Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pentagon is standing firmly behind Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Anthony Tata, who is facing a legal dispute in Florida connected to a self-described astrologer.Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell told Fox News that Tata continues to enjoy full confidence from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.”Under Secretary Tata has the complete and total confidence of Secretary Hegseth in his role and will continue to have his support,” Parnell said. “Mr. Tata has done a fantastic job delivering on the priorities of this Department and this administration. We strongly stand by…

NEED TO KNOW Kelsey Berreth was murdered by her fiancé, Patrick Frazee, after he tried convincing his mistress to kill herFrazee’s mistress, Krystal Jean Lee Kenney, attempted to murder Berreth three times but couldn’t go through with itKenney ultimately testified against Frazee and walked authorities through the brutal crime scene Kelsey Berreth was a doting mother whose life was brutally taken away from her. Berreth was last seen shopping at a grocery store in Woodland Park, Colo., with her young daughter on Thanksgiving morning in 2018. Over a week later, Berreth’s mom, Cheryl Berreth, reported her missing when she couldn’t…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Florida man who fatally stabbed a married couple during a robbery is scheduled to be executed next month, which could extend the state’s record number of inmates put to death in a single year.Victor Tony Jones, 64, is scheduled to be killed Sept. 30 at Florida State Prison near Starke under a death warrant signed Friday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, which would mark the state’s 13th execution scheduled for this year. The state’s 11th execution was carried out Thursday when Curtis Windom, 59, died by lethal injection, and David Pittman, 63,…

NEED TO KNOW Officials with the Bureau of Land Management are investigating the discovery of dozens of human remains found on the side of the highway in Searchlight, NevadaKLAS reported that about 70 cremated human remains were found earlier this weekInvestigators have not announced charges or further information regarding the investigation as of Wednesday, Aug. 27 Federal investigators are looking into what’s reported to be at least 70 cremated human remains found dumped in the desert about an hour south of Las Vegas. Officials with the Bureau of Land Management are investigating the human remains that were found in Searchlight,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Miami Hurricanes football player Adarius Hayes faces multiple serious charges after an investigation into a vehicle crash in Florida left three people dead.The linebacker was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide and one count of reckless driving with serious bodily injury. In May, police determined Hayes was the driver in the fatal two-car crash.In response to the charges, the Miami football team confirmed Hayes “has been indefinitely suspended from all athletic-related activities per athletic department policy.” The athletic department did not offer further comment. Hayes surrendered to police Friday morning in…

NEED TO KNOW Two children were killed and 18 others were injured in a shooting at a Catholic school in MinneapolisA girl who had been shot in the head asked a bystander to hold her hand as he waited with herThe two children who were killed were aged 8 and 10 A man who lives around the corner from the Minneapolis Catholic school where two children were killed and 18 other people were injured ran to the scene once he heard gunshots. Pat Scallen told ABC News’ Good Morning America that after hearing a 10th gunshot, he realized what was…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former Yahoo executive who killed his elderly mother and then himself in a Connecticut home was reportedly influenced by ChatGPT, which fueled his conspiracy theories.Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56, spoke to OpenAI’s popular bot, which he nicknamed “Bobby,” before the murder-suicide involving his 83-year-old mother, Suzanne Eberson Adams, in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, The Wall Street Journal reported.”Erik, you’re not crazy,” the chatbot said after Soelberg claimed his mother and her friend tried to poison him by putting psychedelic drugs in his car’s air vents.”And if it was done by your mother and her…

NEED TO KNOW Lawrence Dority was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting former Orlando Magic player Adreian Payne in 2022Payne’s girlfriend said she and Payne showed up to Dority’s townhouse after Dority’s girlfriend called her for helpDority said he was acting in self-defense because he thought Payne was carrying a gun, court records say Adreian Payne, a former NBA player for the Orlando Magic, was trying to defuse a domestic dispute in 2022 when he was fatally shot. On Friday, Aug. 29, the gunman learned his fate. Lawrence Dority, 32,  of Orlando, was sentenced to life in prison…

NEED TO KNOW Corena Minjarez, 39, was convicted Aug. 27 of two counts each first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse and was sentenced to life without paroleInvestigators found three-year-old Yesenia Dominguez encased in concrete in a Pueblo storage unit; her five-year-old brother Jesus Dominguez Jr. was found in a suitcase stuffed into the trunk of an abandoned carTheir father, Jesus Dominguez Sr., pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and is set to be sentenced Sept. 12 A Colorado woman has been found guilty of murdering two young children and hiding their remains in Pueblo, Colo., more than five years after…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sean Charles Dunn, the Justice Department worker fired after being accused of throwing a sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent earlier this month, has been charged with a misdemeanor.Dunn was previously charged with a felony, but a grand jury declined to hand down an indictment.”I will continue to pursue every avenue available to hold offenders accountable. While this DC grand jury did not return a true bill consistent with the clear wording of the statute on the felony charge in this case, we will not (waver) in our commitment…