NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A mysterious man who died of cyanide poisoning inside an Idaho church more than four decades ago has finally been identified, and investigators say his past raises questions about a possible connection to the still-unsolved 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders.The man known for decades as the “Unknown Wanderer” was Dr. Mathew Francis Betkouski, an organic chemist with a history of discussing cyanide and poison, the Ada County Sheriff’s Office in Boise announced Wednesday.Investigators said they couldn’t place Betkouski in Chicago during the final week of September 1982, when seven people died after taking…

A breathtaking 136-acre stretch of pristine Northern California coastline newly handed back to Indigenous tribes is proposed to become a place for ceremonies — and for teaching younger generations how to live off the land and sea. The rugged Mendocino County property — which includes Blues Beach and an ancient village site known at K’etim — was transferred by California transportation officials to Kai Poma, a tribal nonprofit, after a decades-long battle to reclaim the ancestral land. The nonprofit represents the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Round Valley Indian Tribes and Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians. Now, tribal leaders…

It seems Taylor Swift has found her match in her husband, Travis Kelce, for expertly dropping Easter eggs that left Us none the wiser. “There are dos and don’ts. I’m never going to plan an Easter egg that ties back to my personal life,” Swift said on Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast in August 2025. “It’s always going to be toward music or something that I have coming up. A plan I have coming together. Something that you don’t know I’m saying for a specific reason that you’ll hear later and go back and go, ‘Oh, my God.’” Swift made her…

Spring Training II began Wednesday for the Yankees. They had five meaningless games to try to address their biggest concerns going into a postseason in which: Their troubles against lefty pitching will be challenged by the southpaw-heavy Red Sox in the wild-card round. Their troubles playing clean defensively will be exacerbated if they get to the division series against the uberaggressive Rays and their funky home stadium. Their uncertain chain from the rotation, a team strength, to closer David Bednar can expose them against any postseason opponent. The Yankees learned — and earned — their fate Tuesday when a doubleheader…

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to steer clear of an outright ban on diesel exports as prices soar during wars abroad — rejecting a Politico report saying the White House is preparing a 90-day prohibition that could be announced within days. Speaking Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Wright said he favors voluntary limits on diesel exports, instead. “We’re trying to avoid a blunt hammer of a government policy, understanding the complexity of refining,” he told the Wall Street Journal. The energy secretary said the US still needs to help supply…

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has a longtime partner who lives on the East Coast and has largely stayed out of the political spotlight. Melvin E. Clark Jr., 75, a former tax attorney who built a career in transportation contracting, has been in a relationship with Bass for several years, L.A. Material reported. Clark, who lives near Washington, DC, is the president, owner and CEO of G.W. Peoples Contracting Co., a transit construction firm with projects across the country, including in Los Angeles. The couple’s relationship came into renewed focus after Bass traveled to Pittsburgh earlier this month, where she…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Mitch McConnell remained silent as reporters peppered him with questions about his health and his wife’s response to his hospitalization during a striking scene in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.”How’s it going, Mitch? Can we get a thumbs up?” one reporter called as security and aides surrounded the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican.”Were you upset that Elaine didn’t promptly return to see you in the hospital, sir?” another asked, referring to McConnell’s wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.MCCONNELL’S WIFE, ELAINE CHAO, SAW NO NEED FOR ‘IMMEDIATE RETURN’ FROM CHINA AS FORMER GOP LEADER HOSPITALIZED…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A recently released House Judiciary Committee report on one Virginia county’s effort to resist the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement agenda clashes with the region’s deep blue politics, according to local Republicans.The 23-page interim staff report from the committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement heavily criticized Arlington County’s sanctuary policies, accusing the county and local Democratic-run jurisdictions of ignoring public safety while advocating for policies that make it harder for federal immigration authorities to detain and arrest undocumented immigrants with criminal records.”Chairman [Jim] Jordan’s Judiciary Committee report about Arlington is spot…

Just a year ago, Zoe De La Paz was living like any other 20-something. Earning $75,000 a year, De La Paz worked a steady job as a mechanical designer at an engineering firm, and split the rent for her Chicago apartment with a roommate. On paper, she was doing fine, but inside, she felt unfulfilled. In 2024, a trip to visit a friend who worked at Yellowstone National Park inspired her to realize that there was more out there than a 9 to 5. “It was what made me realize that life was too short and that I was very…

New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson has denied every allegation from the woman accusing him of rape, saying their relationship was consensual. Williamson, 26, characterized his relationship with the unnamed woman as a “friends with benefits” arrangement that was “friendly and casual,” according to court documents obtained by Us. In a lawsuit originally filed in Los Angeles in May 2025, the woman, identified only as Jane Doe, claimed to be an ex-girlfriend of Williamson. She accused him of kidnapping, raping and terrorizing her throughout a years-long relationship, which allegedly began in 2018 while he was playing at Duke University. Williamson’s…