NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The USMNT and Paraguay kicked off at 9 p.m. ET from Los Angeles Stadium. The USMNT, coached by Mauricio Pochettino, enters Friday at the No. 17 spot in the FIFA World Rankings.The United States’ World Cup bid got off to a dream start when Paraguay’s Damián Bobadilla scored an own goal in the sixth minute, giving the Americans an early lead in the highly anticipated group stage matchup.WATCH THE WORLD CUP FINAL ON FOX ONE Fans inside the packed stadium in Inglewood, California, roared as the USMNT seized an early advantage.Folarin Balogun doubled the United States’ lead in the 30th minute. The New York native celebrated enthusiastically with his teammates after scoring his first World Cup goal, a milestone moment in his international career.FOX ONE’S NEW WORLD CUP VIEWING EXPERIENCEBalogun’s strike gave the U.S. a two-goal cushion in the 30th minute, the third-fastest the Americans have reached that mark in a World Cup match. The only time Team USA managed to put the ball in the net sooner was in 2002 against Portugal (29th minute) and in a 1930 meeting with Paraguay (15th minute). Balogun struck again just before halftime, extending the…

There’s about to be a lot of focus on soccer for the next month, what with the World Cup getting underway, but MLB is scoring itself some heat by bringing some serious heat.How does the fastest pitch ever thrown by a starter sound?Well, we got it, and it came courtesy of Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski and that cannon he calls his right arm.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The Brewers hosted the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, and at the top of the first inning, Misiorowski came up against Phillies leadoff hitter Kyle Schwarber.The 2-2 pitch seemed to just catch the lower outside corner of the strike zone, with Schwarber getting a piece of it on a check swing, which was snagged and held onto by catcher William Contreras.While Schwarber went ahead and started arguing about the call, everyone else’s attention was preoccupied by the pitch’s speed.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!No, your eyes do not deceive you.The scorebug did, in fact, read 105 mph.However, the pitch was officially 104.5 mph, which was the fastest pitch ever thrown by a starting pitcher.As hard as it was, though, there’s a good…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge ruled on Friday that she has no authority to reinstate a park ranger who was fired from Yosemite last summer after flying a trans pride flag on their day off.Shannon “SJ” Joslin, who identifies as nonbinary, sued the Department of the Interior, which includes the National Park Service, earlier this year after being fired for hanging the flag across the park’s El Capitan rock formation in California last year.The former ranger in their lawsuit asked the Biden-appointed judge to reinstate Joslin and to keep the government from launching a criminal investigation.WYOMING LIBRARY DIRECTOR RECEIVES $700K SETTLEMENT FOLLOWING LGBTQ BOOKS DISPUTE FIRING Joslin had argued in the lawsuit that the government had “enforced its rules selectively based on the message that the pride flag sends,” and that Joslin’s firing was “vindictive, retaliatory, [and] intended to communicate disapproval of a particular point of view.”U.S. District Judge Jennifer Thurston wrote in her ruling obtained by Fox News Digital: “The government claims for its part that Joslin was fired for reasons that had ‘nothing to do’ with “speech,” adding, “But the government has another more fundamental and more persuasive point: under the laws that Congress…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Justin Baldoni’s lawyer issued a scathing statement after a judge ruled that Blake Lively was entitled to recover attorney and litigation fees.Judge Lewis J. Liman said in a written decision that Lively can recover legal fees and costs related to her defense against a countersuit Baldoni brought against her after she sued him in December 2024. The judge rejected her claims to triple any damages and pursue punitive damages.On Friday, Bryan Freedman shared a statement with Fox News Digital, stating that Lively “failed” in her attempt to sue Baldoni for sexual harassment.”We fought and won against a coordinated effort built on allegations of sexual harassment, retaliation, and a smear campaign that never happened. Ms. Lively demanded over 300 million in fees and damages, had 10 of her 13 claims dismissed, she then chose to settle and received nothing,” Freedman began. “Notwithstanding that all of her sexual harassment and defamation claims were thrown out by the court, Ms. Lively then pivoted to exploit a California law that was established to protect real victims in what proved to be a fruitless mission to obtain damages. Once again, she failed,” he continued.BLAKE LIVELY BREAKS SILENCE…

There’s no wrong way to celebrate Independence Day as long as you’re celebrating the United States of America… but let’s be real: some ways are cooler than others.It looks like MLB may have just dropped one of its coolest collaborations yet, especially if you’re a sports fan, a fan of the baseball classic “The Sandlot,” or both.And I’d like to think that most people fall into the “both” camp.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! MLB announced that a handful of drive-in theaters — yes, some of them still exist — will be playing the 1993 classic “The Sandlot.”The film will be shown at drive-ins in Vineland, New Jersey; McHenry, Illinois; Blue Ridge, Georgia; and Paramount, California.That’s awesome. A drive-in movie theater is such a great slice of Americana.But, there’s more.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEIn addition to some “Ballpark Bites” and food trucks, this is actually a double feature, as each theater’s hometown Big League team’s game that night will be shown at the drive-in.And, if you still weren’t convinced that this is peak Independence Day for America’s big 2-5-0, how about some fireworks to top it all off?Yeah, I…

The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter’s readiness rates continued to decline through fiscal 2025, with the fleet’s full mission capable rate falling to 25%, according to a new Government Accountability Office report released Thursday.The mission capable rate, which measures the percentage of time aircraft can perform at least one of their tasked missions, dropped from 67% in fiscal 2021 to 44% in fiscal 2025, GAO found. The full mission capable rate, the share of time aircraft can perform all assigned missions, slid from 38% to 25% over the same period.Air Force officials attributed part of the fiscal 2025 drop to new jets that couldn’t perform their missions because of software delays, along with scarce parts and corrosion problems, according to the report.“The F-35 is DOD’s most costly weapon system, but it hasn’t met performance goals and costs to sustain the aircraft continue to increase,” GAO wrote in a summary accompanying the report.The F-35 Joint Program Office’s answer to the decline in readiness is what the office officially calls the Global Support Solution Reset. The strategy, launched in June 2025, aims for an 80% mission capable rate and a 65% full mission capable rate by 2030. Getting there won’t come…

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge.  After having heard the same line many, many times before – and yet with no result (instead, more often the opposite of sliding into further conflict and escalation) – Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday welcomed the “progress” made between the United States and Iran in indirect negotiations. CNN and other mainstream outlets are reporting on this “hint” that an interim deal is taking shape (again). But given the pattern and track record of such reporting, which has consistently proven premature, elusive, and often downright false, it’s hard not to have cynicism and to see much of this as but crude propaganda aimed at keeping energy prices down. “Both sides welcomed the progress achieved through sustained diplomatic engagement and expressed hope that these efforts will soon lead to a durable understanding and peaceful resolution,” according to Pakistan’s readout of a Foreign Ministry call with the European Union’s chief diplomat. via AFP And yet, the message out of Iran does not suggest positive momentum or the beginnings of any kind of deal taking shape – though it remains that anything is possible (depending on how much either side is willing to ‘give up’ their respective…

The United States continues to live rent-free in Canadians’ heads. That was evident once again moments before Canada’s first World Cup match, when the competing countries were being recognized during the Parade of Nations at Toronto Stadium. When the time came for the United States to be recognized pregame, Canada fans, as they’ve done in many sporting events over the last several years, booed. Great sportsmanship, eh?WATCH THE WORLD CUP FINAL ON FOX ONEAs I said, this is nothing new from our neighbors to the north. During the 4 Nations Face-Off and at numerous NHL games last season, Canadian fans booed the U.S. national anthem.Since then, Canada has lost three Olympic gold medal games to the United States — in men’s hockey, women’s hockey and para ice hockey. And if not for a fortunate deflection off a Bosnia and Herzegovina defender in the 78th minute, Canada would have found itself on the wrong side of the biggest upset of the World Cup so far.Canada’s equalizer would be all they could muster against Bosnia and Herzegovina as the match ended 1-1, making it a disappointing start to their World Cup campaign, especially on home turf.FOX ONE’S NEW WORLD CUP VIEWING EXPERIENCE…

The U.S. Navy announced an expedited recruiting pipeline to bring technology experts into the service to help build innovative products at scale.The service is seeking professionals from the commercial sector and offering them direct commissions as an officer in the Navy Reserve in exchange for their expertise.“This highly skilled unit will also include Navy Reserve sailors who will rapidly field, scale, and secure modern technologies for the global fleet,” the Navy said. “Prospect profiles will range from advanced expertise in quantum information, data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and autonomous and unmanned systems.”Selected candidates can continue to serve in their civilian roles, but must demonstrate experience with open-source projects, patent applications, technology audits or published academic research.RELATEDThe program will also target individuals with experience in software engineering, cybersecurity, and offensive or defensive cyber operations, among other categories.The Navy stood up the Navy Innovation Center in 2022 at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, with the goal of investing in artificial intelligence and machine learning as adversaries ramped up their own explorations of the integral fields.The Marine Corps Reserve’s Marine Innovation Unit was created the same year to find and collaborate with individuals who have the technology skills to…