NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! LeBron James’ eighth season in Los Angeles ended with a four-game sweep in the Western Conference semifinals at the hands of the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder.The Lakers’ playoff exit fueled more questions about James’ NBA future and a potential 24th season.James remains undecided about his basketball future, but he did reveal plans to take time with his family before making any decision. “I don’t know what the future holds for me, obviously, as it stands right now tonight,” James said on May 11. “I’ve got a lot of time now. I think I said it last year after we lost to Minnesota. I’ll go back and recalibrate with my family and talk with them and spend some time with them, and then obviously when the time comes, you guys will know what I decide to do.”As speculation about his future intensifies, James’ name has been linked to the Lakers, Warriors and even a potential return to Cleveland, where his storied career began.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM If James ultimately did return to his native Ohio, it would mark his third stint with the Cavaliers. He reunited with the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A woman was arrested after allegedly decapitating a statue of Jesus outside a Long Island Catholic church, police said.Deyonna Subert, 41, who police described as “undomiciled,” was charged with second-degree criminal mischief in connection with damage to a Sacred Heart of Jesus statue at St. Mary’s Church in East Islip, according to Suffolk County Police.Police said the statue at the church, located at 118 East Main St., was damaged on May 15 at approximately 11:15 p.m.”After an investigation by Hate Crimes Unit detectives, Deyonna Subert was arrested outside of 221 West Main Street in Bay Shore at 6:39 a.m.,” Suffolk County Police said in a press release Wednesday.DOJ OPENING CIVIL RIGHTS PROBE AFTER CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA BROKEN INTO, VANDALIZED Subert was held overnight at the Fourth Precinct and was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday at First District Court in Central Islip, police said.Churchgoers discovered the statue’s head missing Sunday morning as parishioners gathered for services and First Communion celebrations, according to News12 Long Island video from the scene.”Across the way into the auditorium, we had first communions and this is where the kids come and they take their picture,” St. Mary’s…

Bryson DeChambeau is one of the world’s best golfers, has a widely beloved and popular YouTube channel, and has been one of the most committed adopters of science and technology in the sport.But an astronomer, he is not.DeChambeau joined “The Katie Miller podcast” show this week, covering a wide variety of topics. He spoke about his aspirations of reaching the Golf Hall of Fame, dating, the mental side of golf, and his experiences playing with President Donald Trump.LIV GOLF STAR BRYSON DECHAMBEAU REVEALS SPACE ASPIRATIONS WHILE TAKING IN SPACEX ROCKET LAUNCH Oh, and his thoughts on whether we’ve been to the moon and conspiracy theories. That’s where things went a bit, well, off the rails for DeChambeau.While he didn’t quite fully commit to saying we haven’t been entirely, saying he trusts Elon Musk’s word when it comes to the original Apollo mission in 1969, he did say he doesn’t believe the famous footage of Neil Armstrong and other astronauts walking on the lunar surface is real. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!”Look, Elon says we’ve definitely gone [to the moon],” he said. “So I tend to go that route, because he’s…

An Army gynecologist in Texas accused of sexually abusing and secretly recording female patients is now facing mounting allegations involving nearly 100 victims, military prosecutors announced Wednesday.Blaine McGraw, 48, now faces eight charges and 273 specifications involving 96 victims, The service’s Office of Special Trial Counsel said in a statement, expanding an already sprawling case. The Army said the alleged misconduct occurred between 2019 and 2026, a span that dates back years further than previously announced. The office previously announced in April that McGraw, who is assigned to Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, Texas, faced six charges with 146 specifications involving 73 victims from 2023 to 2025. McGraw is innocent until proven guilty, the office said, adding that his preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 26. The latest round of charges includes specifications of abusive sexual contact and sexual assault, indecent recording, and attempted sexual assault, among others. Seven of the alleged victims were patients at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, where McGraw was assigned while completing his medical residency. Those offenses occurred during medical evaluations on female patients between June 2019 and July 2023, the office said.The remaining victims are tied to Fort…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The city of Cambridge on Monday voted to end its contract with ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system used by police to identify possible shootings in real time. The crime-fighting technology deploys a network of acoustic sensors mounted above streets across neighborhoods, designed to detect gunfire-like sounds and automatically alert law enforcement when a suspected shot is heard.The City Council’s decision follows criticism from opponents who argue the system is unreliable, and can contribute to over-policing. They have also raised concerns about potential links to federal immigration enforcement.Cambridge’s move comes after Chicago announced in February 2024 that it would also not renew its own contract for the technology, signaling growing pushback among some cities over its use.SCHOOLS TURN TO AI GUN DETECTION FOR SAFETY According to Boston.com, five councilors voted to terminate the contract, while two opposed the measure and two voted present during this week’s council meeting. Under the decision, the city manager and police department must discontinue use of ShotSpotter within 90 days, and the devices will be removed from locations around Cambridge, the outlet said.HOW SURVEILLANCE TECH LED POLICE TO ACCUSE THE WRONG PERSONThe system is operated by Soundthinking, which says the…

KYIV, Ukraine — Senior White House officials publicly placed Ukraine’s military ahead of allied counterparts in Europe across four venues last week, and in some respects ranked Kyiv ahead of the United States itself, even as U.S. President Donald Trump has continued to dismiss Ukraine’s military strength.The Ukrainian armed forces are “the strongest, most powerful armed forces in all of Europe,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last week, citing a five-to-one Russian-to-Ukrainian casualty rate and four years of battlefield adaptation.The necessity of fighting the war, Rubio said, has pushed Ukrainians to develop “new tactics, new techniques, new equipment, new technology that is creating a sort of hybrid asymmetrical warfare.”U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told the Senate Armed Services Committee the same week that Ukraine has fused drones, sensors and weapons into a single command network running across the front, while U.S. Army systems remain “compartmentalized, isolated and ineffective against modern threats.”“Ukraine’s Delta common operating system, their modular open system architecture command and control system, is absolutely incredible,” Driscoll testified.“It fully integrates every single drone, every sensor and every shooting platform into just one single network. Ours does not.”The shift in tone comes as allied partners press Kyiv for help…

A new slipjoint from Civivi is getting prepped to roll out this year. It’s called the Almeris, and it is a fully modern slipjoint, slick and polished. While it’s not completely unheard of for a non-locking knife to be large, it’s not especially common – and the Almeris isn’t bucking that trend. In fact, it’s a tad on the smaller side compared to your average 2026 EDC: many fresh models, from Civivi and many other manufacturers, are rolling out with blades in the 3.3-3.5 inch range, but the Almeris dips beneath the 3-inch mark entirely, with a blade that measures 2.95 inches. There’s a blacked out version if you want something…edgier The blade shape is a handsomely streamlined drop point, with minimal falalerie outside of the requisite long pull nail mark for two-hand opening. The shape is a bonafide, no arguin’ classic for everyday carry, with a sensible geometry that we don’t even need to spend much ink explaining; even your un-knife trend conscious friends could intuit how to the use the Almeris merely by looking at it. And while they may never have heard of Nitro-V, even these unenlightened folks will be able to maintain this amenable modern nitrogen…

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge.  Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, has summed up where things stand: “Since the ceasefire came into effect, both Washington and Tehran appear to be operating under the illusion that time is on their side,” he said. “Each seems to believe that the blockade and counter-blockade in the Strait of Hormuz impose greater costs on the other, while offering a breathing space to regroup for a possible resumption of hostilities,” Vaez told Al Jazeera. On Wednesday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards issued a fresh warning amid this ongoing standoff, warning that the Middle East war will extend beyond the region if the United States and Israel resume their attacks. via Shutterstock “If the aggression against Iran is repeated, the promised regional war will this time spread far beyond the region, and our devastating blows will crush you,” the IRGC says in the statement published on their website, Sepah News. The warring sides are no closer to getting back to the negotiating table, after President Trump has given just a few ‘days’ to comply on the nuclear issue, which so far, Tehran has not budged on. But in the meantime, Iran still…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ella Langley gave her fans an inside look at her time at the Academy of Country Music Awards.In an Instagram reel shared on Wednesday, the 27-year-old country music superstar let fans in on how she spent her day at the ACM Awards, including clips of her arriving to the venue, getting her hair and makeup done and getting carried out to the car when the night was over.”Welcome to today,” she says at the start of the video. She can be heard telling the camera later in the video that “this job is not something that you can kind of half a–. You just have to full force. Don’t be afraid of embarrassing yourself.”The video also showed her entourage’s reaction to her award win and watching her accept the award on a TV backstage. While celebrating, her friends can be heard yelling at the TV for her to cry and “get vulnerable.” COUNTRY MUSIC STAR ELLA LANGLEY JOINS SYDNEY SWEENEY AS AMERICAN EAGLE’S NEW ‘DENIM DARLING'”Y’all I’ve never cried when I won an award,” she told the camera, while getting ready. “For all of you who get upset when I don’t cry,…

Less than two months after U.S. forces rescued two crew members behind enemy lines after their aircraft was shot down over Iran, filmmaker Michael Bay has confirmed he will be helming a movie based on the mission.Backed by Universal Pictures, the “Transformers” director is slated to shepherd the speed-of-light-turnaround project based on the April 3 shoot down of a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle and subsequent rescue of its crew during U.S.-led operations against the Islamic Republic, Deadline reported. The untitled movie is expected to be based on a book by author Mitchell Zuckoff, which will be released in 2027, according to Deadline. Bay previously worked with Zuckoff on the film adaptation of 13 Hours, which chronicled the 2012 attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya. On April 3, the F-15, call sign Dude 44, was downed by Iranian air defenses at approximately 4:40 a.m. local time, becoming the first manned aircraft to be lost to hostile anti-aircraft fire since Operation Epic Fury began on Feb. 28. Both crew members ejected and landed miles apart. Though the pilot was located within hours and rescued — after an intense fight — the aircraft’s weapons systems officer remained on the…