Archive for April 2026
Suspect accused of Louisiana festival mass shooting plot arrested in Florida
A North Carolina man was arrested at a Destin hotel after federal authorities warned the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office that he was headed to Louisiana to carry out a mass shooting at a large festival, according to the sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office said Bravo East deputies found the man at the hotel and took…
Read MoreSecond French peacekeeper dies after ambush blamed on Hezbollah, Macron says
A second French soldier died on Wednesday from wounds suffered in a weekend ambush against UN peacekeepers in Lebanon (UNIFIL) blamed on the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, President Emmanuel Macron said. A first soldier, staff sergeant Florian Montorio, was shot dead in the Saturday ambush, for which Hezbollah has denied responsibility. “Corporal Anicet Girardin…brought home…
Read MoreChemical leak at a West Virginia plant kills 2 people and sends 30 more to hospitals, officials say
A chemical leak at a West Virginia silver recovery business on Wednesday killed two people and sent about 30 others to hospitals, including one in serious condition, authorities said. The leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant in Institute as workers were preparing to shut down at least part of the facility, Kanawha County Commission…
Read MoreSenate passes budget plan for ICE and Border Patrol in bid to reopen Homeland Security Department
The Senate took the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security early Thursday, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections and sending it to the House. The entire department has been shut down since mid-February as Democrats have demanded policy…
Read MoreIran behind low-level ‘hybrid warfare’ attacks in UK and Europe, analysts say
Iranian intelligence services and Revolutionary Guards operatives are recruiting teenagers through criminal intermediaries to launch a wave of low-level “hybrid warfare” attacks in Europe and the UK, according to investigators, security officials, analysts and police documents. A first wave of attacks was launched in early March, 10 days after the US and Israel began strikes…
Read MoreTeen guilty of conspiring ‘to murder as many Jewish persons as possible’ in unusual trial
A 17-year-old has been found guilty of conspiring to murder Jews in Ottawa, among other domestic terrorism charges, after an unusual one-day trial that preserves his rights to appeal. The teen — inspired by ISIS and an unknown person who went by “Klm” and “Gh D” online — was planning to commit an attack sometime…
Read MoreIran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz, complicating efforts to resume US-Iran talks
Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the waterway crucial to global energy supplies and complicating already faltering efforts to bring the United States and Iran together for talks to end the war. The attacks were carried out by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, according…
Read MoreShreveport man arrested for allegedly securing gun Shamar Elkins used in mass shooting that left 8 kids dead
A Shreveport man in his 50s has been arrested for allegedly helping the suspect in the Cedar Grove mass shooting obtain a gun. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana has charged Charles Ford, 56, with felon in possession of a firearm and making false statements to federal agents. These charges…
Read MoreTeenager pleads guilty to arson that caused smoke damage at London synagogue
A teenager pleaded guilty Tuesday to arson in northwest London but said he was unaware that the targeted building was a synagogue and said he bore no ill will toward Jewish people. The attack was among several separate assaults against Britain’s Jewish community in recent weeks. The 17-year-old boy, who cannot be identified because of…
Read MoreAfghan national is on trial over suspected role in 2021 Kabul airport bombing
An Afghan national went on trial Monday in federal court on accusations that he played a key role in the 2021 suicide bombing at a Kabul airport that killed more than 180 people, including 13 U.S. service members, during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Mohammad Sharifullah, known as “Jafar,” is charged with one count…
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