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Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade, NY Native, Apologizes For 'Just Kill 'Em' On-Air Remark Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade, NY Native, Apologizes For 'Just Kill 'Em' On-Air Remark
Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade, NY Native, Apologizes For 'Just Kill 'Em' On-Air Remark Brian Kilmeade is apologizing after saying “just kill ’em” during a "Fox & Friends" discussion about violent attacks by homeless individuals, calling his own words “extremely callous.” On Sunday, Sept. 14, the co-host told viewers during an appearance on "Fox & Friends Weekend" he made a "callous" comment while discussing the murder of Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, North Carolina.  “We were discussing … how to stop these kinds of attacks by homeless, mentally ill assailants,” he said, noting proposals such as institutionalization or jail. “Now during that discussion, I wron…
Murder-Suicide: ChatGPT Encouraged Man’s Deadly Delusions, Report Says Murder-Suicide: ChatGPT Encouraged Man’s Deadly Delusions, Report Says
Murder-Suicide: ChatGPT Encouraged Man’s Deadly Delusions, Report Says A grim murder-suicide in one of Connecticut’s wealthiest suburbs is fueling debate after a new report alleged that ChatGPT deepened the suspect’s delusions and may have driven him further into darkness in the days leading up to the killing. Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56, and his 83-year-old mother, Suzanne Adams, were found dead inside their Old Greenwich home on Aug. 5, police said. Investigators believe Soelberg killed Adams before killing himself.  Related: Strange Online Rants Preceded Greenwich Murder-Suicide In the months before the killing, Soelberg — who had a lifelong history of me…
Hanukkah Shooting: Man Who Opened Fire Outside NY Synagogue Gets Years In Prison Hanukkah Shooting: Man Who Opened Fire Outside NY Synagogue Gets Years In Prison
Hanukkah Shooting: Man Who Opened Fire Outside NY Synagogue Gets Years In Prison A man who fired a shotgun outside an Albany synagogue on the first night of Hanukkah in 2023 has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 29, of Schenectady, pleaded guilty in February to a federal hate crime for the Dec. 7, 2023, incident at Temple Israel, as Daily Voice previously reported. Alkhader took an Uber to the synagogue, walked up the front steps, pulled a shotgun from a duffel bag, and fired two rounds into the air while shouting “Free Palestine.” Adults and children were inside at the time, but no one was injured. He had planned to shoot out the syna…
NYC Mass Shooter Blamed Football Head Trauma For Mental Illness, NFL Responds NYC Mass Shooter Blamed Football Head Trauma For Mental Illness, NFL Responds
NYC Mass Shooter Blamed Football Head Trauma For Mental Illness, NFL Responds A former high school football player who shot and killed four people in midtown Manhattan blamed head trauma he suffered while playing the sport for fueling his severe mental illness. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that Shane Tamura appeared to be targeting the NFL over his claims of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Police said the 27-year-old Las Vegas man killed four people on Monday, July 28, before turning the gun on himself at 345 Park Avenue, where the NFL's main offices are located. Tamura shot himself in the chest, not the head, according to The New York…
CT Dad Beats Son, 12, Dead, Threatens To Kill Teen Daughter: Police CT Dad Beats Son, 12, Dead, Threatens To Kill Teen Daughter: Police
CT Dad Beats Son, 12, Dead, Threatens To Kill Teen Daughter: Police A 52-year-old Connecticut man is accused of beating his 12-year-old son to death with a baseball bat—and threatening to kill his teenage daughter next, authorities said. Anthony Andrew Esposito Jr., of Branford, was charged with murder with special circumstances and attempted murder following the Thursday, May 1, attack. He is being held on $3 million bond, police said. Officers responded to a home on Hemlock Rock Road around 4 p.m., where they found the body of 12-year-old Anthony P. Esposito, according to Branford Police. Esposito was arrested shortly after during a nearby traffic stop. …
Daniel Penny Acquitted In Chokehold Death Of Jordan Neely Aboard NYC Subway Car Daniel Penny Acquitted In Chokehold Death Of Jordan Neely Aboard NYC Subway Car
Daniel Penny Acquitted In Chokehold Death Of Jordan Neely Aboard NYC Subway Car A New York ex-Marine was acquitted in the chokehold death of a New Jersey street artist aboard a Manhattan subway. Daniel Penny was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely by a Manhattan jury on Monday, Dec. 9, following 20 hours of deliberations, CBS News reports. It came days after Judge Maxwell Wiley dismissed a manslaughter charge against Penny after jurors were unable to reach a verdict on the top count. The 26-year-old Penny, a Long Island resident from West Islip, had been accused of killing 30-year-old New Jersey native Jordan Neely aboard a …
Son From NY Accused Of Killing Wealthy Financier In Ireland Son From NY Accused Of Killing Wealthy Financier In Ireland
Son From NY Accused Of Killing Wealthy Financier In Ireland A Connecticut financier was killed at an Ireland hotel after he flew from the United States to care for his mentally ill son. Now his son is charged with the assault that killed him, the BBC reported. New York City resident Henry McGowan, age 30, of Brooklyn, is accused of killing his father, 66-year-old John McGowan, of New Canaan, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, the outlet said.  The New York Times reported that Henry flew to Ireland earlier this week to stay at Ballyfin Demesne, a hotel in County Laois. Henry suffers from bipolar disorder, and when John learned his son had left the count…
2 Lives Ended In 32 Seconds: Man Gunned Down Mom, Stepdad At NY Home, Jury Finds 2 Lives Ended In 32 Seconds: Man Gunned Down Mom, Stepdad At NY Home, Jury Finds
2 Lives Ended In 32 Seconds: Man Gunned Down Mom, Stepdad At NY Home, Jury Finds A protection order was no match for a disgruntled 21-year-old armed with an AK-47 rifle and set on murdering his own mother and stepfather in upstate New York, a jury found. Schenectady County resident Nicholas Fiebka, of Schenectady, was convicted of two counts of murder and related charges on Friday, June 7, in the deaths of his mother Alesia Wadsworth and stepfather, William Horwedel. Prosecutors said Fiebka entered his mother’s Princetown home on Nov. 21, 2022, armed with an AK-47 rifle with an illegal drum magazine capable of holding 75 rounds of ammunition and firing two shots with ev…