An elderly Chicago woman has been identified 50 years after her dead body was found stuffed in a box in Indiana. The DNA Doe Project helped identify the woman as Jane Hart, who was found in a cardboard box in rural Indiana in 1976. She was 69 years old at the time of her murder. The breakthrough brings closure to this decades-long mystery that started on October 8, 1976. That day, a farmer tending to his field near Otterbein, Indiana, found a box about 15 yards from a nearby road, according to DNA Doe Project. When the farmer looked in the box, he found Hart’s body stuffed inside. She had been shot in the back of the head. Local authorities reported at the time that the box had only been in the field for about 12 hours, but estimated the woman had been killed about one week before her body was discovered. “Everybody knew everybody, so it was a big deal, you know, finding a dead body in a box,” Curtis Skoog, who was 16 at the time his dad found the box, told CBS. “I can’t explain to you how awful I felt.” It wasn’t until 2021 that DNA Doe Project got involved after the Benton County Coroner’s Office brought the case to the organization. After Hart’s DNA profile was generated, the team was able to determine that the unidentified woman was of Croatian descent. Though that was quickly identified, Hart’s DNA had just a 1.6% match to other DNAs in the databases available. “We could tell that our Jane Doe had Croatian ancestry, which posed a challenge,” said team co-leader Harmony Vollmer. “Without more people of Eastern European descent uploading to the GEDmatch.com, FamilyTreeDNA.com and DNAJustice.org databases we have access to, cases like this will remain tricky to solve.” The team made a breakthrough in 2024 when research led them to a Croatian woman who immigrated to the US in 1905 and gave birth to a daughter the next year. The daughter was brought to an orphanage, and the DNA Doe Project was able to find census records showing that the same woman later moved from Ohio to Chicago as an adult. Lo and behold, her name was Jane Hart, and in the 1970s, she appeared to vanish from the public records. “We uncovered further documentation from institutions that Jane had lived in, as well as probate records linking her to her family,” said Traci Onders, director of case management of the DNA Doe Project. “This research revealed genetic and genealogical connections that enabled us to identify her as a candidate.” The key was that Hart’s surviving family members were able to identify her. After the family took DNA tests, the results confirmed that the Jane Doe from Benton County, Indiana, was their relative. Skoog, who had spent his entire life wondering about the woman his dad found in the box, was thankful for the closure. “It’s been a long road,” he said.

A Thursday night speech from President Donald Trump on “free and fair elections” may not be broadcast on any of the major channels.  The network television stations — ABC, NBC, and CBS — have not yet committed to airing the primetime speech. The speech, expected to focus on election integrity, is set for 9:00 p.m. EST and will be streamed by The Daily Wire and across the White House social media channels.  No adjustments to the channel’s primetime schedules have been made yet, and representatives from the networks have not commented on their plans when asked by media outlets, including The Daily Wire.  Axios reported that officials from the networks “declined to comment” when asked if they would broadcast the speech, while Status reporter Natalie Korach reported that officials had yet to “divulge their coverage plans” for the speech. The Daily Wire reached out to representatives from the networks for comment.  Trump said earlier this week that his speech would focus on “free and fair elections.”  “It’s really, really big news, and our country has to shape up. That’s what we’re going to be talking about Thursday,” he said. “It doesn’t get bigger because without free and fair elections, you don’t have a country.” While various reports have suggested that the speech could focus on alleged election fraud in Georgia or Chinese election interference, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt kept the topic of the speech broad when asked by Axios.  “President Trump will deliver a major address to the nation on protecting the integrity of our elections. We encourage every American to watch the president’s speech,” she said.  The speech comes as Trump has repeatedly pushed Republicans in Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would require photo ID to vote in federal elections. MS Now reported that Trump plans to discuss newly declassified intelligence reports on foreign efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. The White House would not confirm the report, referring The Daily Wire to Trump’s public remarks. Washington Reporter journalist Matthew Foldi reported, citing “a well-placed source in Georgia,” that Trump could declare that Georgia Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock “are illegitimate because of fraud.” Trump and the broadcast channels have fought for years, and the president has sued both CBS and ABC News. A lawsuit against CBS over its selective editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris resulted in a $16 million settlement for Trump. The president was also paid $16 million to settle a defamation lawsuit against ABC over comments by host George Stephanopoulos.

Vice President JD Vance’s decision to spend nearly three hours chatting with Joe Rogan on his podcast is the type of choice that drives consultants to drink more heavily than they do on a normal Wednesday. Devoting that amount of time to open questioning and long-winded theorizing about politics, culture, and conspiracy theories is a minefield for any elected politician, and one where it’s easy to create clips that will be edited and used to make half-baked arguments or warp what’s said into an unintended context. Unfortunately for Vance, despite his well-known and much-admired communication prowess, that’s exactly what happened. On Iran, Israel, Jeffrey Epstein, and more, the vice president came across as far more interested in defending his own personal opinions than fulfilling the task of representing the Trump administration. Taken as a whole, the interview reads as if he’s already the 2028 nominee, speaking for the Republican Party he wants to manifest, not the one that currently exists under President Trump. Time and again, the knock on this VP has been simple: He’s too online. He pays far too much attention to random social media accounts criticizing his tireless advocacy for a bad deal with Iran than he does to the possibility that the deal is, well, bad. He complained vociferously to Rogan that Israel is apparently funding some of the same people who are criticizing his deal online. But given that polls show the deal is unpopular with a significant portion of Republicans, and that only a small minority of voters think it’s a better deal for America than it is for Iran, Vance seems to be investing a gargantuan belief in the effectiveness of pro-Israel propaganda to move the needle. Conservative Fox viewers and Daily Wire readers have never been sold on this deal, and now that it’s fallen apart, it’s something he should be eager to put in the rearview mirror — a collapse he should understand is the fault of Iran doing what Iran always does, not something he should blame on foreign manipulators. The sooner voters forget about Vance’s cheerleading for a doomed plan as his first major foray into foreign policy, the better it is for him. For a vice president who seems to view the world more through the lens of podcasters than real life, the prescription is clear. The biggest viral trend over the past few months for American parents is in favor of giving kids a “nineties summer” — minimal screen time, maximum outdoor time, a throwback to the America where the rare moment of connecting to the internet came with the crackling sound of AOL dial-up and people focused on the real world of their neighbors and friends, long before the word “podcast” even existed. Perhaps that’s the recipe the vice president needs to reset, and get back to being the effective voice for this administration he was in its first year. Let the podcasts roll on. Everybody needs a break sometimes.

Despite countless red flags, leftist activists continue to send out abortion pills indiscriminately all across the country.  An investigation shared with The Daily Wire by the American Association of Pro-Life OB/GYNs found that activist group Aid Access shipped pills to an investigator from the group posing as a 13-year-old girl who had three prior C-section births. The pills arrived in Indiana after investigator Dr. Christina Francis ordered the pills for a patient with a complicated medical history to see how the organization would respond.  “What this investigation uncovered is far from anything that could be called healthcare,” the American Association of Pro-Life OB/GYNs (AAPLOG) wrote in a letter obtained by The Daily Wire Thursday, sent to top Republican lawmakers. “In fact, it should be considered medical malpractice.” Restrictions around the mailing of the abortion pill mifepristone were loosened during the Biden administration, meaning pills can be sent out without an in-person appointment. That decision, still in place, occurred as abortion via pill cemented itself as the most common method to end the life of an unborn child. Pro-life activists have urged the Food and Drug Administration to reinstate those guidelines.  While filling out an Aid Access pill intake form, Francis listed several conditions, including being on blood thinners, having an intrauterine device, and a history of ectopic pregnancy. Those conditions did not deter Aid Access, and pills arrived four days after Francis ordered them.  Francis found that Aid Access sent her the pills with no identity verification, confirmation of pregnancy, or any medical consultation despite claims on its website that it would have a medical professional review a medical questionnaire answered by those looking for pills.  “To test the level of medical review and due diligence, we intentionally put red flags in our answers with several contraindications so ridiculous any one of them should have been a hard stop for a physician conducting an in-person screening and informed consent. However, we were shockingly allowed to complete the process,” AAPLOG told lawmakers.  Within minutes of filling out her form, Francis received a follow-up email with payment information and no indication that anyone had reviewed the medical information.  “The intake process did not include a live consultation with a medical professional (such as what would happen with a telehealth visit). Even an asynchronous review of the user’s health information did not occur as the payment link was emailed less than 2 minutes after request submitted,” the investigation found.  The pills were sent from a generic address in California to Indiana, where medication abortions are technically against the law. Aid Access, which says it ships abortion pills into all 50 states, did not respond to a request for comment.  AAPLOG warned that the process enabled young children to easily access the deadly pills as well as those who might want to secretly coerce abortions. Several men across the country have been charged with forced abortions via abortion pills they ordered online.  The investigation was sent Thursday to Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, as well as Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Rep. James Comer (R-KY).  AAPLOG urged them to use their “power and purview to restore common sense and basic safeguards for abortion pill distribution as a first step to protect our maternal and fetal patients.”

A King County Superior Court judge on Tuesday permanently ordered the City of Seattle to crack down on sex acts and lewd behavior at a popular beach known for attracting nude sunbathers and members of the LGBTQ community. In a 14-page ruling, Judge Samuel Chung found that illegal sexual conduct at Denny Blaine Park constitutes a public nuisance that has “substantially interfered with nearby residents’ ability to use and enjoy their homes,” according to KING5 News. The decision is a victory for a coalition of neighbors who sued the city. Chung granted the plaintiffs’ request for a permanent injunction, directing Seattle officials to increase park staffing, deter lewd conduct, prevent trespassing onto neighboring properties, and install signage informing visitors of proper behavior. Chung stopped short of ordering the permanent closure of the park, saying that course of action would not provide a long-term solution, KING 5 reported.  Located on the affluent western shore of Lake Washington, Denny Blaine Park is a 2-acre waterfront park known for swimming, picnicking, and views of Mount Rainier. For decades, the park’s grassy, unguarded beach has been a popular gathering place for LGBTQ members to strip down.  Starting in 2010 and increasing during the COVID-19 pandemic, community members began documenting “escalating incidents of public masturbation, sexual acts, voyeurism, and trespassing,” Chung wrote, according to KOMO News. The judge concluded that those activities “substantially interfere” with neighboring homeowners’ rights to use their properties safely. Court documents show that 13 homes nearby experienced a 10% decline in property values, according to KING 5. The ruling found that city officials and Seattle police handled complaints at Denny Blaine Park differently because of concerns over bias allegations and potential lawsuits, according to KOMO. Chung said evidence showed park employees were discouraged from confronting inappropriate behavior, while police often needed supervisory approval before responding to calls. Denny Blaine Park For All, a neighborhood group that sued Seattle over conditions at the park, hailed the ruling as a victory. The group’s website includes disturbing videos and photos, which it says corroborate complaints of lewd sex acts and drug use. “The court affirmed what they have been saying for years, ruling that: ‘The prevalence of nudity and lewd conducts have substantially interfered with the Plaintiff’s ability to use and enjoy their properties’ and ‘the court also finds that unlike visitors to the park, plaintiff residents’ experience with nudity and lewd conduct has been much more extensive, repeated, and harmful,'” the plaintiffs said in a statement, according to KOMO.  “The Denny Blaine community will be laser-focused on holding the city accountable and ensuring it follows the court’s orders,” the group added.  Tuesday’s ruling followed a 2025 preliminary injunction directing the city to begin abatement efforts. In response, Seattle officials submitted a plan to divide the park into two areas: clothing-optional and clothing-required.  “This plan balances the historical nude use of the park while also responding to the court order that the City must abate nuisance activities,” the Seattle Parks and Recreation website reads.  Chung found the plan failed to curb illegal behavior at the park, prompting him to issue a permanent injunction mandating increased enforcement measures. Friends of Denny Blaine, a group representing LGBTQ nude beachgoers, disagreed with the ruling, saying Denny Blaine works best “when everyone” feels safe and respected. “In particular, we believe the ruling gives substantial weight to conditions that predate the abatement measures now in place, and does not fully reflect the significant improvements at the park over the past year — improvements the evidence at trial documented,” the group said. “We believe that the evidence reflects that the park is not currently a nuisance and that the park should ultimately be restored to its full historical status as a fully clothing-optional park.”