NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former Missouri probation and parole officer who later worked at a state correctional center allegedly killed his wife in front of some of his children, even making some of the youngsters help him abuse their mother.Jonathan G. Houston, 44, was arrested after one of his children called 911 from a hotel and discreetly whispered to dispatchers that her father had “captured” her and her six siblings and had physically abused them for years, according to charging documents, KOMU reported.Deputies responded to the report and found the children on Sunday at the Baymont Inn & Suites in Kingdom City.MISSOURI ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER HIDDEN VIDEO FOUND ON WIFE’S PHONE, INVESTIGATORS SAY One of the children told the deputies that their father had strangled their mother while some of the children were present 10 months earlier, according to the documents. Another child, who also recalled witnessing the strangulation, said her father told her he planned to kill her mother, who was later identified by deputies as 37-year-old Aunika C. Houston.During that attack, Houston was allegedly gripping his wife by the throat when he forced one child to pour hot water…

Well, so much for the Padres.San Diego’s season came to a crashing halt Wednesday night as the Milwaukee Brewers slammed the door shut at Petco Park. Game 3 offered a brief pulse, but the Padres’ offense flatlined when it mattered most in a season-ending 3-1 Game 4 defeat.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated. This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Milwaukee moves on to face the Dodgers in the NLCS after LA eliminated the Braves earlier Wednesday, while the Padres get sent straight to the couch.LOS ANGELES DODGERS ARE BACK IN THE NLCS FOR THIRD STRAIGHT SEASON AFTER WIN OVER ATLANTA BRAVES The Padres loaded the bases with two outs in the first, but Xander Bogaerts popped out to leave everyone stranded. That squandered chance bit San Diego two innings later when Garrett Mitchell ripped an RBI single off Walker Buehler to put Milwaukee ahead.Fernando Tatis Jr. provided the lone spark in the third, crushing a solo home run off Robert Gasser to tie it 1-1.CLOSER MASON MILLER HITS PATERNITY LIST 45 MINUTES BEFORE THE PADRES’…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A group of anti-Israel protesters on Wednesday targeted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, calling him a “traitor,” accusing him of “genocide” and claiming he “cannot weaponize being brown anymore.”The crowd of more than 100 demonstrators marched from City Hall to Union Square, where a vigil was held to mark the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks in Israel. The vigil was organized as an evening of mourning for those killed in the Oct. 7 attacks and the bloodshed that followed, including Israelis and Palestinians.The anti-Israel crowd was just outside the barricades of the Israelis for Peace Vigil, beating on drums and attempting to drown out the speakers, according to City & State New York.Mamdani was at the vigil and held a candle as protesters threw various insults at him, including accusations of genocide and “selling all your people out.”ANTI-ISRAEL GROUPS RALLY ACROSS US ON OCTOBER 7 ANNIVERSARY, CHANTING ‘LONG LIVE THE INTIFADA’ “Zohran, what do you say? How many kids did you kill today?” the protesters shouted, according to the outlet.”700,000 dead. Mamdani, your hands are red!” they also chanted.”Traitor, traitor, come on out! You sold all your…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Texas man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk during a robbery was executed Wednesday evening after the Supreme Court declined to halt the execution, despite his attorneys raising concerns about the lethal injection drug used in a failed execution attempt in Tennessee last week.Jamaal Howard, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:03 p.m. He was sentenced to death for the 2000 killing of 42-year-old Vickie Swartout in Silsbee, Texas.Prior to Howard’s execution, his attorneys pointed to the failed execution of Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike, who survived two doses of pentobarbital on Sept. 30, arguing that the same drug Texas planned to use could pose similar risks.”Texas should not be eager to follow in Tennessee’s footsteps; a stay would keep that from happening,” Howard’s attorneys argued in their filing.CHRISTA PIKE’S ATTORNEYS SAY SHE’S IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BOTCHED LETHAL INJECTIONS The Supreme Court rejected Howard’s emergency appeal without explanation. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only justice to publicly dissent, Fox News reported.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals had previously rejected two requests to stop the execution based on concerns about the drug’s use.According to The Associated Press, as the…

Atlanta’s perfect postseason run continued Wednesday night before a raucous home crowd.The Dream moved within one win of their first WNBA Finals appearance since 2013 when Naz Hillmon’s go-ahead layup with just 20.8 seconds remaining in overtime lifted Atlanta to a 101-98 victory over the New York Liberty and a 2-0 lead in the semifinal series.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated. This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Angel Reese, the 2026 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, scored 23 points, including six of Atlanta’s 13 points in overtime. She then made two free throws with less than five seconds remaining after Sabrina Ionescu’s errant pass, helping the Dream hold off the defending champions. Jordin Canada also scored 23 points and added eight assists for Atlanta, which won Game 1, 92-82.NEW YORK LIBERTY VS ATLANTA DREAM PREVIEW: WHY THE INTERIOR MATCHUP COULD DECIDE THIS WNBA SHOWDOWN Breanna Stewart led the Liberty with 35 points, but she missed a desperation attempt on the game’s final play.With the Liberty trailing 86-80 and less than two minutes remaining in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton questioned Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico’s absence from the campaign trail during President Donald Trump’s rally in San Antonio Wednesday, prompting a response from his opponent’s campaign less than a month before the November midterm elections.Paxton led the crowd in chanting “Where is Talarico?” while asserting that the Democrat had not been seen campaigning in Texas for 11 days.Talarico’s campaign told Fox News Digital the Democrat has been sick with the flu and is expected to return to the campaign trail this weekend.PAXTON VENTS OVER LACK OF CAMPAIGN CONTROL AS DC ESTABLISHMENT HE ONCE BATTLED COMES TO HIS AID “After holding more than 100 public events and shaking tens of thousands of hands, James came down with the flu but will be back on the trail this weekend,” JT Ennis, a campaign spokesperson for Talarico, told Fox News Digital. “Ken Paxton has been ignoring Texans this entire campaign, and his priorities are clear: He doesn’t answer to the people of this state. He answers to his billionaire megadonors and special interests.”The statement from Talarico campaign spokesperson JT Ennis also criticized Paxton’s campaign priorities, pushing back against the Republican’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. Coast Guard recruited its largest enlisted class in nearly four decades during fiscal year 2026, surpassing its recruiting goals for the third consecutive year as the service works to expand its ranks.According to the Coast Guard, 5,445 active-duty members enlisted in fiscal year 2026, up from 5,204 in 2025 and 4,422 in 2024.The service also commissioned 346 active-duty officers, the second-highest total in its history.”These record-breaking recruitment numbers prove that the call to serve still resonates deeply across our country,” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement.US ARMY HITS 2026 RECRUITING GOALS FOUR MONTHS EARLY, PETE HEGSETH ANNOUNCES AT WEST POINT COMMENCEMENT “I am incredibly proud to stand beside these new Coast Guard men and women who have stepped up to defend our Homeland,” he continued. “They represent the very best of who we are, and we are going to make sure they have the tools, the training, and the support to get the job done.”During fiscal year 2026, the Coast Guard expanded its recruiting efforts, opening four recruiting offices in Miami, Florida; Long Island, New York; Austin, Texas; and the Netherlands.Coast Guard Vice Commandant…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A city council in Iowa erupted after a resident opened a meeting with a satanic prayer on Tuesday.Before the meeting of the Ottumwa City Council began, former council member Matt Dalbey opened with an invocation to the “dark father” to “embrace the Luciferian impulse to eat of the tree of knowledge” before ending with a “Hail Satan” declaration.After the council recited the Pledge of Allegiance and took roll, New Life Center pastor Rick Bick interrupted the meeting to demand pushback against Dalbey’s invocation.LUTHERAN MINISTER AND HOUSE CANDIDATE UNDER FIRE AFTER RECOUNTING HER PART IN SATANIST COUPLE’S WEDDING “Let’s just reverse this curse that was put on our city. That ending with ‘Hail Satan’ or ‘Hail dark god,’ that’s not welcome here,” Bick insisted.Though City Council member Cara Galloway told Bick to save his comments for public discussion, Bick demanded immediate action.”It needs to be done now,” Bick said. “I appreciate what Ms. Galloway is saying, but that was a curse put on the city. When he said ‘Hail Satan’ … most of you know that, and we need to just stop and reverse it.”In response, Ottumwa Mayor Benjamin Foote requested 30 seconds of…

Karl Fredricks still has something to prove.The 36-year-old Reno, Nevada, native has already made a name for himself. He was the 2019 Young Lion Cup winner in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, he won titles at All Pro Wrestling, appeared in WWE NXT as Eddy Thorpe and was named one of the best 500 singles wrestlers by Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 2021. But one of his most meaningful accomplishments will come Monday when he appears at Produce Wrestling by Orange Crush’s Skoden event at Roulette Intermedium in New York.Fredricks will be one of the wrestlers with Native American ancestry on the card as the show celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day. He will be taking on Javi in a singles match. He talked about the upcoming event with OutKick Dropkick and suggested he wanted to show he was more than what he described facetiously as being a “cartoon Indian.”This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated. This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE “I’m a damn pro wrestler, and that’s what Karl Fredericks is.…

CZ has just launched its new DUTY series of 9mm striker-fired pistols with serialized modular chassis.Polymer-framed, striker-fired 9mm pistols are nothing new, but the trend of designing them around a serialized chassis or fire control unit is a relatively recent trend. A trend that CZ had not capitalized on until now with its new DUTY series. Initially launching with four models available, CZ DUTY pistols are modular, tough as nails, and loaded with all the features you’d expect in a modern defensive handgun.Because the chassis is the serialized portion of the CZ DUTY, it can be freely swapped between grip modules for easy customization. The pistol is also incredibly safe thanks to its drop safety, trigger safety, out-of-battery safety, and optional ambidextrous manual thumb safety. It can also be disassembled without pulling the trigger.Speaking of triggers, the CZ DUTY features a refined striker-fired trigger system that CZ describes as having a “very smooth travel, a crisp and clean break, and a short, easy-to-feel reset.”The CZ DUTY also features improved ergonomics. From its balance to its grip geometry to its grip texture, all factors have been rigorously designed to optimally interface with the human hand. Three sizes of grip modules also…