Former University of Chicago student charged with concealing bomb-making in dorm room

A college student has been charged with lying to authorities after triggering an explosion in his dorm room at the University of Chicago. The explosion happened in January 2023 on the sixth floor of a university building, authorities said. Authorities believe the former UChicago student Aram Brunson, a 21-year-old man from Massachusetts, is currently living…

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FBI discovered a DHS document describing improvised explosive devices during investigation of Trump’s would-be assassin

Among the documents Donald Trump’s would-be-assassin studied while formulating his plans for an attack on the former president was a public document from the Department of Homeland Security, describing different kinds of improvised explosive devices and the number of explosives needed to inflict casualties over certain distances, a senior law enforcement official told CNN. The…

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Racist, anti-immigrant signs were posted at Denver bus stops. How Colorado officials are responding.

Regional Transportation District (RTD) officials are working with law enforcement to determine who posted several racist, anti-immigrant signs at several bus stops along one of Denver’s busiest transit corridors overnight. The first of at least three signs which reference Jim Crow-era laws and a perceived preferential treatment of immigrants coming from the southern border by…

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Britain places travel ban on two men under counter-terrorism sanctions

The British government said on Thursday it had imposed a travel ban on Mustafa Ayash, who it sanctioned earlier this year for promoting terrorism, and suspected Hezbollah financier Nazem Ahmad. The pair, who were already subject to asset freezes under domestic counter-terrorism powers, now cannot enter Britain, it said. “The travel bans are a part…

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Suspect in attack on French synagogue charged with terrorism

Four days after the arson attack on the Beth Yaacov synagogue in southern France, the main suspect, El Hussein K., 33, was charged on Wednesday, August 28, for “terrorist conspiracy,” “attempted assassinations committed due to race or religion in connection to a terrorist organization,” “possession and transport of incendiary products with the intent to harm…

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Hong Kong jury convicts 1, acquits 6 in landmark UN anti-terrorism trial

A Hong Kong jury on Thursday convicted one person and acquitted six others over an alleged plan to detonate explosives and use firearms against police during 2019 protest in the city, in a landmark case under the United Nations Anti-Terrorism Ordinance. Lai Chun-pong, 30, was the only one found guilty with the jury finding the…

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