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Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Video shows ex-'American Idol' contestant's emotional outburst after he allegedly killed his wife
Newly released bodycam video obtained by Fox News Digital shows the husband of an Ohio teacher, who was shot and killed inside the couple's home, reacting in the immediate aftermath of her death.
Caleb Flynn, 39, is charged with murder stemming from the death of his wife, Ashley Flynn.
The mother, teacher and volleyball coach was shot and killed inside the family's Tipp City home on Feb. 16. Caleb Flynn was arrested later the same week after he initially called 911 to report that someone had broken into the family’s home.
Video released by Tipp City police shows officers arriving at the home believing they were responding to a botched burglary attempt, with some clips blurred while showing the inside of the residence.
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The officers subsequently encounter Caleb Flynn inside the home.
"Oh, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus," a sobbing Caleb Flynn says in the video.
"Is she, is she gone?" he asks. "What do I do with my daughters?"
Caleb Flynn continues to appear frantic throughout the initial search of the home, loudly crying and hyperventilating as officers attempt to communicate with him.
At one point, he can be heard calling his own mother to inform her of the situation.
"Ashley’s dead," he repeats, sobbing, "Mommy, she’s gone. I don’t know what to do."
Several minutes later, bodycam video captures Caleb Flynn exiting the home before stumbling and falling to the ground.
He is later seen throwing up in the front yard of his home as he is comforted by a woman who arrived at the scene and is later identified as the children’s grandmother.
"The girls don’t know," he adds, as the woman also breaks down in tears.
The couple shared two daughters, who were asleep inside the home when the shooting happened, according to a 911 call and the bodycam video.
In a 911 call obtained by Fox News Digital, Caleb Flynn can be heard telling authorities that someone broke into his house and killed his wife.
"Oh my god, somebody broke into my home, somebody broke into my home and shot my wife," Caleb Flynn said. "My wife, she's got two shots to her head, there's blood everywhere. Oh my god, oh my god, oh my God."
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The dispatcher then asked if Ashley was breathing, to which he responded, "No, I don’t think so."
"Ashley, Ashley, baby, baby please, oh my god, there's no - she's not!" he said.
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Caleb Flynn then added that he found the door "leading to the garage door" "wide open" at the time of the shooting.
Additionally, the individual who called 911 told dispatchers that the kids were asleep in their rooms at the home, according to News Center 7.
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"Someone broke into the RP [reporting person’s] house, unknown if they are still there. Garage door is open," the dispatcher said. "There was apparently a female shot in the head. Is not responding currently."
"Squad is en route; they aren’t staged yet. Are they good to respond in?" the dispatcher asked.
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"Yes, one person only," a first responder replied.
The two young children were reportedly asleep in their bedrooms when the shooting happened.
"RP and juvenile daughter are locked in a bedroom," the dispatcher told police, according to the outlet. "Just a correction — the juveniles are going to be in their own rooms asleep currently."
Three days later, Caleb Flynn was arrested in connection with his wife’s killing.
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He is charged with murder, two counts of felonious assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of tampering with evidence.
Prosecutors allege that "Caleb Flynn murdered his wife [redacted] in the morning hours of February 16, 2026," according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. He allegedly used a 9mm handgun to kill his wife and later staged a crime scene inside the home, causing responding officers to be "led estray," documents said.
He was later booked into the Miami County Jail and arraigned. He pleaded not guilty to all charges and had his bond set at $2 million.
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In a previous statement to Fox News Digital, Caleb Flynn's attorney, L. Patrick Mulligan, said prosecutors rushed to accuse his client of murder.
"Caleb Flynn entered a plea of Not Guilty this morning and looks forward to defending this case. We are both disappointed and concerned about the short timeline and seeming rush to judgment in this case," Mulligan said. "When the government runs out of leads or can't develop leads and looks at a surviving spouse in cases such as these, the chance of a wrongful conviction increases."
In 2013, Caleb Flynn was a contestant on "American Idol" and was filmed talking about his love for his wife and their relationship during a Hometown Interview segment.
"I absolutely love the Lord. I love my wife more than anything. She is very, very pretty. I love her," Caleb Flynn said. "But, you know, I'm just a normal person who absolutely loves to sing more than anything in the world."
Fox News Digital has reached out to Flynn's attorney for additional comment.
Fox News Digital's Tessa Hoyos and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
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Monday, March 2, 2026
Cincinnati may be the next city to fund reparations program with marijuana tax money
The Cincinnati City Council will consider in early March a reparations housing program that would use tax revenue on marijuana to fund a portion of it.
The city is expected to discuss the "Cincinnati Real Property Reparations Program," a proposal cosponsored by Vice Mayor Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney and Councilman Scotty Johnson.
The program would offer assistance to "low-to-moderate income residents" and "any individual or family member of an individual who was prevented from buying a home due to discriminatory practices," the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
The two officials want an initial investment of $5 million for the program using proceeds from marijuana tax revenue and the city’s capital budget, according to the Enquirer. The program would target residents in 15 of the city's 52 neighborhoods, and would allow recipients to use the money for a down payment, pay delinquent property taxes or emergency home repairs.
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Supporters of the proposal point to a city housing policy from the 1920s that discriminated against Black residents from owning property. The city's Real Estate Board forbade agents from selling or renting homes to Black residents in White or suburban neighborhoods at the time. Supporters also cite federal redlining policies that prevented Black people from getting loans to purchase homes.
"Let's repair some of the damage done to low-income communities that kept the residents from owning homes and other real estate and prevented building of generational wealth," Kearney told the Enquirer.
Cincinnati NAACP President David Whitehead urged people not to be opposed to the term "reparation" and be more receptive to it.
"I think people get confused and caught up with word 'reparation,'" Whitehead said. "It’s restoring people that have been unfairly treated."
Whitehead, Kearney, nor Johnson responded to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Reparation programs continue to be debated and introduced around the country.
Evanston, Illinois was the first city to issue $25,000 in reparation payments to some Black residents, using marijuana tax revenue.
Proponents of Evanston's program said their city provided a model for others to follow.
Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss said his city showed how reparations could be a "tangible" reality.
"Our job here is just to move forward and to continue being that example, to continue illustrating that a small municipality can make real tangible progress," he said.
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Sunday, March 1, 2026
Mike Waltz turns tables on Iranian envoy at heated UN meeting
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Saeid Iravani, sparred with U.S. envoy Mike Waltz at a Security Council session on Sunday, telling the American ambassador to "be polite," a remark that drew a sharp rebuke from Waltz, who accused Tehran of killing "tens of thousands" of its own citizens and imprisoning many more simply for seeking freedom from "your tyranny."
"I have one word only: I advise to the representative of the United States to be polite," Iravani said during the emergency meeting.
Moments later, Waltz responded: "Frankly, I’m not going to dignify this with another response, especially as this representative sits here in this body representing a regime that has killed tens of thousands of its own people and imprisoned many more simply for wanting freedom from your tyranny."
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The exchange came during an emergency Security Council briefing as the United States, Israel and Iran entered war, with diplomats offering sharply different interpretations of the expanding military campaign and its legality under international law.
In extended remarks at the session, Waltz rejected what he described as Iran’s "ridiculous and frankly farcical assertion" that U.S. actions violated international law, arguing that the United States acted "in close coordination with the Government of Israel" and "in line with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations," which addresses self-defense.
He also reiterated that Iran supports armed proxies across the region and has destabilized the Middle East for decades.
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The clash unfolded against the backdrop of broader controversy surrounding Iran’s standing within the U.N. system, previously reported by Fox News Digital. Last month, Iran was elected vice chair of the U.N. Charter Committee, a body focused on examining and strengthening the principles of the U.N.’s founding document — a move that drew criticism from Israeli and Western officials.
Fox News Digital also reported earlier that month on backlash after U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres sent a congratulatory message to Iran marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, a gesture critics described as "abjectly tone-deaf" given Tehran’s human rights record.
The United States is set to assume the rotating presidency of the Security Council on March 1, a role that shifts monthly and gives the presiding country control over the council’s agenda and meeting schedule, placing Washington in a key procedural position as tensions continue to mount.
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Saturday, February 28, 2026
Anti-US protesters funded by pro-China tycoon mobilize as first bombs fall on Iran
In the dark of the night, 10 minutes before President Donald Trump even announced that the U.S. and Israel had attacked Iran, a network of U.S. nonprofits aligned with China, Russia and Tehran activated foot soldiers to hit America's streets.
Groups funded by Neville Roy Singham, a Shanghai-based, American-born tech tycoon, which regularly parrot messaging from America's adversaries, swung into action even as the initial bombs were dropping. The nearly instantaneous response was the latest salvo in an information war on the U.S., with foot soldiers called upon to converge in protests and echo anti-U.S. talking points.
At 2:34 a.m. ET, the ANSWER Coalition, a nonprofit project whose leaders self-describe as Marxist and communist, announced: "EMERGENCY NATIONWIDE DAY OF ACTION TODAY, SAT. FEB 28 — STOP THE WAR WITH IRAN!"
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It announced its network: groups that have long supported the regime in Iran, including the National Iranian American Council, 50501, American Muslims for Palestine, the People’s Forum, Palestinian Youth Movement, and CodePink. The organizations haven't responded to requests for comment. Singham did not respond to a request for comment.
The network set the language for their anti-U.S. messaging, calling the war an "unprovoked, illegal bombing of Iran." It even set up a website domain for the coordinated actions: http://ANSWERCoalition.org.
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Ten minutes later, at 2:44 a.m., Trump posted a video, confirming the attack on Iran, telling the world: "A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran.
Eight minutes later, at 2:52 a.m., the People’s Forum — a New York-based activist hub funded by Singham as an "incubator" for socialist groups — issued an "emergency" call to action for a protest in Times Square.
"🚨 EMERGENCY DAY OF ACTION IN NYC TO STOP THE WAR WITH IRAN: TODAY, 2/28 at 2PM in Times Square," the People's Forum announced.
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The ANSWER Coalition runs operations out of the People's Forum headquarters in midtown Manhattan. The People’s Forum statement mirrored the messaging in a new video released overnight before the attacks by the Chinese Communist Party, framing the U.S. as an imperial and colonial power. The People's Forum said:
"This war serves no one but a tiny elite and oil executives and is a continuation of more than two years of genocide in Palestine and US-Israeli aggressions throughout the region," The People's Forum said in a statement.
The same network has mobilized rapidly in past high-profile national security incidents. It previously rallied in support of Nicolás Maduro after U.S. authorities arrested him and his wife, Sylvia Flores, on Jan. 3 for alleged involvement in narcoterrorism.
Earlier this month, when the State Department sent a report to the U.S. Congress raising concerns about this network, it stated, "Organizations like Code Pink and the People’s Forum denigrate the United States, whitewash the violence of Marxist regimes, and run cover for narco-terrorists like Maduro while enjoying an influx of cash from a donor network with connections to the Chinese Communist Party."
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Last summer, the same coalition — including the People’s Forum, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the ANSWER Coalition and CodePink — rallied outside the White House under the banner "Hands Off Iran." That protest was coordinated alongside the National Iranian American Council and amplified by BreakThrough News, which broadcast images of children holding anti-war signs at the White House fence.
Through the night of the joint U.S.-Israel attack on Iran, field marshals immediately readied printed signage, standardized messaging and coordinated media amplification, according to people familiar with the organizations. They linked anti-Israel activism, anti-ICE protests and anti-Trump messaging into a single narrative framework opposing what organizers call the U.S. "empire." Their messages aligned with the messages of pro-regime protests in Iran.
By 4:31 a.m., BreakThrough News, a project of BreakThrough BT Media, a nonprofit funded by Singham, promoted the day of "emergency" protests as "BREAKING" news. It shares the same address as the People's Forum, and its editor-in-chief, Ben Becker, is the son of Brian Becker, a co-founder of the ANSWER Coalition.
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At 7:19 a.m., BreakThrough News circulated a video of an alleged U.S. strike on a school, which the network's organizations repeated and amplified to portray the U.S. as an unbridled aggressor. The U.S. hasn't commented yet on that alleged strike.
By 9:09 am., China's Foreign Ministry called for an end to the strikes, its language aligning with the rhetoric of the U.S. protest infrastructure, calling for the defense of Iran's "sovereignty" and "territorial integrity."
By then, as many Americans were just awakening to the news, the protest infrastructure was fully engaged with social media graphics circulating, local chapters alerted and Times Square positioned once again as a stage for the rapid mobilization of foot soldiers who would have their images broadcast around the world with the predictable language of Americans mobilizing a "grassroots" campaign against the U.S. war on Iran.
At 11 a.m., the protests had spread to 16 hubs for the ANSWER Coalition and the Party for Socialism and Liberation: Chicago; Washington, D.C.; Akron, Cincinnati and Cleveland in Ohio; Asheville and Charlotte in North Carolina; Boston, Burlington, Vt.; San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Davis and Los Angeles in California, Providence, R.I; Tucson, Ariz. and Eugene, Ore.
A network of pro-regime organizations in Chicago released their own press release, parroting the messaging against "the U.S. empire."
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Friday, February 27, 2026
Kristen Stewart's rambling ICE comments about LA trigger fierce 'word salad' backlash
Kristen Stewart's latest comments on the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles drew intense scrutiny online, as critics questioned the actress’ scattered thoughts about feeling like the city is being dismantled.
"I can't stand the idea that – the dismantling of the culture that did have a hand in, like, making me who I am, which is so meaningless in the face of people's lives being, like, completely unearthed, uprooted, destroyed," Stewart said while being interviewed by Architectural Digest.
"This is, like, not who we are," she added. "So, like, where I'm from, I don't identify with that right now. And so, like, I – I definitely am dying every day thinking, 'So do we make movies about this? Do we throw all of our money at it? Do we stop buying burgers in the daytime? What do we do about this?' Like, I can't fathom that it's happening until it doesn't happen. It's like Los Angeles doesn't exist without all of us."
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Architectural Digest shared the video of Stewart's response to Instagram, with critics branding the actress’ comments "word salad."
"There's still time to delete this and post something relevant to architecture instead," one user commented.
"Elite-level word salad right there," another added.
"Nobody cares what actresses think," one user said.
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However, others praised Architectural Digest for sharing Stewart's thoughts.
"All the soulless people in the comments , my god help us . I commend you @archdigest for contributing to the conversation," one comment read.
"How are people struggling so much to understand what she’s saying? To me this is a very clear and passionate response to the question," another user wrote. "And I commend her for taking that moment to speak on it, and think her reasoning is spot on."
"LA loves her hard," one user said. "Y’all negative Nancy’s can stay pressed."
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Stewart has been eyeing an exit from the U.S.
The "Twilight" star revealed in an interview with The Times that she's cultivating her directorial career around being able to create films in Europe because she "can't work freely" in America.
Her directorial debut, "The Chronology of Water," was shot in Latvia as "it would have been impossible to do in the States."
The bi-coastal actress — who spends time in Los Angeles and New York — admitted that she's "probably not" going to live in the states for much longer.
"I can’t work freely there," Stewart said. "But I don’t want to give up completely. I’d like to make movies in Europe and then shove them down the throat of the American people."
Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report.
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Thursday, February 26, 2026
Walz slams Trump admin for temporarily halting Medicaid funding to Minnesota: 'Campaign of retribution'
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accused the Trump administration of unleashing a "campaign of retribution" against his state after Vice President JD Vance announced a temporary pause in Medicaid funding there.
Vance’s announcement was made after President Donald Trump railed against fraud in Minnesota on Tuesday evening in his State of the Union address.
Vance said Wednesday that he is giving Walz 60 days to clean up how the state doles out funding, adding, "We are stopping the federal payments that will go to the state government until the state government takes its obligations seriously to stop the fraud that's being perpetrated against the American taxpayer."
"This is a campaign of retribution. Trump is weaponizing the entirety of the federal government to punish blue states like Minnesota," Walz, a Democrat, wrote in response on X. "These cuts will be devastating for veterans, families with young kids, folks with disabilities, and working people across our state."
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"This has nothing to do with fraud. The agents Trump allegedly sent to investigate fraud are shooting protesters and arresting children," Walz added. "His DOJ is gutting the U.S. Attorney’s Office and crippling their ability to prosecute fraud. And every week Trump pardons another fraudster."
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment.
The administration and Congress have zeroed in on rampant abuse of federal taxpayers' funds since December 2025, when details of Minnesota's fraud relating to social and welfare programs stretching back to the COVID-19 pandemic first came into the national spotlight. Investigators have since estimated the Minnesota scheme could top $9 billion.
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Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said Wednesday that the pause marks "the largest action against fraud that we've ever taken" at the federal agency, before launching into how the administration is deferring funds to the state.
"It's going to be $259 million of deferred payments for Medicaid to Minnesota, which we're announcing, as I speak, to Gov. Walz and his team," Oz said. "That's based on an audit of the last three months of 2025. Restated, a quarter billion dollars is not going to be paid this month to Minnesota for its Medicaid claims."
"We have notified the state and said that we will give them the money, but we're going to hold it and only release it after they propose and act on a comprehensive corrective action plan to solve the problem," Oz also said. "If Minnesota fails to clean up the systems, the state will rack up $1 billion of deferred payments this year."
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