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Man sentenced to 6 months in jail for ramming car into Jewish group's world headquarters in New York
A man was sentenced on Wednesday to six months and a week behind bars for ramming his car into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in January, damaging some of the a side-entrance door.
Dan Sohail, 36, of New Jersey, was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court, where he was also ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution. The sentence will allow Sohail, who has already spent six months in custody, to be released in about a week.
Sohail was charged with intentionally damaging religious property, and he pleaded guilty in May.
Prosecutors recommended a 14-month sentence, which would have kept Sohail behind bars for roughly another eight months, but the judge declined the request. Prosecutors sought the longer sentence as a deterrent to future attacks on Jewish institutions amid a rise in antisemitic hate crimes.
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On Jan. 28, Sohail repeatedly rammed his vehicle into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters. He moved protective barriers, gestured for congregants to get out of the way and drove his car into the building’s side entrance five times, knocking the door off its hinges and destroying his car's front bumper.
While the doors were damaged, no injuries were reported.
Judge Eric N. Vitaliano said he was "somewhat saddened" that the Justice Department wanted him to be influenced at sentencing by the public’s mistaken initial impression that the attack was a hate crime.
Prosecutors said ahead of sentencing that 80 of 146 hate crime incidents across New York City since the start of the year were based on crimes targeting Jewish people and institutions.
But Vitaliano said the government's push for a stricter sentence as a deterrent to future attacks was in part based on the incident initially being labeled as an "I-hate-the-Jews crime, or, worse, an act-of-terrorism crime."
The judge cited a psychiatric report and said Sohail's mental health challenges "played an important role" in his sentencing.
"This is a sad tale," Vitaliano said.
Sohail's lawyer, Mia Eisner-Grynberg, said he had been trying to win acceptance at the Jewish institution as he struggled with psychological issues.
Eisner-Grynberg told the judge in court papers before sentencing that Sohail was battling depression and post-traumatic stress disorder after a traumatic childhood when he carried out the attack, even as he "desperately sought belonging and understanding through his exploration of Judaism."
She said Sohail attended the Chabad he later attacked, finding rabbinical students there "warm and welcoming."
Sohail "danced with them" and followed their recommendation to visit Israel, but he became erratic and extremely anxious after returning to the U.S., "begging" members of Chabad to help him, Eisner-Grynberg said.
Ramming the car into the building was "an irrational cry for help," she said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
George and Amal Clooney evacuate France home as wildfires spread across Europe
A representative for George Clooney confirmed the evacuation to People and shared a letter the couple sent to Brignoles Mayor Didier Brémond
The couple and their 9-year-old twins left their home in Brignoles, in France's Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, as fires threatened large swaths of the Mediterranean, the outlet reported. A representative for George Clooney confirmed to People that the couple sent a letter to Brignoles Mayor Didier Brémond before leaving.
"Dear Didier, At this point we have no idea whether our beautiful home makes it through this terrible moment," the letter began.
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"As we evacuate Brignoles we want to emphasise 2 things, first we hope you and the people of our city are safe and second that Amal and i are committed to making sure that whatever happens to our village, we are part of this community and we’ll be part of making it whole," the letter continued. "We love Brignoles and our friends who live there."
Fox News Digital has reached out to Clooney's representatives for additional comment, including whether the family has safely evacuated and if there is any update on the condition of their home.
The evacuation comes as wildfires continue to scorch southern Europe.
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As of Wednesday, an uncontained wildfire roughly four times the size of Paris was burning across southwestern France. The blaze was separate from the fire threatening the Brignoles area, where about 3,000 people were evacuated. Fires also continued to threaten parts of southern Europe, and three firefighters died in Greece as crews battled extreme heat, drought and strong winds, according to The Associated Press.
More than 300,000 people have been forced to evacuate in France and Spain, including residents and tourists.
Temperatures climbed to nearly 104 degrees Wednesday in France's Gironde region, where the country's largest wildfire prompted the evacuation of roughly 220,000 residents and vacationers at its peak. While many have since returned, tens of thousands remain displaced.
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In an October 2025 interview with Esquire , Clooney said he and Amal chose to raise their family on a farm in France to give their children a quieter upbringing away from Hollywood.
"A good portion of my life growing up was on a farm, and as a kid, I hated the whole idea of it," he said. "But now, for them, it’s like—they’re not on their iPads, you know? They have dinner with grown-ups and have to take their dishes in. They have a much better life."
Clooney also said he was "worried about raising our kids in L.A., in the culture of Hollywood."
"I felt like they were never going to get a fair shake at life," he said. "France — they kind of don’t give a s--- about fame. I don’t want them to be walking around worried about paparazzi. I don’t want them being compared to somebody else’s famous kids."
Storm co-owner suspended after incident with Sophie Cunningham fans as star breaks silence on controversy
Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton has been fined and suspended from attending the team's next five home games, the WNBA confirmed to Fox News Digital.
The suspension and fine come after Keaton allegedly called a pair of teenage Sophie Cunningham fans "f—ing insane" during a game on Tuesday, independent Seattle-based journalist Brandi Kruse told Fox News Digital. Kruse was in the arena and accompanied the girls, who were there to watch Cunningham and the Indianaa Fever take on the Storm.
Cunningham addressed the incident involving Keaton in an X repost of Fox News Digital's report late Wednesday night.
"I truly believe there is a safe space and love for EVERYBODY. Biological girls, biological boys, trans women, and trans men. Everyone is welcome at my table! You can disagree and still be kind. Bravo to those girls for standing up for what they believe. You’ll be hearing from me soon yay for gifts. Truly embarrassing of the co-owner. Unfortunately shows the type of leader she is," Cunningham wrote.
Storm majority owner Ginny Gilder issued a statement Wednesday apologizing for the co-owner’s comments during the game.
"We are aware one of our co-owners made comments to two fans in attendance at last night's game. We apologize that this happened. Everyone who attends a Storm game deserves to feel welcome, and we remain committed to creating an inclusive environment where every fan is treated with respect," the statement read.
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Two girls went to the game wearing XX-XY Athletics gear to celebrate Cunningham coming out in support of saving women's sports, and even got to sit court-side. But the night took a dark turn, and now they are viral martyrs. The Storm put out an apology after a team co-owner allegedly shouted insults at the girls during the game. Additional footage, distributed by Fox News Digital, of them in a confrontation with another fan at the game has ignited further outrage.
The incident drew so much attention that famed "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling even cast judgment on the night that is bound to live in WNBA infamy.
Rowling and other prominent social media users amplified the girls’ account of the incident.
The night began with a rally outside Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle to celebrate Cunningham's recent public stance.
A small group of counterprotesters supporting transgender inclusion also gathered outside the arena.
Kruse, who helped organize the event and went into the game to accompany the girls during portions of the night, said she saw Storm players make mocking gestures toward them. Separately, the girls alleged that Keaton approached them and used profane language.
"They were giving them thumbs down — like, to their faces," Kruse said.
Kruse said the girls then told her that an older woman associated with the Storm had approached them, yelled at them and called them "f---ing insane."
The girls later pointed out the woman sitting directly across from them beside Storm legend and team co-owner Sue Bird, according to Kruse. When Kruse alerted an arena security guard, she said the guard identified the woman as "one of the owners of the team."
Kruse later identified the woman as Keaton, who has previously been publicly identified as a member of the Storm’s ownership group.
Kruse said she pressed security to confront the woman, arguing that the alleged conduct violated the arena’s code of conduct. Climate Pledge Arena prohibits abusive or obscene language and says violators may be ejected.
"Had this been any other fan under any other circumstances who swore at and called some teenage girls ‘f---ing insane’ until they cried, they would’ve been ejected," Kruse said.
Kruse said one of the girls broke down in tears during the game after the alleged exchange.
"I look over at halftime, and she’s sobbing," Kruse said. "They were so excited for those seats, like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see some of their favorite players. They stayed up the night before making signs."
Kruse also claimed that the girls were not forced to put down their signs in support of Cunningham, despite online rumors, but that they chose to put them down after the alleged harassment.
"The report that they told the girls to put those signs away is not true," Kruse said. "The girls put their signs away because of what happened with Celeste, and they just felt so scared and uncomfortable, they decided not to hold them anymore."
Before the game, the Storm said it was aware of the planned demonstration and was "tracking it closely." The team said it remained committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for all guests.
Storm head coach Sonia Raman addressed the rally after the game but did not discuss the allegations involving the girls.
"We always want to be an area where people feel welcome coming into this building," Raman said, adding that the organization coordinated with arena security. "From what I understand, that was successful."
The comments came before Kruse publicly detailed the allegations involving the teenagers.
The Fever, meanwhile, distanced the organization and Cunningham from the rally. A team public relations representative interrupted when head coach Stephanie White was asked about the gathering during her postgame press conference.
"Neither our organization nor Sophie had any knowledge of this demonstration and no contact with its organizers," the representative said.
The representative added that the Fever remained united around winning games and building its fan base before directing reporters back to basketball questions.
Neither Cunningham nor Clark was made available to reporters after the game. Mitchell and Monique Billings appeared beside White instead. When White was asked about the rally, she also said the team and its players were not aware of it and had not been in touch with the organizers.
Trump admin invokes 30-year dormant terror court as it seeks to deport Afghan woman tied to Election Day plot
The Trump administration is seeking to use a specialized federal court for the first time since Congress created it three decades ago in an effort to deport an Afghan woman accused of aiding an Islamic State-inspired terror plot in the U.S., according to court records made public on Wednesday.
Nazira Haji Zada, of Fort Worth, Texas, is the first person facing deportation through the Alien Terrorist Removal Court after her arrest earlier this week.
The court is scheduled to hold an initial hearing on Thursday in Washington, D.C., in the government’s effort to deport Haji Zada.
"The allegations in this case show the matriarch of an ISIS-sympathizing family aiding in a plot to launch a mass casualty attack on American voters on Election Day. The Department’s application in this court makes clear that terrorists have no place in the United States of America," acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement.
According to an FBI memo dated July 15, authorities "developed information" that Haji Zada supports the Islamic State and had her children pledge their loyalty to the terrorist group.
Haji Zada "supported" a plot by family members to carry out an ISIS-inspired attack in the U.S., according to the memo.
She was identified in court filings as the mother and mother-in-law of two Afghan men who were convicted in Oklahoma in connection with a 2024 Election Day terror plot.
Her son, Abdullah Haji Zada, was sentenced in November to 15 years behind bars. He previously agreed to be deported after his release from prison.
Haji Zada's son-in-law, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, who previously worked as a security guard for a U.S. military installation in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty to conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State. Prosecutors said he attempted to advance his attack plans by ordering AK-47 rifles, liquidating his family’s assets and purchasing one-way tickets for his wife and child to travel back to Afghanistan.
The Alien Terrorist Removal Court was created in 1996 but never received a petition until this month, when the Justice Department filed an application attempting to deport Haji Zada.
The longtime-dormant court hears government applications seeking the removal of noncitizens alleged to qualify as "alien terrorists" under federal immigration law when the evidence supporting removal includes classified information.
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"Congress created the Alien Terrorist Removal Court three decades ago to remove from the United States alien terrorists who never should have been here in the first place," Blanche said.
The court is made up of five federal judges from various districts across the country who are appointed by the Supreme Court's chief justice.
For the time being, the court says all proceedings will take place at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Lindsay Clancy prosecutors ‘squeeze’ timeline from ex-husband as jury weighs ‘murder versus madness’: expert
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Patrick Clancy’s painstaking account of the night his three children died may have given prosecutors their clearest framework yet for arguing that Lindsay Clancy was lucid, deliberate and criminally responsible at the time of the killings, a legal expert says.
Testifying Wednesday in Plymouth Superior Court, Patrick walked jurors minute by minute through the errands that took him away from the family’s Duxbury, Massachusetts, home on Jan. 24, 2023: a trip to CVS for a child’s stool softener, followed by a stop to pick up dinner.
He said Lindsay called him back while he was inside CVS, understood why he was there and calmly approved a generic substitute. When he returned home, he found an eerily quiet house, blood inside the couple’s locked bedroom and Lindsay injured beneath an open second-story window.
When Patrick found Lindsay Clancy lying on her back beneath their bedroom window, he said she had deep cuts on her wrists and a red line across her neck.
"What happened?" he recalled asking her.
"I tried to kill myself," she responded, according to Patrick.
He then asked, "Where are the kids?"
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"They’re in the basement," Lindsay told him.
Patrick testified that she did not say the children were injured, in danger or needed help.
Attorney Shari Karney said those seemingly mundane details, the text messages, phone call, dinner order and timing of Patrick’s drive, may become critical as prosecutors try to prove Lindsay understood her actions when the children were strangled with exercise bands.
"I call this case murder versus madness," Karney told Fox News Digital.
Karney said Patrick’s testimony largely helped the prosecution because it portrayed Lindsay as responsive and organized shortly before the killings. The state, she said, is attempting to "squeeze that timeline" as tightly as possible around the precise moment the children were killed.
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"That’s fairly lucid," Karney said of Lindsay’s ability to discuss the CVS purchase and coordinate the takeout order.
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But the defense is expected to argue that competence during routine tasks does not establish criminal responsibility during the killings. Lindsay’s attorneys contend she suffered from severe mental illness, including postpartum psychosis, and was impaired by a shifting regimen of psychiatric medications.
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Patrick testified that Lindsay later told him she heard a man’s voice telling her that if she did not act then, she would "lose her chance." He also said she had never previously told him she was hearing voices or experiencing psychosis.
Karney said the case will likely turn on whether jurors view the killings as a calculated act or "a catastrophic collapse" caused by severe psychological illness.
WATCH: Lindsay Clancy breaks down as jury hears husband's frantic 911 call
The emotional stakes were on display when prosecutors played Patrick’s 911 call for the jury. The recording was barred from broadcast or reproduction under a court order, and the pool camera remained trained on Lindsay.
She sobbed and buried her face in her hands as the call played.
Karney said that reaction could help both sides.
For the defense, she said, it humanized Lindsay as a "shattered, broken" mother confronting the consequences of the worst night of her life. For prosecutors, the same reaction captured the horror of the killings.
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Before the recording was played, Judge William Sullivan warned jurors not to allow sympathy, anger, passion or pity to influence their verdict.
"You must not be influenced in any way by the unpleasant nature of some of the evidence," Sullivan said, reminding jurors that their verdict must not be based on "sympathy, anger, passion or prejudice or pity."
Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital, has pleaded not guilty to three counts each of murder and strangulation.
Matthew Stafford, Josh Allen headline 'Madden NFL 27' ratings as 99 Club members
NFL training camps are opening across the league, and the countdown to the latest edition of "Madden NFL" is officially underway.
"Madden NFL 27" is still a little more than two weeks from release, but the ratings debate will likely start now. EA Sports unveiled its latest player ratings Wednesday, releasing the top 10 players at quarterback, running back and wide receiver.
Reigning league MVP Matthew Stafford and Buffalo Bills signal caller Josh Allen led the quarterback group ratings and earned a spot in the coveted 99 Club.
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Stafford and Allen tied for the top quarterback rating, but the Los Angeles Rams signal caller was listed ahead of the Buffalo Bills star in the category.
Joe Burrow was third with a 97, followed by Baltimore Ravens standout Lamar Jackson. Patrick Mahomes received a 93 rating and was slotted fifth, while Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff rounded out the group's top 10 with an 88.
The other 99 Club members were wide receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, defensive end Myles Garrett and tight end Trey McBride.
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After winning the franchise’s second Super Bowl title in February, the Seattle Seahawks reached an agreement on a four-year contract extension with Smith-Njigba that made him the highest-paid receiver in NFL history. Chase has eclipsed the 1,000-yard receiving mark in every season since entering the league in 2021.
After Chase and Smith-Njigba, Puka Nacua, Amon-Ra St. Brown and Justin Jefferson rounded out the top five wide receivers. Mike Evans, who left the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the San Francisco 49ers this offseason, came in at No. 10.
Detroit Lions star Jahmyr Gibbs led all running backs with a 98 overall rating. Christian McCaffrey followed at 97 after a bounce-back season, with Jonathan Taylor third and Bijan Robinson fourth at 95. Rams standout Kyren Williams rounded out the top 10.
Caleb Williams may be the face of "Madden NFL 27," but the Chicago Bears quarterback is still eyeing a higher rating. Earlier this week, he said his goal is to climb into the 99 Club before the end of the year.
"If I get my completion percentage up, I'll be a 99," Williams told "Up & Adams" on Monday. "That's how everybody feels about it. I don't throw picks, I'm not a pick guy, never been a pick guy. Throw a few more touchdowns, keep the picks down and then just get the completion up."
"Madden NFL 27" is scheduled to launch worldwide Aug. 13, with MVP+ members receiving early access up to seven days ahead of release.
On the team side, the Rams earned the game’s top rating with a 93 overall.
Malik Nabers 'looked good' in surprising full practice as Giants kick off training camp in West Virginia
New York Giants fans were enthralled to see one player in particular participating in practice on Wednesday.
Malik Nabers, who suffered a serious knee injury in Week 4 of last season, "looked good," according to his new head coach John Harbaugh, as he went through a full practice much to the delight of everyone involved with the organization.
While there is no commitment on a timeline for the 2024 first-rounder, seeing Nabers out on the field was quite the surprise for many.
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Nabers’ injury wasn’t a simple knee tear, as he had to wait for swelling to go down before undergoing surgery. Then, in the spring, Nabers had to get scar tissue removed from the same knee, while eliminating stiffness he felt.
After undergoing two surgeries and remaining sidelined, Nabers' status for Week 1, or the first few weeks of the season, was up in the air.
But general manager Joe Schoen also enjoyed seeing him running around at The Greenbrier in West Virginia to start off camp.
"We've got a really good plan for him," Schoen said. "The medical staff has a really good plan for him, and we're going to always say listen to the patients. So, we're going to see how he reacts. We got a good plan in place, so as long as everything goes as planned, we'll listen to Malik and his body. And, again, hopefully he'll be ready and we'll see how it plays out. But no predictions right now, just because we have a long way to go. Still a lot of camp."
Nabers tore his ACL and suffered a full meniscus tear after jumping for a pass in quarterback Jaxson Dart’s first career start. He immediately clutched his knee, silencing the MetLife Stadium crowd as fans feared the worst while he was carted off the field.
Nabers remained in New Jersey this summer, though, working alongside the Giants’ medical team on his recovery. The injury occurring early in the season gave the team hope he would be back healthy for Week 1, and after not being put on the physically unable to perform list to start training camp, Nabers was on the right track.
"It was great. You saw him. He looked good," Harbaugh said after watching Nabers. "He's got a process going. Thought he looked good."
Dart, who said happy birthday to his top receiver on Instagram as Nabers turned 23, loved being able to throw to him on day one.
"He definitely has a presence about him," Dart said of Nabers. "There's an aura that he has on the field that is exhilarating. It makes me happy. It makes everybody happy just to see him out there. I think for him, he's had a lot of positives. We're just going to continue to get him in slowly. He's doing a great job with how he's attacking his recovery. I've got all the confidence in the world in him and his approach to the game, how much he's missed being out there with the guys. I think it's definitely, for him — I don't want to speak for him too much, but I just think it's a really good feeling for him to just be out there with the team and to be involved."
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WNBA yanks Paige Bueckers, Angel Reese betting post after fans blast league hypocrisy online
Leave it to the WNBA to turn a friendly $400 wager it promoted into a gambling controversy.
So when Paige Bueckers of the Dallas Wings and Angel Reese of the Atlanta Dream sat together during All-Star Weekend and agreed to a friendly $400 wager on their upcoming matchup, nobody in the room batted an eye. It was harmless banter.
To two young stars whose endorsement deals dwarf their league salaries, $400 is probably couch-cushion change.
Then came the WNBA's social media team.
Naturally, the league's social media team couldn't resist. It clipped the exchange, posted it across the WNBA's official channels and quoted Bueckers explaining the $400 bet ahead of Wednesday night's Wings-Dream matchup.
There was just one glaring problem.
The social media team appeared to overlook Section 5(c) of the league's own Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Under Section 5(c), any player found guilty of wagering money or anything of value on the outcome, score, or aspect of a WNBA competition is subject to fines, suspensions, or outright disqualification.
In its rush to chase clicks, the league publicly showcased a wager that appeared to raise obvious questions under its own CBA.
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The post disappeared quickly, but on the internet, deleting something rarely makes it disappear.
Within minutes, deleting the post only made more people want to see it.
The timing couldn't have been worse. The WNBA has spent years embracing legalized sports betting, integrating odds into broadcasts and signing lucrative sportsbook partnerships.
Now, Commissioner Cathy Engelbert faces an awkward predicament. Does she punish two of the league's brightest young stars over a clip her own staff promoted? Or does she look the other way and invite questions about whether the rulebook is optional?
The real misstep belonged to the league, not the players.
Plus, it's also safe to say Caitlin Clark probably wouldn't have made this kind of mistake.
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Army conducts first overseas test of 'Hammer of the Gods' weapon-disrupting system
The U.S. Army on Sunday revealed it has tested a new warfare system overseas designed to covertly scramble the navigation signals used by enemy precision weapons, making it harder for adversaries to accurately strike targets from long distances while avoiding detection.
The electronic system, dubbed "Hammer of the Gods," was tested at sea off the U.S. West Coast for the first time in mid-July as part of the Project Convergence Capstone 6 (PC-C6) experiment.
While land-based versions have been demonstrated over the past two years, the exercise marked the official debut of the maritime variant, the Army said.
The portable signal disruptor can reportedly blind enemy to several precision-guided weapons such as long-range artillery, guided missiles and cruise missiles.
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The radio signals specifically jam positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) signals, including GPS data, that precision weapons rely on to navigate accurately.
Without reliable PNT data, weapon accuracy drops sharply, increasing the likelihood of delayed missions and missed targets.
The system also creates a resilient communications network that allows friendly forces to stay connected despite heavy electronic jamming.
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It links military devices together, so troops can continue to "shoot, move and communicate" even while operating in degraded environments.
Army officials said the experiment demonstrated the counter-PNT system could be successfully launched, operated and recovered in real-world maritime environments.
The testing brought together the U.S. Army, Navy and Space Force, alongside U.S. Space Forces Pacific, Naval Base San Diego and the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, to integrate space, cyber and conventional capabilities during the exercise.
Grandmother's missed pickup leads to grim discovery in church parking lot
A California grandmother vanished after failing to pick up her grandchild, sparking a desperate search that ended days later with the grim discovery of her body inside her car in a church parking lot and murder charges against her son.
Emmanuel Wesley, 23, of Santa Ana, is charged with murder in the death of his 61-year-old mother, Theresa Jones.
Prosecutors allege he shot her twice in the back while she sat behind the wheel of her vehicle outside the Fullerton Police Department on the Fourth of July before moving her body into the passenger seat and driving away.
Jones' disappearance first raised alarms on July 7 when she failed to pick up one of her grandchildren and stopped answering repeated calls from loved ones, according to prosecutors.
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Four days later, on July 11, officers found Jones' body inside her vehicle, which had been abandoned in the parking lot of a church in Fullerton. Prosecutors allege she had been shot twice in the back.
Investigators say surveillance cameras captured the moments surrounding the killing.
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Video allegedly shows Jones pulling up outside the Fullerton Police Department around 2:46 p.m. on July 4 with Wesley riding in the back seat.
Authorities say Jones suddenly slumped over in the driver's seat before Wesley climbed out of the back seat, pushed her body into the passenger seat, got behind the wheel and drove away.
"The death of any human being is a tragedy," Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said. "For someone to kill their own mother is another level of depravity. We will do everything we can to pursue justice for Ms. Jones and everyone who loved her."
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Jones' family remembered the 61-year-old as a devoted Christian whose faith shaped every part of her life.
"She loved her family fiercely, always putting the needs of her children and grandchildren above her own," the family wrote in a GoFundMe created to help cover funeral expenses. "To know Theresa was to love her."
Loved ones described Jones as smart, funny and full of life, saying her vibrant personality earned her the nickname "Cardi B."
The fundraiser recalls the family's agonizing search after Jones unexpectedly failed to pick up her beloved grandchild, ending with the heartbreaking discovery of her body a week later.
"We want to honor the beautiful life Theresa lived and the immense love she poured into the world," the family wrote. "The shock of her loss has left a profound, empty space in the hearts of everyone who loved her."
Wesley has pleaded not guilty and remains held without bail in the Orange County Jail.
If convicted of murder and the firearm enhancement, prosecutors say he faces up to 50 years to life in prison.