Archive for December 1, 2023
Former Marine pleads guilty to firebombing Southern California Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022
A former U.S. Marine pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to firebombing a Southern California Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022, prosecutors said. Chance Brannon, 24, also said he made plans for additional attacks on a second Planned Parenthood clinic, a Southern California Edison substation and an LGBTQ pride night celebration at Dodger Stadium, the…
Read MoreMyanmar’s Military Is Losing Ground Against Coordinated Nationwide Attacks, Buoying Opposition Hopes
About two weeks into a major offensive against Myanmar’s military-run government by an alliance of three well-armed militias of ethnic minorities, an army captain, fighting in a jungle area near the northeastern border with China, lamented that he’d never seen such intense action. His commander in Myanmar’s 99th Light Infantry Division had been killed in…
Read MoreU.S. presses sceptical Turkey to curb Hamas fundraising
The U.S. Treasury’s top terrorism financing official said on Thursday he had discussed with Turkish government officials his deep concerns about Palestinian militant group Hamas raising funds in Turkey and potentially breaking local laws. Turkey is “prominent” in Hamas fundraising schemes and the group is likely to take advantage of that as it seeks more…
Read MoreGirlfriend of Robb Elementary mass shooter jailed, accused of repeated threats to Uvalde community
The self-proclaimed girlfriend of the Robb Elementary School shooter is in federal custody after years of threats made against the Uvalde community, court records obtained by KSAT Investigates show. Victoria Gabriela Rodriguez-Morales was arrested last week and is facing a charge of making threats using interstate communications. Currently, Rodriguez-Morales, 19, is in federal custody at…
Read MoreDublin riot instigators ‘exploited’ Irish language to evade online moderators
Instigators of the Dublin riots last week may have used the Irish language to evade social media platform rules that ban the spreading of hatred and illegal content, it has emerged. Large social media platforms have little if any moderation of content in the Irish language, according to data reported by several of them to…
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