Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two Volusia County, Florida, students — ages 10 and 11 — were arrested in separate incidents this week after allegedly making murder threats, authorities said.Videos posted to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office Facebook page show both students being led into custody, underscoring local authorities’ message that threats of school violence will be met with swift and serious consequences.The 11-year-old, a student at DeLand Middle School, was arrested Thursday for the second time in less than a year after allegedly sending written threats targeting teachers, the Sheriff’s Office confirmed to Fox News Digital.Police said…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Coast Guard on Friday confirmed Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Jaggers, an aviation survival technician stationed at USCG Air Station Astoria, Oregon, died Thursday following a medical evacuation mission off the coast of Cape Flattery, Washington.During the Feb. 27 mission, Jaggers was critically injured and put on life support, according to statements from the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue Swimmer Association (GCHRSA).He later died at Madigan Army Medical Center in Fort Lewis, Washington, surrounded by his parents, sister, fiancé, friends, and Coast Guard teammates, according to Department…

Two major gun-rights organizations have filed a reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case challenging Illinois’ ban on the carry of firearms on public transportation. On March 3, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed the brief in support of the cert petition in the case Schoenthal v. Raoul, which was originally filed in 2022 and challenges the state’s complete ban on carry on public transportation. According to the SAF, in order to legally carry a firearm in Illinois, residents are required to obtain not only a Firearm Owners Identification Card (FOID), but…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Canadian tourist’s late-night bender took a decidedly bird-brained turn when authorities say he waddled into a Las Vegas resort and casino and wrangled a resident flamingo before carrying it off to his room.Mitchell Fairbarn, 33, was arrested Tuesday on four felony counts of animal abuse after allegedly removing a flamingo named Peachy from the Las Vegas Strip resort’s outdoor habitat around 5 a.m., according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.The stunt ruffled more than a few feathers, with surveillance photos of the incident showing Fairbarn allegedly entering the habitat and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman seemed skeptical Friday of Justice Department arguments defending Pentagon restrictions on reporters covering the War Department.The New York Times and the Pentagon Press Association are asking Friedman to issue an order reinstating the credentials of some 300 journalists who refused to sign a new agreement barring them from reporting information not approved by Pentagon officials in order to retain their Pentagon hard passes.Justice Department lawyer Michael Bruns argued that the policy was instituted to protect national security information and that some questions asked by journalists are not…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Israeli military spokesman confirmed to Fox News Digital this week that multiple unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs, have been launched into Israel from Iraqi territory since the start of the conflict with Iran to eradicate the Islamic Republic of Iran’s illicit nuclear weapons facilities, missile systems and terrorism infrastructure. Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, the Israeli military spokesman, said that the army has had a “near complete success” rate in stopping Iranian drones from hitting Israeli targets. The drones fired from Iraq are presumed to come from the Iranian regime-controlled Popular Mobilization…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An appeals court struck down a local law in the District of Columbia that banned gun magazines containing more than 10 bullets, describing the measure as unconstitutional. The ruling Thursday from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals also reversed the conviction of Tyree Benson, who was taken into custody in 2022 for being in possession of a handgun with a magazine that could contain 30 bullets, according to The New York Times. “Magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition are ubiquitous in our country, numbering in the hundreds of millions, accounting…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Newly released dispatch records show authorities were alerted to a possible suicide attempt after a note was found on the door of a Las Vegas hotel room — shortly before an 11-year-old girl and her mother were found shot to death inside.Addilyn “Addi” Smith, 11, and her mother, Tawnia McGeehan, were found dead inside a room at the Rio Hotel & Casino on Feb. 15 after hotel personnel conducted a welfare check, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.Police were first called to the hotel around 10:45 a.m. local time after…

A measure that would make it legal to purchase new machine guns in West Virginia is making its way through the legislature and also catching the interest of some other states. In May 1986, the purchase of new machine guns was banned by the federal government. But, within the ban, there is an exception. States, and those who are “under their authority,” may possess machine guns according to federal law. According to a national alert from Gun Owners of America (GOA), while a transfer of a machine gun from a dealer or a fellow citizen might be prohibited, an exception exists…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Dozens of Democrats have voted against a nonbinding resolution in the House that reaffirms Iran as the “largest state sponsor of terrorism.”The resolution, put forward by Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., passed by a 372-53 vote on Thursday, with all those voting no being Democrats. Two Democrats also voted present. Among those who voted against the measure were all the members of the “Squad,” such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. The resolution said the Islamic Republic of Iran “remains the world’s largest…