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Chilling video showed a Mississippi teen murder suspect’s nonchalant attitude after allegedly shooting and killing her mother, with the girl seen texting following the act.

The kitchen surveillance footage shown during the murder trial of the now 15-year-old Carly Gregg, captured the moments leading up to and following the alleged murder of her mom, Ashley Smylie, on March 19. Gregg was 14 when she allegedly used a .357 Magnum pistol to kill Smylie.

The harrowing footage shows Gregg hiding something behind her back and walking towards her bedroom just moments before the sounds of three gunshots ring out.

Following the alleged murder, Gregg is seen casually strolling back to the family’s kitchen and sitting on a stool. The family’s two Labrador retrievers were seen following her back to the kitchen area after the gunshots.

During her trial, prosecutors said that Gregg texted her stepdad, Heath Smylie, after the killing in an attempt to lure him home and ambush him.

When Heath Smylie took the stand, he testified that when he opened the kitchen door, “the gun went off in my face before the door was even three to four inches wide open, and everything kind of went pretty fast from there.”

“The gun flashed in my face,” he said. “It went off two more times, but my hand was on the gun after the first shot, and I twisted it from Carly.” Heath was shot in his shoulder during the encounter with Gregg, police said.

Heath said that his stepdaughter was “terrified” and that she was screaming so much “like she had seen a demon.”

“It looked like she was terrified,” he said. “She was screaming out of her mind, scared, like she had seen a demon, or something.”

In opening statements, Rankin County assistant DA Kathryn White Newman said that Ashley Smylie, a teacher at Northwest Rankin High School where her daughter was a student, learned from a friend of Gregg’s earlier that day she was smoking marijuana and had burner phones, WLBT reported, and when they got home, she found vape pens in her daughter’s bedroom.

Gregg was charged as an adult with murder, attempted murder and tampering with evidence.

According to the Clarion Ledger, she rejected a 40-year prison sentence plea deal, with her defense team pleading insanity.

Former President Donald Trump was safe after the Secret Service fired at a gun-toting man outside Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, sources told Fox News.
Authorities are treating the case as a potential assassination attempt, and arrested a suspect, a U.S. official told Fox News. The man, who was not immediately identified, was allegedly armed with a rifle when agents fired at him.
“This does not appear to be some random guy with an AK-47 walking outside Trump’s club,” the official added.
Fox News’ Lucas Tomlinson confirmed that the Secret Service opened fire after they saw a man lift an AK-47. The suspect fled in a car, but was quickly apprehended, authorities said
Trump was on the fifth hole of his course when the shots rang out, prompting his protective detail to swarm him and usher him to the safety of the clubhouse. The incident may prove to be the second attempt on the former president’s life in just two months.
Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity, citing local law enforcement, said the suspect’s rifle was discovered in the bushes. Four shots were fired, Hannity also confirmed through local law enforcement. Hannity said Trump’s initial reaction inside the clubhouse was to make sure everyone was okay.
Fox News host Bret Baier also spoke to Trump, who praised the Secret Service for acting quickly. Trump reaffirmed to Baier that he was fine and there was no evidence any shots were near him or hitting near him.
Sean Hannity on gunshots fired near Trump’s vicinity
“Tell everybody I am fine and the Secret Service did a great job,” Trump told Baier.
The Secret Service is working closely with authorities and investigating the situation, and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has been briefed
“The Secret Service, in conjunction with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, is investigating a protective incident involving former President Donald Trump that occurred shortly before 2 p.m. The former president is safe,” the agency confirmed in a post on X
The President and Vice President have been briefed about the security incident at the Trump International Golf Course, where former President Trump was golfing. They are relieved to know that he is safe. They will be kept regularly updated by their team,” the White House said in a statement.
Fox News Digital confirmed that the Attorney General has been briefed, is monitoring the situation, and is receiving regular updates following the security incident at Trump International Golf Course.
This latest shooting near Trump is nearly two months to the date of the assassination attempt on the former president’s life. Trump was shot in the ear during a July 13 rally in Butler, Pa. A man attending the rally, volunteer Fire Department Cat. Corey Comperatore, was killed by the gunman, who was shot dead by a Secret Service sniper.
Fox News Digital confirmed that the Trump National Golf Club is on lockdown as a precaution.

Members of the rock band Jane’s Addiction were brawling at their concert in Boston on Friday night.
In a video captured and shared on social media, frontman Perry Farrell could be seen throwing a punch at guitarist Dave Navarro in a heated exchange.
Farrell, 65, lunged his body in a forceful manner towards Navarro, 57, onstage. The guitarist appeared to place his hands on the frontman’s chest in an apparent bid to stop him from moving forward.
During the tense encounter, Farrell appeared to be yelling at Navarro until he threw a punch at the guitarist.
Security guards quickly broke up the fight and told Farrell to “stop,” while they held him down to prevent attacking the guitarist further.
Navarro grabbed Farrell’s arm, and he was enraged, as he attempted to attack the guitarist again.
Farrell’s wife, Etty Lau, spoke out about the altercation on her social media and explained the events that unfolded.
Rather than speculating, I thought to post a first person account of what happened on stage with Jane’s Addiction last night at the Lender Pavilion in Boston,” Lau wrote on her Instagram.
“Clearly there had been a lot of tension and animosity between the members.. the magic that made the band so dynamic. Well, the dynamite was lit. Perry got up in Dave’s face and body checked him,” she explained.
Lau added that the fight stemmed from Perry’s patience wearing thin, as his health wasn’t in the best condition ahead of the band’s performance.
Perry’s frustration had been mounting, night after night, he felt that the stage volume had been extremely loud and his voice was being drowned out by the band,” she continued.
“Perry had been suffering from tinnitus and a sore throat every night. But when the audience in the first row, started complaining up to Perry, cussing at him that the band was [playing] too loud and that they couldn’t hear him, Perry lost it.”
In Lau’s lengthy post, she wrote that Eric Avery, the founding bass guitarist and co-songwriter of Jane’s Addiction, is the one who “won the fight.
Eric walked up to Perry, upstage, in the dark… put Perry in a headlock and punched him in the stomach three times. Kevin, crewmember with long hair… pulled Eric away. Then Eric, nonchalant, walked off to the front of the stage to apologize to [the] audience for the show [ending] early.
She went on to say that the aftermath of the concert brawl ended with Eric taking “a few cheap shots on Perry.
“Perry was a crazed beast for the next half an hour – he finally did not calm down, but did breakdown and cried and cried.
She accompanied her caption with a video of the Jane’s Addiction band members fighting on stage.
“Well, [that] is my first person account narrative of what happened. Take a look at the video yourself,” Lau concluded.
Reps for Jane’s Addiction did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

The cause of death for 13-year-old Madeline Soto, whose tragic disappearance led to the arrest of her mother’s boyfriend, has now been disclosed by authorities.

Madeline was discovered deceased in a wooded area on March 1, just a few days after she was reported missing on February 26 from her home in Kissimmee, Florida, according to earlier reports from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. The medical examiner has officially classified her death as a homicide, confirming that she died due to strangulation, as reported by FOX 35 Orlando, WESH, and Click Orlando.

During the investigation into Madeline’s disappearance, her mother’s boyfriend, Stephan Sterns, 37, was taken into custody on charges of sexual battery and possession of child sexual abuse material. Although these charges were initially unrelated to Madeline’s disappearance, Sterns was quickly identified as the primary suspect in her case.

In April, Sterns faced additional charges, including first-degree murder, in connection with Madeline’s death, as announced by authorities in Osceola County. Investigators uncovered numerous disturbing images and videos, leading to a total of 60 charges against him, including capital sexual battery, lewd or lascivious molestation, and possession of child pornography, according to a statement from the State Attorney’s Office.

The sheriff’s office revealed evidence suggesting that Madeline “was never dropped off near her school” on the morning of February 26, contrary to what was initially believed. Sterns was reportedly the last person seen with her that morning. The night before her disappearance, Madeline’s mother allegedly asked her to sleep with Sterns so she could rest after a late work shift, as she later informed authorities, according to a “supplemental case report” cited by WESH.

On the morning of her disappearance, Sterns was reportedly captured on video discarding items in a trashcan at the apartment complex where he lived with Madeline and her mother. Authorities later retrieved Madeline’s backpack and laptop from that trashcan. About an hour after this, Sterns was seen with Madeline in his car, and investigators believe she was already deceased at that time.

Sterns is accused of sexually abusing Madeline and recording the abuse on video, with authorities alleging that the abuse began as early as 2022, when Madeline was just 11 years old. Despite the overwhelming evidence, Sterns has pleaded not guilty to all 60 charges, as reported by Click Orlando and the Osceola News-Gazette.

An accident in Texas has left four people dead and ten others injured after a passenger van lost control and flipped multiple times on a highway. The incident occurred around 8 a.m. when a Chevrolet Express 3500 van, traveling north on U.S. Highway 287 near Alvord, veered into the median and overturned several times.

According to Tony De La Cerda, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), 14 individuals were in the van at the time of the crash. Three people, including the driver, were pronounced dead at the scene, while another succumbed to injuries later at the hospital.

The DPS confirmed that only one person in the van was wearing a seat belt. De La Cerda emphasized the importance of seat belt use, stating, “Every vehicle has a seat belt, and if you use that seat belt, it’s gonna save lives.”

The exact destination of the van remains unclear, but it was confirmed that the group was traveling from Florida. Preliminary investigations suggest that the van left the roadway, and the driver overcorrected, leading to a loss of control and causing the vehicle to roll over multiple times. Several passengers were ejected from the van during the crash.

Emergency responders, including three ambulances and three medical helicopters, were dispatched to the scene to transport the injured to nearby hospitals. Among the injured, two passengers were critically hurt, while others sustained non-critical injuries or minor injuries.

The accident led to the closure of U.S. Highway 287 for more than three hours, with authorities working to clear the scene and reopen the road. Witnesses described the aftermath as devastating, with bodies and injured individuals scattered across the road and nearby grass.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation as authorities work to determine what led to the tragic incident.

De La Cerda expressed the emotional toll on first responders, saying, “Just seeing all those people on the road, on the grass, that is very difficult because we have to be able to keep our composure and be able to treat every single one to the best of our ability until the EMS arrives.”

The famed “Hawk Tuah Girl” was the New York Mets’ special guest Thursday, throwing out the first pitch ahead of their game.

“Hawk Tuah Girl” is Haliey Welch, a Tennessee native who went viral with her now-infamous phrase, which was her response when she was asked “what move” in the bedroom makes a guy go “crazy.”

“Awh, you gotta hawk … tuah, spit on that thang — you get me?” she said in Nashville during the weekend of the Country Music Awards.

The clip became an instant hit on TikTok and has since spread everywhere. At first, Welch, 21, kept a low profile, but she’s now capitalizing on the opportunity.

Last month, she reportedly raked in $30,000 to make an appearance at a south Florida pool club, fittingly in a Tua Tagovailoa shirsey.

On Thursday, she put her athletic skills to the test, taking the mound for a day game between the Mets and Oakland Athletics.

Welch’s appearance drew quite a reaction.

“So the Mets decided to get the Hawk Tuah Girl to throw out the 1st pitch for a summer ‘camp day’ day game where the vast majority of fans are 11 year old kids at the ballpark on camp trips. Seriously what were they thinking? Be better than this,” one user wrote on X.

“What an awful, awful decision to legitimize her and give her a platform,” said another.

Others came to Welch’s defense, considering she didn’t sign up to go viral. She also made charitable donations since becoming famous on social media.

The Mets squandered a 5-0 lead to the A’s and lost, 7-6, in the longest nine-inning game in the pitch-timer era (3 hours, 45 minutes). Many now believe Welch cursed the 2024 Mets.

That, of course, remains to be seen, but Thursday might have marked the worst loss of the season for the Mets.

Fox News Digital reached to the Mets for comment on the backlash.

Nearly three decades after a teenage Montana girl was found dead near a fishing access point, a married father of two identified as her suspected killer took his own life, hours after being interviewed by investigators, authorities said.

Advanced DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy led authorities to identify 55-year-old Paul Hutchinson as the killer of 15-year-old Danielle “Danni” Houchins.

“We never gave up on finding the truth for Danni and her family, exhausting all means necessary to bring closure to this heartbreaking chapter,” said Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer. “Our commitment to justice for victims and their loved ones is unwavering, and we will continue to use every resource at our disposal to solve these cases, no matter how much time has passed.”

Houchins left her home in Belgrade, Montana, around 11 a.m. Sept. 21, 1996, and never returned. After reporting her missing, the teen’s mother found her truck at the Cameron Bridge Fishing Access point on the Gallatin River. Later that night, Houchins’ body was found face down in shallow water.

DNA evidence was collected and several suspects were interviewed over the years, but the case eventually went cold. In 2021, Springer hired private investigator Tom Elfmont, a retired Los Angeles Police Department officer, to assist in the investigation.

Hair collected from Houchins’ body was sent to labs in California and Virginia, where Hutchinson was identified as a suspect.

On July 23, Elfmont and Sgt. Court Depweg of the Newport Beach Police Department, who specializes in solving homicides using DNA technology, interviewed Hutchinson. During the nearly two-hour interview, Hutchinson appeared nervous and showed signs of being uncomfortable when he was shown a picture of the late teen, authorities said.

“Investigators noted he sweated profusely, scratched his face and chewed on his hand,” the sheriff’s office said. “Upon release, his behavior was observed to be erratic.”

The next morning, Hutchinson called the Beaverhead County Sheriff’s Office, saying he needed assistance before hanging up. He was later found by deputies on the side of a road with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.

“When the time came to face up and account for his violence, he instead chose to end his life,” Houchins’ younger sister, Stephanie Mollet, said at a press conference. “He knew of his guilt and couldn’t face my family or his family and the pain he had caused.”

Houchins and Hutchinson had no connection prior to her death. Investigators described the killing as a “crime of opportunity.” They believe the pair randomly encountered each other at the river and that Hutchinson raped and suffocated her in shallow water.

At the time of the murder, Hutchinson had just become a student at Montana State University, where he graduated with a degree in fisheries wildlife biology. He worked for the state Bureau of Land Management for 22 years.

He had no criminal or traffic history, authorities said.

An Algerian boxer who was deemed to have male chromosomes won a fight in the 66-kilogram women’s division at the Paris Olympics

Imane Khelif defeated Italy’s Angela Carini after Carini abandoned her match. The fight lasted all of 46 seconds before Carini went to her cornermen to call off the fight.

Khelif celebrated the win while Carini was left in tears. After the fight Carini, was heard yelling to her coaches in Italian questioning the fairness of the bout.

She then broke her silence about why she abandoned the match.

“I got into the ring to fight,” she said, via Italy’s ANSA. “I didn’t give up, but one punch hurt too much and so I said enough.

“I’m going out with my head held high.”

Carini’s coach, Emanuele Renzini, said that quitting the match wasn’t a part of the plan ahead of time.

“It would have been easier not to show up, because all of Italy had been asking her not to fight for days,” Renzini said. “But Angela was motivated and wanted to do it.

“Of course, when she met her opponent at the draw, she said ‘it’s not fair.’ But there was no premeditation here today She quit after taking one punch, she told me she didn’t feel she could fight.”

Khelif fought under a firestorm of controversy regarding a failed gender eligibility test in 2023.

Khelif was disqualified during the 2023 World Championships, sanctioned by the International Boxing Association. The organization said Khelif, and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-Ting failed to meet gender eligibility standards.

IBA president Umar Kremlev explained the decision at the time, according to Russia’s Tass News Agency. Reuters reported at the time that Khelif tested positive for having high levels of testosterone.

“Based on DNA tests, we identified a number of athletes who tried to trick their colleagues into posing as women. According to the results of the tests, it was proved that they have XY chromosomes. Such athletes were excluded from competition,” Kremlev said.

Khelif and the Algerian Olympic Committee (COA) both denied the claims. The International Olympic Committee also cleared Khelif to compete in the Games.

“Everyone competing in the women’s category is complying with the competition eligibility rules,” IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said. “They are women in their passports and it’s stated that this is the case, that they are female.”

The COA called the claims “baseless.”

“COA strongly condemns the unethical targeting and maligning of our esteemed athlete, Imane Khelif, with baseless propaganda from certain foreign media outlets,” the committee said Wednesday, via Reuters.

“Such attacks on her personality and dignity are deeply unfair, especially as she prepares for the pinnacle of her career at the Olympics. The COA has taken all necessary measures to protect our champion.”

Italy’s ANSA quoted Rosario Coco, the president of Gaynet Communications in Italy, as saying that he learned Khelif was intersex and not trans gender.

“In contrast to the reports that have been circulating, the Algerian athlete Imane Khelif is not a trans woman,” Coco told the news agency.

“From the information we have about her, she is an intersex person, who has always socialized as a woman and has a sporting history in women’s competitions.

Apostolos Christou (Greek: Απόστολος Χρήστου; born 1 November 1996) is a Greek swimmer. He competed for Greece at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In the men’s 100 metre backstroke competition, he placed 18th in the heats with a time of 54.12 seconds and did not qualify for the semifinals.

In the men’s 200 metre backstroke competition, he placed 24th in the heats with a time of 1:59.78 and did not qualify for the semifinals.

Christou also swam on the men’s 4 x 100 metre medley relay team for Greece. They placed 15th in the heats and did not qualify for the final

A video released by the Philadelphia Police Department appears to show a woman walk up to two people pushing a stroller and begin firing several gunshots. A 7-month-old baby was shot in the leg, say police.

The incident occurred on Meridian Street, the department said. Police added that the suspect fled the scene.

“F— your baby,” the woman can be heard yelling in the surveillance video, at a woman standing behind the stroller.

Two days after the shooting, a woman, Dominique Billips, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and other offenses in connection with the incident, according to reports from ABC 6, NBC 10 and Fox 29, citing police.

It is not immediately clear if Billips has entered a plea or retained an attorney.

ABC 6 reported that police identified Billips as a suspect after receiving a tip.

According to NBC 6, the baby is in stable condition after being taken to the hospital in a private vehicle.