NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Just over a month after Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann was sentenced to the max sentence for murdering eight women between 1993 and 2010, two masked individuals were seen banging on his Massapequa Park home, according to a report.Two individuals wearing black masks, T-shirts and shorts were seen running from the porch of Heuermann’s home in New York on Tuesday, police and the family’s attorney told Newsday.Robert Macedonio, the family’s attorney, told the outlet that Heuermann’s ex-wife Asa Ellerup, as well as her two children, Victoria and Christopher, were home when…

The U.S. Air Force’s F-47 program has begun its engineering and manufacturing development phase and will fly in the coming years, a service official said.The program, described as “extreme teaming” with industry partners, entered the phase with “unprecedented maturity,” Gen. Dale White, director of Critical Major Weapon Systems, said in a Wednesday keynote address at an event in Dayton, Ohio.The engineering and manufacturing phase includes maturing, integrating and testing all parts of the F-47. It will produce a small number of test aircraft for evaluation and includes priced options for low-rate initial production. White did not specify the number of…

The latest Quinnipiac University poll found that only 32 percent of all registered voters support how president Donald Trump has handled his second term in office. Several factors are influencing the low approval rating, including the high fuel prices caused by the war with Iran. Accoridng to the poll, 58 percent of respondents disapproved, and 10 percent did not offer an opinion on his job performance. According to a report by The Hill, Trump’s approval rating marks a new low for Trump’s presidency in the center’s polling. A CNN survey conducted within the same period reported an approval rating of 34…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Thursday formally kicked off an administration initiative designed to fast-track military veterans into trucking jobs while removing illegal immigrant commercial drivers from America’s roadways, arguing the effort will improve highway safety and create new employment opportunities for former service members.Speaking at the White House alongside Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins and trucking industry leaders, Trump promoted the “Freedom Haulers Initiative,” which streamlines the commercial driver’s license (CDL) process for veterans with heavy vehicle experience gained during military service.”Today, we’re taking action to get illegal…

The U.S. Navy announced that it is awarding contracts for another round of ballistic missile and fast-attack submarines. The Defense Department is granting a collective $76.6 billion to General Dynamics Electric Boat for five Columbia-class submarines and to both General Dynamics Electric Boat and Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding for nine Virginia-class submarines to be built in the coming years.“This historic investment underscores the department’s continued commitment to undersea superiority and the recapitalization of our nuclear triad,” said Vice Adm. Robert Gaucher, director of submarine programs. “By securing the continuous production of both the Columbia and Virginia classes, we ensure…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sean Astin captured the hearts of fantasy fans everywhere when he starred as Samwise Gamgee in the “Lord of the Rings,” but says the compensation was not what one would expect.In a new interview with The Guardian, the 55-year-old actor shared just how “small” his payday was for the incredibly successful Academy Award-winning trilogy.”I was not prepared for that level of visibility and access,” he said. “And there was a disconnect between the attention that I was getting and how much money we had. It was not a lot of money! In…

The U.S. Army is putting pilots in the cockpit of its new assault aircraft well before it enters the force for operational use, simulating flight to gather aviator’s feedback about the MV-75 Cheyenne’s display system and its cognitive workload impact.The exercise brought Army aviators and experts together in May at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to test virtual versions of the MV-75’s cockpit, according to a Thursday release, which said the feedback will be incorporated into the aircraft’s design ahead of its first flight and ultimate delivery to the 101st Airborne Division.The service’s new tiltrotor aircraft — named in honor of the…

The start of any NFL training camp is a life-consuming experience that leaves participants with little time for anything else, but Philadelphia Eagles coach Vic Fangio showed Thursday he can still keep up with other things: Like Anthony Fauci’s Senate hearing.The defensive coordinator got in front of reporters for a regularly scheduled news conference and promptly fielded the first question that, if you know Philly reporters, wasn’t a softball.”I’m going to be like Fauci and just take the Fifth Amendment on your question,” Fangio said. “Did you guys see that?”Oh, my God.” TOP 5 MOMENTS FROM FAUCI’S HEARING: PAUL BOOTS…

The United States has depleted roughly two-thirds of its pre-war Patriot missile interceptor inventory during the conflict with Iran, according to a new analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies — a drawdown the think tank says could create readiness challenges if another major conflict erupts before stockpiles are rebuilt.Using publicly available information on missile expenditures, production rates and estimated U.S. inventories, the Washington-based think tank estimates the U.S. has expended about 65% of its Patriot inventory, leaving fewer than 1,000 interceptors remaining. The analysis also estimates U.S. inventories of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, interceptors…

Car manufacturer BMW plans to cut around 8,000 jobs by late 2027. The German auto giant will begin the “voluntary reduction program” by offering buyouts to personnel in research, development, and planning. Factory workers will not be offered a buyout, accoridng to sources. BMW CEO Milan Nedeljkovic is expected to announce the voluntary reduction program at a staff meeting this week, some of the sources said. They added that the plan would be launched in October and run through 2027. The company intends to reportedly cut around 5% of its total workforce. The automaker employed 87,436 people in Germany as…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Despite reports of waning munitions, spiking gas prices and concerns of no clear objectives moving forward, Senate Republicans are still giving President Donald Trump wiggle room in the war in Iran.Republicans again blocked another war powers resolution to force an immediate withdrawal of America’s military might from Iran on Thursday. Senate Democrats have tried and failed to convince enough of their Republican colleagues to consistently buck the war over a dozen times as it stretches into its fifth month.The latest effort from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., failed along similar lines as last…

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived Thursday in Da Nang, Vietnam, for a scheduled port visit, the service announced.The ship, along with over 5,000 sailors, sailed from the Philippine Sea to the South China Sea last week, several days after a July 20 hostile incident between the China Coast Guard and Philippine Navy in which Chinese personnel aboard an inflatable boat struck a Philippine Navy service member with a wooden baton, injuring the individual.Four days later, hostilities continued between the two nations when the China Coast Guard attacked Philippine Coast Guard and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources…