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Apparent road rage driver appears to threaten mom on camera as 3-year-old cries in back seat

A North Carolina mom says an apparent road rage driver brake-checked her and threatened to kill her as her 3-year-old cried, while officials acknowledged a dispatch error.

Fox News ‘Antisemitism Exposed’ Newsletter: Why Denver's Jews are terrified

Fox News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world.

Woman Who Killed Husband 2 Decades Ago Admits to Murdering Wife

ISHANI DESAI

A California woman who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2004 pleaded guilty this week in another stabbing death.

Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship and ‘Birth Tourism’

MAGGIE HABERMAN AND ANN E. MARIMOW

The orders come after the Supreme Court ruled June 30 that President Trump’s previous efforts to end birthright citizenship were unconstitutional.

Bodycam shows police K-9 leaping into action after suspected impaired driver refused to surrender

Body camera footage shows K-9 Midas leaping through a car window to end a 40-minute standoff with a suspected impaired driver in Vancouver, WA.

Old Trails Fire suspect allegedly confessed to setting 25 fires as judge doubles bail to $2M

Aaron Forrest Farinacci allegedly confessed to setting 25 fires and modeling a delayed ignition device after serial arsonist John Leonard Orr.

One Killed in Fire Started by Man Who Said He Lit It by Accident

LIVIA ALBECK-RIPKA AND AMY GRAFF

The authorities said they found a body inside a burned home near Sacramento. A man was charged this week with causing the blaze by operating equipment that produced sparks.

Edgy Vanity Plates Test Limits of Free Speech

ADAM LIPTAK

Virginia will ask the Supreme Court to hear a dispute over a seven-character license plate message.

Spokane Arson Suspect Had History of Setting Fires, Prosecutors Say

POOJA SALHOTRA AND ANNA GRIFFIN

The man charged with setting one of the three destructive blazes in eastern Washington this month told detectives he had started two dozen fires in the last year, an affidavit said.

NYC church arson suspect allegedly plotted more attacks, had violent notes like 'murder them' and 'rape him'

A homeless man admitted to setting fire to the 173-year-old South Bushwick Reformed Church and prosecutors revealed a notebook with violent target lists.

Judge Dismisses Former Olympian’s Felony Charge in Reflecting Pool Case

CHRIS CAMERON

The move ends the criminal case for David Hearn, a former Olympic canoeist, after prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.

Retired police chief helps subdue passenger after alleged midair outburst over alcohol cutoff

Retired Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara describes the 45-minute ordeal aboard a United Airlines flight before he and two off-duty deputies acted.

Blackburn Wins Republican Nomination for Tennessee Governor

EMILY COCHRANE

Senator Marsha Blackburn easily beat two Republican rivals and is now favored to become the state’s first female governor after the November elections.

After Supreme Court loss, Trump again targets birthright citizenship with new orders

KEVIN RECTOR

Trump called the Supreme Court decision "very unfair," and said the new orders were an attempt to end birthright citizenship by other means.

A deal with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz may require a compromise from Trump

To reach a deal with Iran that reopens the economically vital Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump may need to do something out of character — compromise