Author: Jack Bogart

NEED TO KNOW Rusty Yates, the ex-husband of Andrea Yates, hopes one day that she will be released from the Texas mental health facility where she residesAndrea Yates admitted she had drowned her five children — Noah, 7, John, 5, Paul, 3, Luke, 2, and 6-month-old Mary — in the bathtub of their home in the Houston suburb of Clear LakeShe was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison, but the verdict was later reversed, and in July 2006, she was found not guilty by reason of insanity Rusty Yates, the ex-husband of Andrea Yates, hopes one…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENTThe Virginia trial of Brendan Banfield, a former IRS special agent accused of being the mastermind behind a grisly double murder to cover up an affair with his family’s au pair, kicked off Tuesday with his mistress taking the stand to provide an explosive firsthand account of the alleged killings. Banfield is charged with aggravated murder in the February 2023 killings of his wife, Christine Banfield, and Joseph Ryan inside their home in Herndon, Virginia, an affluent suburb of Washington, D.C.Prosecutors allege Banfield spent a month impersonating his wife on a…

NEED TO KNOW Actor Timothy Busfield says in a video that he drove “2,000 miles to Albuquerque” to surrender to police on charges of unlawful sexual conduct with minorsThe video was obtained by TMZ and shows Busfield claiming that the allegations against him are untrue, and that he “got the call Friday night” that an arrest warrant had been issuedBusfield is married to actress Melissa Gilbert and best known for his role as Danny Concannon on The West Wing Actor Timothy Busfield says he drove “2,000 miles to Albuquerque” to surrender to police on charges of unlawful sexual conduct with minors. The actor, 68, surrendered on Tuesday,…

NEED TO KNOW Kiefer Sutherland was arrested on suspicion of making felony criminal threats, the LAPD confirms to PEOPLEThe arrest came after an incident that occurred shortly after midnight in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles Sutherland allegedly physically assaulted a rideshare driver, and was taken into custody at the scene Kiefer Sutherland has been arrested following an incident in Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 1, PEOPLE can confirm. Sutherland, 59, was arrested shortly after midnight when officers responded to the scene near Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Hollywood, according to LAPD officer Kevin Terzes. NBC Los Angeles first…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As I read and watched the coverage coming out of Minneapolis about the tragic shooting of a woman allegedly attempting to run over a federal agent with her vehicle, two things immediately came to me. First, how demonstrators were being stoked, inflamed and used by politicians for self-serving purposes. Second — and far more personal — where was the outrage when my innocent 20-year-old daughter, Katie Abraham, was killed by an illegal alien shielded and protected by Illinois’ sanctuary policies? Katie’s killer was Julio Cucul-Bol. He was using an alias. He is currently being treated for…

NEED TO KNOW Jacob Masters, a resident of Palm Springs, was arrested and charged with attempted murder and resisting an officer on Sunday, Jan. 11Masters allegedly stabbed a man who was hiking on the CV Link trail between Golf Club Drive and Cathedral Canyon Drive on New Year’s Eve 2025Palm Springs Police say the attack appeared “unprovoked” and was not a robbery A suspect was arrested in connection with the stabbing of a hiker on New Year’s Eve in Palm Springs, Calif. The stabbing occurred at 11:30 a.m. local time on Dec. 31, 2025, when the victim, who remains unidentified,…

NEED TO KNOW A California mother of two was killed by her estranged husband before their divorce could be finalizedZarbab Ali received a life sentence for the November 2022 murder of Rachael CastilloThe 28-year-old also confessed to engaging in sexual activity with her corpse after the fatal attack A California man has been sentenced for the brutal killing of his wife amid their divorce, authorities said. On Monday, Jan. 12, Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced in a press release that Zarbab Ali of Hawthorne was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder…

NEED TO KNOW Beckett Brown, 3, was at his grandmother Kristen Nelson’s home on Jan. 11The toddler climbed into the outdoor enclosure for Nelson’s American bulldog at her New York Mills, Minn., homeNelson drove him to Perham Health Emergency Room, where he died due to his injuries A 3‑year‑old boy was fatally attacked by his grandmother’s dog in New York Mills, Minn., on Sunday, Jan. 11. The toddler, Beckett Brown, was attacked when he climbed into the outdoor enclosure for his grandmother Kristen Nelson’s American bulldog, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office, The Independent reports. Nelson was injured…

NEED TO KNOW A 45-year-old mom from California has been found guilty of second-degree murder of her 2-year-old daughterPer a press release from the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office, Kelle Anne Brassart’s neglect of her daughter while she was intoxicated resulted in her death by drowningAuthorities indicate that Brassart is facing between 15 years and life imprisonment A woman from California has been convicted of second-degree murder following the drowning death of her 2-year-old daughter. Evidence shown at trial demonstrated that the woman was intoxicated at the time of the incident. On Friday, Jan. 9, the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s…

NEED TO KNOW A Colorado mother and her 6-year-old son were found dead in a national park last weekAuthorities in Utah are investigating the deaths, which they believe were the result of a murder-suicideThe pair were reported missing the day before they were found Authorities in Utah are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after a Colorado mother and her 6-year-old son were found dead in Canyonlands National Park. Park rangers were called to the Shafer Trail around 8:15 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8, after receiving a tip about a suspicious vehicle, the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office in Utah said in a…