Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In a stunning military operation conducted in the early morning hours on Saturday, the United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, along with his wife Cilia Flores, to face federal charges stemming from their alleged involvement in the drug trade and maintaining a dictatorship within the country. For months, President Donald Trump had urged Maduro to step down from his role as the country’s leader – in what has been widely viewed as an illegitimate position – while accusing him of supporting drug cartels that have been designated as terror organizations by the…

NEED TO KNOW Heather Thompson, 32, allegedly killed her two sons, her grandmother and herself in a suspected murder-suicideThe four family members were found dead of gunshot wounds in a Waverly, Tenn., home after a welfare check“Every second of today I wish I could just wake up,” Biah Thompson, the two boys’ grieving father, wrote on Facebook A 32-year-old woman allegedly shot three family members to death and killed herself in a suspected murder-suicide in Tennessee. Heather Thompson was among the four people found dead of gunshot wounds in a Waverly home on Jan. 2 when the Humphreys County Sheriff’s Office…

There’s a reason people still grab battle rifles. Compared to 5.56 or 7.62×39, they carry energy farther, cut through cover better, and don’t run out of steam when the distance opens up. The Cold War gave us the golden age of battle rifles: heavy, durable, and purpose-built around the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. Some became icons. A few became legends. And while modern shooters love their lighter rifles, there’s a reason battle rifles still show up as DMRs, patrol rifles, and “if I could only grab one” choices. The focus is on the rifles that defined the category: NATO’s FN FAL…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ted Maher was convicted of setting the 1999 Monaco penthouse fire that killed billionaire Edmond Safra, but his criminal story didn’t end there. From staged heroics and shifting identities to a later murder-for-hire plot against his wife, a crime expert says Maher’s long arc offers rare insight into how certain offenders escalate rather than reform.According to former FBI special agent Jason Pack, Maher’s behavior reflects a recognizable pattern among offenders who manufacture crises, seek control and continue deceiving long after their first crime is exposed.Maher, an American who said he had been a…

NEED TO KNOW A teenage girl, 15, was shot and killed in Texas on New Year’s Day, after other teens allegedly mishandled a gun in a carBrynnlee Hampton was remembered as a “very athletic” girl who “loved playing volleyball”Jeremiah Luke Lajuan Matthews, 17, has since been charged with felony manslaughter in connection to the incident, while Landrey Korde Matthews was charged with tampering physical evidence A Texas high school student was shot and killed just after ringing in the new year. In the early hours of New Year’s Day on Jan. 1, Brynnlee Hampton, a 15-year-old sophomore at Tascosa High…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The day after elite U.S. forces captured wanted narco-terrorist and former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist movement Hezbollah will no longer have operations in the South American state.The Iranian regime-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization is responsible for both the bombing of the U.S. embassy, which killed 63 people, and the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut in 1983, when 241 U.S. military personnel were killed.Speaking on CBS’ Face the Nation, Rubio said, “It’s very simple, okay? In the 21st century, under the Trump administration,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A retired Delta Force veteran offered new insight into the U.S. military’s capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, revealing the most difficult part of the mission and describing the elite Army special operations unit as “more polished now than ever.”John McPhee, who served in the U.S. Army’s elite special operations unit, told “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Sunday that the greatest challenge of the mission came before operators reached their target.”I’d say the most difficult task is knocking out all the air defenses and getting the guys in on the ground,” McPhee said.…

NEED TO KNOW Cassidy Sakoulos, 3, died on New Year’s Eve in Ohio after officers with the Columbus Division of Police rushed to her home following a report that she was not breathingNeighbors alleged in interviews with local outlets that the girl’s mother Sharon appeared “calm,” “stoic” and “reactionless” as she smoked a cigarette outside while her daughter fought for her lifeSharon allegedly “told police it was her intention to kill her daughter and did so by placing a plastic bag over the child’s head” the prosecuting attorney said in court Jan. 2, per reports Residents in one Ohio neighborhood…

NEED TO KNOW On Saturday, Jan. 3, Stephen Anthony Lawrence accused Universal Studios Hollywood of firing him in retaliation after he reported a “suspected pedophile”The former child star vowed in an Instagram post to never take his child to the theme park as a result of the situationLawrence appeared in the hit Disney Channel series Even Stevens from 2001 to 2003 A former child star is alleging that he was fired from his job at Universal Studios after reporting a suspected pedophile at the theme park. On Saturday, Jan. 3, Stephen Anthony Lawrence claimed in an Instagram post that his…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Thieves targeting the homes of people whose loved ones recently died is not a new tactic, but a law enforcement expert warns it may be resurfacing as criminals increasingly exploit publicly available information to predict when homes will be vacant.In California’s South Bay, families say their loved ones’ homes were burglarized shortly after obituaries were published, raising concerns that criminals may be scanning obituaries and funeral announcements to identify vulnerable properties while families are grieving.Retired Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Jeff Wenninger told Fox News Digital that while these cases feel especially…