Author: Jack Bogart

NEED TO KNOW Luke Truesdell was convicted of killing four people with a metal pipe in 2024He was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder on Monday, Nov. 17Truesdell was reportedly high on methamphetamine at the time of the murders An Iowa man who beat four people to death with a metal pipe was convicted on multiple counts of murder. Luke Truesdell was found guilty on three counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder on Monday, Nov. 17, according to reports from KCRG, the Des Moines Register and KGAN. In…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Police reported that three victims with gunshot wounds have been transported to a local hospital after a shooting at Westfield Valley Fair Mall in San Jose, California appeared to take advantage of the Black Friday crowds.”Officers are still diligently clearing the mall,” the San Jose Police Department wrote on X. “In total, 3 victims were transported to local hospitals with injuries that have been determined to be non-life threatening. Please continue to avoid the area.”Police said the “shooting appears to be an isolated incident and NOT an active shooter.”Officials added that officers…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday that it has halted all asylum decisions following the shooting in Washington, D.C., in which an Afghan national was accused of shooting two National Guard members, including one who died from her injuries.USCIS Director Joseph B. Edlow said the asylum decisions would be suspended “until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible.””The safety of the American people always comes first,” he wrote on X.The pause comes amid a broader immigration crackdown signaled by President…

NEED TO KNOW A gym teacher in Florida allegedly sent inappropriate content to a teenage studentYezmar Angeanis Ramos-Figueroa, 22, has been charged with distributing obscene material to a minor and transmitting harmful material to a minorShe committed the alleged crimes while working as a physical education teacher at Central Pointe Christian Academy A Florida gym teacher is facing multiple charges after she allegedly sent inappropriate content to a teenage student. Yezmar Angeanis Ramos-Figueroa, 22, was taken into police custody by detectives from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) on Wednesday, Nov. 26, authorities said in a news release shared on…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE — The father of Staff Sgt. Darin “Taylor” Hoover — one of the 13 U.S. service members killed in the Abbey Gate bombing during the chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan — is blasting the former Biden administration after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guardsmen just blocks from the White House.Hoover gave Fox News Digital a new, forceful statement on Wednesday’s shooting, saying the incident was the direct result of the administration’s failed vetting of Afghan evacuees.”This is on the feckless Biden administration,” Hoover said of the shooting. “We had…

NEED TO KNOW Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, one of two U.S. National Guard members who were shot in Washington, D.C., has died, President Donald Trump announcedBeckstrom and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, who remains in critical condition, were ambushed by a gunman near the White House on Wednesday, Nov. 26The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, is an Afghan national who previously worked with the CIA U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, one of two National Guard members who were shot in an ambush near the White House, has died. President Donald Trump, speaking during his Thanksgiving call to troops, said he had been informed that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Police reported that three victims with gunshot wounds have been transported to a local hospital after a shooting at Westfield Valley Fair Mall in San Jose, California appeared to take advantage of the Black Friday crowds.”Officers are still diligently clearing the mall,” the San Jose Police Department wrote on X. “In total, 3 victims were transported to local hospitals with injuries that have been determined to be non-life threatening. Please continue to avoid the area.”Police said the “shooting appears to be an isolated incident and NOT an active shooter.”Officials added that officers…

NEED TO KNOW The escape occurred this week at the Maison d’arrêt de DijonThe inmates are 19 and 32 and were being held in separate violent-crime casesStaff and unions said they had warned for months about saw blades and a potential breakout amid overcrowding and underfunding Two inmates in France escaped custody after allegedly sawing through the bars of their cells and using bed sheets to get out of the building before dawn, according to multiple news reports. The escape occurred this week at the Maison d’arrêt de Dijon, the main detention facility in the eastern French city of Dijon,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Utah man who had his execution blocked after developing dementia during his nearly 40 years on death row died of apparent natural causes, according to the state’s Department of Corrections.Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, died Wednesday.The state Supreme Court in August blocked his execution scheduled for Sept. 5 after his attorneys successfully argued that his dementia had become too severe. A new competency hearing to reevaluate his mental state was set for next month.He was sentenced to die by firing squad for his conviction in the abduction and killing of Maurine Hunsaker,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of State has paused all visas for individuals traveling on Afghan passports after an attack in Washington, D.C., Wednesday targeting National Guard members.Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, an Afghan national, was charged with first-degree murder among other counts related to the ambush, which has since claimed the life of West Virginia National Guard Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and critically wounded U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24.Lakanwal was vetted by the CIA in Afghanistan and granted final asylum approval under President Donald Trump’s administration earlier this year, multiple sources told Fox…