Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Social media companies have removed access to millions of accounts belonging to children in Australia in the first month since the country’s historic ban took effect, requiring platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok to identify and deactivate users under the age 16.Access was revoked for roughly 4.7 million users, according to Australian officials, who on Friday touted the early success of the law, which was enacted in mid-December amid fears surrounding the impact of online environments on young people.”Today, we can announce that this is working,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said…

The morning of May 19, 1992, felt like any other for Mary Jo Buttafuoco. “I got the kids off to school, I cleaned the kitchen, I made the beds, I did all the mom stuff. And my plan that day was to paint in the backyard,” says the Long Island mother of two. Now a 70-year-old grandmother living in California, she can recall details of the day that changed her life like it was yesterday, rather than 33 years ago. What happened next — her then-husband Joey Buttafuoco’s 17-year-old mistress Amy Fisher showing up at her door and shooting her…

NEED TO KNOW An 11-year-old boy allegedly shot and killed his father Douglas Dietz on Tuesday, Jan. 13The boy is believed to have shot his father after his dad took away his Nintendo SwitchThe boy has been charged with criminal homicide and is being held without bail An 11-year-old boy allegedly shot and killed his father after his dad took away his Nintendo Switch. The boy, who lives in Duncannon Borough in Perry County, Penn., allegedly shot and killed his father Douglas Dietz after his dad, 42, took away his son’s Nintendo Switch on Tuesday, Jan. 13, local outlet WGAL…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One of Iran’s most senior officials issued a direct threat against President Donald Trump Thursday while warning that U.S. military action would provoke retaliation against American forces across the Middle East, according to Iranian media reports.The remarks came as well-placed sources confirmed to Fox News Digital at least one American aircraft carrier was being repositioned toward the Middle East amid rising tensions with Tehran.Senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) general Mohsen Rezaei, a member of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, reportedly made his threat during a public address.”Trump has said his hand is…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Just weeks before a federal jury is scheduled to hear allegations of a two-decade sex trafficking scheme, federal prosecutors have expanded their case against the Alexander brothers, charging two of them with sexually abusing a woman who prosecutors say was physically incapable of saying no.According to a newly filed superseding indictment, twin brothers Oren and Alon Alexander are accused of committing the assault in January 2012 aboard a Bahamian-flagged cruise ship that departed from and returned to the United States, a charge added as all three brothers remain in custody awaiting trial…

NEED TO KNOW Actor and director Timothy Busfield has surrenderedHe faces two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse, according to a copy of the arrest warrant obtained by PEOPLEThe abuse allegedly took place on the set of the FOX series, The Cleaning Lady Actor Timothy Busfield has surrendered. The actor, who is married to Melissa Gilbert and best known for his role as Danny Concannon on The West Wing, surrendered to police on Tuesday, Jan. 13, PEOPLE has confirmed. “Timothy Busfield has turned himself in at the Metro Detention Center. He will be booked…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Massachusetts woman is suing the town of Hopkinton, alleging officials negligently approved a criminal immigrant with a history of workplace sexual violence to operate a business where he later assaulted the plaintiff when she was 16 years old.  The lawsuit, transferred to federal court Jan. 5, names Greek national Petros “Peter” Sismanis, who is in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. According to court documents, Sismanis was convicted in June 2025 for the 2023 sexual assault of the plaintiff while she worked at Hillers Pizza.The complaint also notes that Sismanis was previously…

NEED TO KNOW Michael McKee is accused of medical malpractice in an amended complaint filed by a man in Las Vegas on Sept. 29, 2025 — but he could not be served papers because he allegedly “just disappeared,” per an affidavitThree months after that complaint was filed, McKee’s ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer were killed inside their Columbus, Ohio home as their two young children sleptMcKee, 39, is now in an Illinois jail awaiting extradition to Ohio after being accused of murdering the couple more than 8 years after he and Monique divorced Three months before the deaths…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man accused of killing another passenger in a weekend stabbing on a Chicago train allegedly recorded the attack and its aftermath on his cellphone, according to prosecutors.FOX 32 Chicago reported that 40-year-old Demetrius Thurman is charged with murder in the stabbing death of 37-year-old Dominique Pollion, who was sleeping on a Blue Line train early Saturday morning when the attack occurred.Court records reviewed by the station show Pollion had been asleep in the train car for nearly an hour without interacting with Thurman, and prosecutors said the men did not know…

NEED TO KNOW Christopher Thomas Collins is charged with sexual exploitation of a minor after investigators said his wife allegedly discovered recordings of a teenage babysitter in their bathroomOfficers said the wife was holding his phone while he underwent a medical procedure and searched it because she thought he was cheating, local outlets reportedPolice accused Collins of setting up hidden cameras in his home A Tennessee man who asked his wife to hold his phone while undergoing a medical procedure has been criminally charged after she allegedly found videos of a teenage babysitter in their bathroom, police have said. Christopher…