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Philadelphia home search uncovers possible human ashes, images of 7 missing women: police
Philadelphia police found images of seven missing women, including two who appear unconscious and injured, while searching more than 1 million images recovered from a home where investigators also found five urns believed to contain human ashes, authorities said Wednesday.
Initial analysis of the images showed two missing women – 27-year-old Gabrielle Armando and 26-year-old Marabel Fresses – lying unconscious in the Chew Avenue home with apparent injuries, Philadelphia Police Department Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said in the press conference.
Metadata from the images show they were taken in 2017. "Both women remain missing and have not been seen," Vanore said, adding "to date, neither their bodies nor any DNA evidence have been recovered."
The home belonged to deceased pornographer Raymond "R.C." Horsch and was occupied by his son, Eugene Horsch, whose June arrest sparked the investigation.
On June 19, a Federal Park Ranger arrested Eugene Horsch, 44, after investigating him and a female passenger sitting in a BMW outside of Philadelphia's Independence Mall, Vanore explained.
"During the course of that investigation, officers recovered two firearms, narcotics, and identification impersonating a federal law enforcement officer, and he was charged. Task force officers from the DEA were able to develop probable cause that same day and serve a warrant on Mr. Horsch's residence," Vanore said.
The female passenger presented police with a false identification using the name Blair Tonzelli, a woman who has been missing since 2023, a spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital.
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The true identity of the woman in the vehicle has not been released. Tonzelli's whereabouts remain unknown.
After obtaining a warrant, investigators found "a homemade laboratory of some kind in the basement area, five urns believed to contain human ashes, and a large amount of digital evidence — including computers, hard drives, flash drives, DVRs, cameras, and phones," Vanore said during the press conference.
Investigators have identified 58 total people in the videos and images they found in the home. Vanore said "four of those identified appear lifeless, with video depicting what may have happened to one of them."
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One video shows R.C. Horsch handcuffing a woman to a bed and zip-tying her neck until she became unconscious. Police identified this woman as Nicole Fusaro, according to FOX 29 Philadelphia.
Another missing woman connected to the home is R.C. Horsch's ex-wife, Amy McHale, who has been missing since 2016, FOX 29 reported.
Two other missing women have been connected to the home. Police identified one as a 25-year-old woman but did not name her, and the other has yet to be identified, according to FOX 29.
"We have only processed a small fraction of the total media. Thousands of videos remain to be analyzed. We are working to corroborate what we see and gather physical evidence to prove our findings, supported throughout by the FBI as we determine our next steps," Vanore concluded Wednesday.
Far-left streamer Hasan Piker called out by MS NOW hosts in fiery exchange over him being a drag for Democrats
Far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker clashed with two MS NOW hosts on Wednesday on multiple issues, including his political influence and his anti-Israel stance, as Symone Sanders Townsend told the streamer point-blank she would be telling candidates she worked for to absolutely "disavow" him.
"I used to work campaigns, Hasan, and I have to tell you, if I was a strategist or a consultant or the political director on one of these campaigns, I would absolutely be telling my people to disavow you," Sanders Townsend told Piker in an interview on her "Clock It" podcast, which she co-hosts with Eugene Daniels. "I really would, because we wanna win! We wanna win, and so, like, if you’re not gonna help people win, distance."
Piker acknowledged the disagreement between them as Townsend continued, "I’ve elected people, though. You’ve never elected anybody."
Piker also maintained his view that Israel is worse than Hamas, though he acknowledged it was a provocative statement. "I do believe that," he said.
"Is Hamas a religious fundamentalist operation that have engaged in violent actions? Of course they have, absolutely," Piker continued. "But that violence is directly born out of, and even that repression is directly born out of, the conditions brought about by the occupation that's been going on for 80 plus years."
Daniels pressed the Twitch streamer on whether he understood that it sounded like he was endorsing violence by making that argument.
"Do you understand that that's how people hear it? And is that what you are endorsing?" Daniels asked.
"So this, again, goes back to the same — this goes back to the same dynamic, right?" Piker said. "Structural violence and state violence is oftentimes made to be invisible. So when Israel as a state is operating its normal state functions, and sometimes it can come across as excessive, right? It's not seen as violent."
"It's no different than when people protest against police violence and police brutality. The brutality of the police is systemic violence, and therefore it's normalized," he added.
"It's made to be invisible," Piker continued. "Whereas when people protest against the police, that is all of a sudden chaotic, that's all of a sudden violent. It's never violent when the police actually release tear gas on protesters. It's violence if the protesters use leaf blowers to blow that tear gas."
Townsend jumped in to reject the comparison to protesting the police.
"I'm gonna let Eugene move on, but I just want to note, it sounds like the example that you just gave that the people who are protesting the police are Hamas. And I just would reject that as somebody who has protested the police before, but we can move on," Townsend said.
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"Symone Sanders Townsend is putting her finger on a real tension for Democrats heading into the midterms," David Scharf, chair of Morrison Cohen’s Government Strategies & Controversies practice, told Fox News Digital. "Hasan Piker gives candidates access to a large, young audience that traditional political media often doesn't reach. But he also gives Republicans a ready-made way to force those candidates to answer for statements they didn't make."
"Every candidate on the record defending him, appearing with him, or refusing to distance themselves from him helps turn him into a campaign issue," he added.
"In safe blue districts, that may not matter," Scharf said. "In a race as close as Michigan's Senate contest, it can. That's why Sanders Townsend, who has actually run campaigns, is looking at this very differently than Piker is. He's building an audience. She's counting votes."
Piker insisted during a Friday livestream it was his "God-given" and "constitutionally protected right" to proclaim hatred for America.
During one of his lengthy shows, Piker responded to an attack ad against Democratic Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed based on his connection to Piker and his past controversial statements claiming to "hate" America.
"Bro, I hate this country, dude. I hate America," Piker said in clips featured on the ad. "Oh God, I f---ing hate America so much."
Piker argued after showing the clip that it was "clear" that he was angry at "what America as the American government is doing to Americans and to everyone else" but nevertheless defended his right to say he hates the country.
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"Of course, I'm a Godd--- American. It is my Godd--- God-given and constitutionally protected right to say I hate America if America is actually f---ing over Americans," he said. "You can clip chimp it all day. It doesn't change that. It doesn't change that mentality."
"To present this as like, oh, 'These guys are real America haters' as some liberals have been doing on the timeline, as virtually the entirety of the Republican Party is doing, is so f---ing stupid," Piker added.
Husband and wife get trapped in premier hiking destination; only one of them makes it out alive
A sudden and powerful storm over Washington state's Cascade Mountains quickly turned a challenging hike into a fight for survival by an Oklahoma couple.
The pair was navigating the rugged "core zone" of the remote Enchantments wilderness when they were engulfed by heavy, deep snow.
By late afternoon, the freezing, high-elevation conditions brought their trek to a desperate halt.
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At 5:26 p.m., the husband sent an urgent text to 911.
He reported to dispatchers that their clothes were soaked through from the storm and his wife was physically unable to continue moving, according to FOX 13 Seattle.
Help could not reach them in time.
The stranded hiker, identified as 45-year-old Sybil Claborn of Oklahoma City, succumbed to the extreme elements and died in the snow on Sunday.
Before the rescue team reached them, Claborn's husband tried to carry her out but was unable to do so.
They were stranded at an elevation of roughly 7,000 to 8,000 feet, about 8 to 10 miles from the nearest trailheads.
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The situation prompted a frantic rescue effort involving multiple agencies — but the severe weather repeatedly thwarted attempts to reach the couple by air.
The sheriff's office requested a hoist-equipped helicopter at 6:51 p.m., and an Army helicopter launched from Yakima shortly after 8 p.m.
Stormy conditions forced the helicopter to turn back as the husband remained in contact with 911 and reported that Claborn's condition was deteriorating.
A second Army helicopter attempt around 10:50 p.m. was also unsuccessful — while Chelan County Mountain Rescue crews continued toward the couple on foot.
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Ground crews finally reached the stranded hikers around 3:30 a.m., finding Claborn dead and her husband suffering from severe hypothermia.
Her husband was warmed inside a tent before he was transported to Cascade Medical Center in Leavenworth for treatment.
Claborn's body was later recovered and taken to the Chelan County Coroner's Office.
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Authorities are actively investigating the cause and manner of Claborn's death.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Chelan County Sheriff's Office for more information.
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While the tragedy in the Enchantments unfolded amid heavy snow and freezing conditions, other hikers have died this year while battling extreme heat.
Earlier this summer, a 68-year-old French tourist died after attempting to hike to safety after his vehicle became stuck in mud in Death Valley National Park.
A similar tragedy unfolded at the Grand Canyon in June.
That month, an 18-year-old hiker died after developing heat-related symptoms on the park’s Bright Angel Trail, the National Park Service said.
Fresh activity emerges at Iran’s deeply buried nuclear site as Trump warns Iran not to ‘get cute’
New satellite imagery shows Iran has added new defenses around tunnel entrances at Pickaxe Mountain, the deeply buried nuclear-linked site President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to strike, as Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a U.S.-drafted Security Council resolution aimed at preserving international monitoring of sanctions on Tehran.
The Institute for Science and International Security said in a report released Thursday that satellite imagery from Sept. 11 shows earthen roadblocks remain in place on roads leading to Pickaxe Mountain’s western tunnel portals near the Natanz nuclear complex. The institute said the continued restricted access reinforces its assessment that the facility is not currently being used for normal operations, while assessing that valuable equipment or materials remain inside.
The report also identified additional soil placed over one western tunnel portal and over a nearby cluster of entrances first built in 2007. The institute said the added soil increases the amount of earth protecting the entrances and helps harden them against aerial bombardment.
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The findings come one week after Trump issued his latest warning over Pickaxe Mountain.
"We notice there’s a little activity at Pickaxe," Trump told reporters last week. "I would advise Iran not to get cute because we will have to hit them very hard."
Trump has repeatedly raised the possibility of attacking the site. In a July 28 "Fox & Friends" interview highlighted by the White House, Trump said the U.S. was watching Pickaxe closely and knew "exactly what’s going on," adding that Washington could "take out Pickaxe" if diplomacy failed.
Pickaxe Mountain lies roughly two kilometers from Natanz and features multiple tunnel entrances leading into a deeply buried underground complex. Construction began in 2020 following sabotage that damaged an advanced centrifuge assembly facility at Natanz, and Iranian officials subsequently said a replacement underground facility was being built for advanced centrifuge production. Analysts estimate portions of the facility may be buried at least 100 meters beneath the mountain. Iran has said there is no nuclear activity at the site.
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Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of the Iran program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital that some analysts believe the opportunity for a straightforward strike on Pickaxe Mountain may already have passed.
"The window to strike Pickaxe Mountain, according to some, has already expired because the regime has dug an underground nuclear facility several times deeper than Fordow," Ben Taleblu said. But he argued that Washington retains military options even if destroying the underground complex itself proves difficult.
"Washington can do what it’s traditionally been able to do with sites that are underground, hardened and fortified, and that’s to bury their entrances and raise the political cost to the Islamic Republic of being able to dig out," he said.
"While there may not be the perfect munition just yet, Uncle Sam always has a bigger bomb," Ben Taleblu added. "And in the meantime, what they can do is show that they mean business by burying the entrances."
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The Pickaxe findings came alongside signs of reconstruction at another sensitive Iranian facility.
In a separate report Thursday, the institute said Iran was "rapidly moving forward" with reconstruction of Taleghan 2 at the Parchin military complex southeast of Tehran. Vantor Technologies satellite imagery from Sept. 13 shows Iran erected a tarp over the destroyed hardened facility, obscuring work underneath from satellite or aerial observation, while dump trucks, bulldozers, concrete equipment and cranes were active around the site.
The institute said Iran also built new concrete reinforcement that could provide additional protection against aerial attack. Taleghan 2 was struck by Israel in October 2024 and again in March 2026 after Iran had rebuilt and hardened the facility. The institute said significant questions remain about Tehran’s plans for the site.
The military developments unfolded alongside a separate confrontation over Iran at the United Nations.
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Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a U.S.-authored Security Council resolution that would have extended for another year, until September 2027, the mandate of the Panel of Experts supporting the 1737 Iran Sanctions Committee. The measure received 11 votes in favor, while Pakistan and Somalia abstained.
The panel investigates alleged sanctions violations and reports on implementation. The dispute reflects a deeper split over whether UN sanctions suspended under the 2015 nuclear agreement were legally restored through the "snapback" mechanism. Most Council members maintain that the sanctions and related monitoring structures were revived, while Russia and China reject the legal and procedural validity of that position.
A day before the vote, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz told reporters in New York that Washington considers the sanctions legally restored.
"The snapback sanctions… occurred, the United States and this U.N. Security Council followed appropriate procedures for that to occur," Waltz said Wednesday at a news conference attended by Fox News Digital. "Those sanctions are in place and we expect those who are a party to fully enforce those sanctions."
Waltz said the expert panel is important because sanctioned companies and individuals can attempt to evade restrictions by changing names and corporate structures.
"The president has been clear, and the world community has been clear with resolution after resolution, that the Iranian regime cannot have a nuclear weapon," Waltz said.
Thursday also brought fresh U.N. scrutiny of both Washington and Tehran. An independent U.N. fact-finding mission said it had reasonable grounds to believe two U.S. strikes on civilian sites in Iran in February constituted war crimes, while separately concluding that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during their crackdown on anti-government protests. The mission is investigative rather than judicial, and its findings do not themselves constitute criminal judgments.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Iran U.N. mission for comments but didn’t receive them in time for publication.
How hurricane charity scams target you before storms hit
A hurricane-season scammer can start the day with coffee and a spreadsheet. That spreadsheet may hold names, ages, addresses, phone numbers and family details. A scammer might buy that information, pull it from people-search sites or piece it together from public sources.
That means hurricane charity scams can start before a storm even hits. By the time a hurricane dominates the news, a fraudster may already know who could respond to a donation pitch.
September is National Preparedness Month, and this year's theme is "Americans Stand Ready." While FEMA urges you to make an emergency plan and build a kit, scammers are looking for ways to turn a disaster into a payday.
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Charity scammers do not have to wait for a disaster to start looking for targets. Data brokers and marketers have spent years collecting information about where people live, what they buy and how they respond to solicitations.
One Justice Department case shows how dangerous that kind of targeting can become. Epsilon Data Management used transactional data and a database covering 100 million U.S. households to identify "responsive buyers." Prosecutors said two executives, Robert Reger and David Lytle, spent about a decade knowingly selling targeted lists to fraudsters.
One client used those lists to defraud more than 218,000 people out of over $23.7 million. More than 12,000 victims got hit more than 20 times. A judge sentenced Reger to 10 years in prison and Lytle to four years. Epsilon also paid $150 million in penalties and victim compensation, with $122 million returned to more than 200,000 victims.
The Epsilon prosecution focused on mass-mailing fraud rather than hurricane charity scams. Still, it shows how personal data and behavioral signals can help fraudsters choose targets before a pitch lands.
Separate FBI data shows the cost of charity fraud. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center recorded 662 charity complaints and $7,907,609 in reported losses in 2025.
A scammer does not need a history of bad donations to target you. Fraudsters can reach people through purchased lists, public records, robocalls and other marketing channels.
James Trankle ran three fake charities, including the "Disabled and Paralyzed Veterans Fund," the "National Breast Cancer Awareness Fund" and the "Children's Leukemia of America Fund." He mailed solicitations to thousands of people and collected more than 1,600 personal checks. Then he used donor banking information to create counterfeit checks. Many victims were older adults. A judge sentenced him to five years in prison.
Travis Peterson ran a six-year scheme using millions of robocalls and other outreach to solicit donations for sham veterans' charities. Prosecutors said he often targeted senior citizens. A judge sentenced him to 41 months in prison and ordered him to pay $541,032.10 in restitution.
These cases show why an unexpected charity pitch deserves a closer look, especially when the caller already knows personal details about you.
Natural disasters create urgency and confusion while bringing out people's desire to help. Scammers know that. After Hurricane Helene, FEMA warned that thieves may try to use stolen names, addresses and Social Security numbers to apply for assistance in other people's names. FEMA also warned residents to be alert for impostors posing as inspectors or disaster workers.
The FTC has warned that scammers quickly exploit weather emergencies with fake charities and copycat organizations. Some imitate real charity names or create websites that appear tied to a disaster.
Meanwhile, the Atlantic hurricane season runs through November 30, and NOAA identifies September 10 as the climatological peak. That puts National Preparedness Month right in the middle of the busiest part of the season. If you want to see how much personal information may be exposed online, a free scan can help you find some of the data that appears on broker and people-search sites. Get a free scan to find out if your personal information is already out on the web: Cyberguy.com/FreeScan
You can still be generous. The key is slowing down long enough to verify who wants your money and taking a few steps to protect yourself before you donate.
Look it up on Charity Navigator, BBB Wise Giving Alliance at Give.org, CharityWatch or the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Avoid links in unexpected texts or emails. Instead, go directly to the charity's official website.
The FTC warns that scammers may insist on cash, gift cards, wire transfers, payment apps or cryptocurrency. If you donate, a credit card or check gives you more protection and a clearer paper trail.
A demand to donate immediately should make you stop and verify the organization before sending money. Legitimate charities will give you time to research them and decide whether you want to give.
Scammers may use names that sound like established charities or web addresses that differ by only a few characters. Before donating, check the spelling of the charity's name and make sure you are on its official website.
5) Do not trust donation links in texts, emails or social media posts
A donation request can look convincing even when it comes from a compromised account or impersonates a real charity. Do not assume a fundraiser is legitimate because a friend shared it. Go directly to the charity's official website instead of clicking the donation link and use strong antivirus software to help protect you from malicious links, phishing sites and malware that may be hiding behind fraudulent donation requests.
Review your credit card or bank statement after making a donation. Confirm that you were charged only the amount you approved and check that you were not signed up for recurring donations you did not intend to make. Keep the receipt or confirmation for your records.
If something feels wrong, report it. File a report with the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov or the FBI at ic3.gov. You can also call the AARP Fraud Watch Network Helpline at 877-908-3360.
Verifying every charity request helps, but your personal information may already be available through data brokers and people-search sites. Removing that data can make it harder for scammers to build a detailed profile around you and use personal details to make a pitch seem believable.
One option is to use a personal data removal service that can contact data brokers and people-search sites on your behalf. These services can help reduce how much of your information is publicly available and may continue monitoring for data that reappears over time. You can also make removal requests yourself, although that process can take more time and repeated follow-up.
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Hurricane charity scams work because disasters create urgency while personal data makes scam pitches more believable. The Epsilon case shows how fraudsters can use targeted consumer lists, while the Trankle and Peterson cases show how fake charities can exploit people who want to help. FEMA and the FTC continue to warn that scammers take advantage of disasters and stolen personal information. Before you donate, verify the organization independently, slow down when someone pressures you and use a payment method that gives you better protection. Reducing the amount of personal information available through data brokers can also make it harder for scammers to build a detailed profile around you. You cannot stop hurricane season, but you can make yourself a harder target.
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Rand Paul clashes with fellow Republican over AI 'kill switch' as Senate grapples with 'Terminator' fears
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., was readying a long-shot attempt at regulating an industry that has, in recent weeks, spurred fears and anxiety about human annihilation.
He planned to ram through his bill, which would require artificial intelligence (AI) companies to have a kill switch for rogue AI, on the Senate floor. But his attempt Wednesday night was blocked by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.
Kennedy told Fox News Digital he feared there was little desire from Republicans to do anything to regulate AI.
"There's no appetite in my caucus to do anything that I can say," Kennedy said.
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Paul contended the following day that regulating something "so pervasive as AI throughout our economy" would require hearing from people who are involved in the industry and having a debate over the regulatory structure.
"I think it would be crazy to get on the floor one day and regulate an entire industry," Paul told reporters.
Still, the anxiety over the unfettered evolution of AI has spread like wildfire after reports that rogue bots began acting on their own, but it's an issue that Congress has had years to address.
Three years ago, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who was then leading the Senate when Democrats had control under former President Joe Biden, met with lawmakers and Big Tech CEOs to sketch out an AI roadmap. Since then, Congress hasn’t taken legislative action to add guardrails to AI development.
Now, with fears ramping up that AI could wipe out humanity in a decade, and with reports of rogue AI agents scheming privately and attacking other AI, lawmakers are again taking notice.
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But some wonder whether this time Congress will take action to regulate AI, or if it’s turning a growing problem into another political issue to be debated and ignored.
"It's already a political issue," Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., told Fox News Digital. "Donald Trump has said it's not a problem, and that is like a dead weight loss on every one of the Republican senators or representatives.
"Thus far, the courage they have demonstrated in standing up to Donald Trump on anything has been somewhere around zero."
Warren had just left a closed-door meeting led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who has pushed for a ban on superintelligent AI, held with lawmakers and with AI experts Geoffrey Hinton, known as the "Godfather of AI"; physicist Max Tegmark; and Ajeya Cotra.
"There is now a growing alarm about the future of humanity and creating technology that human beings cannot control," Sanders told reporters. "And I'm happy to tell you that I think there is a growing sense of urgency upon members of Congress that this has to be done."
One of the points the experts impressed on lawmakers was that, at the very least, a kill switch should be implemented to deactivate rogue AI. Kennedy was the lone Republican to attend that meeting.
"I'm just saying they have to have a kill switch to turn the son of a b---- off if it goes wrong," Kennedy said. "This doesn't put government in charge in any way. It doesn't affect innovation. It just says, 'If you're gonna sell this thing in America that has the potential to turn into an independent species, like the 'Terminator,’ you've got to have a way to shut it down immediately, as soon as you discover that.'"
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But there have been Republicans, like Kennedy, who want to regulate AI sooner rather than later.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has been pushing his regulatory bill alongside Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., since 2023. But Thune argued to Fox News Digital that it was Democrats standing in the way.
"I think the Democrats, in my view, clearly are trying to politicize this. I mean, all the rhetoric around it and everything else, and stuff like that. But you know, the truth is, the bill, which we have, that addresses the AI issue, which we worked on for a long time, which actually passed the Commerce Committee in 2024, is available with modifications and updates. It reflects what's happened since the last time they passed it in our committee.
"The obstacle to getting it up and going and getting it filed is Democrats," he continued. "So, if they're looking for a legislative vehicle, there is one out there."
Meanwhile, Warren said she could see herself supporting a kill switch, but that Hinton made the case that the switch would need a human to flip it, "and a smart AI will persuade a human being not to do it."
"They will create enough evidence, enough of a narrative, that no one will ever throw the kill switch," Warren said. "Which is back to the point I was raising. So, where are the places that you act?"
She argued that Congress needed to find the "pinch points" where humans could still have agency to stop rogue AI. But, for now, there wasn’t a real desire to find a new regulatory and enforcement tool to do so.
"There are things we say are illegal. We have a mechanism for how to enforce the laws that say, ‘Don't do that,’" Warren said. "It's not perfect, but we have it. We need a whole new enforcement device now, and nobody seems to be thinking through what that looks like."
'Reacher' star Alan Ritchson exposes alleged extortion plot that sparked suicide attempt
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988.
Alan Ritchson is sharing an intensely personal account of a period when he says his life began to unravel.
The "Reacher" star said a former business partner threatened to accuse him of rape if he refused to meet her at a hotel in Cannes, France – an alleged threat he says left him overwhelmed by uncertainty and depression.
"I'm a suicide survivor," he said during a recent appearance at FAN EXPO Canada.
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"I was like in my mid-30s. I was depressed for the first time, and I was depressed because I had done everything right, and I had a falling out with a business partner that threatened to… if I didn't go up to her hotel room, at the Hotel du Cap in Cannes when I was selling a film there, great success for her company that I was running, that she would call TMZ and tell the reporter that I raped her in Cannes, and she would ruin my life," Ritchson claimed.
He continued, "So it was like she was blackmailing me to come up, and I was like, 'No, I'm not doing that.' I didn't want to do that."
Ritchson did not identify the woman by name during his remarks.
The actor said he refused to go to the hotel room and instead took legal action, hiring a litigator to fight the alleged threat. He said the business fallout was severe and that he ultimately reached a settlement — but walked away feeling that something much harder to recover had disappeared.
"I lost everything in that relationship; she was a billionaire, and she actually tanked every bit of our business and cost me a lot, and also the threat of that looming over my head – I hired a litigator to fight back and make sure that couldn't happen," Ritchson said.
"I ended up winning a settlement, but I didn't win anything because what I was left with was this uncertainty about what happens in life when you do good, you know, and like when you try your hardest."
The actor said he "felt helpless," and said the situation left him "really broken and depressed" and feeling like it would be "a gift" to his family if they didn't have to deal with the fallout of the alleged scheme.
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Ritchson’s comments come as he navigates a significant new chapter in his personal life.
Earlier this month, Ritchson and his wife, Catherine, announced they were ending their 20-year marriage.
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In a joint Instagram statement shared this month, the couple said they had "decided to end our marriage and continue alongside one another in a different way."
The two first met as teenagers and later reconnected before marrying on May 12, 2006. They share three sons — Calem, Edan and Amory.
Ritchson is best known for roles in "Smallville," "Blue Mountain State," "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" and "Titans."
He landed the title role in "Reacher" in 2022, which helped establish him as a leading Hollywood action star.
Eva Shockey says women don't have to abandon their femininity to belong in the outdoors
Eva Shockey never thought becoming a hunter should require giving up the other parts of herself.
Apparently, plenty of people disagreed.
Shockey, one of the most recognizable women in the outdoor industry, told OutKick's Tomi Lahren that she has faced pushback from within the hunting community almost from the moment she entered it — including criticism for something as simple as wanting to look feminine while doing it.
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"Pretty much everything I've done in the hunting community, there's been pushback since day one," Shockey said during an appearance on "Tomi Lahren is Fearless." "It's never been where everyone's like, 'Yeah, she's doing it right.' Like, it's just never been like that."
But fitting neatly into someone else's idea of what a hunter should look like was never particularly appealing to her.
Shockey grew up in a hunting family as the daughter of legendary outdoorsman Jim Shockey, but she didn't immediately follow her dad into the field. In fact, one of the things that kept her away from hunting when she was younger was that she didn't see women who looked or lived like her doing it.
When she eventually began hunting herself, she wasn't interested in trading one identity for another.
"I didn't hunt because I didn't know you could be this — have hair and makeup and care about your nails being done — and also love to hunt," she said. "I love being in the mountains. I love hiking. I love wearing camo, but I also like still looking feminine."
Her solution was pretty simple: Don't choose.
"If I'm gonna hunt, I'm still me," Shockey said. "I'm not gonna change who I am because I want to go hunting."
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That became a defining part of her message as her profile grew over the years.
Shockey came into the outdoor industry at a time when hunting media was still overwhelmingly male. She started on television alongside her father before social media opened the door for women and other newcomers to find outdoor personalities who looked more like them.
She is quick to point out that she didn't create the movement toward more women hunting.
"I got to really ride the wave of a big change in more women starting to hunt," Shockey said. "It wasn't me personally. Like, no, I'm not going to take all that credit. There was a bunch of other women before me. I just got to be a bit of a face of it and represent a lot of women through those last 15 years or so."
Still, she has seen the change firsthand.
Shockey believes social media, for all its faults, has made the outdoor world far more accessible to girls who might otherwise grow up believing hunting simply isn't something women do.
"If young girls want to see someone shooting a bow or they live out in the country and they've never seen a girl hunt — which was little Eva back in the day — they can open social and see people doing what they want to do," she said.
And they don't all have to look the same.
"I'm by no means everybody's style," Shockey said. "Not everyone wants to see someone with, like, hair and makeup done. But there's lots."
That's precisely the point.
For Shockey, expanding hunting isn't about replacing one stereotype with another. It's about showing women that they don't have to adopt a particular personality, appearance or identity before they're allowed to participate.
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Over the years, she said, that message has come back to her directly.
"I had a lot of girls, thousands and thousands of girls over the years, come up to me with basically relaying that to me," Shockey said. "Like, 'I'm so glad you said that we could hunt and not be embarrassed of who we are or what we look like or where we're from or whatever that looks like.'"
And it isn't necessarily about makeup or femininity.
"Maybe it's not hair and makeup," she said. "It's just you want to be who you are and still enjoy hunting. You don't have to transition into a hunter and leave everything else out. Like, we all have more elements than that."
Shockey also believes the broader culture has moved closer to the outdoor lifestyle in recent years. More people, she said, are showing interest in gardening, sourcing their own food, hunting and generally reconnecting with where food comes from.
"It's changed a lot in the last five years," she said. "I think people are very interested in that lifestyle, and they're very interested in growing things themselves, hunting things themselves."
Rather than policing exactly how deeply someone participates, Shockey would rather see that curiosity encouraged.
"The things that I believe so strongly in — like the outdoor life, the hunting, the gardens, the healthy food for your family, the fresh air, all that — I believe it's such a great thing," she said. "Even if they're doing 10% of it, that's 10% better than not doing it."
And for Shockey, that may be the bigger win.
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Not everyone has to become a hardcore hunter. But if seeing women with different personalities, interests and backgrounds makes the outdoors feel a little less foreign — and a little more accessible — then she’s certainly done her job.
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Minnesota's anti-ICE aid fund becomes latest casualty of state's embarrassing fraud problem
A program designed to assist businesses impacted by the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts in Minnesota has been shut down following widespread fraud concerns, according to local news reports.
The board of Hennepin County in Minnesota, home to Minneapolis, approved $2 million in funding for local businesses impacted by Operation Metro Surge — a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota launched in December 2025. The county received roughly 300 applications and ultimately distributed about $500,000 to 82 applicants, while more than 200 applications were flagged for potential fraud, according to local reports.
"The fact that people, after all this fraud, felt that they could apply and get away with it, I think it's a problem because clearly there's no fear out there," Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Lunde said, according to Kare 11. "Until we get it where people fear things, then they're gonna keep doing it."
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Much of President Donald Trump’s rhetoric surrounding illegal immigration in Minnesota has been targeted at the state’s Somali population amid reports of widespread fraud.
Members of Minnesota’s Somali community have been accused, and in some cases convicted, of using non-existent or inactive businesses and nonprofits to siphon money away from government programs intended to help the needy.
Similarly, Hennepin County officials reported that many businesses seeking relief funds drafted applications containing false information, seemingly fabricated by AI, that were copied, pasted, and submitted for multiple businesses. Other businesses submitting applications, meanwhile, were found not to exist when county officials made site visits.
"Then at a certain point we're like, 'OK, we're getting declining results on that.' And so we said it's time to stop the program. So we just stopped processing at that point," Lunde, who characterized the applications as overwhelmingly fraudulent, said.
The immigration enforcement operation in the state also drew national attention after U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti were fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis in January.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, has acknowledged responsibility for addressing the fraud in his state, saying it is his "responsibility to fix it." He has previously argued that "any amount of fraud is too much and undermines the very programs that do so much to raise our quality of life."
The governor, however, has pushed back on conservative attempts to pin the fraud primarily on the Somali community in the state.
"What is not helpful is the president of the United States demonizing an entire community," the governor wrote in a December 2025 op-ed.
Hennepin County and Walz's office did not respond to requests for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Thursday.
‘Money out of politics’ candidate Abdul El-Sayed set to fundraise with George Soros’ nephew in California
Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who is campaigning on getting "money out of politics," will attend a fundraiser at the West Hollywood home of billionaire George Soros’ nephew.
Jeffrey Soros, a California film producer, and his wife, Catharine Soros, will host a meet-and-greet alongside former Obama advisors and "Pod Save America" hosts Jon Favreau, Tom Vietor and Ben Rhodes, as well as other Hollywood figures, on Sept. 28, 2026, according to a flyer obtained by Punchbowl News. The flyer noted that each guest can donate up to $57,800 to the Abdul for Michigan Victory Fund.
The out-of-state big-money fundraiser comes as El-Sayed has repeatedly criticized the influence of corporations and billionaires in politics. At a previous campaign event, El-Sayed said billionaires couldn't tell him what else they could actually buy beyond $100 million other than political power.
The event will put El-Sayed alongside relatives of billionaire George Soros, who has for decades used his wealth to support political causes and campaigns, including prosecutors who have advocated for bail reform and eliminating mandatory minimum prison sentences.
Open Society Foundations, the philanthropy founded by George Soros, gave the American Civil Liberties Union a $50 million grant for a nationwide criminal justice reform campaign and a $3 million grant to the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law to fund anti-gerrymandering lawsuits and litigation against states with "restrictive" voting laws.
It is unclear whether George Soros will attend El-Sayed's fundraiser. Fox News Digital reached out to Open Society Foundations for comment.
Jeffrey Soros is the son of Paul and Daisy Soros, who were philanthropists. Paul Soros was George Soros’ older brother. The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports immigrants and children of immigrants pursuing graduate education in the United States.
Jeffrey Soros is CEO of Los Angeles Media Fund and is an executive producer of "The Space Between Us." Fox News Digital reached out to Los Angeles Media Fund for comment.
The flyer also listed television showrunners Ed Redlich and Sarah Timberman, venture capitalist Tom Unterman and Ahmos Hassan, founder and CEO of Chariot Entertainment.
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The gathering also comes as El-Sayed has criticized Republican candidate Mike Rogers for attending the GOP Midterm Convention in Dallas last week but failing to appear for a televised debate.
"Now, in case you're wondering, there is no Dallas, Michigan," El-Sayed told Michigan State University students at a rally titled "Students v. Billionaires" held last week. "He was in Dallas, Texas. Why was he in Dallas, Texas? Given that he's running for Senate in Michigan."
El-Sayed also waved off criticism of his affiliation with Hasan Piker, who he said is a "streamer in California" who has nothing to do with Michigan politics, despite Piker joining El-Sayed for a poolside campaign event last month.
In the past, Piker has made disparaging remarks about America and Jewish people and has expressed support for Hamas. He once called Orthodox Jewish people "inbreds," said America deserved the 9/11 terrorist attacks and said Hamas was "1,000 times better" than the Israeli government. El-Sayed distanced himself from Piker, who campaigned with him during the Democratic primary, weeks ago after facing criticism over his affiliation with the left-wing Twitch streamer.
"Abdul El-Sayed raising dark Soros money in California after begging Chuck Schumer for money in DC is the least surprising thing he’s done all cycle," Alyssa Brouillet, communications director for Rogers' campaign, said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "That’s what a conman does — says one thing and does another. Michiganders can’t trust this guy."
El-Sayed was in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other senators, including Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
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In response to questions about the fundraiser at Jeffrey Soros’ home, El-Sayed's campaign pointed to Rogers' own campaign contributions.
"Mike Rogers has taken over a million dollars from Big Pharma and spent years in Congress as a self-proclaimed ‘champion’ of drug companies, voting to keep prescription drug costs high," a campaign spokesperson said in a statement. "Corporate special interests are spending millions of dollars in dark money to try to buy Rogers a Senate seat because he’s spent his entire career making himself and his billionaire donors richer while Michiganders pay the price."
"Abdul is the only candidate in this race running to get money out of politics and will fight to end Citizens United to ensure that our democracy is working for people, not billionaires," the campaign spokesperson continued.
El-Sayed is not the only Democrat courting wealthy Hollywood elites.
"Lost" co-creator Damon Lindelof and his wife, Heidi, hosted a fundraiser for Democratic Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico on Sept. 10, 2025, in the upscale Hollywood neighborhood of Brentwood.