Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chicago Democrat Raymond Lopez tore into his own party for turning a blind eye to crime, accusing leaders like Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson of whitewashing the issue while standing in the way of President Donald Trump’s crackdown.”History will prove the Democratic Party wrong in this moment,” Lopez said Monday on “Fox & Friends.””There are very few of us who are standing up to say, ‘No, we do not need to move the goalpost that far to the left to be relevant,’ and, unfortunately, we have a small segment of…

NEED TO KNOW In 1985 and then in 2000, the bodies of a woman and three children were found in drum barrels in the New Hampshire woodsFor years authorities tried to identify the victimsThis is one of the first cases that used genetic genealogy to identify unknown victims Her tiny body was found stuffed in a barrel in the New Hampshire woods, one of four victims of the so-called Chameleon Killer. No one knew who she was, where she was from or how she got there, until now. On Sunday, Sept. 7, authorities announced that the final unidentified victim in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former University of Kentucky student-athlete Laken Snelling was seen performing with her school’s STUNT team months before detectives say they found her newborn infant inside a closet wrapped in a trash bag.Snelling, 21, was taken into custody on Aug. 31 by Lexington Police Department officers who were responding to a call regarding an unresponsive infant, officials said. Police said the infant was “pronounced deceased at the scene,” adding that Snelling was the infant’s mother.An autopsy on the male infant was inconclusive, the Fayette County Coroner’s Office, noting that extensive microscopic analysis would…

NEED TO KNOW Cara Northington said at an event on Sept. 6, that she forgave Bryan Kohberger, the man who murdered her 20-year-old daughter Xana KernodleShe said that she came to this place while serving a 10-month sentence for a probation violation after her daughter’s murder, during which time she said that she rediscovered her faithNorthington also shared fond memories of her daughter, calling her a ‘beautiful soul’ and saying: ‘She was funny. She just had a way of making you feel special’ The mother of one of the four University of Idaho students murdered by Bryan Kohberger delivered a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump wants to bring the death penalty back to Washington for those convicted of murder amid his crime crackdown in the District — even though capital punishment has been outlawed there for decades. While Washington, D.C.’s Superior Court that handles local trial matters is barred from utilizing the death penalty, and any changes at that level likely would require intervention from the D.C. City Council or Congress, the death penalty is legal at the federal level. As a result, Trump would seek to capitalize on capital punishment in Washington for those convicted…

NEED TO KNOW An Illinois father was charged after allegedly fatally shooting his daughter while trying to kill a bird inside a buildingThe bullet passed through the bird, exited a window, and hit 14-year-old Emma Schultheis while she was outside, authorities sayEmma’s father, David Schultheis, and a second person, Karen Schwarze, are facing charges in connection with the teen’s July death An Illinois father was arrested after authorities alleged he fatally shot his teenage daughter while trying to kill a bird. David A. Schultheis, 34, was charged on Sept. 2 with reckless discharge of a firearm in connection with the…

In a move that is alarming to gun-ban advocates but being cheered by Second Amendment supporters, the Trump Administration Department of Justice (DOJ) has requested to present oral arguments in support of Illinois’ ban on so-called “assault weapons.” In the cases Barnett v. Raoul, the DOJ in June filed an amicus brief with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, not in support of the state, but of the plaintiff’s suing to have the ban overturned. “Three years ago, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision meant to break a habit developed by some States of treating the Second Amendment as…

NEED TO KNOW A 72-year-old man, identified as Vernon Patton, was critically injured in a black bear attack in the Mulberry Mountain area on Wednesday, Sept. 3, according to officialsHe reportedly suffered “severe cuts and puncture wounds to his head and arms” and was airlifted to a nearby hospital for surgeryThe Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said the attack was “highly unusual” as there hadn’t been a bear attack documented in Arkansas in the last 25 years A 72-year-old man is recovering after being critically injured in a bear attack in Arkansas earlier this week. The man — identified as…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Residents in a ritzy area of Los Angeles are getting frustrated with local leaders such as Democrat Mayor Karen Bass over a recent rise in crime, with one resident saying that people in the community are “on edge” and says more needs to be done.The call for increased security in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, comes after longtime American Idol music producer Robin Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, were found dead inside their home on July 14. Police believe the couple was killed on July 10 as two calls were…

NEED TO KNOW Erin Patterson has been handed three life sentences for the murders of her former in-laws and another family member, according to reportsThe 50-year-old Australian, who was found guilty of poisoning her relatives with death cap mushrooms during a lunch in July 2023, was convicted of the murders of her ex-husband Simon Patterson’s parents, Don and Gail, as well as Gail’s sister Heather, in JulyErin was also found guilty of attempting to murder Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson, and will serve her life sentences concurrently with a 25-year sentence for that crime The Australian woman who was found guilty…