Archive for April 2024
Local officials increasingly targeted for threats and harassment, new data shows
Threats and harassment against local public officials rose in 2023, according to research tracking political violence and hostility provided to NBC News. The researchers found that threats and harassment against officials including city council members, school board members, poll workers, mayors and local prosecutors increased significantly in the second half of the year. Elected or…
Read MoreIsraeli strike kills 3 sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, according to Israel’s army and the militant group’s official media, with Haniyeh accusing Israel of acting in “the spirit of revenge and murder.” The Israeli military confirmed it carried out the attack Wednesday, saying the men conducted militant activity in central Gaza,…
Read MoreDutch police looking for witnesses of ISIS beheadings in Syria
Police in the Netherlands are looking for witnesses to help connect at least a dozen beheadings in Syria a decade ago to a suspected terrorist arrested in Zuid-Holland. The suspect, nicknamed Abu Khaled al Amni, applied for asylum in the Netherlands in 2019. The police arrested the then 37-year-old man in Arkel in January 2023.…
Read MoreAlabama man charged with detonating explosive device outside state attorney general’s office
An Alabama man was arrested and indicted this week on charges that he detonated an explosive device outside the Alabama attorney general’s office in late February, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, of Irondale, was charged with malicious use of an explosive and possession of an unregistered destructive device, the…
Read MoreCapitol Police hires special prosecutors to investigate threats to lawmakers
The U.S. Capitol Police hired three special prosecutors to investigate threats made to members of Congress and help prosecute threat cases involving members, the agency confirmed Wednesday to The Hill. The three attorneys are spread across the U.S., with one in Washington, D.C.; San Jose, Calif.; and Tampa, Fla., the agency confirmed. The first position…
Read MoreCornell student pleads guilty to posting violent threats to Jewish students online
A former Cornell University student accused of posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus shortly after the start of the war in Gaza in the fall pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday. Patrick Dai, from the Rochester, New York, suburb of Pittsford, was accused by federal investigators of posting anonymous threats to shoot…
Read MoreApple drops term ‘state-sponsored’ attacks from its threat notification policy
Apple Inc new tab has warned its users in India and 91 other countries that they were possible victims of a “mercenary spyware attack,” dropping the word “state-sponsored” it used in its previous alerts to refer to such malware attacks. Apple discovered that attackers tried to “remotely compromise the iPhone,” it said in a notification…
Read MoreSheriff: Man arrested after live explosive devices found near Taylorsville church
A man was arrested after two live explosive devices were found close to Millersville Baptist Church and related educational buildings in Taylorsville, according to the sheriff. Officers were called to a home on Fowler Hill Road across from the Millersville Child Development, which is part of the church, around 9:19 p.m. Sunday. The call came…
Read MoreExplosive device thrown onto porch of Satanic Temple in Massachusetts. No injuries were reported
Someone threw an explosive device onto the porch of The Satanic Temple in Massachusetts at a time when no one was inside, and the device and damage it caused were not found until nearly 12 hours later, police said. No injuries were reported. State police bomb technicians ensured that the device was no longer a…
Read MoreSpain’s top court summons Catalan separatist leader to testify remotely in terrorism case
Spain’s Supreme Court has summoned Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont to testify remotely in June over his links to a group accused of breaching terrorism law over protests following the region’s failed 2017 bid for independence. The investigating magistrate set tentative dates for the remote hearing between June 17 and 21 and issued a European…
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