Archive for February 2024
US airstrike in Baghdad kills militia leader behind attacks on American forces
The U.S. carried out an airstrike in Baghdad on Wednesday targeting a senior leader of an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq that was blamed for attacks on U.S. forces in the Middle East, according to U.S. Central Command. A U.S. official told ABC News that the airstrike was part of the retaliatory actions President Joe Biden…
Read MoreNew details emerge from case of man accused of setting off explosive devices near downtown Colorado Springs: Affidavit
Supplies from Home Depot and a book titled “Fireworks Cookbook” helped Edward Kiley allegedly extend a decade-plus set of crimes involving homemade explosive devices, according to arrest records obtained by The Gazette. Colorado Springs police said Kiley, 69, set off a homemade explosive device outside of a business in late January. Kiley was arrested on…
Read MoreMan sentenced for attacks ‘steeped in hatred and prejudice’ at Asian American businesses
A man was sentenced Wednesday to serve life in prison with all time suspended but 30 years for a series of attacks that prosecutors described as “steeped in hatred and prejudice” at several Asian American-owned businesses in West Baltimore. Darryl Doles, 53, of Coldstream Homestead Montebello, cried and wiped tears throughout his sentencing in Baltimore…
Read MoreEx-Mountie intelligence official sentenced to 14 years for breaking Canada’s secrets law
A judge Wednesday sentenced a former senior intelligence official in Canada’s national police force to 14 years in prison for breaching the country’s secrets law. Cameron Ortis led the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Operations Research group, which assembles classified information on cybercriminals, terror cells and transnational criminal networks. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger said…
Read MoreJury finds Jennifer Crumbley guilty of involuntary manslaughter in son’s school shooting
A jury has found Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, guilty of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting deaths of four students at Oxford High School in November 2021. Crumbley was found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting, one for each victim: Madisyn Baldwin,…
Read MoreTennessee man who was working with militias planned to act as a sniper and attack Southern border, feds say
A Tennessee man who planned to travel to the southern border with an arsenal of weapons and explosives to “stir up the hornet’s nest” was arrested Monday, federal officials say. Paul Faye, who told undercover agents that the U.S. was “being invaded” by illegal immigrants, has been charged with selling an unregistered firearm suppressor, according…
Read MoreTwin Bombings At Pakistan Political Offices Kill At Least 26 A Day Before Voting Begins
A pair of bombings at the election offices of a political party and an independent candidate in southwest Pakistan killed at least 26 people and wounded more than two dozen others, officials said Wednesday, the day before parliamentary elections are to be held. The first attack hit the election office of Asfandyar Khan in Pashin,…
Read MoreMaryland teenager arrested for bomb threat
An 18-year-old Crisfield boy has been arrested after calling bomb threats to Mardela Middle and High School in order to get his friend out of school. According to the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, following a comprehensive inquiry, which involved tracking VOIP/IP numbers and tracing locations, the suspect behind the bomb threats was positively identified as…
Read MoreArcata Police investigating possible hate crime in Mad River Hospital ER
The Arcata Police Department has initiated a hate crime investigation over an anti-semitic sign placed above a restroom doorway at Mad River Community Hospital (MRCH) . The restroom is inside the Emergency Room and only accessible to patients and staff. A witness noticed the sign last Monday, Jan. 29 inside the restroom, and photographed it.…
Read MoreColorado man who wanted to build white supremacist community sentenced to federal prison in weapons case
The man who had been building a “white private community” in the mountains of Fremont County has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to a federal weapons charge, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced Friday. Chad Edward Keith, 42, of Colorado Springs, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison…
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