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The South Carolina Supreme Court wiped away Alex Murdaugh’s double-murder conviction on May 13, ruling unanimously that the trial was irredeemably tainted by the conduct of Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca "Becky" Hill.Last week, the South Carolina Supreme Court delivered an account of how Hill’s conduct during the 2023 double-murder trial crossed ethical and constitutional lines, ultimately unraveling the state’s conviction of Murdaugh."Both the State and Murdaugh's defense skillfully […]

The FBI announced on Thursday that it is offering $200,000 for information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of a former active-duty U.S. Air Force intelligence specialist and special agent for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations who is accused of espionage.Monica Witt, 47, also known to use the aliases Fatemah Zarah and Narges Witt, was federally indicted in Washington, D.C. in 2018 and charged with espionage. She […]

Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) in Houston agreed to stop administering puberty blockers to children, pay $10 million in penalties and open a "detransition clinic" after a sweeping probe from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the state of Texas.The resolution brings to a close a years-long investigation by Texas' Healthcare Program Enforcement Division, which concluded that TCH fraudulently billed Texas Medicaid for "unallowable and illegal ‘gender-transition’ interventions," Texas Attorney […]

North Carolina’s controversial "homewrecker laws" are drawing national attention to deeply personal marital scandals, and this time, a former U.S. senator is at the center of the case.According to a complaint reviewed by Fox News Digital, former Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is accused of carrying on an affair with a married bodyguard, triggering a high-profile "alienation of affection" lawsuit under North Carolina law.The lawsuit, filed by Heather Ammel in Moore […]

FIRST ON FOX: Brian Hooker sat on his sailboat for 24 hours after she vanished while the couple were in the Bahamas, according to one of his friends.After leaving shore at Hope Town in the Bahamas at around 7:30 p.m. on April 4, Brian Hooker told authorities that rough waters caused his wife to fall off their dinghy. Brian Hooker paddled to shore and arrived at Marsh Harbour around 4 […]

The legal war over Alex Murdaugh’s upcoming retrial is already taking shape with defense attorney Dick Harpootlian hinting at possible new evidence and lead prosecutor Creighton Waters signaling an impending fight over whether the disgraced lawyer can get a fair jury in South Carolina.In separate interviews with Fox News Digital, Dick Harpootlian, Murdaugh’s longtime defense attorney, and Creighton Waters, the lead prosecutor who secured the original guilty verdicts, previewed different […]

Deb Proctor was at work when her phone rang from an unknown number — a call that would shatter everything she thought she knew about her husband.An investigator delivered the devastating truth to the Oklahoma woman: The man she knew as Jeff Walton was actually Ronald Stan, a Canadian man who disappeared 37 years earlier and was presumed dead after leaving behind a wife and two children."After gathering my composure, […]

Jose Enrique Martinez Flores, an alleged senior leader of the Venezuelan Tren de Argua (TdA) gang, appeared before a judge in Houston Friday following extradition from Colombia in a historic first for cartel prosecutions.Martinez Flores, also known as Chuqui, was allegedly part of TdA's "inner circle," according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). He is the first alleged TdA member extradited to the U.S. on terrorism-related charges since the […]

Authorities are investigating after a fiery explosion Friday at a lumber mill in Searsmont, Maine.Officials have not yet released the number of injuries or fatalities.Camden Fire & Rescue confirmed it has a crew providing assistance."Our thoughts are with the injured, medical professionals providing care and first responders working to control the situation," the department wrote in a statement on Facebook. "We anticipate having personnel committed to helping for several days."MAINE […]