Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Phones today are more secure than ever, making it harder, but not impossible, for hackers to take control. iPhones have strong protections built in, and while Android devices have improved, they still trail slightly in some areas. Still, phone hacks are more common than most people realize. In rare cases, sophisticated spyware like Pegasus, used by governments to target high-profile individuals, can bypass even top-tier security. But for the average user, the real risk often comes from common tactics that exploit human error or weak settings. I recently received an email from Joyce…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In the wake of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, the regime appears to be turning inward — escalating repression with chilling speed. According to Kasra Aarabi, director of IRGC research at United Against Nuclear Iran, the Islamic Republic is accelerating toward what he said is a “North Korea-style model of isolation and control.””We’re witnessing a kind of domestic isolation that will have major consequences for the Iranian people,” Aarabi told Fox News Digital. “The regime has always been totalitarian, but the level of suppression now is unprecedented. It’s unlike anything we’ve…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Haiti’s criminal gangs have exerted “near-total control” over the capital, as escalating violence pushes the Caribbean nation “closer to the brink,” senior U.N. officials warned Wednesday.Gangs control an estimated 90% of Port-au-Prince, Ghada Fathy Waly, executive director of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, told the U.N. Security Council. Waly noted that gangs are expanding into previously peaceful areas.”Southern Haiti, which until recently was insulated from the violence, has seen a sharp increase in gang-related incidents,” she said. “And in the east, criminal groups are exploiting land routes, including key crossings…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A World War II veteran who is 102 years old has become a viral sensation on TikTok, sharing his experiences of wartime stories.Jake Larson, aka “Papa Jake,” spoke with Fox News Digital about serving the country and shared what Independence Day means to him. (See the video at the top of this article.) Larson of Lafayette, California, fought in six battles during World War II while storming Omaha Beach on D-Day and then in the Battle of the Bulge.AMERICA’S OLDEST JULY 4TH PARADE MARKS 240 YEARS OF PATRIOTIC TRADITIONHe was born in Owatonna,…

After jurors found Sean “Diddy” Combs guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution on Wednesday, July 2, his attorneys are requesting that the music mogul be released immediately while he awaits sentencing. Combs’ attorney, Marc Agnifilo, proposed to the court that Combs be released Wednesday on bond to live at his Florida home. He faces 10 years in prison for each count. “Is your proposal that Mr. Combs leave the courtroom and walk outside,” Judge Arun Subramanian asked. “That is my proposal,” replied Agnifilo. Subramanian asked both prosecutors and the defense to submit letters by 1 p.m., after…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In 1997, in the early, optimistic, post-Soviet days, I visited Odesa, Ukraine, to lead discussions about democratic governance systems for the region’s public officials. That beautiful, historic city on the Black Sea, once a polyglot center of commerce — now horrifically targeted by Russian bombs — was just awakening from socialism. Private hotels and restaurants had opened, even as Soviet-era “sanitoria” — government-owned resorts for labor unions — continued to operate. But the green shoots of private ownership had not yet reached its housing market — such as its long blocks of “Khruschevka”…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The first time I remember celebrating the Fourth of July was during the American bicentennial in 1976. As children living in New York City, my parents woke my sisters and I up early to see the Parade of Tall Ships as it entered the Hudson River. Even as a kid, this magnificent display conveyed to me a sense of the grand power of the U.S. The extraordinary event also offered me another feeling: that America, my home country, would do anything and everything in its power to keep me, my family, and…

NEED TO KNOW Sean “Diddy” Combs’ attorneys have asked that he be released on a $1 million bondProsecutors said he remains a “danger” and have asked the judge not to set bailCombs was acquitted of the more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering but convicted on prostitution-related charges Sean “Diddy” Combs’ attorneys have said they expect him to be sentenced to about two years in prison after he was convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution on Wednesday, July 2. That sentence is much less than the 51 to 63 months sentence that prosecutors have recommended.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! LGBTQ celebrities gave mixed reactions to the American flag in a trailer for the upcoming documentary “Reclaim the Flag” on Tuesday.The trailer opened with a voice-over asking interview subjects what the American flag symbolizes to them.”Depending on how the United States feels about you will depend on how you feel about the flag,” actress and writer Lena Waithe answered.Others were more cynical, saying the flag represented “trauma” and that they were “not welcome here.”COLLEGE PROFESSOR CALLS AMERICAN FLAG A SOURCE OF ANXIETY, FEAR: ‘PATRIOTISM QUICKLY SLIPS INTO NATIONALISM’ “If I’m on Grindr…

From a prison cell at California’s Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, Suge Knight — gray-bearded, 60, and still carrying the weight of a war story that never ended — replays the moment that shattered everything in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE. He’s the last man alive who witnessed the night Tupac Shakur was shot. And nearly three decades later, he’s still naming names. But this isn’t just about the bullets that flew on the Vegas Strip that fateful night on September 7, 1996. It’s about another evening, years later, when Knight finally came face-to-face with the man he believes was…