Archive for March 2026
B.C. youth charged over alleged school shooting threats in chats with U.S. teen
Police on Vancouver Island say a youth who lives in Sooke, B.C., has been charged after allegedly making threats about a school shooting in online chats with a 15-year-old in the United States. Sooke RCMP said in a statement Monday that the investigation was spurred after police in Louisville, Ky., made contact earlier this month…
Read MoreUS journalist kidnapped in Baghdad and security forces hunt captors, Iraqi officials say
An American journalist was kidnapped Tuesday in Baghdad and Iraqi security forces are pursuing her captors, Iraqi officials said. The Iraqi interior ministry said in a statement that a foreign journalist had been kidnapped, without giving more details about the journalist. Two Iraqi security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not…
Read MoreAttack on Michigan synagogue was Hezbollah-inspired ‘act of terrorism,’ FBI says
The FBI said on Monday that an attack on the largest Jewish temple in Michigan earlier this month was an “act of terrorism” inspired by Hezbollah. Ayman Ghazali, a 41-year-old man who was born in Lebanon and became a U.S. citizen in 2016, killed himself during the March 12 attack, when he crashed his truck…
Read MoreTexas high school shooting leaves student dead, teacher hospitalized
A 15-year-old student shot a teacher at Hill Country College Preparatory High School in Bulverde before shooting himself, according to the Comal County Sheriff’s Office. The student died at the scene, and the teacher was transported to a San Antonio hospital. The teacher’s name has not been released. “At this time, we do not have…
Read MoreUS strikes a city home to an Iranian nuclear site while Tehran hits oil tanker off Dubai coast
U.S. strikes hit a city Tuesday that is home to one of Iran’s main nuclear sites, sending a massive fireball into the sky, and Tehran attacked a fully loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The attacks were testament to the intensity of the war more than a month after the U.S. and Israel…
Read MoreBomb squad disassembles suspicious device found near central Iowa bike trail
Central Iowa authorities are analyzing materials found inside a suspicious backpack left near a bike trail in Norwalk. Norwalk police responded late Monday morning a report of a suspicious package found in the 500 block of Beardsley Street. The road was closed in that area while crews, including the Des Moines police bomb squad, investigated…
Read MoreSuspicious device in White Plains, N.Y. prompts FBI, ATF and police response after reported explosion
A street in White Plains, New York, was shut down all Monday after police earlier discovered at least one suspicious device near an apartment building while responding to a reported electrical transformer explosion, officials said. Police, FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives zeroed in on the scene on Odell Avenue, which…
Read MorePolice detain fourth suspect after arson attack on Czech defence factory
Czech police have detained a fourth suspect following an arson attack on an optics and drones factory this month and a court has ordered the person be held in custody, police said on X on Saturday. A previously unknown pro-Palestinian activist group had claimed responsibility for the March 20 attack on the LPP company’s factory…
Read MorePakistan says it will host US-Iran talks, while Iran warns US ground troops would be ‘set on fire’
Pakistan announced Sunday that it would soon host talks between the U.S. and Iran, though there was no immediate word from Washington or Tehran, and it was unclear whether discussions on the monthlong war would be direct or indirect. “Pakistan is very happy that both Iran and the U.S. have expressed their confidence in Pakistan…
Read More‘Sovereign citizen’ arrested after Ross police see SUV made to look like police vehicle
A man driving an SUV equipped to look like an unmarked police vehicle was arrested Saturday in Ross after he gave police fake documents that included a “United Nations driving permit,” Ross police said in a criminal complaint. Ross police charged Zachary Jerry, no age available, of Pittsburgh with a misdemeanor count of impersonating a…
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