A Connecticut man who found a bag containing nearly $5,000 in cash outside a bank and claimed “finders-keepers” had a criminal charge against him dropped Wednesday after he gave the money back. Robert Withington, 57, went to Bridgeport Superior Court for a scheduled court hearing, and a state prosecutor informed […]

A police officer fatally shot a man who charged at authorities with two swords on Long Island, New York, and the police commissioner said Wednesday that the shooting appeared to be justified. Alan Weber, 54, was pronounced dead at a hospital after Tuesday night’s shooting in Elwood. Police responded to […]

The founder of an influential anti-crime group was sentenced to 17 years in prison Wednesday for raping a teenage girl placed in his care as a result of his prominent position in Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community. Jacob Daskal, 64, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges in federal court in […]

Palestinian residents are claiming Thursday that Israeli planes have dropped flyers into Gaza with a message for them to leave their homes and head to “known shelters” or risk being harmed, a report says.  “Anyone who is near Hamas terrorists will put their lives in danger,” the flyers in the city […]

Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., who chairs the Congressional Western Caucus, introduced legislation that would block a federal proposal to release grizzly bears in a forest area in his state. The legislation would force the Department of the Interior to withdraw a proposed rule and draft environmental impact statement (EIS) that […]

Offshore oil and gas permitting under President Biden has fallen to a low the energy industry has not experienced since the Bush administration two decades ago, according to federal data reviewed by Fox News Digital. Since January 2021, when Biden took office, the federal government has approved applications for permit […]

President Vladimir Putin’s spiritual adviser has been appointed to a diocese in annexed Ukrainian territory.  The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided Wednesday to appoint Metropolitan Tikhon to head the Diocese of Crimea, located in an occupied region of Ukraine. Tikhon is known to be a close ally […]

Franciscan monks in charge of churches in the Holy Land are struggling to keep pilgrimage sites open for Christians stuck amid the ongoing conflict. The Custody of the Holy Land, the Catholic priory tasked with administrating and protecting holy sites from the life of Jesus Christ, is working to keep […]

China has lost its place in team eventing at next year’s Paris Olympics because the horse of a three-time Olympian was found to have a “controlled medication” in its system. Japan will replace China for the equestrian competition at the Palace of Versailles. The International Equestrian Federation said Wednesday the […]

Pope Francis affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself during a general audience on Wednesday, but he questioned if violence would solve the border conflict. The pontiff made the remarks during his weekly General Audience with the public at the Vatican on Wednesday after preaching about the life of St. Josephine […]