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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than two years after Illinois eliminated cash bail under the SAFE-T Act, statewide crime data shows no increase in violent crime, but law enforcement leaders in rural parts of the state say the reform has created new public safety and addiction-treatment challenges that statistics alone do not capture.The Illinois SAFE-T (Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today) Act was passed in January 2021 and signed by Gov. JB Pritzker the following month. Its most controversial provision, the end of cash bail under the Pretrial Fairness Act, took effect Sept. 18, 2023, after the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! At a time when principles are tested and passions run high, we have to return to the heart of what America stands for. It’s not just about who raises a flag, but who upholds the values of generosity, unity and a shared future. In the end, the question is about the soul of our nation. Who stands with America’s deepest ideals, and who does not? I came to America chasing a basketball dream, but I stayed because I found something far greater: freedom. As a Muslim and a legal immigrant, I came to the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nicolás Maduro, the former far-left leader of Venezuela captured in a U.S. special forces operation over the weekend along with his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in court Monday on federal narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and firearms charges.The case has drawn comparisons to the similar downfall of Panama dictator Manuel Noriega in the 1980s and appears to illustrate a reorganization of American foreign policy priorities in President Donald Trump’s second term.Maduro and Flores both pleaded not guilty in a federal court Monday and waived their rights to a speedy trial until at least mid-March,…

NEED TO KNOW Rayfield Ruffin, 73, and his wife Frances Ruffin, 67, were found dead by police responding to reports of an assault at their residenceTheir grandson, Martinez Corvell Ruffin, has been arrested on murder chargesRayfield was charged last year with violating storage of a firearm to protect a minor after his great-grandson Karter River Rosenboro was killed in an accidental shooting by the child’s brother An elderly North Carolina couple were found dead in their home a year after their great-grandchild was fatally shot by the child’s brother at the same residence. Authorities responding to a report of injuries…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Three things were said in the aftermath of the remarkable”Operation Absolute Resolve,” mounted by the American military, which resulted in the arrest in Venezuela and removal to a Brooklyn jail of dictator Nicholas Maduro and his wife in the early morning hours of Saturday which deserve particular attention.During the press conference that morning, after President Donald Trump had announced the stunning success of the American military’s actions, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said: “President Trump doesn’t play games.”In the course of the press conference that followed, President Trump declared at one point,…

NEED TO KNOW The Arizona Supreme Court and several surrounding buildings were evacuated on Monday, Jan. 5 The evacuation was prompted by a suspicious package found nearby that contained “multiple vials” of “homemade explosives”There were no injuries reported and the case remains under investigation, with no suspect publicly identified yet The Arizona Supreme Court and several surrounding buildings were evacuated when a suspicious package containing “homemade explosives” was found nearby. At around 8 a.m. local time on Monday, Jan. 5, the Arizona Department of Public Safety was notified of the package and tested its contents, determining that the package contained…

NEED TO KNOW Spencer Tepe and Monique Tepe were killed in their Columbus, Ohio, home on Dec. 30Police responding to wellness checks for the couple found their bodies. The couple’s two young children were also in the home, physically unharmedOn Monday, Jan. 5, the Columbus Division of Police released footage of a person of interest walking in an alley near the family’s home during the suspected hours the killings occurred The Columbus Division of Police has released footage of the person of interest in the December killings of Spencer Tepe and his wife, Monique Tepe. Officers in Columbus, Ohio, responding to…

NEED TO KNOW Nick Reiner is off suicide watch and is still being held in confinement at Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles, per a Los Angeles County sheriff sourceNick has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, with special allegation of using a knifeDoctors and mental health professionals have determined that Nick has a “mental disability,” a sheriff source tells PEOPLE Nick Reiner is no longer on suicide watch at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown Los Angeles, PEOPLE can exclusively confirm,…

NEED TO KNOW Gracey Adams, 25, was found fatally shot in a Nashville home on Saturday, Jan. 3On Sunday, Jan. 4, her girlfriend, Sarah Stacey, 29, “implicated herself in the case” during a police interview and was charged with criminal homicide, the Nashville Police Department saidAdams’ step-father, Chip McClure, said, “Her legacy and that light are going to burn forever” A woman was allegedly shot and killed by her girlfriend in Nashville on Saturday, Jan. 3. That morning, Gracey Adams, 25, was found dead in a bedroom in a Nashville home on Kingview Drive, the Nashville Police Department shared in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro was “not just about drugs,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in her first interview about the military operation on “Hannity” Monday.Maduro and other defendants could face charges in other places, Bondi said.”Nothing is off the table,” Bondi told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “These people must remain behind bars. They are responsible for the loss of so many lives, and these aren’t street-level drug dealers. They are narco-traffickers.”On Monday, Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism and other charges in federal…