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WNBA has 'no idea what they're about to face,' Enes Kanter Freedom says as league takes on trans athlete issue
Enes Kanter Freedom said Saturday he was "prepared" to play in the WNBA
Freedom drummed up some controversy earlier this month when he "declared" for the WNBA Draft after lack of support for Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham and her belief that transgender women shouldn’t have to compete against females.
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With the WNBA lacking clarity on its gender eligibility policy and players and coaches seemingly supporting trans athletes’ abilities to join the WNBA, Freedom decided to attempt to make the league put up or shut up.
Freedom appeared on Fox News Channel’s "My View with Lara Trump" on Saturday to talk about the issue.
"I think I will be the best draft pick in WNBA history, literally," he said.
Freedom said Golden State Valkyries star Gabby Williams’ support for trans athletes and Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve’s "support trans kids" shirt was what led him to this moment.
"So, there’s other major sports that obviously closed that loophole," he said. "They added ‘biological female’ or ‘born female’ in their collective bargaining. But when I look at them, the WNBA, they didn’t have kind of, you know, reference to biological or anything like that. And all the coaches, I was watching this, and I believe the coach of Minnesota came out with a ‘trans kids belong’ (shirt), so I was like, if no one’s against it and all the coaches are OK with it, think about how much money I can bring, think about all the endorsement deals.
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League officials met to discuss the trans athlete topic and later put out a statement, saying they were continuing the conversation but needled the media for allegedly sewing division in the sport and called out "bad-faith" efforts to undermine the organization.
"The WNBA has no idea what they’re about to face. They’re still trying to figure out what a woman is," he said. "So, let’s see if they can figure that out. So, let’s see what kind of rules that they’re gonna come up with."
OutKick reached out to the WNBA for comment.
Cunningham took her stance on trans athletes in women and girls’ sports in an interview with ESPN.
"I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that.’ I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men."
Kanter told Trump that he believed Cunningham was an "American hero."
"First of all, I want to say is, she is an American hero," he said. "Everywhere she goes I see now a lot of people are coming out an actually defending her. But obviously, if you are standing up for something you believe in, you’re gonna get hate all the time.
"But I think she’s inspiring not only the players in the WNBA but girls from all over the world. Not only in America because I get so many messages and they’re saying that, from all over the world, they say, ‘Hey, if you ever see Sophie Cunningham, can you please say hi to her?’"
Several rallies have taken place before WNBA games in support of Cunningham. The latest occurred before the Fever’s game against the New York Liberty on Saturday.
STEPHEN MOORE: Don't let the FTC tarnish Trump's golden age of capitalism
We are living in the golden age of American capitalism.
The S&P 500 just closed at a record high. GDP is projected to grow 2.5% this year. Corporate earnings are strong, AI investment is booming, and the private sector is firing on all cylinders. None of this happened by accident. President Trump and Vice President Vance came into office with a clear mandate: restore confidence in the American economy, unleash the private sector, and get government out of the way — and the results speak for themselves.
That stands in sharp contrast to what came before. Under the Biden administration, prices for everyday Americans reached levels not seen in a generation — and rather than focus on the real drivers of inflation, Lina Khan's FTC was busy blocking deals that would have created jobs and lowered costs. The mismatched priorities were staggering. While American families struggled with rising egg prices, soaring drug costs, and inflation that hit every corner of their lives, Khan's FTC was on a search-and-destroy mission for private sector activity. She boasted that 43 mergers were abandoned on her watch and counted every killed deal as a "victory." When asked whether companies abandoning deals under government pressure was a win, Khan said simply: "That's right."
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Fortunately, the Federal Trade Commission under Chairman Andrew Ferguson has proven to embody a very different spirit. He pledged to "stop Lina Khan's war on mergers" and restore "certainty and clarity" to the review process. That means reviewing mergers on the merits, not on ideology. It means recognizing that as industries evolve, companies must do the same — often through consolidation — or risk being left behind. A company that can't adapt serves no one: not its employees, not its customers, and not the American economy.
The FTC is currently reviewing several mergers that could add to the luster of our golden age and help families where it matters most.
As just one example, the proposed merger of Covetrus and MWI Animal Health is a clear opportunity for Chairman Ferguson to lower prices for consumers. Americans love their pets, and this deal promises to be good for competition, good for veterinarians, and good for pet parents.
The combination of Covetrus and MWI would create an integrated animal health company with the scale to invest more and ultimately deliver lower prices to the veterinary practices your neighborhood vet depends on. That means better, more affordable care for the pets Americans love. It is exactly the kind of pro-competitive, efficiency-creating deal the FTC should welcome.
Because right now, distributors like Covetrus and MWI are being squeezed from every direction. The big drug companies, who set the price of every product distributors sell, increasingly sell directly to veterinarians, by passing the distributors that built this supply chain. Massive retailers — Amazon, CVS, Chewy — are rushing in. Together, Covetrus and MWI can push back. This is not two dominant firms merging to raise prices. It is two companies evolving and innovating in a rapidly changing market, combining forces to compete against far larger players. The result: better service and pricing for veterinarians, more affordable care for pet parents, and a stronger, more innovative distribution partner for the animal health ecosystem.
The FTC should see this merger for what it is: a pro-competitive response to real market pressures, not a political trophy. Chairman Ferguson has the chance to show that the FTC is no longer in the business of blocking mergers for sport — but in the business of letting American companies do what they have always done best.
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Men face new pressure to stay ‘hot’ as they age — and it’s not just about living longer
Maintaining healthy cholesterol and blood pressure, along with regular physical activity, are widely recommended components of healthy aging.
But as interest in longevity grows, some older adults are looking beyond extending their healthspan — the number of years lived free of disease — to prioritize looking, feeling and remaining physically attractive as they age.
Experts say the desire to maintain one’s appearance — the pursuit of "hotness" — can be psychological, shaped in part by a disconnect between how people feel and the changes they see in the mirror.
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"It really isn't about age," Dr. Krishna Vyas, M.D., Ph.D., a plastic surgeon at Fleckman Plastic Surgery on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, told Fox News Digital.
"I think it's when you look in the mirror and you're like, 'I don't recognize myself. I don't recognize the way I feel. I don't identify with how my appearance isn't concordant with how I feel at that point.'"
Men now account for roughly 15% of all cosmetic procedures, according to data from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
Social barriers that may have previously prevented men from seeking aesthetic treatment have diminished in the last two decades, Vyas noted.
"In the past, there was a stigma ... men were once shamed or ashamed of seeking out things that improve their appearance, especially in aesthetics, but that barrier has fallen significantly," he said.
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The motivations driving men to pursue "looksmaxxing" — a social media term for enhanced efforts to improve physical appearance — range from maintaining a competitive edge in youth-centric workplaces to addressing subtle signs of aging, such as dark under-eye circles or loss of jawline definition, according to Vyas.
Treatments range from minimally invasive procedures like Botox and laser therapy, to surgical interventions like chest masculinization and liposuction.
"The misconception often is that minimally invasive treatments will fix things and have no side effects," Vyas cautioned, noting that improper or excessive non-surgical treatments can change the normal layers and contours of facial tissue.
Before jumping to aesthetic procedures as quick-fix substitutes for biological health, the surgeon recommends taking the following steps to improve physical appearance.
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Complete abstinence from all forms of nicotine is essential to maintaining microvascular circulation and preventing premature skin breakdown, according to Vyas.
Avoid over-hyped trends and multi-step routines, the experts recommended. Guidelines from the American Academy of Dermatology point to two daily essentials: a morning broad-spectrum sunscreen to block photoaging UV rays, and a topical retinoid at night to stimulate cell turnover.
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Maintaining a healthy weight can prevent the chronic, systemic inflammation that is linked to metabolic syndrome, which directly accelerates structural skin and tissue aging.
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"The real longevity drug is exercise — aerobic and non-aerobic strength training exercises," Vyas said.
"Someone who's looking for a hotspan or a healthspan, because they're so intimately related … I think they should focus on the basics to start ... the foundation is what's most important," the surgeon added.
Virginia Dem admits system ‘failure’ after illegal immigrant accused in landlord killing escapes to Tajikistan
Northern Virginia Democrats faced questions about how a Tajik national committed to a psychiatric facility after killing his landlord was twice allowed to leave — once to obtain a passport and once to visit an apartment — before escaping to Tajikistan.
Abdulloi Doniyor Toshpulodzoda had been held at a mental health facility in Falls Church, Virginia, after being found not guilty by reason of insanity in the killing of his landlord but was allowed an escorted visit to the Tajik embassy in Foggy Bottom, DC, and later to an Alexandria apartment, where he obtained an airline ticket to Dushanbe and left the country.
"I don't know about investigation, but certainly it's a bad thing that he's not in our custody, not being subject to the laws of the United States," Rep. Donald Beyer, D-Va., told Fox News Digital when asked if federal authorities should investigate the situation.
"There's a failure in the system somewhere along the way. I don't know whether it's failure to put [Toshpulodzoda] in the mental hospital or the hospital didn't have the right security to keep them there. But no, we don't want bad guys on the loose," Beyer said. His district includes Alexandria, Arlington and part of Fairfax County, including the Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute, where Toshpulodzoda was housed.
Beyer pushed back on criticism of Fairfax County, saying he does not believe local leaders would consider it a "sanctuary" jurisdiction for illegal immigrants. He also said he presumed Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano was justified in having Toshpulodzoda committed to the psychiatric facility.
Beyer also pushed back on arguments that Toshpulodzoda should have been deported rather than committed to a psychiatric facility, saying someone who commits a serious crime should face consequences in the U.S. before being sent home.
"Deportation doesn’t seem sufficient punishment for someone whose [committed] a major felony," Beyer said.
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Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, who represents neighboring Loudoun and Fauquier counties, told Fox News Digital that U.S. laws cover murder and violent crime and that criminals "should be held accountable."
"I've been pretty consistent that if someone's undocumented and they committed a crime, that they should be held accountable for the crime and we should look into whether they should be deported at that point," Subramanyam, a Democrat, said.
"So you know, I think that's the federal law at this point and we have to go case by case though, because not every person who commits any crime should be deported automatically, right."
Subramanyam said officials should consider the circumstances when illegal immigrants commit minor offenses such as moving violations while also verifying a suspect’s immigration status.
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"We have to make sure we go case by case, but. In the instance of violent crime, for instance, they need to be held accountable," he said.
Subramanyam said he wants accountability on both sides of the process, for suspects who break the law and agents who do the same.
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"I want to make sure that if an ICE officer does the wrong thing that they're held accountable and there's not a cover up for them… that's what happened in the case of Renee Good was that a lot of public pressure led to some people getting removed, but that wasn't enough when they need to actually have the DOJ and FBI investigate and prosecute instances where they're going too far."
Good, an anti-ICE activist in Minnesota, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in January after officials said she tried to strike him with her car while shadowing immigration enforcement operations.
Laura Birnbaum, a spokesperson for Descano, told Fox News Digital that the office did not oppose Toshpulodzoda’s escorted visit to the embassy in 2024 but has successfully argued multiple times in court against his outright release.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Tajik embassy for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Hannah Brennan contributed to this report.
'Double Lives of Suburban Wives' star says secret adult-content side hustle got her fired from corporate job
Heather Boyd had spent years building a life that looked, on the surface, like classic suburban success — a husband, four children and a promising career.
She also had a secret.
The "Double Lives of Suburban Wives" star exclusively told Fox News Digital that her hidden adult-content business ultimately cost her the corporate job she had worked hard to build — a blowup she admits she saw coming but never wanted.
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"I was actually fired for the adult content," Boyd said.
The revelation is at the center of TLC's new reality series, which follows six St. Louis-area couples juggling marriages, children and conventional careers while making money creating adult content.
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The risqué reality star told Fox News Digital she had been struggling with her physical appearance after having her youngest child.
"I was losing confidence because I had had my last kid and my body had changed so much," she said.
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At 37, Boyd has four kids, a husband who works for a milk company and a house she describes as "noisy and chaotic all the time."
For six years, Boyd has maintained a hidden adult-content career under the name "Hella Hot Wife."
Her family — including the mother-in-law who lives with them — had no idea.
"It’s hard to keep a double life," Boyd said.
Her spouse, Shawn, made a proposal to boost her morale.
"My husband actually had talked about starting an X account for us and just posting some pictures and that was going to be all in fun," Boyd said.
Then one post took off.
"He started the X… we posted a picture and, like overnight, it had over 1,000 likes," Boyd recalled.
"I took it over," she said. "I was having a lot of fun just posting it for free."
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Someone reached out with a referral link to an adult-content platform, she explained to Fox News Digital.
"And I was like, ‘We could really try this,’" Boyd said. "Like what if we actually were able to make a little bit of money off of this?"
At the time, Boyd said she was working as a certified nursing assistant, or CNA, a job she described as physically demanding and poorly compensated.
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"Because I was working as a CNA," she said. "And as everybody knows, CNAs do a lot of hard work, but they don't get that pay from it."
Then came her first lingerie video.
"And I got my first $100 almost immediately," Boyd said.
"So that was very shocking to me," she added. "And I was like, I think this could work."
The reality star said she eventually made about $5,000 in her best month.
According to TLC, the six St. Louis-area couples have built "lucrative and unconventional second lives" while navigating marriage, parenthood and careers creating adult content.
For Boyd, the stakes were about to become much higher.
Boyd and Shawn also chose to keep their content business largely separated from their children.
The couple kept a locked room in their home where they created content. She said their kids believed it was simply an office for her corporate work.
"My husband just let them know, like, ‘that's your mom's office,’" Boyd said. "'You can't go in there.'"
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"They thought it was for my corporate job that I had to go down there sometimes and work after hours, which was true," she added.
"I did have to work after hours there. But it's always been locked," Boyd said. "And, you know, it has expensive computers and things in there. So, you just can't go in there and break anything."
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TLC describes Boyd and Shawn as a couple who appear to have it all — a stable home, four children and successful careers — while quietly operating a thriving adult-content business.
But as the series unfolds, Boyd begins questioning whether the life she's built still matches the person she has become.
Despite the fallout, Boyd said she has no regrets about appearing on the show.
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"And, you know, doing the show is absolutely not anything I regret," she said. "I am so glad that I did it."
New episodes of "Double Lives of Suburban Wives" air Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on TLC.
NYC taxpayers could pay twice under Mamdani's city-owned grocery store plan
New York City officials are looking at ways to ease costs for independent grocers as taxpayers foot the bill for Mayor Zohran Mamdani's city-owned grocery store plan.
The administration is eyeing tax breaks, incentives and zoning benefits to help private grocers manage costs as the city moves ahead with taxpayer-subsidized stores that will receive low- or no-cost real estate, city-funded buildouts and other subsidies.
That could put taxpayers in a position of paying twice, once for the city-run stores and again for incentives that could be used to ease costs for private grocers operating alongside them.
Those city-run stores, meanwhile, are expected to sell groceries at prices 30% below comparable retailers, according to Mamdani’s administration.
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Adam Lehodey, a policy analyst at the Manhattan Institute, said the arrangement masks the true cost of the discounts.
"The 30% savings that Mamdani announced on his government-owned stores are an illusion," Lehodey previously told Fox News Digital. "Taxpayers will foot the bill for millions of dollars in subsidies, and they will operate on government-owned land with rents waived. New Yorkers will still be paying the full price, just indirectly," he added.
Lehodey also warned that pricing groceries well below market rates could create unintended consequences for consumers and business alike.
"Pricing goods significantly below market price creates an additional problem of people purchasing them to resell elsewhere," he said. "Shortages are also likely as people buy more than they otherwise would due to artificially low prices."
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E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, also questioned whether the city's pricing model is financially sustainable, arguing that grocery stores already operate on razor-thin profit margins.
"A 30% discount at stores with a 2% profit margin is simply a loss for taxpayers who will have to make up the difference," Antoni told Fox News Digital. "These artificially low prices will also harm small businesses which will lose sales to taxpayer-subsidized grocery stores."
The New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC), tasked with overseeing the rollout of the program, disputed the suggestion that the municipal stores would hurt neighborhood grocers. The agency said the administration expects the stores to generate additional foot traffic and ultimately benefit nearby businesses.
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The agency also walked back an official's public suggestion Thursday that the city was considering grants for existing grocers. EDC told Fox News Digital that the administration is not currently considering any grant programs for existing grocers.
Waverly Neer, the lead official for NYC Groceries at EDC, told NY1 that the agency was exploring "complementary policies and programs, grants, incentives" to support local independent businesses alongside the city-run stores.
"We're, as an agency, looking at a number of different complementary policies and programs, grants, incentives that can come alongside these grocery stores to support other local independent businesses that in the neighborhoods," Neer said.
EDC subsequently told Fox News Digital that the city's Grocery Task Force is "not currently considering any grant programs for existing grocers."
"However, we are looking at the potential for tax abatement, incentives, and zoning benefits through existing City programs to ensure that the City is doing everything in our power to alleviate cost pressures for small businesses across the city."
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Asked what specific assistance was under consideration, EDC pointed to the city's longstanding FRESH program, which offers tax incentives and zoning benefits to qualifying grocery stores.
The agency also cited Mamdani's recently announced OPEN for Small Business initiative, a package of more than 50 reforms aimed at reducing fines, fees and bureaucracy for small businesses.
Meanwhile, Mamdani has committed $70 million to open five municipal grocery stores. The first is expected to open in Hunts Point in the Bronx by the end of 2027, with additional locations planned for East Harlem, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.
Under the proposal, private grocery operators will manage the stores' day-to-day operations, including staffing, merchandising and product sourcing, while the city sets pricing requirements and operating standards, provides the locations and absorbs major occupancy costs.
Mamdani has pitched that model as a way to slash grocery bills by eliminating costs such as rent and profit margins.
Whether those savings can be sustained and at what ultimate cost to taxpayers and the city's existing grocers is likely to remain a central test as the first municipal store moves toward its planned 2027 opening.
Mamdani's office referred Fox News Digital's request for comment to the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
NY Liberty run pro-trans messages on scoreboard vs Fever as protesters erupt outside arena, refuse interview
The New York Liberty displayed at least three halftime scoreboard messages supporting transgender fans Saturday, one day after refunding a woman whose paid message thanking XX-XY Athletics founder Jennifer Sey was deemed ineligible.
Meanwhile, outside the Barclays Center, a large crowd of transgender activists held a counter protest to oppose the ninth Sophie Cunningham rally of the season. The activists refused an interview with Fox News Digital, crowded around the reporter putting flags and signs in his face and a sticker on his back, while chanting "trans lives matter!"
The pro-transgender crowd also took the glasses right off the head of a Fox News Digital photographer who was filming the interaction, and never returned them, the photographer says.
During halftime of the the Liberty’s 109-102 victory over Cunningham and the Indiana Fever, three messages appeared on the arena’s scoreboard.
"Big welcome to the NY Liberty transgender fan community! So excited to be here with you all!!" one message read.
A second read, "Welcome Trans Liberty fans! You are loved and you belong!"
"Hey trans fans! Glad you're here! Go Liberty!" the third message said.
The messages appeared during the same halftime program in which lesbian hip-hop artist Julie Potter expected her own submission to run.
Potter purchased 25 tickets costing more than $2,000 and paid an additional $100 for a custom scoreboard message before Saturday’s game. Her original submission read, "Thank you Jennifer Sey! XX-XY Athletics will Save the Day!!"
The Liberty accepted Potter’s payment before notifying her the day before the game that the message had been changed to, "Thank you Jennifer Sey, thank you for all you do for XX-XY Athletics."
Potter objected to the rewrite and asked the team either to display her original submission or refund the $100 fee. The Liberty issued the refund Friday.
"Our scoreboard messages are limited to positive, celebratory content, and submissions that may intentionally or unintentionally violate that spirit are not eligible for display," the Liberty sales team told Potter in an email.
The Liberty have not responded to Fox News Digital’s request to explain why Potter’s original wording was ineligible under its "positive, celebratory content" standard.
Potter still attended Saturday’s game, as she purchased 25 tickets for herself and other women's sports activists who attended the Cunningham rally.
Saturday's event brought both the biggest crowd in support of Cunningham and the largest crowd of pro-trans counter protesters of any 'Sophie Night' yet. The counter protesters came in force wielding massive flags, signs and automatic bubble blowers.
Fox News Digital attempted to interview the pro-trans protesters, but none would agree to answer any questions. The protesters then gathered around the reporter from all sides, waving trans flags in his face and put a trans flag sticker on his back. After the protesters gathered around the reporter, they chanted "trans lives matter!" repeatedly for nearly a minute, and shouted over his attempt to ask any questions.
The cameraman who was filming the encounter had his glasses taken right off his head.
New York City Police then intervened to escort the reporter out of the enclosed pro-trans crowd. Police later told Fox News Digital that he didn't do anything wrong, but the escort was for his safety and to keep the peace.
An ambassador representing the pro-trans protesters told Fox News Digital that the protesters had pre-emptively agreed not to do any media interviews as a gesture of solidarity. Fox News Digital has asked the ambassador why the protesters would not participate in any interviews, if the protesters took the photographer's glasses and if the group will offer an apology, but has not received a response.
Cunningham addressed the demonstrations before Saturday’s game.
"Knowing that rallies are happening on both sides shows the platform that the W has and the stunts for attention are just continuing to try and ride the wave that we have," Stewart told a small group of reporters Saturday morning. "I want Liberty fans and even Indy fans that are going to come here tonight to be able to have this arena be a safe space."
Cunningham felt that all the attention that her comments have garnered has been positive by bringing more fans to the game.
"You have a lot of new fans, not only just watching, but coming to games and seeing the environment and seeing the talent," she said before the game. "I think anytime you can get more eyes on the W, that’s an awesome thing, because then that inspires other young kids that maybe have never seen the game or heard about the game or been to a game, they get that experience. So I definitely think that it’s been a very positive thing."
Nevada brush fire spreads to 10,500 acres as governor declares state of emergency
A fast-moving brush fire exploded across more than 10,500 acres outside Reno, Nevada, on Saturday, threatening roughly 1,000 homes and prompting evacuations as powerful winds fueled the flames.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo declared a state of emergency for Washoe County as the Hawk Fire grew quickly throughout the day. Strong, gusty winds, low humidity and dry vegetation helped fuel the flames, according to the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District.
About 400 firefighters and other personnel from local, state and federal agencies were working the fire Saturday evening, both on the ground and from the air. Three helicopters were set to fly overnight as crews worked to protect homes and other property.
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"The Hawk Fire is a very dynamic incident for us as it's being driven by the winds," Truckee Meadows Fire and Rescue Chief Richard Edwards said in a video posted to social media.
"The wind-driven fires move very rapidly into our residential areas, creating a lot of challenges for our firefighters to save homes and protect lives," Edwards added.
Officials ordered new evacuations for the Somersett community, including areas north of Somersett Parkway to Robb Drive, as well as neighborhoods north of West 7th Street to North McCarran Boulevard.
About 1,000 homes were also in a "Warning — GET SET" zone, with residents told to be ready to leave.
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Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve urged anyone ordered to evacuate not to wait, saying the fire had already damaged structures.
"If you have been told to evacuate, please don't wait!" Schieve said in a statement. "Structures have already been burned in this fire and your life is more important than a building."
The mayor did not immediately specify what kind of structures were burned. She said leaving before the fire arrives also allows firefighters to focus on battling the flames rather than rescuing people who stayed behind.
Lombardo also said the fire was threatening homes and other structures.
"This is an active and rapidly evolving situation, and I urge everyone in the affected areas to remain vigilant and follow the direction of local officials," the governor said in a statement.
Officials were also keeping a close eye on the fire near a Washoe County correctional facility.
Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said his office was working with fire and emergency crews and was prepared to act if conditions changed.
"The safety and security of every incarcerated individual, as well as our staff, remains a top priority," Balaam said. "We will continue to evaluate conditions and respond accordingly."
AI agent hacks gym system to move up waitlist
Booking a gym class seems like exactly the kind of everyday task you might hand over to an AI agent. But when Andrew Bird did that in Australia, his AI assistant found a way around the gym's booking rules and took an action he never explicitly asked it to take. What happened next is a good example of why giving AI agents more freedom can come with some very real risks.
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Bird, head of AI at Australian software company Affinda, had been experimenting with OpenClaw, AI agent software running with Anthropic's Claude AI service. He wanted the agent to take care of booking a popular gym class.
The agent discovered that the booking software did not properly enforce some restrictions. It found a way to reserve classes several weeks beyond the intended booking window. Later, Bird was fourth on a waitlist for a class. He asked whether the agent could move him to the top.
The agent discovered another weakness. The booking system lacked authorization checks that should have prevented one user from canceling another person's reservation. Then the agent tested that weakness on the person sitting at the top of the waitlist. The cancellation worked. Bird moved from fourth to third. He did not move into the class, and he did not even reach the top of the waitlist.
Bird had asked whether moving higher was possible. He had not instructed the agent to remove another person to make that happen.
That sequence is important because the agent was not following a command to cancel someone else's reservation. It found its own method for pursuing Bird's goal. After the cancellation, Bird immediately asked the AI to undo what it had done. The agent told him it could not add the person back and removed the person at the top of the waitlist.
That bumped Bird from No. 4 to No. 3. What gets my attention is how it got there. The agent found a security weakness and tested it on a real person's waitlist entry without Bird explicitly asking it to do that.
The AI agent deserves scrutiny here, but the booking software had a serious weakness too. A properly secured reservation system should not let one account cancel another person's reservation simply because someone sends the right request to its application programming interface, or API. The agent reported that the API lacked authorization checks for canceling other people's reservations.
That weakness gave the AI an opening. This is worth watching as AI agents become more capable. They can interact with websites and online services that may contain weak authorization controls or other security flaws. A human might see a full class and stop. An AI agent may keep looking for another route.
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After the agent failed to restore the other gym member's place, Bird focused on getting the vulnerability reported. He asked the AI to prepare a responsible disclosure email for the gym software provider. The agent drafted the message and sent it back to Bird for approval.
The Australian news outlet reported that the company behind the booking software declined to discuss specific security issues. Anthropic did not respond to the outlet's request for comment. CyberGuy also reached out to Anthropic for comment, but did not hear back before our deadline.
A chatbot typically waits for a question and gives you an answer. An AI agent can do much more. Depending on the setup, it can interact with websites and use connected tools to complete multi-step tasks. That capability can save a lot of time.
You could ask an agent to research travel options or handle a repetitive online task without walking it through every click. But greater freedom also gives the AI more choices about how it reaches your goal.
That raises a harder question. What happens when an agent finds a method that technically works but crosses a boundary you never intended it to cross? Bird's gym experience gives us a very relatable example. He wanted help with a booking. The agent discovered a software weakness and used it in a way that affected another person.
The gym episode comes as researchers and AI companies examine what happens when powerful AI systems encounter obstacles while pursuing a goal. The Australian report pointed to recent cybersecurity evaluations in which advanced AI models reached real systems they were not supposed to access.
Those situations involved deliberate security testing. Bird's case stands out because it happened during an everyday task, outside a cybersecurity evaluation. AI agents are increasingly being given access to websites and connected services. If those systems contain weak authorization controls, capable agents may find them.
Websites contain bugs. Weak permissions and poorly secured APIs are nothing new. What is changing is the software interacting with them. An AI agent can keep trying different approaches after the obvious route fails. It can inspect available tools and work through a problem without waiting for you to direct every step. That can be incredibly useful when the agent stays within the boundaries you intended.
The concern comes when it decides for itself which methods are acceptable. Bird wanted to move up a gym waitlist. His agent found an option Bird never explicitly authorized. Now think about the same behavior involving your email, financial accounts or other sensitive services. The stakes rise quickly.
AI agents can make tedious tasks easier, but I would be careful about how much authority you hand over.
Give an AI agent access only to the accounts it needs for the job. Avoid connecting sensitive accounts simply because the option exists. More access gives an agent more places where an unexpected action can have consequences.
Whenever the tool allows it, require your approval before the agent sends messages, spends money or changes a reservation. You want to see a consequential action before it happens rather than discovering it afterward.
Do not focus only on the result you want. Tell the agent what methods are off-limits. For example, you could say: "Only use options normally available to me. Do not bypass restrictions, exploit security weaknesses or change another person's account or reservation." That gives the AI clearer instructions about how you expect it to behave.
Test an agent with tasks where a mistake will not cost you money or affect another person. Then watch how it completes those jobs. The final result is only part of the story. The steps the agent takes to get there can tell you much more.
If your AI tool shows its activity history, check it. An agent may deliver exactly what you requested while using a method you never would have approved yourself. Bird's gym experience shows why that oversight is worth the extra minute.
What gets me about this story is how normal Bird's request was. He wanted an AI agent to help him get into a gym class. He was not asking it to break into software or remove somebody from a waitlist. Then the agent found a weakness and used it while trying to accomplish his goal. The booking platform clearly had a security problem. One user should not have been able to remove another person's reservation that way. At the same time, AI agents introduce a new concern. They can keep searching for another way to get something done when the obvious route does not work. I like the idea of an AI assistant taking tedious jobs off my plate. But I want to know when it is about to cross a line I never told it to cross. That becomes much more serious when an agent has access to my email, money or an important account. For now, I would keep a human approval step between an AI agent and any action that could affect somebody else or create a consequence you cannot easily undo.
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Modern capitalism is turning 250, too. We need to remind Americans why it’s important
Adam Smith’s "The Wealth of Nations" is turning 250 this year. It is, perhaps, not completely coincidental that this original capitalist tome was first published in 1776 — the same year the Declaration of Independence was written and signed to free this nation from British subjugation of the people’s rights, including their right to commerce.
One of the grievances listed against King George III in the Declaration of Independence was: "For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world." And many of the taxes, restrictions on trade and more from the British at the time — things that led to the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution — were government actions and restrictions "The Wealth of Nations" argued against.
For these reasons, it is an oversight of Republican Party leadership that this telling anniversary was not mentioned in the 250th celebrations of the signing of the Declaration.
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We are, after all, now in a moment of history when many of the youth in our elite universities, along with their professors, are openly flirting with socialism.
And it isn’t just the universities.
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There are now Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members running metropolitan areas from New York City to Richmond, Calif. The DSA currently claims around 250 members in elected government positions nationwide (mostly in local offices) and over 100,000 members. (Its newsletter literally begins with "Dear Comrades.")
A lot of political commentary is understandably focused on the fact that the candidates with socialist views who recently won Democratic primaries — most notably to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate (Abdul El-Sayed) — are arguably too far left to win general elections.
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The trouble is, the framing here still matters.
If a far-left socialist candidate can convince a majority of voters that they are just a smiling, compassionate Mr. Rogers type, as Zohran Mamdani did to become mayor of New York City, then they can win.
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When they push back, many point to the complete destruction of individual liberty and economic mobility that occurred in Cuba, Venezuela, and other places after people were seduced by socialists. But there also needs to be a positive message to excite freedom-loving voters. This should not be difficult; after all, capitalism has given us a standard of living never before seen in the history of the world.
But how do you make this understandable to those who only get their news on social media?
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One key way, as history has long shown, is to highlight individual, heroic stories. This is why I included heroes like Thomas Edison in "Cool Heroes for Boys."
Americans love heroes, and we have a lot of heroes to choose from.
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"Wealth of Nations" celebrated the shopkeeper and, indeed, President Donald Trump won again in part because of support from blue-collar workers — a constituency Democrats used to rely on, but that the elites of the Democratic Party now despise.
Just imagine if more Republicans showed that capitalism can and does free individuals to achieve their dreams via stories starring normal people, such as the workers "Dirty Jobs" host Mike Rowe often lionizes.
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This is especially important because in the upcoming midterm elections, the e conomy/cost of living is by far the dominant issue. Only the market economy once heralded by Adam Smith can solve this. The left offers centralized planners who prefer to allocate resources to their favored constituencies; whereas the right offers individuals the freedom to rise via their own hard work.
Young men like Ethan Thornton, who founded Mach Industries, and Palmer Luckey, who co-founded Anduril Industries, are current examples of free-market entrepreneurs changing the world. Billionaire Elon Musk, once a darling of the left, remains a heroic example of what the American entrepreneur can accomplish.
Such individuals are fallible human beings, but their accomplishments can be cited by free-market politicians who want to positively show young voters the way to real prosperity — I’ve made podcasts with these individuals and more required viewing for my 14-year-old son.
The same can be done with issues like housing affordability and healthcare. Both of these markets are heavily regulated and, in many ways, controlled by special interests. There are, however, heroes trying to reform them.
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It did not help that the U.S. Senate left town without passing the very popular Save America Act to safeguard elections. But perhaps a heroic stand can still be taken by the Trump administration and by the senators who argued they must pass this legislation. Republicans need a "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" moment to energize their voters.
Capitalism is now 250. If it is going to make it out of this generation, it needs heroes to stand up for it.