​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A young girl who survived a shark attack in Florida returned to the beach as part of the healing process.. The shark attack took place on June 12, 2025, off Boca Grande, which is on the state’s southwest coast near Fort Myers.. Leah Lendel was 9 when she was bitten during a snorkeling trip with her family. The bite nearly severed her hand off.. “It’s kind of like healing for me to come over here, because seeing this happen to me and sometimes I even forget I got a shark bite,” Leah told WZVN-TV.. The attack occurred 10 months ago, and Leah still vividly remembers the moment.. GOT A TIP?. “You see, like, the black stuff in the water? That’s where he was,” Leah said, according to WZVN.. Police body camera captured witnesses rushing to help save her life. The girl was airlifted to undergo emergency surgery.. FOLLOW US ON X. Surgeons were able to successfully reattach her hand following the attack. Leah, now 10, is still working to regain her strength day-by-day.. “I can’t really play piano now, and I can’t pick up more than 8 pounds, but me and my therapist are working for me to get my wrist strength back,” Leah told WZVN.. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL. The girl’s parents expressed how proud they are of their daughter’s resilience throughout a painful experience.. “We thought, you know, it’s going to be 100% amputation. And so that we were just praying. Of course, we, you know, we were hoping. But when you see something this bad, you just understand reality hits. You’re like, this is what it is,” Nadia Lendel told WZVN.. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS. Despite the traumatic experience, Leah dreams of getting a snorkeling license, and her mom remains nervous but supportive.. “She’s not afraid. She’s fearless,” Nadia said.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Leah encouraged others to not let fear stop them from fulfilling their dreams.. “It’s really rare the sharks even attack a person and I would recommend not swimming in murky water,” Leah said.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. The family of a mother of two and coffee shop owner from Oakland who disappeared shared an update about the missing woman’s status on Sunday.. “During this holiday weekend, Amy’s friends and supporters have continued their efforts to review hours of video footage, searching BART stations and surrounding streets, and distributing flyers throughout the East Bay,” said an Easter Sunday message from Amy Hillyard’s family. “We are also thankful for the local media who have helped keep Amy’s story visible and in the hearts and minds of the community.”. The family posted the message to a dedicated webpage for Hillyard, 52, who disappeared at around 2 p.m. on March 25. Nearly two weeks later, her whereabouts remain unknown.. FAMILY RAMPS UP SEARCH FOR MISSING COFFEE SHOP OWNER, MOTHER OF TWO, URGES PUBLIC TO CHECK CAMERAS. “While this is a day traditionally centered on hope and renewal, our hope remains steadfast: that Amy will be found and brought home safely,” the family said Sunday. “We ask the public to continue sharing Amy’s information, remain vigilant, and report any tips to the Oakland Police Department. Every effort matters. Every lead counts.”. Hillyard is considered “at risk” due to an undisclosed medical issue.. She is a mother of two, and the co-owner of Farley’s Coffee Shop in Oakland.. BELOVED COFFEE SHOP OWNER, MOTHER OF TWO DISAPPEARS NEAR HOME, URGENT SEARCH UNDERWAY. Last week, her family asked residents in Cleveland Heights, Lake Merritt, the Lakeshore District and Crocker Highlands to check home surveillance systems for any signs of Hillyard.. “The search to bring Amy home continues, and we remain hopeful,” family friend Sarah Wachs told Fox News Digital last week. “We’ve had hundreds of people come together to look for Amy.”. Wachs told Fox News Digital Hillyard is dealing with a health condition that may leave her disoriented and in need of help, but declined to share further details to protect her privacy.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Hillyard is described as 5-foot-4 and about 120 pounds with blonde hair. Police recently clarified she was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, light blue jeans and white sneakers with a black stripe, updating an earlier description of different clothing.. The Oakland Police Department said there were no new updates as of Monday afternoon.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. Talk about making an entrance – a sky-high entrance.. A woman gave birth midair Friday on a flight from Kingston, Jamaica to New York, turning a routine trip into a high-altitude delivery.. Caribbean Airlines said the surprise birth happened on flight BW005. The flight from Kingston to New York was expected to take about four hours.. As the flight neared its destination, pilots alerted air traffic control about the unexpected medical situation.. ISRAELI PARAMEDIC DELIVERS BABY, RUSHES IT TO BOMB SHELTER DURING IRAN ATTACK. “We have a passenger, a pregnant passenger, who is going into labor at this time,” a pilot said in audio obtained by CBS News.. After coordinating medical crews to meet the plane at the gate, a controller is heard asking, “Is it out yet?” When the pilots confirmed the woman had given birth onboard, another controller chimed in with a fitting suggestion.. CALIFORNIA WOMAN GIVES BIRTH INSIDE SELF-DRIVING WAYMO TAXI. “Alright, tell her she’s got to name it Kennedy,” the controller said, a nod to the airport where the flight was about to land.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Caribbean Airlines said that, while the birth was unexpected, the crew never declared an emergency during the flight. Instead, the airline praised its crew, who “managed the situation in accordance with established procedures, ensuring the safety and comfort of all onboard.”. The airline said the woman and newborn received the care they needed from medical personnel.  

​The Department of Homeland Security is blasting Fairfax County, Virginia prosecutors for offering what it calls an “insane” plea deal to two illegal immigrants who admitted to a brutal murder. DHS says Maldin Anibal Guzman-Videz and Luis Alonzo Sort-Portillo — who are both in the U.S. illegally — stabbed a man to death at a park and walking trail in Oakton, Virginia, in July 2024. The victim’s body was later discovered by a community member in a wooded area, prompting a police response.

Despite the severity of the crime, DHS said the two suspects have been offered a plea deal that would result in just five years in prison and the eventual release of “two monsters” back on American streets. The two men pleaded guilty to second-degree murder by mob and were sentenced to 25 years, with 20 years suspended, leaving five years to serve, a judge accepted the plea agreements. Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said that this is a “sweetheart plea deal” with murders, and added, “This 5-year sweetheart plea deal for murder is insane. This is yet another example of Fairfax sanctuary politicians siding with criminal illegal aliens over U.S. citizens.”

Federal immigration authorities say they have repeatedly asked Fairfax officials not to release Guzman-Videz from custody in the past, but those requests were ignored. According to DHS, Guzman-Videz, a Honduran national, was issued a final order of removal in 2019 but remained in the United States. He later accumulated multiple arrests, including for assault, malicious wounding, larceny, obstruction of justice, and failure to appear. According to the Fairfax County Times, he also allegedly robbed a restaurant and allegedly attacked someone with a knife.

Sort-Portillo, the second suspect, is a Salvadoran national who entered the U.S. illegally at an unknown time, according to DHS. ICE has now requested that both men not be released back into the community, as DHS calls on Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and local leaders to ensure they remain behind bars. “We are calling on Fairfax County sanctuary politicians and Governor Spanberger to commit to not releasing these murderers from jail back into our communities,” Bis said. “How many more times must they release criminals into our neighborhoods to create more innocent victims?”

DHS also criticized Fairfax County’s broader approach to immigration enforcement, claiming the county’s sanctuary policies have contributed to an increase of violent crime. The agency said that illegal immigrants have been responsible for 75% of murders in the county so far in 2026, though that figure has not been independently verified.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. Accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson filed a Sunday court motion to bar all still cameras, video cameras and microphones from a critical hearing on April 17.. On that day, Robinson is scheduled to be present in court, and the state and defense are expected to make a flurry of motions.. Judge Tony Graf has not made a ruling on whether to ban electronic media throughout the course of the trial.. Fox News Legal Analyst Donna Rotunno, and host of the podcast “Crime & Justice with Donna Rotunno,” said Graf should “take control” and make a definitive ruling on media in the courtroom throughout the rest of the proceedings.. TYLER ROBINSON PROSECUTORS SAY CHARLIE KIRK SHOOTING TEXTS SHOW CONFUSION, NOT BIAS, TO REBUT CONFLICT CLAIM. She said the defense asking only to ban electronic media for the April 17 hearing could be indicative of a larger strategy, and that they may ask to bar media on a hearing-by-hearing basis. That way, if Graf rules against them, they will only lose the motion for one specific hearing, and not for all of the proceedings moving forward.. Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, has pleaded for cameras to be allowed during the trial.. “There were cameras all over my husband when he was murdered,” she told Fox News’ Jesse Watters in an exclusive interview in November. “There have been cameras all over my friends and family mourning. There have been cameras all over me, analyzing my every move, analyzing my every smile, my every tear. We deserve to have cameras in there.”. WHY POLITICAL ASSASSINATION CASES AREN’T AUTOMATICALLY DEATH PENALTY ELIGIBLE. “Why not be transparent?” Kirk continued. “There’s nothing to hide. I know there’s not because I’ve seen what the case is built on.”. Prosecutors also filed a response to a motion filed by Robinson’s team last week, asking the court a May 18 preliminary hearing back. The defense is asking to push back the preliminary hearing until expert discovery is complete, and prosecutors argue that the hearing should be held on the scheduled date.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. The state argues that the defense is trying to confer upon itself rights during the preliminary stage of the trial that it is not entitled to until the actual trial itself, and that discovery is meant to be reserved for the trial, not preliminary proceedings.. Rotunno agrees that the defense has been given enough discovery leeway in the preliminary stage of the court proceedings, and that the hearing should remain scheduled for May 18.