Discovery in teens’ ice cream leads investigators to swing state election official: report
A former county elections official in North Carolina has been indicted on felony charges after authorities say he placed pills into the ice cream cones of two teenage girls.
A grand jury in New Hanover County indicted James Edwin Yokeley Jr., 66, on two counts of unlawful distribution of food or beverage and one count of intentional child abuse involving serious physical injury, according to court records reviewed by WBTV.
According to the Wilmington Police Department (WPD), authorities allege that the grandfather placed pills into his 16-year-old step-granddaughter and her 15-year-old friend’s Dairy Queen ice cream cones in August 2025.
According to WECT, in a preliminary test, the pills tested positive for the psychedelic drug MDMA and cocaine.
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According to the local outlet, the teens had not ingested the pills and reported the discovery to police after finding the foreign objects in their desserts.
Investigators later reviewed surveillance video and allegedly found Yokeley placing the pills into the ice cream.
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Authorities initially charged him with contaminating food or drink with a controlled substance, felony child abuse and drug possession after preliminary testing suggested the pills could contain illegal narcotics.
The charges were dismissed on Dec. 22 after a lab test confirmed that the substance was not controlled under North Carolina General Statutes. Prosecutors later presented the case to a grand jury, resulting in the new indictment.
At the time of his arrest, Yokeley was serving as the chair of the Surry County Board of Elections. He resigned shortly after the allegations became public.
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“I have concluded that it’s in the best interest of the State Board of Elections and Surry County Board of Elections, regarding my own falsely accused circumstances, to step down at this time,” Yokeley wrote in the letter.
His next court appearance had not been scheduled. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Hanover Police Department for comment.
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Legal analyst breaks down video showing Alex Pretti raging at federal agents
Newly released video that appears to show Alex Pretti spitting at federal agents and damaging a government SUV days before he was fatally shot by U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis “shows his state of mind” leading up to his death, Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett said Wednesday.
“[He was] an angry person who is expressing his rage with assault. Spitting at an officer is assault, obviously attacking a federal government vehicle and destroying the property, and then he seems to resist, to some extent, the arrest. It tells you a lot about his mindset,” Jarrett said on “Hannity.”
The footage — reportedly recorded on Jan. 13 and published Wednesday by The News Movement — appears to show Pretti wearing clothes and glasses similar to those he wore when he was killed.
The man is seen shouting and spitting at federal agents before kicking the taillight of a federal SUV, causing it to break.
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He shouted “f— you” repeatedly and flashed double middle fingers as agents exited the vehicle, approached him and took him to the ground.
Pretti’s family later confirmed his identity in the video to The Minnesota Star Tribune.
Just days later, Pretti was fatally shot by a Border Patrol officer during a targeted operation in Minneapolis, after video appeared to show him intervening to help a woman who had been knocked to the ground before the altercation continued.
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“Customs and Border Patrol were trying to fend off a protester. He gets involved, resists arrest. He’s committing crimes all over the place,” Jarrett said.
“It’s tragic that he lost his life, and it may be a case of mistaken perceptions when the shooting occurred, which invokes the imperfect self-defense, but that video tells a lot about Alex Pretti.”
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Steve Schleicher, attorney for the Pretti family, told Fox News in a statement: “A week before Alex was gunned down in the street – despite posing no threat to anyone – he was violently assaulted by a group of ICE agents.”
“Nothing that happened a full week before could possibly have justified Alex’s killing at the hands of ICE on Jan. 24.”
Senate watchdog pushes tripwires after Minnesota scandal, aims to claw back cash
EXCLUSIVE: Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is introducing legislation Thursday targeting fraud in federal programs — a proposal that would set early-warning tripwires to flag suspected scams and push agencies to claw back taxpayer dollars, Fox News Digital has learned.
“It’s absolutely unacceptable that the fraud running rampant in Minnesota could end up costing taxpayers more than $9 billion,” Ernst told Fox News Digital. “My Putting an N to Learing about Fraud Act will ensure this never happens again by putting more safeguards in place to detect scams early and require the recovery of any money ripped off from taxpayers.”
Ernst’s office said the bill is designed to hit fraud on two fronts: tightening rules around childcare payments and creating new spike alerts in healthcare programs to flag suspicious surges early, while also pushing the federal government to recover improper payments.
If passed, the bill would force state plans tied to federal childcare dollars to pay providers based on documented attendance — not just enrollment — to prevent taxpayer money from going out for care that never happened.
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It also underlines that states can reimburse providers after services are delivered rather than paying upfront. Providers taking federal funds would have to track attendance and keep those records for seven years, making them available for audits by the Department of Health and Human Services, the attorney general and the comptroller general.
On the healthcare front, the legislation would create new notification requirements tied to abrupt jumps in health billings and costs. States would be required to notify Health and Human Services when the amount being paid for a service increases by more than 100% in a year, or if the number of providers seeking payment increases by 100% in a year.
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Beyond early detection, the bill aims to force agencies to claw back funds either swindled from taxpayers or received in error.
It would direct the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance to federal agencies to ensure improper payments are recovered and require inspectors general to report annually the amount of improper payments recovered by each agency.
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The legislation follows the sweeping fraud scandal that continues to plague Minnesota. Dozens of arrests have been made, most of whom are from the state’s large Somali population, as investigators uncover hundreds of millions of dollars in alleged fraud swindled from taxpayers through welfare and social services programs.
Federal prosecutors have said the fraud could total $9 billion.
“The swindlers in Minnesota and everywhere else soon are going to ‘lear’ the hard way that in the era of DOGE, crime no longer pays,” Ernst added in a comment to Fox News Digital, referring to the viral “Quality Learing Center.”
The misspelled Quality “Learing” Center daycare sign became a focal point of the fraud scandal after YouTube journalist Nick Shirley dug into alleged fraud in Minnesota.
Fox News Digital learned that Ernst will also name Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the January recipient of her office’s “Squeal Award” for “failing to stop the runaway fraud in his own backyard.” Ernst awards various lawmakers and government fraud scandals themselves the Squeal Award each month to spotlight “out of control waste.”
The governor dropped out of his re-election effort earlier in January amid the fallout of the fraud scandal. Walz, who has served as governor since 2019, took ownership of the fraud as it occurred under his watch, but argued multibillion-dollar figures were “sensationalized” by Republicans.
“Whoever is in charge. Unlike the president, I’m governor now (and) whether these programs happen before we got here or afterwards, it doesn’t matter. We’re here now. We’re the ones fixing it. You have my guarantee on this, that I certainly will have this thing fixed,” Walz said earlier in January.
Fox News Digital reached out to his office on Thursday morning for additional comment.
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Ernst has long positioned herself as a leading Senate watchdog on waste and fraud, working with both Congress and the Trump administration to flag questionable spending.
She launched and leads the Senate Department of Government Efficiency caucus as President Donald Trump readied to reclaim the Oval Office, which works to snuff out government spending, reduce bureaucracy and enforce transparency, producing more than $15.1 billion in real savings.
Chicago Teachers Union ravaged after storming Target store during ICE protest
Members of the Chicago Teachers Union filmed themselves protesting federal immigration enforcement and anti-DEI measures at a local Target on Friday, sparking criticism both online and from experts who spoke to Fox News Digital.
In a video posted on Tuesday by the union, members can be seen entering a Chicago area Target holding anti-ICE signs, harassing employees and demanding answers about whether Target will “protect” its employees from ICE.
“As a private business, Target has a choice,” the post said. “They can use their Fourth Amendment rights and post signs that demand ICE show warrants to enter their building. Instead, they’ve allowed harm to their employees and customers, while continuing to roll back DEI commitments and bow to pressure from the Trump administration.”
The post resulted in criticism in most of the replies on social media.
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“The CTU can’t help itself — they feel compelled to weigh in on every political issue,” Teacher Freedom Alliance posted on X. “And they bankroll these so-called ‘protests’ with your tax dollars.”
Erika Donalds, America First Policy Institute’s chair of education opportunity, told Fox News Digital that the statement made by the union “tells you everything about the goals of today’s teachers unions.”
“They’re harassing retailers and pushing radical politics instead of doing the job they’re paid to do: advocate for the best education for our nation’s children. While kids are falling behind in reading and math, union leaders are staging protests over immigration enforcement. They don’t speak for teachers, they don’t serve students, and at this point they barely even pretend to care about education.”
Nicole Neily, founder and president of Defending Education, told Fox News Digital the union priorities aren’t in line with what’s best for students.
“Union thugs bullying hourly employees in Target stores isn’t brave or just — it’s naked intimidation of people who are simply trying to earn a paycheck,” Neily said.
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“The Chicago Teachers Union lost the plot a long time ago, and this is yet another example of their skewed priorities. While the CTU clout-chases on X, two-thirds of Chicago Public Schools students can’t read at grade level, and four out of five children can’t do math at grade level.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the union for comment.
Earlier this month, CTU faced blowback from the Washington Post for pursuing social justice initiatives in its school district even as student reading and math proficiency continues to decline.
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In an editorial, the Post took aim at the CTU’s New Year’s resolutions posted to X on Monday. The union stated that its resolution is to “speak truth to power,” and it committed to “defending Black and brown and immigrant communities who are targeted by federal agents,” as well as “fighting back against an administration trying to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and roll back civil rights protections.”
“Those are lofty goals in a school district that can hardly teach kids to read and write,” the Post quipped. “In 2025, 43 percent of Chicago’s third through eighth grade students were reading at grade level.”
Second teen dies after sledding accident that killed best friend: ‘Holding on to each other’
A second teenage girl has died in Texas after she was critically injured in a sledding accident that killed her best friend, according to their families and local police.
Frisco police confirmed Wednesday that the second 16-year-old girl died of her injuries at a hospital.
The teen’s family identified her as Grace Brito. The other teen killed was earlier identified as Elizabeth Angle by her family.
Grace’s mother, Tracy Brito, told FOX4 Dallas-Fort Worth that her daughter just got her driver’s license two months ago and had been excited to sign up as an organ donor.
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“We are still here going through the organ donation process to honor Gracie’s wishes,” Tracy Brito told the outlet. “She was a selfless person who always wanted to make others smile and happy. God took a good one away far too soon.”
Elizabeth’s mother, Megan Angle, wrote that the girls were “besties” in a Facebook post after Grace’s death.
“I find some comfort knowing they are in heaven together,” Megan Angle wrote. “Such beautiful girls.”
“They were holding on to each other on the sled,” she added. “Our hearts go out to the Brito family. We are forever connected.”
Grace and Elizabeth were riding a sled together around 3 p.m. Sunday when the accident happened.
Police previously said that a preliminary investigation indicated that a 16-year-old boy was driving a Jeep Wrangler while pulling the two girls on a sled. Witnesses said the sled struck a curb and collided with a tree.
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Police issued an update Wednesday to quell rumors about the circumstances of the accident.
“We also want to clarify rumors circulating online, throughout this entire investigation, there has been no indication of alcohol involvement by any of the involved parties,” police said.
Both girls were sophomores at Wakeland High School. Grace was a cheerleader while Elizabeth played soccer for the school and a club team.
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Police have said the investigation remains active. The department warned citizens that snow and ice can create extremely slippery surfaces and lead to serious or even deadly accidents.
A winter storm brought heavy snow and crippling ice to large swaths of the nation, including Texas, over the weekend. Most areas in North Texas were covered in ice, sleet and snow, creating hazardous conditions.
School principal accused of shoplifting at Walmart, using ‘stacking’ trick at checkout
An assistant principal at a Georgia elementary school was arrested last Monday after being linked to a series of Walmart shoplifting incidents when roughly $1,000 worth of merchandise was taken using a discreet “stacking” method at self-checkout kiosks, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.
Courtney Janell Shaw, 47, was reportedly caught on camera placing multiple items on top of one another and scanning only one before exiting the store. She was booked into the Cherokee County jail, charged with one felony count of shoplifting, and released later that day on a $4,875 bond, local outlet Cherokee Tribune said.
Authorities reportedly said Shaw stole 98 items, totaling $943.97, between November and December of last year.
Free Home Elementary School in Cherokee County said the two-decade veteran educator and mother of one was placed on administrative leave.
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“Immediately upon these allegations being reported, the employee was placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of internal and law enforcement investigations,” the district told Fox 5.
“Maintaining the safety and security of our students and staff is our top priority and inappropriate conduct will never be tolerated.”
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Her alleged shoplifting spree was first reported on Jan. 12 when a Walmart employee provided police surveillance footage of Shaw appearing to steal the products, according to the outlet, citing the incident report.
Two days later, investigators reportedly matched Shaw to the thefts using a driver’s license database.
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Authorities reportedly said the two suspicious vehicles they noted in the surveillance footage, a 2018 Ford F-150 and a 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee, were registered to Shaw and later found at her residence.
According to the school’s website, Shaw joined Free Home Elementary in 2024 as the assistant principal. Her education career spans more than two decades and includes previous leadership roles as an assistant principal at two other elementary schools.
Felony corruption charges against LA councilman to move forward after judge’s ruling
A Los Angeles city council member will stand trial on felony public corruption charges after a judge ruled that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence to proceed, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Shelly Torrealba ordered Curren Price, a Democrat representing the city’s 9th District, to answer to all 12 felony counts, including embezzlement of government funds, conflict of interest and perjury, following a six-day preliminary hearing.
“This is a significant step toward holding L.A. Councilmember Curren Price accountable for years of alleged corruption,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in a statement.
“Our Public Integrity Division has been prepared to go to trial since the charges were originally filed. The rules are clear: elected officials cannot enrich themselves at the expense of their constituents, cannot lie on disclosure forms and cannot vote on matters in which they have a conflict of interest,” he added.
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Price’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Prosecutors allege the councilman improperly voted on city projects that financially benefited his wife and failed to disclose those conflicts on required state forms.
They also say he embezzled approximately $33,800 in city funds from 2013 to 2017 and used his position in city government to award city lease agreements and more than $2 million in federal COVID-19 grants to the nonprofit Home at Last, a paying tenant of Urban Healthcare Project, where Price served as CEO at the time of the votes.
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Price has denied any wrongdoing, and his arraignment is scheduled for March 13.
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The city council member was initially charged in 2023 with five felony counts of embezzlement of government funds, two felony counts of conflict of interest and three felony counts of perjury.
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An amended complaint filed in August 2025 added two more felony conflict of interest counts, alleging that the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles and LA Metro paid Price’s wife more than $800,000 while he voted to award the agencies multimillion-dollar contracts.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said if convicted, Price faces a maximum sentence of 11 years and four months, including up to nine years and four months in state prison and up to two years in county jail.
Most turbulent flight routes in the United States for airline passengers revealed
Not all flight routes are created equal when it comes to turbulence.
A recent report from turbulence tracking site Turbli ranked the most turbulence-prone flight routes in the U.S. and around the world in 2025.
The organization analyzed nearly 10,000 flight routes connecting more than 550 of the world’s largest airports — using recorded flight tracks and turbulence forecast data, the analysis said.
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Turbulence was measured using eddy dissipation rate (EDR), a standard aviation metric that captures how rough the air is during a flight.
Routes were ranked based on their average turbulence levels, with EDR values categorized as light, moderate, moderate-to-severe, severe and extreme.
The higher the average EDR score along a route — the more turbulence passengers are likely to experience, according to the analysis.
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Here are the most turbulent routes in North America in 2025, according to the report.
1. Denver International Airport (DEN) to Jackson Hole Airport (JAC)
The roughly 406-mile route recorded the highest average turbulence score in North America at 18.18, placing it in the light turbulence category.
2. Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) to Denver International Airport (DEN)
ABQ to DEN spans about 349 miles. It recorded an average turbulence score of 18.18 as well, placing it in the light turbulence category.
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In 2024, this route ranked the highest average turbulence with a score of 17.45, Turbli said.
3. Jackson Hole Airport (JAC) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
This route covers roughly 205 miles and recorded an average turbulence score of 17.68, according to the data.
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That places it within the light turbulence range based on eddy dissipation rate measurements.
4. Denver International Airport (DEN) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
Flights along this roughly 391-mile route drew an average turbulence score of 17.54.
That reading falls within the light turbulence range.
5. Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN) to Denver International Airport (DEN)
Flights between Bozeman and Denver logged an average turbulence reading of 17.22 over a distance of about 524 miles, placing the route in the light turbulence category.
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Outside the U.S., Turbli’s rankings showed turbulence was most pronounced on routes in South America and Asia, with several of the bumpiest flights crossing mountainous regions in Chile, Argentina and western China.
Routes in Europe, Oceania and Africa generally recorded lower average turbulence levels, though certain short-haul flights still ranked high within their regions.
While turbulence can feel alarming, the Federal Aviation Administration has noted that it is a normal part of air travel and is often unpredictable, even when skies appear clear.
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The FAA advises passengers to keep seat belts fastened whenever they are seated, as most turbulence-related injuries occur when travelers are not buckled in.
Pilots and airlines also use weather data and forecasting tools to minimize exposure whenever possible.
Brad Pitt uncovers potential ‘smoking gun’ in Angelina Jolie winery battle: expert
Brad Pitt might have uncovered a “smoking gun” in the long-running legal fight against his ex-wife, Angelina Jolie.
Fox News Digital can confirm a judge recently ruled in Pitt’s favor, forcing Jolie to turn over 22 previously undisclosed documents. The docs reportedly contain Jolie’s private text messages and emails, which could be damaging to the “Maleficent” star’s case.
Pitt first sued Jolie over the sale of her stake in Château Miraval in 2022 after the actress sold her stake to a subsidiary of the Stoli Group. Jolie attempted to sell her company, Nouvel, to Tenute Del Mondo, a subsidiary of the Stoli Group, in 2021, effectively transferring her 50% ownership interest in Miraval. Pitt has fought this sale, claiming the move breached a contract between the two.
The previously undisclosed documents, including Jolie’s private text messages, could be “outcome-changing or even outcome-determinative” to Pitt’s case against the actress, legal experts told Fox News Digital.
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“I cannot imagine a scenario where Jolie’s team would fight this battle based on a long-shot argument if the documents were not helpful to Brad’s case,” Brett Ward, a partner in Blank Rome’s Matrimonial and Family Law Group, explained to Fox News Digital.
“Generally speaking, the bigger the effort to protect documents, the more important they are. So, given Jolie’s significant effort to protect them, I would expect that these texts and emails weaken Jolie’s position in the case, perhaps fatally.”
While the discovery ruling is very common, entertainment lawyer Tre Lovell noted it could be a big win for Pitt.
“The parties to litigation have disputes all the time as to what documents must be produced, what questions must be answered and what discovery responses need to be addressed as opposed to pure objections,” he explained to Fox News Digital. “Obviously, these documents are believed to be very damning against Jolie due to the extent and effort her attorneys expended to avoid producing them. It appears to be a big win for Pitt.”
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Jolie’s legal team had argued the undisclosed documents were protected by non-disclosure agreements. However, Pitt’s team insisted the messages were unprotected conversations between Jolie and her personal aides.
Jolie’s private text messages could expose the actress, or they could never see the light of day.
“With regard to whether or not the text messages become public, that is really up to Brad Pitt,” Patrick Baghdaserians, a family law attorney, told Fox News Digital. “Generally speaking with discovery motions, the documents that are ordered to be produced are not made a part of the record unless somebody files them with the court or presents it as evidence during a public trial.”
“The overall impact on this case will depend on what is contained in those documents that were improperly withheld,” he explained. “These documents may be the proverbial smoking gun to undermine Angelina Jolie’s case.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Pitt and Jolie’s representatives for comment.
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With Jolie now being forced to hand over the documents, legal experts told Fox News Digital the ruling could even bring the case to an abrupt end before the most sensitive material is disclosed.
“There is also a chance that, if the texts and emails are very detrimental to Jolie’s case, it might push the case to resolution before the texts and emails are even turned over,” Baghdaserians claimed.
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Pitt and Jolie bought a controlling stake in Château Miraval in 2008 and spent time at the home throughout their relationship. After Pitt sued Jolie, the actress’ company accused the actor of running a “vindictive campaign” to “loot” the profitable business since she first filed for divorce in 2016.
Nouvel accused Pitt of “hijacking” Château Miraval and “wasting” the company’s assets on unnecessary renovation projects, including spending $1 million on swimming pool renovations, according to court documents previously obtained by Fox News Digital.
Pitt and Jolie are expected to face off in court over the winery dispute in 2027.
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