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Crime rates aboard cruise ships leaving the U.S. have reached a two-year high, and one expert says this creates a "dark cloud" for travelers.According to data from the Department of Transportation, allegations of 48 crimes were reported onboard cruise ships from Jan. 1, 2025, to March 30, 2025. Twenty-three incidents were reported rapes, 10 were sexual assaults and seven were assaults, which all reportedly happened on cruise ships.Robert McDonald, a former Secret Service special agent and criminal justice lecturer at the University of New Haven, told Fox News Digital crime negatively affects the cruise industry. McDonald has coordinated security for various dignitaries around the world.POPULAR CRUISES SUSPEND ISLAND STOP OVER ESCALATING GANG VIOLENCE: WHAT TO KNOW"Sometimes, the cruise lines don't want to report this information on the front end, depending upon, again, what type of crime it is, which brings unfortunate attention to them, just as it would when we have airplane situations or the delays in airplanes that we're having now," McDonald said."All of that negative vibe and negative information puts a dark cloud over the industry, an industry that wants people to come to it and wants them to be comfortable spending their money."McDonald said cruises are more prone to crime because of the number of people packed in a tight area."I think anytime we get large numbers of people together, whether it's at a Super Bowl game or at a World Series game or an NBA Finals or graduations or whatnot, whenever we get people together, whenever there's alcohol involved, whenever there are people being able to let loose a little bit from their normal personality, I think that exacerbates the ability for numbers to rise in that regard," he said."Anytime we get together, those numbers are going to go up, whether that's at a resort, whether it's on a cruise ship."On March 21, two illegal immigrants were arrested after allegedly molesting a minor while onboard a Royal Caribbean cruise that set sail from Miami.Jose Prudencio Diaz, 36, and Ricardo Daniel Mondragon Leal, 37, were charged with child molestation and exhibition after an incident on Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas ship.CRUISE LINE BANS DOZENS AFTER MASSIVE BRAWL CAUGHT ON CAMERA BREAKS OUT AT TEXAS PORT: 'DO NOT SAIL LIST'The victim was identified as a 14-year-old boy who told police he was in the ship's sauna when Diaz and Leal allegedly began masturbating in front of him.According to records from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office, Diaz and Leal forced the victim to touch them. Leal also allegedly forced the minor to perform a sex act.Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on X: "We WILL get these sickos out of our country."One recent incident involved dozens of Carnival Cruise Line passengers who got into a brawl while disembarking from a ship April 26. In a video posted to social media, several cruise passengers push through crowds in the Port of Galveston cruise terminal.During the fight, which happened in the cruise port, people can be seen punching and kicking others.Carnival Cruise Line placed 24 passengers on a "do not sail list," prohibiting them from getting aboard any of the company's ships. A spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Line previously told Fox News Digital it doesn't tolerate violence."The matter was turned over to law enforcement," the spokesperson said. "We will not tolerate such behavior, and 24 people have been placed on our Do Not Sail list."Fox News Digital reached out to Carnival and Royal Caribbean for comment.Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner contributed to this report.

The Menendez brothers are one step closer to seeing life outside prison walls after a bombshell decision to reduce their life sentences, leaving the next hurdle in the hands of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.On Tuesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic slashed the original sentences for Erik and Lyle Menendez from life in prison to 50 years in prison with the possibility of parole. Jesic's decision to resentence the Menendez brothers opens the door for a parole hearing to determine whether they should be released."The question for the board is a simple one do Erik and Lyle Menendez, do they pose a current, what we call `unreasonable risk to public safety,'" Newsom previously said on his podcast, "This is Gavin Newsom."MENENDEZ BROTHERS 'RISK ASSESSMENT' ORDERED BY NEWSOM AHEAD OF RESENTENCING HEARINGIn October, Mark Geragos, the brothers' lawyer, filed clemency documents with Newsom after former Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascn asked a judge to reduce their sentences."I strongly support clemency for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are currently serving sentences of life without possibility of parole," Gascn previously said. "They have respectively served 34 years and have continued their educations and worked to create new programs to support the rehabilitation of fellow inmates."In response to their request for clemency, Newsom directed the state parole board to conduct a "comprehensive risk assessment investigation" of the Menendez brothers.Newsom described the assessment as a "common procedure carried out by the state.""There's no guarantee of outcome here," Newsom previously said. "My office conducts dozens and dozens of these clemency reviews on a consistent basis, but this process simply provides more transparency, which I think is important in this case, as well as provides us more due diligence before I make any determination for clemency."MENENDEZ BROTHERS RESENTENCING: TIMELINE OF KILLERS FIGHT OVER FREEDOM IN PARENTS MURDERSFox News Digital reached out to Newsom's office, which referred to a news conference Wednesday in which he spoke briefly about the parole process for the Menendez brothers and said the process is still unfolding."We started a process, as you know, which was intended to help inform the judge in the resentencing of the risk assessment. We thought that would be prudent to do before any resentencing. That process has unfolded over the course of the last number of months, and forensic psychologists did an assessment of the risk of each individual brother," Newsom said.MENENDEZ BROTHERS ASK CALIFORNIA GOV. NEWSOM FOR CLEMENCYCertain details of those risk assessments, which have not been made public, were presented during part of Tuesday's resentencing hearing. The analysis from those reports typically includes what led a person to commit the crime, behavior in prison and the likelihood of recidivism.Both brothers admitted to killing their parents, Mary "Kitty" and Jose Menendez, in a gruesome 1989 shotgun massacre inside their Beverly Hills home. Until Tuesday's resentencing hearing, they had maintained that their actions were self-defense from a lifetime of physical and sexual abuse by their parents.Newsom's office explained that the legal standard in California for release on parole is whether an inmate poses an unreasonable risk to public safety, which has to be determined before the governor can make a decision on commutations.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X"This process doesnt mean theres any guaranteed outcome, but it shows were doing our due diligence, ensuring transparency, keeping public safety at the forefront, making sure the process is fair for everyone involved and getting closer to a conclusion," Newsom's office said.The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation told Fox News Digital it is "looking into the judges decision and next steps in the parole process.""When a court resentences a defendant, it issues the new judgment to CDCR. The department then processes the judgment as quickly as possible while complying with legal mandates," the department said.The department added that "if an incarcerated persons sentence is changed to allow the possibility of parole, CDCR would determine applicable parole-eligible dates."SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTERClemency from Newsom is also still a possibility."So, the question for the parole board is, will they reserve that as a more traditional parole process, or will they choose to have a separate pathway to an independent parole analysis?" Newsom asked."And that's a conversation that we're having to make that determination. So, it's conceivable to the point that on June 13 there could be a recommendation to me. I'm the ultimate arbiter and will have to review the parole board's recommendations and report. It's also conceivable that this will happen months and months later. So, that's a process that we're making that's been determined in real time."GET THE LATEST FROM THE FOX NEWS TRUE CRIME HUBNewsom's June 13 parole board hearings are planned to go on as scheduled, and the board will have the opportunity to free the brothers.No matter what happens with their clemency request, Newsom would still have the final say over whether they should go free.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFormer Assistant U.S. Attorney Neama Rahmani told Fox News Digital Tuesday that Erik and Lyle Menendez "will likely be freed in a matter of months," adding he does not expect "the parole board or Gov. Newsom" to block their release.Even if the parole board approves their release, the governor has veto power and could issue a pardon on his own.Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.

In her first interview since announcing her bid for Alaska governor, Bernadette Wilson, a former radio host and longtime conservative figure in Alaska, spoke to Fox News Digital about the issues in the race and working with the Trump administration on energy development.Wilson, a lifelong Alaskan who was born on the Kenai Peninsula and grew up in Anchorage, is a political outsider. Even so, politics does run in her family. Her great-uncle Wally Hickel served as governor, first in the 1960s as a Republican and again in the early 1990s as a member of the Alaska Independence Party.She noted she comes from a long line of business people, including her grandfather, who "built a good chunk" of the states largest city."I myself own a garbage company and we are celebrating our ninth year in business," she said. She added that her entrepreneurial experience and knowledge of state politics through her family history and own career in radio and activism is a good mix.RANKED CHOICE VOTING RANKLES ELECTION SEASONWilson opposes ranked choice voting, in which votes are tallied in a hierarchical manner through several rounds. Conservatives in the red state blamed ranked choice voting for the election of former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. Incumbent Gov. Mike Dunleavy is term-limited."Ranked choice voting disenfranchises voters. We see that it is so confusing to them. We see people who don't understand the process, and it absolutely has got to go. That is mission-critical," she said.In other states, ranked choice voting has had mixed reviews. In Virginia, proponents on the right credited it with helping the state party select businessman Glenn Youngkin as its nominee for governor in 2021, which led to a major Republican upset that fall.ALASKA CAN BE CURE FOR NATION'S ILLS WITH HELP FROM TRUMP ADMIN: GOVERNOR SAYSEnergy is the most important economic topic for Alaska, and Wilson said she looks forward to working with the Trump administration on its stated plan for a domestic energy renaissance if she's elected."Energy is obviously huge for Alaska. Under the Biden administration, Alaska was sanctioned more times than the country of Iran," she said."We have the ability to lead the rest of the country [in this field]."Asked about another Trump-related topic, the ongoing tit-for-tat with Canada over claims to make it the 51st state and Ottawas bipartisan outrage at American tariffs, Wilson said, as governor, she would want to work on cross-border infrastructure projects.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Obviously, Canada sitting right along the border to Alaska has a huge impact for us. And so getting a railroad through Canada would definitely be a great No. 1 priority when it comes to our interaction with that particular country," she said.Wilson faces Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom and State Sen. Click Bishop, R-Fairbanks, in the 2026 contest.

Cassie Ventura testified against Sean "Diddy" Combs for a second day and spent hours on the stand relaying experiences from her relationship with the fallen music mogul.Cassie, 38, appeared in a Manhattan federal court Wednesday wearing a black, long-sleeved dress. The singer was noticeably pregnant with her third child with husband Alex Fine.While the U.S. Attorney's Office is relying on her testimony as "Victim 1," legal experts told Fox News Digital her presence as a pregnant woman may sway the jury when deciding Diddy's fate.DIDDY TRIAL: CASSIE VENTURA'S 5 MOST EXPLOSIVE CLAIMS AGAINST RAPPER"Cassie being pregnant may make her an even more sympathetic figure on the stand," criminal defense lawyer Dan Rubin exclusively told Fox News Digital."It certainly invokes the maternal side of the singer, and that could really impact the way some members of the jury view her. They may find it interesting that even if it's not said out loud Cassie is looking at the dark events of what happened through the new lens of motherhood."Throughout the day, jurors heard emotional testimony from Cassie as she described allegedly being raped by Diddy after their breakup. She claimed to enter rehab and pursue trauma therapy in the beginning of 2023 after "horrible flashbacks" on the set of a music video.INSIDE THE DIDDY JURY ROOM: A LOOK AT WHO'S DECIDING THE RAPPER'S FATE"I can't carry this anymore. I can't carry the shame, the guilt what's right is right. What's wrong is wrong," Cassie told the court.Attorney Jo-Anna Nieves told Fox News Digital, "Cassie Venturas pregnancy brings a strong layer of visual and emotional impact that makes it harder for the defense to paint her as violent or dangerous."WATCH ON FOX NATION: WHAT DIDDY DO?"Jurors are human, and whether they realize it or not, they often associate pregnancy with vulnerability, nurturing and innocence. That image alone makes it a tough sell to argue that she was a real physical threat or equally responsible for the violence," Nieves said."Even if the defense introduces evidence of her alleged aggression, that version of events may not line up with what the jury sees in front of them. Its not just about the facts. It's about how those facts land and trying to position an attractive, visibly pregnant woman who also has her own celebrity status as abusive can easily flop with this jury and damage the defenses credibility."WATCH: SEAN DIDDY COMBS SEEMINGLY ASSAULTS CASSIE VENTURA IN 2016 LOS ANGELES HOTEL INCIDENTCassie's appearance as a pregnant woman "may not change the legal standard, but it can definitely shape how jurors perceive the story and that makes the defenses job a lot harder," Nieves said.LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSWhile Cassie testified about a party at Princes house, one juror was looking in Diddys direction. As Cassie described a "bad fight" with Diddy, the juror was focused on the disgraced music mogul. One juror shook her head in agreement after Cassie explained in detail how she didn't want to tell her mother about Diddy's alleged abuse.Another female juror grimaced when the government introduced evidence showing Cassie's bruises. One juror strained his neck to get a better look. One juror was seen taking copious notes throughout the testimony.Jurors heard testimony Wednesday about Diddy's alleged violent behavior. Cassie claimed Diddy went through her phone at a "freak off" and found an email correspondence between Cassie and rapper Kid Cudi.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERCassie and Cudi, who's full name is Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, dated in 2011 when she was on a break in her relationship with Diddy. In the messages, Cassie allegedly relayed to Kid Cudi what toiletries she could leave at his house.Diddy became "upset" upon reading the messages, which she had kept a secret. Cassie testified she had a burner phone to keep Cudi a secret from Diddy. Cassie had already broken up with Cudi and was visiting Diddy in Arizona when he allegedly told her that he was going to blow up Cudi's car when he was out of the country.The trio Cassie, Diddy and Kid Cudi at one point allegedly met to discuss the relationship and agreed that they were no longer together. In a September memo sent to Judge Robyn Tarnofsky, prosecutors alleged Diddy's co-conspirator set fire to "individual-1's vehicle by slicing open the car's convertible top and dropping a Molotov cocktail inside the interior."On Wednesday, Cassie also disclosed she received a $20 million settlement 24 hours after filing a lawsuit against Diddy in November 2023.Fox News' Maria Paronich contributed to this report.