Archive for May 2024
Man Who Carried Out Machete Attack on NYPD Officers in Times Square on New Year’s Eve 2022 Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison
Trevor Bickford, 20, of Wells, Maine, was sentenced to 324 months in prison for attempting to kill officers and employees of the U.S. Government and persons assisting them during his brazen attack using a machete-style knife against three New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers in Times Square on Dec. 31, 2022. Bickford pleaded guilty…
Read MoreSacramento man sentenced for financing foreign terrorist organization
A Russian citizen residing in Sacramento was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he sent thousands of dollars to a designated terrorist organization, according to federal officials. Court documents claim that 37-year-old Murat Kurashev used money transfer services to send around $13,000 to two known couriers of a Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fundraiser. HTS…
Read MoreAmerican woman repatriated from Syria accused of training with ISIS
An American woman repatriated to the United States from Syria is facing criminal charges for training with ISIS abroad, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. Halima Salman, who is in her 20s, is accused of learning how to use an AK-47 assault rifle from the terrorist organization while living in Syria. Salman, according to a…
Read MorePolice identify suspect in College of Veterinary Medicine arrest
Oro Valley Police were on scene at the College of Veterinary Medicine in Oro Valley. Police say they responded to a call for unknown threats. The single suspect detained has been identified as 39-year-old Daniel Rathgeb from Sierra Vista. OVPD says Rathgeb was arrested and booked on charges of disorderly conduct, weapons misconduct, and threats…
Read MoreCalifornia man who drove into crowd at Stop Asian Hate rally sentenced to 1 year in prison
A California man who pleaded guilty to driving a car into a crowd of “Stop Asian Hate” protesters was sentenced to a year in prison on Monday. Steve Lee Dominguez, 58, from the Southern Californian city of Diamond Bar, drove his car through the middle of the crowd at a 2021 rally in Los Angeles.…
Read MoreIslamic State Group Claims Bombing In Afghanistan That Killed Officers Involved In An Anti-Poppy Crop Campaign
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a bombing in Afghanistan’s northeast that killed police officers who were part of an anti-poppy crop campaign. A motorcycle was booby-trapped and exploded, targeting a Taliban patrol in Faizabad town in Badakhshan province, killing and wounding 12 members of the patrol as well as destroying a four-wheel drive…
Read MoreYemen’s Houthi Rebels Claim 2 Attacks In Gulf Of Aden As Iran Official Renews Nuclear Bomb Threats
Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Thursday claimed responsibility for two missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden on two Panama-flagged container ships that caused no damage. Meanwhile, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader again threatened that Tehran could build a nuclear weapon if it chose to pursue atomic armaments. The comments by Yemeni military spokesman Brig.…
Read MoreGuns Are Being Stolen From Cars At Triple The Rate They Were 10 Years Ago, A Report Finds
The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country, an analysis of FBI data by the gun safety group Everytown found. The rate of stolen guns from cars climbed nearly every year and spiked during the coronavirus…
Read MoreCivilian Casualties Rise In Myanmar’s Civil War As Resistance Forces Tighten Noose Around Military
Six months into an offensive against Myanmar ’s military government, opposition forces have made massive gains, but civilian casualties are rising sharply as regime troops increasingly turn toward scorched-earth tactics in the Southeast Asian country’s bitter civil war. There is pressure on all fronts from powerful militias drawn from Myanmar’s ethnic minority groups and newer…
Read MoreMPs vote unanimously in support of designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group
The House of Commons has voted unanimously in support of a motion to add Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps to an official list of terrorist organizations. The motion came from a House justice committee report that, among other things, called on the government to designate the IRGC as a terrorist entity in Canada. MPs voted 327…
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