Author: Jack Bogart

NEED TO KNOW Cheryl Harris Gates, 42, is facing multiple charges including attempted murder and stalkingAccording to an arrest warrant obtained by PEOPLE, Gates allegedly spiked her husband’s Celsius energy drink with prescription medicationsGates allegedly used ChatGPT between July 8 and Sept. 29 to “investigate lethal and incapacitating prescription drug combinations,” per an officer affidavit for obtaining a warrant A North Carolina school employee is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly spiking her husband’s energy drink. Cheryl Harris Gates, 42, was arrested Friday, Oct. 10 and is also facing charges of stalking, damage to property and contaminating food or drink…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former student of a private school in Torrance, California, is in custody after allegedly stabbing three staff members, attempting to stab a fourth person, and later making a bomb threat while under arrest, police said.The former Switzer Learning Center student left the three staff members injured and triggered a major response from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Bomb Squad Monday.The Switzer Learning Center is a nonpublic special education school that, according to its website, supports students from kindergarten through 12th grade.According to a statement posted on the Torrance Police Department’s…

NEED TO KNOW Bryan Kohberger took a plea deal just days after seeing the prosecution’s witness list for the guilt phase of his trial, which revealed his sister Amanda could be called to testifyA newly unsealed document reveals the names on that list, of which Amanda is the lone Kohberger family member, likely because her brother allegedly stole her phone in 2014Amanda was also included on Kohberger’s list of mitigation witnesses, whose testimony he hoped would decrease his culpability should he be convicted of murder Bryan Kohberger might have been forced to face off with his sister in court had…

Walk into any gun store in America, and you can purchase a muzzle brake, flash hider, or riflescope without filling out a single form beyond the standard background check for the firearm itself. But try to buy a suppressor, a device that serves primarily as hearing protection—and you’ll encounter a bureaucratic maze involving a $200 tax stamp, months of waiting, and ATF approval. This doesn’t make sense, especially when you understand what suppressors actually do versus what Hollywood has trained us to believe. Movies and television have sold the public a dangerous fiction: that suppressors turn firearms into whisper-quiet assassination…

NEED TO KNOW Aaron Spencer announced his plan to run for Lonoke County Sheriff on his campaign’s Facebook page Friday, Oct. 10The military veteran allegedly fatally shot a 67-year-old man he found in a truck with his teenage daughterHe is scheduled to go to trial on charges of second-degree murder in January 2026 An Arkansas father who allegedly killed a man he found in a truck with his teenage daughter is now running for sheriff. Aaron Spencer, 37, announced his plan to run for Lonoke County Sheriff on his campaign’s Facebook page Friday, Oct. 10. Spencer, who is charged with…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former banker and accomplice of Alex Murdaugh has learned his fate after pleading guilty to eight felony charges stemming from financial crimes committed alongside the convicted murderer. A South Carolina judge sentenced Russell Laffitte, the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank, to 13 years in state prison on Monday, according to FOX 57. The sentence comes after prosecutors said Laffitte exploited his roles as a court-appointed conservator for Murdaugh’s personal injury clients and chief of Palmetto State Bank to funnel over $2 million in fraudulent transfers from clients to Murdaugh and himself, the outlet…

NEED TO KNOW An 18-year-old boy was killed and several others injured in a shooting that broke out during a balloon release to honor a homicide victim in St. Louis, Mo.Police said four other men were also shotNo arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing One person was killed and four others injured in a shooting that occurred during a balloon release to honor a murder victim in St. Louis, Mo., authorities said. Police believe the gunfire erupted after a group made an appearance at the vigil in Hamilton Heights on Oct. 8, according to a press release…

A coalition of gun-rights organizations has taken another step in the effort to dismantle the National Firearms Act (NFA). On October 9, the National Rifle Association (NRA), Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and American Suppressor Association (ASA) filed another lawsuit challenging the 1934 law. At issue is whether the law is even applicable now that the $200 tax on suppressors, short-barreled rifles (SBRs), short-barreled shotguns (SBSs) and any other weapons (AOWs), as defined by the law, was removed in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” In the latest lawsuit, Jensen v. ATF, filed with the U.S.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In an interview with Fox News Digital, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, whose National Guard troops were recently deployed in support of ICE operations in Chicago, revealed the “substantive reason” why he has such a good working relationship with the president: “We both believe in the rule of law.””President Trump and I have a good, long-standing, working relationship, and there’s a substantive reason behind that. We both believe in the rule of law. We both believe in public safety. We both believed in securing the borders,” he explained.Abbott said that he and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania marked the release of the remaining living hostages held by Hamas, the terror group that perpetrated the heinous October 7, 2023, attack in Israel.He credited President Donald Trump with helping to negotiate the peace agreement that led to the release of the captives kidnapped during the attack.”The nightmare finally ends. May the hostages have a full recovery and may we never forget those who didn’t make it out alive. Credit to @POTUS for a breakthrough ceasefire of this awful war,” Fetterman noted in his post on…