Archive for May 29, 2025
19-year-old sentenced for thwarted high school shooting in Maryland
A former Montgomery County student convicted of plotting a shooting at Wootton High School will spend another year in jail after a judge decided Wednesday he was unlikely to get into a dedicated mental health program. Judge Jill Cummins sentenced 19-year-old Alex Ye to 10 years in prison but suspended all but one year of…
Read MoreSyrian admits triple murder at trial for German knife attack
A Syrian man has admitted carrying out a knife attack in the German town of Solingen last August in which three people were killed. “I have committed a grave crime, I am prepared to accept the verdict,” Issa al H said in a statement read out by his defence lawyers at the start of his…
Read MoreHamas chief Mohammed Sinwar ‘eliminated’ by Israel, PM says
Mohammed Sinwar was the brother of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel who was killed last year. Israel has killed Mohammed Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told lawmakers, following Israeli media reports that he had been targeted in a…
Read MoreMarshals’ Data Shows Spike in Threats Against Federal Judges
Threats against federal judges have risen drastically since President Trump took office, according to internal data compiled by the U.S. Marshals Service. In the five-month period leading up to March 1 of this year, 80 individual judges had received threats, the data shows. Then, over the next six weeks, an additional 162 judges received threats,…
Read MoreDearborn man suspected of racist threats at synagogue pleads guilty to weapons offense
A Dearborn man has pleaded guilty to a weapons offense after allegedly making antisemitic, racist threats at a Bloomfield Hills synagogue in late 2022. Hassan Chokr, 37, pleaded guilty Tuesday to being a felon in possession of a firearm, federal officials said. He faces up to 15 years in prison and is scheduled to be…
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