House rules package passed last week, which would punish schools financially if they allow trans athletes to compete against girls and women. 

For the Republican, who has been a longtime advocate for the bill, certain decisions that have been made over the last four years under the Biden administration are the driving force behind his urgency on this issue. 

“It’s just a shame what’s happened here over the last four years. It’s been an attack on gender, it’s been really an attack on women, all women,” Tuberville said during an interview on OutKick’s “Don’t @ Me With Dan Dakich.”

“They don’t like women,” he said. “They like everybody to think when they’re born, ‘you’re not a woman, you’re actually a man in women’s clothing.’” 

The Biden administration, alongside other Democrats, has taken sweeping actions over the last four years to enable trans athletes in women’s and girls’ sports. 

On Jan. 20, 2021, just hours after President Biden assumed office, he issued an executive order on “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.” 

This order included a section that read, “Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports.” 

Biden issued a sweeping rule that clarified that Title IX’s ban on “sex” discrimination in schools covers discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation and “pregnancy or related conditions,” in April. The administration insisted the regulation does not address athletic eligibility. However, multiple experts presented evidence to Fox News Digital in June that it would ultimately put more biological men in women’s sports. 

Multiple states filed lawsuits and enacted their own laws to address this issue, and then the Supreme Court then voted 5-4 in August to reject an emergency request by the Biden administration to enforce its sweeping changes in those states. 

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Democrats have proposed other federal legislation that would allow for more transgender inclusion in women’s sports. These include the Equality Act, which was proposed in 2019 and has seen revisions that “would force public schools to allow biologically male athletes who identify as transgender on girls’ sports teams.”

In March 2023, Democrats advocated for a transgender bill of rights, proposing a resolution “recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights.” The resolution specifically called for federal law to ensure that biological men can “participate in sports on teams and in programs that best align with their gender identity; [and] use school facilities that best align with their gender identity.”

Multiple national scandals erupted as a result of these laws, and other Democratic laws at the state level, in 2024 alone. The issue became one of the strongest attack points by the Trump campaign and other Republicans as they re-took control of the White House and both houses of Congress in November, as many Democrats have withdrawn from their past support for trans-inclusion amid insurmountable backlash. Biden’s department of education was even forced to withdraw a proposed rule that would outlaw states from banning trans inclusion in December. 

A national exit poll conducted by the Concerned Women for America legislative action committee found that 70% of moderate voters saw the issue of “Donald Trump’s opposition to transgender boys and men playing girls and women’s sports and of transgender boys and men using girls and women’s bathrooms,” as important to them. 

Additionally, 6% said it was the most important issue of all, while 44% said it was “very important.”

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) speaks at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol Building on April 27, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Now, Tuberville’s bill will be their first step toward making good on their election-season stance on the issue. 

The measure would maintain that Title IX treats gender as “recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth” and does not adjust it to apply to gender identity. 

The bill would also ban federal funding from going toward athletic programs that allow biological men to participate in women’s and girls’ sports.  

The measure is co-sponsored by 23 Republican senators, including Sens. James Risch and Mike Crapo of Idaho, Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Thom Tillis and Ted Budd of North Carolina, Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Tom Cotton, R-Ark., James Lankford, R-Okla., Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy of Montana, Roger Marshall, R-Kan., Mike Lee, R-Utah, John Kennedy, R-La., John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Pete Ricketts, R-Neb.

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has already granted Tuberville’s bill the proper blessing to move forward, and a vote on the measure could come as soon as the end of the week. 

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