Author: Jack Bogart

A major gun-rights group has taken the offensive against the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) after those organizations sent a letter to Congress asking lawmakers to reject a national concealed carry reciprocity bill. “The National Fraternal Order of Police and the International Association of Chiefs of Police, which collectively represent a majority of rank-and-file officers and police executives, have serious reservations about the impact this legislation would have on officer safety, officer liability, qualified immunity, and state and local gun safety laws,” the letter stated. “The inability to confirm whether someone is…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said Sunday that he spoke with the families of the two National Guardsmen shot last week in Washington, D.C. — telling the parents of 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, who died from her injuries, and Andrew Wolfe, who is “fighting for his life,” that he wants to honor both soldiers at the White House.Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that the families of the West Virginia National Guardsmen were “devastated” following the attack that unfolded just blocks from the White House on Wednesday.”Andrew is fighting for his life, and his…

NEED TO KNOW Anna Kepner’s aunt, Krystal Wright, has spoken out after the teen’s deathThe 18-year-old was found dead under a bed aboard a Carnival Cruise ship on Nov. 8″I know she fought for her life,” Wright said of Anna Anna Kepner’s aunt is speaking out after the 18-year-old was found dead on a Carnival Cruise ship. Anna, of Titusville, Fla., was found dead under a bed aboard the Carnival Horizon on Nov. 8. A death certificate obtained by PEOPLE states she died from being “mechanically asphyxiated by other person(s).” While there have been no arrests made, court papers filed…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As the Trump administration conducts deadly strikes against alleged drug boats of narco-terrorists, War Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a meme depicting the children’s book series character Franklin firing a weapon at such a vessel.”For your Christmas wish list…” Hegseth joked when sharing the fake book cover.The meme shows the turtle character in a helicopter, firing what appears to be an RPG at one of the boats in the water below. The RPG fired by Franklin flies toward the vessel, where there is already an explosion occurring.HEGSETH DEFENDS LETHAL STRIKES AGAINST ALLEGED DRUG…

NEED TO KNOW A man was arrested and has been charged after he allegedly set his house on fire with his estranged wife insideMichael Weisgerber, 59, allegedly admitted to starting the fire at his Maryland residenceHe has been charged with reckless endangerment and arson, and he waived his right to bail A Maryland man has been charged after he allegedly set his house on fire with his estranged wife inside. At around 8 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Nov. 25, a woman called police to report a domestic disturbance involving her husband, Michael Weisgerber, at the home in Sykesville, the…

NEED TO KNOW Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka were known to their family and friends as an attractive, young couple Under the cover of their relationship, though, they were actually raping and murdering teenage girlsThirty-five years after Bernardo and Homolka’s first murder, here is where they are now Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka went from young, beautiful newlyweds to two of Canada’s most notorious criminals. Their facade as a picture-perfect couple was shattered just two years into their marriage, when, in 1993, Bernardo was linked to a series of rapes of young girls in his hometown of Scarborough, Ontario, per…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge ordered the University of Florida to temporarily reinstate a law student who was expelled after making controversial statements online and in academic papers about race and religion, including one social media post calling for Jews to “be abolished.”According to the court order reported by Reuters, UF Levin College of Law student Preston Damsky was suspended in April after writing on X, “My position on Jews is simple: whatever Harvard professor Noel Ignatiev meant by his call to ‘abolish the White race by any means necessary’ is what I think…

NEED TO KNOW Justin and Amber Hicks were found slain in their home by Justin’s father in November 2021Matthew Lanz was arrested on several charges, including murderMatthew Lanz’s brother Austin had broken into the same property in the past, and died by suicide after killing a police officer earlier in 2021 A Georgia man has been sentenced for killing a firefighter and his wife as their toddler slept upstairs. Justin and Amber Hicks were found slain in their Acworth, Ga. home in November 2021, according to a criminal warrant reviewed by PEOPLE. The couple’s neighbor Matthew Scott Lanz was arrested…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Authorities believe the Afghan immigrant accused of attacking National Guard members in Washington, D.C., last week was radicalized after arriving in the U.S., Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Sunday.Law enforcement officials identified Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, as the suspect in the Wednesday shooting that occurred just blocks from the White House, killing one National Guard member and critically injuring another.”We believe he was radicalized since he’s been here in this country,” Noem told NBC News. “We do believe it was through connections in his home community and state, and we’re going to…

NEED TO KNOW A father and son died in Ohio on Nov. 29 in what police believe could have been a murder-suicideFriends of the dad have expressed disbelief over the deaths, telling a local outlet, “His son meant everything to him”The investigation remains ongoing A father and son died in what police have described as an apparent murder-suicide. The man, 40, and his son, 9, were found in a Mansfield, Ohio, residence in the afternoon of Saturday, Nov. 29, after officers responded to a report of “two individuals with gunshot wounds,” according to a news release from the Mansfield Police…