​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. Chicago’s mayor in a Tuesday news conference doubled down on recent comments that sparked backlash in the wake of the killing of 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman.. At a “No Kings” rally in the Windy City on Saturday, Mayor Brandon Johnson vowed to stop “assaults” on immigrants. The comments came on the same day that Gorman was buried, drawing fierce criticism from some. The suspect in her murder is Jose Medina-Medina, 25, an illegal immigrant from Colombia.. “We have [to] end the assaults against immigrants,” Johnson said at the rally. “We have to get active. First of all, we have to make sure that we’re participating in our democratic process. We’ve already seen election shift around this country, so things are happening. We have signed multiple executive orders to force ICE out of the city of Chicago.”. Asked by a reporter on Tuesday whether he would apologize to Gorman’s parents, Johnson ducked the question.. FATHER OF SLAIN 20-YEAR-OLD KILLED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ISSUES STARK WARNING AFTER SHERIDAN GORMAN KILLING. “I will again acknowledge the tragedy of the loss of life here,” Johnson said. “You know, look, burying a child is something that no parent should have to do, especially as someone who is a parent. The tragedy that occurred is one that, quite frankly — it challenges us to do better to ensure that we are protecting people — and you know, as far as the call for no kings, what I said, and I still stand by this, that we do have to protect working people. We do have to ensure that the immigrant community is not being assaulted.”. “Violating people’s Constitutional rights does not make us safer,” the mayor continued.. He was asked the same question in a news conference last week, and also answered indirectly.. FACIAL RECOGNITION HELPED CRACK ALLEGED STUDENT MURDER BY ILLEGAL MIGRANT – NEW BILL COULD BAN IT: RET. COP. “Will you take this opportunity to apologize to Sheridan’s parents for the policies that you have promoted, that have directly caused her death? That suspect would not be in the city, would not be in the country, but for your policies. Will you take this opportunity to apologize?” a reporter asked.. “Once again, I believe that we’re all grieving the loss of Sheridan and other folks who have lost their lives because of senseless violence,” Johnson responded. “And let’s just be very clear, between the SAFE-T Act and the welcoming city ordinance, the welcoming city ordinance was passed 40 years ago by the first Black mayor in the history of Chicago, and the SAFE-T Act was passed under the governor at that time, who was a Republican.”. Medina-Medina is accused by prosecutors of hiding behind a lighthouse before running toward Gorman and her friends, firing his weapon indiscriminately. The alleged murder took place in the early morning hours of March 19.. ANGEL PARENTS SLAM ILLINOIS SANCTUARY LAWS AFTER ‘PREVENTABLE’ TRAGEDY IN STUDENT’S DEATH. The ill  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A small plane that crashed into two Phoenix homes last month, injuring three people, appeared to have lost engine power moments after takeoff, federal investigators said.. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report that the Piper PA-28-140 experienced rapidly declining engine performance shortly after departing from Deer Valley Airport on March 4, forcing the instructor to attempt an emergency return.. The aircraft, carrying a flight instructor and student pilot, had climbed to roughly 1,700 feet before turning back toward the airport. But the plane was unable to make it.. The engine’s RPM dropped to about 600 to 700 and began vibrating before briefly stabilizing, the report said. Despite the pilot’s efforts to restore power, the engine continued to deteriorate before it completely failed just 5 to 10 seconds before impact.. SMALL PLANE CRASHES INTO PHOENIX HOME MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, INJURING 3. Investigators reviewed home surveillance footage from the neighborhood that shows the small plane flying low over houses before it entered a shallow right turn, dropping its right wing. The wing struck the roof of a home before slamming into an exterior wall of a second home next door. The plane came to rest in the backyard of the second home.. Aerial footage of the aftermath showed wreckage scattered across the roof, including the plane’s right wing still lodged in the roof, while the fuselage sat crumpled in the backyard.. FLORIDA SMALL PLANE CRASH CAPTURED ON DRAMATIC HOME SECURITY VIDEO. The crash shocked residents, one of whom described the impact to FOX10 Phoenix as sounding like “a bomb went off.”. The NTSB said weather conditions were clear at the time, ruling out environmental factors and pointing attention toward mechanical issues as a key focus of the investigation.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Investigators are now examining the engine and wreckage, which has been recovered to a secure facility, to determine what caused the loss of power.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. The judge overseeing accused Ivy League assassin Luigi Mangione’s federal case shrugged off his defense team’s push to have the trial delayed, saying she doesn’t want to be “held hostage” by the schedule of a state court judge handling another case against him.. U.S. Marshals escorted Mangione into the courtroom at 11:24 a.m. He wore a tan jail jumpsuit with his sleeves rolled up, leg shackles and no handcuffs.. The judge entered a minute later.. Karen Friedman Agnifilo, one of Mangione’s lead defense lawyers, asked for several months of extra time, saying Mangione’s legal team needed to prepare for the federal case after his state trial.. MANGIONE’S LAWYERS MAKE SECOND TRY TO TOSS MURDER WEAPON EVIDENCE IN NEW YORK STATE COURT. “I don’t think what we’re asking for is unreasonable,” she said.. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dominic Gentile argued that the defense’s logistical concerns could be addressed by changing the jury questionnaire schedule, which was set for a capital case. Mangione no longer faces the potential death penalty.. He added that both cases are expected to rely on the same facts and witnesses.. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER. Judge Margaret Garnett said she was more concerned about the jury selection process rather than trial prep — telling the parties she doesn’t envision a particularly complex proceeding.. She said her role is to ensure Mangione gets a fair trial in her courtroom, and she said whatever happens in the state case is not her concern.. SEND US A TIP HERE. Mangione faces numerous charges at the state and federal level in connection with the December 2024 assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two from Minnesota who was in New York City for a work conference when a gunman snuck up behind him and opened fire.. The state trial, scheduled to take place before his federal trial, is expected to garner massive public attention and make jury selection more difficult, she explained.. LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCAST. “I’m a little troubled,” she said.. After a roughly 30-minute hearing, she proposed keeping close to the schedule put forth in February, with jury selection in the fall and opening statements on Oct. 26 or Nov. 2.. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB. The federal hearing came just under a month after a New York judge told Mangione’s defense to be ready for the state trial on June 8. Judge Gregory Carro had floated the idea of delaying it only if the federal trial was delayed first.. Bailiffs escorted Mangione out of that hearing after an unexpected outburst in which he claimed to be the victim of double jeopardy.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. “It’s the same trial twice,” he said. “One plus one is two. Double jeopardy by any common sense.”. Both courts have dismissed the most severe counts, but Mangione still faces life in  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A pregnant mom getting her child from her car was approached by a North Carolina repeat offender who stabbed her with a steak knife, police said.. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) announced the arrest of Marvina Butler-Hardy. She is accused of stabbing a pregnant woman outside in the parking lot of the Harris Teeter in Cotswold on March 18.. The pregnant woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.. The stabbing appeared to be a random act, with detectives saying the victim and suspect did not know each other and had no previous interactions.. FOLLOW US ON X. Authorities allege that Butler approached the female victim at the popular grocery chain at approximately 11:30 a.m.. The 38-year-old pregnant woman told WSOC-TV she was getting her toddler out of her car when the woman who pulled out of the space behind her stopped her car, got out, cursed at her, and attacked her with a knife.. “I was facing my toddler, getting him out of his seat, and thankfully turned around, and she was coming at me with a steak knife,” the victim, who asked not to be identified, told the local outlet.. “I pushed and kicked and screamed, and thankfully I think that scared her off,” she said.. GOT A TIP?. The victim was stabbed in the sternum, but she and her unborn child are OK, WSOC-TV reported.. Following the seemingly random attack, CMPD released surveillance video of the suspect, later identified as Butler, and a “Be On The Lookout” for her vehicle.. On Monday, a Florida State Highway Patrol trooper spotted a silver Hyundai traveling south on I-95.. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL. The trooper pulled Butler over on I-95 and she gave him an ID card instead of a license and when asked why, she said her license was suspended, WSOC-TV reported. The trooper provided the name of the woman he pulled over to another trooper who confirmed she was the suspect in the Cotswold stabbing.. Butler was arrested on charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery on an unborn child. She is being held in the Flagler County Jail until she is extradited to Mecklenburg County.. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS. According to arrest records reviewed by Fox News Digital, Butler has a lengthy criminal history.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Records show she has nine prior convictions — six felonies and three misdemeanors — largely tied to theft-related offenses, along with more recent felony convictions for firearm possession and misconduct while in custody.. She was most recently released from prison in April 2025 and completed post-release supervision in January 2026.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A suspect has been indicted in the decades-long “Texas Killing Fields” cold case 40 years after two women found dead in an area where about 30 bodies were found along a Lone Star State roadway over the years.. James Dolphs Elmore Jr., 61, is charged with manslaughter and felony tampering with evidence in the death of Laura Miller, along with an additional charge of tampering with evidence in the murder of Audrey Cook, according to FOX 26.. The charges stem from the infamous “Texas Killing Fields” murders, in which the bodies of 30 women – including Audrey Cook, Laura Miller, Donna Prudhomme and Heidi Fye-Villareal – were found near the intersection of Calder Road and Ervin Street in League City between 1984 and 1991.. ‘LOVERS’ LANE’ MURDERS SUSPECT NABBED DECADES AFTER COUPLE FOUND DEAD IN CAR. For several years, Texas authorities have worked to crack the case surrounding who is responsible for the murders.. In 2022, William Reece pleaded guilty to murder stemming from the deaths of Laura Smither, Kelli Cox and Jessica Cain, FOX 26 reported.. Over the last 40 years, authorities have pointed to Clyde Hedrick as the prime suspect in the murders of numerous women in Calder Road Field, according to the outlet.. REALTOR’S COLD CASE MURDER FINALLY SOLVED AFTER 15 YEARS, POLICE SAY. Hedrick was reportedly convicted of abuse of a corpse relating to the death of Ellen Beason in 1986.. Beason vanished around the same time as Fye-Villareal and Miller, leading authorities to believe the disappearances were connected.. In 2013, officials reopened the investigation and Hedrick was indicted for Beason’s death.. MAN ONCE EYED IN DISAPPEARANCE OF MISSING CALIFORNIA TEEN NOW CHARGED WITH MURDER. He was convicted of manslaughter one year later and received the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, but was released on parole after spending just eight years behind bars, FOX 26 reported.. However, in 2024, the Galveston County District Attorney’s office began reexamining the case as part of a renewed effort to bring justice for the roughly 30 women found dead in the infamous “Texas Killing Fields.”. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X. The investigation led authorities to seek grand jury indictments against Hedrick for the deaths of Cook, Fye-Villareal, Miller and Prudhomme, along with additional indictments against Elmore for alleged offenses stemming from the deaths of Miller and Cook.. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER. Although Hedrick died before the charges could be presented to a grand jury, the indictment was still shown to maintain transparency and provide closure for the victims’ families.. SEND US A TIP HERE. Shortly after, Elmore was indicted for his alleged role in the deaths of both Miller and Cook, FOX 26 reported.. LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCAST. Elmore was subsequently taken into custody and later denied bond Tuesday evening.. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? FIND