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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump confirmed that Delta Force — the U.S. Army’s most elite counterterrorism and direct-action unit — carried out the daring overnight operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife.Delta Force, officially known as 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment–Delta, specializes in high-risk missions involving the capture or killing of high-value targets, as well as other sensitive operations that require speed, secrecy and precision.The unit operates under U.S. Special Operations Command and is typically deployed when missions carry significant political or strategic stakes.According to Military.com,…

NEED TO KNOW A shooting in Southern California left a local father dead and another person hospitalized, and authorities said the shooter is still at largeDeputies were called to Cosmos Taverna, a sports bar and nightclub in the town of Victorville, on Dec. 28D’Shaun Holden, 35, of Adelanto, Calif., was pronounced dead at the scene A shooting in Southern California left a local father dead and another person hospitalized, and authorities said the shooter is still at large. According to a statement from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (SBCSD), deputies were called to Cosmos Taverna, a sports bar and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine provided details Saturday on how the U.S. military and various intelligence agencies worked together to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, revealing that more than 150 aircraft were launched in close coordination in a mission called “Operation Absolute Resolve.” Caine said the operation began “during the darkest hours of Jan. 2 and was the culmination of months of planning and rehearsal,” one that “only the United States military could undertake.” “It required the utmost of precision and integration within our joint force, and the word integration does not explain the sheer…

NEED TO KNOW A Louisiana woman has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting her 1-year-old daughter, Acelynn MossKristen Bass, 28, was taken into custody by police on Jan. 1Bradley Moss, the victim’s father, claimed Bass told him she was attempting to “send” the child “to God,” according to Fox 8 A woman in Louisiana has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting her 1-year-old daughter. Police responded to a report of a shooting at a residence on Quelqueshue Street in Sulphur on Thursday, Jan. 1, at about 8:21 p.m. local time, according to a Sulphur Police Department news…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were escorted off a Department of Justice (DOJ) plane by federal agents in upstate New York on Saturday afternoon, after being captured by U.S. forces at their South American compound earlier in the day.The couple is expected to be transported to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) headquarters before they are booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, a source told Fox News.Maduro is charged with narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices and conspiracy to possess machine…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The ruling Ayatollah of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Khamenei, on Saturday issued an angry response to the unfolding nationwide demonstrations against his regime’s political and economic corruption.The 86-year-old Khamenei, in his first public speech since the strikes and social unrest rocked his fragile regime seven days ago declared, “A number of agitated people, enemy mercenaries, had positioned themselves behind bazaar merchants and chanted slogans against Islam, against Iran and against the Islamic Republic.”Protest is legitimate, but protest is different from rioting.” He warned that “officials should speak with protesters. Speaking…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump revealed during an exclusive interview with “Fox & Friends Weekend” that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured in a “fortress”-like house, where he got “bum rushed so fast” by American special forces. Trump said he huddled with generals inside a room at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida as they “watched every aspect” of the “extremely complex” operation unfold. The president said the initial plan was for Maduro to be captured earlier this week, but U.S. forces had to wait for the right weather conditions. “We waited four days. We were going…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will be behind bars at the same prison where Diddy and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as other high-profile defendants were all housed while they awaited trial.A source told Fox News that Maduro will be detained at Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, after the Venezuelan leader was captured in a “fortress”-like house during an early-morning operation by U.S. forces in the South American country. Maduro was charged with narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices against…

NEED TO KNOW Christian Sturdivant, 18, was arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organizationFederal authorities allege the teen planned to attack people inside a grocery store and fast-food restaurant in North Carolina on New Year’s Eve“He talked about what means he would use to kill innocent people,” U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Russ Ferguson alleged at a press conference Friday, Jan. 2. “He said he was going to wear a Kevlar vest and attack people with knives and hammers” Federal authorities stopped an alleged plot by a teenager to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ohio police officers smashed through the sunroof of a burning vehicle and dragged a severely injured driver to safety during a tense late-night rescue following a rollover crash, authorities said.The Trumbull County 911 Center received a call at about 11:11 p.m. Dec. 27 reporting an unknown fire near state Route 5 and Bradley Brownlee Road in Bazetta and Mecca townships.Cortland Police Department officers John Mosora and Chuck Lohry were first to arrive and their swift rescue was caught on body-worn camera after the vehicle tore through a fence, flipped onto its side…