“Universal Basic Capital” is a much-needed solution to the continued advancement of artificial intelligence technology’s consistent advancement. Universal basic income (UBI) was a popular topic years ago, especially as AI gained a foothold in the economy, beginning to replace human workers; however, the newer UBC concept is now gaining traction. According to a report by The Atlantic, the idea has been endorsed by figures as ideologically diverse as Bernie Sanders, Gavin Newsom, Steve Bannon, Sam Altman, and even Donald Trump. In both cases, UBI and UBC are policies that would give every single human a baseline salary, whether they contribute to society or not. If the wealth generated by artificial intelligence will accrue only to the owners of AI companies, then the way to avoid catastrophic levels of inequality is to give everyone an ownership stake in those companies. The Atlantic goes on to say that if this is done the right way, it’ll hedge against a future dystopia created by AI. However, it’ll create a new dystopia, full of humans enlaved by the UBI they will rely on to remain alive. Experts Warn of Widespread Job Losses and Global Power Struggles Amid AI Advancements The Stagflation Trap Will Lead…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A California man says a black bear charged at him outside his Lake Tahoe vacation home over the Fourth of July holiday, prompting him to deploy bear spray in a dramatic encounter captured on video.Cortlandt Koerwitz of Sacramento told KCRA 3 that the encounter began after his daughter spotted the bear rummaging through a garbage can inside the home’s garage.Koerwitz said he grabbed bear spray and went outside to investigate, but the encounter escalated within seconds when the animal rushed toward him.WOMAN STALKED BY CHARGING BEAR ON MORNING DOG WALK CAPTURES TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER ON CAMERA “I just kind of caught something out of my left eye, and it was the bear rushing in. We were both startled, and I just shot the spray. And the overspray from that, you know, the shot hit me and hit my eyes,” Koerwitz said.Video obtained by KCRA 3 shows Koerwitz approaching the garage before the bear suddenly charges toward him. Moments later, he deploys the bear spray, and the bear turns away and runs off.Koerwitz told the station that bears frequently wander through the Lake Tahoe area in search of food and often get into trash…

The U.S. Army is consolidating its official social media presence, drastically slashing the number of allowable accounts and ordering commanders to remove newly-unauthorized accounts within 30 days, the service announced in a late-June memorandum.The directive, signed by Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll, limits official social media accounts to a set list of higher-level organizations, effectively ending the digital footprints of many subordinate units. In a Wednesday statement, the Army said the move was intended to “ensure a clear, unified voice, reduce operational risk, and improve information access for Soldiers, Families and the public.” The service said the policy does not end documentation at the unit level and that content will be published through higher-level accounts and official Army platforms.Fewer than 30 organizations are authorized to maintain social media accounts. Bases — which often published relevant traffic and safety updates — are not included. Recruiting stations, which previously used social media as part of a recruitment strategy, have also been left off the list, and Morale Welfare and Recreation offices on posts are similarly not permitted to have their own accounts. Exceptions to policy may be considered, the memorandum said, if they “demonstrate a mission critical imperative unmet by existing…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An American mother originally from New York was found dead in her home in a popular Irish tourist town, with police saying that a person of interest has fled the country. Some Irish publications are reporting the person of interest is an asylum seeker.The victim was identified by the Irish Prime Minister as Jamey Carney, while Irish police, An Garda Síochána, said the 43-year-old’s body was found on Tuesday at a home in Killarney, County Kerry.Irish police said the person of interest left the jurisdiction in the early hours of Tuesday, before Carney’s body was discovered and reported to authorities. Police said they have launched a murder investigation and are engaging with international law enforcement partners.Carney was originally from Westchester County, just north of New York City, before moving to Ireland in 2021 with her young daughter, according to the Irish Independent.HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIAL’S KILLING LEAVES AGENCY ‘DEVASTATED’ AS VETTING BREAKDOWN EXPOSED The State Department confirmed to Fox News Digital that an American citizen died in County Kerry on July 7 and said it was providing consular assistance to the victim’s family.”The Trump Administration has no higher priority than the safety and…

The world’s largest aircraft carrier pulled into Norfolk Naval Shipyard on Tuesday to begin scheduled repairs after wrapping up the longest post-Vietnam carrier deployment.The USS Gerald R. Ford and its sailors returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on May 16 following 326 days at sea that saw a non-combat fire in the main laundry room and significant plumbing issues. The Ford most notably operated in the Middle East in support of U.S. Central Command and Operation Epic Fury against Iran. “This marks Gerald R. Ford’s first regularly scheduled availability at a public shipyard as well as the first time a Ford-class aircraft carrier has been serviced at NNSY,” the Navy said.The ship will undergo modernizations and inspections and is set to finish its aircraft carrier availability early, the service said.The maintenance period will likely address a fire that broke out in the ship’s laundry room March 12, injuring multiple sailors, inducing smoke-related injuries among hundreds of personnel and damaging 100 sleeping berths.The ship left combat operations and arrived in Greece for maintenance on March 23 before traveling to Split, Croatia, for a five-day port call and eventually returning to sea on April 2.During its deployment, the ship also faced plumbing…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Graham Platner is taking his name off the ballot, but the trail of debris left from the mounting controversies that brought down his nearly year-long insurgent Senate campaign in Maine is giving Republicans ammunition to use against Democrats in other crucial midterm races.”Democrats rolled in the mud with Platner, and now they are completely stained by their association with this sick monster,” Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters charged in a statement minutes after the Marine Corp veteran announced on Wednesday night that he was suspending his campaign.Republicans are now linking Platner to Democrats in a handful of House and Senate races that will directly impact the midterm battle for control of Congress.Platner, a populist Democrat backed last September by leading national progressives like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was challenging longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a high-profile, combustible and very expensive race in Maine, which is one of a handful that will determine if the GOP holds onto its slim Senate majority in November’s midterm elections.PLANTER CALLS IT QUITS, DROPS SENATE BID AMID MOUNTING SCANDALS Platner’s exit from the race came two days after an explosive report on Monday afternoon contained…

A U.S. Air Force airlift wing executed the largest-recorded aerial transport of around 50 metric tons of lethal narcotics for destruction.433rd Airlift Wing Reserve airmen, alongside Drug Enforcement Administration personnel, used the force’s largest and heaviest aircraft to remove 23 pallets with an estimated value of $5 billion over the course of three days in Operation Burnout, according to a Tuesday release.In mid-May, the wing airlifted the narcotics using a C-5M Super Galaxy from March Air Reserve Base, California, to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, ahead of its transport to an incinerator facility in Indiana to be destroyed.The release did not state which narcotic, or narcotics, was seized but did point out that this operation supported the DEA’s goals to protect American committees by keeping illegal substances such as fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine off the streets.“We have to store this stuff once we seize it in an approved warehouse, but more stuff is always coming in,” Gerald Mapp, senior foreign integration advisor to the DEA for the Department of Defense, said in the release.“You have to look at fentanyl as a major problem — one pill can kill you. Taking these drugs off the street protects the American public, and…

Healthcare workers on the frontlines of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have begun an unofficial strike. Those on strike say that they are working in poor conditions with inadequate safety equipment and low wages. As of today, an X post by BNO News reported that 1,729 Ebola cases and 582 deaths have occurred in the DRC and Uganda, where the Bundibugyo strain of the virus is spreading in an already chaotic region gripped by conflict and mass migration. Government officials in Ituri said the missing payments are because of the broader implications of the outbreak. “The fact that Bunia airport is closed is hampering the very implementation of the response, particularly certain aspects of the flow of funds. This is one of the reasons that may account for the delay in payment,” Akilimali Pierre, the incident manager at Congo’s National Institute of Public Health, told the Associated Press (AP News). This strike is promoting fears that transmission will increase and more people will die from the virus. “People Are Hiding” During Ebola Outbreak, Making Containment Difficult This outbreak is already the third largest in history, and health officials warn that without treatments or improved containment policies,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jared Jones was flirting with Major League Baseball history on Wednesday night — he got it, but it was not what he originally envisioned.The Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher retired the first 18 batters he faced, but he was taken out in the middle of his perfect game bid after six innings.Now, the Pirates certainly have their reasons — the 24-year-old Jones hasn’t thrown more than 81 pitches in eight starts since returning May 20 after missing all of last season while undergoing ulnar collateral ligament internal brace surgery on May 21, 2025. He was yanked with 77 pitches and likely would have needed more than 100 pitches to record the 25th perfect game in MLB history. However, Jones left the game after getting zero run support, so when the Atlanta Braves tacked on three runs late for a 3-0 victory, Jones instead found himself in the wrong chapter of the history books.According to Opta Stats, Jones became the first pitcher in the modern era (since 1920) to pitch at least six perfect innings and not record a win.”It does suck. Something’s cool coming on, but I’m on what? My eighth start off of…

A U.S. Air Force contingency response wing dispatched to Venezuela to assist authorities following high-magnitude earthquakes that devastated the country almost two weeks ago.Airmen in the 621st Contingency Response Wing are supporting Venezuelan authorities with airfield operations to land C-17s that are delivering essential earthquake relief, according to a Wednesday social media post.U.S. Southern Command announced a day after the quakes that the U.S. would be sending C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft, alongside C-130 Hercules, the amphibious transport ship USS Fort Lauderdale and the littoral combat ship USS Billings.On June 24, two devastating earthquakes hit Venezuela with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 within seconds of each other. The death toll had risen to 3,811 as of Wednesday, and 16,740 people were injured, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said in an address.Nine Americans are among the dead, State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott confirmed Tuesday on Fox News.The U.S. has committed around $350 million to the response effort in Venezuela thus far, Pigott said.The 621st Contingency Response Wing deployed a Contingency Response Element from the 321st Contingency Response Squadron to Simón Bolívar International Airport, according to a July 3 release.The CRE, made up of 110 airmen, are working with local aviation authorities, the…