Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kansas City is mourning the loss of a police officer after he was fatally struck by a driver fleeing law enforcement while attempting to deploy stop sticks.The Kansas City Police Department in Kansas identified the slain officer as 26-year-old Hunter Simoncic. The young officer graduated from the department’s academy in 2023.Simoncic was struck early Tuesday morning while deploying stop sticks on State Avenue in an effort to stop a driver who was fleeing law enforcement, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.Dennis Mitchell III, 31, is accused of hitting Simoncic and is…

NEED TO KNOW 59-year–old Richard Michael “Mike” Robinson of The Dalles, Ore., had been arrested in Colorado and identified as “a person of interest” following the discovery of human remains in Oregon last monthThe remains of He “Kiki” Meihong were found inside a storage box in “a storage unit on West 6th Street in The Dalles, Ore.,” on July 29, per authoritiesMeihong was last seen in Glenwood, Wash., on May 25 when her fiancé dropped her off to go fishing with her friends, according to a missing person poster shared by police A man has been arrested following the discovery of…

NEED TO KNOW Declan Perry, 27, was found dead and wrapped in duct taped blankets outside of a Massachusetts hospital on Saturday afternoonNeighbors told police they saw a man carrying a “large, heavy blanket” out to the same car earlier that morningAuthorities said investigators have searched Perry’s apartment and “seized several items of evidence” in connection to the investigation into his death When Declan Perry’s neighbors saw news reports about a dead man wrapped in duct tape and blankets found outside of a Massachusetts hospital on Saturday, they contacted police and explained how they watched a man carrying a “large,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Illinois’ Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said the state “will not stand idly by” if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to deploy the National Guard to Chicago to respond to crime in the Windy City.”Unlike Donald Trump, we keep our promises,” the governor wrote Wednesday on X. “We will not stand idly by if he decides to send the National Guard to intimidate Chicagoans.””Action will be met with a response,” he continued.Pritzker’s comments are just the latest in his recent feud with Trump, as the federal government weighs whether to…

NEED TO KNOW Kevin Verville Jr. was stolen from his family in Oceanside, Calif., on July 1, 1980, when he was just 17 days oldThe FBI and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children have joined forces to search anew for Kevin Verville Jr., who would now be 45His parents and siblings hope he is found soon. “He is loved and missed by so many,” says his sister, Angelica New parents Kevin Verville Sr., a 21-year-old U.S. Marine corporal, and his Filipino-born wife, Angelina, 22, were over the moon with the birth of their first child, Kevin Jr., on…

NEED TO KNOW Jairo Cesar Vasquez Garzon was known as a tarot card reader under the name “Rafael El Brujo Mayor” (“Rafael The Grand Warlock”)At least two women have come forward since 2022 accusing him of sexual assault during their sessions with himOne woman alleges he “sprayed” her with a liquid, leaving her unconscious A tarot card reader and self-styled “healer” in Utah is facing multiple charges of sexual assault after at least two women reported him to authorities. The suspect, 57-year-old Jairo Cesar Vasquez Garzon, is facing “multiple forcible sexual abuse charges,” the Salt Lake County District Attorney announced…

NEED TO KNOW Suspect Robin Westman, 23, allegedly shot at a Catholic school in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Aug. 27The suspect killed two children, and injured three adults and 14 children, including Endre Gunter, 13Endre Gunter’s mother confirmed that her son was taken into surgery and is now recovering One of the 17 surviving victims of the mass school shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis has been identified. Endre Gunter, 13, was shot in the stomach by suspected shooter Robin Westman on Wednesday, Aug. 27, at around 8:30 a.m. Westman allegedly fired at the church’s windows during the back-to-school Mass.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump is honoring Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Verardo, one of the most catastrophically wounded heroes of the Afghanistan war and a Purple Heart recipient who died at age 40 Tuesday due to complications from injuries sustained on the battlefield. Trump praised Verardo in a Truth Social post as “a true American Hero” whose courage and sacrifice “will forever inspire us.”Verardo’s story was not only one of sacrifice for his nation but also of lasting impact. His courage in the face of devastating injuries and the determination of his wife, Sarah,…

NEED TO KNOW Pregnant teen Katelynn Strate, who was shot in a road rage incident, delivered her baby via C-section before dying, police sayThe newborn is in the NICU after Strate, 17, was killed in the Louisiana road rage shootingStrate’s family donated her organs after the tragic shooting A pregnant teen in Louisiana who was shot in the head during a road rage incident delivered her baby via emergency C-section before she died, police have said. On Sunday, Aug. 24, at around 9 a.m. local time, Katelynn Strate, 17, of Ponchatoula — who was 28 weeks pregnant — was in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former Department of Justice employee who prosecutors say threw a sandwich at a federal officer in Washington, D.C., has avoided indictment for felony assault, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.Sean Charles Dunn, 37, was allegedly caught on video shouting obscenities at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents standing near 14th and U streets on Aug. 10. Witnesses said Dunn yelled, “Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city!” while confronting the agents. At one point he was said to call an officer a “fascist.”He is…