Author: Jack Bogart

NEED TO KNOW Aileen Wuornos was a female serial killer who murdered seven men from 1989 to 1990She is the subject of the Netflix documentary, Aileen: Queen of the Serial KillersThe film covers her life, murder trial and execution, but leaves out details from Wuornos’ story Aileen Wuornos led a troubled life, from a complicated childhood to the murders she committed. The Netflix documentary Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers gives a closer look at the life of Wuornos, using archival audio and video interviews with her, as well as conversations with friends and others. Her infamous story has been…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on the Lebanese government to disarm the Iran-backed terrorist movement, with one senior U.S. official terming Lebanon a “failed state” for its inaction.U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Thomas Barrack, who also serves as envoy to Lebanon and Syria, said Saturday in Bahrain that Lebanon is a “failed state” because of its “paralyzed government,” The Associated Press reported. He also noted that Hezbollah retains 40,000 fighters and between 15,000 and 20,000 rockets and missiles, noting the terror group pays its militia $2,200 per month, whereas the Lebanese Armed Forces…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Retired Army Sgt. 1st Class William Mosketti went from the brink of death after attempting suicide to finding new hope through Grey Team’s “monumental” work helping veterans heal from the invisible wounds of war.After seeing a Fox News report on the veteran suicide prevention organization earlier this year, Mosketti reached out, a decision he says saved his life.”When I saw Grey Team on Fox News about six or seven months ago, I thought, ‘Well, this is for me,’” he said. “It’s been monumental. It’s an amazing experience. It’s reset the hope, most…

NEED TO KNOW Between 1918 and 1919, an unknown assailant dubbed the Axeman terrorized the city of New OrleansAt least five murders and over a dozen attacks can be attributed to the Axeman, who earned the name from using axes as their murder weaponThough many people were suspected, all were eventually cleared, and the Axeman was never caught It’s been over a century since the Axeman brutally murdered at least five people and attacked over a dozen others in New Orleans. But other than an alleged love for jazz music, the identity of The Big Easy’s most infamous criminal remains…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Ivy League student accused of making up an entire life story to gain admission was expelled earlier this semester, prompting fresh concerns over academic fraud and gaps in university vetting that experts say could also expose elite institutions to foreign influence and espionage risks.At Yale University in Connecticut, administrators recently kicked out an undergrad student identified as “Katherina Lynn” after she allegedly lied about her background, according to the Yale Daily News, a student-run paper.She reportedly comes from California’s Bay Area but adopted a “Western name” to distance herself from her…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When we hear the term “thought police,” we think about the book “1984” or maybe recall the horrors of the old Soviet Union and its client states, where citizens were afraid to ever speak the truth.Unfortunately, now when I hear the term, I think of England. I am a lifelong anglophile, the product of watching tons of British television and movies from “Monty Python” to the bawdy and irreverent “Countdown.” I’m a descendent of at least three parts of what used to be called the empire, so its history has always held…

NEED TO KNOW Multiple people were stabbed on a train service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross in England on Saturday, Nov. 1Two British nationals were arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murderThe British Transport Police said in a press conference on Sunday that two victims remain in a life-threatening condition following the incident At least 10 people were rushed to the hospital after a stabbing spree on a train in the UK. At around 7:42 p.m. local time on Saturday, Nov. 1, the British Transport Police (BTP) received reports that multiple people had been stabbed on a…

NEED TO KNOW In October 1994, South Carolina mother Susan Smith claimed that a Black man had carjacked her and kidnapped her childrenDays later, she confessed that she’d let her car roll into a lake with sons Michael, 3, and Alexander, 14 months, insideShe began serving a life sentence for the murders one year later and was denied parole in November 2024 Thirty-one years after Susan Smith confessed to the murder of her two young children, she continues to serve a life sentence in prison. Smith, a young South Carolina mother, claimed a Black man had carjacked her and had…

NEED TO KNOW Teresa Halbach disappeared on Halloween day in 2005 after showing up to an assignment at an auto salvage yardThe owner of the shop, Steven Avery, and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, were later accused of her murderThough they maintain their innocence, they are both serving life sentences for her death Teresa Halbach died on Oct. 31, 2005, but questions about exactly what happened to her still remain 20 years later. The 25-year-old photographer disappeared from an auto salvage yard belonging to a Wisconsin man, Steven Avery, while on assignment. Days later, her remains were found in a firepit…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. military has launched another strike on what it calls a narco-terror vessel in the Caribbean, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday, underscoring a widening campaign against drug-linked militants.The attack killed three suspected smugglers, Hegseth said, adding that it was carried out “at the direction of President Trump.””Today, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on another narco-trafficking vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) in the Caribbean,” Hegseth wrote on X.He continued: “This vessel—like EVERY OTHER—was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics…