Archive for August 2023
North Korea launches cruise missiles as US, South Korea launch drills
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firing of strategic cruise missiles, state media reported Monday, as the U.S. and South Korean militaries kicked off major annual drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal. The North’s report on missile tests came three days after the leaders of the U.S., South Korea and…
Read MoreBrooklyn mass shooting suspect arrested with gun at school in February
Baltimore police arrested a second person in the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting Thursday. The 11 News I-Team confirmed Tristan Jackson, 18, is a student at Digital Harbor High School, but he was arrested for having a gun at a different school earlier this year. Jackson is accused of firing a handgun at least five times in the direction of seven people…
Read MoreMan accused of killing 3, injuring 2 in tragic UVA shooting to be seen in court for preliminary hearing
The man accused of murdering three people and injuring two others in a tragic shooting on the University of Virginia campus in November 2022 returns to court this morning. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. will be seen at Albemarle General District Court at 11:30 a.m. for a preliminary hearing in connection to the deadly attack. Jones faces a multitude…
Read MoreJustice Department seeks 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case
The Justice Department is seeking 33 years in prison for Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases to emerge from attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to court documents. The sentence, if imposed, would be by far the longest punishment that has been handed down in the…
Read MoreMichigan Judge to Hear Final Day of Testimony Before Sentencing School Shooter
A judge will hear a fourth and final day of testimony Friday to determine whether a teenager will get a life sentence for the fatal shooting of four students at a Michigan school in 2021. An immediate decision is not expected. Prosecutors are planning to counter claims made by a psychologist who said Ethan Crumbley was like a “feral child”…
Read MoreForeign National Sentenced to Over 21 Years for Mailing Ricin to President of the United States in 2020
Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier, 55, a dual citizen of Canada and France, was sentenced today to 262 months in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for sending threatening letters, containing homemade ricin (a toxin), in September 2020, to then-President Donald J. Trump at the White House, and to eight Texas State law enforcement…
Read MoreGeorgia law enforcement probe threats after Trump grand jury identified online
Law enforcement officials are investigating threats related to former President Donald Trump’s election interference investigation in Georgia, after names and addresses of grand jury members were posted online, a sheriff’s office said. “Our investigators are working closely with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to track down the origin of threats in Fulton County…
Read MoreSecond Ecuador politician killed in less than a week
A local party leader has been killed in Ecuador, the second politician to be assassinated in the space of a week. Pedro Briones was shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle at his home in northern Esmeraldas province. His killing comes just five days after presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was gunned down in the capital,…
Read MoreIndia and China pledge to maintain ‘peace and tranquility’ along disputed border despite tensions
Chinese and Indian military commanders pledged to “maintain the peace and tranquility” along their disputed border, China’s Defense Ministry said, in an apparent effort by the sides to stabilize the situation after a rise in tensions. China’s Defense Ministry issued a joint statement on social media late Tuesday saying the 19th round of commander-level talks…
Read MoreStudent from Vt. seeks to have terroristic threats case tossed in Minn.
A Vermont man accused of making terroristic threats at his Minnesota college is trying to get his case tossed. According to a court filing in Rice County, Waylon Kurts’ attorney says none of the charges against his client have any merit. In the motion to dismiss, the defense contends Kurts may have broken campus policy…
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