Archive for November 2023
UK man in court on terrorism charges
A Londonderry man has appeared in court charged with terrorism offences. Kieran McCool, 55, from Ballymagowan Gardens in Creggan, appeared at Belfast Crown Court via videolink on Monday. Mr McCool is charged with the preparation of terrorist acts between January 2016 and January 2022. The charge includes having explosives, conducting research and accessing a document…
Read MoreEmergency rooms in at least 3 states diverting patients after ransomware attack
Hospitals in at least three states are diverting patients from their emergency rooms after a major cyberattack hit their parent company last week. Ardent Health Services, which oversees 30 hospitals across the U.S., said Monday that it had been the victim of a severe ransomware attack in Oklahoma, News Mexico and Texas, forcing it to…
Read MoreLarge-scale arrests expected for suspected ringleaders of Dublin riot
Irish police are expected to make sweeping arrests of suspected ringleaders of Thursday’s riot in Dublin and to obtain wider rights to use facial recognition technology to help identify suspects in any future disorder. The moves come amid mounting pressure on the government and police chiefs over the mayhem on 24 November when an estimated…
Read MoreEx-Marine Corps Reservist from Irvine sentenced for lying to FBI during terrorism investigation
A former U.S. Marine Corps reservist from Irvine was sentenced on Monday, Mov. 27, to three years and 10 months in prison for lying to the FBI about communicating with someone who had expressed interest in joining a foreign terrorist organization in an online chat group. Jason Fong, now 27, was initially accused of trying…
Read MoreTwo South Carolina Men Charged with Hate Crimes for Bias-Motivated Armed Robberies Targeting Hispanic Victims
A federal grand jury in Columbia, South Carolina, returned an indictment today charging two South Carolina men with hate crimes in connection with a string of bias-motivated armed robberies targeting Hispanic victims. According to court documents, beginning in January 2021 and continuing through February 2021, Charles Antonio Clippard, 26, and Michael Joseph Knox, 28, both…
Read MoreArmed groups carry out major attack in Burkina Faso, say security sources
The detachment in the Sahel region was the target of a “large-scale jihadist attack perpetrated by armed terrorist groups” on Sunday, a security source said, adding that the army imposed “heavy losses” on the attackers. Some soldiers were killed in the attack, they said, without giving a figure. The attack and the losses among the…
Read More5 gang members busted in West New York with $20k worth of cocaine.
Five gang members of the Trinitarios Dominican street gang were arrested were arrested in a West New York drug bust where roughly $20,000 in cocaine was recovered following a four-month probe, authorities said. From left to right: Wanderson Ceballo-Ramos, Ingri Cruz-Villatoro, Wellington Cruz, Angel Diaz, and Christian Gomez. Photos courtesy of the West New York…
Read MoreBaltimore arrests Guatemalan MS-13 gang member convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter in Maryland.
BALTIMORE — Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore apprehended an undocumented noncitizen and self-admitted member of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) street gang convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter Nov. 20. Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested the 21-year-old Guatemalan national near his residence in Hyattsville. “This Guatemalan noncitizen has proven to be…
Read MoreSuspect arrested in shooting of 3 students of Palestinian descent in Vermont, police say
A 48-year-old man was arrested on Sunday in connection with the shootings of three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vermont, on Saturday night, police said. Jason J. Eaton was detained midday Sunday near the site of the shooting, the Burlington Police Department said in a press release. Police then searched his home and…
Read More6 teenagers go on trial for their alleged role in 2020 beheading of a French teacher
Six teenagers go on trial Monday in Paris for their alleged roles in the beheading of a teacher who showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class, a killing that led authorities to reaffirm France’s cherished rights of expression and secularism. Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher, was killed on Oct. 16,…
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