NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Mary Carole McDonnell once led Bellum Entertainment, a television production company whose programming included true-crime shows and an uplifting home makeover series. The company’s former chief executive is now the subject of an FBI manhunt tied to a federal fraud case involving millions of dollars.Prosecutors allege McDonnell fled to Dubai after using false claims about an $80 million trust and fabricating trust-company documents to obtain a $15 million loan, receiving roughly $14.7 million from Banc of California. The former host of Bellum’s makeover show says he was left speechless when a reporter…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! SCARBOROUGH, Maine – Shark sightings are on the rise this summer in southern Maine, with local law enforcement urging beachgoers to be cautious in the water as several white sharks have been caught on camera.Researchers say reported white shark sightings are up this year, though the increase may partly reflect favorable beach weather and more people actively looking for the predators.”I would say there’s no question that there’s been a lot more sightings this year. Does that translate into a higher number of sharks is a little bit of a nuanced question.…

Is there anything better than a flyover?Just last weekend, fans at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C., were treated to seven of them in the lead-up to the race.However, none of them buzzed the tower quite like a couple of passenger jets did to a rugby stadium in South Africa.EXCLUSIVE: AIR FORCE DEBUTS HISTORIC 8-SHIP BOMBER-FIGHTER FORMATION OVER MIAMI BEACH New Zealand traveled to South Africa as part of a tour called “Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry,” pitting the All Blacks against the Springboks in a series of matches being played around the world.Saturday’s was in Cape Town, South Africa,…

President Donald Trump will return to a familiar role next month when the 2026 Presidents Cup tees off. Trump was named an honorary chairman for the tournament, the PGA Tour announced Saturday.This year’s event is scheduled for Sept. 22-27 at Medinah Country Club near Chicago. Trump previously served as honorary chairman of the 2017 Presidents Cup, held at Liberty National Golf Club in New Jersey. He participated in the trophy presentation after the U.S. Team defeated the International Team, 19-11.PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp pointed to the Presidents Cup’s long-standing connection to world leaders, saying, “The Presidents Cup has a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Icelanders voted Saturday on whether to reopen negotiations to join the European Union, with President Donald Trump’s push for U.S. control of neighboring Greenland adding a new security dimension to a debate that has divided the NATO ally for years.Iceland, strategically positioned in the North Atlantic and roughly 180 miles from Greenland, has no military of its own and relies on NATO and a longstanding defense agreement with the United States for its security, according to RTE and The Associated Press.Trump’s repeated interest in acquiring Greenland has unsettled some Icelanders and raised…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A gunfight between a man with an extensive arrest record and two police officers in Columbia, South Carolina, left one officer dead and another wounded on Saturday morning.The two officers responded to a domestic dispute call just after 9:30 a.m. at a residence where a woman said a man she had a restraining order against was in her home destroying property.By the time the officers arrived, he had left the scene, but they found him about an hour later and a “gunfight” ensued.MARINE VETERAN LAS VEGAS POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN SHOOTING; ARMED…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! North Carolina health officials are urging people who touched baby goats at a mobile petting zoo to contact their local health department after several goats tested positive for rabies.The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) said the infected goats were from Farm Adventures, a mobile petting zoo based in Harmony, North Carolina, that attended off-site events across multiple counties.Anyone who had contact with baby goats from Farm Adventures, either at its Harmony location or at an off-site event between July 28 and Aug. 27, should contact their local health…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Retired Port Authority police officers are demanding that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul skip Ground Zero’s 25th anniversary 9/11 commemoration, saying their attendance would inflict “deep pain” on victims’ families, survivors and first responders.In separate letters dated Aug. 14, John McDevitt, president of the Port Authority Retired Police Association, urged the two Democrats not to attend the Sept. 11 ceremony at the site of the deadliest terror attack in U.S. history.”For us, September 11 is not a political occasion, a photo opportunity, or a platform for public…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former California councilman who admitted burying nearly $63,000 in cash in his backyard was sentenced Friday to 18 months in federal prison for taking bribes tied to a police-union contract and commercial marijuana permits, prosecutors said.Ricardo Pacheco, 63, spent more than two decades on the Baldwin Park City Council before resigning in 2020 as part of his plea deal. Federal prosecutors said he used his elected office to collect cash and funnel other payments through his church and political groups.The Department of Justice said Pacheco and former Compton City Councilman Isaac…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Country music duo Dan + Shay revealed they almost went their separate ways at the height of their success.The duo, composed of Dan Smyers, 39, and Shay Mooney, 34, admitted while on the “Artist Friendly” podcast recently that at the pinnacle of their success “there was unhealthy dynamics between both of us cuz we process things a lot differently.”Mooney explained that their biggest issue was that there “was just a communication stop” and they eventually “got to this point” where it was “just getting really tough.””We had that moment in 2021, and…