Author: Jack Bogart

NEED TO KNOW A Malaysian rapper has been detained by police as part of a homicide investigation into the death of a Taiwanese influencerNamewee, 42, turned himself into authorities to “assist in the investigation,” police said, per BBCHe was the last person seen with 31-year-old influencer Iris Hsieh, who was found dead in a hotel bathtub in Malaysia on Oct. 22 A Malaysian rapper has been detained by police as part of a homicide investigation into the death of a Taiwanese influencer. Namewee, 42, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee, turned himself into police on Wednesday, Nov. 5, and…

Forget the days when shooters had to spend a fortune for reliable glass. We’re living in a golden age of optics, where even newcomers are producing high-quality, feature-packed sights at reasonable prices. One of those rising names is Gideon Optics, the optics division of JSD Supply. Founded in 2022, this Pennsylvania-based company set out to bridge the gap between affordability and performance. Interestingly, it was named after one of my Old Testament heroes, Gideon. He was a warrior, a leader, and a prophet, and is found in the book of Judges.  During the summer of 2023, the company launched its…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Police in Fall River, Massachusetts, arrested five people after a street takeover involving at least 50–100 individuals over the weekend.The Fall River Police Department wrote in a news release that the illegal street takeover went from 3:15 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday when 50–100 people on dirt bikes, scooters, ATVs and motorcycles gathered on streets across the city. According to police, the group was “disregarding traffic laws while performing reckless stunts, putting not only their lives at risk, but the lives of innocent, law-abiding drivers and pedestrians at risk.”Police said the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A hulking New Jersey 19-year-old accused of plotting to join the remnants of the Islamic State group in the wake of a thwarted terror attack on gay bars in Michigan posed in front of an ISIS flag and another alleged conspirator posed in jihadi fatigues in photos intercepted by federal agents from a group chat where the alleged plotters joked about being monitored by the FBI.Both were already on the FBI’s radar.Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzel, 19, of Montclair, allegedly volunteered to conduct ISIS-style on-camera beheadings in a video call with…

NEED TO KNOW Matthew Pahl, 57, was found guilty of first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse in connection with the death of Stephanie PavlonsProsecutors argued that Pahl killed Pavlons, his long-time girlfriend, after she decided to break up with him in 2022His sentencing is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 11 A Wisconsin man was found guilty on Tuesday, Nov. 4 of killing his girlfriend and hiding her body in the woods. Matthew Pahl, 57, was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse in connection with the death of Stephanie Pavlons. “Justice has been served in the tragic and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump Department of Homeland Security flipped the script on a liberal California media outlet that reported immigration agents “drove off” with a U.S. citizen detainee’s toddler in the backseat.The Los Angeles Times reported that while carrying out an immigration enforcement operation at a Home Depot in the Cypress Park neighborhood, Border Patrol officials detained a 32-year-old U.S. citizen named Dennis Quinonez, who had a one-year-old child in the backseat of his car.The outlet reported that “after two agents climbed into his car — along with their weapons — they drove off…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Top Democrats emerged from a classified Capitol Hill briefing Wednesday expressing confidence in the intelligence behind recent U.S. strikes on suspected narco-trafficking vessels near Venezuela. But they also faulted the Biden administration for what they called a failure to confront Nicolás Maduro after Venezuela’s disputed 2024 election.The Office of Legal Counsel presented lawmakers with its written justification for a series of missile strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific that U.S. officials say have killed 63 suspected traffickers. Lawmakers from both parties said the briefing reassured them the targets were legitimate, even…

NEED TO KNOW Jesse Butler pleaded no contest to several charges include rape, strangulation and rape by instrumentationHe faced 78 years in prison, but a judge ruled he can perform community service and attend counseling insteadButler is the son of a prominent local family — which victims’ advocates say helped him evade a decades-long sentence An Oklahoma community is outraged after a teen from a prominent local family was relieved of a decades-long prison sentence despite several convictions for rape and assault charges, per local reports. Jesse Butler, 18, was arrested on March 4 following reports of assault by two…

Two recent court decisions in Florida have declared parts of the state’s gun laws unconstitutional, shaking up the legal landscape in one of the nation’s most firearm-friendly states and prompting calls for lawmakers to act. Despite Florida’s reputation as a pro-gun state, its Republican-controlled Legislature passed several restrictive measures after the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Those included raising the minimum age to buy a firearm to 21 and maintaining a ban on open carry. Now, both of those laws are under fire, and the courts appear to be siding with the Constitution. Broward County…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Virginia jury has reached a verdict in the landmark civil case between an elementary school teacher shot by her 6-year-old student and a school administrator, with both sides sparring over who was responsible for alerting officials that a child was in possession of a gun on school grounds.After roughly a half day of deliberations, the jury ruled in favor of Abigail Zwerner, a now-former teacher at Richneck Elementary School, and awarded her $10 million in damages. The outcome comes after Zwerner filed a $40 million lawsuit against ex-assistant principal Ebony Parker alleging…