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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A high school assistant principal in Virginia and his brother are accused of threatening violence against ICE agents and local police officers.According to court documents, an off-duty Norfolk Police Department officer overheard John Bennett and Mark Bennett at a Virginia Beach restaurant discussing the alleged threats, saying they “needed to do something about” ICE agents “kidnapping individuals,” according to WVEC. John Bennett is the assistant principal at Kempsville High School in Virginia Beach.The off-duty police officer allegedly overheard the two brothers while eating at a Pho restaurant on Nov. 15. According to the…

NEED TO KNOW Jake Robinson, 30, of Victoria, Australia, his brother, Callum Robinson, 33, of San Diego, and their friend, Carter Rhoad, 30, also of San Diego, traveled to Baja California for a trip of a lifetime in April 2024They were reported missing when they failed to show up at the Airbnb where they were supposed to stayOn May 2, their bodies were found in the bottom of a well. All three had been shot in the head, police said Three friends — two from Australia and one from the U.S. — met up in Mexico for a week of…

The often criticized Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has operated under an acting director since February. Now, President Donald Trump is seeking to put an end to that situation. On November 19, the president nominated ATF Deputy Director Robert Cekada to be dire tor of the agency. As former NYPD detective and 20-year veteran of ATF, Cekada brings a lot of critical experience to the role. According to an online biography, Cekada served previously as a special agent-in-charge of the Miami and Baltimore Field Divisions. Prior to that he was the Assistant Special Agent in Charge in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist movement Hezbollah is rebuilding its military arsenal on Israel’s northern border, as experts warn that another war between the two sides could be on the horizon. The latest developments come a year after the U.S. helped broker a ceasefire between the parties.On Wednesday, IDF spokesman Nadav Shoshani, said Hezbollah had engaged “in a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement.” Shoshani also released a video showing the rearming, claiming the terror group was “operating to reestablish its assets in the village of Beit Lif.” Critics argue that the U.N. peacekeeping…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Facing backlash over recent policy wording, the Coast Guard moved Thursday to make one thing clear: “hate symbols” such as swastikas and nooses remain forbidden in the service.The Coast Guard announced a new order aimed at combating “misinformation” late Thursday, after the service previously issued guidance earlier in November to no longer refer to displays of swastikas and nooses as a “hate incident.” “Divisive or hate symbols and flags are prohibited,” the Coast Guard said in its latest policy. “These symbols and flags include, but are not limited to, the following: a noose,…

NEED TO KNOW Mark Epstein, brother of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has alleged that the Epstein files are being edited to remove Republican names”The reason they’re going to be releasing the files … is that they’re sabotaging these files,” Mark told NewsNationMark’s comments come shortly after President Donald Trump encouraged House Republicans to vote to release the files Mark Epstein has claimed that the files on his late brother, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, are allegedly being edited to remove names of Republicans. In a phone interview with NewsNation on Monday, Nov. 18, Mark claimed he had been…

NEED TO KNOW Filmmakers Jessica Dimmock and Zackary Canepari’s latest HBO doc — Thoughts & Prayers —tackles the issue of school shootings and its impact on the nation’s youth“The most haunting thing we learned,” says filmmaker Canepari, “is that kids are thinking about this [school shooters] in the background all the time”The documentary debuts on Nov. 18 on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max For filmmakers Jessica Dimmock and Zackary Canepari their latest documentary on the $3 billion-dollar active shooter preparedness industry and its impact on students and educators hit a little too close to home.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Coast Guard is implementing a new policy change to no longer refer to displays of swastikas and nooses as a “hate incident” — and distributed new guidance to remove the term “hate incident” from its vocabulary altogether. While the service previously identified displays of swastikas, nooses, Confederate flags and other supremacist or antisemitic symbols as a “potential hate incident,” the new guidance now labels them as “potentially divisive symbols and flags.” The change was first reported by The Washington Post. Despite the alteration, the Coast Guard claims that it remains committed to barring…

NEED TO KNOW Cedric Irving Jr. is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of former Last Chance U coach John Beam on the campus of Laney College in OaklandIrving allegedly told police he believed Beam had used witchcraft on him, police sources reportedly sharedPolice said the shooting was “targeted” and that Beam was known to help people who he thought needed it The man accused of killing John Beam allegedly said he believed the former Last Chance U coach had performed witchcraft on him. Cedric Irving Jr. was charged with murder after authorities accused him of fatally shooting Beam…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Anna Kepner, a Florida teen and high school senior remembered for her bright spirit, was found dead aboard the Carnival Horizon during an early November Caribbean cruise, prompting a federal investigation and igniting a public reckoning among the adults in her life.As agents sift through ship records, a widening circle of court filings and interviews has laid bare deep rifts in Kepner’s blended family. The FBI is leading the probe after the ship returned to port as scheduled. No criminal charges have been announced.In an emergency motion filed in…