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NEED TO KNOW Lyle and Erik Menendez are set to have parole hearings that could potentially lead to their releaseErik will face the board on Thursday, Aug. 21, while Lyle is slated for the following dayIf the hearing panel grants the brothers parole, the decision would be subject to review by the parole board’s legal office — the final decision would rest in the hands of Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom Lyle and Erik Menendez could be one step closer to freedom, as the brothers are set to face the California parole board beginning on Thursday, Aug. 21. The Menendez brothers…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Chinese national living in Texas was sentenced on Thursday to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for installing malicious code on his former employer’s systems, including a “kill switch” that locked workers out when his account was disabled.Davis Lu — a 55-year-old man residing legally in Houston — was convicted in March of intentionally damaging protected computers while working as a software developer for the Ohio-based company, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.CHINESE CITIZEN ADMITS STEALING US TRADE SECRETS FOR NEXT-GENERATION NATIONAL…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), which issued an assessment on U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, as well as other senior military officials. Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the DIA, a senior defense official told Fox News Digital on Friday. The firing came months after DIA details of the preliminary assessment of Operation Midnight Hammer were leaked to the news media. The assessment questioned the effectiveness of the strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TAKES ON NEW BATTLE…

NEED TO KNOW A man in Birmingham, England was found guilty of the attempted murder of his wife after “pouring hot oil” on her and physically attacking herRaju Mollah pled not guilty to attempted murder but will now face jail time when sentenced in court later this year”My husband tried to kill me,” Mosammed Mumtaz reportedly told emergency responders who treated her after the attack A man was found guilty of the attempted murder of his wife in Birmingham, England. On Friday, Aug. 22, the West Midlands Police confirmed in a press release that Raju Mollah received a guilty verdict…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Up to 1,700 National Guardsmen are set to mobilize in 19 states in the coming weeks to assist the Department of Homeland Security with President Trump’s nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration and crime, Pentagon officials confirmed to FOX News. Documents obtained by FOX News show planning for activations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming – with status effective from August through mid-November. Texas is projected to host the most significant Guard presence. The National Guard soldiers being…

NEED TO KNOW Lyle and Erik Menendez murdered their parents, José and Kitty, using shotguns in 1989The brothers were resentenced to 50 years to life in prison in May 2025, making them eligible for paroleErik was denied release in August 2025 Lyle and Erik Menendez murdered their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, on the evening of Aug. 20, 1989, in their Beverly Hills home. Each armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, Lyle, then 21, and Erik, then 18, shot their dad and mom over a dozen times. They fired at José at point-blank range and kept shooting Kitty as she was…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The chair of the D.C. Police Union threw his support behind President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital, but warned it is only a temporary remedy”President Donald Trump’s takeover this month of the D.C. police was a drastic but necessary step. On its own, however, it won’t be enough to turn around a force in free fall,” D.C. detective Gregg Pemberton wrote Friday in an op-ed published by The Washington Post.Pemberton called Trump’s deployment of the National Guard a “critical stopgap” and noted the “positive results” seen…

NEED TO KNOW A Georgia woman was found guilty of murdering her husband in June 2021 on Monday, Aug. 18Cheryl Howell Coe was sentenced to life in prison without parole, according to local reportsThe convicted murderer claimed she had a disagreement with her husband about their open marriage and that he later angrily burst into their bedroom, scaring her, which led her to fire a weapon she kept nearby A Georgia woman was sentenced to life in prison without parole this week for the 2021 fatal shooting of her husband, which police said she initially lied about and then later…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ghislaine Maxwell, the only person convicted in relation to Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, said she believed the deceased financier didn’t kill himself, noting that life is cheap in prison, according to transcripts from a Florida jailhouse interview with federal prosecutors released Friday. Epstein was found dead in 2019 in his jail cell inside the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in lower Manhattan. His death, which was ruled a suicide, has spawned several conspiracy theories about whether Epstein really took his own life. GHISLAINE MAXWELL SAYS NO JEFFREY EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST EXISTS AS DOJ RELEASES INTERVIEW…

NEED TO KNOW BigXthaPlug was arrested in the earlier morning of Aug. 22, according to Dallas County Jail recordsThe rapper was booked on charges of marijuana possession and unlawful possession of a firearmThe arrest came hours after the release of his studio album I Hope You’re Happy Hours after BigXthaPlug held an album release party, the rapper was arrested and booked in a Dallas County jail. According to Dallas County Jail records viewed by PEOPLE, the rapper born Xavier Landum, 27, was arrested on Friday, Aug. 22 and booked on charges of marijuana possession (less than two ounces) and unlawful…