​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A California sheriff’s detective was shot and killed Thursday while serving an eviction notice, after an armed suspect opened fire on deputies in what authorities described as an apparent ambush.. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said the shooting happened around 10:40 a.m. in Porterville, where deputies encountered a man identified as David Morales, who allegedly fired at them with a high-powered rifle.. The suspect remained barricaded and in an ongoing standoff with law enforcement as of Thursday.. REPEAT OFFENDER KILLS 2 DEPUTIES DAYS AFTER $50K BOND DESPITE LONG VIOLENT RECORD: POLICE. The detective was struck by gunfire and transported to Sierra View District Hospital, where he died at 11:57 a.m., Boudreaux said.. “This situation went from a civil order of removal to where our officer was shot [and] killed — this is senseless,” Boudreaux said.. TIM TEBOW AND WIFE DEMI-LEIGH PARTNER WITH COMPANY GIVING EX-CONVICTS SECOND CHANCE: ‘WHAT GRACE IS ALL ABOUT’. Authorities considered airlifting the detective to Fresno, but his condition was too unstable for transport.. Boudreaux said Morales had not paid rent for 35 days and that deputies were serving a final eviction notice when the shooting occurred.. SIX DEAD, INCLUDING TEEN MOM AND INFANT, IN BELIEVED GANG-RELATED SHOOTING. The sheriff said Morales appeared to have been waiting for deputies and “laid in wait” before opening fire, prompting a call for additional units.. “I sat down at the hospital and met with the wife and his mom, and I can tell you there is no consoling that family at this point,” Boudreaux said. “Attacks on law enforcement of this nature must stop.”. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Law enforcement agencies from across the region responded to assist, and an escort was being organized to accompany the fallen detective from the hospital to the coroner’s office, Boudreaux said.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. As Artemis II races toward a historic return from the moon, it’s a daughter’s joyful, offbeat tribute to astronaut Victor Glover that’s capturing the internet’s heart.. Glover’s daughter went viral on social media this week after posting a video playfully dancing while wearing a shirt donning a picture of her father in a space suit.. “When your dad successfully pilots Artemis II halfway to the moon … & u forget the dance,” Glover’s daughter, Maya, wrote in an Instagram post.. The video amassed a staggering 21.9 million views on TikTok and Instagram as of Thursday afternoon, with companies including Walmart and Spotify weighing in on her parent’s impressive feat.. NASA’S ARTEMIS II CREW COMMITS TO MOON TRAJECTORY AFTER CRITICAL BURN SENDS ORION INTO DEEP SPACE. “This quite literally makes you generationally iconic,” Instagram’s official account commented on the post.. Walmart added, “‘yeah my dad is out of this world.'”. “First daughter of the moon,” Starbucks commented.. ARTEMIS II ASTRONAUTS FACE TOILET TROUBLE AS THEY HEAD TOWARD THE MOON. Coach replied, “He’s an icon.”. Victor Glover is the first Black astronaut to travel beyond low Earth orbit and journey to the vicinity of the moon.. In a separate post, the California Polytechnic State University student shared a series of NASA-related photos from her childhood.. “The kid that built rockets in the garage wearing her dads aviator helmet just watched her dad launch to the moon on the most powerful rocket humans have ever built for all mankind,” she wrote in the post. “We love you dad.”. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Following a successful 10-day mission, Orion is expected to splash down in the Pacific Ocean Friday night.. Re-entry remains a large hurdle, with dangers arising from the 25,000 mph high-speed return to Earth.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A Florida woman who posed as a nurse and treated more than 4,400 patients without a license was sentenced this week to probation and community service after pleading no contest, avoiding jail time in a case authorities once called deeply disturbing.. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that 29-year-old Autumn Bardisa, of Palm Coast, entered the guilty plea on Tuesday to unlicensed practice of healthcare and fraudulent use of identification.. Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols withheld adjudication and sentenced Bardisa to five years of probation and 50 hours of community service as part of the agreement.. She must also write a letter of apology to the nurse whose license number she used.. As part of the plea deal, Bardisa forfeited a nursing license she obtained after her arrest to the Florida Department of Health and is barred from working in the medical field during her probation.. MAN CHARGED IN $90M MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME; DOJ SAYS SUSPECT MAY HAVE ENTERED US ILLEGALLY. Bardisa was originally charged with seven counts of unlicensed practice of health care and seven counts of fraudulent use of personal identification information following a seven-month investigation.. Authorities said she treated more than 4,400 patients between June 2024 and January 2025, while falsely presenting herself as a licensed nurse at AdventHealth.. Investigators determined Bardisa never held a valid nursing license during that time and instead used the license number of another nurse who shared her first name.. FLORIDA EXECS SENTENCED IN $233M OBAMACARE FRAUD THAT TARGETED HOMELESS, HURRICANE VICTIMS. The case stemmed from a months-long investigation involving state and federal health agencies after hospital officials discovered Bardisa had allegedly used another nurse’s license number and falsified records to land a job as an advanced nurse technician.. Investigators said Bardisa initially applied under an “education first” designation, typically used for nursing graduates who have not yet passed their licensing exam. She later claimed she had completed the exam and provided a license number belonging to a different nurse with the same first name.. To explain inconsistencies, Bardisa told hospital staff she had recently changed her last name after getting married but never produced documentation when asked to verify the claim.. LOS ANGELES COUNTY FACES SCRUTINY AFTER ALLEGED WIDESPREAD HOSPICE FRAUD EXPOSED. Despite the missing paperwork, Bardisa was promoted in January 2025, according to investigators. Concerns surfaced when a coworker independently checked her credentials and found she only held an expired certified nursing assistant license, prompting hospital officials to notify authorities.. The scheme unraveled after that discovery, leading to her termination and a broader criminal investigation involving multiple agencies.. Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said Bardisa’s actions put patients at risk a  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. The homeless man accused of stabbing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on a North Carolina light-rail train has been deemed incompetent to stand trial in his state case, but federal authorities vowed the decision will not impact their own case against him.. Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, is charged with fatally stabbing Zarutska while the pair were aboard the light-rail Lynx Blue Line in Charlotte on Aug. 22, 2025.. In court documents filed earlier this week and obtained by Fox News, Brown’s attorney revealed a Central Regional Hospital evaluation determined his client was “incapable to proceed” in his upcoming state criminal trial, effectively halting prosecution.. However, authorities within the Department of Justice have revealed the ruling is “completely separate” from Brown’s federal proceedings, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.. WHATLEY LINKS COOPER TO TRANSIT KILLING, ACCUSES DEM OF FREEING ‘RAPISTS AND MURDERERS’. “I had a great call this morning with our U.S. Attorney in Charlotte,” Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon said in a post on X.. “Brown remains in federal custody and so the parallel state proceedings are in no way dispositive.”. A separate competency determination will be conducted in relation to the federal case against Brown, who remains in federal custody, according to Dhillon.. CHARLOTTE LIGHT RAIL MURDER SUSPECT RULED INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL AS HISTORY OF CRAZED CLAIMS TRAILS CASE. In lieu of the delay in Brown’s state proceedings, officials must conduct a separate psychiatric evaluation to determine if he is competent to stand trial – a process that cannot be initiated while he is in federal custody, according to court documents.. Surveillance video shows Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, entering the train car and taking a seat in front of Brown.. Approximately four minutes later, Brown allegedly pulled a knife from his pocket and stabbed her three times before walking off the train.. GOT A TIP?. He was taken into custody moments later on the light-rail platform, while Zarutska was pronounced dead at the scene.. Brown, a parolee with multiple documented run-ins with the law, has a long reported history of mental illness, according to family members.. FOLLOW US ON X. By March 2024, authorities had logged six prior encounters with Brown, including multiple welfare checks triggered by his repeated 911 calls, according to The New York Times.. Just a year later, Brown called 911 from Novant Presbyterian Hospital, saying he needed help removing a “man-made” material he claimed was controlling him, the Charlotte Observer reported.. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL. When officers arrived on scene, they reportedly told him they were unable to help.. In a jailhouse phone call to his sister just days after Zarutska’s alleged killing, Brown made similar claims regarding “man-made” material controlling his mind.. CLIC  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. Five people have been arrested as part of an alleged multi-million dollar hospice fraud scheme in California, officials said Thursday.. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the ring defrauded the state of more than $267 million through fraudulent billing to Medi-Cal, the state-administered Medicaid program. In total, 21 people have been charged.. The arrests were part of a state investigation dubbed “Operation Skip Trace,” which targeted locations in Southern California.. “This criminal scheme, this criminal operation, was no accident,” Bonta told reporters at a news conference to announce the arrests. “It wasn’t a case of billing errors, cutting corners, or up-charging care. This was a brazen, calculated criminal scheme that exploited the Medi-Cal system, stole from the State of California and Medicaid, and prevented services and care from going to sick individuals who actually need it.”. The probe began with a tip from the state Department of Health Care Services alleging hospice fraud at 14 companies. Bonta’s office investigated the companies and eight people suspected of money laundering.. HOUSE COMMITTEE LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO ‘RAMPANT’ CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FRAUD. Investigators found that those involved purchased personal identifying information for people living outside of California on the dark web, then enrolled them in Covered California by posing as California residents.. “Straw owners” then bought a number of hospice companies and began billing Medi-Cal for services never provided to those stolen identities. The suspects used fake records, nonexistent offices, and fraudulent diagnoses to justify these claims, Bonta said.. “Meanwhile, the so-called patients were healthy, out-of-state, and completely unaware that they had been enrolled in hospice care,” he said.. ‘WE’RE COMING AFTER YOU’: DR. OZ REVOKES MEDICARE ACCESS FOR LA DOCTOR TIED TO $71M HOSPICE BILLING. California Health and Human Services Secretary Kim Johnson said the DHCS halted payments and suspended all fraudulent hospice providers. “There is a moratorium currently in place through January 2027 for new licensed providers,” Johnson noted.. “Once the money was paid out, it was funneled through a complex web of over 130 shell companies and hidden across bank accounts, payment apps, and cryptocurrency to evade detection,” Bonta added. “The money was laundered.”. No actual medical services were provided, Bonta noted. He said all 21 suspects are accounted for through arrest, active warrants, or notices to appear before a judge. While announcing the suspected fraud, Bonta also criticized the Trump administration amid its claims of rampant fraud in California.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. “There are those in this federal administration who can only see things through a political lens and want to politically weaponize [this],” he said. “And they love to go after the fourth-largest economy in the world, the greatest