NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Young YouTubers are making big waves at the box office.Twenty-year-old Kane Parsons became the youngest director to have the No. 1 film at the box office with his new horror flick “Backrooms,” which earned a whopping $81 million.”Backrooms” is a big screen adaptation of Parsons’ 2022 found footage-style web series inspired from a 2019 image posted on the social platform 4chan. The series follows a group of scientists who discover an eerie dimension that comes in the form of seemingly-never-ending vacant indoor spaces.‘PRESSURE’ REVIEW: BRENDAN FRASER IS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER IN GRIPPING WWII DRAMA ABOUT RUN-UP TO D-DAY His YouTube account, dubbed Kane Pixels, has more than 3 million subscribers. And the first installment in his “Backrooms” series has over 81 million views.Parsons’ feature film, which stars Oscar-nominated actors Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, reportedly had a $10 million budget and had early projections of grossing $20 million its opening weekend. However, as the release date steadily approached, projections began to explode, shooting towards $40–50 million and only crept upward.‘OBSESSION’ REVIEW: AN INNOCENT WISH TURNS INTO A NIGHTMARE IN A HORROR FLICK FROM TALENTED UP-AND-COMERSVariety reported “nearly 85% of audiences” were under…

The presence of more than 2,000 National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., since Aug. 2025 has had “no measurable effect on violent crime,” according to a new report by the Niskanen Center.The researchers described the deployment as “an expensive tool” used in “the wrong places for the wrong types of crime.” They cited the $607 average daily cost per Guard member in the nation’s capital, compared with $384 in pay for Metropolitan Police Department officers. “The National Guard was deployed primarily in high-visibility public spaces, exactly the locations where opportunistic property crime tends to occur and where visible deterrence is most likely to be effective,” they wrote. “A uniformed presence in tourist corridors and transit hubs is unlikely to interrupt a dispute between individuals with preexisting ties on their own turf. The Guard’s footprint was simply misaligned with the geography of violence.”Robbery and other violent crimes in Washington, D.C., have also seen a downward trend that predates the deployment, the report said, and the operation did not impact that trajectory. But the policy think tank emphasized that the effort was “not a waste.” It acknowledged there was a 24% decline in opportunistic property crime recorded in the first six months…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nick Pasqual was sentenced Tuesday to more than three decades behind bars for the 2024 stabbing of his ex-girlfriend, Allie Shehorn.The “How I Met Your Mother” actor was found guilty last month in a Los Angeles court of attempted murder and forcible rape for stabbing Shehorn more than 20 times at her Sunland home.Additionally, a jury found Pasqual guilty of first-degree residential burglary and multiple counts of injuring a spouse, cohabitant, fiance’s, boyfriend, girlfriend or child’s parent.’HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER ACTOR’ NICK PASQUAL CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR STABBING EX-GIRLFRIEND Pasqual, 36, was first arrested for domestic violence on May 18, 2024, and was later released on $50,000 bond, according to People magazine.Shehorn’s friend, Jed Dornoff, told the magazine at the time that “as soon as he paid his bail, he came after her.”Shehorn, a Hollywood makeup artist, took the stand with scars on her neck and arms while recounting the violent night with Pasqual, according to ABC7. “I locked the door and he just started punching holes in that door and broke that open,” the outlet reported. “I just ran into the bathroom because I thought there’s another lock on…

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here.The U.S. military is pushing to demonstrate high-energy laser weapons engineered for fielding at scale in the next two years, according to the U.S. Defense Department’s top science and technology official.Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee on May 19, Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)) Emil Michael told lawmakers that the science of laser weapons “is largely done.” The Pentagon, he added, is now focused on addressing the engineering challenges that come with transforming exquisite prototypes into mass-producible capabilities — the “scaled” element of the department’s “scaled directed energy” critical technology area.“We now have a suite of directed energy products that go from low-end to high-end, and now we have to scale production of those,” Michael said.When questioned by Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) about the three-year timeline for fielding laser weapons at scale that defense officials previously publicized in March, Michael stated that President Donald Trump’s planned “Golden Dome for America” domestic missile shield would accelerate those research and development efforts due to the initiative’s “big reliance” on directed energy, adding…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. This is a moment in history that we will remember for a long time to come. Even though we were told over and over again that a deal with Iran was almost “finalized”, the truth is that there never was going to be a deal with Iran. It was all smoke and mirrors. The U.S. couldn’t give Iran what it was demanding, and Iran simply refused to give the U.S. what it was demanding. Now negotiations have totally collapsed, and it appears that the war is back on. Needless to say, this is going to be absolutely devastating for the global economy. The Iranians are absolutely furious that Israeli troops have been advancing deep into Lebanese territory during the ceasefire period, and they are identifying that as the primary reason why they have decided to pull out of talks with the United States… Iran negotiators will stop exchanging messages with the U.S. through intermediaries, and Tehran will move to fully close the Strait of Hormuz, in retaliation for ongoing ceasefire violations, Iran’s state-affiliated news outlet Tasnim said Monday. The report, in a translated post on the social media site…

Baking a loaf of bread from scratch can be intimidating, but it’s definitely worth the effort! There are so many delicious survival recipes out there that are perfect for emergencies. In this blog post, we’ll share some of our favorite survival breads that are easy to make and store.  So don’t worry – you’ll always have a warm and satisfying meal, even when times get tough! We all know that bread is a staple in any diet, but what about in a survival situation? Bread can be made from so many different types of flour, and with some added ingredients, it can be a filling and satisfying meal. Here are 20 recipes for survival bread that will keep you fueled up in an emergency. Want to save this post for later? Click Here to Pin It On Pinterest! Ancient Flatbread Ancient Flatbread is a type of unleavened bread that originated in the Middle East. It is made from a simple dough of flour, water, and salt, and can be cooked on a griddle or in a frying pan.  Unlike leavened breads, which use yeast or baking soda to help them rise, Ancient Flatbread is made without any rising agents. This…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The University of Chicago (UC) Laboratory Schools, an institution associated with the university, will no longer be flying an LGBTQ pride flag outside its courtyard after university administrators determined it would violate institutional neutrality.The news was first reported by U-High Midway, the UC Laboratory High School student newspaper, ahead of Pride Month with a new statement from Interim Director Ethan Bueno de Mesquita explaining the decision on Monday.”I think the idea of a student organization saying ‘We should fly the pride flag for Pride Month’ in some way is student speech and should be totally acceptable,” Bueno de Mesquita said. “I think the university saying that an observer who sees something flying from a flagpole and understands that to be a statement of the institution is a reasonable interpretation of how flagpoles operate, and so that doesn’t strike me as an unreasonable rule.”OHIO TEACHER SUES HIGH SCHOOL FOR DEMANDING HE REMOVE LGBT POSTER INSIDE CLASSROOM He added, “To be clear, the full membership of LGBTQ+ people in the Lab community is not a contested issue. It is a core value.”The decision to remove the flag, which has flown in the same spot…

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Here’s a look at just some of the fun that was had at CANCON Carolinas 2026. If you missed it, we hope to see you there next year! If you want to buy a car, you can test-drive it at a dealership. If you need new clothes, you can try them on at a store. But if you want a suppressor, you usually can’t go hands-on with the model you’re considering until after you’ve already bought it. CANCON, the world’s largest fully suppressed range day, changes that. With two CANCONs per year, one in the West and one in the East, it only takes buying a ticket and driving down to get trigger time behind the largest spread of suppressors available anywhere in the world at a single public event. Every year, we even have attendees fly in from overseas, so if a CANCON is within driving distance of you, consider yourself lucky. Some folks come to try out cans they’re thinking about purchasing. Others come just to have a fun weekend full of suppressed shooting. Whatever your reason, it’s a guaranteed good time. If a whole range full of suppressed guns isn’t enough for you, there are also shooting…

Javier Dela Torre was making plans to join the Army when he learned military service would not provide a pathway to citizenship for his mother. Prior immigration violations meant his mother’s case did not qualify for the immigration benefit he believed military service could provide.He decided not to enlist. Whether cases like Dela Torre’s are isolated — or occur often enough to influence military recruitment — is something the Pentagon does not publicly track.Military Times asked the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness whether the department documents immigration-related concerns during the recruitment process. The department did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Immigrants and noncitizens have long served in the military, with Blue Star Families reporting one in 10 service members belongs to a recently immigrated family. Recruiters, attorneys and military-family advocates say immigration questions continue to arise in conversations about military service, but recent searches revealed no publicly available DoD assessments addressing whether such concerns influence recruitment. Speaking on background because they were not authorized to discuss recruiting conversations publicly, military talent acquisition specialists in Texas said they run into situations involving prospective recruits from immigrant families several times a week.Those conversations often…