Archive for October 2024
United States and Canada Target Key International Fundraiser for Foreign Terrorist Organization PFLP
Today, in a joint action with Canada, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, or “Samidoun,” a sham charity that serves as an international fundraiser for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization. The PFLP, which was designated as…
Read MoreIsraeli strike hits municipal building in south Lebanon, mayor and five others killed
An Israeli air strike on Wednesday on the municipal building in Nabatieh, a major town in southern Lebanon, which serves as a provincial capital, killed the mayor Ahmed Kahil and at least five others, two security sources said. The strike came despite U.S. concerns about rising death tolls and fears of all-out war in the…
Read MoreUkraine attacked by over 130 Russian drones in latest strike, Kyiv says
Russia launched one of its largest drone salvos at Ukraine in recent months, targeting Kyiv and other cities and igniting a fire at an industrial facility in the western region of Ternopil, officials said on Wednesday. Air defences shot down 51 of 136 drones used in the attack, the air force said in its readout.…
Read MoreTrial on hold for New Jersey man charged in knife attack that injured Salman Rushdie
The attempted murder trial of the man charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack was put on hold Friday while judges consider a request to move it to another county. Jury selection had been scheduled to start on Tuesday. Late Friday, an appellate judge in Rochester halted proceedings until the…
Read MoreMeteorologists Face Harassment and Death Threats Amid Hurricane Disinformation
A meteorologist based in Washington, D.C., was accused of helping the government cover up manipulating a hurricane. In Houston, a forecaster was repeatedly told to “do research” into the weather’s supposed nefarious origins. And a meteorologist for a television station in Lansing, Mich., said she had received death threats. “Murdering meteorologists won’t stop hurricanes,” wrote…
Read MoreMan Convicted of Terrorism After UK Investigation Uncovers 3D-Printed Firearms Manuals
A 32-year-old man has been found guilty of various terrorism offences following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, which identified he had collected various instruction manuals of how to create 3D-printed firearms according to a news release on October 12. Acting Commander Gareth Rees, from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command said: “Mohamed was…
Read MoreU.S. Army Soldier Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison For Attempting to Assist ISIS to Conduct Deadly Ambush on U.S. Troops
Cole Bridges, also known as Cole Gonzales, 24, of Stow, Ohio, was sentenced to 168 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and attempting to murder U.S. military service members, based on his efforts to assist the Islamic State of…
Read MoreRutherford County man arrested for FEMA threats; sheriff says ‘no armed militia’
Federal emergency response personnel working in Helene-devastated areas of Rutherford County were subject to threats over the weekend, resulting in a halt to some aid operations over a potential “armed militia” and the arrest of an armed Forest City man, officials said. Just before 1 p.m. on Oct. 12, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office received…
Read MoreFederal officials say Trump was not in danger after man arrested with illegal weapons near campaign rally in California
A man was arrested on state gun charges Saturday near Donald Trump’s rally in California, but the former president “was not in any danger,” the US Secret Service said in a joint statement with the FBI and the Department of Justice. The man, who authorities say was illegally possessing a shotgun, a loaded handgun and…
Read MoreToronto police open hate crime investigation after Jewish girls’ school hit with gunfire in 2nd incident this year
Police in Toronto, Canada, are opening a hate crime investigation after shots were fired overnight into the window of a Jewish girls’ elementary school – the second time this year the school was targeted by gunfire, officials said. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. Saturday at the Bais Chaya Mushka Girls Elementary School on Yom…
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