NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A sophisticated burglary ring tracked their victims with GPS, cut the power and slipped into darkened homes, leaving behind a trail of slashed mattresses and scattered valuables across the country that a judge called “bone-chilling” — all while in the U.S. illegally.Six members of the seven-person crew, all of whom are illegal immigrants, each received sentences that exceeded the recommendation for ordinary theft offenses due to the nature of the large-scale operation, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan said in a news release on Thursday. The final member remains at large.John Sebastian Quintero-Herrera, a 29-year-old Colombian national and the leader of the crew, was handed down a sentence of 70 months after pleading guilty to interstate transportation of stolen property.U.S. District Judge Jane M. Beckering described their sophisticated operation as “Ocean’s Eleven-style conduct” while being “downright cruel” and producing a “bone-chilling” effect on homeowners.ORGANIZED SOUTH AMERICAN CRIME GROUP BURGLARIZES OVER 60 HIGH-END HOUSTON-AREA HOMES TARGETING DESIGNER GOODS Quintero-Herrera and his crew hit at least 20 homes across the country, a case that U.S. Attorney Timothy VerHey cited as “another example of why we are so alarmed by illegal immigration…

An Army doctor at a Texas base is now facing an expanded set of sexual assault and misconduct charges involving 73 victims.The Army on April 7 preferred more charges against Maj. Blaine McGraw, an obstetrician-gynocologist assigned to the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, according to a Wednesday statement from the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel. He is now facing six charges and 146 specifications related to sexual misconduct that the Army alleges occurred between October 2023 and December 2025. McGraw remains innocent until proven guilty, the office said. The charges include dozens of specifications of sexual assault and abuse, as well as allegations of indecent recording, conduct unbecoming of an officer and disobeying a superior officer. All but one of the alleged victims were patients treated during medical examinations at the Fort Hood facility. The other victim was allegedly recorded without consent at an off-post residence. The new charges build upon an earlier case filed in December 2025. McGraw waived a preliminary hearing on the original charges, but now that more charges have been added, a new hearing will be required before the case can proceed to a general court-martial. “As this case remains an…

When it comes time to shoot, will you be prepared to deliver the shot you have to? Will you have the skills needed to face down that moment, through all the stress and pressure? Have you invested the time needed to develop these skills so that they click in immediately and without a second thought? Seasoned shooters are intimately familiar with what Rob Leatham and performance shooting calls the shooting process: bring stability to alignment, then press the trigger without disturbing that alignment. Less-experienced shooters often underestimate the tremendous level of mental discipline required to follow this process — especially the discipline needed to resist the detrimental urge to “go fast.” Resolving this issue hinges on three elements, each of which must be clearly identified before an effective solution can be applied. You need to develop your skills through a prism that promotes patience and over rushed execution. As you develop that skill, you can then increase the speed. Each element of the shooting process presents a distinct problem that must be individually solved. Element 1 — building stability — means establishing enough structural support to stabilize the muzzle so you can produce an indexed alignment on demand. Element 2 —…

United States President Donald Trump has reset his sights on Greenland, now that Washington, Iran, and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire. Trump has notoriously suggested that the U.S. take over Greenland, and recently called it a “poorly run piece of ice.” In a Truth Social post Wednesday evening stateside, Trump said that “NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!” Danish Prime Minister Says Trump Is “Very Serious” About Acquiring Greenland The latest broadside comes after Trump announced a 2-week ceasefire after more than a month of fighting with Iran. Trump has repeatedly criticized NATO members for not joining the war effort in Iran, saying his call for action was “a great test,” while threatening to pull out of the alliance, according to a report by CNBC. U.S. relations with European allies have frayed after Trump threatened tariffs on European countries and signaled military actionto acquire Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory. In January, Trump said he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte had reached “the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland.” –CNBC In the aftermath of hte agreed upon ceasefire, Trump has reignited his rhetoric over…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Kamala Harris-linked organization wants young liberals to stop referring to President Donald Trump by an abbreviation that says he “chickens out.”Earlier this year, the former vice president relaunched her Kamala HQ social media presence used during her 2024 White House run as “an online organizing project for next-generation campaigning.” The account, now dubbed Headquarters, aims to “mobilize pro-fairness, pro-democracy, young people against far-right extremism.” Headquarters has only published three pieces of content since it launched, with the most recent coming Wednesday with the blunt headline, “Stop calling Trump ‘TACO.’” TRUMP CRITICS GO FROM OUTRAGE OVER IRAN THREAT TO MOCKING HIM AS ‘CHICKEN’ FOR NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH Trump critics have used the acronym TACO for “Trump Always Chickens Out” to irk the president. The term was in full swing this week as liberals suggested the president got cold feet by agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran after previously threatening that an entire “civilization will die tonight.” As liberals mocked Trump with TACO memes and social media jabs, the Headquarters staffers made clear they didn’t approve.”That framing is not only fundamentally incorrect, but dangerously shallow,” Headquarters wrote in the un-bylined post. “Firstly, such a perception boxes Trump into a…

The U.S. Army has advanced at least two bidders in its rotary-wing pilot training overhaul, moving closer to outsourcing how it trains new pilots. Some aviators are hopeful about the change. Bell and M1 Support Services this week announced advancement in the Army’s Flight School Next program, an initiative that would shift key parts of rotary-wing pilot training — including aircraft maintenance and both academic and flight instruction — to a contractor-owned, contractor-operated schoolhouse. The change would also include a new training aircraft.Under the plan, contractors would provide a full training curriculum to produce 900 to 1,500 pilots annually, replacing the Army’s current initial entry rotary-wing training program. The change would mark the first time the Army has relied on a commercial system to train new aviators.Congress has placed restrictions on the effort, requiring the Army to justify the new training model and demonstrate its effectiveness before funds can be used to move forward, according to provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026. The Army has not publicly said how many companies remain in the competition.The contractors have centered their plans on different training aircraft; Bell has proposed training on its Bell 505 helicopter, while the M1…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A House Democrat running for re-election in a battleground district previously said his home state was “stolen land” and claimed racism was “embedded” into nearly everything, according to a resurfaced video reviewed by Fox News Digital. “We are on stolen land,” Rep. Gabe Vasquez, N.M., said in 2020 before entering Congress during an interview with a New Mexico-based outlet. He added the land used to be Mexican territory and before that was inhabited by Native Americans.”Just about every part of life that we experience has some racism embedded into it,” Vasquez continued. “I have become less optimistic about where this country stands in terms of being able to eradicate racism, because it is intergenerational. It is passed on. It is embedded into our system.”Vasquez, who is seeking a third term in November, made the remarks while serving as a city councilmember of Las Cruces — the largest city in his southwestern New Mexico district. He entered Congress in January 2023 after defeating a Republican incumbent while positioning himself as a moderate.TEXAS DEM SENATE PRIMARY FRACTURES OVER RACE RHETORIC AS ‘MEDIOCRE’ JAB, ‘OPPRESSOR’ REMARKS IGNITE BACKLASH Vasquez also suggested that he was open to…

Three years after the captain of a military sealift command ship was accused of raping an assistant engineer in her quarters during a port visit, he has left the merchant mariner field — and, for the first time, been publicly identified.Yamil Sanchez Padilla was serving as captain of the USNS Carson City in December 2021, when engineer Elsie Dominguez accused him of forcing his way into her cabin while she was intoxicated and raping her. Padilla voluntarily surrendered his merchant mariner credential to the Coast Guard on March 14, according to a document posted by the nonprofit organization Maritime Legal Aid and Advocacy.He relinquished the credential due to “being advised that I am currently under investigation for sexual assault,” the document states.A Coast Guard case concerning the investigation was withdrawn and closed March 19, according to a service administrative law judge docket also first reported on by Maritime Legal Aid.A lawyer for Dominguez says he will continue to pursue criminal accountability for Sanchez Padilla, with hopes for success bolstered by investigative findings that include the former skipper’s voluntary admission that he did have intercourse with Dominguez on the night in question. Dominguez first filed a complaint against Military Sealift Command…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge has postponed the Trump administration’s termination of temporary protected status (TPS) for Ethiopia.”Plaintiffs brought suit to challenge the lawfulness of the termination, arguing that Defendants had violated the TPS statute, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Equal Protection Clause. Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion to postpone the effective date of the termination pending resolution of the merits. Because Defendants terminated Ethiopia’s TPS designation without regard for the process delineated by Congress, the Court will grant Plaintiffs’ motion,” Judge Brian Murphy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts wrote.The judge was nominated by then-President Joe Biden in 2024, according to the court’s website.BIDEN-APPOINTED JUDGE TWICE SHUT DOWN BY SCOTUS FACES ‘ACTIVIST’ FIRE AFTER LATEST TRUMP POLICY BLOCK Last year, then-Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem issued a notice indicating that the TPS designation for Ethiopia would be terminated as of Feb. 13 at 11:59 p.m. But that move did not take effect, as it was stymied amid legal wranglings.”Fundamental to this case — and indeed to our constitutional system — is the principle that the will of the President does not supersede that of…

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge under the title: Saudi Arabia’s Oil Pipeline To Red Sea Hit By Drone Attack Just As Hegseth Declares ‘Overwhelming Victory’ Against Iran.  Summary: The Hegseth/Caine presser, as expected, declared ‘victory’ in Iran while Gen. Caine emphasized the ceasefire is a “pause,” but US forces remain “ready to resume combat.“ Hegseth says, “The military will be hanging around in Iran, won’t go anywhere, and will make sure Iran complies. Caine hails that the US has destroyed Iran’s defense-industrial base, including over 80% of missile facilities gone, and its navy lies at the “bottom of the Arabian Sea”. It’s clear that after six weeks, the Pentagon is trying to put a bow on Operation Epic Fury. Iran, meanwhile, demands stiff fees for ships passing through Hormuz during the ceasefire, and says it holds the final authority on which vessels get to pass. Tehran leaders have asserted ‘victory’ for Iran, amid positive international reaction to the ceasefire. Attacks on Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia continued on Wednesday, hours after the ceasefire announcement. Also, there has yet to be any significant change in navigation traffic in the Strait of Hormuz today, per Bloomberg satellite data.…