Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Homeland Security on Friday announced the arrests of five illegal immigrants convicted of a range of offenses, from murder to sexually abusing children. “These are not minor offenses. These are predators, abusers and murderers who should have never been in our country in the first place,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, DHS is delivering on its promise to restore law and order and defend American families. If you are in this country illegally and have harmed others — your days here are numbered.”DHS ARRESTS ‘WORST…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cyber threats are on the rise, and attackers are becoming more aggressive with each new breach. As a result, Google patched a critical vulnerability in its Chrome browser. This marks the fourth zero-day exploit discovered so far this year. Because hackers had already begun exploiting the flaw, Google quickly released an emergency update for Chrome users on Windows, Mac and Linux.In light of this, as these threats grow more frequent and more sophisticated, taking control of your digital security is essential. With that in mind, here is what you need to know about…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A divided federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Friday tossed out an agreement that would have allowed 9/11 terror mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty, in another failed effort to end a years-long legal saga surrounding the military prosecution of men held at Guantánamo Bay.The 2-1 D.C. Circuit appeals court decision upheld then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to undo the plea deal approved by military lawyers and senior Pentagon staff.The deal would have carried life without parole sentences for Mohammed and two co-defendants, potentially taking capital punishment off the table. …

A Brooklyn woman claims she was raped on the beach at Coney Island as Fourth of July celebrations dwindled — and the NYPD confirms to PEOPLE it is investigating the alleged incident.  Melasia Harris told CBS New York that she was with a group of people she had just met at the beach early Saturday, July 5, when a man, whom she says had a “scar on his lip” and a book bag, forcibly performed oral sex on her. “He saw that I was on the floor and that’s when he put his face between my legs, and I started…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The foreman of the jury in the murder trial of Raul Valle, who was acquitted Wednesday of murdering a 17-year-old prep school lacrosse player at a booze-fueled high school party, slammed the state for lacking evidence to support its case. Valle was accused of stabbing James “Jimmy” McGrath to death during a May 14, 2022, brawl in an affluent Connecticut suburb. McGrath attended Fairfield College Preparatory Academy, and Valle attended nearby St. Joseph’s High School. Jim Stuhlman was the 10th juror and foreman in the trial. He read aloud Valle’s not-guilty verdict, sparing the…

NEED TO KNOW A New Hampshire woman was fatally shot by her ex-boyfriend and later found dead in the restaurant where she workedSandra Marisol Fuentes Huaracha, 25, was killed before Michael Gleason, Jr., 50, turned the gun on himself, authorities sayFuentes Huaracha was called a “beacon of light” by the local mayor A beloved restaurant worker was killed in an apparent murder-suicide by her ex-boyfriend, authorities said. Sandra Marisol Fuentes Huaracha, 25, was found dead behind the bar at La Casita Restaurant in Berlin, N.H., by officers who responded to a 911 call around 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, July 6,…

NEED TO KNOW Timothy James Wood, 36, is accused by prosecutors of holding his girlfriend captive in a shed behind his father’s home in Phoenix for two weeksThe woman alleged that Wood beat and sexually assaulted her, threatened to kill her and at one point buried her in a hole underneath the shed for two days, according to multiple outletsPolice arrested Wood on July 2 after the woman allegedly escaped out a back door of the shed and contacted police A woman in Arizona is accusing her boyfriend of holding her captive in a shed for two weeks where she…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Arkansas lawmakers questioned officials with the state’s Department of Corrections on Thursday about the escape of a dangerous inmate nicknamed the “Devil in the Ozarks” in late May.Grant Hardin, a 56-year-old murderer and rapist, was captured on June 6, approximately 1.5 miles north-northwest of the North Central Unit prison facility from which he escaped on May 25, the Izard County Sheriff’s Office said.DOC Chairman Benny Magness told Arkansas State Sen. Fredrick Love during a Thursday hearing that while no officials actively had helped Hardin escape, a kitchen supervisor had allowed the inmate…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One week after a Maine paddleboarder was found murdered in a local neighborhood pond, members of the community are left searching for answers as fears of a potential serial killer grips the sleepy coastal town. The body of 48-year-old Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart was discovered in the early morning of July 3, just six hours after she had left for a solo paddleboarding trip around Crawford Pond, according to the Maine State Police. Stewart’s remains were reportedly found near 100 Acre Island, a wooded area accessible only by boat, according to WMTW 8. NEW ENGLAND SERIAL…

NEED TO KNOW A former elementary school teacher in Anderson County, S.C., was arrested and charged after being accused of having “an inappropriate and unlawful relationship with a 14-year-old male,” police have saidNicole Ballew Callaham, 33, is facing multiple charges from both the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and the Greenville Police DepartmentThe suspect and the teenager’s relationship “intensified as she reportedly signed the student out of school, transported him to practices, and served as a supervisor for after-school activities,” the ACSO wrote on social media A former elementary school teacher in South Carolina has been arrested after having “an inappropriate…