Bryan Kohberger saw a news article about a white Hyundai Elantra having been identified as a suspect vehicle in the Idaho student murders and immediately panicked, according to the forensic team that analyzed his phone.

"I think the vehicle was a huge stress point for him, because he had registered it to park there," said Jared Barnhart, who along with his wife Heather works at the digital forensics firm Cellebrite. "He had a PDF download of like a list of Hyundai Elantras for the university, you know, and you can see this long list of cars."

Kohberger was attending Washington State University, just 10 miles from the crime scene adjacent to the University of Idaho, and had been pulled over driving near both campuses in the weeks before the murders.

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The car was still on his mind in the hours before his arrest, according to the Barnharts.

"If you weren't the bad guy, you wouldn't care, but he was scrambling, and he thought the police were on him," Jared Barnhart told Fox News Digital. "And they were. They were at that point."

According to phone data reviewed by the Barnharts, Kohberger did the following during the late-night hours of Dec. 29, 2022:

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"Literally the pressure of, 'Oh, look, they're really talking about my car,' caused...within 15 minutes of behavior, him trying to clean it and get rid of it," Jared Barnhart told Fox News Digital. "Just not normal."

At around 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 30, police swarmed his parents' house and arrested him.

Police found a Ka-Bar sheath at the crime scene that had Kohberger's DNA on it, which led them to his parents' house in the Poconos with help from the FBI and state-of-the-art techniques called investigative genetic genealogy.

But detectives have maintained that even if they didn't have the sheath, they would have found Kohberger by hunting down leads connected to the suspect vehicle, which appeared on surveillance cameras coming and going from the crime scene. 

Last month, after his lawyers failed to convince a judge to throw out key evidence and have the potential death penalty taken off of the table, Kohberger pleaded guilty to the murders of Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.

All but Kernodle are believed to have been asleep at the start of the 4 a.m. home invasion attack.

He received four consecutive sentences of life without parole, plus another 10 years. 

England’s distinctive red-and-white St. George’s Cross and iconic union jack flags are making a comeback across the United Kingdom, with supporters calling the resurgence patriotic while critics in the media warn it shows extremism, echoing MAGA-like culture wars across the pond.

The dispute over the flag is the latest symbol of Britain’s political discourse, with Reform UK and Nigel Farage invoking U.S. President Donald Trump-style populism to rally Englishmen.

"Operation Raise the Colours" has called for people to put their flags up where they live and in their everyday lives to rally Britons. The online movement is encouraging people to continue putting up England St. George's Cross and union jack flags.

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"Raise The Colours!," wrote MP for Newark, U.K. and Shadow Lord Chancellor Robert Jenrick on X. "While Britain-hating councils take down our own flags, we raise them up. We must be one country, under the Union Flag."

Tower Hamlets and Birmingham City Council recently decided to tear down English flags that had been hung up in the streets by patriotic supporters of the movement.

The government has not taken an official stance on "Operation Raise the Colours," but Downing Street has commented on putting up flags.

"Patriotism will always be an important thing to him," a spokesperson for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said. 

Asked if Sir Keir is supportive of people who put up English flags, the spokesperson said: "Absolutely, patriotism, putting up English flags. We put up English flags all around Downing Street every time the English football team – women’s and men’s – are out trying to win games for us."

Some left-leaning outlets describe the campaign as zealousness, not patriotism. The Guardian cautioned the campaign "may offer cover for far-right agendas."

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One woman who spoke on the condition of anonymity in BBC's reporting described how the campaigners marked a crosswalk with red crosses to look like the St. George's flag as "pointless" and said it came across as "very racist."

A YouGov poll in June showed Reform UK party would be Britain’s largest political party if a general election were held. Farage has always been a longstanding ally of the president and in February hailed Trump's victory as "an inspiration".

Historically overshadowed by the union jack until the 1990s, St. George's Cross flags now dominate at sports events. 

YouGov polling also shows a majority favorable toward flying the St. George’s Cross, but a sizable minority view it negatively. 

A higher majority shows support for the Union Jack, Scotland's St. Andrew's Cross and Wales' The Red Dragon over the St. George's Cross.

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The row over England’s flag is set to intensify ahead of local and national elections, with councils deciding whether to allow the banners.

Farage did not immediately return Fox News Digital's request for comment.

Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from federal custody Friday in Tennesee and is slated to return to his family in Maryland, though his legal proceedings are far from over.

Abrego Garcia, who was charged earlier this year with transporting illegal migrants in the U.S., will remain under the custody of his brother.

The criminal investigation that resulted in those charges, stemming from a 2022 traffic stop, was later revealed to have begun while he was detained in El Salvador, raising questions about the nature of the probe.  

U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes on Friday entered a new federal court order in the Middle District of Tennessee detailing certain conditions of his release from federal custody, where his attorneys had asked that he be held in custody for an additional 30 days, citing fears that he would immediately be arrested by ICE and deported again— this time to a third country, such as Mexico or South Sudan.

The order Friday codifies certain conditions of Abrego Garcia's release. It clarifies that he should be placed in the custody of his brother— who is his designated third-party custodian— prior to trial. Abrego Garcia will also be required to wear an electronic monitoring device, and report to Pretrial Services for the District of Maryland ahead of his trial.

He must report there no later than 10 a.m. on Monday, August 25, Judge Holmes said. 

"Thereafter, Abrego must remain in the custody of his brother as the designated third-party custodian and in compliance with all conditions of pretrial release," she said in her order.

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The Justice Department had argued against his release, alleging he was a danger to the community.

But both U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes and U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw separately determined that Abrego Garcia was eligible to be released from criminal custody pending trial.

Judge Crenshaw noted in a 37-page ruling that the Justice Department "fails to provide any evidence that there is something in Abrego’s history, or his exhibited characteristics, that warrants detention." 

Judge Holmes in July also agreed to stay his release from federal custody for 30 days, granting a request made by Abrego Garcia's attorneys, who had cited fears that ICE would detain him and immediately begin the process to remove him to a third country.

Justice Department officials told a federal judge in Maryland at a hearing last month that they planned to immediately take him into ICE custody pending his release from U.S. Marshal custody and deport him to a third country, regardless of the status of his criminal case.

"There’s no intention to just put him in limbo in ICE custody while we wait for the criminal case to unfold," a lawyer for DOJ told the court.

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That judge, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, later issued an order blocking ICE  from immediately deporting Abrego Garcia if and when he is released from federal custody.

Judge Xinis, who since March has presided over the separate, months-long civil case involving Abrego Garcia that was brought by his family in March, also ordered the administration to give Abrego Garcia a 72-hour notice period before beginning any deportation proceedings, in order to allow him access to his counsel, as well s the ability to challenge his removal to a third country.

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Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador in March in violation of a 2019 court order, and in what Trump administration officials later acknowledged was an "administrative error."

Abrego Garcia entered the country illegally more than a decade ago and had been living in Maryland with his wife and child when authorities deported him to a maximum security prison in El Salvador in March.

Trump officials have repeatedly alleged that Abrego Garcia is a vicious MS-13 gang member — a notion U.S. Judge Waverly Crenshaw, who has overseen his criminal case in Tennessee, dismissed as "fanciful."

Earlier this week, Abrego Garcia's attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the criminal case against him, arguing in a new court filing that the criminal case by the Trump administration amounts to a "vindictive" and selective prosecution.

"Those motions are infrequently made and rarely succeed," they acknowledged. "But if there has ever been a case for dismissal on those grounds, this is that case."

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An appellate court handed President Trump a "tremendous victory" on Thursday, tossing out the $500 million civil fraud penalty levied against him in the high-profile case brought forth by state Attorney General Letitia James in a move constitutional law attorney Jonathan Turley described as "long overdue."

"This entire effort [was] a grotesque use of this New York law," he said on "The Faulkner Focus."

"No one lost money in this case. The banks actually wanted more business from President Trump… It was an effort by Letitia James to have a trophy win against Trump."

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"What this opinion has done is to reduce what was a mounted marlin to something of a guppy," he added.

Turley told guest host Aishah Hasnie the decision is "good news" for the New York court system, which he argued had lost credibility during the legal process against Trump.

"Many of us stood there in disbelief that James was allowed to do this. She succeeded in securing… a very favorable judge… and I want to note that both the judge and James tried to effectively price Trump out of even appealing the case. They insisted that he would have to pony up half a billion dollars just to question what they did in the case, and it was an outrageous effort to effectively price out an appeal," he said.

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"It didn't work, and now we can see that the appellate court said this should never have happened in terms of the fine."

Turley concluded by saying that the appellate court delivered a message to the New York business and legal communities that they refuse to allow "raw lawfare."

The New York Appellate Division overturned President Trump's civil fraud penalty on Thursday, ruling the disgorgement was an excessive fine that violates the Eighth Amendment.

The move does not exonerate the president, however, and the five-member panel upheld findings that Trump and his company were liable — affirming that James acted within her authority and that injunctive relief to curb Trump Organization practices was appropriate. 

Fox News' Michael Dorgan and Maria Paronich contributed to this report.

FIRST ON FOX: Two illegal migrants from Guatemala currently living in the U.S. were charged with rape, aggravated sodomy, and the kidnapping of a woman from an Oklahoma casino earlier this week. 

The victim told police that she was taken by the two illegal migrants against her will from the First Council Casino & Resort in Newkirk, Oklahoma, and was raped and assaulted repeatedly while traveling from Oklahoma to Arkansas City, Kansas.

Luis Miguel Dominguez-Barrios, an illegal migrant from Guatemala, crossed the southern border illegally on Aug. 31, 2013, and was subsequently released by the Obama administration.  

Dominguez-Barrios had previously been arrested for disorderly conduct, domestic violence, and threatening a law enforcement officer.  

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Jose Fernando-Lux Morales, who is also an illegal migrant from Guatemala, crossed the southern border illegally as an unaccompanied minor in 2018.

Dominguez-Barrios, currently being held on a $1 million bond after being charged with rape, aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated kidnapping, and his alleged accomplice Fernando-Lux Morales are being held on a $500,000 bond for aggravated kidnapping.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has also tacked on arrest detainers, which request local law enforcement to notify ICE before potentially releasing criminals from custody, as well as holding individuals for up to 48 hours before their scheduled release time to allow the immigration agency to assume custody.

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"Depraved, violent predators like Luis Miguel Dominguez-Barrios and Jose Fernando-Lux Morales have no place in our country," Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital. "Under President Trump and Secretary Noem’s leadership, vicious criminals who kidnap and sexually assault women will face the consequences for their heinous crimes and will never be allowed to prey on innocent Americans again."

"ICE’s arrest detainers ensure these criminal illegal aliens never walk free on U.S. streets again," McLaughlin added.

According to McLaughlin, DHS has arrested more than 359,000 illegal aliens and removed more than 332,000 as of Monday.

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The Department of Homeland Security recently implemented a hiring campaign to recruit additional ICE agents as deportations and arrests ramped up under Secretary Kristi Noem and the Trump administration. 

Fox News Digital reported last week that more than 100,000 Americans have applied for the role. 

The Arkansas City, Kansas police department told Fox News Digital they could not comment on an ongoing matter and First Council Casino & Resort in Oklahoma could not be reached for comment.  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) no longer recommends the COVID-19 vaccine for children — but a major medical group is going against that guidance.

On Tuesday, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released its latest annual immunization schedule for children — and it includes vaccines for COVID-19, in addition to flu and RSV.

"Infants and children 6 through 23 months of age are at the highest risk for severe COVID-19," the AAP states in its release.

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"Given this, the AAP recommends a COVID-19 vaccine for all children ages 6 through 23 months old to help protect against serious illness."

The AAP also recommends a "single dose of age-appropriate COVID-19 vaccine" for kids and teens 2 and older who are at high risk of severe COVID, have never been vaccinated before, and who live with people who are at a high risk of severe disease.

"The AAP also recommends the vaccine be available for children aged 2-18 who do not fall into these risk groups, but whose parent or guardian desires them to have the protection of the vaccine," the release states.

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"Among the reasons we decided to move to a risk-based recommendation for healthy older children is the fact that the hospitalization rate for young children and children with underlying medical conditions remains high, in line with rates for many of the other vaccine-preventable diseases for which we vaccinate," said Sean O’Leary, M.D., chair of the AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases, in the release.

In May 2025, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that COVID-19 vaccines would be removed from the CDC’s routine immunization schedule for healthy children and pregnant women. 

Instead of a universal recommendation, the CDC’s updated guidance calls for "shared clinical decision-making," in which parents and doctors discuss the benefits and risks of vaccination for each individual case.

"Where the parent presents with a desire for their child to be vaccinated, children 6 months and older may receive COVID-19 vaccination, informed by the clinical judgment of a healthcare provider and personal preference and circumstances," the CDC’s guidance states.

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In total, the AAP’s schedule includes immunizations against 18 diseases, recommended for all children from birth to age 18.

The AAP noted in a press release that its vaccine schedule "differs from recent recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the CDC."

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Other included updates involve the pentavalent meningococcal vaccine, the starting age of the human papilloma virus vaccine, and removal of a hepatitis vaccine that is no longer available, the release states.

Cases of Valley fever are spiking in California, according to health officials.

As of the end of July, there were 6,761 cases confirmed — which means if this pace continues, the total 2025 numbers will likely exceed the 12,595 cases seen in 2024.

Last year’s total was a new record for the state, where the average has been 7,000 to 9,000 cases annually between 2016 and 2024, per data from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).

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The case count is likely to increase due to delays in reporting.

"Valley fever is a serious illness that’s here to stay in California," said Erica Pan, director of the state public health department, in a statement.

Named after the San Joaquin Valley in California, Valley fever is an infection caused by breathing in the spores of a fungus called Coccidioides, which originates in the soil. 

Southern Arizona and Southern California have the highest volume of cases, per the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — but the disease is also prevalent in New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas and parts of Washington state.

Research has shown that periods of drought followed by precipitation can promote growth of the Valley fever fungus, sending spores into the air that people breathe in.

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Dr. George Thompson, a professor at UC Davis Health and co-director of the Center for Valley fever in Sacramento, previously spoke with Fox News Digital about the ramp-up in cases. 

"We have seen a gradual increase in cases over the last five years, and a greater number of patients are coming into our clinic for diagnosis and treatment," he said at the time.

While geographic location heightens the overall risk of contracting Valley fever, the CDC notes that certain groups are more vulnerable.

These include people 60 years of age and older, those who have weakened immune systems as a result of certain diseases or medical conditions, pregnant women, people with diabetes, and people who are Black or Filipino.

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Symptoms of Valley fever can vary in type and severity, but they tend to mimic those seen in patients with COVID-19, experts say.

"Some [people] may have a fever, chills or fatigue, or just feel generally unwell," Thompson of UC Davis Health said.

However, he said he does see some severe cases where patients experience respiratory illness and difficulty breathing.

Other symptoms may include extreme fatigue, bone or joint pain, night sweats, fever, chest pain, severe headaches, weight loss and skin rashes, according to the CDPH.

Thompson estimated that for 1% to 3% of people, the infection will leave the lungs and travel to other parts of the body, which can lead to meningitis.

People who experience severe Valley fever illness may need to be treated in a hospital, and may need ongoing medical care for months or years, health officials cautioned.

Although it’s rare, people outside the high-risk groups can experience severe effects from Valley fever.

One of those is Rob Purdie from California, who contracted Valley fever in 2012 when he was 38. The infection led to meningitis, which caused severe headaches and double vision, he previously told Fox News Digital.

The spores of the fungus had spread from his lungs to his brain and nervous system, a potentially fatal condition.

More than a decade later, Purdie lives with the lingering effects of disseminated coccidioidal meningitis caused by Valley fever. 

Since the fungus that causes Valley fever lives in the soil, infection is often "hobby-related," Thompson said. He said he sees many cases among people who are in archeology or who spend a lot of time outdoors. 

For those in high-risk groups, the doctor recommends avoiding construction sites or areas where soil is often stirred up into the air. 

People can also wear an N95 respirator, a type of high-quality mask, to minimize exposure in dusty areas.

Not everyone who acquires Valley fever requires medical treatment, although some may benefit from antifungal medications.

Those who have severe symptoms, take immunocompromising medications, have cancer, have HIV, are pregnant or have had an organ transplant are likely to need antifungals.

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A blood test sent to a lab can confirm a current or prior infection of Valley fever, and a chest X-ray or CT scan can detect cases of pneumonia, according to the CDC.

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Anyone who has experienced cough, fever, fatigue or other Valley fever symptoms for more than seven to 10 days should see a doctor, especially if they have been around dirt or dust in areas where the fungus is prevalent.