Archive for December 2025
Teen arrested after threats cause multiple Minnesota schools to close
Multiple south metro high schools — closed Tuesday because of online threats — will be back open Wednesday. Both the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan District 196 and Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 made the announcements Tuesday afternoon after police gave updates saying there was no longer a threat to the public. The Apple Valley Police Department arrested a…
Read MoreTeen in prior Kenosha school scare arrested for new TikTok threats
The Kenosha Police Department detained a 15-year-old after the Federal Bureau of Investigation flagged a TikTok post that investigators said referenced a school shooting and included the message, “December 16th, its going down.” According to police, the teen was detained and taken to the police department as officers continued the investigation. While at the police…
Read MoreLouisiana man linked to terrorist group accused of planning New Orleans attack, FBI says
Federal court documents unsealed at noon show a Louisiana man arrested in connection with an alleged extremist organization was accused of planning an attack in New Orleans. The complaint and supporting affidavit against Micah Legnon were unsealed Tuesday at the request of the U.S. attorney’s office. Court records show the 29-year-old New Iberia man is…
Read MoreMI6 chief says UK faces threat from Russia’s desire to export chaos around the world
The new head of the UK’s foreign intelligence service, MI6, warned on Monday of how Russian President Vladimir Putin’s determination to export chaos around the world is rewriting the rules of conflict and creating new security challenges. Blaise Metreweli used her first public speech to say that Britain faces increasingly unpredictable and interconnected threats, with…
Read MoreAustralian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State group
A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State,” Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett said Tuesday. The suspects were a father and son, aged 50 and 24, authorities have said. The older man, whom state officials named as…
Read MoreAttacker who killed US troops in Syria was a recent recruit to security forces, official says
A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three U.S. citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions that he might be affiliated with the Islamic State group, a Syrian official told The Associated Press Sunday. The attack Saturday…
Read MoreGunmen shout ‘Free Palestine’ at Jewish family, open fire on home
A Jewish family in San Bernardino County is refusing to let what police are investigating as a possible hate crime by a trio of suspects who opened fire on the home dampen the Hanukkah message of bringing light to the world. The frightening Dec. 12 incident played out around 8 p.m. when homeowner Rodgir Cohen…
Read MoreDocs: Johnson City man accused of enticing 13-year-old online as part of nihilist ‘764’ group
A Johnson City man, who authorities claim belonged to a “nihilistic violent extremist” network, faces federal child exploitation charges for allegedly using the online video platform Roblox to entice a 13-year-old girl to send him pictures and videos of her harming herself and engaging in sexually explicit acts. Cayden Newberry is charged with one count…
Read More4 arrested in connection to alleged terror plot by far-left group in California, feds say
Federal law enforcement officials said Monday that the Justice Department and FBI had foiled a plan by members of a “far-left” group to conduct a series of attacks on New Year’s Eve across Southern California and arrested four people who were allegedly involved. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X that the Justice Department and…
Read MoreGermany: 5 arrested for suspected Christmas market plot
German authorities have arrested five men suspected of planning an attack on a Christmas market, the Munich public prosecutor’s office said Saturday. The foiled plot was targeting a Christmas market in the area of Dingolfing in the southern German state of Bavaria, German authorities said. The exact name of the market that was the target…
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