NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A South Carolina judge found Alex Murdaugh crime reporter and podcaster Mandy Matney in civil contempt and ordered her to pay $171,500 in attorneys’ fees and costs, plus a $5,000 fine, after concluding she willfully refused to comply with a subpoena in litigation tied to the Murdaugh family.In a 22-page order filed Monday, Circuit Judge R. Keith Kelly concluded Matney deliberately disregarded a valid subpoena and prior court order requiring her to appear for a deposition, rejecting her claim that safety concerns justified her refusal.The contempt finding stems from long-running civil litigation arising from the 2019 boat crash that killed Mallory Beach. Parker’s convenience stores are among the defendants accused of selling alcohol to underage Paul Murdaugh before the fatal crash, and Matney was subpoenaed as a non-party witness.MURDAUGH MURDER RETRIAL COULD CRACK OPEN SEALED COURT RECORDS TIED TO INFAMOUS ‘EGG JUROR’ Beach, 19, was killed in the February 2019 crash in Beaufort County. Paul Murdaugh was later charged with boating under the influence, but those charges were dismissed after he and his mother, Maggie Murdaugh, were fatally shot at the family’s Colleton County hunting estate in June 2021.The Beach family’s civil…

The Navy this week awarded a $2.2 billion Vessel Construction Management contract to the Jacksonville, Florida-based TOTE Services LLC for the service’s new Medium Landing Ships.The Marine Corps commissioned the new Medium Landing Ships, or LSMs, with an eye toward potential conflicts with China in the Indo-Pacific. Measuring around 100 meters, the smaller, more agile ships were designed for island hopping with troops, equipment and supplies in tow.Under the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress directed the Navy to select a VCM outside of the military to manage the contract to procure no more than eight additional LSMs. The VCM approach is supposed to speed up construction of simplified ship designs by borrowing commercial shipbuilding practices.TOTE Services will manage subcontracts with Bollinger Shipyards for the construction of one LSM, while Fincantieri Marinette Marine will construct four of the vessels. The VCM will determine the award strategy for the remaining three vessels, the Navy stated in a press release Monday. Construction is set to begin later this year, with the first LSM scheduled for delivery in the fall of 2029.The LSMs are part of President Donald Trump’s “Golden Fleet” initiative, an undertaking that envisions keeping the Navy’s legacy ships and adding…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Three Russian nationals allegedly scammed Americans in 21 states out of more than $63 million, according to a December 2024 indictment that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio unsealed on Tuesday.The trio — Alexander Alexandrovich Volosovik, 43; Kirill Andreevich Zatolokin, 34; and Yulia Vladimirovna Pankova, 29 — conducted “malicious cyber activities against U.S. critical infrastructure” through their St. Petersburg, Russia-based companies Media Land, LLC and ML.Cloud, LLC, according to federal prosecutors.”From their overseas safe haven, these defendants ran the criminal infrastructure that powered attacks on critical institutions across our nation,” the Department of Justice Criminal Division’s Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva said in a statement.GLOBAL SCAM CRACKDOWN LEADS TO 276 ARRESTS”Their actions put the American public at risk. We will continue to dismantle these networks and protect our critical infrastructure from cybercriminals at home and abroad,” Duva added. A grand jury indicted the trio on charges of conspiracy to commit and aid and abet computer fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering in December 2024.The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program is offering up to $10 million…

A U.S. Air Force helicopter conducted an emergency landing in Northwest Washington, D.C., late Monday night after its crew heard vibrations while in flight.The aircrew of a UH-1N helicopter assigned to the 1st Helicopter Squadron, located at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, made the precautionary landing after noting “vibrating mechanical sounds,” an Air Force spokesperson confirmed to Military Times.A Joint Base Andrews spokesperson told Military Times that the crew was conducting a routine training flight. The helicopter landed near the Georgetown Reservoir, owned and operated by the Washington Aqueduct, on Monday at approximately 9:26 p.m. local time. “Joint Base Andrews takes the safety of the aircrew and our surrounding community seriously,” a Tuesday statement from the base reads.The four crew members returned safely to the Maryland base, and there was no damage to the aircraft or property damage after the landing, the release reads.The helicopter landed on Washington Aqueduct’s property near Foxhall Road NW, about a mile away from the German Embassy.Washington Aqueduct did not immediately return a request for comment.Pictures of the helicopter after its landing and the crews that responded have circulated social media, including from a D.C. freelance photographer Andrew Leyden.A maintenance crew has been assessing the aircraft…

Iran has warned that during attacks by the United States on Iran and its interests, the Strait of Hormuz will never be reopened. Iranian military spokesman Brigadier General  Mohammad Akraminia said that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) will fight for control of the vital waterway “until their last breath.” The United States president, Donald Trump, also delusionally claimed that US military forces are “taking over” the Strait of Hormuz, which is a key global energy supply bottleneck. The US would then charge vessels “20% on all cargo shipped” in exchange for protection. Washington would also reinstate its blockade of Iranian ports and bar passage to vessels belonging to Iran or its customers, Trump claimed. That’s big talk for someone who rolled over and initially surrendered in a war he started. Others have said that this idea amounts to “piracy.” None Of The Most Important Issues Have Been Resolved By The Memorandum Of Understanding In fact, Iran even said that this memorandum of understanding, which is an interim peace deal, was a “record of US failure.” If there’s one thing the current administration doesn’t like, it’s failing at war. Iran Declares Memorandum of Understanding A “Record of US Failure” The First…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pro wrestling legend Tommy Dreamer fired a preemptive warning shot to fans for what they may see when he steps back into an Awesome Championship Wrestling (ACW) ring against Josh Shernoff in a lumberjack match featuring the tag teams The Now and Sent 2 Slaughter.The six men involved in the match have a lengthy history with each other. Shernoff pinned Dreamer in a six-man tag team match back at the Poughkeepsie Rumble in January. Before The Now and Sent 2 Slaughter had their chaotic steel cage match at Reckoning in May, Shernoff challenged Dreamer to a match at ACW Indypendence Day, which will take place Saturday.COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON FOX NEWS DIGITAL As the rivalry between the two groups escalates, Dreamer said some fans who embark on the MJN Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, may witness a level of violence they are not used to.”People try to do things to make a name for themselves in this industry,” he told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. “I was unaware the guy used to be a wrestler, too. He’s a great mouthpiece and yeah, I didn’t take him too seriously and…

Manufacturing problems are dashing the U.S. Army’s plans to boost production of urgently needed 155-mm howitzer shells, a Pentagon watchdog warned. Despite a goal of 100,000 rounds per month by October 2025, the Army had only managed to produce 36,000 rounds per month as of March 2026, according to a report published this month by the Department of Defense Inspector General. Shell production requires first building the projectile at a metal parts factory, followed by packing the shell with explosives at another facility. But this means “projectile metal part production is the limiting factor for reaching the 100,000 round-per-month goal for 155-mm artillery rounds,” the report noted. The Army has not been able to forge enough metal parts to ramp up production of projectiles. In particular, “at a contractor-owned, contractor-operated facility in Mesquite, Texas, the contractor has been unable to produce any projectile metal parts that meet contract specifications,” the report reads.After investing $469 million, the Army opened a modular metal parts factory in Mesquite, Texas in 2024. The Universal Artillery Projectile Lines facility — operated by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems — was supposed to use “modern manufacturing practices, high levels of automation and digital data capture ability”…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The United States Men’s National Team had all the momentum when Folarin Balogun’s red card from the Round of 32 was suspended, giving him a chance to play in the Round of 16 — at least, that’s what American soccer fans thought.The day before the USMNT’s Round of 16 game against Belgium, which Balogun was originally supposed to miss because of a red card in the previous game, FIFA ruled that he would be eligible.The ruling added to what was already a huge controversy, as it was argued Balogun should not have been red-carded in the first place. Nonetheless, Balogun was active despite an appeal and strong reaction from Belgium. However, it was hardly a needle-mover, as Belgium embarrassed the Stars and Stripes with a 4-1 win. If anything, the needle might have moved the wrong way, Balogun himself said.”My initial reaction was I was happy to be back in the team, but when I kind of started to reflect, I knew it was going to cause a lot of controversy, and I could almost see within my teammates a bit of nerves, because it is something that is so unique,” Balogun…

The U.S. Army is relocating the 116th Military Intelligence Brigade, the service’s only fixed-wing aerial intelligence brigade, to Texas as part of a modernization effort centered on the forthcoming High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System, or HADES, the Army announced on Monday. The restructuring will also create the Army’s first operational unmanned aircraft system, or UAS, battalion at Fort Hood, where new hangars will support the larger HADES jet aircraft. The move will begin in Fiscal Year 2027, when the brigade headquarters and two battalions relocate to the installation, followed by the remaining battalion and companies the following fiscal year. The Army said the relocation stems from a 2018 operational gap analysis that found its legacy aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or AISR, fleet lacked necessary range and sensor capabilities. “HADES will enable the Army and Joint Force to conduct long-range sensing to enable the execution of long-range precision fires,” said Maj. Gen. Timothy Brown, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command.HADES is a crewed, next-generation AISR system that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to process data, the release said. The system will be fielded aboard new jet aircraft.The service plans to purchase up to…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he will respond to Ukraine’s recent strikes. As Ukraine continues to suffer setbacks on the battlefield, it has stepped up drone strikes on civilian targets and infrastructure, to which Putin says retaliation will be “several times” more powerful. Ukraine has recently intensified drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure using Western aid and resources. It has also attacked residential areas in recent months, amid launching several hundred unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) a day on average. First-person view, or FPV, drones, including artificial intelligence-assisted models, have increasingly targeted passenger buses and private vehicles. Putin made the threat on Monday while speaking at the ‘All for Victory!’ forum organized by the All-Russian People’s Front, “Our response will always mirror any strike on Russian territory. We will respond in kind – only several times more powerfully,” Putin said, according to a report by RT. “The enemy will feel it. They already do, I hope. And they will feel it even more in the future.” Putin continued to discuss Russia’s strength, which he says lies in its ability to overcome “every difficulty and every challenge.” He also added to the “Russophobic” narrative of the collective West, as it continues to…