NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! With closing arguments looming on Tuesday, Karmelo Anthony’s defense rested without calling him to testify — a move that came as legal analysts questioned whether his self-defense claim will persuade jurors.Anthony is charged with murder in the April 2025 stabbing death of 17-year-old Memorial High School athlete Austin Metcalf during a confrontation at a Texas high school track meet. Anthony admits he stabbed Metcalf but claims he acted in self-defense.Anthony’s defense rested its case on Monday, setting the stage for closing arguments when court resumes at 9 a.m. local time Tuesday.The case has drawn national attention, fueled by debate over Texas self-defense law, questions surrounding race, competing narratives about what happened beneath a Memorial High School team tent and demonstrations outside the Collin County courthouse. Ritter: Defense faces uphill battleAs the defense case neared its conclusion Monday, an unexpected delay in proceedings fueled speculation about what was happening behind the scenes.DIDDY DEFENSE’S COURTROOM STRATEGY IS A ‘CALCULATED RISK’: EXPERT Speaking on Fox News’ “The Story,” legal analyst Joshua Ritter suggested one possibility was that Anthony and his attorneys were discussing whether he should testify. “Perhaps they’re talking to Karmelo Anthony about whether…

close Video ESPN’s high-tech experiment flopped on national TV. The Worldwide Leader in Sports has decided to bench its controversial AI-generated “moving portraits,” which debuted during the NBA Finals and quickly drew backlash online.The digital misfire tipped off during Game 1 of the championship series between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs. As ABC headed to a commercial break, viewers were shown what was intended to be an animated version of a classic image featuring Spurs legend Tony Parker. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GLITCH AT ARIZONA COLLEGE GRADUATION SPARKS UPROAR FROM CROWD Instead, many fans saw what they described as an uncanny-valley nightmare. The network used AI to animate a photo of Parker celebrating after winning the 2003 NBA championship. But the result drew criticism online, with viewers saying the technology distorted the former Spurs star’s facial features.Social media users quickly piled on ESPN over the graphic. CHICAGO PAPER PUBLISHES AI-GENERATED ‘SUMMER READING LIST’ WITH BOOKS THAT DON’T EXIST Many questioned why the network, which has access to decades of NBA footage and photography, chose to use AI-generated animation at all. Video”Why use AI when they literally have the pictures?” one fan wrote on X.Another posted: “As soon as…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vice President JD Vance addressed the United States’ diplomatic relationship with Israel Monday as President Donald Trump’s partnership with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly been strained recently.”The Israelis and the United States, we have a lot of shared interests, but we also have some situations where our interests diverge,” Vance said on “Jesse Watters Primetime.””I think where the president has been very clear here is that while Israel obviously has some objectives that it has, the United States’ main objective in Iran is to ensure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon,” he added.Vance’s remarks come after recent U.S. intelligence reports raised concerns about Israel’s surveillance efforts targeting American negotiators involved in U.S.-Iran peace talks.TRUMP, NETANYAHU TO MEET AT WHITE HOUSE IN HIGH-STAKES TALKS ON IRAN, GAZA PLAN Those who have reportedly been surveilled include the Pentagon’s top policy officer, Elbridge A. Colby, and Trump’s top negotiator, Steve Witkoff.Trump also recently confirmed calling Netanyahu “f—ing crazy” in a heated phone call over Israel’s military operations in Lebanon, exposing a rare rift between the two leaders.As tensions between Israeli and American officials intensify over how to proceed with Iran negotiations, the…

Last Friday, just as Blade Show 2026 kicked off, GiantMouse launched a Kickstarter for its next folding knife release, the Pontius. It’s a collaboration piece that approaches the core GiantMouse values from a fresh perspective. But a collaboration with who? Chris Pontius, an adventurous soul best known for his time on the television show Jackass – that’s right, he’s that Chris Pontius, also known as Party Boy. Evidently, in addition to being a great dancer and general daredevil, Pontius is a dyed-in-the-wool knife nut: his IG feed consists of a not-insignificant amount of knife appreciation vids, and, in addition to this forthcoming GiantMouse piece, he’s got a collaboration ax coming out via TOPS. The full ti model on some less fully tied shoes “Ready for anything” was the core mantra for the Pontius design process, which was evidently a give-and-take between Party Boy and Jesper Voxnaes: Pontius would describe his needs and vision for the piece, and Voxnaes would translate them into a clean, GiantMousian final product. The 3.2-inch clip blade is broad for strong slicing performance, while the harpoon swedge brings a lot of mass to the tip without sacrificing its piercing capability. Blade steel across all variations will…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A growing consortium of University of California professors is urging the state university system to bring back standardized testing, warning that the elimination of admissions tests has degraded academic readiness and forced instructors to teach “middle school math” to college undergraduates.More than 1,400 UC faculty members have signed an open letter calling on leadership to reinstate the SAT and ACT mathematics requirements for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) majors. The massive pushback follows a dramatic multi-year decline in student proficiency after the university went completely “test-blind” in 2021.Karajean Hyde, Co-Director of the UC Irvine Math Project and a Lecturer of Education, told Fox News Digital that objective benchmarks are desperately needed to restore academic baselines.”I’d say we need some objective measures to go along with the whole picture,” Hyde said. “A student’s not just a single number or a single letter, but standardized testing can play an important role in ensuring one level of measuring where that bar is so that the bar doesn’t move.”EDUCATION SECRETARY LINDA MCMAHON RIPS CALIFORNIA TRANS ATHLETE ‘COMPROMISE,’ TELLS NEWSOM TO ‘PICK A SIDE’ While Hyde is not directly involved in the university’s internal admissions decisions,…

A federal court filed charges Thursday against a U.S. sailor and two other individuals for attempting to finance an ISIS attack against American troops overseas.The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested U.S. Navy Seaman Bareen Dzayee, 25, along with Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, and Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, for allegedly providing over $2,000 to an individual they believed to be an ISIS member. The trio reportedly believed their money would sanction the purchase of rocket-propelled grenades and drones that would be used to murder U.S. service members.“Over years, the individuals communicated about several plans to support ISIS, including through the provision of personnel, services and money,” a criminal complaint read. “Through chats, voice calls and multiple messaging platforms, these conspirators pledged allegiance or ‘Bayat’ to ISIS and its leader.”Dzayee enlisted in the Navy in 2021 and served aboard the USS John McCain from March 25, 2022, to July 19, 2024.Between March 2025 and January 2026, the FBI identified all three suspects as ISIS sympathizers after alarming social media posts.The posts pledged allegiance to the terrorist organization, promoted violence and discussed weapons and explosives in support of ISIS operations.A confidential FBI source the suspects believed to be an active ISIS member reached…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Democratic challenger Nithya Raman advanced to a runoff election on Monday evening in a heated primary that has garnered national attention.The outcome sets up a general election that pits Bass, an incumbent fending off criticism about her record, against Raman’s progressive message of government-led affordability measures.Voters will decide the matchup in a runoff election on Nov. 3.Raman, a member of the Los Angeles City Council and Democratic Socialists of America, has served as chair of the Housing and Homelessness Committee since 2023. She has also been dubbed a Mamdani-style socialist, referring to far-left New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.LA CITY COUNCILWOMAN PREVIOUSLY BACKED BY DSA RUNNING FOR MAYOR IN PRIMARY CHALLENGE TO BASS In her view, there is more the city could be doing to address not just its homelessness problem, but also increasing housing supply, maintaining public safety, furthering climate goals and pushing back against federal immigration enforcement efforts.”We can bring LA back to what it really is: one of the most creative, beautiful and most hopeful places in the world. But only if we come together to fight for it,” Raman said in a…

The Marine Corps is searching for airpower methods that can be used to blast a path for amphibious groups to steam through chokepoints at sea.A new Request for Information submitted by Naval Air Systems Command on behalf of the Corps asks for analytical tools that can help the Future Attack/Strike, or FASt, initiative fulfill the chokepoint-busting mission.The effort comes as the service is beginning to retire aging platforms, such as the AV-8B, AH-1Z and the F/A-18. FASt aims to replace them with next-generation systems like long-range missiles, MQ-58 Valkyrie combat drones, electronic warfare and other non-kinetic effects, according to the 2026 Marine Aviation Plan. The Marine Corps is looking for an answer on how it could integrate these new capabilities into the its amphibious assault mission, which inevitably will involve operating in dangerous littoral waters and chokepoints. The U.S. is already grappling with that problem in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iranian missiles, drones and swarms of fast-attack boats would jeopardize operations, such as seizing Kharg Island. The Marine Corps wants tools that are good at “modeling complex operational scenarios, identifying vulnerabilities and capability gaps, and assessing the potential impact of new technologies, tactics, techniques, and procedures,” according to the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An 18-year-old Wisconsin man was sentenced Friday to life in prison for his role in the brutal killing of a 5-year-old Milwaukee boy whose disappearance later led to changes in state law.Erik Mendoza, who was 15 at the time of the crime, will not be eligible to petition for release for 50 years. He pleaded guilty in February to first-degree intentional homicide, hiding a corpse and three counts of second-degree recklessly endangering safety in the death of Prince McCree, according to local outlets FOX 6 and WISN.”When considering the serious nature of this defendant’s offenses, it does not get more serious, more egregious than this,” Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Matthew Torbenson said during Friday’s sentencing hearing.McCree was reported missing on Oct. 25, 2023, after his mother allowed him to go play video games in the basement of he home where his family lived, where David Pietura — who was later sentenced to life in prison in the case — also lived. When she could not find him later that day, she contacted police, according to FOX 6.WISCONSIN TEEN CHARGED IN SHOOTING DEATH OF MOTHER, STEPFATHER FOUND DECOMPOSED IN THEIR HOME The…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog under the title: The Ogallala Aquifer Is Dying – As The Largest Supply Of Groundwater In The United States Vanishes, Farmers Are Deeply Concerned About What Is Next Gigantic underground aquifers are being rapidly depleted all over the world, and once that water is gone, it will take a very long time for it to come back. In fact, in some areas of the United States, the recharge rate is less than an inch per year. That is a major problem, because more than half of the water that U.S. farmers use for irrigation comes from underground aquifers. What in the world are our farmers going to do once that water is gone? The largest underground aquifer in the United States is known as the Ogallala Aquifer. It covers a vast area under portions of eight different states, and it accounts for approximately 30 percent of all groundwater that is used for irrigation in our nation… The Ogallala Aquifer (oh-gə-LAH-lə) is a shallow water table aquifer surrounded by sand, silt, clay, and gravel located beneath the Great Plains in the United States. As one of the world’s largest aquifers, it underlies an area of approximately 174,000 sq mi…