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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The early-morning arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro sent shockwaves around the world, marking the most consequential move by the United States in its war against the dictator’s notorious “Cartel of the Suns.” Maduro was indicted alongside his wife, Cilia Flores, son and three alleged co-conspirators with federal gun and narcotics trafficking charges. The case, which mirrors original charges filed in the Southern District of New York in 2020, adds charges against Flores and was filed under seal last month. Maduro is facing four charges, including narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine…

NEED TO KNOW A historic synagogue in Mississippi was damaged by a fire overnight, and the incident has officially been ruled as arsonThe fire at Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson broke out at around 3 a.m. local time on Sunday, Jan. 11In September 1967, Ku Klux Klan members bombed the synagogue after its rabbi advocated for integration A historic synagogue in Mississippi, which survived a Ku Klux Klan bombing in 1967, was damaged by a fire overnight in an arson attack. Charles D. Felton Jr., Chief of Fire Investigations for the Jackson Fire Department, confirmed to PEOPLE that units responded…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A suspect was in custody Saturday after an apparent arson attack set a Mississippi synagogue ablaze, destroying Torahs and prompting an investigation involving the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force.The blaze broke out shortly after 3 a.m. at Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, the state’s largest synagogue. No congregants were injured, officials said.Photos from the scene showed severe damage to an administrative office and the synagogue’s library, where several Torahs were destroyed or damaged.Jackson Mayor John Horhn confirmed that a person was taken into custody following an investigation that also included…

NEED TO KNOW An 11-year-old girl was shot in the head in the parking lot of an Antioch, Calif., apartment complex on Jan. 5The girl’s father recalled the heartbreaking words she told him after the shooting, as she began to lose her visionPolice have identified the shooting suspect as 23-year-old Ryan Hardy, who remains at large A father is recalling the heartbreaking words his young daughter said after she was shot in the head. The 11-year-old girl, whose name has not been shared publicly by authorities, was shot in the head while sitting in her family’s car in the parking…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Laura Greenberg was a journalist determined to understand why people kill. In her search for answers, she befriended a long-forgotten serial killer behind bars. As he described his crimes, her sense of reality began to unravel.Greenberg’s unsettling bond with Doug Gretzler — who, along with accomplice Willie Steelman, killed 17 people, including two children — continues to haunt her decades later. Her search for understanding is the focus of Oxygen’s new true-crime documentary, “Charmed by the Devil.”The film explores how Greenberg visited Gretzler 350 times, exchanged hundreds of letters and recorded more…

NEED TO KNOW Michael David McKee, who is accused of murdering his ex-wife, Monique Tepe, and her dentist husband, Spencer Tepe, allegedly killed the couple just weeks after their fifth wedding anniversaryThe late couple, who were found slain in their Ohio home on Dec. 30, met online and tied the knot on Dec. 13, 2020“Spencer and Monique were the life of the party, holding many family and friend gatherings … They were generous with kind hearts,” their obituary read The murders of an Ohio dentist and his wife occurred days after their fifth wedding anniversary.  After Spencer and Monique Tepe…

The start of 2026 delivered an immediate data point confirming what much of the firearms industry expected: suppressor demand is accelerating rapidly. On Friday, the National Shooting Sports Foundation confirmed that ATF processed more than 150,000 eForms on January 1. On a normal day, ATF processes roughly 2,500. The spike followed the elimination of the $200 federal tax stamp on suppressors and short-barreled firearms, which officially took effect at the beginning of the year. That response underscores how much the tax stamp, not demand, had been suppressing the market. Tax Removal Triggers Demand Surge Suppressor demand was already accelerating in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Investigators followed a critical clue that led to the arrest of the Chicago doctor suspected in the killings of his ex-wife and her dentist husband in Ohio.Michael David McKee, 39, was arrested in connection with the double murder of Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39, who were found dead at their Weinland Park home around 10 a.m. Dec. 30, officials have said.McKee was arrested in the Chicago area after detectives tracked his vehicle through neighborhood surveillance near the couple’s home, according to court documents.McKee’s car “arrived just prior to the homicides…

NEED TO KNOW Michael David McKee has been charged with murder in connection with the killings of Ohio dentist Spencer Tepe and his wife, Monique TepeMcKee is the ex-husband of MoniqueThe couple was found fatally shot in their home on Dec. 30 After an Ohio couple was found slain in their home, the ex-husband of the woman killed has been charged with murder. Monique and Spencer Tepe were found fatally shot in Columbus, Ohio, on Dec. 30. The couple’s two young children were found physically unharmed and have since been in the care of extended family. Michael David McKee was…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! There seems to be a bit of confusion in our society of late about what “civil disobedience” is and what it isn’t. Last week, this very confusion got 37-year-old Renee Good killed.Political protest in the form of civil disobedience has a long and very proud tradition, from Mahatma Gandhi nonviolently defying the British in India, to our own Martin Luther King Jr. penning his eloquence from a Birmingham jail cell.There is a stoic dignity to this practice, which in and of itself grants the words of its practitioners a gravity and profound…