NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Despite Minnesota’s fraud scandal exploding onto the national scene and costing taxpayers billions, there are growing concerns that the state has still not done what’s necessary to root out the problem.”We have not slowed down, there is no sense in which the fraud has been stopped in Minnesota,” Bill Glahn, a policy fellow at the Center of the American Experiment, told Fox News Digital.Glahn has been warning on social media that Minnesota’s rapid growth in provisional assisted-living licenses, most for small facilities, may be outpacing state oversight. In a recent article, Glahn…

Former NBA player Royce White brought his WNBA Draft campaign directly to an arena Friday night, just days after Enes Kanter Freedom was thrown out of a game. Both White and Freedom have declared for the next WNBA Draft as males.White attended the Indiana Fever’s game against the Connecticut Sun at Gainbridge Fieldhouse wearing a long blonde wig, as seen in photos and video obtained by OutKick.The former first-round NBA pick could be seen inside the arena wearing the wig as the Fever prepared to take on Connecticut. He was greeted with a friendly welcome by fans, as multiple people…

We take a quick look at 7.63 Mauser, a very early automatic pistol cartridge.The 7.63 Mauser cartridge (aka .30 Mauser or 7.63x25mm) was developed by German gun designer Hugo Borchardt for the first successful commercial, automatic pistol of the same name. The Borchardt pistol was made by Ludwig Loewe & Co. (later DWM) of Berlin, Germany. Both the pistol and cartridge were introduced in 1893.The Borchardt automatic pistol was later redesigned, emerging as the well-known Luger pistol. This cartridge was adopted by Paul Mauser for his famous Model 1896 pistol, though with increased power for his more rugged design. It…

The America First Policy Institute has launched an investigation into Enes Kanter Freedom’s removal from a Chicago Sky game and his subsequent ban from Wintrust Arena.AFPI filed a six-page public-records request Friday with the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, the government entity that owns the arena. The request was submitted on Freedom’s behalf under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.”Enes Freedom exercised his constitutional right as an American when he attended the WNBA game in Chicago,” AFPI chief legal affairs officer Leigh Ann O’Neill said in a statement. “Today, we launched an investigation, seeking critical documents that will assist in…

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Chris Sale, the 2024 National League Cy Young Award winner, had thrown 97 pitches through eight innings Thursday when he walked the length of the Atlanta Braves’ dugout, found manager Walt Weiss and made his intentions clear.”This is mine,” Sale declared.The left-hander needed just 12 more pitches to record the final three outs and complete a 1-0 shutout of the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers in Atlanta. The victory capped a three-game sweep for the NL East-leading Braves, who beat Los Angeles by one run in each game.At 37, Sale’s standout performance Thursday offered another reminder that he remains…

The Cincinnati Reds’ clubhouse was in a celebratory mood after a 10-8 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.The Cubs, however, had little to celebrate after their bullpen struggled to contain Cincinnati’s late-inning surge.Much of the postgame conversation centered on home plate umpire Bill Miller and a game he will likely want to forget. Miller went 0-for-8 on automated ball-strike system challenges, with every challenged call overturned. The Cubs won five challenges, while the Reds won the remaining three.BASEBALL IS CHANGING FOREVER WITH ROBOT UMP CHALLENGESThe game’s first overturned call came relatively early in the matinée, when Miller initially ruled…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to pause funding Thursday for AI-powered Flock cameras, which have come under scrutiny nationwide amid privacy concerns.Abbott’s office told Fox News Digital that the state was moving to cut off state-agency funding for the cameras, while noting that most funding for them comes from the federal government.”Almost all Flock cameras in Texas are used by cities, and those cities are increasingly canceling their contracts with Flock,” Abbott spokesperson Andrew Mahaleris said in a statement.POWERFUL CRIME-FIGHTING SURVEILLANCE GROWTH SPURS LAWMAKERS TO ISSUE WARNING: ‘ORWELLIAN’ “To the…

The WNBA is gearing up to press the pause button for a couple of weeks so players can compete in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, and before they could head to the tournament or on vacation, the Indiana Fever had a date with the Connecticut Sun.Caitlin Clark and company came into the game looking to continue their momentum after a 113-90 win over the Chicago Sky on Sunday, while the Sun were hoping to take what would be just their 11th win of the season.However, despite the rough season, Connecticut came out firing on all cylinders, taking a 28-19…

As reunions go, Tua Tagovailoa’s return to South Florida as an Atlanta Falcon against his former Miami Dolphins teammates was not exactly a happy one.Dysfunctional is a better word for it.For six seasons, Tagovailoa and the Dolphins tried to make it work. They failed.DOLPHINS NOT GOING TO ‘THROW IN THE TOWEL AND JUST REBUILD’ BUT THAT COMES WITH HIGHER EXPECTATIONS Tagovailoa was set back by some coaches who didn’t like him and injuries that too often overshadowed him, so he never reached his goal of becoming the face of the franchise.And the Dolphins never came close to reaching the championship…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A wanted California man who twice escaped officers by running onto a freeway apparently ran out of luck when he unexpectedly walked into a Panda Express where the same officers were eating lunch, police said.Two attempts. Two escapes onto the freeway. Then came an unexpected third encounter.Officers with the Monrovia Police Department recognized the man when he entered the restaurant and quickly arrested him, ending a month long effort to take him into custody on a no-bail felony probation warrant.WATCH: FELONY SUSPECT’S OCEAN GETAWAY UNRAVELS AFTER 90-MINUTE STANDOFF WITH LIFEGUARDS Body camera…

Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Detroit Tigers that brought aboard two-time Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal.Now, just weeks later, the Dodgers rolled into Motor City, and guess who got the start?… Yes, Tarik Skubal.TARIK SKUBAL SAYS HE WAS EMOTIONAL LEAVING DETROIT TIGERS FOR LA DODGERS, WOULD LOVE TO RETURN: ‘I’M CRYING’Outfielder Zyhir Hope and right-handed pitchers Brady Smith and River Ryan went the other way in the deal.Skubal’s return to Detroit came at an interesting time as the NL West leaders came into the evening fresh off of three-straight losses to…