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DUNNELLON, Fla. - Authorities have issued a Florida Amber Alert for a missing 17-year-old Marion County boy who is believed to have been a victim in a shooting. What we know: The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has issued an Amber Alert for 17-year-old Caden Speight of Marion County. Authorities said Speight was last seen in the 12800 block of Southwest Highway 484 in Dunnellon. The Marion County Sheriff's Office has confirmed to FOX 35 that deputies were investigating a shooting in the same area and believe Speight may be a victim.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris claimed that she had a source within Fox News’ war room who leaked data to her team about how things were looking on election night during an appearance on The View Tuesday. Recalling the night of the 2024 election, Harris told the co-hosts of The View that her husband, Doug Emhoff, “told me that he had been out campaigning with my brother-in-law in Pennsylvania, and we met back up in D.C., and I remember him being a little out of sorts, but there was so much happening.” She continued, “But on his way back from...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Following multiple brazen Bay Area jewelry store heists in the last month, ABC7 News heard from a security expert and a community advocate on the concerning trend and why we might be seeing an increase in these robberies.

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Gentle Care Animal Hospital in Edmond is closed after owner Dr. Christopher Rispoli’s post about Charlie Kirk's assassination sparked backlash. The Edmond veterinarian who wrote a now-deleted post, but widely shared, about the assassination of Charlie Kirk has issued his first public statement. Gentle Care Animal Hospital in Edmond has been closed since its owner, Dr. Christopher Rispoli, faced backlash over a social media post about Kirk's assassination earlier this month. The clinic’s staff and Rispoli have now each issued statements addressing the fallout. The clinic closure represents a nationwide wave of firings, closures, and job losses related to comments...

Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on criminal charges related to allegations that he lied to Congress during testimony in 2020 about whether he authorized a leak of information. Comey is facing one count of false statements and one count of obstruction of justice, according to a release from the Department of Justice.

Early voting in Virginia began just last week, but the first wave of ballots already shows Republican-leaning House of Delegates districts pulling ahead of their Democratic counterparts. Of the 20 districts with the highest number of ballots cast so far, 11 are strongly Republican or lean Republican, five are strongly Democratic, and four are competitive, according to data compiled by the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project. In total, 35,224 votes had been cast statewide as of Monday, nearly all of them in person. Fewer than 1,000 ballots were cast by mail. And while Virginia does not register voters by party,...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s not every day that Austin Mayor Kirk Watson starts an Austin City Council meeting talking about bong hits. But today’s meeting — at least until public comment had wrapped up — was anything but standard. “If Anita Bong Hit is here, but I haven’t seen any of the Bong Hits in a long time…even though bong hits have long been an iconic part of Austin, Texas and brought much happiness to our city. In fact, if any of the Bong Hits are here, it would be a high point in our day for us to get...

Israel should recognise the Falkland Islands as Argentinian after Sir Keir Starmer decided to recognise Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu’s son has claimed. Yair Netanyahu made the claim on social media just days after the British Prime Minister's announcement sparked fury from Israeli officials. He wrote on social media: "I recognise the Malvinas Islands as part of Argentina!" The statement was met with much praise from supporters of Argentinian President Javier Milei. Agustín Romo, head of President Milei's party bloc in Buenos Aires, thanked Yair, saying : "The son of the Prime Minister of Israel announces he recognizes the Malvinas as Argentine....

The Brief The owner of Eddy Cash 4 Gold in Oakland thought the alleged perpetrators were customers trying to sell gold before a shootout that left two of the suspects dead, according to court records. The store owner exchanged gunfire with the suspects, and when it was over, two of them were dead. They were Dennis Oyewole, 25, and Devinelle Broussard, Two surviving suspects now face attempted robbery and murder charges. The third suspect suspect is 16 years old.

A 24-year-old Venezuelan man, Anthony Emmanuel Labrador-Sierra, posed as a 16-year-old and enrolled at Perrysburg High School in Ohio, using fraudulent documents, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio. Labrador-Sierra submitted false birth dates on applications for Temporary Protective Status and Employment Authorization Documents in 2024 and 2025. He also used false information to purchase a Taurus G3C 9mm semiautomatic pistol, which he was not legally allowed to possess due to his immigration status. Labrador-Sierra first entered the U.S. on a tourist visa in 2019 and was supposed to return to Venezuela later that year...

A few recent events allow us to connect the dots and figure out what Democrats are really out to do. I want to connect some dots regarding the lawfare President Trump is encountering. The first dot is all the radicals nominated and confirmed over Republican objections, especially in 2024. The next dot is a statement from Senator Schumer after the election, saying the quiet part out loud. They knowingly put rogue and activist judges at all levels of the federal court system as an insurance policy against a potential President Trump comeback. This affirmed what many suspected about Democrat plans....

A recent Wisconsin state Senate debate on an immigration bill erupted when the panel’s top Democrat lunged at the chairman’s gavel, calling Republicans "cowards" and questioning their faith. State Sen. Chris Kapenga, R-Oconomowoc, chairman of the Wisconsin Senate's State and Federal Affairs Committee, told Fox News Digital the video of the episode broadcast by WisconsinEye is important because it shows how quickly discourse can spiral when lawmakers abandon decorum. The flashpoint came as ranking member Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee, opposed legislation that would bar public funds from paying for healthcare for illegal immigrants. Carpenter highlighted a story told moments prior by...

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel shared on Thursday that the gunman who opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas yesterday had searched online for apps that tracked the locations of ICE agents. Such apps are a “casting call to invite bad actors to invite law enforcement officers,” Marcos Charles, ICE’s Acting Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations, said at a Thursday press conference. “It’s no different than giving the hit man the location of their intended target, and this is exactly what we saw happen in Dallas yesterday.” Charles called out mainstream media...

The Trump administration threw Argentina a financial life raft this week, and Argentina promptly responded by offering China an enticement in the form of untaxed soybeans. Why it matters: It's a harsh blow to already struggling U.S. soybean farmers, and illustrates the complex implications of rescuing a close ally. Driving the news: On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced concepts for broad financial support to stabilize Argentina's economy, including potential loans, currency purchases and debt buying. Argentina's currency, the peso, rallied on the news. Argentina, looking to rake in more capital, suspended its export taxes on several products Monday, including...

The location of Cleopatra's burial has remained a mystery since her death, but a sunken port might be a key to finding it.Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: -The location of Cleopatra’s burial has remained a mystery since her death, but a sunken port might be a key to finding it. -This port is directly connected to the temple of Taposiris Magna, and it is thought that the tomb of Cleopatra may be hidden somewhere in the enormous temple complex. -While no evidence of the tomb itself has surfaced, royal artifacts have, and the search continues. Cleopatra...

Nearly all the guests for late-night comedy shows in the first six months of 2025 have been left-leaning, according to a new study from NewsBusters at the Media Research Center. The study, published Tuesday, found that 99 percent of political guests on late-night comedy shows from January 6 through June 30 were left-leaning. The study examined five daily late night comedy shows: ABC’s "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," NBC’s "Late Night with Seth Meyers" and "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," CBS’s "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," and Comedy Central’s "The Daily Show." The NewsBusters study put guests into two groups,...

Summary Justice Department pressures prosecutors for Bolton indictment, people say Prosecutors see need for more investigation, sources say Bolton's attorney says his client has done nothing wrong WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Senior leaders at the U.S. Justice Department are urging swift charges against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton, despite hesitation from prosecutors who believe more investigation is necessary, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.The move comes a week after the administration pushed out the top federal prosecutor in Virginia, angry that the department was not moving faster to prosecute Trump critics including Bolton...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Wednesday that he is “ready” to leave office once Russia’s bloody invasion of his country comes to an end. “If we finish [the] war with [the] Russians, I’m ready not to go for the second term because it’s not my goal — elections,” Zelensky told Axios in a wide-ranging interview. “I wanted very much in a very difficult period of time to be with my country, help my country. My goal is to finish the war.” Zelensky, 47, was elected to a five-year term as president in April 2019. The election scheduled for March 2024...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met on Wednesday, one day after President Donald Trump called Moscow a "paper tiger" and said Ukraine could win back its seized land. Rubio and Lavrov sat with their delegations on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz was also present. The meeting lasted roughly 50 minutes. Lavrov didn't respond to questions as he left, including whether he was concerned about the shift in tone from Trump or whether the U.S. president had turned his back on...