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LA squatters take over luxury Hollywood Hills mansion, rent rooms to OnlyFans models: report

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A squatter took over a luxury seven-bedroom Hollywood Hills home and created fake leases to rent out rooms to OnlyFans models, according to reports.

Real estate agents on the listing, Emily Randall Smith and her husband, told Fox 11 when they went to check in on the home in January, they noticed something strange.

“We walked up the property and the lock box was cut off. And there was a mailbox someone had ordered and put up. Like that was very weird, that was not here before,” Randall Smith told Fox 11.

The couple called the police when Randall Smith’s husband walked to the side of the house and spotted a man sleeping inside.

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A luxurious seven-bedroom mansion in the Hollywood Hills was taken over by squatters where they even set up a business inside the home, Fox 11 reported. (FOX 11)

However, the couple said police were unable to get the man to leave, so they waited until he left on his own and called police again. That’s when they learned the squatter had allegedly written a fake lease allowing OnlyFans models to create their content in the house and rent rooms to them, according to the couple. They had also allegedly thrown wild parties.

“They knocked on the door and I guess some girl opened it, and she ended up being an OnlyFans model and I guess the guy who had broken into the house had started this whole business and was renting these rooms out to the girls,” Randall Smith said.

Police then escorted the woman, her dog and everyone’s belongings out of the house. But the Smiths were left with piles of filth to clean up.

Randall Smith claimed the squatters left human waste around the mansion, cut the cords to the security systems and even installed their own Wi-Fi.

No one was arrested that night in January, but Randall Smith hopes the person is caught.

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Police escorted a woman and her dog out of the property. Randall Smith tells Fox 11 that no one was arrested. (FOX 11)

A multi-million dollar home on the border of Beverly Hills was also taken over by squatters in January. Frustrated neighbors reported the group partying into all hours of the night.

California isn’t the only state seeing an increase in squatter problems.

Lawmakers in Georgia are taking aim at Atlanta’s squatting crisis with a proposed bill that would make the act a clear criminal offense as neighborhoods around the metro area continue to assess the situation with tied hands.

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A home in Hollywood Hills was trashed by squatters, according to the LA PD. (Fox 11)

Approximately 1,200 homes have been taken over by squatters, according to the National Rental Home Council trade group, but with local law enforcement bound by tenant rights laws, homeowners have limited options to reclaim their property.

“Our country is so upside down in so many ways,” Flash Shelton previously told Fox News. “It’s not just squatters. There are a lot of issues that we need to deal with, and I don’t think we’re finding a way to deal with them.”

Shelton gained international fame last year after he posted a video showing how he turned the tables on squatters who had moved into his mother’s house in California while it was up for sale.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Los Angeles Police Department for more information on the incident at the Hollywood Hills mansion, but has not yet heard back.

Fox News’s Taylor Penley and Hannah Ray Lambert contributed to this report.

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Photos: The aftermath of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

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Photos: The aftermath of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

Armed Secret Service agents stand on stage during a shooting incident at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday in Washington, D.C. According to reports, President Donald Trump, along with other government officials, were rushed from the Washington Hilton after reports of gun shots.

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The annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner ended abruptly Saturday night after gunfire was exchanged between suspect Cole Allen and Secret Service agents at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington, D.C. One agent was injured after having been shot in his bulletproof vest and has been released from the hospital.

President Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and several White House staff and cabinet members, who were not injured, were rushed from the hotel.

Allen, who is believed to have traveled from Torrance, Calif. to Washington, D.C., was arrested on the scene and is currently in custody.

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Members of the National Guard respond with weapons drawn at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other cabinet officials were rushed out of the hotel during the event when a gunman shot a U.S. Secret Service agent at a security checkpoint inside.

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Wyoming court blocks fetal heartbeat abortion law

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April 26, 2026

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Wyoming court blocks fetal heartbeat abortion law

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A Wyoming judge temporarily blocked the state’s newest abortion limit, halting enforcement of a law that prohibits most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, generally around six weeks of pregnancy.

Natrona County District Judge Dan Forgey on Friday granted temporary injunctive relief against the Human Heartbeat Act while the case plays out in court.

The plaintiffs “made a sufficient showing of irreparable injury,” Forgey wrote, adding that “the state defendants did not persuasively argue otherwise.”

He also said the plaintiffs had made “a sufficient showing of probable success” under Article 1, Section 38 of the Wyoming Constitution, which protects individuals’ rights to make their own healthcare decisions.

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The ruling is the latest turn in Wyoming’s long-running abortion fight and comes just months after the Wyoming Supreme Court struck down two earlier abortion restrictions, finding they violated the state constitution’s healthcare autonomy protections. That January decision reshaped the legal landscape in Wyoming and prompted lawmakers to try again with a narrower ban tied to the detection of fetal cardiac activity.

The law, passed during the Legislature’s 2026 session and signed by Republican Gov. Mark Gordon on March 9, took effect in March. It bars abortion beyond roughly the sixth week of pregnancy, once a fetal heartbeat is detected. The measure includes exceptions for medical emergencies that threaten a woman’s life or health, but not for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.

“Where the act does not align to my pro-life stance is in the concern for specific vulnerable populations,” Gordon wrote in a letter to lawmakers Monday.

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It echoes his reservations and expected legal fight when signing the law in March.

“I resoundingly share the determination to defend the lives of unborn children and support the intentions behind the Human Heartbeat Act,” he wrote in a statement. “Regrettably, this Act represents another well-intentioned but likely fragile legal effort with significant risk of ending in the courts rather than in lasting, durable policy. Rather than finding a remedy that saves the unborn, I fear we have only added another chapter to the sad saga of repeatedly trying to force a specific solution.”

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Gordon’s signing made Wyoming the fifth state to bar most abortions at that stage of pregnancy, along with Florida, Georgia, Iowa and South Carolina. Thirteen other states bar abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with some exceptions.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Eric Mack is a writer for Fox News Digital covering breaking news.

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The 2026 NFL Draft is complete. See the 49ers projected depth chart

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April 26, 2026

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The 2026 NFL Draft is complete. See the 49ers projected depth chart

That’s a wrap for the 2026 NFL Draft. Three days of the top football prospects yearning to actualize their dreams of making it to the NFL, are in the books.

The San Francisco 49ers concluded their selection after adding eight new players through the draft including Mississippi receiver De’Zhaun Stribling, Texas Tech edge Romello Height and Indiana running back Kaelon Black.

All of the 49ers players were selected in the second round or later, after the team traded the No. 27 overall pick for extra selections.

“Our gut was to stay and pick. We really like De’Zhaun Stribling. Everything that he stands for. The player, the person. We have a deal, the highest standard as a 49er in our draft process is called the gold helmet. It’s checking every box, on the field, off the field, athleticism. De’Zhaun was one of the 16 that we gave this year,” 49ers general manager John Lynch said. “So to make that your first pick at wide receiver, the way that he plays, his physicality that he plays with, his speed, his size. We just love the whole package and it kept growing and growing to the point where we were proud to make him a 49er.”

The full list of 49ers draftees includes Oklahoma defensive tackle Gracen Halton, Washington offensive lineman Carter Willis, Washington defensive back Ephesians Prysock, Louisiana linebacker Jaden Dugger and Kansas offensive lineman Enrique Cruz Jr.

While some players in the draft immediately earn starting jobs on their new teams, the newest 49ers most likely won’t be. Between key starters returning and splash offseason signings, San Francisco’s incoming rookie class will look to earn time on the field starting as second- or third-string players.

Here’s a look at the projected depth chart for the 49ers following the 2026 draft:

Here’s a look at the San Francisco 49ers projected depth chart for the 2026 season, following the conclusion of the 2026 NFL Draft. Projected starters names are listed in bold, non-starters will have their respective string. *= 2026 draft class