Archive for August 2025
FBI charges Galway man with threatening family of murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO
A Galway man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly threatening and harassing the grieving family of former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Shane Daley, 40, was charged with cyberstalking for allegedly leaving four voice messages that court papers indicated were “laced with threats of continued violence.” The alleged calls, placed to a work phone number for…
Read MorePoland charges suspect over parcel bomb plot amid Russia sabotage fears
Four foreign nationals have been investigated over a parcel containing explosives that was sent via a courier company in Poland last year. Polish prosecutors have charged one person over an alleged parcel bomb plot that also involves two Russian suspects, at a time when European governments are on high alert over acts of sabotage attributed…
Read MoreUvalde school records show teenage gunman’s spiral before 2022 shooting
The teenage gunman in the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre entered school in Uvalde, Texas, as a bright learner before years of escalating academic and behavioral troubles that preceded him opening fire on a fourth-grade classroom, according to records released Monday. The school files reveal in greater detail 18-year-old Salvador Ramos’ downward spiral that authorities…
Read MoreHitler-inspired boy planned terror attack at mosque, and pretended to convert to Islam to gain access
The leader of a mosque where a Hitler-inspired teenager was plotting a massacre has told Sky News of the moment the boy pretended to convert to Islam to gain access, weeks before a terror attack which police prevented. The boy, who was 16 years old at the time, idolised the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik…
Read MoreHamilton constable suspended after posting content from extremist groups, following CBC investigation
Hamilton police have suspended a longtime officer while they review his social media posts, which include content re-shared from far-right groups, anti-immigrant messages and posts in support for a coup against the government. Following a CBC visual investigation into white nationalist “active clubs” training in the Hamilton area, a reader contacted CBC Hamilton to share…
Read MoreIsrael bombards Gaza City; Hamas leader visits Cairo in bid to salvage ceasefire talks
Israeli planes and tanks kept bombarding eastern areas of Gaza City overnight, killing at least 11 people, witnesses and medics said on Tuesday, with Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya arriving in Cairo for talks to revive a U.S.-backed ceasefire plan. The latest round of indirect talks in Qatar ended in deadlock in late July with Israel…
Read MoreNigerian military kills scores of gang members in northwest
Nigeria’s military said it killed scores of armed gang members in a joint air and ground operation in a forested region in the northwest, an area plagued by mass abductions and attacks on villages. The armed forces said they moved in on Sunday after more than 400 gang members, known locally as bandits, were seen…
Read MoreUS woman convicted over failed assassination in UK
A US woman who was hired as a killer and tried to shoot a man in the UK at point-blank range has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder. Would-be assassin Aimee Betro, from West Allis in Wisconsin, flew into the country as part of a plot to attack a British family in Birmingham in…
Read MoreColombian Sen. Miguel Uribe dies 2 months after being shot during a rally
A Colombian senator and presidential hopeful whose shooting at a political rally in June recalled some of the darkest chapters of the country’s drug-fueled violence died Monday. The family of Miguel Uribe Turbay said the politician died at a hospital in the capital, Bogota, more than two months after the attack. Uribe, 39, was shot…
Read More3 dead in shooting at Target in Austin, suspect detained: Police
Three people are dead and a suspect is in custody following a shooting outside of a Target store in Austin, Texas, on Monday, according to police. Officials received a call about shots fired at the target location on Research Boulevard at 2:15 p.m. When Austin police arrived, three people had sustained gunshot wounds, officials said…
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