Archive for February 2026
‘This is what’s in store’: Florida man arrested for making threats with videos of gunfire
A Volusia County man was arrested Feb. 14, accused of making threats to kill or harm a man he had previously worked with. According to an arrest report, 45-year-old Adrian Morales sent a video to a man he knew on Feb. 11. In a clip from the video, shared with WESH 2, you can hear…
Read MorePolice probe source of bomb threat made to historic synagogue in Charleston
Local authorities are looking into a bomb threat at the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in downtown Charleston, city police confirmed Tuesday afternoon. The synagogue, located right off East Bay Street, received the threat shortly after 9 a.m. by phone. Charleston police then sent their Explosive Device Team to search the building and the surrounding…
Read MoreTrial for father accused of giving son access to firearm reveals details of Georgia school shooting
The trial of a Georgia man accused of giving his 14-year-old son access to a firearm began on Monday, with prosecutors arguing his actions provided the means for the 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School and defense attorneys contending that there was no way he could have known his son would cause harm. Colin Gray…
Read MoreDrone pilot charged in Maryland after YouTube video of ‘second Pentagon’
A man was federally charged in Maryland last week after posting drone footage on YouTube of a flight over part of the Raven Rock Mountain Complex, a military installation buried in the Catoctin Mountains sometimes described as a “second Pentagon.” The drone pilot, Stuart Dale Bennett, was identified by FBI agents after a U.S. military…
Read More2 killed, 3 hospitalized in Pawtucket ice rink shooting; suspect also dead
Two victims and the suspect are dead while three others are hospitalized with gunshot wounds after a shooting Monday afternoon during a hockey game at Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, authorities said. The arena is an indoor ice skating rink on Andrew D. Ferland Way. A 2 p.m. game had been scheduled pitting the Coventry-Johnston co-op…
Read MoreFairfield [ME] man charged after gunfire damages three CMP substations in Kennebec County
A Fairfield man is facing charges after authorities say he fired multiple gunshots at three Central Maine Power substations in Kennebec County early Sunday morning. Law enforcement agencies are investigating the incidents, which happened between about midnight and 4:15 a.m. on Feb. 15, in Windsor, Winslow and Augusta. At approximately 12:15 a.m., Maine State Police…
Read MoreWeapons‑making couple jailed for stockpiling firearms, explosives and extremist material
A couple who stockpiled lethal weapons, manufactured ammunition and discussed preparing for a so‑called “race war” have been jailed today at Kingston Crown Court, alongside two associates who purchased firearms from them. Thomas McKenna, 60, and Tina Smith, 55, were convicted after trial of multiple firearms and explosives offences, including converting blank‑firing pistols into viable…
Read MoreAustrian prosecutors file terrorism charges against suspect over plot to attack Taylor Swift show
Austrian public prosecutors filed terrorism-related charges Monday against a 21-year-old defendant who they say planned to carry out an attack on one of superstar singer Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna in August 2024. Vienna public prosecutors said in a statement that the unnamed defendant had declared allegiance to the Islamic State group by sharing propaganda…
Read MoreStudent death puts French far-left under pressure
France’s radical left is under pressure after the killing of a student in Lyon was blamed on “anti-fascist” militants. Quentin Deranque, a 23-year-old maths student and nationalist activist, died on Saturday, two days after being beaten up on the street by a group of young men. On Thursday afternoon he had given support to a…
Read MoreRussia poisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny with dart frog toxin, five European nations say
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with a rare and lethal toxin found in the skin of poison dart frogs, five European countries said Saturday. The foreign ministries of the U.K., France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said analysis in European labs of samples taken from Navalny’s body “conclusively confirmed the…
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