Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! I was born and raised in a country where the government built public housing and converted private housing into communes; where the state managed grocery stores, controlled prices and expropriated the wealth of the “rich” in the name of social justice. Weapons were prohibited and “hate speech” — which is, any criticism of power — was punished by law. I lived in the dream that a lot of New Yorkers want for their city. And I had to flee to survive.  Growing up in Venezuela meant being raised among ruins and nostalgia — a country suspended in the…

NEED TO KNOW Erin Patterson, 50 — the Australian woman accused of killing three by serving a meal laced with death cap mushrooms — has been found guilty, according to reportsA court heard on Monday, July 7, that the suspect had been convicted of the murders of her estranged husband Simon Patterson’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, as well as Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66, per 9 NewsShe was also found guilty of the attempted murder of Heather’s husband, pastor Ian Wilkinson, 68, who was hospitalized for weeks following the family lunch, the outlet stated The Australian woman…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A United States Coast Guard rescue swimmer from New Jersey is being called a hero after rescuing close to 200 people following flash floods in Central Texas.Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ruskan, 26, was singled out by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for his efforts saving 165 victims as the only triage coordinator at the scene of the floods.”United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer and Petty Officer Scott Ruskin (Ruskan), directly saved an astonishing 165 victims in the devastating flooding in central Texas. This was the first rescue mission…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An already grieving father was further enraged upon learning that the man accused of killing his daughter in a home burglary could have already been in prison for numerous other crimes had it not been for an apparent clerical error.Logan Federico, a 22-year-old aspiring teacher from Waxhaw, North Carolina, was visiting friends at the University of South Carolina in Columbia and staying at a Cypress Street home when a “career criminal” broke in and shot her in the early morning hours of May 3.Suspect Alexander Dickey, a 30-year-old man with a lengthy rap…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Marine Corps, in cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has quietly launched a pilot program to station ICE agents at three major military installations: Camp Pendleton in California, Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia and Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The move, aimed at bolstering security around these bases, has raised as many questions as it seeks to answer.Abby Hall Blanco, a University of Tampa economics and defense professor, weighed in on the lack of transparency surrounding the program’s inception. “We don’t really have a whole lot of information at precisely what…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fighter jets intercepted at least three aircraft on Sunday, which violated temporary flight restriction (TFR) airspace over Bedminster, New Jersey, where President Trump was spending the holiday weekend, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).With one aircraft being intercepted in the morning, and two others being intercepted later in the day, NORAD said there were a total of 11 unauthorized aircraft incursions in the TFR airspace over the weekend.At about 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, a civilian plane violated the TFR and was safely escorted out of the area by a NORAD…

NEED TO KNOW Sean “Diddy” Combs received a standing ovation from his fellow inmates when he returned to prison after being acquitted of the most serious charges against him, according to the lead attorney on his defense teamThe music mogul was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering — charges that could have resulted in life in prison — on July 2Combs was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in the split verdict Sean “Diddy” Combs was greeted with a standing ovation by his fellow inmates upon returning to prison after receiving an acquittal for the most…

NEED TO KNOW NFL star KaVontae Turpin was arrested in Allen, Texas, on July 5 and charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon and possession of marijuanaThe Dallas Cowboys return specialist was released from jail on July 6 after posting a bond of $1,500Turpin was previously dismissed from Texas Christian University (TCU) in 2018 over assault charges KaVontae Turpin was arrested in Texas. The Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, 28, was arrested in the city of Allen on Saturday, July 5, on misdemeanor weapon and drug charges, and booked into the Collin County Jail, according to CBS News and ESPN. Turpin…

NEED TO KNOW Vlado Taneski wrote about a string of murders in Kičevo, MacedoniaPolice say his stories, which included unreleased crime scene details, aroused their suspicionsHe was arrested in 2008 and found dead in his cell the next day from an apparent suicide Veteran Macedonian reporter Vlado Taneski spent years covering a series of gruesome murders in the small town of Kičevo. His articles stood out for their vivid detail — so vivid, in fact, that investigators realized he was including crime-scene information the police had never made public. It was these details, according to authorities, that ultimately gave him away.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker argued Iran is at a “decision point” following its war with Israel and U.S. airstrikes on its nuclear program — all while U.S. officials remain on high alert for sleeper cell concerns. Whitaker urged Iran to seek peace during “Sunday Morning Futures,” while noting that the U.S. is still dealing with the implications of an open border – and the national security implications of it – from the Biden administration. “It’s obviously a very dangerous world, Jason,” Whitaker told Fox News’ Jason Chaffetz on Sunday. “I think… President…