Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A jury has deadlocked in the murder trial of a Fairfield, Connecticut high school lacrosse player who was killed during a booze-fueled brawl between students during a house party in May 2022, signifying good news for the defense, one expert said.Raul Valle, now 20, is waiting to learn his fate after he allegedly stabbed James “Jimmy” McGrath, a 17-year-old Fairfield College Preparatory School athlete, to death at a house party. Valle was charged with one count of murder and two counts of first-degree assault. He was 16 at the time of McGrath’s stabbing…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In June, the fragility of our food supply was exposed when foreign nationals, including a member of the Chinese Communist Party, were charged with smuggling a noxious fungus into the United States. Experts describe it as a potential agroterrorism weapon and responsible for billions in annual losses around the world. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the two foreign nationals planned on using a University of Michigan laboratory to further their scheme involving the biological pathogen that causes crop disease and is harmful to human health. This is just one example of…

NEED TO KNOW David Anderson, 52, kidnapped a 14-year-old girl on Nov. 2, 2022, holding her at gunpoint as he bound and blindfolded his victim, according to court documentsHe then drove the victim to a remote area and dragged her into the woods, where he sexually assaulted her before unloading a round of bullets from his gunThe young girl managed to survive after chewing through the duct tape restraining her wrists, making her way out of the woods and flagging down a motorist A convicted sex offender in Alaska will spend the rest of his life behind bars after one…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! South Carolina authorities have identified the two 23-year-old victims of a fatal boating crash that occurred on Lake Greenwood in Laurens County on July 6.The Laurens County Coroner’s Office identified the two deceased victims as Thomas Chandler Davis and Abby Katherine Davis, a young couple who attended Clemson University together, as FOX Carolina first reported.”On June 6, officers and investigators responded to a boating collision on Lake Greenwood involving two vessels. According to initial reports, an Alumacraft boat carrying five individuals was struck from behind by a Yamaha boat with two individuals…

NEED TO KNOW Kyler Rattray, 20, was charged with murder in connection with the death of 39-year-old Fortune GomoGomo was a PhD graduate and devoted mother who worked for a water supply company in Dundee, ScotlandShe was pronounced dead at the scene at about 4:25 p.m. on Saturday, July 5 A man from Scotland is accused of killing a scientist who was found injured on a street in Dundee. Kyler Rattray, 20, was charged with murder in connection with the death of 39-year-old Fortune Gomo, a PhD graduate from Dundee University and devoted mother who worked for a water supplier…

NEED TO KNOW A man has been stabbed in California after a fight broke out while a group were waiting in line to buy Pokémon cards, police have saidThe incident occurred at a GameStop located in Colma on the morning of Saturday, July 5Two suspects have been arrested after the victim suffered “life-threatening” injuries in the attack, police confirmed. He’s now in stable condition Two men have been arrested in California after an argument broke out while they were waiting in line to buy Pokémon cards, police have said. On Saturday, July 5 at approximately 9:22 a.m. local time, Colma…

NEED TO KNOW On June 4, 1960, three teens were brutally killed while camping at Finland’s Lake Bodom The only survivor, Nils Gustafsson — found unconscious at the scene with a broken jaw, fractured cheekbones and a concussion — was charged in his friend’s murders 44 years laterHe was acquitted in 2005 — the killer has never been found The killer struck as they slept, stabbing through canvas and leaving the ripped walls of their tent soaked with blood. By morning, three Finnish teenagers were dead beside Lake Bodom, the lone survivor was barely conscious — and the assailant had vanished. …

NEED TO KNOW On Sunday, July 6, Taj Taylor, 27, was arrested after he allegedly told a passenger during a flight that his laptop was a bombThe Allegiant flight heading to Virginia was forced to make an emergency landing back in Florida after the threats were allegedly made Taylor faces up to five years in prison and a fine of $25,000 for the incident A man is under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation after he allegedly told a passenger during a flight that his laptop was a bomb. At approximately 2:03 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, deputies responded…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A counterterrorism expert says that Iranian sleeper cells may be hiding “in plain sight,” waiting to strike rural areas in America.Following strikes by the U.S. military on several Iranian nuclear sites on June 22, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin, stating there’s a heightened risk for Iranian-backed or domestic terrorism.”The likelihood of violent extremists in the Homeland independently mobilizing to violence in response to the conflict would likely increase if Iranian leadership issued a religious ruling calling for retaliatory violence against targets in the Homeland,”…

NEED TO KNOW Marissa DiNapoli was reported missing after last contacting her family on June 28. Her body was discovered on July 2Martin Mendoza, DiNapoli’s ex-boyfriend, was arrested at the California–Mexico border and has been charged with murderDiNapoli’s family has asked for privacy and encouraged support through prayers Last week, police found the body of an 18-year-old woman reported missing in California — and her ex-boyfriend, who was suspected of murder, was just arrested in connection with her death.  Marissa DiNapoli was last heard from by her family through text on June 28, at 9:16 p.m. She told family members…