Comer, Trump seize on bombshell Axios report as Biden autopen probe nears end

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., said his panel is wrapping up its investigation into President Joe Biden’s use of the autopen after a new report revealed concerns raised within the former administration itself.

“New records reveal President Biden’s own administration raised concerns about autopen use to grant thousands of pardons. This is a historic scandal with massive repercussions,” Comer told Fox News Digital in response to the Axios report.

“As President Biden declined, his aides carried out executive actions without his approval, casting doubt on the legitimacy of thousands of pardons and other executive actions.”

Comer added, “The House Oversight Committee is in the final stages of its investigation. There must be accountability for this scandal.”

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President Donald Trump weighed in on Truth Social: “THE BIDEN AUTOPEN SCANDAL IS BIG, NOT AS BIG AS THE RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA HOAX, OR THE RIGGED 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT, NEVERTHELESS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST, EVER!!!”

A former Biden White House staffer familiar with the pardons process pushed back.

“Republicans like to talk about Biden whenever news hits that they don’t want to talk about. Today, they want to talk about Biden because Trump is responsible for the latest jobs report, which is the worst August jobs gain since 2020,” the staffer told Fox News Digital.

“What these emails show is a full process to support that decision-making and checks on the use of the autopen.”

Axios reported over the weekend that senior Department of Justice (DOJ) officials flagged issues with Biden’s clemency process in his final days in office.

Biden approved nearly 2,500 commutations on Jan. 17, just days before leaving the White House, setting a record for most clemency orders ever granted by a U.S. president — more than 4,200 in total — and the most ever in a single day.

The next day, DOJ ethics lawyer Bradley Weinsheimer reportedly wrote in a memo: “Unfortunately and despite repeated requests and warnings, we were not afforded a reasonable opportunity to vet and provide input on those you were considering.”

Noting that at least one murderer granted clemency had been flagged by DOJ, he added: “I have no idea if the president was aware of these backgrounds when making clemency decisions.” The New York Post first reported details of the memo.

Meanwhile, Axios reported that a DOJ pardon attorney took issue with White House lawyers asking the department not to solicit views of murder victims’ families of multiple death row inmates if it had not already done so — including people whose sentences Biden commuted as well.

The Axios report further revealed that Biden White House staff secretary Stef Feldman repeatedly sought clarity on the autopen process. In one Jan. 16 email, she asked for details on drug-related clemency orders approved by then-Chief of Staff Jeff Zients. After being asked to use autopen on an executive order, Feldman reportedly wrote: “When did we get [Biden’s] approval of this?”

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The former Biden staffer insisted the process was sound.

“The pardon power rests with the president — not the Department of Justice,” the staffer said. “While the DOJ is free to raise its own concerns about pardons, and did before Trump fired all of the career staff who did so, it is ultimately the President’s decision.”

Biden himself told The New York Times recently that he made every clemency decision on his own.

Zients is expected to testify before the Oversight Committee later this month. Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is also scheduled for a closed-door interview Friday.

Woman misidentified in home run ball controversy pushes back against online rumors

The controversy over a Philadelphia Phillies fan who demanded that a father give her a home run ball during the team’s game against the Miami Marlins continued to stir.

Fans irate at the woman who marched over to the father who took the ball and gave it to his young son tried to find out who she was. It created an internet rumor that pointed to a woman named Cheryl Richardson-Wagner.

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She pushed back against the venomous online hate with a hilarious post on Facebook.

“OK everyone … I’m not the crazy Philly Mom (but I sure would love to be as thin as she is and move as fast) …. And I’m a Red Sox fan,” she wrote.

A New Jersey school district also had to put out a firestorm of online salaciousness.

The Hammonton School District put out a statement, saying no one from their schools was fired.

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“The woman identified on social media as ‘Phillies Karen’ is not, and has never been an employee of the Hammonton Public Schools located in Hammonton, New Jersey,” the district said. “Anyone who works for our school district, attended as a student or lives in our community would obviously have caught the ball bare-handed in the first place, avoiding this entire situation!”

The Phillies fan did receive the ball from the family she stormed up to during the Phillies and Marlins game.

The father, identified as Drew Felwell, gave the ball to the woman after all. He explained why in an interview with NBC Philadelphia.

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“I don’t even remember what she said, it was, you know, a lot of eyes on us by that time and the ball was already in his glove and she just wouldn’t stop and I mean, I’m literally leaning back as she’s in my face yelling and yelling and I pretty much just wanted her to go away because I had a fork in the road: either do something I was probably going to regret or be dad and show him how to deescalate the situation so that’s where I went,” he said.

DC restaurant owner fires back, calling it ‘disrespectful’ to turn Trump away

A Washington, D.C., pizzeria owner denied having any concerns over potentially hosting President Donald Trump on Friday after a local magazine referenced her business in an article about the potential “political maelstrom.”

Washingtonian food editor Jessica Sidman wrote on Thursday that any restaurant in the nation’s capital would be in a “losing situation” whether it welcomed Trump or not. Sidman referenced Menomale Pizzeria as an example of a place that faced boycotts and backlash after congratulating Trump’s presidential win in 2024 shortly after the election.

“[M]ost restaurants would serve him because that’s just what restaurants do. Still, they would undoubtedly face boycott threats from locals and an onslaught of online and real-life rage,” Sidman wrote.

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Menomale Pizzeria’s owner Mariya Rusciano took to X after the article was published to clarify that despite Sidman’s argument, she would consider it disrespectful to reject any president and welcomed an opportunity for Trump to visit.

“It is disrespectful to turn @POTUS away. It also means turning away millions of fellow Americans who voted differently. We welcome everyone & it would be a privilege to welcome @POTUS. Also, we hear @realDonaldTrump eats pizza with a fork & knife, like a true Neapolitan,” Rusciano wrote on her shop’s X account.

She nevertheless thanked Sidman for mentioning her restaurant in the article in a follow-up post.

In an additional comment to Fox News Digital, Rusciano reiterated that hosting Trump would be a privilege and hoped that her story could be used as a sign of unity in D.C.

“We do not want to be associated with the notion that a D.C. business should fear to welcome the president or that we fear to welcome him because of what happened back in November with our congratulatory post,” Rusciano said. “Quite the opposite is true — it would be a privilege!”

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She continued, “Of course, we were immediately subjected to calls for boycott and name-calling, but overall, we got many more likes than dislikes. This is encouraging, and we stand for civility, unity and respect for all Americans in the Nation’s Capital. I hope that our story can be highlighted as a positive example of what D.C. should stand for – civility, unity and tolerance.”

Rusciano previously told Fox News’ Harris Faulkner in December that she believed there was a more positive shift happening in D.C. after seeing the response to her original post. 

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“As the post started going viral across D.C. and the region, we received many more messages of support far outweighing the negative comments, which really showed me that people, even in a place like D.C., are tired of the divisive rhetoric, and it’s about time we come together and start honoring one another as fellow Americans,” Rusciano said.

Upscale neighborhood shaken as residents warn crime is only getting worse

Residents in a ritzy area of Los Angeles are getting frustrated with local leaders such as Democratic Mayor Karen Bass over a recent rise in crime, with one resident saying that people in the community are “on edge” and says more needs to be done.

The call for increased security in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, comes after longtime “American Idol” music producer Robin Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, were found dead inside their home on July 14. 

Police believe the couple was killed on July 10 as two calls were placed reporting a possible burglary incident at the couple’s Encino house. The suspect, 22-year-old Raymond Boodarian, was arrested on double homicide charges. It’s believed the alleged killings were random, officials said.

One neighbor previously told Fox News Digital that the suspect had mental health issues and would sometimes allegedly stalk people.

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“He had mental health issues. He would walk around here all day. We got Ring cameras — he would walk by and flash knives at our Ring cameras,” one neighbor said. “He was kind of stalking one of my sons… like hitting him up on Instagram, like wanting him to be his friend. He was like, ‘No, I’m good.’” 

Rob Glushon, president of the Encino Property Owners Association, who is a neighbor of Kaye and Deluca, told Fox News Digital the double murder is only one flashpoint in a recent rise in crime.

“I had a next-door neighbor and her husband killed by a burglar,” Glushon said. “But that happened while other increases in burglaries and home invasions were going on. So the reality is, people are on edge because everyone knows someone who’s been victimized.”

“And that isn’t normal,” he added.

Glushon was part of a group of Encino residents who gathered outside Van Nuys City Hall to present a list of demands on July 31, which includes an increase of Los Angeles Police Department resources in the neighborhood, according to FOX 11.

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On the same day Encino met to present their list of demands to Bass, two more break-ins were reported in the neighborhood, one at the home of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Teddi Mellencamp.

Following the break-ins, a resident told the station, “We are being targeted… It’s scary.

Meanwhile, Glushon said city leaders, including Bass, aren’t doing enough to address the concerns of Encino residents, saying the LAPD is woefully understaffed. 

“There’s no question that [the LAPD is] understaffed citywide,” he said. “We’re frustrated, we’re angry… You know, people are understandably fearful and they want action.”

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“We are demanding action from the mayor, our city council members, and we’re gonna hold them accountable,” Glushon said.

Housing developer warns America already in emergency as crisis deepens

As the Trump administration considers declaring a national housing emergency, an affordable housing developer who began his career at Lehman Brothers unequivocally agrees the proclamation is overdue.

“I think for sure we’re in a national housing emergency. I think we’ve been here for some time,” Dan Coakley, Property Markets Group Affordable principal, told Fox News Digital.

“As far as I’m concerned, it’s right on time,” he added. “If you look back over the last 10-plus years where there’s been a housing emergency, no White House has really taken ownership of this issue, despite the fact that, in my view, it’s probably the most important issue out there in the political realm and in the realm of what’s most meaningful in the lives of everyday people.”

On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the Washington Examiner that the Trump administration may declare a national housing emergency this fall, citing rising prices and dwindling supply.

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“Everywhere you look, the data is bad,” Coakley said. 

The 25-year-plus real estate veteran noted that during his career, median rents have risen 21% while median income has increased only 2% in that same time, and 40% of U.S. households pay more than 30% of their take-home pay on housing costs.

Additionally, Harvard’s 2025 State of the Nation’s Housing report shows home sales have fallen to a 30-year low, weighed down by high prices, interest rates, rising insurance and taxes and shrinking affordability.

“In terms of how the White House or the administration is framing the issue… I would commend them highly on raising this issue to the top of the list of priorities,” Coakley said. “Whether you’re a supporter of the president or not a supporter, I think we can all see that he’s willing to try different approaches and even willing to fail, and that’s kind of the mindset that’s needed at this time of a crisis, which has been ongoing now for several years.

“You need an approach by an administration who’s willing to try different things and throw different resources at the issue to try to make a dent in it, and ultimately get to a point where you can take strain off people.”

Coakley recommended three main levers the White House should pull in their effort to tackle a national housing emergency: funding, tariff relief and zoning reform.

“You can put more money toward the issue, which certainly is needed,” he explained. “The ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ actually did a great job of allocating significantly more tax credits, I think a 13% increase to the states, which is really the primary source of funding for affordable housing development.”

“Reductions or elimination in tariffs on certain key materials… timber, lumber… gypsum… glass,” Coakley added, urging a federal fast-track to product delivery. “You can also reduce other kind[s] of non-economic barriers to development.”

“Whether you’re a supporter of the president or not a supporter, I think we can all see that he’s willing to try different approaches and even willing to fail, and that’s kind of the mindset that’s needed at this time of a crisis.”

– Dan Coakley

Rising mortgage rates and steadily high interest rates from the Federal Reserve are “certainly a huge part of the problem,” the developer said.

“Young people, first-time homebuyers can’t afford to buy homes, not only because interest rates are so high, but because median wages have not caught up with costs,” Coakley said. “The housing market affects everybody… in the lower income, middle income, upper-middle income. And all these people are suffering as a result of this. And I just wish that Fed policy and interest rate policy would consider the impact on, actually, a larger group of people.”

The White House did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

The Lehman Brothers alum also drew distinctions between today’s crisis and the 2008 Great Recession.

“I don’t see, you know, kind of a credit-oriented… recession or lock up in the market on the horizon, but I think it’s equally concerning that we’re in this state of… limbo or kind of hopelessness that a lot of people feel,” Coakley argued. “The American dream was about… how can we rise up? How can we go to the next level?… And I view affordable housing and affordability as kind of a linchpin issue around so many other issues.”

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Ultimately, Coakley believes America’s housing crisis is a nonpartisan, mission-driven issue, and welcomes the administration’s willingness to elevate the conversation.

“Developers, generally, especially affordable housing developers, are not political. A lot of us, while we’re business people, we also have a heart for this,” he said. “We’re people that will work with anyone, regardless of political party, and just welcome the Trump administration really owning this issue and elevating it. I’m very hopeful of the impact that this could have.”

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Howard Stern pulls fast one on listeners after pulling off elaborate prank

Radio host Howard Stern said Monday he is staying with SiriusXM, following months of speculation about his future with the satellite radio company. 

But Stern’s show opened with a prank staged by Andy Cohen, who joked that he would replace Stern with a new program called “Andy 100.”

“I know you’re expecting a big announcement from Howard and this is not how things were meant to go,” Cohen said. “This was supposed to be a cleaner handoff. I’m kind of winging it.” Cohen said it was a “surreal morning here,” according to Variety.

Stern later joined the broadcast and thanked Cohen for the bit. 

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Stern was originally expected to discuss the future of his show on Sept. 2, but delayed until Monday’s episode because he was sick, Variety reported.

“I’m very happy at Sirius,” he said during the show. 

Stern did not say whether he renewed his contract with SiriusXM, which is set to expire at the end of 2025. 

“Here’s the truth: SiriusXM and my team have been talking about how we go forward in the future,” Stern said. “They’ve approached me, they’ve sat down with me like they normally do and they’re fantastic.”

Fox News Digital reached out to SiriusXM for comment.

The Cohen gag fooled numerous media outlets, who reported that Stern was retiring before quickly changing their stories when they realized it was a prank.

“The Howard Stern Show” shifted away from its early “shock jock” roots when President Donald Trump was first elected. In 2023, Stern said being labeled “woke” was a “compliment” and has expressed disdain for Trump voters. 

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“I don’t agree with Trump politically, I don’t think he should be anywhere near the White House. I don’t hate the guy. I hate the people who vote for him. I think they’re stupid. I do. I’ll be honest with you, I have no respect for you,” Stern said in 2024. 

Stern interviewed former President Joe Biden last year and told the former president he was a big admirer. 

The interview was about as friendly as it gets, with Stern and Biden discussing the latter’s past football playing, his courtship of his wife, his time as a lifeguard, his first campaign for the U.S. Senate and other trips down memory lane.

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Stern also interviewed former Vice President Kamala Harris last October after she took Biden’s spot at the top of the Democratic ticket.

During an hour-long live interview with the Democratic presidential candidate, Stern repeatedly ripped into Trump and expressed disbelief that anyone would vote for him. At one point, he claimed the sun would “go out” if Trump was re-elected.

“With all this pressure on you right now, and you’ve got to win, you just have to,” he told Harris at the time. “I really believe we’re in for the darkest skies on the planet, like the sun’s literally going to go out.”

God bless you for doing this,” he said about her presidential bid.

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Bills star calls out fans who left stadium early before epic comeback victory

Some Buffalo Bills fans left Orchard Park, New York, early on Sunday night as the team went down 40-25 with under 12 minutes left to play in the fourth quarter against the Baltimore Ravens.

Little did they know, Josh Allen and the Bills’ defense were going to orchestrate an improbable comeback. Allen was responsible for three touchdowns in the fourth quarter and helped get the Bills up the field for Matt Prater’s 32-yard game-winning field goal. Defensive tackle Ed Oliver also caused Derrick Henry to fumble – the running back’s only blemish during the night.

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Allen implored Bills fans to have some more confidence in the team going forward.

“Our team didn’t quit,” he said after the game. “I think there’s people who left the stadium. That’s OK. We’ll be fine. But have some faith next time.”

The Bills had to have a few things fall their way to even sniff the lead at the end of the game. It really started with Buffalo’s final drive of the first half.

Allen and the Bills had the ball with 31 seconds left in the second quarter. He completed a 26-yard pass to Khalil Shakir and clocked the ball with eight seconds left. Instead of trying for a Hail Mary throw into the end zone, Allen found Dalton Kincaid streaking across the field and made a pinpoint throw to the tight end with one second left.

Prater hit a field goal from 43 yards out to keep Buffalo to within one score of the Ravens.

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With 4:05 left in the fourth quarter, Allen dropped back to pass in the red zone on 4th-and-2, he fired a pass to the end zone. It was tipped by a Bills player and somehow Keon Coleman made the catch in the end zone. Buffalo was within eight points of the lead.

The Henry fumble led to another Bills touchdown. The Ravens got the ball back and could have put the game away with a first down. But they only gained seven yards on three plays. Coach John Harbaugh elected to punt the ball away and let his defense take over.

Allen led Buffalo on a nine-play, 66-yard drive that ended with Prater’s game-winner.

“Josh, he’s always been like that though. He wants the ball in key moments of the game,” coach Sean McDermott said. “That’s what the great ones, that’s their mindset. That’s what they want, that’s what they do. And he’s never out of it in his mind.”

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Allen was 33-of-46 with 394 passing yards in the win. He had two passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns.

Scientists stunned by unexpected virus discovery in Parkinson’s patients’ brains

A virus long thought to be harmless may actually play a role in Parkinson’s disease, a condition that affects more than one million Americans.

Northwestern Medicine scientists discovered Human Pegivirus (HPgV) in the brains and spinal fluid of people with Parkinson’s, but not in those without the disease. The results challenge decades of assumptions about the virus.

“HPgV is a common, symptomless infection previously not known to frequently infect the brain,” Dr. Igor Koralnik, chief of neuroinfectious diseases at Northwestern, said in a press release.

“We were surprised to find it in the brains of Parkinson’s patients at such high frequency and not in the controls.”

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The findings were published in the journal JCI Insight.

Researchers examined post-mortem brain tissue from 10 Parkinson’s patients and 14 people who died of other causes. The virus appeared in five of the 10 Parkinson’s brains and none of the 14 controls.

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It also turned up in spinal fluid samples, suggesting the virus could be active in the nervous system. Patients carrying HPgV showed more advanced brain changes tied to Parkinson’s, including protein buildup and altered brain chemistry.

The team didn’t stop at brain tissue. Using blood samples from more than 1,000 participants in a project led by The Michael J. Fox Foundation, researchers saw the same immune system changes linked to the virus.

Even more striking: patients with a Parkinson’s-related mutation in the LRRK2 gene responded differently to HPgV than those without the mutation.

“This suggests it could be an environmental factor that interacts with the body in ways we didn’t realize before,” Koralnik said. 

“It may influence how Parkinson’s develops, especially in people with certain genetic backgrounds.”

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Parkinson’s disease is the second most common brain disorder after Alzheimer’s, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. While a small percentage of cases are inherited, most patients don’t have a family history, and the cause has remained unknown.

If HPgV truly plays a role, it could help explain why some people develop Parkinson’s while others do not. It could also open the door to new treatments targeting viruses or the immune system.

“The study detected traces of HPgV more often in brains of people with Parkinson’s disease than in controls. This raises the possibility of a link between viral exposure and Parkinson’s, but it’s far too early to say the virus causes the disease,” Dr. Joel Salinas, a behavioral neurologist and associate professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, told Fox News Digital.

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Salinas, who was not involved in the study, also said that much larger and longer-term studies will be needed to determine whether this association has real clinical significance. 

“For now, people should know this is early research and not a reason to worry—there’s no overwhelming evidence yet that this virus causes Parkinson’s, similar to how work on herpesviruses in Alzheimer’s has suggested a possible link but remains to be fully established.”

According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, nearly 90,000 Americans are diagnosed every year. That number is expected to reach 1.2 million by 2030.

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The Northwestern team plans to expand their study to see how often HPgV is found in people with Parkinson’s versus healthy controls, and whether other viruses may be involved.

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“For a virus that was thought to be harmless, these findings suggest it may have important effects in the context of Parkinson’s disease,” Koralnik said. 

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“We also aim to understand how viruses and genes interact; insights that could reveal how Parkinson’s begins and could help guide future therapies.”

Mugshots released as two teens charged in fatal shooting of Capitol Hill intern

Police released mugshots of the two 17-year-olds accused in the June shooting death of a Capitol Hill intern in Washington, D.C.

The victim, 21-year-old University of Massachusetts Amherst student Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, an intern for Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kan., was fatally shot June 30 about a mile from the White House.

Suspects Kelvin Thomas Jr., of Southeast D.C., and Jailen Lucas, of Northwest D.C., are pictured in mugshots obtained by FOX5 DC.

The two were arrested Friday and charged as adults with premeditated first-degree murder while armed. Police are also searching for Naqwan Antonio Lucas, 18, of Granby, Massachusetts, who is wanted on a D.C. Superior Court warrant for premeditated first-degree murder while armed.

Police said the suspects also injured a woman and a 16-year-old boy during the attack.

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In July, the House held a moment of silence for Tarpinian-Jachym. 

Rep. Estes called him a “dedicated and thoughtful and kind person who loved our country.”

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Attorney General Pam Bondi said the suspects “will face severe justice” if convicted, adding, “We hope this provides some measure of solace to his family.”

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It remains unclear if Naqwan Lucas and Jailen Lucas are related. Officials have not confirmed whether Naqwan Lucas has a prior criminal record.

MPD offers a standard $25,000 reward for information leading to a D.C. homicide conviction. In this case, the FBI’s Washington Field Office has added $15,000 and the U.S. Marshals Service $10,000, raising the total reward for Naqwan Lucas to $50,000.

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Officials urge anyone with information on Naqwan Lucas to call police at 202-727-9099 or text tips to 50411, and not to approach him.