Heartbroken parents issue plea after 17-year-old son's electric bike death

A North Carolina district attorney is planning on charging the 15-year-old male suspect in Thursday's shooting in Raleigh, which left five people dead, as an adult. Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman told Fox News Digital that she plans to charge the 15-year-old male suspect as an adult, "assuming he recovers." The 15-year-old male, who hasn't been named by officials, is accused of opening fire in Raleigh near the Neuse River Greenway area shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday.

– Republican Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has asked the IRS and FBI review the financials of the conservative non-profit group True The Vote for allegedly fundraising off of false statements about wide-spread voter fraud in the 2020 election. In a Friday letter obtained by Fox News Digital, Chief Special Agent Reggie Grigsby of the Special Investigations Section for Brnovich’s office accused True The Vote (TTV) of repeatedly failing to provide promised information about alleged ballot stuffing and voter fraud to his office while publicly asserting they did so in order to raise funds.

A large group of Venezuelans expelled from the United States and sent to Mexico under a new Homeland Security policy protested at the border Friday, causing officials to briefly close an international bridge leading to Texas. The protesters gathered in Matamoros, Mexico, which sits across from Brownsville, Texas. Video footage posted on social media shows a group of people gathered on the bridge appearing to talk among themselves.  A spokesperson for U.S.

A new report from Puck this week alleges that Bill Murray has paid a $100,000 settlement to a “much younger” female crew member on the film Being Mortal, the production of which Deadline first reported in April was being suspended due to a complaint made against Murray for inappropriate behavior.

The Today Show's Hoda Kotb reportedly broke down in tears on Friday as she hosted a special event at BravoCon.MORE: Hoda Kotb talks difficult career goodbyes with Today co-starThe 58-year-old was said to be seen wiping away tears during the event with Savannah Guthrie after audience member took to the stage and shared a heartbreaking story of how her daughter died in a drink driving accident.WATCH: The Today show crew become the Real Anchors in fun segment immitating the Real Housewives"Several years ago, I lost my daughter in a drunk driving crash. I don’t sleep very well, but your shows have sustained me," she told the network hosts, according to The Sun.Hoda then gave the mom a big hug as Andy Cohen, whom Hoda and Savannah were interviewing, signed the mom's book.MORE: Jenna Bush Hager shares heartfelt message to Today co-star Savannah GuthrieMORE: Savannah Guthrie shares glamorous new selfie from backstage at TodayThe two Today stars moderated the "Ask Andy" panel during Bravo's three-day fan convention in New York.

Lea Michele and Tovah Feldshuh have been starring on Broadway in Funny Girl for the past month and they’ve been getting rave reviews for their performances!

Lisa Rinna is opening up about the booing she received at BravoCon.

Victoria Beckham steps out in two more fashionable looks in New York City to cap off her week on Friday (October 14).

Lily Collins is teasing a dreamy and dramatic third season of her hit Netflix series, “Emily in Paris”.

Weighing in. Southern Charm personality Marcie Hobbs shared her thoughts on Taylor Ann Green’s comments about how Shep Rose treats his parents.

Back to his roots. Big Brother alum Joseph Abdin finally returned to his home state of Florida after spending several weeks in L.A. with the winner of his season, Taylor Hale, after the September finale.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Arcade Fire is having trouble keeping name acts in the opening slots for its arena tours. Beck has now dropped out of his position as the opener for the group’s U.S. tour, without any explanation so far. In an email sent to ticket buyers, Beck was described only as “unfortunately no longer able to join Arcade Fire on their upcoming North American tour. Taking his place will be Boukman Eksperyans,” described as a Grammy-nominated Haitian roots band. Contacted by Variety, Beck’s reps declined to comment on his bowing out. The move was not necessarily a surprise, as fans had already been speculating whether the singer-songwriter might exit the Arcade Fire outing, after Win Butler was accused of sexual misconduct in an August Pitchfork article. Feist dropped out of her opening slot on the European leg of the tour after playing just the first two dates.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Assemble Media, a literary incubator which concurrently develops its book projects for film and TV adaptation, has sold five new titles to major publishers. Founded by by director and producer Jack Heller, the round of sales includes “Eat Post Like” (to Avon, division of HarperCollins), “Promposal” (to Joy Revolution, an imprint of Delacorte at Penguin Random House), “The Wayside,” “The Light Between Sirens,” and “The Girls From Hush Cabin” (to Blackstone Publishing).  All of Assemble’s intellectual property and book concepts are developed in-house then packaged with writers and shopped to publishers. Heller’s team includes Caitlin de Lisser-Ellen and Steven Salpeter, president of literary and IP development.“The original concepts that come to life from the collaboration of our Assemble team and brilliant writers truly showcase the ingenuity and boldness of those behind the scenes,” said Heller. “We have been extremely lucky to work alongside inspiring individuals and  love watching these projects develop.”The company has served as producers on films like Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain. They also recently sold “Instafamous” to MGM and Orion TV, an original Assemble Media concept written by Alexis Nedd. It was included in the first issue of their Blackstone-published short story publication Assemble Artifacts. Read a brief synopsis of each project: “Eat Post Like” by Emily Arden Wells: Pitched as “Emily in Paris” meets “Eat Pray Love,” the story follows a woman who discovers her newly deceased-boyfriend is behind one of the most popular food critic social media accounts. She decides to take his place on a tour around the world to discover great meals and herself.

Ebanie Bridges' by weighing in for her blockbuster fight with Savannah Marshall wearing racy lingerie.The five-belt champion has turned heads this week with her verbal exchanges with her bitter rival, but on Friday it was far more than her mouth making headlines. Dressed in nothing more than knickers and bra, she happily flexed muscles as she clocked in at 160lbs.Earlier in the day, she'd taken to Twitter to ask her 106,000 followers if she should try and mimic the Australian beauty, writing: "Weigh ins today.

Ukrainian fighters are continuing to share gruesome footage of pets feasting on the dead bodies of Russian soldiers. The clips come from the infamous Cargo 200 Telegram channel, where Ukrainians routinely post gory images of Russian invaders to strike fear into their enemies' hearts.Cargo 200 is a reference to the military code word used in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet states referring to the transportation of military fatalities.READ MORE: Ukrainian fighters share graphic video of pigs eating dead Russian captainIn one of the latest uploads, a scrawny black and white cat is seen gnawing at what appears to be the foot of a corpse.

Strictly Come Dancing star Simon Webbe revealed why he would never submit to the Strictly curse.The Blue singer opened up to the Daily Star during a Facebook Live earlier this week as the dancing show is in full swing.The 43-year-old star revealed that he purposely asked for a single dance partner to avoid all of the Strictly curse drama during his time on the show.READ MORE: Strictly's Giovanni Pernice hails Richie Anderson the 'perfect student' amid 'tension' He came first runner-up on the show back in 2014 when he was partnered with Kristina Rihanoff.Explaining his decision, Simon said: "That's very important for me because I didn't want my experience of the show to be overshadowed by the Strictly curse so to speak."I was single at the time and it was nice to be able to just dance and it not mean 'ooh you fancy each other or are you gonna get it on?'"And being honest that's the kinda thing that was going on behind the scenes, it was 'are you two gonna get together or what?' And I was like 'hmm, na, sorry to disappoint'."I didn't want to have any tension like when you're walking into the room the next day when you've gotta do your job."I'm gonna just say giving your body away to somebody isn't something which is just willy nilly to me, not to me anyway, so I'd rather use that energy and put it into the dancing."Simon is now married to his beautiful wife Ayshen, who he shares a one-year-old daughter Cyan Shenel with.He also went on to mention how he hasn't spoken to his dance partner Kristina in over six years.Talking about his partner, Simon said: "I haven't spoken to Kristina in at least six years.

Barcelona team-mates Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho are set to reunite for a star-studded friendly match in honour of Diego Maradona.They'll be joined by countless football greats past and present who are coming together for the 'Match for Peace' hosted at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico on November 14, four days before the Qatar World Cup gets underway.The fixture has been organised by Pope Francis' foundation WePlayForPeace. Fellow ex-Barca stars Luis Suarez, Ivan Rakitic and Dani Alves, as well as Messi's Argentine compatriots Angel Di Maria and Maxi Rodriguez, will be taking part too.READ MORE: Lionel Messi stars alongside Ronaldinho for the ultimate crossover in TV advertRonaldinho will captain one of the teams while the other will be skippered by Lazio striker Ciro Immobile.

Russian despot Vladimir Putin's chilling nuclear warheads could wipe out five billion people and block out the sun should they be launched, an expert has warned.From 200 to 300 million dead from the initial blasts, subsequent crop troubles and radioactive soot would drop temperatures globally and starve billions.The chilling warning from disaster expert Paul Ingram comes as Putin threatens Western powers should they intervene in the Ukraine war. READ MORE: Putin's potential nuclear bomb blast will 'melt your brain and smell like rotten eggs'Warmonger Putin had previously promised to use "all means necessary" in a chilling attack that, according to expert Ingram, would mean the death of billions of people around the world.Speaking of the potential for devastation, Ingram told the Sun: "During the Cold War, it was often said that we had enough nuclear missiles to blow the world up several times over."That isn't the case anymore.

A teenage boy from Bury died after being thrown from a non-road legal, modified, electric bike last year, a court has heard. He had been warned not to use the 'sports mode' of his friend's bike but was found unconscious and bleeding a short time later.