​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A Michigan woman was arrested and hit with felony charges after she allegedly kept her disabled sister-in-law locked in a basement for two years, where she nearly starved the victim to death and blasted a radio non-stop.. Tasha Beamon, 48, was charged with vulnerable adult abuse and unlawful imprisonment.. The victim managed to escape the basement and broke a neighbor’s window on March 15 as she sought to enter the home, alert police and flee captivity, according to MLive.. The neighbor called 911 and the victim told police that Beamon, the wife of the 58-year-old victim’s late brother, was holding her captive in the Saginaw home’s basement for two years before she found a way to free herself.. TWO ARRESTED IN NC AFTER POLICE FIND 13-YEAR-OLD KEPT IN DOG KENNEL, 5 OTHER KIDS IN ‘FILTHY’ HOME. “She told officers she was not fed very often and that she didn’t have any access to water,” Saginaw Police Detective Sgt. Jeff Doud told the outlet.. The victim said Beamon had kept her on an old mattress since March 2024 with a nearby radio constantly blaring.. Police went to Beamon’s house and observed a lock on the basement door, a mattress on the floor and a radio playing loudly. Police also said there was a 5-gallon bucket of urine in the basement.. “Usually, somebody was there. She didn’t believe anyone was home at the time, so she was able to force a door open and escape,” Doud said.. Emergency responders transported the woman to a hospital, where she was treated for severe malnourishment. Hospital staff told police the woman would likely die if she were discharged.. The neighbor told ABC 12 that he was shocked to find the victim suddenly in his living room with a metal pipe “almost as big as she is.”. “I don’t even know how she had the power to even break the window,” the man said. “I thought she was like 78. She was tall, skin and bones.”. “She asks me to call the cops at first, which was weird. But that was the first thing she said to me: Call the cops,” he added.. WISCONSIN COUPLE ALLEGEDLY STARVED SIX CHILDREN FOR YEARS, FORCING THEM TO EAT MOLD, BUGS AND DOG FOOD. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Beamon later admitted to police that she kept the woman in her house without allowing her to leave. She also made 40 calls to the hospital where her sister-in-law was staying.. Investigators suspect that Beamon was keeping the woman captive to collect her disability payments, Doud said.. Beamon was arrested on April 2 and booked into the Saginaw County Jail on $100,000 bond, the amount ordered after prosecutors described her as a danger to the public.. She will appear for a preliminary examination on April 20.  

 Cooper to urge full and toll-free reopening of Strait of Hormuz. 7 minutes ago. Jack Fenwick,Political correspondentand. Tabby Wilson. EPA. The foreign secretary will call for the Strait of Hormuz to be fully reopened later on Thursday after ships in the Gulf were warned by the Iranian navy that those without permission to pass through faced attack.. In her annual speech on UK foreign policy priorities, Yvette Cooper will also call for Lebanon to be included in the US and Israel’s ceasefire agreement with Iran.. Cooper will add there cannot “be any place for tolls on an international waterway” as ships face uncertainty on possibly making payments to Iran to secure safe passage.. Sir Keir Starmer has arrived in Abu Dhabi on the second day of his trip to the Gulf amid signs the ceasefire agreement is coming under strain.. Follow live updates on this story. Why the Strait of Hormuz matters so much in the Iran war. Starmer says much work remains to make US-Iran ceasefire hold. ‘Even if Iran war ends now, farmers’ costs will have to be passed on’. Why fuel and food prices could still be affected for months. On Wednesday night, Sir Keir also met the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who agreed on the need for a lasting peace.. This evening, Cooper is expected to say that the war has affected “every country on every continent”, driving up food and petrol prices in the UK.. She will call for shipping in the Strait of Hormuz to be toll-free and unhindered after reports that vessels could be forced to make payments to Iran in exchange for safe passage.. Ministers accept the real decisions lie in the hands of the US and Israel – and the foreign secretary will call on them to include Lebanon in the ceasefire deal.. “There is considerable work to do and we support the negotiations,” Cooper will say, outlining that there must be no return to conflict.. She will emphasise that the Strait or Hormuz must reopen as the “deliberate blocking of this critical artery of the global economy” is affecting British people, despite being more than 3,000 miles away.. “This is an international shipping route, a transit route for the High Seas,” Cooper will add.. “No country can close these routes – it goes against the fundamental principles of the law of the sea.”. The foreign secretary will also visit the International Maritime Organization on Thursday in a show of support for the organisation’s efforts to help ships and seafarers currently trapped in the waterway.. “The full and unconditional re-opening of the Strait must be a central part not just of the current ceasefire but of the long term future for the region,” she will reiterate.. Last week, the UK chaired talks involving more than 40 countries on how to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, with all participants agreeing that the war had to end first.. Cooper said Iran had been able to “hijack” the international shipping route to “hold the global economy hostage” following the virtual summit, which the US was not in 

 Plaid Cymru promises action on NHS, childcare and economy. 2 hours ago. Mark PalmerAssistant editor, Wales politics. Plaid Cymru. Plaid Cymru says it has a “bold and confident vision” for Wales’ future and will “take action where it is needed most”, as the party unveils details of its Senedd election pledges.. Party leader Rhun ap Iorwerth says a government led by him will cut NHS waiting times, help with childcare costs and grow “a stronger” Welsh economy.. Ap Iorwerth says the pledges in his party’s manifesto are “rooted in fairness” and “driven by ambition”, offering a “clear sense of direction for the future of the country”.. Plaid Cymru will formally launch its full manifesto on Thursday, with voters in Wales going to the polls in just under a month’s time on 7 May.. Speaking ahead of the manifesto launch, Rhun ap Iorwerth said Wales had “enormous, untapped potential” but had lacked a “government with the ambition and the plan to realise it”.. “Our manifesto sets out a new direction for Wales – one rooted in fairness but driven by ambition,” he said.. “We will take action where it is needed most – cutting NHS waiting times, supporting parents with the cost of childcare, raising standards in our schools, and growing a stronger Welsh economy that works for our communities.”. Spirit of Caerphilly by-election could propel Plaid into government, says leader. The Plaid Cymru leader added: “This election is a turning point. We can continue with more of the same, or we can choose a new path for our nation.. “Plaid Cymru is ready to lead that change.”. The party’s manifesto outlines what it says are the “the immediate key priorities that will define a Plaid Cymru government”.. These include:. cutting long NHS waiting times. helping with childcare costs. tackling child poverty. raising standards in education. “unlocking the full potential” of the Welsh economy. securing “a fairer deal” from the UK government. Plaid Cymru says it wants more public sector contracts going to Welsh firms in order to boost local businesses and it also intends to invest more in housing by upgrading and retrofitting housing stock and protecting renters to make good homes.. Minority government. Opinion polls have suggested Plaid is vying for first place with Reform for the 7 May Senedd election.. Plaid Cymru has never won an election to Cardiff Bay but has supported Welsh Labour-led governments in the past.. Plaid has previously said it hopes it can win enough seats to form a minority government – meaning it would govern alone but would still need the help of other politicians to get votes through the Senedd.. No party has ever won more than half the seats in the Senedd, and the new system makes winning a majority theoretically more tricky with a more proportional voting system.. Voters in Wales go to the polls on 7 May where they will elect 96 new MSs, up from 60.. There are 16 new constituencies, each returning six members to Cardiff Bay.. What does the Senedd do?. How 

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A South Carolina pastor and his wife were arrested after a foster child reported being a victim of sexual abuse, according to officials.. Rodney Gibson and Kawiana Young, both 50, were charged with unlawful conduct with a minor, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department said, according to WIS News 10.. Gibson is also facing charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, unlawful conduct toward a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.. TWO ARRESTED IN NC AFTER POLICE FIND 13-YEAR-OLD KEPT IN DOG KENNEL, 5 OTHER KIDS IN ‘FILTHY’ HOME. A victim came forward last month to report alleged sexual abuse endured while in foster care at the couple’s home, deputies said, according to the report.. Gibson is accused of sexually assaulting the victim on several occasions, starting at age 15 until they aged out of the foster care system.. Investigators learned that a minor was living with Gibson and Young.. The child told investigators they had been sexually abused by Gibson and physically abused by Young. The minor was then moved to emergency protective custody.. YOUNG BROTHERS FIND HUMAN SKULL NEAR CREEK; DOZENS MORE BONES DISCOVERED IN DEADLY MYSTERY. During an emergency protective custody hearing on March 20, a family court judge ordered the minor to be returned to Gibson and Young’s home.. After investigators conducted subsequent interviews and obtained additional evidence, arrest warrants were obtained. Gibson and Young were arrested on April 1 and the minor was placed back into emergency protective custody.. Gibson and Young were released on bond on April 2.. The South Carolina Department of Social Services said in a statement that Young was a licensed foster parent from June 2021 until June 2025, adding that she fostered six children in her home, but voluntarily relinquished her foster parent license.. The agency said Young failed to mention that Gibson was living at the home, and his name was not on the license. The agency said Young never reported that she was married and said she was not in a relationship.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. The agency said it was cooperating in the investigation.. Authorities believe there may be more victims and are asking anyone with information to come forward.. Gibson is a pastor at Pathway 2 Hope Ministries, while Young owns and operates DreamCatcher Child Development Center.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. Surveillance video captured a terrifying and apparent late-night random act of violence in Ohio, when a knife-wielding man allegedly told a homeowner he intended to kill him “in the name of Allah.”. The harrowing encounter, which unfolded in the early hours of Easter Sunday morning in Warren County, began when the suspect appeared to be praying in the family’s driveway before approaching the home multiple times, prompting an alarmed father to eventually go outside.. Authorities later identified the suspect as 23-year-old Anthony Long, who was arrested and charged shortly after the incident, FOX 19 Now reported.. Tiffany Miller, the mother of the family, shared the frightening ordeal on social media Monday, describing it as a “deeply frightening and dangerous situation” that could have turned deadly.. NEW FLORIDA LAW TARGETING ALLEGED ‘JIHAD’ PUT STATE ‘AHEAD OF THE CURVE,’ DESANTIS SAYS. The incident began when the suspect reportedly drove into the family’s driveway with his headlights off, Miller said.. Surveillance footage from the home then appeared to show the man kneeling in the driveway and praying before approaching the home.. Long first knocked on the front door, but received no response as the family was asleep, Miller said.. Minutes later, he returned, pounding on the door even louder in a second, more aggressive attempt.. Miller said the family woke up expecting their daughter to return home, but were shocked to find a stranger at their door in the middle of the night.. GOP SENATOR EARNS DEM BACKLASH FOR ‘ENEMY IS INSIDE THE GATES’ COMMENT ABOUT NYC MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI. “I woke up and walked up thinking my daughter was locked out and, nope, it wasn’t her,” she said. “It was a man I didn’t know. We did not respond, and again he went back to his car.”. The man reportedly remained in his parked car as one of the family’s daughters finally arrived home, prompting Miller’s husband to go outside and confront the suspect.. “Hey bud, you knocking on the door?” the father, Andy, was heard asking.. “I’ll kill you in the name of Allah,” the suspect immediately replied.. The alarmed father then began retreating while shouting for their daughter to drive away.. Miller said the suspect then pulled a knife on Andy, attempted to approach the home again, and ultimately drove off in pursuit of the daughter, who had already fled the scene.. “The man immediately exited his vehicle, began making explicit threats to kill him, repeatedly invoking religious language, and started moving closer in an aggressive manner,” Miller said.. No one was injured in the incident, according to the family.. “This was a terrifying encounter, and we are grateful no one was harmed last night,” Miller said.. Long was booked into the Warren County Jail, according to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Long faces four charges, including aggravated menacing, trespassing, and c