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Cardinals fan tries to throw Pete Crow-Armstrong's home run ball back onto the field and fails miserably
Chicago Cubs star center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong had a day to remember at Busch Stadium on Saturday night. The same can not be said for a St. Louis Cardinals fan who got his hands on Crow-Armstrong's home run ball late in the contest.
With the Cubs leading their rival Cardinals 3-1 in the top of the eighth inning, Crow-Armstrong stepped to the dish and was greeted with a barrage of overrated chants, particularly from the shirtless fans in right field in the viral 'tarps-off' section.
Sitting on a 1-0 count, St. Louis pitcher Gordon Graceffo hung a fastball over the center of the plate. Crow-Armstrong put the barrel to the ball and launched his seventh home run of the season right into the center of the section of shirtless fans.
PCA understandably enjoyed himself rounding the bases, and amid the mixture of boos and cheers, the fan who snagged the home run ball attempted to throw it back onto the field.
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The keyword in the previous sentence is "attempted."
The fan not only failed at tossing the baseball back onto the field of play, but appeared to hit a fan sitting close to the wall with a not-so-athletic left-handed heater.
We may not see a tougher scene from a fanbase this MLB season than what we witnessed at Busch Stadium on Saturday.
You have the villain of your biggest rival hit a 444-foot no-doubter amid overrated chants, and then someone in the beloved tarps-off section can't even manage to toss the ball back onto the field.
While Crow-Armstrong's homer in the eighth inning was the highlight of the night, he was dominant at the plate throughout the contest, going 4-for-5 with a double to go along with his long ball.
Saturday's performance marked Crow-Armstrong's first multi-hit game since May 8. The Cubs' 6-1 win in St. Louis sets up a rubber match in the three-game series on Sunday evening.
Pirates' Brandon Lowe ejected after ABS challenge was disallowed, leading to fly out
The Automated Balls and Strikes (ABS) system has provided its own set of challenges during the 2026 season, but players and managers alike have learned, that in baseball, it is the truth – as long as the umpire can see that a challenge has been made.
Two-time All-Star Brandon Lowe learned the hard way during the Pittsburgh Pirates' 10-9 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday. He flied out in the fourth inning and was ejected.
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Lowe tried to challenge a strike call in the bottom of the fourth inning. Home plate umpire Alex Tosi didn’t look at Lowe as he tapped his helmet to signal a challenge. Tosi disallowed the challenge and appeared to explain to Pirates manager Don Kelly why it wasn’t granted.
As Lowe rounded first on the fly out, he was tossed by first base umpire Jordan Baker. It was Lowe’s first ejection of his career.
"Kind of a sad first ejection, I guess, if we're looking at ejections as a whole," he said, via MLB.com. "But yeah, I was just frustrated with myself, and let out my frustration to myself, and got thrown out for it. I didn't even realize that I was thrown out until I was about three-quarters of the way back to the dugout, and saw (hitting coach Jonny Tucker) kind of pointing towards first base."
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Kelly told reporters that it was explained to him that the challenge was disallowed because it was determined to be dugout-influenced.
"That was just total, like Jordan did not understand what (Lowe) was saying, and totally overreacted, I thought," Kelly said. "Lowe was upset that he thought that he had swung at ball four, and Jordan thought that he was yelling at the home-plate umpire, and it was a total misunderstanding."
Lowe is leading the Pirates in home runs with 14. He was 1-for-3 with a run scored before he was tossed from the game.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
America’s next economic powerhouse may be rising in red-state territory
DALLAS — Texas has emerged as the biggest winner in corporate America’s flight from high-tax blue states, attracting a wave of headquarters relocations as companies increasingly abandon costly coastal hubs for lower-tax Republican strongholds.
The relocation wave is reshaping the balance of economic power in America, boosting red-state economies while raising fresh questions about whether high taxes and regulation are driving companies out of blue-state strongholds.
Dallas-Fort Worth led the nation with 111 headquarters relocations between 2018 and 2025, according to a CBRE report, while Austin added 88 and Houston gained 31. Together, the three Texas hubs have became one of the nation’s biggest magnets for corporate relocations.
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CBRE found 725 companies relocated headquarters during that seven-year period, with many citing growth opportunities, lower operating costs and lighter regulation as key reasons for moving.
Florida, particularly Miami, also emerged as a major beneficiary. Over the past year alone, six companies moved operations to Miami from costly hubs like Los Angeles, the Bay Area and Boston, drawn by Florida’s lower taxes, growing tech sector and access to East Coast markets.
Companies told CBRE that Miami’s expanding startup scene and growing pool of finance and tech talent are making the city increasingly attractive. International firms are also flocking to South Florida for its strong tourism, travel and beauty industries.
Meanwhile, California suffered the nation’s steepest corporate losses.
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The San Francisco Bay Area posted a net loss of 163 headquarters during the same period Texas posted gains. Companies leaving California frequently cited taxes, labor rules and soaring living costs as reasons for relocating elsewhere, CBRE found.
The migration is also becoming increasingly political.
Economic performance often shapes midterm messaging, and corporate relocations are poised to play a larger role in debates over taxes, regulation and the broader business climate.
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The issue is drawing even more attention as Democrats in several blue states push billionaire taxes and other progressive policies that critics warn could accelerate the exodus of companies and wealthy residents.
Whether the trend endures remains unclear.
But for now, the corporate migration is reinforcing a growing reality: Taxes, regulation and cost of living are increasingly determining where businesses invest, where jobs move and which states gain or lose economic power.
Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr snaps home run drought with thunderous dinger: 'About f---ing time'
San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. is one of the most talented players in MLB and his home run drought was almost as incredible as his play on the field.
Tatis probably doesn’t think so, but going 207 at-bats without a dinger, at his caliber, was something to behold. With every pitch he saw, fans never knew which throw could be launched into the seats. It finally came Saturday against the Washington Nationals.
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The Padres second baseman launched a solo home run off Nationals starter Foster Griffin 451 feet. He finished the day 2-for-5 with an RBI.
"I just knew right away," he said. "About f---ing time."
Tatis’ 55-game homerless streak to start the season was the second-most ever who hit 40 or more home runs in a single season, only behind Boston Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski’s 57-game streak in 1972, according to MLB.com.
He received a joyous welcome after he rounded the bases and went back into the dugout. It was his first home run since Sept. 27 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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"There's no off days over here man," Tatis said. "This game will find a way how to still punish you."
Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts believed Tatis will get some better sleep now.
"Bet you he'll sleep a little better tonight, knowing that he has a little ‘one’ on his numbers. He has a lot in his career, but it's different," he said. "Everyone knows what the deal is here. Everyone knows he has zero, so I think getting that kind of pressure off his back is nice."
Washington, however, picked up a 9-4 win.
The three-time All-Star is hitting .271 with a .670 OPS, six doubles, a triple and a home run.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
BISHOP ROBERT BARRON: Pope Leo sees the AI age clearly — and warns we must save our souls
Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical Humanae vitae covers a variety of themes, both theological and anthropological, and has proved to be remarkably prophetic, and yet it is still, in the minds of most people, simply the "birth control" encyclical. Similarly, Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ ranges across a number of topics and provides a trenchant analysis of the philosophy that dominates the modern world, and yet, for most, it is simply the "global warming" encyclical. I am a bit afraid that something similar might happen to Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas, for it is already being characterized as the "AI encyclical." But to reduce this extraordinary text to that single theme would be regrettable indeed. Leo does, of course, discuss AI, and with remarkable insight, but there is so much more going on in this letter, and it should not be overlooked.
The best framework for understanding the text is the title. Pope Paul VI famously said that the Church is an expert in humanity, and the Vatican II document Gaudium et spes commences with the reminder that the Church is concerned with all dimensions of human experience. One of the last texts composed by Pope Francis, Dignitas infinita, focused on the "infinite dignity" of the human being. The irreducible nobility of the human being is, I believe, the master motif of Magnifica Humanitas. In line with his recent predecessors, Pope Leo insists that we human beings are magnificent because we have been made in the image and likeness of God and even more wonderfully elevated through the Incarnation to a share in divinity itself. It is not the secular humanism that the pope presents, but a deeply theological and Christological humanism.
Magnifica Humanitas effectively commences with a contrast between two images drawn from the Old Testament, namely, the construction of the Tower of Babel and the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem after the return of the exiles from Babylon. The first, driven by imperialistic hubris and undertaken without reference to God, led to calamity; the second, supervised by Nehemiah, predicated upon the cooperation of the various elements within Israelite society and undertaken for the glory of God, led to something beautiful. Pope Leo worries that many of the "new things" of today, including and especially AI and other forms of advanced technology, can have a Tower of Babel quality, that is to say, a tendency toward manipulation, domination, and the reduction of all forms of communication to a singular digital language. But he firmly believes that, rightly employed, these marvels can fit into a more "Nehemiah" framework and become a means of enhancing human dignity and community.
But before he treats these matters in detail, he pauses to consider the great principles that undergird Catholic social teaching. He wants to show that a proper consideration of contemporary technology must take place within a fundamentally moral context. And so, in the second chapter of Magnifica Humanitas, Leo provides an extremely concise and helpful overview of the Church’s social doctrine, emphasizing its satisfying ideological equilibrium. Thus, subsidiarity (the preference for more local forms of authority), typically favored by conservatives, is placed in healthy tension with solidarity (our moral obligation to one another), typically favored by liberals. And the dignity of the individual, typically stressed by conservatives, is balanced by an insistence upon the common good, typically stressed by liberals. The moral legitimacy of private property and the free market, dear to more right-leaning people, is placed alongside the universal destination of goods, a theme of importance to people of the left, and so on. This creative tension is the genius of Catholic social teaching and is precisely what allows its representatives to enter into constructive conversation with those on various points of the political spectrum.
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In chapters three and four, Pope Leo turns with acute attention to the particular issues presented by the revolution in communication technology underway today. His entire discussion is conditioned by a theme borrowed from Pope Francis, namely, the danger of a "technocratic paradigm." By this term, both Francis and Leo mean the tendency to privilege efficiency, control, and practical results over the dignity of the individual and the development of real communion. Leo, in fact, references Romano Guardini, a favorite of Pope Francis, who, at the beginning of the 20th century, bemoaned the dehumanizing features of a technologically driven culture. AI and its attendant technologies are good to the extent that they function as tools in the hands of responsible agents acting for a moral purpose; they are problematic to the extent that they come to dominate both thought and action, bending the properly human in the direction of the machine.
Within the confines of this brief article, I cannot begin to cover the complexity of the pope’s analysis of AI, but I might draw attention to a few highlights.
First, Leo, as befits an Augustinian, is deeply concerned with the truth, and he fears that the digital space is inhabited by people who are far more interested in power than in truth. The denizens of the AI world can propagate, for a variety of reasons, "fake news," deeply distorted narratives, and misleading information. But the Tower of Babel story shows that when will is divorced from reality, disaster follows: "Such power should be constantly guided by the pursuit of truth and respect for human dignity, so that the culture fostered on the internet does not become an instrument of excessive distraction, homogenization or dominance, but rather a setting in which inner freedom and critical thought can mature" (136).
A related concern is how AI can undermine the sort of slow, patient, and careful work required to uncover the deepest truth. The ease with which AI delivers data to us can deceive us into thinking that acquiring "information" is the same as coming to understand. Here is the pope’s pithy conclusion: "Many educators already report signs of dehumanization, where people may ‘know many things’ but struggle to find direction in their lives, partly due to an inability to connect information with deeper knowledge or maintain a sense of purpose" (146).
Leo is also deeply distressed by the negative psychological impact of the internet on those who are drawn into the digital space. Many studies have demonstrated a tight correlation between "screen time" and depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Moreover, the internet has proved to be a breeding ground for sexual exploitation, grooming, and blackmail, not to mention an environment in which the worst forms of pornography have become available to children. Accordingly, the pope calls for effective regulation of this potentially dangerous media space.
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Another preoccupation of the pope is the way AI has begun to affect the arena of work. Following St. John Paul II, Leo maintains that labor is not merely a practical necessity, but rather an essential dimension of human flourishing. Through our toil, we engage our minds, wills, and bodies, and we actualize potentialities within ourselves that we did not realize we had. And therefore, when the speed and efficiency of AI effectively eliminate possibly millions of jobs, certain economic advantages might accrue to the powerful, but a moral and spiritual disaster would occur for the working class: "The pursuit of greater profits cannot justify choices that systematically sacrifice jobs, because the human person is an end, not a means, and the economic order must remain subordinate to human dignity and the common good" (152).
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I will draw attention, finally, to Leo’s deep anxiety regarding the addictive quality of social media. It has now been well established that the devices that give us access to the web were consciously designed to be addictive — and this is perhaps most evident in the "doomscrolling" practiced by so many today.
Further, since AI tools capture so much personal data and information, all of us are deeply vulnerable to manipulation on the part of those who have less-than-savory economic and political motivations. Here are Pope Leo’s words: "When every action — movements, purchases, relationships and preferences — leaves a trace, a new form of power emerges, namely the power to profile, predict and influence behavior, often without individuals being fully aware of it" (171). Again, there is extraordinary richness in this fourth chapter of Magnifica Humanitas, and I would strongly encourage individuals and parish groups to engage in a serious reading of it.
The final chapter of Magnifica Humanitas finds the pope shifting to a somewhat different key, as he focuses on questions of war and peace. This might prove to be the most talked-about and controversial section of the encyclical, given the roiled circumstances of the political world today.
In fact, I found this part of the letter the most thoroughly Augustinian. Basic to St. Augustine’s vision, especially as he articulated it in his City of God, is the contrast between the Roman society of his day, predicated upon the worship of morally ambiguous gods and goddesses, and the properly Christian society, predicated upon worship of the God whose name is love. In accord with the principle that we become what we worship, Rome was bellicose, violent, marked by what Augustine called the libido dominandi (the lust to dominate). And following the same principle, Christian society at least ought to be characterized by forgiveness, peace, and reconciliation. History, on Augustine’s reading, is an ongoing struggle between these two visions.
Pope Leo is anguished because he sees the ways of war coming to dominate the polity of the world today. And he calls upon the Church to provide an alternative vision, a civilization of love. This City of God will not emerge, he says, from some grand plan imposed from above, but rather from the steady work of individuals producing, in time, a cumulative effect. Remarkably, Leo quotes the great J.R.R. Tolkien in this context: "It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till" (213, Gandalf in "The Return of the King."). Especially in our time, when AI and other forms of advanced technology have made warfare more likely and more "efficient," Pope Leo wants the Church to present to the world the path of peace.
I might remark on a certain irony in this context. In regard to questions of war and peace, St. Augustine is best known, not for his proposal of a civilization of love, but for his theory of just war. But we have to be eminently clear regarding the function of this device. One must never construe Augustine’s theory as some facile "justification" for war, a means of providing moral cover for the wanton use of violence. In fact, just the contrary is the case. The great saint saw his criteria as providing a severe limit to the waging of war, and the Church has always treated them as such. There is one line from this section of the letter that puzzled me a bit. Leo says that he feels the just war theory is "outdated." I certainly understand that since the means of waging war have changed so dramatically from Augustine’s time, a hasty application of the just war protocols would be naïve today. But I do not think that the criteria themselves — declaration by a just authority, proportionality, discrimination between combatants and noncombatants, last resort, and so on — are outdated. Instead, I believe they should be applied with particular rigor in our present circumstance.
In conclusion, please read this letter and do so with care and in a meditative frame of mind. Consciously step away from the online world of shouted opinions, arrogant self-assertion, and verbal violence. And take in the work of this wise man, an expert in humanity.
FBI hunts most wanted neighbor next door who allegedly faked cancer, scammed loved ones for luxury getaways
A Pennsylvania woman accused of faking terminal brain cancer to scam friends, family members and supporters out of thousands of dollars is among the FBI's most wanted fugitives after authorities said she used the donations to fund luxury travel and vacations in Australia instead of medical treatment.
The FBI said on May 23 that it is still hunting for Vanessa O’Rourke, who has been on the run for years since she was indicted in 2018 for her suspected scheme.
Authorities allege O'Rourke, now 37, spent months convincing loved ones she was dying from glioblastoma, an aggressive and often fatal form of brain cancer, while claiming she desperately needed money for treatment, daily living expenses and experimental medical care overseas.
According to the FBI, O’Rourke told supporters that traditional treatment options had failed and that traveling to Australia for an experimental procedure represented her best chance at survival.
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Friends and family members reportedly rallied around her, donating money and organizing fundraisers to help what they believed was a young woman battling a terminal illness. But authorities say the cancer diagnosis was entirely fabricated.
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Investigators allege that between October 2015 and July 2016, O’Rourke used false claims about her health to obtain financial support from people close to her. Prosecutors say supporters provided money directly to O’Rourke and also helped organize fundraising efforts to cover what they believed were mounting medical costs.
In April 2016, O’Rourke traveled to Australia, allegedly telling loved ones she was receiving experimental treatment unavailable in the United States. Instead, according to federal authorities, she spent the trip engaging in sightseeing and recreational activities and received no medical treatment whatsoever.
After returning to the United States, investigators say O’Rourke continued the alleged scam by encouraging friends and family members to organize additional fundraising events on her behalf.
Authorities say a donation webpage was launched online and a fundraising benefit was held at a Pennsylvania restaurant, where supporters gathered to raise money for what they believed was O’Rourke’s ongoing cancer battle.
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Federal prosecutors allege the money raised during those efforts was later used to fund another trip to Australia in 2016, where O’Rourke again allegedly participated in leisure activities instead of receiving treatment for the illness investigators say never existed.
The alleged scheme eventually drew the attention of federal investigators.
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On May 3, 2018, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania indicted O’Rourke on 15 counts of wire fraud. A federal warrant was issued for her arrest, and she remains wanted by the FBI.
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O’Rourke’s case is one of several high-profile "fake cancer" scams that have shocked communities in recent years, as fraudsters allegedly exploited sympathy, online fundraising platforms and emotional support networks for financial gain.
In recent years, several women across the United States and abroad have been accused or convicted of fabricating terminal illnesses while collecting money through fundraisers, crowdfunding pages and community events.
One of the most notorious cases involved California woman Amanda Riley, the subject of the hit "Scamanda" podcast and ABC docuseries, who admitted to faking cancer for years while receiving more than $100,000 in donations from supporters.
Like those cases, prosecutors allege O’Rourke’s scheme relied heavily on the trust and compassion of the people closest to her — friends, relatives and supporters who believed they were helping save someone’s life.
Authorities and fraud experts have warned that emotionally charged medical scams can be especially effective because they often target tight-knit communities eager to rally around someone they believe is fighting for survival.
The FBI is asking anyone with information about O’Rourke’s whereabouts to contact law enforcement.
Ancient drinking habits revealed as researchers uncover 4,000-year-old beer receipt
Researchers analyzing ancient cuneiform tablets recently unveiled a 4,000-year-old beer receipt — offering a rare glimpse into Mesopotamian beer culture.
The news was announced in a University of Copenhagen news release in April.
Mesopotamia, often called the "cradle of civilization," was centered in parts of modern-day Iraq and Syria thousands of years ago.
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Researchers from the university and the National Museum of Denmark recently analyzed, identified and digitized the ancient texts as part of a joint project called "Hidden Treasures."
The tablet had been sitting in the National Museum's archives, and the release said the texts had not been studied in recent times.
Of particular interest is NMC 7962, a tablet detailing beer deliveries.
The beer tablet dates to the Ur III period, around 2112-2004 B.C.
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NMC 7962 was previously published by Danish Sumerologist Thorkild Jacobsen before researchers re-analyzed it during the digitization project.
Beer receipts were common administrative records in ancient Mesopotamia, said Troels Pank Arbøll, an associate professor of Assyriology at the University of Copenhagen.
Arbøll — the only professor who specializes in Assyriology at the university — told Fox News Digital the records were intended "to record how much beer was delivered or distributed by an institution."
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"Beer was a central part of Mesopotamian culture from the invention of writing in the late 4th millennium BCE until the end of cuneiform culture," he noted.
"It was considered an integral part of urbanized life."
The receipt differentiates between high-quality and "ordinary" beer.
"The concrete example lists different types of beer delivered on two successive days: 16 liters of high-quality beer and 55 liters of ordinary beer, followed by 12 liters of high-quality beer and 40 liters of ordinary beer," he said.
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One liter of beer is just under three standard 12-ounce beer cans — meaning that the delivery totaled over 30 gallons over two days.
"It is not clear from the text who exactly it was intended for, although it was received by the provincial governor, as his cylinder seal is impressed on the clay tablet in question," Arbøll noted.
As for what the beer may have tasted like, Arbøll said there are some clues.
"Early on, most beer was produced on the basis of barley, though it could in some periods include, for example, date syrup or emmer wheat in the production process," he said.
The drink also contained some sediment, and depictions show it being consumed through hollow reeds used as straws, he said.
Some have attempted to reproduce Mesopotamian beer, particularly at the University of Chicago, Arbøll said.
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Mesopotamian beer "was probably not high in alcohol, though it was nutritious," he added.
American Frances Tiafoe clashes with French Open opponent during comeback win
Frances Tiafoe may have the best shot to be the first American men’s tennis star to win his first Grand Slam tennis event since Andy Roddick in 2003 and the first winner of the French Open since Andre Agassi.
It might have been why his match against Portugal’s Jaime Faria had an extra intensity component to it on Saturday at the French Open. Tiafoe won the match 4-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-2, but the two competitors were seen yelling at each other in the fifth set.
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The two were talking back and forth on the end lines and came to the net. The chair umpire tried to get the match started again.
"Why don't you quit trying to act like you're tough? You're not hard bro, just play," Tiafoe was heard saying.
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The umpire, who was initially talking to Faria, said "all of this has to stop."
Tiafoe completed the comeback win to advance to the fourth round against Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi.
"I needed that," Tiafoe said of the exchange. "Because I’m up at the time but I’m still a little nervous. And he was chirping. He definitely gave me a lot of lip. He thought he was (boxer) Ryan Garcia or something."
American men have been trying to get a Grand Slam title back to the United States for quite some time. Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic have been eliminated from the tournament, while Carlos Alcaraz is on the mend dealing with a wrist injury.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Caitlin Clark held to just six points in Fever's brutal blowout loss to Fire
The Indiana Fever dropped a second consecutive game Saturday night as the expansion Portland Fire cruised to a 100-84 victory.
Caitlin Clark had six points in the loss.
She made just one of her seven attempts shooting from the field during the cold shooting night. The 2024 WNBA rookie of the year managed to record six assists, but foul trouble limited her to 22 minutes. She was ultimately whistled for five fouls.
Saturday’s win gave Portland four victories in its last five games. Carla Leite and Emily Engstler also recorded the franchise’s first double-doubles, finishing with 18 points and 12 assists, and 16 points and 10 rebounds, respectively.
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Aliyah Boston, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft, led Indiana with 18 points. She also had seven rebounds.
The Golden State Valkyries bounced back from last week’s loss to the Fever by defeating Indiana 90-88 on Thursday night.
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The Fire jumped out to a 29-15 lead after the first quarter. Portland’s dominance continued in the second quarter, with Sarah Ashlee Barker’s 3-pointer putting the Fire up 44-26 with four minutes to go before the half.
After taking a 50-37 lead into halftime, the Fire stretched their advantage to 25 points in the third quarter. Portland coach Alex Sarama elected to rest most of his starters with the Fire holding a 19-point lead in the fourth quarter.
Clark sat out in the Fever’s May 21 game against the Fire in Indianapolis because of a back issue.
The Fever disclosed her injury less than two hours before tipoff, prompting a warning from the WNBA the next day for not reporting the injury sooner.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Big Tech is through harming our children. This is our time to fight back
For years, America treated the internet like a free speech "Wild West," assuming the online world should operate with almost no guardrails. Because of this, our nation has operated under two dangerous assumptions about Big Tech: that platforms should be free to publish virtually anything without accountability, and that tech companies should be allowed to design their platforms however they want because "users can always leave."
Courts, parents and state legislatures are now rejecting both ideas in real time.
We are facing the consequences of applying a totally hands-off philosophy to the digital world. As Jonathan Haidt documents in his book, "The Anxious Generation," rates of anxiety, depression, self-harm, loneliness and suicide among teens, especially girls, skyrocketed after smartphones and social media became dominant around 2012.
Teen girls’ rates of major depressive episodes nearly doubled in the following decade, while emergency room visits for self-harm surged. Parents have been carefully monitoring their children’s physical world, but not their digital activity.
The result is what Haidt describes as children becoming "overprotected in the real world and underprotected online," with less independence offline but unlimited exposure to things like pornography, sexual predators, comparison and the like.
But America’s hands-off approach toward Big Tech did not stop with online content. We also embraced the idea that if consumers dislike how a product functions, they should simply find another one. Don’t like how a platform operates? Leave. Don’t like shadow-banning or manipulative algorithms? Use a different app. But courts and juries across the country are increasingly showing those assumptions are not absolute.
Earlier this year, a California jury ordered Meta and YouTube to pay $3 million to a family over the harm caused by their addictive platforms. A jury in New Mexico also ordered Meta to pay $375 million in civil penalties for misleading and endangering young users. Just days ago, Meta settled a major lawsuit with a Kentucky school district over addiction and mental health concerns. In my home state, Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined the fight against Big Tech, arguing Meta "needs to be held accountable for its actions."
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These legal fights are showing a clear result: private companies do not have a free-market excuse to build and sell whatever they want. The internet is not a free-for-all where free speech is the only value and consent is the only requirement.
So, what can we actually do to rein in Big Tech and protect the next generation?
We as parents need to take a hard look at what we are giving our children access to. In "The Tech Exit," author Clare Morrell gives examples of the detrimental effects of screen time, and gives practical advice for how families can try a 30-day digital "fast."
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Her advice comes as a helpful guide for parents who have read "The Anxious Generation," and are wanting to build a better childhood for their kids. Things like delaying smartphones until children are older, putting stronger safeguards in place and creating healthier boundaries around technology use can go a long way.
While the primary responsibility for stewarding childhood falls on families, state and federal governments also have a role to play. It’s not the responsibility of individual families to make sure that billion-dollar tech companies are following the law, that’s where the government steps in.
Lawmakers should advance protections like the App Store Accountability Act (ASAA). The idea is simple: tech companies should not be entering into legal agreements directly with children.
The legislation would require app stores to verify age, ensure companies contract with parents instead of minors, and require honest age ratings so families actually know what kids are downloading. It would also strengthen enforcement of COPPA, the federal law that prohibits companies from collecting personal data from children under 13 without parental consent and has already been backed by more than 170 pro-family organizations nationwide.
In addition, Congress should pass legislation like the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), championed by Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn and South Dakota’s Majority Leader John Thune. The legislation would take a major step forward in protecting young eyes online through a few key safeguards.
Mandatory default settings would automatically enable safety protections rather than requiring parents to find them and turn them on themselves. The legislation would also include addiction prevention measures, which allow parents to turn off manipulative design features and algorithms.
And, KOSA would provide a more streamlined process for identifying and reporting harmful content. Ultimately, the sexualized chatbots should be included in these important discussions as well.
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Protections like these should be considered in the new digital age, but we must not forget an aphorism from centuries past: "the government closest to the people serves the people best."
Congress was poised to get this concept wrong during the recent artificial intelligence fight, where a moratorium on state action was being considered. Thankfully, the moratorium was rejected and states are still able to act.
As debates over legislative actions continue, Congress should avoid any attempts by Big Tech to include similar moratoriums. The federal government can take decisive action while allowing state legislatures to enact customized policies for their states.
Taking steps like these is the best way to protect our kids from the predatory actions of Big Tech and empower parents to build a childhood filled with the real-world connection that kids deserve.