Archive for September 2025
Ohio Man arrested after making bomb threats toward school districts
The Scioto County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man after making bomb threats to two school districts in the county. Investigators said 26-year-old Brian “Austin” Sampson is charged with Terroristic Threats, third-degree felony and Inducing Panic, a second-degree felony. In a release last Friday, the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office said they received a call from the…
Read MoreUndersea cables cut in Red Sea, internet disrupted in Asia and Mideast
Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said Sunday, though it wasn’t immediately clear what caused the incident. There has been concern about the cables being targeted in a Red Sea campaign by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, which the rebels describe as an effort…
Read MoreNew Zealand father on the run almost 4 years with his kids shot dead by police, authorities say
A man who evaded authorities with his three children in the remote New Zealand countryside for nearly four years was shot and killed by a police officer Monday, law enforcement said. One child was with Tom Phillips at the time of the confrontation and the other two children were found in the forest hours after…
Read MoreTwo Minnesota Men Arrested for Funding and Directing Kidnappings, Bombings, and Killings Overseas
A federal grand jury in Minnesota has returned an eight-count indictment charging naturalized U.S. citizens Benedict Nwana Kuah, 51, and Pascal Kikishy Wongbi, 52, with organizing, financing, and directing kidnappings, bombings, and killings in their native country, the Republic of Cameroon. Kuah and Wongbi were arrested this morning in the District of Minnesota and made…
Read MoreSeveral killed in Jerusalem bus station shooting, police say
At least six people were shot dead at Jerusalem’s Ramot Junction on Monday, Israeli police and emergency services said. Two suspects were also shot and killed at the scene, police said in a statement. The attackers opened fire at people waiting at a bus depot, police said, before boarding a bus to continue the attack.…
Read MoreJuvenile to be charged after Fairbanks Fred Meyer evacuated due to suspected explosive device
A “deactivated 81 mm mortar shell” was found in the bathroom of the Fred Meyer on Airport Way in Fairbanks Sunday, according to the Fairbanks Police Department (FPD). The store was evacuated around 4 p.m. due to a report of a possible explosive device. Fort Wainwright’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal team identified the mortar shell and…
Read MoreRussia Unleashes Largest Drone Assault of War, Setting Government Building Ablaze
Russia attacked Ukraine on Sunday with the largest drone assault so far in the war, Ukrainian authorities said, damaging a key building in the heavily guarded government district of the capital for the first time since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022. Ukraine’s Air Force said that Russia had launched 805 Iranian-designed Shahed…
Read MoreTexas woman sentenced to six years in prison for arson of Snohomish County church
A 38-year-old Temple, Texas, woman was sentenced today in U.S, District Court in Seattle to six years in prison for three federal felonies related to the arson at Seattle Laestadian Lutheran Church (SLLC) in Snohomish County, Washington, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Natasha Marie O’Dell has been in custody since her arrest in…
Read MorePutin says any Western troops in Ukraine would be fair targets
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Moscow to attack, in a warning to Kyiv’s allies as they discuss measures for its future protection. Putin was speaking a day after French President Emmanuel Macron said 26 countries had pledged to provide postwar security…
Read MoreVenezuelan fighter jets flew over U.S. Navy ship in “show of force”
Two armed Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew over the USS Jason Dunham on Thursday, according to multiple Defense Department officials who described the action as a “show of force.” The Dunham, an Aegis guided-missile destroyer, is among a flotilla of U.S. warships dispatched to the region in recent weeks that the Pentagon says have been…
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