NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Texas teenager is recovering after being bitten by a barracuda while vacationing in Turks and Caicos.Sugar Land resident Claire Macdonel, 13, was swimming in shallow water when the fish bit her hand on Sunday, July 19.The teen was wearing a shiny bracelet on one of her wrists — which likely reflected light and was mistaken by the barracuda for prey. SHARK WEEK DANGERS HIT HOME AS MAN IS BADLY BITTEN WHILE SAVING PREGNANT FIANCÉE FROM HARMJen Macdonel, Claire Macdonel’s mother, told Fox News Digital that the barracuda attack lacerated four of her daughter’s tendons, in addition to a nerve and a ligament. The girl had surgery on Wednesday. “She could have easily lost her whole hand or fingers or worse,” said Jen Macdonel.  The teenager was doing handstands when a barracuda was likely attracted to the reflective items she was wearing, mistaking them for prey.”You know, you’re doing handstands against white sand, clear water, the sun hits that — she probably just looked like a disco ball,” Jen Macdonel said.RECORD SEAWEED INVASION LEAVES BEACHGOERS GAGGING AS FUMES RAISE HEALTH FEARSPhotos shared by the family show Claire Macdonel’s hand covered in cuts and puncture…

Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems to advance China’s defense capabilities, according to a Reuters review of more than 80 Chinese academic papers and patents.The previously unreported findings offer a rare glimpse into how military and security-linked institutions in China are leveraging cutting-edge U.S. AI models as a shortcut to developing specialised systems of their own, despite Washington’s efforts to restrict Beijing’s access to advanced chips and other strategic technologies.The documents show widespread use of a technique known as “model distillation,” in which outputs from a powerful AI system are used to train smaller, specialised models that can be deployed locally without the enormous computing requirements needed to build frontier AI systems from scratch.Reuters’ review, which included research compiled by the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation and shared exclusively with the news agency, showed distillation is widely used by researchers linked to the People’s Liberation Army and other military institutions.The papers suggest Chinese defense institutions see leading U.S. AI models as both a source of technical insight and a way to close the gap with American rivals.The dispute centres on unauthorised extraction, not distillation itself, a…

This article was originally published by Conner McEleney at The Mises Institute.  Many progressives, such as Robert Reich and Kyle Kulinski, argue that the economy needs a universal basic income (UBI) to fix it. Their argument stems from the idea that UBI has no serious flaws, that many studies show success, and that it’s the moral thing to do. An example that these progressives would cite would be the Denver UBI experiment. The study had three groups of people. Group A had $1,000 per month, and Group B had $6,500 for the first month; the other months were $500. Group C had $50 a month. The study concluded that giving money improved their overall well-being. As the saying goes, it’s too good to be true; the results alone are exaggerated by UBI proponents. The actual results show that in Group A, which received a total of $12,000 in a year, 44 percent of them are housed. Meanwhile, Group C received $600 in the year, and 43 percent were housed. Even though Group A has 20 times the value of Group C, both had similar results. Ironically, the study was not universal because it denied participants who were “having severe and unaddressed mental…

In a sports landscape that has included some biological males not only competing against, but sharing locker room space with biological females, leagues littering their fields or courts with stenciled woke signage, and teams celebrating Pride nights, wearing Pride warmup jerseys and even Pride-themed uniforms, we present the Jacksonville Jaguars this week.The Jaguars, in case you are unfamiliar, are an NFL team in one of the league’s smaller markets. They’re also the defending AFC South champions.And they’re also the organization that put this on X this week:”God is good … All the time!And then added a praying hands emoji.That’s quite a banger to start training camp.SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS FANS PROTEST AND SHAME CHRISTIAN PITCHERS FOR BIBLE VERSES ON PRIDE NIGHT CAPS Not surprisingly, people noticed.The post was seen 1.9 million times as of Thursday evening after being posted at 10:18 a.m. on Wednesday.The Jaguars boast around 857,000 followers on X, which is modest by NFL team standards. Their estimated average posts are viewed by anywhere from 20,000 to maybe 35,000 people. BALTIMORE ORIOLES TAP DRAG QUEEN AS GUEST SPLASHER IN KID-FRIENDLY BIRD BATH ZONE FOR PRIDE NIGHTBut this simple message of faith went absolutely viral for the team.It also became…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For months, President Donald Trump has fixated on one legislative priority. Now, its repeated failure may be costing Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., the president’s support.Trump has badgered Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act, his missing legislative crown jewel, turning support for the bill into a loyalty test.Thune has become the target for those irritated that the bill hasn’t moved in the Senate. For months, Trump largely spared him from criticism over the bill’s stalled progress. That appears to have changed.The hairline fractures in their relationship stem from Thune doing what few Republicans are willing to do: tell Trump no.GOP RIFT GROWS AS THUNE HITS BRAKES ON TRUMP’S ELECTION BILL TO AVERT SHUTDOWN “Well, that’s too bad for him,” Trump said when asked about Thune not having the votes to move the SAVE America Act. “I mean, that’s too bad for him and too bad for the Republican Party.””He’s got the votes,” he continued. “He should get it done. He should be able to get it done.”And, though he’s backed him before, Trump appeared to waver in his support of Thune when asked if he was the right man for…

Test your news knowledge with this week’s Fox News Digital News Quiz, featuring a WNBA suspension and a record-breaking run atop the Billboard Hot 100. Looking for another challenge?Allegations of financial hardship tied to the Obama Center project, and a musician’s political remarks were featured in last week’s News Quiz. Test your knowledge of costly cities, Trump tee times and more in this week’s American Culture Quiz. If you’re looking to play even more, you can find all of our quizzes by clicking here.Check back next week for the latest News Quiz from Fox News Digital. Thanks for playing! Read the full article here

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: While Massachusetts boasts some of the premier hospitals in the world, it also suffers from some of the highest healthcare costs in America. GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue believes that is no coincidence. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, the former longtime medical devices CEO says the commonwealth can boost access, cut costs and reduce regulation through innovation as opposed to government mandates.MIKE MINOGUE HEADS TO MASS GOP CONVENTION READY TO TAKE ON MAURA HEALEY: ‘SHE’S BANKRUPTING OUR STATE’ “I think the most important thing that can help health care is to have a ‘patients first mindset.’ When I was the CEO of Abiomed, everyone rallied around the patients-first culture, commitment and every action.”Every decision that we took really was focused on, ‘Does this improve the patient outcome? Does this help the physicians and the nurses make it easier to use? Does it help us save money for the system?’”He cited the weighty regulatory burden imposed on nurses and doctors as part of the problem.”We [must] have a focus that we’re really going through areas that allow for patients to get access to their physicians, their nurses, and also utilize innovation,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! TUCSON, Ariz. — Investigators couldn’t obtain a DNA profile from a hair sample recovered inside Nancy Guthrie’s home, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told Fox News Digital in a new interview Thursday as the case nears its six-month mark.”Yes, there was a hair. We had it and thought, ‘OK, well, we’ll do the DNA first,’ right? You’re going to do DNA before something else,” he explained.Working with the FBI, investigators sent the sample to a California laboratory for additional DNA testing.NANCY GUTHRIE’S SUSPECTED ABDUCTION: TIMELINE OF EVENTS IN DISAPPEARANCE OF ‘TODAY’ HOST’S MOM “It came back … there’s no DNA,” Nanos said. “But does that mean the hair isn’t that of the suspect? We won’t know that till we have the suspect’s hair. You don’t just destroy it.”Investigators have preserved the sample, and it still may be of use later, he added.GOT A TIP? “There’s other things that hair may prove valuable for, but right now it was just about, ‘Is there any DNA there?’ And the answer was no,” the sheriff said. “That was just a matter of weeks ago.”Guthrie is the 84-year-old mother of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie. She will…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cristina Ulbrich, the wife of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, died Sunday after a battle with cancer, the team announced.”The Atlanta Falcons are heartbroken by the passing of Cristina Ulbrich, beloved wife of defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, after her courageous battle with cancer,” the Falcons wrote in a statement.”Cristina was a devoted wife, mother and friend whose strength, grace and resilience touched all who knew her. She was a constant source of love and support to Jeff, their family and the broader Falcons community. “On behalf of the entire organization, we extend our deepest condolences to Jeff, their children and all who loved Cristina. During this incredibly difficult time, our thoughts and prayers are with the Ulbrich family. We ask that their privacy be respected as they grieve this profound loss, and we stand with them in support and remembrance of Cristina’s life.”Ulbrich, 49, had not been spotted at Falcons training camp during practices Tuesday and Wednesday, according to multiple reports.Jeff and Cristina share three children together — Samantha, Jax and Jace.ANDY REID PROVIDES UPDATE ON WIFE OF ERIC BIENIEMY, WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY SHOT BY OWN SONThe couple met during the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former CBS News journalist Brittney Hopper claimed Thursday that she got into trouble after questioning Dr. Anthony Fauci, former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.Hopper appeared on News24 in Australia to discuss Fauci’s decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment right more than 100 times during his congressional hearing Wednesday, refusing to answer any questions.Before reacting to Fauci’s hearing, the independent journalist, who previously worked for CBS News Los Angeles until 2022, gave her own history reporting on Fauci and how he was deified by the mainstream media.TOP 5 MOMENTS FROM FAUCI’S HEARING: PAUL BOOTS LAWYER, MORENO ERUPTS AS CONTEMPT VOTE LOOMS “I have so much to say because this was during the time when I was on CBS News. I was reporting extensively on COVID,” Hopper said. “I was out there on the front lines. And I remember after a couple of years of dealing with hearing this man and interviewing this man and having to wear masks and having our kids out of school for years, I remember questioning what he was doing. And I got in trouble and pulled off…