Author: Jack Bogart

NEED TO KNOW Joshua Powell was sentenced to life in prison when he attended Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday, Nov. 14Powell, 27, was arrested on suspicion of murder in May 2024, after his grandmother, Emma Finch, was found dead in her burning home He would allegedly visit the 96-year-old every week to do her food shopping and play board games A man in England has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his grandmother. Joshua Powell was arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of his 96-year-old grandmother, Emma Finch, on May 17, 2024. She was…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A South Carolina triple murderer has become the third inmate to be executed by firing squad in the state this year. Stephen Bryant, 44, was pronounced dead at 6:05 p.m. Friday at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia. He admitted to killing Willard “TJ” Tietjen in October 2004 after stopping by his secluded home in Sumter County and saying he had car trouble. Bryant also shot and killed two other men, one before and one after Tietjen, in the same month, authorities said. Bryant chose to die by firing squad over lethal injection and the electric chair last month. He…

NEED TO KNOW In 1982, 16-year-old Richard Jahnke Jr. shot his father to deathThe trial riveted the country and shed more light on the situation, with Richard, his sister and his mother claiming the late man had abused them all for years”My husband put on a good appearance to the outside world, but inside that house it was pure hell,” Maria Gonzales Jahnke testified Richard Jahnke Jr. was just 16 years old when he shot his father to death with a shotgun. It was a dark evening in November 1982 when the teenager opened fire on his IRS agent father…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The grandmother of missing Melodee Buzzard says she was in the process of adopting the child when the 9-year-old’s mother “took her away” shortly after being released from a mental hospital in 2021.The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation into Melodee’s whereabouts on Oct. 14 after a school administrator reported she hadn’t attended for a “prolonged” period. Deputies said her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, could not provide a verifiable explanation for the girl’s location.Authorities said that Ashlee has “remained uncooperative and has not confirmed Melodee’s location or welfare.” Melodee is considered…

NEED TO KNOW Mercury Psillakis was fatally attacked by a shark 30 minutes after entering the water at Dee Why Beach in Sydney, AustraliaThe surfer’s wife, Maria Psillakis, told 9News, “If we can make a positive out of this loss, I just want to … minimize the risk and perhaps prevent this from happening to another family” A woman is speaking out two months after her husband was fatally attacked by a shark at a beach in Australia. During an interview with national outlet 9News on Wednesday, Nov. 12, Maria Psillakis remembered Mercury Psillakis as being “my rock, my everything.” He…

by Lee Williams Michael L. Nance, MD, is a very busy man.  He is chief of the Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic, and Fetal Surgery, and director of the Pediatric Trauma Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, which is known as “CHOP.”  Nance has also been called both an associate and an investigator for CHOP’s Center for Violence Prevention, which is almost violently anti-gun.  The Center for Violence Prevention publicly supports wild anti-gun policies such as mandatory child-access laws, universal background checks, strict limits on “assault-style weaponry,” court-ordered firearm storage laws and, of course, more funding for firearm-related research,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A disbanded court in Las Vegas may come back to life as lawmakers look to attract visitors to revive Sin City tourism.Vegas tourism has continued to decline, with just over 3 million visitors in September, an 8.8% decrease from the same time last year, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCA).A specialized court was created in 2022 to handle offenses such as petty theft, assault, drug violations and loitering, with penalties including banning offenders from the Strip for a year. ‘IT’S NUTS’: SKY-HIGH LAS VEGAS PRICES STUN VISITORS AS TRAVEL…

A 7-month-old baby died after being left in a hot car outside a Georgia car dealership last month — and now, the child’s mother is charged with second-degree murder. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said in a Nov. 5 news release that Nyla Simmons, 22, was arrested on Nov. 3 and charged with second-degree murder and second-degree cruelty to children after her infant was brought to a hospital in Albany and pronounced dead. According to the agency, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office requested GBI assistance on Oct. 16 after deputies responded to the hospital regarding the child’s death. An…

NEED TO KNOW Maintenance workers at a Baltimore apartment building called 911 in 2021 when they found a resident “bloody and unresponsive”The victim, John Hall III, had just won $1,000 at a casino the night beforeAuthorities later learned the man who killed him had been twice convicted of murder and released early from prison both times A Maryland man who had been released early after two murder convictions will spend the rest of his life in prison. On Wednesday, Nov. 12, Reginald Lively, 68, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the fatal bludgeoning and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The FBI identified Keith Michael Lisa as the suspect wanted in connection to an attack this week on U.S. Attorney Alina Habba’s office.A $25,000 reward is being offered for Lisa’s arrest.  This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Read the full article here