Welcome to the big wide world of ARs. This article and the video at top are intended for the new owner of an AR-pattern firearm such as the SAINT series from Springfield Armory. We’ve got a lot of new AR owners in the fold, and we want them to understand how their firearm works. While an AR like this SAINT Victor 5.56mm may at first seem complicated, they can be quite simple to operate safely. First and foremost, let’s look at the four primary safety rules for any firearm: Treat every weapon as if it was loaded. Never point a weapon at anything you do not intend to destroy. Keep your finger straight and off the trigger until you are ready to fire. Know your target and what lies beyond it. Memorize and live by these safety rules, ladies and gentlemen. The Bare Bones Basics The AR is a magazine-fed, semi-automatic, gas-operated weapon. Let’s break down what that means, exactly. “Magazine fed” describes how the ammunition is fed into the chamber of the firearm from the magazine (that long part that sticks out of the bottom). This particular SAINT is fitted out with an optic on its upper receiver. “Semi-automatic”…

In yesterday’s opening paragraph, I wrote about how lines can stand out and are odd. I took the Tampa Bay Rays to beat the Orioles, with the Rays sending one of their best pitchers to the mound. Shane McClanahan was great in the game, but unfortunately, the bullpen couldn’t hold it for him. With a 2-0 lead, they gave up two to the Orioles in the bottom of the 8th, before Baltimore walked it off in the 10th. Not a bad look, but a bad result. Today we switch across the country as the Reds take on the Diamondbacks.The Cincinnati Reds are unlikely to make the postseason unless they can find a way to get hot. There is a lot to like about the Reds, but there are also some glaring holes. They just recently lost their best pitcher, Hunter Greene, and unfortunately for them, it doesn’t seem like they have much in the minor leagues to make up for him. The team started with a 20-11 record for the year, and then it was pretty much downhill from there. An eight-game losing streak followed, and they haven’t been above .500 since June 3. Today they send out Andrew Abbott…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The world’s fastest man record was shattered on the first day of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday.Jamaican Usain Bolt’s 100-meter dash record of 9.58 set in 2009 was edged by a Beijing-based X-Humanoid robot named Lightning Bolt, which ran 100 meters at 9:39 seconds before smashing into a blue wall.Before the opening, a humanoid robot from Chinese smartphone company Honor completed a 100-meter sprint in a record of 9.32 seconds during a trial of the games, the company said, at a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second.After smashing into the wall, the robots were placed on a stretcher, unlike Bolt, who was able to jog a lap to celebrate human achievement in 2009.ROBOTS BEAT HUMANS IN HALF MARATHON The World Humanoid Robot Games, in its second year, features more than 2,000 robots in 51 events and 1,000 competitions like running, table tennis and soccer. The five-day event highlights China’s rapid progress in robotics amid a heated tech race with the U.S.The games, which are taking place in the National Speed Skating Oval built for the 2022 Winter Olympics, opened the same week Beijing was holding the 2026…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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.New! Free live CyberGuy class: Protect Your Money From Today’s Biggest ThreatsJoin us Saturday, August 29, at 10 AM ET for a free CyberGuy LIVE class covering five simple steps to help defend yourself against AI scams, fraud, identity theft and financial hacks. Kurt “CyberGuy” Knutsson will explain how to set up bank alerts, strengthen your account logins, protect your phone number, freeze your credit and help secure your retirement savings against unauthorized transfers. No technical experience is needed. You’ll also receive our financial protection checklist, and every registrant will get a link to the class recording afterward.Reserve your free spot today at CyberGuyLive.com.AI KILL SWITCH BILL COULD SHUT DOWN ROGUE MODELS How the AI agent gym hack happenedBird, head of AI…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When Americans defend free markets, they analyze real-world outcomes and quote economists. When radicals defend communism, they ignore history and those who experienced it firsthand.The omissions are deliberate. Survivors of communist regimes are dangerous to the argument because they are proof of its outcome. They know what happens after the government acquires the power it promised to use only for the public good.I recently gathered survivors of communist regimes in the Capitol to hear their stories. They came from Cuba, Venezuela, the Soviet Union and China. One endured torture in prison. Another watched grocery shelves empty as his community decayed. Others saw schools converted into instruments of indoctrination and churches treated as enemies of the state.THE MEN WHO FLED THESE SOCIALIST REGIMES HAVE A TERRIFYING WARNINGJosé Daniel Ferrer spent more than 12 years in Cuban prisons. He endured physical and psychological torture, and watched fellow citizens die from the same abuse and malnutrition he experienced. He understands the deception communists employ that made those prisons possible. “It’s the best evidence that the communists who try to get to power in democratic nations are scam artists,” Ferrer said. “Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Meghan Markle is no longer being considered for a role in Guy Ritchie’s “The Gentlemen,” according to royal biographer Tina Brown.”I learned this morning that the casting of Meghan Markle in season 3 of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series ‘The Gentlemen’ has been withdrawn,” Brown, who is the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, wrote Saturday on her “Fresh Hell” Substack, The Hollywood Reporter reported. “The backlash in the UK was so intense, it became untenable to go forward. This does not bode well for Meghan’s acting comeback in the UK.”Brown is also a best-selling author of 2007’s “The Diana Chronicles,” and 2022’s “The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor – the Truth and the Turmoil.”MEGHAN MARKLE’S ‘MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA’ CONTROVERSY MAY BE EXACTLY THE POINT: EXPERTS It was reported on Friday that Markle was in early talks to join the yet-to-be-announced third season of Guy Ritchie’s British action-comedy Netflix series.A part in the series would have been Markle’s first turn at acting since she married Prince Harry and joined the royal family in 2018.PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE’S HOLLYWOOD DREAMS HIT WALL AS EXPERT WARNS OF ‘TOXIC BRAND’ STIGMAAfter stepping…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As President Donald Trump looks to revive summit diplomacy with Kim Jong Un, he faces a North Korea with a larger nuclear arsenal, a powerful new partner in Russia and far less incentive to strike a deal than it had during his first term.Trump’s renewed outreach comes as he remains locked in a nuclear standoff with Iran, reopening another piece of unfinished business from his first term. Unlike Iran, however, North Korea already possesses a mature nuclear arsenal and multiple delivery systems, leaving Trump with little prospect of eliminating the threat militarily and a narrower path to a deal than he had eight years ago.Victor Cha, the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said Trump may see renewed North Korea diplomacy as both a chance to shift attention from Iran and an opportunity to reduce the number of adversaries confronting the United States.”I think he frankly wants to take the headlines off of Iran,” Cha told Fox News Digital, arguing that Trump also sees North Korea as a fundamentally different nuclear challenge. “There really isn’t a military solution for a country like North Korea that has 50, 60,…

Deshaun Watson and the Cleveland Browns fan base weren’t shy about showing their disdain for each other Saturday, even as the quarterback is locked in a competition with Shedeur Sanders for the starting job.So Watson is effectively fighting a two-front war now.Browns fans don’t like that Watson has delivered only 19 touchdown passes in 19 games during his $230 million contract. They don’t like that his time with the team has been punctuated by a suspension, a season-ending shoulder injury, a season-ending Achilles injury and another Achilles injury that kept him out all of last season.DESHAUN WATSON’S FIRST GAME SINCE 2024 A SUCCESS BECAUSE HE WASN’T AS BAD AS SHEDEUR SANDERS OR DILLON GABRIELWatson is not their guy even though he’s on their team.And in Watson’s first game at Huntington Bank Field since 2024, he heard it from the fans as they booed him lustily. “It sucks,” coach Todd Monken said of the fan reaction.Watson, meanwhile, made it clear that if Browns fans don’t like him, the feeling is mutual.”It’s a disrespectful thing,” Watson said of the fan reaction. “So, yeah, I mean, I’m going to keep whatever I feel with me and my family internally on how I feel…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Saturday dismissed “AI doomsdaying,” warning that China benefits from “overreaction” by the United States as the two countries compete for dominance in artificial intelligence.Fetterman shared an article on X highlighting a Bloomberg analysis examining what it described as the narrowing U.S. lead over China in the AI race and the faster pace at which Chinese companies are deploying advanced models.The Pennsylvania Democrat reacted to the report by arguing that advancements in AI are critical to national security.”AI supremacy and energy dominance underpins our national security,” Fetterman wrote.CHINA IS BUILDING AN AI WAR MACHINE. WASHINGTON MUST WAKE UP BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE Fetterman added that pulling back on the emerging technology would only benefit America’s competitors.”China continues to fuel and benefit from our overreaction,” he wrote. “I reject the political pandering and hyperbole over data centers or AI doomsdaying.”Saturday’s post was Fetterman’s latest call for the U.S. to aggressively pursue AI development.SEN BERNIE SANDERS: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS COMING FOR THE WORKING CLASS. WE MUST FIGHT BACK Fetterman’s stance puts the Pennsylvania Democrat largely in step with Trump on the need to accelerate AI development and expand the nation’s…