NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Just 20 minutes before the first hijacked plane struck the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the USS Cole’s former commander made a chilling prediction inside CIA headquarters.Speaking on the “Fox News Rundown” podcast commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, retired Navy Commander Kirk Lippold said the moment at Langley underscores a lesson he believes the nation cannot afford to forget.Lippold said he had just finished a briefing with a senior CIA official about intelligence related to the USS Cole attack. When asked for his assessment, Lippold warned that it would likely take a catastrophic event on U.S. soil for the American people to recognize the threat.FOR ‘HORRIBLE MOMENT,’ BUSH WHITE HOUSE THOUGHT US MILITARY SHOT DOWN FLIGHT 93 “I said, ‘I’m [going to] be honest with you, sir, America doesn’t understand. I believe it is going to take a seminal event probably in this country where hundreds, if not thousands, died before Americans realized that we are at war with this guy,’ meaning [Osama] bin Laden,” Lippold told Fox News’ Lucas Tomlinson.”20 minutes after I said that, the first plane hit the North Tower, and I was literally leaving the…

Twenty-five years after the deadliest attack on U.S. soil, Americans paused on Friday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania — and to wrestle with the consequences of September 11 that reverberate to this day.In New York, family members of the victims, many carrying pictures of their loved ones, joined Vice President JD Vance and four former U.S. presidents at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. The ceremony began, as always, at 8:46 a.m. Eastern Standard Time with a moment of silence to remember the shocking instant when American Airlines Flight 11 struck the World Trade Center’s North Tower.Shortly after, victims’ family members began reading aloud the names of all 2,977 people who died on September 11, as well as the six people killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, a somber recitation that lasts for hours. In a reminder of the time that has passed, some readers were children who had never met the relatives they lost in 2001.Other moments of silence followed, marking when the other three airplanes crashed and the two towers collapsed. For the first time, a seventh moment of…

Yesterday, I had just one game that I took on in Major League Baseball. We had the Rangers and Mariners game with Jacob deGrom and Logan Gilbert pitching for their squads. I ended up taking the over, and it cashed, but the Rangers lost the game. The good news is that the Rangers were at plus money, so there was no loss of funds, but it was a 1-1 take on the game. Today we shift across the country for a Subway Series between the Mets and the Yankees.The New York Mets are wrapping up what has been a disaster of a season. They are very likely to finish the year under .500 and go into the offseason searching for answers after another lost season. To their credit, it isn’t like the team is trying nothing and hoping for different results. They go out after big-name players, and for whatever reason, it doesn’t work. In the last two years alone, they’ve signed Juan Soto, Bo Bichette, and Freddy Peralta. Any franchise would be happy to get those additions to its roster. Unfortunately, the team just hasn’t been able to get much to click for them. They’ve traded away Peralta, and…

A major artificial intelligence company said that Iranian bad actors used its publicly accessible software to target U.S. service members in the Middle East.The Thursday Anthropic report covers the time period between December 2025 and August 2026 and highlights the misuse of its large language model Claude, which it says the threat actor used to make targeting recommendations against U.S. Navy forces in the region.“The threat actor used Claude to compile targeting handbooks…to identify and track naval positions based on open-source information,” the report said.The bad actor used the AI software to collect information that included a list of U.S. service members it had sourced from public military photographs, ship and aircraft transponders — which broadcast a specific code that identifies them — commercial satellite-imagery query scripts that help locate exact geographic visuals, and a breakdown of public websites that track U.S. Navy movements.The Iranian threat also used Claude to learn more about weaknesses in U.S. Navy shipboard systems that could be exploited.Anthropic said it banned the account after it learned what it was doing, created safeguards to prevent similar activity in the future and shared the information with the appropriate government agencies to address the problem.The report detailed a…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 62-year-old Texas engineer with ties to multiple Fox News hosts was stabbed to death from behind in what authorities have described as a random attack on a park bench in Round Rock, Texas, and deputies have arrested a repeat offender who spent months in the local jail earlier this year.Andrew James Wimsatt, of Austin, was killed on Sept. 7 — minutes after he sat down in the park after visiting his mother at a nursing home nearby, according to authorities.Williamson County deputies have arrested a 26-year-old local man named Benedict Chinedu Ogbodiegwu on murder and theft charges.GOT A TIP? The murder was recorded on surveillance video, according to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office.A man identified as Wimsatt sat down on a park bench at around 11 a.m., authorities said. A few minutes later, another man, alleged to be Ogbodiegwu, grabbed him from behind and repeatedly drove a knife into his neck.The victim struggled but was unable to push his attacker away as the stabbing continued, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Fox 7 Austin. The suspect then wiped the blood off on his shirt and walked out of view.REPEAT…

Missile defense in wartime involves many complications. Human operators must deal with high-speed objects, short timelines and sensor data that isn’t always clear.The Pentagon now wants artificial intelligence that can cut through the confusion. It’s seeking “AI-based software tools to turn fragmented sensor data into a continuously updated understanding of space and missile threats fast enough to drive operational decisions,” according to the Defense Innovation Unit solicitation, which is due Sept. 24. “Existing tools struggle to distinguish closely spaced objects, track emerging threats, and keep threat models current.”The project, known as the “Space Threat Intelligence Synthesis Engine,” will leverage AI’s greatest strength: the ability to quickly analyze reams of data. The software will fuse “massive streams of multi-source data, including live video, satellite imagery, radar and sensor feeds, geospatial data, and classified intelligence reports.”“By automating advanced cross-data correlation, the architecture aims to uncover hidden patterns, complex operational relationships, and predictive threat behaviors far beyond the capabilities of human analysis alone.”Ultimately, the system should “generate actionable, confidence-scored alerts supporting analyst-in-the-loop, human-on-the-loop, or automated workflows.”The AI will help human operators — and other machines.It will provide “intuitive, human-readable visualizations for frontline operators and low-latency, machine-to-machine APIs to drive automated command-and-control (C2) workflows.”DIU…

It’s that time of year when the day starts out cool, turns suddenly hot, then ends on a cold note. Getting dressed becomes a guessing game, but this Hanes hoodie is an easy layer for unpredictable fall weather. In fact, it’s a reliable transitional piece for all seasons, from summer to fall and winter to spring. Marked down to just $9 right now, it’s an inexpensive staple to stock up on.Original price: $28 Why is this hoodie worth it?This bestselling Hanes zip-up hoodie is a simple transitional layer for cooler days, with a soft cotton-polyester fleece interior that’s especially soft, according to reviewers. It layers easily under heavier jackets without adding bulk.READ MORE: Skip the ironing board with this $22 steamer — still 40% off on Amazon after Labor DayIt’s also at its lowest price in 30 days. With the red version at just $9, you can’t find a better deal on a basic hoodie. Other colors, like black, navy and gray, make just as good basics, and are as budget-friendly, priced around $11 to $12, so you can grab several before the deal ends.What do reviewers think?The hoodie earns an impressive 4.5 out of 5 stars, and more than 1,000 shoppers…

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sought assistance from U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday to help fight Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, as the Houthis stepped up their threat to the Red Sea.Trump held at least two phone conversations with the Saudi leader on Thursday, sources said. In the end, Washington told Riyadh that it was not willing to take direct military action for now but would help with intelligence sharing and targeting, the two sources said.The White House did not address a Reuters question on any phone calls between the two leaders, but a senior administration official speaking on the condition of anonymity said Washington was in continuous dialogue with Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni government.“The United States is focused on protecting our core national security interests — such as ensuring freedom of navigation in the Red Sea — while empowering our regional partners to take the lead in managing and resolving regional security challenges,” the official said.The Saudi government media office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the phone calls and conversations between the two leaders.Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, traveled to Saudi…