Archive for March 19, 2024
Reddit, YouTube must face lawsuits claiming they enabled Buffalo mass shooter
Reddit and Google’s YouTube were ordered by a New York state judge to face lawsuits seeking to hold them responsible for helping enable the avowed white supremacist who killed 10 Black people in 2022 at a Buffalo, New York grocery store. Justice Paula Feroleto of the Erie County Supreme Court said 25 plaintiffs could try…
Read MoreFeds investigate terror claims after a Lebanese migrant is apprehended at US southern border
Federal law enforcement officials have launched an investigation following a US Border Patrol report of the apprehension of a man at the Texas border who said he was a member of a foreign terrorist organization and had come to the United States in order to build a bomb, CNN has learned. In an internal US…
Read MoreIsrael Gaza: US reports death of senior Hamas military leader Marwan Issa
Hamas leader Marwan Issa died in an Israeli air strike, White House official Jake Sullivan has said. As deputy military commander, Mr Issa would be Hamas’s most senior leader to die since the war began on 7 October. The Palestinian group, which controls Gaza, has not officially commented on reports of his death. Israeli media…
Read MoreLiverpool student who shared guide on bombs and guns detained
A student who wrote and shared a guide on using bombs, guns and poisons has been detained for 13 years in a young offenders’ institute. Jacob Graham, now 20, was motivated by a hatred of government and by “ecological concerns”, a jury heard. The Liverpool student had been found guilty of preparing terrorist acts by…
Read MoreMan shatters door of Chicago Islamic center after threats, CPD investigating possible hate crime
A downtown Chicago Islamic center was vandalized Sunday night, worshipers and Chicago police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. Worshipers said a man had been making threats as members were going inside to pray about 8 p.m. Sunday night at 231 S. State St. in the Loop. Surveillance video from the mosque…
Read MoreOregon man allegedly makes threats in governmental office in Helena
An Oregon man was charged on Friday with felony threats and other improper influence in official and political matters after threatening to shoot a public servant and their co-workers in a governmental office, according to court documents. Scott Lee McClintock, 59, was told by a public servant working at a government office at the Department…
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