Fox News Latest Headlines
9/11 Museum to offer free admission for veterans ahead of Memorial Day Weekend
FIRST ON FOX: Ahead of Memorial Day, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum announced that all veterans will receive free admission beginning Friday, expanding a longstanding effort to honor Americans whose lives and military service were shaped by the Sept. 11 attacks.
The museum said the expanded policy builds on its existing free admission program for active-duty military personnel and reflects the connection many post-9/11 veterans feel to the memorial site and museum.
"For countless Americans, September 11, 2001, was a call to serve," 9/11 Memorial & Museum Chief Advancement and Communications Officer Josh Cherwin said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. "That day defined a generation of first responders, students who enlisted in the weeks afterward, and young people who chose to serve as they learned what happened on 9/11.
"Today, nearly 100 million Americans have no lived memory of 9/11, including many of the newest recruits bravely serving in our armed forces," the statement continued. "By welcoming every veteran and service member to experience the Museum free of charge we can honor their service and educate a new generation."
NEW 9/11 MUSEUM EXHIBIT AIMS TO CONNECT YOUNGER AMERICANS TO THE ATTACKS THROUGH POWERFUL ARTIFACTS
John Paluska, a retired Army Green Beret and member of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s Visionary Leadership Council, said the museum represents far more than a historical institution.
Paluska told Fox News Digital he was just 18 years old and a freshman at Fordham University when he found himself at Ground Zero volunteering in the aftermath of Sept. 11.
"I remember the smell distinctly," Paluska said. "The firemen, the beacons going off whenever there was kind of subtle silence, and the sights of the American flags slowly being draped."
GOP CONGRESSMAN REVEALS HOW HE LEARNED ABOUT 9/11 TERROR ATTACKS IN REMOTE ALASKA WILDERNESS
Paluska said the experience changed the course of his life. "And a month later I went to a recruiter and began the enlistment process," he said.
He later served as a U.S. Army Green Beret with deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq.
In a statement released by the museum, Paluska said he believes the next generation must continue learning about the attacks and their aftermath.
"There are young Americans in uniform today who weren't alive on September 11th, and many who served because of it," Paluska said. "I am proud of this museum for leading the way in making sure their service — and that day — is never forgotten."
TUNNEL TO TOWERS COMMEMORATES 9/11 WITH MORTGAGES FOR HEROES, NATIONAL STEEL JOURNEY
Paluska said many post-9/11 veterans feel a deep personal connection to the memorial site.
"For us, we don’t want history to repeat itself," he told Fox News Digital. "We don’t wanna go back to war again. War is an awful thing."
He said many veterans find peace walking through the memorial plaza and reflecting on both the losses of Sept. 11 and the years that followed.
FORMER NEW YORK FIREFIGHTERS DEAD FROM 9/11-RELATED ILLNESSES, GROUP SAYS
"You look up and you see the Freedom Tower, One World Trade, and you realize how great that we have it," Paluska said.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum also shared the story of Ron Bucca Jr., whose father, FDNY Fire Marshal Ron Bucca Sr., was killed during the attacks before Bucca Jr. later went on to serve as a Green Beret himself.
"My father gave his life on September 11th, and that day set the course of my own service and the service of a generation of Americans," Bucca Jr. said in a statement.
"For those of us who served because of that day, this museum is personal," he added.
The museum said free admission has also been available to 9/11 family members, rescue and recovery workers, individuals eligible for the World Trade Center Health Program and immediate family members of those who died from 9/11-related illnesses and injuries.
September 11, 2026, will mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks at the World Trade Center.
The reckless policies of our leaders cost my daughter her life and legacy
We are simple travelers through this world.
We arrive with nothing, and someday we will leave with nothing material in our hands. What remains after us is the love we gave, the people we protected, the truths we defended, and the legacy we leave behind in the hearts of others. But we are not permanent citizens of this earth. Our lives are fragile, temporary, and uncertain, and that truth alone should humble every person who seeks power, influence, or authority over the lives of others.
Yet there is a sadness in modern society that goes beyond politics itself. It is the sadness of people who truly believe this world is all there is. That existence begins at birth and ends in darkness. That there is no higher accountability, no eternal meaning, no moral order greater than temporary political victories, social status, ideological trends, or material comfort.
I’M THE SON OF A MEXICAN IMMIGRANT. DEMOCRATS HATE THE AMERICA SHE LOVES
I cannot accept that view of humanity.
Because if this life is only about power, performance, and self-gratification, then it becomes easier to justify almost anything in pursuit of those goals. Wisdom disappears. Humility disappears. Human beings become abstractions inside political equations instead of souls carrying immeasurable value.
My parents immigrated legally to America from a third-world tribal country. They came here believing in the principles, freedoms, opportunities, and responsibilities this nation represented. They did not come demanding America abandon its identity to accommodate them. They believed becoming American carried obligations as well as opportunities.
They worked, sacrificed, assimilated, contributed, obeyed the law, and respected the country that opened its doors to them. And for a long time, America did not disappoint them.
Until its leaders did.
Because what many modern political voices fail to understand is that a nation cannot survive indefinitely when compassion becomes detached from wisdom, responsibility, order, and truth. A country is not merely an economic zone or a collection of competing interests. It is a fragile moral agreement between citizens, laws, culture, sacrifice, and shared accountability.
Welcoming people legally, thoughtfully, and responsibly into that system is one thing. Pretending borders, vetting, consequences, and national cohesion no longer matter is something entirely different.
And the people who ultimately pay the price for those reckless ideas are almost never the powerful voices promoting them.
That is why it is so difficult to understand the voices who endlessly speak of compassion while supporting policies that recklessly endanger innocent people. These voices often behave as though their beliefs carry no trade-offs, no consequences, and no innocent victims. But every policy has a cost. Every ideology eventually reaches real families, real communities, and real human lives.
Katie was one of those trade-offs.
Sacrificed for ideological vanity, political ambition, and reckless policies defended more passionately than the innocent people endangered by them. The people promoting these ideas will never admit this openly, of course. They speak in abstractions, slogans, and moral performances because acknowledging the human cost would require confronting their own responsibility.
Katie did not have enough time in this world to finish writing the legacy she was creating. Her story was still unfolding. Her life was still becoming. The family she may have built, the people she would have inspired, the love she would have shared, the joy she would have brought into this world — all of it was cut short.
And still there are voices who continue acting as though these tragedies are acceptable losses in pursuit of their version of compassion.
But compassion without wisdom is not virtue. It becomes vanity disguised as morality.
There are many who loudly advocate for limitless immigration policies, open borders in practice, and systems with little regard for vetting, criminal background, health concerns, or long-term societal consequences. They frame these positions as enlightened and humane while dismissing anyone who questions them as cruel or fearful. Yet many of these same voices will never personally suffer the consequences of the policies they promote. They remain insulated from the instability, violence, and suffering their ideas can unleash on ordinary families.
More troubling is the refusal to confront root causes honestly. If nations are collapsing under corruption, cartel violence, economic dysfunction, or political failure, how is the moral solution simply to drain those countries of their citizens and relocate them indefinitely into America? Is the answer truly to incentivize millions to leave their homelands through promises of benefits, special considerations, and taxpayer-funded support that would never be offered to struggling American citizens themselves?
REP RO KHANNA: A COMMONSENSE, BIPARTISAN PLAN FOR IMMIGRATION
How is that wisdom?
How is that sustainable?
How is that justice?
And where were these moral voices while migrants themselves were being exploited?
Where were they when cartels built billion-dollar industries trafficking desperate people across dangerous terrain? Where were they while women were assaulted, children abused, migrants extorted, and countless lives destroyed during perilous journeys north? Reckless policies did not eliminate suffering. They redistributed it while empowering some of the most evil criminal organizations in the world.
Real compassion requires more than slogans, hashtags, suburban yard signs, or public performances designed to signal moral superiority. Real compassion requires responsibility, sacrifice, foresight, and wisdom. If people truly believe they possess solutions, then they should dedicate their own resources, labor, time, and lives toward rebuilding struggling nations, strengthening institutions abroad, and helping people flourish where they were born whenever possible.
Using the wealth of others to impose dangerous social experiments on society is not noble. Declaring yourself compassionate while knowingly accepting innocent victims as the price of your ideology is not moral courage. It is knowledge without wisdom.
And knowledge without wisdom, especially when paired with political power, becomes deeply dangerous.
A healthy society survives not merely through intelligence, but through moral clarity. Wisdom asks difficult questions before tragedy occurs, not after. Wisdom understands that good intentions alone do not erase destructive outcomes. Wisdom recognizes that innocent lives are not acceptable collateral damage in pursuit of ideological visions.
AMERICA MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN FAITH, ORDER AND A CULTURE OF LAWLESSNESS
Most importantly, wisdom remembers that human beings are not gods.
And if there truly is something beyond this life — if this world is not the end but merely the beginning of eternity — then perhaps the greatest human error is pride itself.
I often wonder how many people who spend their lives proclaiming their own moral superiority have considered what they would say if they someday found themselves standing at the entrance to the next world. What explanation would possibly be enough? What defense could justify the suffering, destruction, or innocent lives sacrificed in service of ideology, ego, or political ambition?
Because I do not believe eternity will be entered through self-congratulation or political righteousness. I do not believe anyone arrives there boasting in the first person — pointing to themselves, their activism, their status, their supposed goodness, or the causes they championed on earth.
If anything, I suspect the opposite.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION
Grace cannot be demanded. Wisdom cannot coexist with arrogance. And perhaps the people most prepared for the next world will not be those who spent their lives announcing their own virtue, but those who approached existence with humility, repentance, gratitude, and an understanding that none of us are greater than the God who gave us life in the first place.
We are only travelers here.
Temporary souls moving through a temporary world, entrusted with fragile lives and enormous moral responsibility toward one another.
Someday every political slogan, every public performance, every ideological trend, and every earthly institution will disappear. What will remain is whether we pursued truth over vanity, wisdom over applause, and genuine love of humanity over hollow displays of self-righteousness.
This life matters deeply. But it is not all there is.
And perhaps a society that truly remembered that truth would govern itself with far more humility, restraint, accountability, and wisdom than we see today.
Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' jokes targeted conservatives 87% of time in final years, study says
FIRST ON FOX — The final years of CBS’ "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" overwhelmingly featured liberal guests and jokes targeting conservatives, according to a new study conducted by the Media Research Center (MRC).
MRC news analyst Alex Christy examined every "Late Show" joke since the start of 2023 and found that a staggering 87% have targeted conservatives and nearly every guest was liberal.
"Good riddance to Colbert’s nightly group therapy session for progressive elitists who could not understand why half the country kept rejecting their worldview," MRC President David Bozell told Fox News Digital.
COLBERT'S FINAL YEAR MARKED BY ATTACKS ON TRUMP, LIBERAL TALKING POINTS AND CELEBS KISSING HIS RING
According to the study, Colbert made 3,639 jokes about President Donald Trump from Jan. 3, 2023, through the eve of his final episode.
Former President Joe Biden was the target of 339 jokes during that time, finishing second to Trump, who was a punchline 3,300 more times than Biden.
Colbert joked about George Santos 269 times, HHS Secratary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 208 times, Republicans in general 180 times, Vice President JD Vance 151 times, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth 146 times, Elon Musk 143 times, ex-DHS Secratary Kristi Noem 106 and Rudy Giuliani 104 times, according to the study.
First lady Melania Trump finished just outside the top 10, with Colbert poking fun at her 100 times. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Eric Trump and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy were all mocked dozens of times, too.
COLBERT LASHES OUT AT CBS, SAYS CANCELLATION ‘REINFORCED A NARRATIVE’ OF ‘KNEE BENDING’ TO TRUMP
Colbert only joked about former Vice President Kamala Harris 21 times during that three-year period, according to the study. Despite losing the presidential election and being at the forefront of a months-long news cycle, Harris was joked about less than figures such as Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, FBI Director Kash Patel, former Vice President Mike Pence, Former U.S. Amb. to the United Nations Nikki Haley and "conservatives" as a group.
Former President Ronald Reagan, who died in 2004, managed to be the butt of a Colbert 24 times during the same span.
Hunter Biden, who provided plenty of material for comedians willing to go there, was only joked about four times. Eric Trump, on the other hand, was the butt of 84 jokes while Colbert mocked Donald Trump Jr. 56 times.
When it comes to Colbert’s guests, the study found that 99% were openly liberal or considered liberal by the MRC.
Far-left comedian John Oliver joined the CBS late-night show nine times from September 6, 2002, through May 21, 2026, to finish with the most appearances.
DEMOCRATS FAWN OVER STEPHEN COLBERT FOR HOLDING 'TRUTH TO POWER' AFTER CBS CANCELS SHOW
Lefty journalists John Dickeron and Anderson Cooper ranked second with eight apiece, followed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Jen Psaki, Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes.
Harris, Alex Wagner, former first lady Michelle Obama, Seth Meyers, Jake Tapper, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Sen. Cory Booker, Trevor Noah, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the former Obama staffers who host "Pod Save America," Gayle King, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, George Stephanpoplous, Jimmy Kimmel and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shaprio have each appeared multiple times, too.
Former GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney, an outspoken critic of Trump, was the only person considered a conservative to appear on the "Late Show" during that time, according to the study.
Video captures gasoline, flames and chaos during illegal street takeover
A quiet evening in a Norfolk, Virginia, neighborhood erupted into fiery chaos on Sunday during a terrifying street takeover.
A crowd of people was seen taking over an intersection and possibly starting fires. One person could be seen with what appeared to be a flamethrower.
One person was arrested following the fiery fiasco. Isaiah Duncan-Simmons, 19, from Virginia Beach was booked and charged with disorderly conduct and careless damage of property by fire.
Norfolk Police confirmed to Fox News Digital that the agency received numerous calls for service for "a large gathering of people and cars speeding and driving recklessly at the intersection," police said.
The fiery madness happened Sunday around 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of Redgate Avenue and Greenway Court in the West Ghent neighborhood.
FIERY CHAOS AT FLORIDA INTERSECTION HAS SHERIFF'S OFFICE SEARCHING FOR DOZENS OF SUSPECTS
In the video, someone is seen wearing a mask and holding up the possible flamethrower and aiming it overhead with flames spewing into the air. In another section of the clip, someone was seen holding what appeared to be a gas can and dumping gasoline everywhere with flames sparking immediately after.
No injuries were reported.
This is not the first time Norfolk has seen a street takeover.
WVEC-TV reported in March seven people were shot and seriously injured after an unauthorized gathering led to gunfire outside a shopping mall. That case is still under investigation.
As for the West Ghent incident, Norfolk Police are asking the public to submit any video or photos of the event as they investigate.
Hantavirus exposure risk may be higher than believed in parts of US, study finds
Researchers found unusually high hantavirus levels in rodents in the Pacific Northwest, suggesting greater exposure risk in the surrounding agricultural communities.
The area with the biggest prevalence is the Palouse region, which includes parts of eastern Washington and north-central Idaho in the Pacific Northwest.
Researchers from Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine found unexpectedly high levels of Sin Nombre virus (SNV), which is the strain most strongly linked to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) —among local rodent populations.
WHAT IS HANTAVIRUS, THE CAUSE OF GENE HACKMAN’S WIFE’S DEATH?
In summer 2023, they collected samples from 189 deer mice, voles and chipmunks at eight farms and two forest sites.
Nearly 30% of sampled rodents showed evidence of prior exposure and about 10% had active infections, according to the study press release. The rodents that tested positive were from both agricultural environments (farms) and natural settings (wilderness).
While deer mice are the primary carriers of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, the researchers found infections across multiple rodent species.
This suggests that Sin Nombre virus may be more widespread in the region than previously thought.
HANTAVIRUS FEARS SPARK COVID FLASHBACKS, BUT EXPERTS SAY THERE’S ONE MAJOR DIFFERENCE
The findings were published in 2026 in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a peer-reviewed journal from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"We were surprised both by how common the virus was locally and by how little data existed for the Northwest," said Stephanie Seifert, the study's corresponding author and principal investigator of the Molecular Ecology of Zoonotic and Animal Pathogens lab in the College of Veterinary Medicine's Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, in the press release.
"We're really just beginning to understand how widespread and complex this virus is in rodent populations here."
The Sin Nombre virus, the most common hantavirus in the U.S., is typically spread to humans through inhalation of aerosolized rodent urine, droppings or saliva and is not known to spread person-to-person.
This is different from the Andes virus, the strain linked to the recent outbreak on board the MV Hondius cruise ship. Andes virus is the only hantavirus that is capable of spreading between people through close, prolonged contact.
Dr. Sonja Bartolome, an expert in pulmonary and critical care at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, pointed out that since national tracking began in 1993, the illness has remained rare, with 864 cases reported between 1993 and 2022.
"Most cases have occurred in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, and 94% have been reported in states west of the Mississippi River," Bartolome, who was not involved in the study, told Fox News Digital.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES
"It is important to conduct research that expands our understanding of how the virus spreads," she went on. "Studies like this – which obtain and compare viral genetic sequences across regions and animals – help clarify how the virus moves geographically and between species."
Although similar findings have been reported in other regions, this is the first study to reveal the pattern in this part of the country, Bartolome noted.
"Because humans most commonly contract hantavirus through exposure to aerosolized rodent urine or droppings, precautions remain essential when cleaning areas with evidence of rodent activity," she added.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER
The study presented some limitations, primarily that it only measured the infection in rodents and did not evaluate human transmission risk.
Additionally, the samples were only taken in the Palouse region and may not be generalized to all of the Pacific Northwest.
The research was also conducted during a single season, which means the conclusions don’t reflect year-round data.
The study suggests the need for expanded hantavirus monitoring in the Pacific Northwest, especially in agricultural areas.
The researchers recommend efforts to prevent rodent exposure for living and farming in rural areas. Longer-term studies could help clarify how environmental conditions and seasonal changes affect prevalence of the virus, they added.
TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ
"People may be exposed more often than we realize, but severe cases are more likely to be tested for hantavirus," said Pilar Fernandez, a co-author on the study and a disease ecologist in the Allen School whose research focuses on the eco-epidemiology of zoonotic diseases, in the release.
"Understanding that gap — how exposure translates into disease — is the next big step."
AI layoffs may be backfiring on companies
A lot of workers have had the same uneasy thought lately: "Is AI coming for my job?" It is a fair question. Companies keep talking about automation, AI agents and lower costs. Some workers hear that and wonder whether their next performance review will come with a chatbot-shaped shadow in the room.
However, a new Gartner study suggests the story may be more complicated. Many companies are cutting jobs while adopting AI, but those cuts are not clearly producing better returns. Gartner says about 80% of organizations piloting or deploying autonomous business capabilities reported workforce reductions, yet those cuts did not appear to translate into a stronger return on investment.
Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report
The Gartner research looked at 350 global business executives at companies with at least $1 billion in annual revenue. The companies had already piloted or deployed AI agents, intelligent automation or autonomous technologies. The big takeaway is that companies that cut workers were not necessarily the ones getting the best results from AI. Gartner found that workforce reduction rates were nearly equal among companies reporting higher returns and those seeing only modest gains or worse outcomes.
Many executives have treated layoffs as the fastest way to show AI is "working." Cut headcount, reduce costs and point to the savings. On paper, that can look like progress. But Gartner's Helen Poitevin, a distinguished VP analyst, put it bluntly: "Workforce reductions may create budget room, but they do not create return." She said companies improving their return on investment are not eliminating the need for people. They are investing in skills, roles and operating models that let humans guide and expand autonomous systems. In other words, firing people may make a balance sheet look cleaner for a quarter. It does not automatically make AI useful.
AI has become a convenient explanation for layoffs. It gives companies a way to make painful cuts sound like part of a bigger tech plan. But that does not mean every AI-related layoff happens because software can suddenly do the job better than a person.
Sometimes, a company may cut jobs to help pay for expensive AI projects. Other times, AI may become the public explanation for a layoff that was already coming.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has even called out "AI washing," where companies blame AI for layoffs that may have other causes. Gartner's findings point to a similar concern. The study suggests many companies may be trimming staff first, then hoping the payoff from AI shows up later.
CHATBOTS ARE LOSING CUSTOMER TRUST FAST
Gartner found that companies seeing stronger gains were using AI to help people do their jobs better. The firm describes this as "human-amplified business," meaning AI gives both machines and people more room to act, while humans still guide the work. That means workers can move faster, catch problems earlier or spend less time on repetitive tasks that slow everyone down. That feels a lot more realistic than the idea of a company running itself while everyone else gets pushed out the door.
AI can summarize a long report. It can help a customer service agent find an answer faster. It can even draft code, scan documents or flag unusual activity. But a person still has to check the work. A person still has to understand the customer. And a person still has to make the judgment call when things get complicated. Because they always do. Anyone who has dealt with a billing issue, a broken website form or a confusing insurance claim already knows that.
Even if layoffs are not delivering the payoff companies hoped for, AI-related job cuts are still happening. Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported that AI led all reasons for job cuts in April 2026 for the second month in a row. The firm said AI was cited for 21,490 cuts in April and 49,135 cuts so far this year.
For someone in a white-collar job, those numbers can hit hard. They also show why workers should pay attention without panicking. AI may not replace entire teams overnight, but it can still change who gets hired, where companies spend money and what skills they expect workers to have.
For companies, the warning is pretty clear. Cutting people before they understand where AI actually helps can backfire fast. AI needs clean data. It needs oversight. And it needs people who know the business well enough to catch bad answers before they reach customers. Without that human layer, companies may save money in one place and create bigger headaches somewhere else.
That could mean bad customer experiences, compliance risks or AI tools that frustrate the same workers they were supposed to help. The companies that get AI right may be the ones that use it to support their teams instead of treating employees as the first expense to cut.
This does not mean you should ignore AI or assume your job is safe forever. AI may change your job before it ever replaces it. So the smartest move is to become the person who knows how to use it well.
Start with the tools your company already uses. You do not need to become an AI expert overnight. Just pay attention to where AI saves time, where it gets things wrong and where a human still needs to step in. If your job involves writing, research, analysis, customer support or operations, look for tasks where AI can help you work faster without letting it think for you.
AI can produce a quick answer, but it may miss context. It can summarize a document, but it may leave out the details that actually matter. It can draft a response, but it may not understand the customer sitting on the other side of the problem. That is where your judgment matters. The more you understand the business, the customer and the risk, the harder you are to replace with a tool that only predicts the next likely answer.
Also, keep a simple record of the real value you bring. Did you solve a customer problem? Catch an error? Improve a workflow? Help a team avoid a costly mistake? Train someone on a better process? Those things show your impact in a way a software tool cannot. They also give you stronger examples for performance reviews, job interviews or conversations about your role as AI becomes a bigger part of the workplace.
Your phone holds your email, passwords, photos, banking apps and personal data. In this free, live online class, Kurt the CyberGuy will walk you step by step through simple phone security fixes you can do in real time. You’ll learn how to improve your privacy settings, spot the latest phone scams, use trusted security tools and walk away with a simple checklist to stay protected. Register here: CyberGuyLive.com
AI is changing work fast, and nobody should pretend every job will look the same a few years from now. But this Gartner study adds a needed reality check. Layoffs may make a company look serious about AI. However, they do not prove that the technology is actually paying off. For workers, the smart move is to get comfortable with the tools now. Learn where AI can save time, then pay close attention to the moments when your judgment still matters most. For companies, the message is simple: slow down before treating layoffs like a shortcut to AI success. Gartner says autonomous business could create more jobs by 2028 to 2029. So the real risk may be cutting the people who know how to make AI useful in the first place.
Should companies pump the brakes on AI layoffs until they can prove the technology actually improves the work? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com.
Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report
Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved.
NASCAR driver Casey Mears reflects on Kyle Busch's impact on the sport after his death
NASCAR driver Casey Mears reflected on the death of Kyle Busch on Friday, saying his impact on the sports of professional racing "immeasurable."
Busch died at the age of 41, hours after it was announced he was going to forgo any racing activities at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend due to a "severe illness resulting in hospitalization."
Mears appeared on Fox News Channel’s "Fox & Friends First" as he mourned Busch’s death.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
"I would say, really, it’s immeasurable. What he’s accomplished in the sport is done by nobody else. Kyle’s won so many races," he said of Busch’s impact on the sport. "I mean, there was a stretch there for a handful of years where if Kyle didn’t win a Busch race, a Cup race or one of the truck races throughout the weekend, something was wrong because he was constantly winning races.
"I think that the end of the day he was just a tremendous competitor you absolutely knew he was going to leave 110% on the table at all times. Just one of the best that’s ever been in a racecar. The biggest thing is that he’d just become such an amazing dad, father, husband, brother. I’m just thinking about everybody in the family. Tom and Gaye, his mom, and brother, obviously Samantha and the kids. He was a true champion at home as a family man as well."
NASCAR, the Busch family and Richard Childress Racing announced the death Thursday evening, but did not offer a cause of death.
"On behalf of the Busch family, everyone at Richard Childress Racing and all of NASCAR, we are devastated to announce the sudden and tragic passing of Kyle Busch," the statement said. "Our entire NASCAR family is heartbroken by the loss of Kyle Busch. A future Hall of Famer, Kyle was a rare talent, one who comes along once in a generation. He was fierce, he was passionate, he was immensely skilled and he cared deeply about the sport and fans.
KYLE BUSCH ON ‘HANG OUT WITH SEAN HANNITY'
"Throughout a career that spanned more than two decades, Kyle set records in national series wins, won championships at NASCAR’s highest level and fostered the next generation of drivers as an owner in the Truck Series. His sharp wit and competitive spirit sparked a deep emotional connection with race fans of every age, creating the proud and loyal ‘Rowdy Nation.’
"Our thoughts are with Samantha, Brexton and Lennix, Kyle and Samantha’s parents, Kurt and all of Kyle’s family, Richard and Judy Childress, everyone at Richard Childress Racing, his teammates, friends and fans. NASCAR lost a giant of the sport today, far too soon.
"During this incredibly difficult time, we ask everyone to respect the family’s privacy and continue to keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Further updates will be shared as appropriate."
Busch was a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and had been on the series since 2004, He made 762 career starts with 63 wins. Busch won the championship in 2015 and 2019, and had 234 victories across all three NASCAR national series.
Busch is the all-time record-holder for wins in both the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (102) and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (69). His most recent win came last weekend at Dover, when he led 147 laps in a dominating Truck Series victory.
Fox News’ Zach Dean contributed to this report.
WNBA star Caitlin Clark set to publish children's book inspired by inscription in her childhood bedroom
WNBA standout Caitlin Clark is taking her talents from the basketball court to the page.
On Thursday, the Indiana Fever guard unveiled the cover art of her upcoming children’s picture book, "EXTRAordinary! A Little EXTRA to Reach BIG Dreams."
The book, which is scheduled for release in November, draws from Clark’s life — one she said is "like few others."
Clark also announced Thursday that preorders for the book are now available. "BIG NEWS! I wrote a picture book," she wrote on X. "Pre-order your copy."
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
Random House Books will publish the project, which will feature illustrations by Adriana Predoi.
Clark noted she was inspired to create the book by a phrase displayed in her bedroom while she was growing up: "The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is the little EXTRA."
Clark also credited the people who supported her basketball journey as a source of inspiration for the project.
"Basketball has given me so many incredible opportunities, but what has always meant the most to me are the people who've supported me along the way," she said in a statement in late April.
WNBA SUPERSTAR CAITLIN CLARK WILL BE THE GRAND MARSHAL OF THIS YEAR'S INDIANAPOLIS 500
"I hope this book reminds kids that they're never alone in chasing their dreams and that giving a little extra to the people and moments is what makes them EXTRAordinary."
A string of injuries sidelined Clark in 2025, limiting the NCAA’s all-time scoring leader to 13 games in her second WNBA season. The injury woes last year included a groin strain followed by an ankle bone bruise.
Clark was active for four of the Fever’s first five games this season before becoming a late scratch Wednesday against the Portland Fire.
Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Deshaun Watson harbors no ill will toward Cleveland after collecting $184M for 19 TDs in four seasons
Way down there, maybe 40 paragraphs into a feature takeout on Deshaun Watson, ESPN this week quoted someone close to the quarterback who delivered the most mind-blowing news of the NFL offseason: Watson doesn't hate Cleveland.
To quote the story, "Watson, who hasn't spoken to the media since tearing [his] Achilles [a second time, actually], has no ill will toward Cleveland, according to a source close to him."
That's so good to know. What a relief that Deshaun Watson isn't holding a grudge.
This, of course, is troubling.
BROWNS' TRADE FOR DESHAUN WATSON WAS 'BIG SWING AND MISS,' TEAM OWNER SAYS
The framing of it is absurdly askew because, well, Watson has collected $184 million from the Browns the past four years while delivering 19 touchdowns in 19 starts, only in nine of which he managed to lift his team to victory.
Watson, brought to Cleveland from the Houston Texans in exchange for five draft picks, three of them first-rounders, has been the NFL's biggest trade bust this decade and possibly any decade.
He brought the baggage of an unsightly sexual assault saga tied to his escapades at massage parlors to Cleveland and after settling with the 23 women who accused him of abuse, the NFL and he agreed to an 11-game suspension that effectively made his first Browns season in 2022 a wash.
Then came the second season (2023) that was cut short by a shoulder injury and the third season (2024) that was cut short by an Achilles injury and last season (2025) which never got off the ground because of a second Achilles injury.
DESHAUN WATSON SUSPENDED 11 GAMES AND FINE $5 MILLION
Watson, in other words, has been a gift that keeps on taking the past four years.
And against that backdrop, he has incurred some criticism and even some booing from the Cleveland fan base.
But no worries, Dawg Pound! Deshaun Watson doesn't hate you, a buddy of his is telling the media.
Why does this matter? Because it speaks to the company that Watson keeps, which reflects on him. It speaks to that company somehow believing Watson to be in any way aggrieved by his situation of the past four seasons when, in truth, he should be thanking heaven he's still wearing a Browns uniform in Year 5.
BROWNS' DESHAUN WATSON ADDRESSES CRITICS, VOWS TO RETURN FROM LATEST INJURY 'WAY BETTER THAN BEFORE'
The utter arrogance of it all.
This is like inviting a homeless person into your home, sheltering them, feeding them, clothing them, educating them, and having that person's confidant leak that the newly comfortable person doesn't think less of you.
Or isn't going to open a "learing" center in your back yard.
It's insulting.
Watson is currently locked in a starting quarterback battle with Shedeur Sanders this offseason. That battle is likely to last into training camp as new head coach Todd Monken tries to find a quarterback that won't be an utter failure — like the last 42 or so quarterbacks who have previously started for the Browns have been.
So Watson is getting an opportunity.
He's getting that opportunity because the Browns still owe him $46 million more in this, the final season of his $230 million fully guaranteed contract. So, the club figures, maybe Watson can start earning his keep.
If he does, the ESPN source speculated, Watson might be open to signing an extension and staying with the Browns beyond this season.
That is so generous.
Cleveland apparently owes its nearly quarter-billion quarterback who hasn't delivered anything but disappointment a debt of gratitude.
NHL teams honor Kyle Busch with tribute after shocking death
Tributes continued to pour in on Thursday after NASCAR star Kyle Busch died at the age of 41 following an undisclosed illness.
Before Game 1 of the NHL's Eastern Conference Finals between the Carolina Hurricanes and Montreal Canadiens, the Hurricanes honored Busch with a memorial tribute on the Lenovo Center jumbotron.
The Vegas Golden Knights also shared a message on social media, a touching tribute to Busch.
TWO-TIME NASCAR CUP SERIES CHAMPION KYLE BUSCH TRAGICALLY DIES AT 41 AFTER HOSPITALIZATION
"We are heartbroken to hear of Kyle's passing. Our deepest condolences to the Busch family and all those that knew him. We will miss you in Vegas," the Golden Knights posted.
Montreal defeated Carolina, 6-2, to open the series.
Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion and one of the most accomplished drivers of his generation, leaves behind one of the most decorated careers in NASCAR history.
The sports world continued rallying around Busch’s family, friends, and longtime fans throughout Thursday.
Inside the NASCAR garage, drivers and teams continued processing the news just days before Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
"Absolutely cannot comprehend this news," former teammate Denny Hamlin wrote. "We just need to think of his family during this time. We love you KB."
Brad Keselowski added, "Absolute shock. Very hard to process. Hug your loved ones."
NASCAR confirmed the Memorial Day weekend race in Charlotte will continue as scheduled.
Speedway Motorsports President Marcus Smith described Busch as "a champion among champions" whose competitiveness and driving style helped make him one of the sport’s most recognizable stars.
Busch earned his final Truck Series victory at Dover just days before his death. After the race, he was asked why winning never gets old.
"Because you never know when the last one is."
Busch is survived by his wife, Samantha, and their two children, Brexton and Lennix.
Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela