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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Barry Morphew, accused of killing his wife Suzanne Morphew, is back in court Monday for the first time in months, as prosecutors and defense attorneys prepare for the next phase of a case that began with her disappearance on Mother’s Day 2020.Morphew is expected to enter a plea in an Alamosa County courtroom on first-degree murder charges tied to his wife’s death.Suzanne disappeared from the couple’s home in Chaffee County on May 10, 2020, prompting a massive search that initially turned up few answers.Morphew was first charged with her murder in 2021,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The alleged Venezuelan illegal immigrant, suspected of being an associate of the Tren de Aragua gang, who was shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Portland, Oregon while allegedly trying to ram them with a vehicle was charged Monday by the Justice Department. Luis Nino Moncada is charged with aggravated assault of a federal officer with a deadly weapon, according to an unsealed federal complaint. “Anyone who crosses the red line of assaulting law enforcement will be met with the full force of this Justice Department,” Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X. “According…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., a retired Naval officer, is suing the War Department, as well as War Secretary Pete Hegseth, over the agency’s actions to demote him and cut his retirement pay for urging military service members to “refuse illegal orders” in a video message with other leading Democrats. A federal lawsuit filed in Washington D.C., names Hegseth, the Navy, Department of Defense – now renamed the War Department – and Navy Secretary John Phelan, as defendants.  Hegseth has sought to reduce Kelly’s retirement rank and military pension amid a feud with the…

NEED TO KNOW A 28-year-old Fla. man was recently arrested in connection with the death of a 56-year-old woman from PennsylvaniaBrandon McCray faces a number of charges, including sexual battery, strangulation, and kidnapping — but not murder — in connection with the woman’s deathHeather Asendorf’s body was discovered by a beach goer around 7 a.m. the day after Christmas A Florida man has been charged in connection with the death of a 56-year-old woman found dead on a popular tourist beach the morning after Christmas, according to several new reports. Local 10 news, Fox 13 and the Sun Sentinel reported…

NEED TO KNOW Prosecutors allege former chef Valentino Luchin robbed or attempted to rob three banksLuchin has pleaded not guilty and remains jailed on a $200,000 bondThe case follows a prior 2018 conviction tied to an Orinda bank robbery A former chef from the Bay Area in California is facing federal charges after being accused of robbing multiple banks in San Francisco last year. According to information from the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office shared with PEOPLE, Valentino Luchin, 54, is accused of attempting to rob a Citibank on Wednesday, Jan. 7 in Orinda, Calif. Officials say officers responded to a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In an about-face on Monday, a federal judge has decided to hold an evidentiary hearing to determine if Luigi Mangione’s backpack was lawfully seized and searched inside an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald’s during his arrest. Judge Margaret Garnett wrote in a court order that she considered “both the arguments made by counsel” during Friday’s hearing and “the seriousness of the charges the Defendant is facing” before walking back her previous decision, deeming the hearing unnecessary. The hearing is expected to include testimony from an Altoona police officer regarding the department’s procedures “for securing, safeguarding [and]…

NEED TO KNOW Renee Good’s childhood friend Megan Shirley says she would have “brought a lot of good into the world if she was allowed to be here a little bit longer”Good was the woman fatally shot by an ICE agent in MinneapolisShirley says Good was someone “you could be yourself around and she would keep your secrets” Renee Good, the woman shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, is remembered by a childhood friend as someone “you could trust.” “[Good] was one of those people, genuinely, you could be yourself around and she would keep your secrets…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Islamic Republic of Iran may have more than eight American citizens and residents in its captivity, Fox News Digital can reveal based on information from sources outside the Trump Administration who are well-versed with Tehran’s hostage-taking policy system.Information shows that the total number of Americans citizens and residents held hostage by the Iranian regime could exceed the open-source data listing five American hostages in Iran.Iran’s regime arrested a U.S. citizen, Kamran Hekmati, a 70-year-old from Great Neck, New York, who went to Iran to visit family members last…

NEED TO KNOW Laken Riley was killed while out for a run in February 2024The perpetrator, Jose Ibarra, was caught and arrested the following day and later sentenced to life in prisonPresident Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law in January 2025, which mandates federal detention of undocumented immigrants who are arrested for burglary or theft On Feb. 22, 2024, Laken Riley went out for a morning jog — and tragically, never returned. The 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student encountered danger shortly after she began her run on the University of Georgia’s campus, her cell phone records would…

A measure under consideration in the South Carolina legislature would fight back against those attempting to hold firearms companies liable for criminal misuse of their legally made, lawfully sold products. While the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, passed back in 2005, was designed to do just that, many states have chosen to pass stronger laws to protect firearm industry members in their own states. South Carolina is the latest such state, with House Bill 4723 currently under consideration. And the measure has garnered the support of at least one major gun-rights organization. “A critical pro-Second Amendment bill…