Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A suspect described by prosecutors as “the man who started” the viral July 26 downtown Cincinnati beatdown faces new legal trouble, this time with the federal government. Jermaine Mathews, 39, has been indicted on federal drug charges, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio announced in a Monday afternoon release. “According to the superseding indictment, Mathews is responsible for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl,” said United States Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II. “He is also charged with operating a premises…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada — co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel — pleaded guilty Monday to leading a criminal enterprise and racketeering.U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the plea in Brooklyn, saying Zambada confessed to a lifetime of crime with the Sinaloa Cartel, labeled a foreign terrorist organization. “Thanks to the relentless work of our prosecutors and our federal agents, El Mayo will spend the rest of his life behind bars. He will die in a U.S. federal prison where he belongs,” Bondi said. “His guilty plea brings us one step closer to achieving…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Monday signed a proclamation commemorating the anniversary of the Abbey Gate attack during the Afghanistan withdrawal that took the lives of 13 military service members.Trump was surrounded by Gold Star families as he signed the proclamation in the White House. “We remember these great 13 souls, but we also remember the people that were so badly injured, our soldiers, 32 of them approximately,” he said. “We understand that it should’ve never happened, should have never been allowed to have happened.”MORNING GLORY: TRUMP’S SIGNATURE QUOTE ON IRAN CEMENTS A DECISIVE…

Police looking into reports of an active shooter at the University of Arkansas have been unable to confirm “any active threats on campus at this time,” according to an updated statement from the school posted on Monday, Aug. 25. “Avoid, deny, defend protocols have been lifted at this time while police continue to patrol campus, but please be vigilant,” the statement reads, adding that classes are cancelled for the remainder of the day. This comes a few hours after students received a report through the RazALERT Emergency Notification system to stay away from the school’s Mullins Library, due to an…

It’s no secret that I’m a Smith & Wesson fan. I’ve enjoyed excellent results with dozens of their revolvers and semi-autos for more than fifty years. While I own several older models that have served me well, my carry choices today lean toward modern designs that outclass their predecessors. For example, the Smith & Wesson Ultimate Carry 442 outperforms all of my older snub-nose .38s. The S&W 640 Pro Performance Center .357 Magnum is another standout, combining classic revolver reliability with modern refinements. Interestingly, a few of the handguns that have earned a permanent spot on my belt feature compensators—even…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A woman in Ohio crashed a golf cart carrying her and three of her children into a lake, leading to the discovery of the woman’s 4-year-old son and husband, authorities said. The crash happened around 10:40 p.m. Saturday at Atwood Lake, next to Atwood Marina West, about 85 miles southeast of Cleveland. The woman was with her 18-year-old twin sons and 15-year-old daughter when she drove the golf cart into the water, Sheriff Orvis Campbell of the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a news release. FATHER AND SON DROWN IN LAKE MICHIGAN DURING WEEKEND…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that an investigation is underway after reports said Israel struck a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip, killing at least 20 people on Monday, according to reports.Netanyahu said Israel regretted the deadly incident and reiterated that Israel does not intentionally target civilians in its war with Hamas. Reports said among the dead were five journalists who worked for outlets such as Reuters, The Associated Press, and Al Jazeera.”Israel deeply regrets the tragic mishap that occurred today at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza,” Netanyahu’s office said in…

NEED TO KNOW Alfred A. Knopf will publish Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s posthumous memoir in fall 2025Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice recounts Giuffre’s experience being trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, before she escaped at age 19Giuffre died by suicide in April 2025 A posthumous memoir by Virginia Roberts Giuffre will arrive this year. On Aug. 24, publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced that they will publish Guiffre’s book, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, in fall 2025. Giuffre, who died by suicide on April 24, 2025, was one of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! What began as a war of words over Baltimore crime between Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and President Donald Trump is now turning into a high-stakes commerce fight.Federal funding for the Francis Scott Key Bridge, destroyed last March when a container ship lost power and slammed into it, has become the new flashpoint. TRUMP SAYS HE COULD SEND THE NATIONAL GUARD TO MARYLAND TO ADDRESS CRIMEOn Sunday, Trump raised in a Truth Social post the possibility of revoking bridge funding and even deploying the National Guard to address the city’s crime problem: “I gave…

NEED TO KNOW Evan Stanley is charged with the murder of Keval Mehta in Hernando County, Fla.Stanley allegedly shot Mehta after a dispute over the former’s dog, police sayMehta and Stanley were former co-workers who were re-acquainted at a bar, according to police A Florida man is charged with murder after police say he killed his former co-worker who he had refused to let see his dog. Evan Stanley is charged with second-degree murder with a firearm in connection with the death of Keval Mehta on Aug. 20, court records indicate. Police responded to the shooting after they say Stanley…