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Anthropic CEO likens AI fight with China to Cold War, seeks 'disarmament negotiations'
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Sunday compared the U.S.-China artificial intelligence (AI) race to the Cold War with the Soviet Union, warning both nations must manage the threat of "potential destruction" from each other.
Amodei, who previously published an essay on Saturday warning about AI efforts outpacing human capabilities to control the technology, reiterated his concerns to "CBS Sunday Morning" that AI could potentially threaten mankind if left unchecked. He encouraged efforts to slow down production, but CBS correspondent Jo Ling Kent asked him whether that was the best solution to compete with China.
Amodei acknowledged that it was a tough "dilemma" for the U.S. but suggested that part of the solution could be to open discussions with China as the U.S. did with the Soviet Union.
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"It's not in any government's interest to have bioterrorism," Amodei said. "And so we should talk with the Chinese and see if we can work together to put limits to put a speed limit on the rate of this technology."
"It's a little bit like, you know, for all our differences with, you know, other systems of government and I have many — I generally have a hawkish position on China —but for all our differences, think about when it was the U.S. and the Soviet Union, right?" he continued. "And we each had 10,000 nuclear missiles pointed at each other. Even for all our differences, we recognized that that was too many, that we needed to engage in talks that could lower the scale of the potential destruction."
Kent asked whether he believed the Cold War should be used as a model for the AI arms race.
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"I didn't say we should use the Cold War as a model...disarmament negotiations like arms limitation, I do think that is an appropriate lens through which to think about this at the geopolitical level," Amodei said. "If we look at what AI models can do in terms of cyber, like they absolutely have geopolitical and national security significance. Of course, they do. That's why we're having this whole conversation."
Fox News Digital reached out to Anthropic for comment.
Amodei's essay drew support from high-profile tech executives such as SpaceX CEO and xAI founder Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. However, other tech experts and entrepreneurs disagreed with his essay, either because of his concerns or his suggestions.
Former White House AI "czar" David Sacks pushed back against AI warnings like Amodei's, including a viral post from former Anthropic staffer Jacob Coxon.
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"[The warnings are] designed to scare the public about AI so that these NGOs can implement their preferred approach to AI, which is a government takeover," Sacks told "Special Report" on Thursday.
Former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo responded to Amodei's essay on "Fox News Live" Saturday, arguing that voluntary industry measures might not be enough to prevent advanced systems from escaping human control.
"After they've accumulated all of the hard power in the world, they run the factories, they're integrated into the military, you know, they're sort of running the whole system, and humans are just sort of giving them orders," Kokotajlo said. "Then they stop taking orders at some points, and they kill off the humans."
Houthis enter US 'kill box' after seizing Red Sea 'cork,' former Pentagon official warns
Iran-backed Houthi rebels captured Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait Sept. 11, opening a new front at a vital global shipping chokepoint as a former Pentagon official warned Sunday the militants had entered a "kill box."
The island's capture came after a month-long offensive along Yemen’s western coast that killed more than 1,500 soldiers and forced Yemen’s government to acknowledge a "painful" defeat, according to The Associated Press.
"With Perim, they have gained what we could call the cork in the Red Sea bottle," Morgan Murphy, a former Pentagon press secretary and retired Navy captain, told Fox News Digital.
"But they've put themselves into a kill box. They're nowhere near the capability of the United States and if the president so chooses, he can wipe them off the face of that rock pretty easily," Murphy warned.
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Despite Perim sitting in the middle of the narrow maritime passage, Murphy detailed how the Houthis had effectively placed themselves in an area that is vulnerable to concentrated fire.
"Perim cuts that chokepoint right in half, and it's only 18 miles wide there," Murphy said.
He said the island has served as a pivotal maritime vantage point for hundreds of years, previously targeted for control by French forces and held by the British Empire for over a century.
Perim — a desolate volcanic island also known as Mayun — also sits roughly 20 miles off the Horn of Africa, placing it in proximity to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, home to one of the largest U.S. military installations on the continent.
"We have incredible firepower in that region, and that's a little rock in the middle of that strait. It's a volcanic rock. It doesn't have any water. It's uninhabitable," Murphy warned.
"There's no vegetation to speak of. And the Houthis have just massed their troops on that rock. So what that is, what we would call that in the Navy, is a kill box."
Satellite imagery of the island shows a 1.85-kilometer (6,070-foot) runway alongside three military hangars, which regional intelligence reports attribute to past construction by the United Arab Emirates.
"There's a 6,000-foot airstrip on that island. I think that Emiratis built it," Murphy said.
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"It's nice to have an airstrip, and especially a long runway, but we don't know the condition of that runway. We don't know how they could possibly use that runway, and they certainly don't have the sophisticated air power that the United States and its allies have to project power from that runway."
He added that the U.S. military holds overwhelming force options if commanders elect to target the island.
"We could wipe that rock into glass, just blast it into a smooth glass surface, put skates back on our feet, and skate all over it," Murphy said.
"That's why the Houthis have kind of played coy with the president, and they know that even if they fortify that rock they're not going to be able to hold it in the face of the United States Navy."
The developments come amid diplomatic maneuvering between Washington, Riyadh and the Houthis in recent days.
Sources confirmed to Fox News Digital that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had called President Donald Trump twice Sept. 10 to urge him to authorize U.S. military strikes against Houthi positions.
Trump declined direct intervention, with U.S. officials noting the administration has no immediate plans for direct combat involvement but will continue offering intelligence assistance.
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Speaking to reporters in Dublin on Sept. 12, Trump also indicated the Houthis had signaled a desire to avoid direct confrontation with American forces.
"The Houthis called us, and they don’t want to fight with us. They let us know, they don’t want to fight with us... they don’t want us to go after them," Trump said.
Murphy suggested, however, that Washington’s restraint should not be mistaken for inaction.
"I can't speak for the president. But this administration has not shown a lack of resolve to use force," Murphy said.
"I wouldn't doubt at all if the president took steps to pound some of these folks into the sand if they continue to really disrupt the global energy supply."
Yemeni government, regional and Iranian sources told Reuters the Houthi advance was sustained by Iranian weaponry and tactical direction from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, with U.S. officials estimating hundreds of IRGC officers remain active in Yemen.
Murphy noted that Tehran's strategy appears designed to drive up global fuel prices by choking critical shipping lanes.
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Comparing the conflict to historical naval power struggles, Murphy emphasized the strategic mismatch.
"We're in a different era. They are nowhere near the sophistication of the world's major powers. The Houthis are using a 19th-century playbook. They are not using 21st-century warfare," he said.
"So, yes, they've caught a critical cork in the Red Sea bottle, but how they use it remains to be seen," Murphy concluded.
"This is an example of why great powers really have to have a strong Navy. This is why Great Britain had a strong navy. This is why the United States has a strong navy, because there's so many regional powers who want to try to bottle up shipping, whether it is in the Strait of Malacca, whether it is in the Strait of Hormuz, and here, in this case, in the Red Sea."
"I think what we're going to see in the next several days and weeks is a coordinated effort by the Trump administration to make sure our allies are on board in helping us keep these critical waterways open, free, and clear for freedom of navigation," he said.
Ben Shelton loses in US Open final to Zverev, but America has found its next big men's tennis star
Let’s get the obvious part out of the way immediately: This stinks.
Ben Shelton had a chance to end a 23-year Grand Slam drought for American men’s tennis on Sunday afternoon in New York. Instead, Alexander Zverev beat him 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2 to win the U.S. Open and capture his second Grand Slam title of the year.
American men’s tennis missed a golden opportunity, but Shelton gave America a tennis star worth rooting for.
It's not the same as winning, but it's a major positive step for a country desperate to find the next great American player.
Shelton, making his first career Grand Slam final appearance, looked nervous from the start. The first game told us exactly what kind of afternoon this might be.
He committed two errors to give Zverev an immediate break point, then double-faulted to hand over the break in the first game of the match. Shelton double-faulted again on set point to drop the opening set, 6-3.
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The second set played out on even terms until the tiebreak, which is where Shelton’s game fell apart. Zverev raced to a 5-0 lead and took it 7-2.
Zverev wasn’t blowing Shelton off the court, which is what made the match so frustrating to watch. Shelton kept getting into winnable points on Zverev’s serve, only to miss a forehand, dump a backhand into the net or choose the wrong shot at the wrong moment.
For most of the match, Shelton looked like the more gifted player. His power, athleticism and creativity are fun to watch. The 23-year-old American produced most of the shots that made the crowd gasp and his serve regularly crossed 140 mph. His flashes of greatness showed that he's much more than another American man with a big serve.
But the inconsistency killed his chances to win his first Grand Slam title.
Zverev didn’t need to be spectacular. He served well, kept the ball in play and waited for Shelton to crack. Steady isn’t particularly exciting, but it wins Grand Slam finals when the guy on the other side keeps giving away points. And Zverev's win at the French Open earlier this summer gave him a crucial edge in experience that showed up throughout the match.
Still, Shelton didn’t go quietly.
He finally earned his first break point of the match with Zverev serving at 2-3 in the third set, but the German erased it. Shelton kept holding, waited for another chance and pounced with Zverev serving at 5-6. He jumped ahead 0-40 and converted his second set point when Zverev missed a routine volley.
So, Shelton had life.
Then he immediately put himself in trouble again. Shelton led 30-0 in his opening service game of the fourth set before a double fault and another forehand error opened the door. He saved one break point with a gutsy serve-and-volley play, but Zverev eventually broke and never gave it back.
That was essentially the match. Zverev broke Shelton again at 4-2 before serving out the match in the final game. There was a funny moment at the very end, as Zverev didn't realize he had just won the U.S. Open.
After a Shelton return went long, Zverev appeared to think there was more tennis to play. He went to serve again before realizing the match was over and he was the champion. At that point, a huge smile crept over his face and he threw his arms in the air.
On the other side, a clearly frustrated Ben Shelton appeared to be holding back his emotions as he went to shake his opponent's hand.
This was the opportunity.
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner withdrew prior to the tournament because of a knee injury. Novak Djokovic lost in the first round. Shelton stunned defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in a five-set quarterfinal that ended at 3:33 in the morning.
The three biggest obstacles were gone and Shelton was responsible for eliminating one of them.
Zverev was hardly an easy opponent. He won the French Open in June, reached the Wimbledon final and entered Sunday having beaten Shelton in all five of their previous meetings.
Now the 29-year-old owns two major championships.
Over the past 30 years, only seven other men have won multiple Grand Slam titles in the same calendar year: Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Sinner.
That’s elite company.
Zverev’s off-the-court legacy is more complicated. He has faced domestic abuse allegations from two former partners, both of which he has denied. The ATP closed an investigation into one set of allegations in 2023 after finding insufficient evidence to substantiate the claims, and a German court closed a separate case in 2024 after a settlement with no finding or admission of guilt.
On the court, there’s no longer any debate about whether Zverev can handle the final Sunday of a major. He proved it in Paris and did it again in New York.
But this was still a winnable final for Shelton. Since Andy Roddick won the 2003 U.S. Open, American men have gone 0-for-7 in Grand Slam finals. Roddick accounted for four of those losses, while Andre Agassi, Taylor Fritz and now Shelton each fell once.
American men’s tennis couldn’t have asked for a clearer path to ending the drought. It still couldn’t finish the job and, because of that, it's a failure.
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Of course, ESPN immediately tried to turn Shelton’s run into a story about race.
"It’s more than just Ben Shelton’s first U.S. Open Final," the network posted after his semifinal victory.
ESPN then noted that Shelton was the first Black American man to reach the U.S. Open final since Arthur Ashe in 1972. That’s historically accurate.
But Shelton never made this run about his skin color. The media wanted to put him in that box, and he didn’t follow them there.
He’s an American. That’s what mattered.
Shelton has consistently used his platform to talk about his Christian faith, his family and his country. After winning in Australia earlier this year, he signed a television camera with the message, "USA ’til it’s backwards."
After beating Alcaraz in the biggest victory of his career, Shelton immediately pointed to his faith.
"I’m just so grateful, so blessed. God’s blessed me in so many ways," Shelton said.
He made a similar point after winning in Montreal earlier this summer, saying, "I would be nowhere without my faith. That’s what’s most important to me."
Then came Friday’s semifinal against Frances Tiafoe, played on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Shelton spoke about the sacrifices his parents made and dedicated the victory to his late grandmother. He asked the New York crowd to return for the final because, as he put it, "We’re going for it here."
"Do this for the USA," Shelton said.
Before leaving the court, completely unprompted, Shelton offered his thoughts and prayers to the families affected by 9/11 and called New York one of the greatest cities in the world.
That’s the guy America has watched for the past two weeks.
He’s powerful, emotional and wildly entertaining. He also loves his family, talks openly about God and treats representing the United States as an honor, not a burden.
Now, let’s not pretend losing a Grand Slam final is the same as winning one because it isn't. Ben Shelton will be the first one to say that, too. He had the chance American men’s tennis had been waiting more than two decades to get, and he didn’t finish the job.
But Shelton’s tournament was still a massive win for him and for American tennis.
He beat Carlos Alcaraz and reached his first Grand Slam final. He had a chance to give up against Zverev, but he kept fighting and forced a fourth set. He showed the composure, faith and love of country that make American sports fans want to invest in a player.
Shelton didn’t deliver America a trophy on Sunday.
But he gave us a tennis star we can’t wait to watch try again.
Dolph Lundgren and wife Emma Krokdal enjoy date night at Arnold Schwarzenegger’s charity event
Dolph Lundgren was spotted stepping out for a date night in Beverly Hills, California with his wife Emma Krokdal.
The 68-year-old "Rocky" star was all smiles as he and Krokdal, 30, attended Arnold Schwarzenegger's All-Stars for Change charity event at Novikov Beverly Hills on Friday night.
Lundgren sported a black suit, a white dress shirt and gray sneakers while Krokdal wore a black one-shoulder chiffon top which she paired with a black asymmetrical satin wrap miniskirt, beige sequinned peep toe heels and a burnt orange satin clutch.
The couple, who tied the knot at their villa in Mykonos, Greece, in July 2023, beamed while posing for photos at the upscale Italian-Mediterranean restaurant.
The fundraiser benefited After-School All-Stars, a national nonprofit providing free after-school and summer programs for youth that Schwarzenegger founded in 1992.
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Lundgren also stepped behind the bar to mix cocktails for guests during the event, which was sponsored by his vodka brand, Hard Cut Vodka. Lundgren and Krokdal co-founded Hard Cut in 2019 and officially launched the brand in March 2025.
On Saturday, Lundgren shared a photo of himself that was taken at the fundraiser on Instagram.
"A big thank you to Novikov Beverly Hills and Hard Cut Vodka for a fantastic event supporting my good friend Arnold Schwarzenegger’s charity, After-School All-Stars.," he wrote in the caption.
Lundgren and Schwarzenegger have been close friends and workout buddies for over 40 years. Shortly after they met, Stallone cast Lundgren as the iconic Soviet boxer Ivan Drago in 1985's "Rocky IV." Stallone served as Lundgren's mentor and trainer while he was training for his role in the hit sports drama.
While speaking with Fox News Digital in December 2025, Lundgren said he "was obviously looking up to" Stallone when they were making the movie.
"He was my boss. I did what he told me to, hit him when he told me to," he said. "And I think in the beginning, it was more professional and slowly developed to friendship where you know, we kind of appreciate each other's struggles."
The duo also co-starred in "The Expendables" franchise, appearing together in 2010's "The Expendables," 2012's "The Expendables 2," and 2014's "The Expendables 3."
During his interview with Fox News Digital, Lundgren also defended his 39-year age gap with Krokdal.
"You always get haters and people say negative things about you if you're in the public eye," Lundgren said."To me, age is just a number. It doesn't really matter. I mean we're all gonna be dead a hundred years from now — most of us anyway — and nothing will matter."
He continued: "All that matters is that you enjoy your life, you enjoy your partner. And I think the choice of partner is one of the most important choices you can make in life. I've realized that. And I think Emma is the best choice for me, and I don't care what people say."
In a separate interview with Fox News Digital, Krokdal also spoke about their relationship, saying it's "so special because we come from a similar place with a very similar upbringing." Lundgren, who hails from Sweden and Krokdal, who is Norway native, first met at the West Hollywood gym Equinox in 2019.
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Krokdal told Fox News Digital that the two connected on their backgrounds "very early," She elaborated by saying they are both "creative people" and can help each other with their different strengths and weaknesses.
When speaking about his relationship with Krokdal, Lundgren credited her with helping "save my life with the cancer journey and turn my life around."
Lundgren was first diagnosed with cancer in 2015, when doctors discovered a tumor in his kidney. While the tumor was successfully removed via surgery, doctors found new tumors on his liver and kidneys in 2020.
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Despite receiving a grim prognosis, the actor sought out a second opinion and in November 2024 he announced he was cancer free.
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"Going through cancer is a life-changing experience," he explained. "So I'm NED — it's called No Evidence of Disease — for like three years now, actually. And you know, it's a gradual process. You at first don't believe it. You're still kind of in that fight-or-flight mode."
To "get used to a new baseline," Lundgren shared, he did "survivorship therapy," and now has a "new way of looking at" his life and the world.
Jeremiyah Love makes immediate statement with touchdown on first career drive for Cardinals
Jeremiyah Love’s NFL career started off on quite the high note during the Arizona Cardinals’ Week 1 match-up against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.
Love immediately became one of the highest-paid running backs in the NFL when the Cardinals took him third overall back in April out of Notre Dame.
As a result, the expectations were quite high for Love given his draft stock, which tagged him as one of the faces of not just the franchise’s future, but the league as a whole.
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Love and the Cardinals took the field at SoFi Stadium as underdogs against the Chargers, but an opening drive by quarterback Jacoby Brissett and Arizona’s offense led to a red-zone opportunity that their new running back didn’t squander.
On second-and-goal from the Chargers’ five-yard line, Love got the handoff from Brissett, bounced out to his left, and found a lane to the left pylon and didn’t lose sight of it. Love outraced the Chargers' defender closing in on him, and he scored his first career touchdown in a statement drive from the Cardinals to begin the season.
First-year head coach Mike LaFleur was visibly enthusiastic after the 70-yard opening drive, joining his players in celebration, Love among them. It’s hard not to love (no pun intended) what this dynamic running back can bring his offense in 2026 and beyond.
The Cardinals caught some flak for the pick of Love when they put in their ticket in April. Arizona is a rebuilding team, one that fired ex-head coach Jonathan Gannon and hired LaFleur with the goal of getting the team back on the right track.
With a pick of Love at third overall, it signaled to some that the Cardinals believed they were one offensive weapon away from competing for a playoff berth. On the other hand, the Cardinals need more playmakers on both sides of the ball, and Love did just that during his stellar collegiate career for the Fighting Irish.
Love dealt with an ankle injury throughout training camp, too, which begged the question of how much he’d play for LaFleur in Week 1. As of halftime, with the Cardinals holding a 13-7 lead, Love split carries with veteran Tyler Allgeier, whom Arizona brought in this offseason as a free agent acquisition.
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That should be expected for the Cardinals to at least begin the season, with Love and Allgeier sharing the backfield. However, it’s clear that Love’s explosive abilities are there for the Cardinals, and he made his presence known right away in Week 1.
Josh Allen torches one of NFL's best defenses to make case it's time to move on from 2025 playoff loss
Josh Allen finished last season in tears and the sight of one of the NFL's great players sobbing in the Buffalo Bills locker room after a playoff loss to the Denver Broncos led ownership to fire head coach Sean McDermott. That memory of that scene and the burden it put on Allen was buried on Sunday.
Josh Allen played sensationally against the Houston Texans in a stirring 36-31 game this day. And this means stuff:
It means new Bills coach Joe Brady won his head coaching debut.
It means the Bills have just sent the NFL the message that they remain a Super Bowl contender for 2026 because, well, the Texans team they just beat are a Super Bowl contender.
And it means Josh Allen has already joined the MVP race in earnest after he exorcised the ghosts of his horrible postseason performance and that loss which haunted all offseason.
Allen also made the statement that he can indeed play up to his standard even against the Texans.
"We do like Reliant Stadium, woo-hoo!" Allen exclaimed after the game. "It feels good. It feels good to start the season off right. Obviously coach Joe getting his first win as an NFL head coach ... really happy for him. [He] called a heck of a game."
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The Texans had dominated Allen in five previous games. The Texans won four of those and limited Allen to 196 passing yards per game.
Not this game.
Allen played up to his billing this time. He played like he's one of the league's best players.
He passed for 334 yards and two touchdowns. And he rushed for two touchdowns. Allen was in some way responsible for all four of his team's touchdowns, by either running or passing for them.
Amid all those numbers, Allen tried to put the focus on others.
"It's the players that we got, man," Allen said in his postgame interview with CBS.
"Looking down at these stats, man, our guys made some great plays."
Don't believe Allen. He delivered superstar stuff against the defense that was the NFL's best against the pass last year and was second-best in points allowed behind only the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks.
Translation: Houston dominates on defense.
And Allen dominated Houston as the Bills scored the most points that defense has allowed since 2023.
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"We scored 36 points against a fantastic defense," Allen said. "However you get to 36 points in the NFL, you'll take that any other week. As long as it's more than the other guys."
Allen smiling and joking after this game is quite a different snapshot than the one we got from him in his previous game – that playoff loss to the Broncos. Allen turned the ball four times in that fateful game.
He fumbled twice, and threw two interceptions, including interception that set up the Broncos' game-winning drive.
Allen hasn't said he lost that game for the Bills, but he has taken responsibility for it. And whether he did lose it or not, the NFL narrative that Allen couldn't get his team into the Super Bowl grew.
It's impossible to make the case this was a big game on par with the playoffs. But in recording his 26th game-winning drive in the fourth quarter or overtime – the most in the league since 2018 – Allen reminded everyone that he's over that past disappointment.
And in this new season he gets another shot at the Super Bowl.
Trump unloads on AOC, Mamdani for laughing during sacred 9/11 ceremony at Ground Zero
President Donald Trump slammed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for appearing to laugh during the solemn reading of victims’ names at the 9/11 Memorial, calling their behavior "terrible" and "inappropriate."
"I think it’s terrible," Trump said when asked about the video of the two Democrats. "It’s not a place to be laughing, especially in that case."
"I thought it was terrible," he continued. "The fact that they were laughing together at a very important part of the ceremony was inappropriate."
The president’s condemnation came after video of Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani sharing what appeared to be a lighthearted exchange at Ground Zero sparked widespread criticism online.
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A television feed from Friday’s ceremony showed a young man overcome with emotion near the memorial before cutting to Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez smiling and appearing to laugh as they spoke. Their conversation could not be heard.
The moment unfolded as mourners read aloud the names of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing during ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 2001 attacks.
The video quickly spread across social media, where critics accused the pair of showing disrespect on one of the nation’s most solemn days.
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"As the names of Americans murdered on September 11th are read aloud at Ground Zero, AOC and Mamdani are laughing and smiling together," Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, wrote on X.
"There is a time and a place for politics. This isn’t it. Ground Zero is sacred ground," Hunt added. "September 11 is not a photo op, it is not a networking event."
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Meghan McCain also reacted to the video, asking on X, "Why the f--- are these two laughing?"
New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, a Republican, similarly ripped the moment.
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"After thousands of families of victims of terror beg Mamdani not to show up, he stands there and laughs while families weep," Vernikov wrote. "This is NYC’s Mayor."
Mamdani had already faced opposition from some victims’ families ahead of the ceremony. A petition urging him to stay away from Ground Zero gathered more than 110,000 signatures, though Mamdani attended and remained for the ceremony.
However, Michael Ragusa, who has served as a member of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s entourage, disputed claims that Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez were joking about the ceremony.
"The videos of [them] laughing are not true. I was standing next to them the whole time," Ragusa wrote on X.
"The camera just caught her greeting him hello," he added. "Multiple other politicians were laughing and joking behind me. Republicans and Democrats."
Mamdani was seen standing somberly at other points during the ceremony. It remains unclear what he and Ocasio-Cortez discussed during the brief exchange.
Fox News Digital previously reached out to Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez for comment.
Fox News Digital's Charles Creitz contributed to this report.
Kyler Murray knocked out of Vikings debut after forearm to the helmet and blow to neck by two Packers
That start of Kyler Murray's career with the Minnesota Vikings has been a disaster.
That might be understating the matter.
The team's new starting quarterback threw an interception on the second play of the regular-season opener. It was his first pass in a Vikings uniform.
At home, no less.
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Then Murray got knocked out of the game on his team's third possession.
Murray, signed by the Vikings in the offseason as their next major quarterback project, did not make it out of the first quarter on Sunday.
Murray left the game and underwent a concussion evaluation. He was listed officially as questionable to return, though the severity of the hit made clear to those watching that his day was over.
The Vikings eventually ruled Murray out.
Murray was scrambling when he took a forearm to the helmet from Packers defensive end Lukas Van Ness, but that wasn't all.
As Murray collapsed in a heap, he took another blow from safety Javon Bullard around the neck and head area, causing Murray's helmet to fly off.
And he seemed to go into a fencing response position, which is an involuntary body posture where an injured person extends one arm rigidly and flexes the other into the air for several seconds after a blow to the head.
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Bullard drew a personal foul for unnecessary roughness. Murray was ultimately able to walk off the field and make his way to the locker room without assistance.
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Carson Wentz took over for Murray after the play, and here's the rough part:
Murray will enter the NFL concussion protocol. That means he will be tested, and independent physicians will determine when he can eventually return to play.
For a player experiencing his first concussion, the standard return-to-play timeline is roughly two weeks, though absences of one week or three weeks are not uncommon.
So, yes. It's been a terrible start to the season, and his Vikings career, for Murray.
Lions avoid franchise-worst collapse as defense stops Saints two-point conversion in OT
The Detroit Lions needed overtime and a moment of stellar defense to avoid a franchise-worst collapse against the New Orleans Saints to begin their 2026 NFL season.
What appeared to be a comfortable path to a Week 1 win became a contested, back-and-forth affair, with the Saints pushing the game to overtime after Juwan Johnson hauled in a touchdown with 1:07 remaining in the fourth quarter.
The Saints almost completed the 21-point comeback when kicker Daniel Carlson tried to knock through a 62-yard field goal at the buzzer, but he was wide right to force the first overtime game of the new campaign.
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But just like it was in the second half, the Lions and Saints both traded touchdowns, as Amon-Ra St. Brown scored to open up the extra period, while tight end Noah Fant caught one on the other side of the field on the ensuing drive.
The difference? New Orleans head coach Kellen Moore didn’t feel like tying the score anymore. He was going for the win with a two-point conversion.
After an 80-yard drive, the Saints wanted to walk it off with the victory, but the Lions’ defense came through when they needed it most. A three-man stack of receivers broke off for the Saints when the ball was snapped and quarterback Tyler Shough threw it up for rookie Bryce Lance, but the pass was broken up to the delight of everyone inside Ford Field in Detroit.
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The Lions celebrated their hard-fought victory, but it shouldn’t have been that close if you ask them.
If Detroit lost, their 21-point lead would’ve been the biggest in franchise history that they gave up in a defeat. So, this group, which has high hopes out of the NFC North this season, is happy not to be on the wrong side of history.
Things were going well for the Lions until Shough and company, who struggled throughout most of the game, finally got on the scoreboard in the third quarter with a touchdown by running back Kendre Miller. From there, the Saints put together three more scoring drives, including a touchdown grab by Devaughn Vele and a field goal from Carlson.
The Lions will hope to clean up things defensively, but offensively, it’s clear as day what Jahmyr Gibbs can do, especially with an extra workload, now that David Montgomery is no longer in Detroit.
The star running back finished the game with 156 yards rushing with two scores on the ground, while hauling in five of Jared Goff’s passes for 30 yards. Gibbs turned 34 touches into 186 scrimmage yards, and that’s what many are expecting each week from one of the most explosive and dynamic offensive weapons in the sport each week.
Meanwhile, Shough threw for 410 yards on 35-of-56 through the air, though he was intercepted twice by the Lions’ defense. Chris Olave, his top target, finished the game with 10 catches for 182 yards.
Hayden Panettiere's boyfriend Brian Hickerson involved in bloody bar altercation weeks after star's death
Hayden Panettiere’s boyfriend Brian Hickerson was involved in a bar altercation just weeks after the late actress' sudden death.
On Sept. 12 at approximately 9:10 p.m., officers were dispatched to Wild Wing Café in South Carolina after receiving a report of an assault inside the restaurant, according to a statement from the Greenville Police Department obtained by Fox News Digital.
"Upon arrival, officers located several individuals involved in an altercation and detained multiple patrons while the incident was investigated," police said.
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Two of the individuals were identified as Hickerson and his brother, Zachary Hickerson.
Police said Zachary was "highly intoxicated" during the incident and began yelling profanities in a public setting. He was taken into custody on a disorderly conduct charge and transported to the Greenville County Detention Center.
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In a video circulating online, Hickerson — who was seen handcuffed and bloody outside the restaurant - told Zachary, "GPD leaked it when my girlfriend died," referencing Panettiere's death and the Greenville Police Department.
In another video obtained by TMZ, Hickerson is seen throwing a bar stool before eventually getting carried out of the establishment.
Hickerson was later released from the scene and was not charged, GPD said.
Representatives for Hickerson and Zachary did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The incident comes less than a month after Panettiere, Hickerson’s on-again, off-again girlfriend, was found dead inside a Greenville residence on Aug. 16. She was 36.
Hickerson and his brother, Zach, called 911 after finding the actress unresponsive, according to a police report obtained by Fox News Digital. Hickerson later gave authorities a bag containing medication Panettiere had been taking, according to the report.
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The police report claimed Zach appeared "very emotional" while paramedics worked to revive Panettiere. Meanwhile, Hickerson did not become emotional until the "Ice Princess" star was declared deceased.
Officers were also given a bag of medication Panettiere had allegedly been taking by Hickerson.
Hickerson reportedly traveled with the "Remember the Titans" actress from Los Angeles the day before she was found unresponsive at a Greenville, South Carolina, apartment complex on Aug. 16, according to TMZ. The two broke up briefly in 2022, but rekindled their romance the following year. Hickerson's brother confirmed to police Brian was in a relationship with the actress at the time of Panettiere's death.
Preliminary autopsy results found no signs of trauma that contributed to Panettiere’s death, the Greenville County Coroner's Office confirmed to Fox News Digital. However, Panettiere's death remains under investigation.
Fox News has learned the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has also been contacted and is assisting with the investigation.
Shortly after her death, Panettiere's mom, Lesley Vogel, opened up about her daughter's final months during an interview with "Good Morning America."
One day later, Panettiere's representatives condemned the speculation surrounding Panettiere’s final hours and accused outsiders of turning her death into an opportunity to "fuel gossip."
"Many people who were not close to Hayden are using her death as an opportunity to fuel gossip and speculation about a situation they knew very little about," Panettiere's rep said in a statement shared with US Weekly. "It is deeply disrespectful to her memory and to those who knew and loved her and are actively grieving this tremendous loss."
"If you have legitimate information that could be helpful, please contact law enforcement rather than turning to social media to speculate publicly about something you do not fully understand."
Panettiere's team also hinted that key details surrounding Panettiere’s death had yet to emerge.
"There is much more to this story than what is currently being discussed publicly, and those closest to Hayden are actively cooperating with the ongoing investigation to help ensure that the truth comes to light and that justice is properly served," the statement concluded.
Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz and Tracy Wright contributed to this post.