Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut on Sunday temporarily extended an order blocking the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, saying the government failed to justify the move.In an order issued Sunday evening, Immergut “preliminarily enjoins Defendant Secretary of Defense Hegseth from implementing” memorandums that authorized the federalization and deployment of National Guard members from Oregon, Texas and California into Portland. The injunction will remain in effect “until this Court issues its final opinion on the merits by Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, no later than 5 p.m.”Immergut said that…

NEED TO KNOW Giancarlo Morelli, 39, entered a guilty plea to a count of conspiring to create and distribute animal crush videos as part of a deal with prosecutors, who dropped all additional chargesA judge sentenced Morelli to 48 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised releaseMorelli is the father of a 9-year-old and sole caretaker of his 79-year-old mother A New Jersey man who purchased animal torture videos depicting the sexual abuse and genital mutilation of monkeys was sentenced in federal court earlier this month. Giancarlo Morelli, 39, will serve 48 months in a New Jersey federal prison…

NEED TO KNOW FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau “thwarted” a potential Halloween weekend terrorist attack in MichiganAccording to the AP, an FBI spokesperson said there is not currently a threat to the publicNBC reported that arrests were made in the Detroit suburbs of Inkster and Dearborn The FBI said it had prevented a possible Halloween weekend terrorist attack in Michigan, but did not provide further details. FBI Director Kash Patel made the announcement in a post on X. “This morning the FBI thwarted a potential terrorist attack and arrested multiple subjects in Michigan who were allegedly plotting a…

NEED TO KNOW Kidney specialist Dr. Steven Schwartz was found dead in his Florida home in May 2014Police arrested his contractor, Anton Leo Stragaj, after his DNA was discovered on Steven’s bodyHowever, Steven’s wife was found responsible for his death in a 2025 civil suit Dateline has brought another complicated case to light. An Oct. 31 episode chronicled the decade-old murder of Dr. Steven Schwartz, a wealthy kidney specialist who was found shot, strangled and stabbed inside his Tarpon Springs, Fla., home, per CBS News. Though DNA evidence led police to arrest and convict his contractor, Anton Leo Stragaj, the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Arizona Superior Court judge has resigned after allegedly being caught urinating in public just steps from the courthouse where she served.Prescott police responded around 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 4 after witnesses reported a woman relieving herself near Montezuma and Gurley Street, on the same block as the Courthouse Plaza where she worked, FOX 10 first reported.Bodycam video obtained by Fox News Digital appears to show Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Pro Tempore Kristyne Schaaf-Olson pulling up her pants before quickly sitting on a bench.”This is disgusting,” the responding officer says as…

NEED TO KNOW Laura Murphy was abducted and tortured for more than 20 hours in 1985Police later suspected John Crutchley in 24 to 30 disappearances and homicidesCrutchley died in prison in 2002 after serving time for kidnapping and sexual assault Laura Murphy was found crawling naked and handcuffed along a Florida roadside in November 1985 — her body missing nearly half its blood — after surviving more than 20 hours of torture by a man investigators later suspected in 24 to 30 disappearances and homicides across multiple states. Murphy had been hitchhiking when John Crutchley, a clean-cut engineer with a…

NEED TO KNOW At least nine people sustained injuries during a shooting at an Airbnb rental in Bath Township, Ohio, near ClevelandA large group of juveniles had gathered at a “very large home” for a “birthday party” promoted on social media“This kind of violence is unacceptable in our community, and we’re committed to providing all available resources to this investigation,” Bath Police Department Chief Vito Sinopoli said At least nine adults and juveniles sustained injuries during a shooting at a “very large” Airbnb rental in Bath Township, Ohio, near Cleveland. During the early hours of Nov. 2, the Bath Township…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Repeat offenders in New York City keep being given chances to terrorize as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg spent much of his time prosecuting President Donald Trump.From a man with at least 134 arrests to a manslaughter suspect receiving a light prison sentence, repeat offenders in New York City are getting chance after chance to go back out into the streets to break more laws, thanks to District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the state’s bail reform law.In a “day one” memo to staff, Bragg directed his office to “reduce pretrial incarceration” unless…

NEED TO KNOW Yolyn Hermios, a 16-year-old from Mesa, Arizona, has been missing since Saturday, Nov. 1The City of Mesa Police Department has issued a turquoise alert and are appealing for any relevant information regarding their investigation Turquoise alerts are issued if an individual is under the age of 65 and have “gone missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances,” among other criteria Authorities in Arizona are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing teenage girl. On Sunday, Nov. 2, authorities in Mesa, Ariz., issued a statewide turquoise alert for 16-year-old Yolyn Hermios. The City of Mesa Police Department…

NEED TO KNOW A logger was trampled to death by elephants while on the jobThe victim, Malaysian man Saidi Jahari, 43, was working at a logging site in the northern part of the country when the incident occurred Saidi had only been working on the job for two weeks at the time of his death A man was killed in a wild elephant attack while working at a logging site in Malaysia.  Saidi Jahari, 43, was found dead by his coworkers the morning of Oct. 29 in the Gua Musang district in the northern part of the country, per local news…