Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It would be easy to end this year discouraged. From campus unrest to ideological extremes at some of the most prestigious universities in America, 2025 gave us more than enough to lament. But as a university president, and as we approach this season of Christmas, a time marked by reflection, renewal and hope, I believe the full story of higher education this year was not just about collapse. It was also about conviction. This was a year when students spoke up. Parents got involved. Christian leaders stayed the course. And across the country,…

NEED TO KNOW As a teenager in the 1960s in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Golden State Killer Joseph James DeAngelo often biked or drove his Chevy Bel-Air around the neighborhoods looking for easy targets to burglarizeOne day, he came face to face with a German Shepherd, according to Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho“[DeAngelo] backed up, scared of the dog, and he fell down and hurt his wrist,” Ho tells PEOPLE. “And he was so angry that he took out a Cherry Bomb M-80 firecracker, lit it up and threw it underneath the dog and the dog blew up and got caught…

NEED TO KNOW Elleshia Anne Seymour has been accused of abducting her children, who are between the ages of 3 and 11She allegedly said she took them due to “end times” comingOne of their fathers, Kendall Seymour, created a GoFundMe to raise money to pick up the kids “wherever they are found” and for their therapy ”because of this traumatic experience” A Utah mother of four has been accused of abducting her children allegedly because she feared that “end times” were coming. Elleshia Anne Seymour, 35, has been charged with four counts of custodial interference and removing a child from…

NEED TO KNOW A woman in Brazil has died following a nearly month-long coma after a man she knew allegedly struck her with a car and dragged her along a highway31-year-old Taynara Souza Santos, who was the mother of a 12-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl, died on Christmas EvePolice said she was struck by a car driven by Douglas Alves da Silva, 26, on Nov. 29 and dragged onto a nearby highway while she was walking down the street A woman in Brazil has died following a nearly month-long coma, during which both of her legs were amputated, after…

NEED TO KNOW A teen is accused of shooting his parents on Dec. 26 while his younger siblings were inside the family’s Pennsylvania homeJarrod Noll, 18, was arrested in West Virginia one day later on Dec. 27, following a massive manhunt involving helicopters and search dogsHis mother was pronounced dead at a local hospital, and his father was hospitalized but later released in “stable condition” A Pennsylvania teen is accused of shooting his parents — resulting in the death of his mother — just one day after Christmas. Officers responded to a report of a shooting involving two victims at…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Hamas is rebuilding a new Gaza terror apparatus and using the ceasefire with Israel to boost its military, restore a problematic leadership structure and recruit a new generation of teenage fighters, according to a leading national security analyst.Professor Kobi Michael, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies and the Misgav Institute, told Fox News Digital that the pause in fighting has given Hamas breathing room to regroup.”Everything that is happening will continue happening as long as Hamas continues to effectively control the western part of the Gaza Strip,” Michael…

NEED TO KNOW Diane Grovola allegedly stabbed her 23-year-old daughter to death at their Upper Darby Township, Pa., home on Dec. 23The victim’s dad came home from work to find his unresponsive daughter and his wife holding a knife, per a criminal complaintDiane then reportedly made a shocking confession to the dad, who called 911 and fled the scene After a Pennsylvania dad came home to a grisly sight, his wife allegedly uttered a haunting confession. In the early hours of Tuesday, Dec. 23, 23-year-old Daniele Grovola was stabbed to death in Upper Darby Township, Pa., police announced on social…

NEED TO KNOW Adam Henry, 15, died after being stabbed in London on Dec. 9Abdel Derdour, 22, and Tsidi Winion, 20, are both facing murder charges in connection to the stabbing incidentDerdour was arrested following a two-week manhunt A teen boy was killed in a “senseless” stabbing in London. Adam Henry, 15, died following a stabbing in London’s Islington borough on Dec. 9 at 1:00 p.m. Now, two men have been charged with murder, the Metropolitan Police said in a Dec. 28 news release. On Dec. 15, 20-year-old Tsidi Winion was charged with murder and possession of an offensive weapon. He will…

NEED TO KNOW Chad Ollinger, the Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch alum, faces a murder charge after his cellmate died at their Las Vegas jailOllinger was previously arrested for evading arrest in November 2024 and again for driving with an invalid license with previous convictions in FebruaryChad is the son of Blind Frog Ranch owner Duane Ollinger Chad Ollinger is facing a murder charge after his cellmate was found dead inside a Las Vegas jail.  According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), the Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch alum, 41, was taken into custody after corrections officers discovered…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Saturday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested some of the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal immigrants on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.While many Americans spent the holidays with their loved ones, ICE agents put “their lives on the line” to track down and arrest “gang members, murderers, drug traffickers, and violent thugs,” according to DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin.”While families across the country joined together for Christmas celebrations, ICE continued delivering the American people the greatest gift of all: getting criminals out of…