Author: Jack Bogart

NEED TO KNOW Chad Brix pleaded guilty except for insanity to the 2024 murder of his mother, Virginia BrixChad had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and his mother had been his legal guardianChad told police he believed his mother had poisoned him and that he then fatally stabbed her An Oregon man pleaded guilty to murder after he fatally stabbed his mother, who had been his legal guardian. Chad Brix, 53, pleaded guilty except for insanity to one count of second-degree murder on Oct. 15 in connection with the killing of his mother, 78-year-old Virginia Brix in February 2024, according to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A college financial aid advisor in New York is accused of strangling his girlfriend then lighting their shared apartment on fire, leaving authorities to find her 4-day-old baby dead.Kidane Haile, 30, allegedly strangled his girlfriend, Kathleen “Katie” Carrig, 29, to death on Oct. 18 at their apartment in Buffalo, New York, according to a news release by Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane. Officials said that after allegedly killing Carrig, Haile set the apartment on fire, according to BTPM.Noah Carrig, the couple’s 4-day-old son, was also found dead at the apartment. His…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that the U.S. military killed 14 alleged narco-terrorists in a series of strikes against four suspected drug vessels in the Eastern Pacific.”All strikes were in international waters with no U.S. forces harmed,” Hegseth added, noting that President Donald Trump ordered the strikes targeting “Designated Terrorist Organizations (DTO) trafficking narcotics in the Eastern Pacific.””The four vessels were known by our intelligence apparatus, transiting along known narco-trafficking routes, and carrying narcotics. Eight male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessels during the first strike,” Hegseth said.”Four male narco-terrorists were…

NEED TO KNOW Summer McKesson, 43, told CNN that she was fathered by her mothers’ fertility specialist, Dr. Charles Peete, in what she calls an act of ‘medical rape’Laurie Kruppa, Summer’s mother, said that Dr. Peete told her that her children’s biological father would be a medical resident when he performed her intrauterine inseminationsSummer said that she decided to speak out after learning the genetic disorder Marfan’s Syndrome was the cause of her recent blood clots and an emergency open heart surgery A series of medical battles and the discovery of a previously undiagnosed genetic disorder led a woman to discover…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge in Tennessee is threatening Attorney General Pam Bondi, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and other Department of Justice and DHS employees with sanctions if they make any prejudicial statements about Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s criminal case.U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, who is overseeing the case, wrote in a filing Monday that, “DOJ and DHS employees who fail to comply with the requirement to refrain from making any statement that ‘will have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing’ this criminal prosecution may be subject to sanctions.”Abrego Garcia,…

NEED TO KNOW Former Illinois police officer Drew Peterson was convicted of murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio, after his fourth wife, Stacy Ann Peterson, went missingIn 2016, he was sentenced to an additional 40 years in prison for attempting to hire someone to kill the attorney who successfully prosecuted him in Savio’s deathStacy has never been found Drew Peterson still maintains his innocence in the murder of his ex-wife, Kathleen Savio, and the disappearance of his wife, Stacy Ann Peterson. The former police officer had been married to Savio, his third wife, for almost a decade when their relationship…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge in Tennessee dismissed a lawsuit that a Democratic state representative filed against several of his Republican colleagues regarding his expulsion and eventual reinstatement as a lawmaker in 2023.U.S. District Court Judge Eli Richardson for the Middle District of Tennessee wrote a 52-page opinion slapping down Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones’ lawsuit for a lack of legal standing.Jones had claimed in the suit that his four-day expulsion caused him financial and professional harm, that he was denied due process and that his punishment was more severe than his White colleague…

NEED TO KNOW A Maryland teenager was sentenced to 80 years in prison for fatally shooting a high school classmate during an argument about a girlJaylen Prince, 17, was convicted in May of first-degree murder and more in connection with the death of Warren GrantPrince testified during his trial that the shooting wasn’t intentional A Maryland teenager will spend decades behind bars for fatally shooting his classmate inside their high school bathroom. Jaylen Prince was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 20 years on Oct. 14, with all but 80 years suspended, according to a press release from…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A surge in Boston homicides has experts sounding the alarm, warning the spike exposes the consequences of soft-on-crime policies taking root in cities nationwide.According to newly released data from the Major Cities Chiefs Association, Boston recorded 17 homicides in the first half of 2025, compared to just seven during the same period last year – a 143% increase. Nationwide, homicides fell nearly 20% year over year during the same span.Wendy Murphy, a Massachusetts-based legal analyst, former prosecutor and nationally recognized victims’ rights advocate, told Fox News Digital the numbers are “a flashing…

NEED TO KNOW At least two people were killed and 11 others were injured in a North Carolina shooting on Oct. 25The incident took place during a Halloween partyPolice are currently searching for a suspect, and no arrests have been made At least two people are dead and 11 others are injured following a shooting at a Halloween house party in North Carolina. At around 1:15 a.m. local time on Saturday, Oct. 25, police were dispatched to the home due to a noise complaint and reports that multiple people had been shot, the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) said in…