Multiple Jewish organizations and doctors across Canada receive identical emailed threats

More than 100 synagogues, Jewish organizations and doctors in multiple cities across Canada were on high alert after they received the same threatening email Wednesday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed threats were made to “a number of institutions, including synagogues and hospitals, across Canada.” “Law enforcement is also engaging with faith-based leaders to ensure…

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15-year-old charged after bomb threats made against his high school

A 15-year-old was charged after allegedly making bomb threats against his Maryland high school in May, police said. According to the Montgomery County Police Department, the teen allegedly worked with a 12-year-old boy from Pennsylvania to call in the threats to Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, prompting the school to go into lockdown. The 15-year-old found…

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C.I.A. Warning Helped Thwart ISIS Attack at Taylor Swift Concert in Vienna

The C.I.A. provided intelligence to Austrian authorities that allowed them to disrupt a plot that could have killed thousands of people at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna this month, the agency’s deputy director said on Wednesday. David S. Cohen, the deputy director of the C.I.A., said the agency had provided information about four people…

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AT&T is addressing an outage affecting some wireless customers

AT&T is “working to address a software issue” that is impacting its wireless network, a company spokesperson said in an email to CNN Tuesday night. “We are working to address a software issue that may affect the ability of a limited number of our customers to connect to our wireless network,” the AT&T spokesperson said.…

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Bethesda-Chevy Chase student charged with false threat that drew SWAT response

A 15-year-old student at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School — working in concert with a 12-year-old in Pennsylvania whom he met online — was accused Monday of making bomb threats that sent the school into lockdown and drew in a SWAT team several months ago, according to Montgomery County Police officials. The older teen, according to…

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