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At least 14 people were injured, including several children, in a mass shooting on Chicago's West Side on Halloween night. The Chicago Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital that the shooting happened in the area of South California Avenue and West Polk Street.  Police said in a press conference that among those injured was a 3 year old, 11 year old and a 13 year old. Police said the rest of the shooting victims were adults. In addition to the victims injured the shooting, police said a person was also hit by a car. Police did not provide any further information about the person hit by the car. DEFUND THE POLICE PUSH, LIBERAL POLICIES DRIVING CHICAGO BUSINESS EXODUS, HURTING POOR THE MOST: EXPERTS Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said pod camera video showed at least one car, and they believe two shooters opened fire on a crowd standing at the intersection for a vigil.  Police said the drive-by attack lasted only 3 seconds and the shooters fired rando...

A Baltimore family who ordered a prop casket for a Halloween party found a dead woman’s belongings inside, including what they suspected were her ashes.  The Wozniak family said they had ordered the casket from Facebook Marketplace . After the discovery, the family took to TikTok to share the bizarre episode in the hopes of returning the items to the deceased woman’s family.  In the video, a grandmother says the family found the ashes of Edith Crews, a 74-year-old community pastor who died in January of COVID-19 .  Other items found taped underneath the cardboard of the casket inside included Crews’ photograph, her death certificate, which had her social security number, and the George Washington University Hospital bracelet she wore, FOX 5 DC reported. HALLOWEEN ‘TRUNK-OR-TREAT’ EVENTS BECOME GROWING TREND AS SAFETY BECOMES TOP PRIORITY The deceased woman’s granddaughter eventually came across the Wozniak’s TikTok video and showed her mom, Sabrina Jones.  Jon...

The FBI announced Monday that after nearly five decades, police have identified a murder victim known as "Lady of the Dunes," whose body was found on a beach near Provincetown, Massachusetts , in July 1974.  Ruth Marie Terry was identified through genetic genealogy, which combines DNA analysis with traditional genealogy to track down both victims and suspects in cold cases.  "As investigators, cases like this one haunt us, and the agencies represented here today are constantly reevaluating and coming up with new investigative strategies to try and advance them," FBI Boston Special Agent in Charge Joseph Bonavolonta said at a news conference on Monday.  "We also realize that while we have identified Ruth as the victim of this horrific murder, it does not ease the pain for her family—nothing can—but hopefully it answers some questions while we continue to look for her killer."  CONFESSED FLORIDA COLD CASE MURDERER NOW SUSPECTED IN SERIAL KILLINGS, POLIC...

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An Arizona man was charged with first-degree murder on Friday after allegedly killing his landlord after a rent dispute, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office. 31-year-old Michael Turner, Jr. is accused of murdering landlord Joshua Blake earlier this summer. Turner lived at Blake's residence in Golden Valley when tensions eventually escalated over Turner's overdue rent. The two men argued about Turner not paying rent shortly before Blake went missing on August 3. Blake's family reported him missing on August 31.  The landlord also threatened to report Turner for being involved in a shooting that took place on his property in June. Authorities said Blake had originally taken the blame for the shooting. CHICAGO WOMAN CHARGED WITH DISMEMBERING HER LANDLORD FOUND IN FREEZER AFTER GETTING EVICTION NOTICE After Blake disappeared, authorities say Turner tried to notarize a bill of sale as an attempt to take ownership of Blake's home. The suspect was also f...

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey was accused this week by the Biden Administration of trespassing as the Republican governor makes efforts to fill gaps along the U.S.-Mexico border with shipping containers. Ducey announced last week that he would have crews install shipping containers along a section of the border to fill gaps not covered by a wall. The announcement came two weeks after federal officials ordered him to take down containers he had placed in the southwestern part of the state. The Republican governor then sued and requested the courts allow Arizona to keep 100 shipping containers, double stacked with barbed wire on top, in place near Yuma. The containers were put in place in August to fill gaps in the border , which Ducey said was pushing back against "the inaction of the Biden Administration in stopping migrants from entering the state from Mexico," according to the Associated Press. ARIZONA GOV BEGINS SEALING GAPS IN BORDER WALL WITH SHIPPING CONTAINERS TOPPED WI...

A Washington, D.C. elementary school bus driver transporting a class full of students on a field trip in Virginia was arrested on Thursday for DWI after driving the big yellow vehicle into a ditch. Fairfax County Police arrested Troy Reynolds, 48, of Maryland and charged him with DWI as well as nine counts of gross, wanton, or reckless care for children. Police said was driving a school bus carrying 44 children and four adults back to Murch Elementary School in Washington, D.C. after spending the day at Cox Farms in Centreville, Virginia. Not long after hitting the road, Reynolds ran over a rock, causing the rim to flare out and the tire to flatten. EPA SPENDS NEARLY $1 BILLION ON ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES AMID NATIONWIDE BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE Rather than stop, police said Reynolds continued to drive until adults on the bus convinced him to follow another bus that was returning from the field trip as well. Both buses came to a stop in a parking lot at a nearby technology park where t...

A Colusa, California man was taken into police custody after vandalizing a church in the small community of Colusa, California, located in the Sacramento Valley. James Stoltenberg, 67, was arrested by police on Oct. 27 after an investigation into the defacing of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church . Just two days earlier, officers with the Colusa Police Department responded to the church after receiving reports of the vandalism. RELIGIOUS CALIFORNIANS VOICE OPPOSITION TO PROPOSITION 1 MAKING ABORTION A RIGHT IN STATE CONSTITUTION According to reports, Stoltenberg allegedly carved obscenities on the altar, damaged several historic items, and caused over $10,000 worth of damage to the church. With help from the Colusa County District Attorney’s office, Stoltenberg was arrested and booked in the Colusa County Jail. COALITION TO STOP CALIFORNIA FROM ENSHRINING ABORTION IN CONSTITUTION IS BIPARTISAN, DIVERSE: ‘TOO EXTREME’ In an interview with KOVR, District Attorney Matthew R. Beau...

New York City police are searching for a man accused of stabbing a subway rider Friday morning at a Harlem station. Police said the victim, a 58-year-old man, was walking on a southbound ‘A’ line platform in the station located at 125th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue around 4:20 a.m. Friday when he was approached by the suspect. The suspect reportedly attempted to start a "verbal dispute" with the victim, but was ignored, according to NYPD Crimestoppers . When the victim walked off, the suspect followed behind him, pulled out a knife and stabbed him once in the upper back. NYC SUSPECTS ASSAULT ELDERLY MAN WHO ASKED TO TURN DOWN VOLUME ON SUBWAY TRAIN: POLICE After the attack, the suspect fled the station in an unknown direction. He is described as a Black male between 28 and 35 years old who is approximately 5 feet, 8 inches tall with a thin build. Fox 5 New York reported the victim was taken to Mount Sinai-Morningside Hospital in stable condition. He received multipl...

The man accused of killing a South Carolina deputy earlier this year died days after he was transferred from the hospital to jail.  The Spartanburg County Coroner's Office announced Saturday that 63-year-old Duane Heard died at 6:11 a.m. on Friday at a hospice house in Rock Hill.  Heard was facing multiple charges, including capital murder , in the June 21 shooting death of Spartanburg County Sheriff's Deputy Austin Aldridge.  The coroner said Heard was shot two times that day and had been hospitalized since he was taken into custody. He was transferred to the York County Detention Center on Oct. 20 after he was approved for discharge. GEORGIA DEPUTIES SHOT AND KILLED SERVING WARRANT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED: 'MEN OF CHARACTER' Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright reportedly requested that Heard be jailed in a different county to avoid any allegations of impropriety, and York County Sheriff Kevin Toleson agreed, according to the coroner's statement. Heard...

A New York man allegedly lured a 7-year-old girl into an apartment building, exposed himself to her and offered her money in exchange for a sexual act, according to police. The girl was in front of an apartment building in Borough Park at around 5:30 p.m. on October 28 when the suspect approached her and lured her into the building, the New York Police Department said. When the two were inside and alone, the suspect exposed himself and offered money in exchange for a sexual act. NYC SUSPECTS ASSAULT ELDERLY MAN WHO ASKED TO TURN DOWN VOLUME ON SUBWAY TRAIN: POLICE The victim refused the suspect's offer and was able to get away. The suspect then fled the area and is still on the loose. CONVICTED NORTH CAROLINA FELONS CHARGED WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING, ILLEGAL GUN POSSESSION Police released surveillance photos of the suspect. He is described as a man around his mid-30s with a medium complexion.  FORMER NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT CHIEF RANDOMLY ATTACKED ON MANHATTAN STREET He was las...

An ugly, dark feeling gnawed at Loretta Guzman's stomach when she went to bed on Oct. 4. Negative comments had poured in on social media as soon as she posted that she would host Coffee with a Cop the next day at her North Portland coffee shop. She prayed and went to sleep. By 2:47 a.m., six masked vandals had smashed her windows and sprayed paint throughout her entire store. "There's certain people that really would like to keep us all divided," Guzman told Fox News, noting the boarded up windows in downtown Portland , skyrocketing crime and ever-present vandalism. "But I think that people are ready for a change." PORTLAND MAN SUSPECTED OF TIRE-SLASHING SPREE, LEAVING 65 VICTIMS IN HIS WAKE: 'FRINGES OF ANARCHY' Evidence of the crime is still obvious three weeks later. White paint dots the sidewalk and splashes across the arborvitae outside. The front windows of Bison Coffee House are covered in plywood, adorned with paintings of a bison and a...

Two convicted North Carolina felons are facing drug-related charges after police executed a search warrant of a home and discovered illegal narcotics. Joshua Cureton, 31, and LaKisha Harris, 40, were taken into custody after High Point Police searched the home on Thursday.  The police department's Street Crimes Unit had received a tip that morning about two people allegedly selling crack cocaine and heroin out of a home, FOX 8 reported. AS US FENTANYL DEATHS SKYROCKET, MISCONCEPTIONS REMAIN Investigators seized 38 grams of heroin, 68 grams of crack cocaine, 29 Suboxone patches, a loaded AR-15 rifle, a shotgun and more than $2,500 in cash from the home on Triangle Lake Road. GEORGIA MEN CAUGHT IN TESLA FILLED WITH STOLEN AMAZON PACKAGES, DRUGS Cureton and Harris are both charged with trafficking heroin and cocaine, possession with intent to sell or deliver a Schedule I controlled substance, possession with intent to sell or deliver a Schedule II controlled substance, maintai...

LBGTQ bars in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , are banning customers from wearing Jeffrey Dahmer Halloween costumes because the famed serial killer notoriously preyed on the city's gay community. The convicted serial killer targeted the gay male community in the Wisconsin city during the late seventies to early nineties. Dahmer killed 17 men and boys , whose bodies he dismembered and occasionally ate. Two gay bars in Milwaukee , D.I.X and This Is It, wrote on social media prior to Halloween weekend to warn patrons that Dahmer costumes were banned. "We are here to have a great time respect everyone and make sure everyone feels welcome and comfortable," D.I.X. wrote in a Facebook post. "No Jeffrey Dahmer costumes at the bar please." "Well said," one patron commented on the post. "Mad respect for not allowing Dahmer costume" another wrote. Another bar downtown is also warning its customers not to show up in a Dahmer costume. This Is It also posted...

A Tennessee livestock auction is facing more citations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture after an animal died in its care for the second time this year. The Triple W Arena, also known as Wilson Horse & Mule Sale, was slapped with citations from the USDA 15 times in March and 11 times in September, Fox 17 Nashville reported.  During a routine inspection on Sept. 8, the USDA reported a black male llama was found dead in an enclosure. Shortly after, the inspector located a staff member looking at the llama who explained that the animal had spent the morning sitting down. The abnormal behavior was not reported because the employee assumed supervisors and auction owners were already aware. At one point, the llama was moved to the sale ring, but the staff member told the inspector "he must have finally died" when he was placed back into the enclosure, according to the report. The inspector later learned that the llama sold at 11:41 a.m. NC LIVESTOCK FARMER ON ECONOM...

Joanna Yoder is hopeful that a new Lifetime film will raise awareness on a case she’s been attempting to spotlight for years. On Saturday, the network is airing a scripted drama titled "An Amish Sin," a film in which she served as a consultant. The movie, inspired by true stories, tells the story of an Amish teen who refuses to marry the man who abused her as a child. She goes to escape her insular community and makes her way to a neighboring city. The film stars Dylan Ratzlaff, Kellie Martin and Rukiya Bernard. "I grew up Mennonite, which is very similar to the Amish," Yoder explained to Fox News Digital. "… I was 48 years old when I finally got the courage to go to law enforcement and report the crimes that had happened to me when I was a child. It took me years to get to a place where I felt like I was able to do that. I just wasn’t ready or able [to do it before]. It took me a while to heal from my trauma and the things that had happened. But now, I feel...

A 19-year-old Florida man snagged the top prize in the state's 2022 Florida Python Challenge after capturing and removing dozens of the reptiles. Matthew Concepcion was awarded the ultimate prize of $10,000 after he caught 28 Burmese pythons during the annual contest, according to a Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation news release this week . Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the challenge has, once again, "yielded impressive results" after 231 invasive pythons were removed during the 10-day competition. "Removing these snakes is one of the many efforts we are employing to restore and maintain the Everglades ecosystem," DeSantis said. STOWAWAY SNAKE SNEAKS ONBOARD UNITED AIRLINE FLIGHT FROM FLORIDA Almost 1,000 people from 32 states, Canada and Latvia arrived in south Florida in August to participate in the challenge, which was created to "increase awareness about invasive species and the threats they pose to Florida’s ecology," the FWC said....

San Francisco Police Chief William Scott was visibly emotional Friday evening as he updated the media on the brutal attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in their home hours earlier.  Scott said the attack, in which Pelosi, 82, was struck with a hammer by a man who broke into the home in the early morning hours was "not a random act."  David DePape , 42, was arrested after officers responded to the residence and saw him struggling with Pelosi over a hammer. When officers ordered both men to drop the weapon, DePape pulled it away and struck Pelosi with it, Scott said.  NANCY PELOSI'S HUSBAND PAUL PELOSI 'VIOLENTLY ASSAULTED' IN SAN FRANCISCO HOME, SPOKESPERSON SAYS Pelosi was struck at least one time, police said. Both men were taken to a hospital after the incident.  "Our elected officials are here to do the business of their cities, their counties, their states and this nation," a visibly emotional Scott said. "Their f...

Two people have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of four people, including a 6-month-old baby, from a California home and forcing them into a van during an armed robbery, police said Friday. The Westminster Police Department said officers responded Thursday to a home at about 2:30 a.m. related to a kidnapping and assault. They found a man and a woman bleeding with head injuries.  The officers learned two suspects broke into a home and then demanded money before pistol-whipping the two adult victims. The other two victims abducted were the baby and a 14-year-old girl, police said.  DELPHI MURDERS: POTENTIAL BREAK IN 2017 MYSTERY EMERGES AFTER PODCAST HOSTS RECIEVE ANONYMOUS TIP "The male suspect pistol whipped both adult victims when there was no money found," a police statement said. "At gun point, the suspects forced the victims into a cargo van parked outside and drove the victims to a Hotel in Costa Mesa." Authorities said the suspects, iden...

David DePape, a 42-year-old with a concerning online presence and ties to a radical nudist activist, is accused of breaking into the San Francisco home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Friday morning and attacking her husband with a hammer, according to city police. Officers arrested the Berkeley man after they responded to a call around 2:30 a.m. and encountered him and the congresswoman’s 82-year-old husband, Paul Pelosi, struggling over a hammer. "The suspect pulled the hammer away from Mr. Pelosi and violently assaulted him with it," San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said during a news briefing later that morning. "Our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took him into custody, requested emergency backup and rendered medical aid." Both Pelosi and DePape were taken to the hospital after the incident. NANCY PELOSI'S HUSBAND PAUL PELOSI ATTACKED BY SUSPECT WHO SHOUTED ‘WHERE IS NANCY?’: SOURCE The attack left Pelosi hospitalized, bu...

The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is still searching for missing 24-year-old Taylor Hackel , who disappeared Monday. "There are no updates at this time," MPD told Fox News Digital Friday afternoon despite rumors circulating on social media she had been found. Hackel was last seen Monday in the 600 block of Jackson Street Northeast in Washington, D.C., near the National Basilica and the Catholic University of America campus. She has not been heard from since. Her disappearance was apparently reported to police on Wednesday, MPD said in a Thursday alert. COLLEEN WEAVER DISAPPEARANCE: FBI JOINS SEARCH AS POLICE REVIEWING DOZENS OF TIPS MPD told Fox News Digital Thursday that there was no mention of danger in their missing persons report. PENNSYLVANIA AUTHORITIES ISSUE WARRANT FOR WOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY ABDUCTED DAUGHTER, 6; AMBER ALERT ISSUED Hackel is a graduate student at CUA's John Paul II Institute , and her car was still parked at Centro Ma...

The former head of New York City's embattled public transit system was randomly punched in the face near a Manhattan subway stop on Friday, according to media reports, an incident that comes as violence continues to put straphangers on edge.  Sarah Feinberg was standing on the corner of 21st Street and 6th Avenue when a suspect approached her and hit her with a closed fist, Fox New York reported.  The suspect fled the area on foot and no arrest has been made, the New York Police Department told Fox News Digital. Feinberg declined medical attention but had swelling on her face.  VIOLENT SUBWAY SHOVE CAUGHT ON CAMERA SPARKS OUTRAGE AFTER MAYOR PROMISED TO FLOOD WITH POLICE "Obviously I’m grateful the assault was not more serious, but I don’t think there’s any question there’s just far, far too much of these kinds of attacks, and much more serious ones, happening," she told The New York Post. Feinberg was appointed interim president of the city's Metropolitan Tran...

A Florida man was arrested this week after being caught on camera allegedly dragging a French Bulldog mix behind his pickup truck in West Palm Beach, according to law enforcement.  Lisandro Arellano, 45, is facing two animal cruelty charges and was released on a $3,000 bond on Monday, according to jail records.  WARNING: PHOTOS IN THIS STORY CONTAIN GRAPHIC CONTENT The dog , Blanco, survived the ordeal with scrapes to its body and is being treated by a veterinarian, the sheriff's office said.  63 DOGS SEIZED FROM SUSPECTED DOG FIGHTING OPERATION A witness called 911 earlier this month after seeing Blanco dragging along the pavement at night.  "The witness caught the attention of the suspect, thinking it was an honest mistake, but when the suspect stopped his vehicle, he picked the dog up off the ground and threw her in the bed of his truck then drove off," the sheriff's office said.  The witness took a picture of the scene and police identified Arellano...

Some viewers may find this video difficult to watch. A woman and her grandson were struck by a car and seriously injured Tuesday evening while walking across an intersection in a marked crosswalk in San Jose, California . At approximately 5:40 p.m., a home's security camera catches the shocking moment when a woman who is pushing a stroller and walking across a marked crosswalk is barreled over by a dark gray hatchback . The car continues to drive through the intersection , despite leaving the injured 68-year-old grandmother and her 3-year-old toddler in its wake.  The woman is in an intensive care unit at a local hospital with three broken ribs and a broken shoulder, the victim's daughter-in-law and mother of the 3-year-old boy told KTVU. MISSOURI TOWN GIVING AWAY FREE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS IN RESPONSE TO SPIKE IN KIA, HYUNDAI CAR THEFTS The toddler has a scar and bruise on his head, the child's mother said. "I couldn’t believe it happened," she said. "...

A registered sex offender living in Tulsa, Oklahoma was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday after being convicted of transporting child pornography that he produced. Matthew Alan McNair, 41, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice, was found guilty of taking sexually explicit photographs of an 18-month-old child using a cell phone in the summer of 2017, in Indiana.  That summer, the statement noted, McNair took sexually explicit photos of the toddler on three different dates. AUSTIN'S DEFUNDED POLICE NO LONGER HAVE THE STAFF TO MONITOR SEX OFFENDERS After taking the pictures, McNair went back to Oklahoma, where he was living at the time, and uploaded them to his cloud account. He was a registered sex offender at the time of the offense. In fact, McNair was convicted of attempted criminal sexual assault in Illinois in 1999, which required him to register as a sex offender. According to the Illinois State Police website, McNair was 18 at the time ...

Florida sheriff’s deputies arrested a 17-year-old Tuesday evening in connection with a shooting that injured a 5-year-old.  Jaelin Tito Hope, 17, is charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault, and firing a missile into a vehicle, all of which are felonies, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said.  Deputies said Hope got into an argument with the 5-year-old victim’s dad in the town of Interlachen Tuesday evening. The dad told deputies he thought Hope had flagged him down as he was driving and turned his vehicle around. He said he drove up to Hope, an argument ensued, and Hope pulled out a handgun. The child’s mother and father both said they heard gunshots as they were driving away. The child was injured, and the father drove to State Road 20 and Keuka Road where they were met by emergency personnel.  FLORIDA TEEN ARRESTED FOR BRINGING GUN TO SCHOOL, THREATENING TO SHOOT STUDENT: POLICE The child was flown to a Gainesville hospital and had surgery, PCSO sai...

Three people have been arrested and charged with the death of a California religion student who was shot and killed while three of his relatives were injured.  The Berkeley Police Department said Andy Gutierrez-Rebollo, 24, and Michael Monroy-Ramos, 23, were taken into custody on suspicion of murder and attempted murder charges. Monroy's sister, Jessyca Monroy, 31, was also arrested on accessory charges, Fox San Francisco reported. The trio is charged in connection with the Oct. 8 death of Isamaeli Eli Mataafa near the University of California, Berkeley campus. Mataafa, 29, a student at the nearby Pacific School of Religion, was with three family members, all in their 20s, who were hurt in the shooting.  INSIDE FLORIDA ‘KILLER CLOWN’ MURDER: CARNATIONS, BALLOONS, THEN A FATAL GUNSHOT THE FOCUS OF DECADES-OLD CASE Police said the four men were walking back to their vehicle just after 1 a.m. after a night out when they were approached by two suspects. The suspects starte...

The U.S. Army and U.S. Navy collected data on their hypersonic missile programs during tests at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Wednesday.  The Pentagon has prioritized hypersonic missile research in recent years as China and Russia step up development of their own next-generation weapons.  Hypersonic weapons , which travel at speeds greater than five times the speed of sound, can maneuver in the air and fly at varying altitudes.  A sounding rocket equipped with experimental payloads was launched Wednesday to provide data on materials and communications systems that can withstand those Mach 5 speeds. The Pentagon requested $4.7 billion for hypersonic research in the fiscal year 2023 budget, up from $3.8 billion the pervious year, according to a Congressional Research Service report this month. RUSSIA CLAIMS IT USED HYPERSONIC MISSILE TO STRIKE UKRAINE MUNITIONS WAREHOUSE Still, some lawmakers have criticized the Department of Defense for falling behi...

An 18-year-old who suffered a cardiac emergency after being given an allegedly tainted IV bag received a $12,903 bill from Baylor Scott and White Surgicare. Jack, whose last name was not released, was given a 50-50 chance of survival after he suffered a cardiac emergency during routine outpatient surgery in August. "To have this heartless financial transaction that was blind to what happened here, it was painful, and I think irresponsible, to handle business as usual kind of attitude," Dr. Dan Wohlgelernter, the teen's grandfather, said. Jack's father told FOX 4 he expected and tried to prevent the bill by sending an email just five days after his son's surgery, writing, "please confirm that neither I or our insurer is going to receive a bill from the surgery center. I will be extremely displeased if I do. I recognize that sometimes billing is on autopilot, hence this email." DALLAS DOCTOR DUBBED 'MEDICAL TERRORIST' AFTER CAUGHT TAMPERING W...