Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Bodycam footage from the Newport Police Department in Newport, Rhode Island, shows Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan pleading with officers not to arrest her and appearing to try to use her job as a state prosecutor to get officers to let her go.”I’m an AG! I’m an AG!” Flanagan can be heard saying to police as they tried to detain her for failing to comply with their demands. “You’re going to regret this. You’re going to regret it. I’m an A-” Flanagan said as she was escorted to the back of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine is hosting his military counterparts from Germany, the U.K., France, Finland and Italy in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday evening, to discuss potential security guarantees for Ukraine to prevent Russian aggression, U.S. officials confirm to Fox News.The high-level talks come on the eve of a NATO Chiefs of Defense meeting, where all 32 allied military leaders are invited to convene virtually on Wednesday to coordinate next steps. The session will be hosted in Brussels by the chair of NATO’s Military Committee, officials said.The…

NEED TO KNOW Viral TikTok videos claimed there was a mass kidnapping event in VirginiaState police say the claims are not true and that they were not investigating such an eventThe agency noted that the number of children reported missing in the state was down from the weekly average that week After multiple social media posts stoked viral fears children were being abducted across Virginia, state police said the rumors were not true. “Virginia State Police is aware of multiple social media posts raising concerns about missing children across the Commonwealth of Virginia,” the agency said. “Virginia State Police is…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An illegal immigrant accused of exporting shipments of firearms, ammunition and other military items that were concealed inside shipping containers to North Korea was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison. Shenghua Wen, 42, of the Los Angeles suburb of Ontario, had been in federal custody since December 2024 before pleading guilty in June to one count of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and one count of acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government.Wen, a Chinese citizen, entered the United States in 2012 on a student…

NEED TO KNOW Arkansas Department of Corrections officials are working to figure out the details behind Grant Hardin’s May 26 escape from prisonHardin had been serving 30 years for murder, as well as two 25-year sentences for rape, at the time of his escapeHardin crafted a fake police uniform, which helped him escape prison when he ordered a guard to “open the gate” to a parking lot outside Officials are still figuring out how an ex-police chief escaped from an Arkansas prison earlier this year by allegedly dressing up as a law enforcement officer, ordering a prison guard to “open…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Just more than one week after President Donald Trump unveiled plans to deploy troops from the D.C. National Guard and to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department to tackle crime in Washington, six states have pledged to send in their own National Guard troops to pitch in with the effort. Now, National Guard troops from Ohio, West Virginia, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee are joining in on the Trump administration’s crackdown in Washington. Altogether, more than 2,000 National Guard troops are slated to participate in the Trump administration’s effort to address crime in…

NEED TO KNOW Kayle Bates, 67, will be executed Tuesday, Aug. 19, for the 1982 abduction and murder of 24-year-old Janet Renee White in Bay County, Fla.Appeals citing racial bias and calls for new DNA testing were deniedThe execution will be Florida’s 10th this year, setting a new state record A Florida man convicted of killing a woman after abducting her from the insurance office where she worked is scheduled to be executed, court records show. Kayle Bates, 67, will die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at Florida State Prison in Raiford, Fla., under a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The smiling mugshot of a Kentucky woman who claimed she was “stressed out” when she allegedly caused five-figures in damage to her ex-boyfriend’s car has gone viral. Stephanie Carlquist, 31, allegedly poured salt into the engine of the vehicle and glitter into the air vents, slashed a tire, cracked the rearview mirror and windshield and broke the vehicle’s radio screen, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Fox News Digital.She has been charged with first-degree felony criminal mischief. Jail records indicate she posted $12,000 bail and has been released pending an upcoming arraignment. …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. military has sent destroyers and thousands of Marines toward Venezuela as President Donald Trump doubles down on deadly drug cartels, according to reports.At least three Aegis guided-missile destroyers — USS Gravely and USS Jason Dunham among them — are part of the mission, two U.S. officials anonymously told the Associated Press Tuesday. Another official told Reuters the deployment, which could arrive soon, involves around 4,000 Marines and soldiers “over the course of several months,” backed by spy planes, warships and a submarine so that international waters and skies are covered.Tuesday’s massive…

NEED TO KNOW Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to four lifetimes in prison for the murders of four University of Idaho studentsKohberger is serving his sentence at the Idaho Maximum Security InstitutionThe prisoner reportedly complained about being taunted by fellow inmates Bryan Kohberger is being held at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna, Idaho. He is serving four life sentences in prison without parole for the murders of four University of Idaho students: Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. The Idaho Maximum Security Institution is located about 15 miles south of Boise, where Kohberger’s trial was set…