Archive for June 2024
Austin drag brunch canceled after bomb threat
An Austin drag brunch and pride market was canceled Saturday after organizers received a threat. On social media, the Brewtorium Brewery said it was closed for the rest of Saturday due to a bomb threat citing the drag show. The rest of the “Legendary Drag Brunch and Market” event was also canceled. The north Austin…
Read MoreAppeals court upholds conviction of British national linked to Islamic State
A federal appeals court upheld the conviction Friday of a British national for his role in a hostage-taking scheme by the Islamic State group that took roughly two dozen Westerners captive a decade ago. El Shafee Elsheikh was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 2022 in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. His jury…
Read MoreThree Americans implicated in a coup attempt in Congo go on trial before a military court
Three Americans accused of being involved in last month’s coup attempt in Congo appeared in a military court in the country’s capital, Kinshasa, on Friday, along with dozens of other defendants who were lined up on plastic chairs before the judge on the first day of the hearing. The proceedings before the open-air military court…
Read MoreForty-Seven Defendants Charged in Imperial Valley Takedown of Drug Trafficking Network Linked to Sinaloa Cartel
Fourteen indictments were unsealed today charging 47 alleged members of an Imperial Valley, California-based, Sinaloa Cartel-linked fentanyl-and-methamphetamine distribution network with drug trafficking, firearms, and money laundering offenses. In a coordinated takedown this morning, more than 400 federal, state, and local law enforcement officials arrested 36 defendants and executed 25 search warrants in Imperial County; San…
Read MoreCalifornia Man Found Guilty of Sending Threatening Emails to FBI that Included Threats to Bomb Its L.A. Field Office
A federal jury convicted a California man for sending threatening emails to the FBI, including ones in which he threatened to bomb the FBI Los Angeles Field Office and referenced the notorious “Unabomber.” Mark William Anten, 52, of Sun Valley, was found guilty of two counts of threats by interstate communication. He has been in…
Read MoreSanctioning Violent Palestinian Group in the West Bank
The Department of State is today imposing sanctions on “Lions’ Den,” a militant Palestinian group centered in Nablus’s Old City in the West Bank. In October 2022, Lions’ Den claimed responsibility for several drive-by shootings in the Nablus area. Lions’ Den members opened fire at Israeli vehicles driving close to the nearby settlement of Elon…
Read MoreYemen’s Houthi rebels detain at least 9 UN staffers and others in sudden crackdown, officials say
At least nine Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen’s Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances, authorities said Friday, as the rebels face increasing financial pressure and airstrikes from a U.S.-led coalition. Others working for aid groups also likely have been taken. The detentions come as the Houthis, who seized Yemen’s capital…
Read MoreTennessee man charged after deputies find explosive device on his porch
A Middle Tennessee man arrested Wednesday is accused of manufacturing an explosive device. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) says the device was found Wednesday morning when deputies from the Henry County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call from a man claiming to be overdosing on drugs. Robby Basham, 53, was taken to the…
Read MoreGang Leader and Two Gang Members Sentenced to Life in Prison.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/gang-leader-and-two-gang-members-sentenced-life-prison The leader and two members of a violent criminal gang in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) were sentenced yesterday to life in prison for their roles in a racketeer influenced and corrupt organization (RICO) According to court documents and evidence produced at trial, Paul Girard, also known as Bogus, 36, of St. Croix, USVI,…
Read MoreD-Day anniversary 2024: World leaders, veterans, commemorate Normandy landings
Moving letters from veterans were read out as ceremonies took place in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings, when more than 150,000 Allied soldiers invaded France by sea and air to drive out the forces of Nazi Germany. At the British ceremony in Ver-sur-Mer, veterans were…
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