Archive for January 2024
Gaza war extends into Beirut with killing of Hamas leader
Israeli forces intensified their bombing of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and told civilians to leave a refugee camp in the north of the Palestinian enclave after the war stretched into Lebanon with the killing in Beirut of the Hamas deputy leader. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied that it killed Saleh al-Arouri in a…
Read MoreDeadly New Year’s collision near Rochester, NY, venue being investigated as possible terrorism: Source
A deadly, fiery crash that occurred outside an entertainment venue in upstate New York early New Year’s Day is being investigated as possible terrorism, a law enforcement source briefed on the case told ABC News. Two people were killed and five others injured after a Ford Expedition struck a Mitsubishi Outlander that was exiting a…
Read MoreFBI arrests New Jersey man on terrorism charges
The FBI has arrested Karrem Nasr, 23, of New Jersey for allegedly attempting to provide material support to the African-based terrorist organization al Shabaab after they claim he became inspired to wage Jihad following the October 7 terrorist attacks. Prosecutors say Nasr was taken to the U.S. Thursday and the charging documents were unsealed Friday.…
Read MoreChicago woman charged with hate crime after defacing multiple properties in Rogers Park
A woman was charged with defacing multiple properties in Rogers Park. Mariana Lynch, 30, was arrested by the Chicago Police Department around 12:57 p.m. Thursday, in the 7300 block of North Sheridan Road. She was charged with one felony count of a hate crime of a school, two felony counts of criminal damage to government…
Read MoreFighting In Southern Gaza City After Israel Says It Is Pulling Thousands Of Troops From Other Areas
Heavy fighting was reported in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Tuesday, a day after Israel said it was withdrawing thousands of troops from other areas in a potential shift away from the massive air and ground operations that have devastated the Hamas-ruled enclave. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press…
Read MoreStates And Congress Wrestle With Cybersecurity At Water Utilities Amid Renewed Federal Warnings
The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack. It had never had outside help in protecting its systems from a cyberattack, either at its existing plant that dates to the 1930s or the new $18.5 million one it is building. Then it — along with several…
Read MoreSouth Korean Opposition Leader Is Stabbed In The Neck By A Knife-Wielding Man
South Korea’s tough-speaking liberal opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified knife-wielding man who attempted to kill him during his visit to the southeastern city of Busan, police said. Lee, 59, the head of the main opposition Democratic Party, was airlifted to a Seoul hospital for surgery after receiving emergency…
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