Archive for June 2024
Three 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 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…
Read MoreWashington state man sentenced for 20 ‘swatting’ calls of false threats in U.S., Canada
A Washington state man who made 20 false reports of bombs and shootings around the U.S. and in Canada, prompting real emergency responses, has been sentenced to three years in prison, U.S. authorities said. Ashton Connor Garcia, 21, of Bremerton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Tuesday, according to a statement from…
Read MoreSudan’s RSF kills at least 100 in attack on village, activists say
The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attacked a village in Gezira State on Wednesday, killing at least 100 people, according to local activists. If confirmed, the attack would be the latest in a string of dozens of attacks by RSF soldiers on small villages across the farming state after it took control of the capital…
Read MoreTexas Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Making Threats Against Employees of Sikh Organization
A Texas man has been charged with a federal hate crime and for making interstate threats against the employees of a Sikh nonprofit organization. Bhushan Athale, 48, of Dallas, was charged by complaint with one count of interfering with federally protected activities through the threatened use of a dangerous weapon and one count of transmitting…
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