Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. government is aware of the kidnapping of an American Christian missionary in the West African nation of Niger, U.S. official sources told Fox News. The sources told Fox News that they suspect that the missionary has been taken north to Islamic State-controlled areas where an offshoot of ISIS operates. “We are aware of reports of the kidnapping of a U.S. citizen in Niamey, Niger,” a State Department spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News. “Since we were alerted of the situation, our Embassy officials have been working with local authorities. It…

NEED TO KNOW A man has been arrested after crashing his car into a security gate outside the White House The U.S. Secret Service told PEOPLE in a statement that the individual drove their car into a Secret Service vehicle gate on Tuesday, Oct. 21President Donald Trump was inside the residence at the time of the incident, The New York Times A man has been taken into custody after driving his car into a security gate outside the White House, officials have said. The incident occurred at around 10:37 p.m. local time on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at a security gate…

If you’ve spent any time navigating the NFA process, you know the drill; $200 tax stamps, endless wait times, and a mountain of paperwork just to exercise a basic right. But what if that changed? With the Silencer Shop Foundation and several industry heavyweights now challenging the National Firearms Act in court, the possibility of real reform doesn’t feel as far-fetched as it used to. If the NFA were repealed tomorrow, suppressors, SBRs, and SBSs could be treated like any other firearm; no stamps, no year-long delays, no hoops to jump through. So, let’s talk about what that world might…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. military carried out another strike on a suspected drug vessel, this time in the Eastern Pacific, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday.The strike Tuesday against a boat allegedly carrying drugs is the eighth conducted by the Trump administration. The previous seven happened in the Caribbean.  “Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel being operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization and conducting narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific. The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in…

NEED TO KNOW Charlie Otero stumbled upon the grisly murder of his parents and two younger siblings one afternoon in 1974 after returning home from school in Wichita, Kan.What no one knew at the time was that Otero’s parents and siblings were the first victims of the serial killer BTK, who terrorized Wichita between 1974 and 1991After the murders, “I didn’t care about anything anymore,” says Otero, who struggled for decades to deal with the trauma Charlie Otero’s life was shattered one snowy afternoon in January 1974 when he was 15—and he’s spent much of his life struggling to put…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former mayor in Massachusetts was stabbed outside a cannabis dispensary he owns, according to officials.Will Flanagan, 45, served as the Democratic mayor of Fall River from 2010 until 2014, when he faced a recall election after being accused of showing a gun to one of his political rivals, Jasiel Correia, according to The Herald News. The Fall River Police Department said the stabbing happened on Monday at around 5 p.m. outside Cosmopolitan Dispensary, which Flanagan owns.Police said Flanagan suffered “significant injuries” and was transported to a hospital, where he was listed…

NEED TO KNOW James Swainston, a volunteer firefighter, was killed in an alleged hit-and-run incident in Sydney on Saturday, Oct. 18A 37-year-old woman has been charged over the incident, the New South Wales Police announcedIn a tribute on social media, Swainston’s mom Dawn wrote that he was struck on the way home “after helping someone [he] loved” A woman was arrested and charged in relation to the death of a volunteer firefighter who, authorities say, was killed in an alleged hit-and-run in Sydney, Australia. James Swainston, 31, was fatally struck by a vehicle while riding a motorcycle in the suburb…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A high school cheerleader died after she was shot at a party on Sunday, which left her with severe injuries to her brain.Kimber Mills, 18, was shot early Sunday in Pinson, Alabama, in a heavily wooded area referred to as The Pit, according to AL.com. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said that the suspect, 27-year-old Steven Tyler Whitehead, showed up at around 12:24 a.m. and fired his gun several times after a verbal and physical fight. WVTM reported that the shooting happened at a bonfire.Whitehead was charged with three counts of attempted…

NEED TO KNOW On March 17, 2024, Margarita Jimenez, 34, of Oxnard, and Jorge Garfia, 38, lured Yanelly Vargas, 35, to a bar, prosecutors saidFrom there, they drove Vargas to a desolate industrial area where they beat herAs Vargas tried to flee, Jimenez shot Vargas, who later died. A California couple found guilty of murdering the man’s ex-girlfriend has learned their fate. On Sept. 5, Margarita Jimenez, 34, of Oxnard, and Jorge Garfia, 38, of Ventura, were convicted of first-degree murder in the 2024 killing of Yanelly Vargas, 35, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office. On Tuesday, Oct.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Police in Vermont have launched a large-scale search for a missing senior, 21-year-old Lia Purcell Smith, at the prestigious Middlebury College campus, authorities said.”We have been in touch with the student’s family and friends to offer support and learn all we can about the student’s recent activities and whereabouts,” Middlebury Vice President for Student Affairs Smita Ruzicka and Associate Vice President of Safety Demitria Kirby said in a Facebook post Sunday. The California native is a senior double majoring in computer science and statistics. Along with her rigorous coursework, Smith is a former…