{"id":218036,"date":"2026-07-23T21:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/nolan-wells-cause-of-death-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T21:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:42:09","slug":"nolan-wells-cause-of-death-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/nolan-wells-cause-of-death-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Nolan Wells&#039; cause of death &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start with these reads:<br \/><em><strong><a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nicolefallert\/ data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Nicole Fallert<\/a><\/strong><\/em> here, bringing you the news to know on Thursday.<br \/>Preliminary findings from an independent autopsy of\u00a0Nolan Xavier Wells\u00a0found the 18-year-old <a href=\/story\/news\/nation\/2026\/07\/22\/nolan-wells-independent-autopsy-update\/90987476007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>died of undetermined causes<\/a>, his family&#8217;s attorney announced on Wednesday.<br \/>Wells, a football player at Southwest Mississippi Community College,\u00a0<a href=\/story\/news\/nation\/2026\/07\/10\/nolan-wells-update-autopsy-parents-death-investigation\/90876045007\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>was reported missing<\/a>\u00a0after he did not return from a Fourth of July trip with friends to Mississippi&#8217;s Horn Island. Authorities\u00a0<a href=\/story\/news\/nation\/2026\/07\/06\/body-found-search-missing-nolan-wells\/90820950007\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>recovered his body on July 6.<\/a><br \/>The teen&#8217;s death has garnered widespread attention as Wells&#8217; family has\u00a0<a href=\/story\/news\/nation\/2026\/07\/10\/nolan-wells-update-autopsy-parents-death-investigation\/90876045007\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>raised questions about his disappearance.<\/a><br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>Take a look<\/span><\/strong><br \/>Jackie, the famed 14-year-old bald eagle, is being assessed and treated at the Ojai Raptor Center, 170 miles from her home. It seems <a href=\/story\/news\/nation\/2026\/07\/22\/jackie-shadow-big-bear-lake-california-bald-eagles-injured\/91016276007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>she&#8217;s suffering from something more complicated<\/a> than a recent fight.<br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>WNBA<\/span><\/strong><br \/>Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark picked up her seventh technical foul of the season in the\u00a0<a href=\/story\/sports\/wnba\/2026\/07\/22\/indiana-fever-connecticut-sun-channel-highlights-score\/91003905007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Fever&#8217;s 123-88 win over the Connecticut Sun<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday, <a href=\/story\/sports\/wnba\/fever\/2026\/07\/22\/caitlin-clark-technical-foul-taunting-suspension-possiblity\/91017905007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>following a back-and-forth exchange<\/a> with Connecticut Sun guard Saniya Rivers. USA TODAY Sports Columnist Nancy Armor <a href=\/story\/sports\/columnist\/nancy-armour\/2026\/07\/22\/caitlin-clarks-reaction-to-noncalls-puts-wnba-players-at-risk\/91002124007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>writes<\/a> of Clark&#8217;s frequent flopping: &#8220;Clark has raged over non-calls and spun a narrative easily debunked by video of the actual game.&#8221;<br \/><small><em>Have feedback on the Daily Briefing?\u00a0Shoot\u00a0Nicole an email at\u00a0NFallert@usatoday.com<\/em><\/small>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQRnNOSUhrQ3gxRUJVYVBPVVVpdWEwaThoa2xTcHNuOHVOWlduUzh0Y1Z1ek1leVBKOGQ5bk1MX21aX0hCal9oMUJMc25PRTdrV2phdmVGdnpDSmU1RDAxeWR5bWZJTXlOTV9ZalNQRlA1WjBvUE9uYm1Kc01XM1huZ2dLZmlEbUJuX0tzQ0NhcFB1cE1CdmY5X3VrTQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start with these reads:Nicole Fallert here, bringing you the news to know on Thursday.Preliminary findings from an independent autopsy of\u00a0Nolan Xavier Wells\u00a0found the 18-year-old died of undetermined causes, his family&#8217;s attorney announced on Wednesday.Wells, a football player at Southwest Mississippi Community College,\u00a0was reported missing\u00a0after he did not return from a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}