Archive for July 3, 2024
Court orders white nationalists to pay $2M more for Charlottesville Unite the Right violence
Four years after violence erupted during the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, a jury ordered white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay a total of more than $26 million in damages to people with physical or emotional injuries from the event. Most of that money — $24 million — was for punitive damages,…
Read MoreMan arrested with explosives near Paris airport was part of vast Russian sabotage campaign
The building targeted by the Russian-Ukrainian man, who was wounded on June 3 while making an explosive device in his hotel room, located near the Paris region’s Charles de Gaulle international airport, was not a strategic one. Le Monde has learned the initial results of the investigation into the man indicate that he was preparing…
Read MoreMan accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie rejects plea deal involving terrorism charge
The man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie rejected a plea deal Tuesday that would have shortened his state prison term but exposed him to a federal terrorism-related charge, the suspect’s lawyer said. Hadi Matar, 26, has been held without bail since the 2022 attack, in which he is accused of stabbing Rushdie more than…
Read MoreHospital bomb plotter guilty of terror charge
A man who plotted to bomb a hospital in Leeds and an RAF base has been found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism. Mohammad Farooq, 28, targeted St James’s Hospital in January 2023 but was stopped by a member of the public. A trial at Sheffield Crown Court heard how the clinical support worker had…
Read MoreHigh school damaged by ‘incendiary device’ detonation; 20-year-old man arrested after standoff
A man accused of starting a fire at Piqua High School is in jail after a SWAT standoff. Grady Egerton, 20, has been accused of creating an “explosive device that he used to catch Piqua High School on fire, according to Miami County Municipal Court documents. As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, a…
Read MoreAt Least 7 Arrested In Germany And Sweden On Suspicion Of Committing War Crimes In Syria
At least seven people have been arrested in Germany and Sweden on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes in Syria in 2012-2014, authorities in the two countries said Wednesday. In a coordinated effort that also involved the European Union judicial cooperation agency Eurojust, the EU police agency Europol, and several other unnamed…
Read MoreLebanese authorities charge US Embassy shooter with affiliation to militant Islamic State group
A judge at Lebanon’s military court on Tuesday charged the gunman who opened fire at the U.S. embassy near Beirut with being affiliated to the militant Islamic State group, security and judicial officials said. Lebanese soldiers shot and arrested the gunman in early June, later identified as Kaiss Farraj from Syria, after a shootout that…
Read MoreTexas juvenile arrested, accused of more than 100 bomb threats in several states
A Texas juvenile has been arrested after the Collin County Sheriff’s Office, Tyler Police Department, Smith County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI executed a search warrant in Smith County on Saturday, June 29. Investigators say the juvenile was actively trying to stay hidden from law enforcement using “sophisticated techniques” before authorities uncovered their identity through…
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