Archive for November 2025
Las Vegas police: Improvised explosive detonated outside restaurant near Strip
Police are investigating a small explosion that occurred after someone detonated an improvised explosive device near Piero’s Italian Cuisine, a restaurant about half a mile from Las Vegas Boulevard. According to an update from Sheriff Kevin McMahill, two men wearing all black approached the front of the restaurant around 2:19 a.m. One of the men…
Read MoreNorth Shore man pleads guilty to concealing terrorism financing for ISIS
A North Shore man has pleaded guilty to concealing the source of material support intended for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Mateo Ventura, 20, of Wakefield, entered a guilty plea to one count of concealment of financing of terrorism on Oct. 15, 2025, according to United States Attorney Leah…
Read MoreDetroit man sentenced to 9 years in prison for attempting to donate cryptocurrency to ISIS
A Detroit man will spend nine years in prison after pleading guilty to twice concealing cryptocurrency donations intended for ISIS, federal prosecutors said. According to court records, Jibreel Pratt, 26, initiated a conversation with an informant in February 2023, who Pratt believed was an ISIS member who could organize overseas travel for Pratt to join…
Read MoreSuspects charged in alleged Michigan Halloween terror plot eyed attack on Chicago Pride Parade: Docs
Chicago’s Pride Parade last year was eyed as a possible place for a terror attack. Court documents revealed suspects in a Michigan terror plot posted in a social media platform for ISIS supporters and mentioned conducting a possible attack on the 2024 Chicago Pride Parade. The post said “we will be attacking the Chicago pride…
Read MoreDelhi blast was terror incident, Indian government says
A deadly car blast in a busy area of India’s capital city Delhi was a “terror incident”, the country’s government has said. At least eight people were killed and 20 more injured in the explosion near the city’s historic Red Fort on Monday. The Red Fort was built in the the 17th Century and is…
Read MoreRochester man jailed for terrorism alarms Kentucky prison staff
Mufid Elfgeeh, a former Rochester pizza shop manager now incarcerated for terrorism-related crimes, has prison officials so worried about his mental stability that they recently chose to fly him between prisons for safety reasons. Last week Elfgeeh, now accused of trying to kill a cellmate with a shiv, was flown from Kentucky to a federal…
Read MoreTeen charged over ‘Southport-style’ attack plan
A 16-year-old boy has been charged over an alleged plan to carry out a similar attack to the Southport stabbings. The teenager, who is white British and from Kirkby in Merseyside, faces one count of making threats to kill and four of possession of documents likely to be useful in preparing acts of terrorism. According…
Read MoreFrance marks 10 years since Paris’ deadliest peacetime attacks in silence and ceremony
Sophie Dias fought back tears outside the Stade de France Thursday as she described living with what she called “a void that never closes” since the night her father became the first person killed in France’s deadliest peacetime attack, a night that still scars Paris and shapes the country 10 years on. On Nov. 13,…
Read MoreMacomb County man charged with terrorist threats toward police and judge
A 42-year-old man from Warren is facing multiple felonies after reportedly threatening police and a judge. According to authorities, a police scanner website contacted the Warren Police Department on Oct. 27 about messages it received that threatened specific individuals, including Warren District Judge Suzanne Faunce. Messages allegedly included “Death to Warren PD,” “Death to Judge…
Read MoreMass. man convicted of making threats against State Rep.
A Dennis man has been convicted by a jury for his involvement in making a threat against State Rep. Steve Xiarhos, officials announced Wednesday. James Spence, 63, was convicted of one count of threat to commit a crime (arson), according to the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office. On Feb. 25, Barnstable police learned of…
Read More