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TUCSON, Ariz. — A former FBI agent and a medical doctor explored with Fox News Digital alternative theories other than kidnapping for ransom in the Nancy Guthrie case after former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino joined Sean Hannity on Fox News' "Hannity" Monday to discuss Guthrie's disappearance.A second alleged ransom deadline passed Monday night after reported kidnappers asked the Guthrie family through the media for $6 million in Bitcoin, leading […]

Nearly three decades after a 23-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in a drainage ditch in Azusa, California, prosecutors announced charges Monday against a 63-year-old man in a long-cold homicide case that investigators said was solved through DNA evidence.The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Brian Walton was charged with one count of murder, with special circumstance allegations that the killing of Claudia Guevara occurred during the commission […]

The 22-year-old daughter of Minnesota GOP gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband Saturday in what police said was an apparent botched murder-suicide.Officers with the St. Cloud Police Department responded to a residence in the 3100 block of 40 Ave. S. around 8:20 p.m. Saturday for a "medical emergency."Officers located a 22-year-old female – later identified as Hallie Marie Tobler – with "multiple wounds."A 23-year-old […]

A source close to the Guthrie family is pushing back on reports about how Nancy Guthrie was discovered missing on Sunday, Feb. 1, saying key details of the timeline have been reported incorrectly.Early reporting indicated that Nancy Guthrie had been scheduled to attend an in-person church service in Tucson that morning and was reported missing after she failed to show up. According to the family source, that account is not […]

The stepbrother of a Florida teenager who died aboard a Carnival cruise ship appeared in federal court in Miami on Friday, as investigators continue probing the circumstances surrounding her death.His appearance in court comes three months after Anna Kepner, an 18-year-old from Titusville, was found dead aboard the Carnival Horizon in November while on a family vacation. Kepner's 16-year-old stepbrother was seen leaving juvenile court before entering adult federal court Friday, […]

The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced Monday that the U.S. military carried out an operation targeting a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific, leaving two people dead and one survivor."On Feb. 9, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations," the joint command said in a post on […]

A Los Angeles‑based federal judge on Monday blocked California from enforcing its law that would require ICE agents to remove masks during immigration enforcement operations.Judge Christina Snyder, appointed during the Clinton administration, granted a preliminary injunction against the "No Secret Police Act," arguing that it discriminated against the federal government by violating the Supremacy Clause.Under the constitutional clause, federal law takes precedence over any conflicting state or local law, rendering […]

Officials in Maryland announced Monday afternoon that a shooting occurred inside a high school, with one student confirmed to have been shot.The Montgomery County Department of Police (MCPD) said the incident unfolded at Thomas S. Wootton High School, a top-performing school in one of the wealthiest counties in the country. Police identified the suspect as a student, who was arrested near campus shortly after the shooting."MCPD dispatched at 2:15 p.m., for […]

A Minnesota woman who defrauded the federal government out of more than $325,000 in federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits was sentenced last week to a year in prison. Latasha Thomas, 39, was convicted on one count of mail fraud and will owe restitution to the United States Department of Agriculture, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen on Friday.Latasha Thomas conspired with her daughter, Ambrosia Thomas, and another relative, Cynthia Thomas, […]