The brother of one of the men who was killed after taking a U.S.-registered speedboat into Cuban waters and allegedly opening fire on the country’s border patrol said his sibling was fixated on overthrowing Cuba’s government. Misael Ortega Casanova, brother of Michael Ortega Casanova, told The Associated Press that his brother had fallen into an … Read more
The North Carolina mother who vanished in 2001 and was located safe and sound earlier this month was arrested on an outstanding order, officials say. Michele Hundley Smith, 62, was taken into custody Wednesday by the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office on an arrest order related to her failure to appear in court 25 years ago, … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that the backlog of VA disability compensation and pension benefit claims is “consistently” under 100,000 for the first time since 2020. The last time the backlog was this low was in May 2020, during President Donald Trump’s first term in the … Read more
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Donald Trump seemed to offer another rationale for possible military action against Iran, saying it was working to develop missiles that could “soon” be able to strike the U.S. “They’ve already developed missiles that can threaten Europe and our bases overseas, and they’re working to build … Read more
German police said Wednesday they had arrested an 81-year-old suspect this week in the sexual assault and murder of an American woman more than 30 years ago. The body of 24-year-old tourist Amy Lopez was found in 1994 near the historic Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, located on the Rhine river in the western city of Koblenz. She … Read more
The man responsible for the 2023 death of the original singer of the band formerly known as the Dixie Chicks in a fatal crash in Texas has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Laura Lynch, the 65-year-old co-founder of the band now known as “the Chicks,” died just days before Christmas in 2023 after … Read more
Indonesia freed and deported an American man Tuesday after he spent 11 years in prison for the premeditated murder of his then-girlfriend’s mother on the tourist island of Bali. Tommy Schaefer was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the 2014 murder of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, the mother of Heather Mack, during a luxury vacation … Read more
A family’s search for a mother who vanished decades ago ended with news that she was “alive and well” — but she still doesn’t want them to know where she is. Michele Hundley Smith, who was 38 when she was reported missing in 2001, was found safe and sound last week but doesn’t want her … Read more
WASHINGTON — The House rejected an aviation safety bill Tuesday that the Senate unanimously passed in response to the deadly midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River last year. Family members of some of the 67 crash victims looked on from the gallery above … Read more
Stocks surged to records in large part because of hope — and hype — about artificial intelligence. But in recent months, worries about aggressive spending on AI have rippled through Wall Street as investors question whether that spending will materialize into actual profits. And some industries wavered this week as anxieties about the technology intensified, … Read more