Archive for August 2025
Israeli airstrikes targeting Iran-backed Houthis rock Yemen’s capital
At least six people were killed and 86 injured after multiple areas across the Yemeni capital of Sanaa were hit by Israeli airstrikes, according to the Houthi-run health ministry. Israeli airstrikes hit the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Sunday, days after the Houthi rebels fired a missile towards Israel that its military described as the…
Read MoreU.S. Navy Sailor Convicted of Spying for China
Yesterday, on Aug. 20, a federal jury convicted Jinchao Wei, also known as Patrick Wei, of espionage and export violations. Wei was an active-duty U.S. Navy sailor stationed at Naval Base San Diego when he agreed to sell Navy secrets to a Chinese intelligence officer for $12,000. Following a five-day trial and one day of…
Read MoreGermany: Arrest made over Nord Stream pipeline explosions
German prosecutors announced Thursday that a suspect had been arrested in connection with an alleged 2022 attack on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which transported Russian gas to Europe. The suspect, a Ukrainian national, was detained near Rimini, Italy, prosecutors said. In a statement, they thanked their Italian counterparts and other international law…
Read MoreBomb and attack on helicopter in Colombia kill at least 17, including police officers
A car bomb and a separate attack on a police helicopter in Colombia killed at least 17 people Thursday, according to authorities. President Gustavo Petro attributed both attacks to dissidents of the defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, commonly known as FARC. At least 12 police officers died in the attack on a helicopter that…
Read MoreCanadian Military member charged with terrorism warned of ‘another Waco’: court docs
One of the heavily armed Canadian Armed Forces members now charged with terrorism allegedly spoke openly about his will to use violence against government authorities and warned about another Waco massacre, according to recently unsealed court documents. Last month the RCMP charged four Quebec men, all with military ties, for allegedly planning an ideologically motivated…
Read MoreGeorgia man may have tried to enter CDC campus two days before he attacked agency
The Georgia man who shot at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention buildings on Aug. 8 apparently tried to enter the campus two days earlier but was turned away by security, according to an internal CDC email. Security video indicates “a very high likelihood” that the 30-year-old shooter — Patrick Joseph White — tried to…
Read MoreVillanova University says active shooter report was a ‘cruel hoax’
Villanova University said a report of a possible shooter at its law school was a “cruel hoax,” after it issued an alert warning of an active shooter on its Pennsylvania campus on Thursday. “Mercifully, no one was injured, and we now know that it was a cruel hoax — there was no active shooter, no…
Read MoreColorado man arrested in South Dakota after making bomb threats toward Epiphany School in Sayre, PA
A former resident of the Valley who now resides in the Midwest was arrested on Thursday after police said he made threats toward a School in Sayre that led to the evacuation of the building. Ronald Anthony Fiorello, 62, of Salida, Colorado, was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 21, on the following charges: Fiorello’s arrest comes…
Read MoreMan sentenced to life for 2022 MS-13 execution-style shooting in Montgomery County
Man sentenced to life for 2022 MS-13 execution-style shooting in Montgomery County GAITHERSBURG, Md. (7News) — MS-13 gang member Edgard Castro-Contreras was sentenced to life in prison, plus an additional 52 years, on Monday for the 2022 shooting death of 20-year-old Edvin Agustin Leon in Gaithersburg, Maryland. According to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office,…
Read MoreUS Marshals rescue missingteen during operation toarrest alleged MS-13 gangmember in Frederick County
https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/frederickcounty/us-marshals-rescue-missing-teen-during-operation-to-arrest-alleged-ms-13-gang-member-in-frederick-county?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMDZ3VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoua36jWIKRbfmKZBuuyUoDdY2Psh8ITPHMN_QrAjOxh_xXopC4E-kT_wV2p_aem_WVRYafUu5DBG_OmlwO8lBA#google_vignette FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. — A fugitive apprehension operation has ledto the finding of a missing teen and the arrest of a citizen of El Salvadorin Frederick County.U.S. Marshals, in coordination with the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office,U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – Enforcement andRemoval Operations (ERO), and Homeland Security Investigations,coordinated the operation on Thursday.Law…
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