Author: Jack Bogart

NEED TO KNOW A family of four died in Istanbul, and while the cause was initially suspected to be food poisoning, it has since been linked to chemical pesticidesInvestigators believe pesticides used in the hotel may have spread through ventilation, causing fatal chemical exposureEleven people, including hotel staff and a pesticide worker, have been arrested as the investigation continues Authorities are investigating whether chemical poisoning killed a family of four in Turkey. PEOPLE previously reported that Servet Böcek, 38, his wife Çiğdem, 27, and their two children Kadir, 6, and Masal, 3, died “on suspicion of food poisoning,” while on…

NEED TO KNOW In 1992, a case drew national scrutiny after two parents were found to have left their children home alone on ChristmasNine-year-old Nicole Schoo and her four-year-old sister Diana were discovered to be living alone in Chicago, while their parents vacationed in AcapulcoThe case ultimately changed state law It was a story that rocked a nation: A woman answered the door to her Chicago home to find the daughters of her reclusive neighbors — nine-year-old Nicole Schoo and her 4-year-old sister Diana — shivering in the cold. Their parents, they said, had left them for a nine-day Christmas…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A California mother once accused of using a box cutter to unlawfully imprison a man saw her felony charge dismissed Thursday as investigators search for her missing 9-year-old daughter, Melodee Buzzard.Ashlee Buzzard appeared in a Santa Barbara County courtroom facing a felony false imprisonment charge from an alleged Nov. 6 incident. Prosecutors called Tyler Stuart Brewer, who accused Buzzard of locking him inside her Lompoc home during a volatile argument, at a preliminary hearing.According to a felony complaint filed Nov. 10 in Santa Barbara County Superior Court, prosecutors accused Buzzard of “unlawfully…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A rescue operation was underway Thursday after a Carnival Cruise Line ship received an alert about a potential overboard situation. The crew of the Carnival Radiance was responding to a potential overboard alert near the waters off Ensenada, Mexico.”The ship is returning to where there was a potential sighting of an individual in the water to conduct a rescue operation,” the cruise line told Fox News Digital. CRUISE SHIP DEATH MYSTERY: CHEERLEADER’S FINAL POSTS HINT AT HEARTBREAK AND RESILIENCE AS DAD BREAKS SILENCE The Radiance sails from Long Beach, California, to Ensenada, about 75…

NEED TO KNOW Police say a woman pepper-sprayed eight passengers, including a toddler, after being asked to lower her phone volumeThe now-viral incident took place on Nov. 15 on a Go Rio barge in San AntonioThe San Antonio Police Department told PEOPLE the suspect fled before officers arrived A woman allegedly pepper-sprayed passengers — including a toddler — on a San Antonio River Walk barge Saturday night, prompting a police search after she fled the scene. The woman grew enraged after the boat operator asked her to turn down the volume on her phone on the evening of Nov. 15,…

NEED TO KNOW Mark Epstein says he believes President Donald Trump took so long to endorse the release of the Epstein files because “there’s things in there he doesn’t want people to see”He also alleged that Jeffrey Epstein called Trump a “crook” and investigators should look into the president’s flight logs from the ’90sA White House spokesperson dismissed Mark’s recent allegations as “baseless claims” when reached by PEOPLE on Nov. 20 Mark Epstein is sharing why he believes President Donald Trump took so long to release the files related to his late brother, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  On Thursday,…

We reported last year how the misnamed anti-gun group Everytown For Gun Safety encouraged its members to argue about guns at their family Thanksgiving dinner. Well, apparently those arguments didn’t convert enough 2A supporters to Everytown members, as the group, which has never seen a gun-ban proposal it didn’t support, is again encouraging members to be combative on the day set aside to give thanks. I’m sure many of your families are like mine, with far more gun supporters than gun-control advocates. In fact, In fact, with three generations of concealed carry practitioners gathered around the family table for Thanksgiving…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Florida authorities are pushing back on social media rumors about a “serial killer on the loose” in Jacksonville after three women were found dead in separate incidents over three days.The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) addressed the speculation directly on Tuesday, emphasizing that the cases are unrelated and urging calm as investigations continue.”JSO is aware of rumors circulating about a serial killer on the loose in Jacksonville. We can confirm these claims are FALSE,” the agency wrote Tuesday on social media.The department added that detectives are investigating each case individually, “following the facts…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. House Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing Thursday on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria, in what subcommittee chairman Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., described as the “systematic and accelerating violence against predominantly Christian communities in Nigeria.”Members from both parties questioned administration officials and outside experts as witness after witness described the collapse of security, mass killings, kidnappings, and the impunity that has turned Africa’s most populous country into what one lawmaker called “the deadliest place on Earth to be a Christian.”Smith, who has long been sounding the alarm about the…

NEED TO KNOW A dead baby was found behind a housing project in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Thursday, Nov. 20The 911 caller told police the baby was unresponsive Police are investigating A dead baby was found under a pile of leaves behind a public housing complex in New York City, according to police. New York Police Department officers responded to a 911 call Thursday morning about an unconscious baby found behind the New York City Housing Authority’s Bay View Houses in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, an NYPD spokesperson told PEOPLE. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up…