Molotov cocktail thrown at home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, suspect in custody

A Molotov cocktail was thrown at the San Francisco home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Friday morning, police and a spokesperson for the company confirmed to KRON4. No one was injured and the suspect was arrested. “Early this morning, someone threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman’s home and also made threats at our San…

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Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces shot down Shahed drones in Middle Eastern countries during Iran war

Ukrainian military personnel have shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, describing the operations as part of a broader effort to help partners counter the same weapons used by Russia in Ukraine. Zelenskyy made his first public acknowledgment of the operations Wednesday in remarks…

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Netanyahu authorizes direct talks with Lebanon in potential boost to ceasefire efforts

In a potential boost to Middle East ceasefire efforts, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he has authorized direct negotiations with Lebanon “as soon as possible” aimed at disarming Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants and establishing relations between the neighbors. Israel and Lebanon have technically been at war since Israel was established in 1948, and…

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Man receives probation in mass shooting plot at school graduation in Pontiac

A Pontiac man got three years’ probation on Tuesday for his role in plotting a mass shooting at a high school graduation. Deahveon Whaley, 20, pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a firearm with unlawful intent, and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Authorities said Whaley and another man,…

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Updates expected soon in Austin mass shooting investigation

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said Thursday that authorities could release updates “in the next couple of weeks” about the March 1 mass shooting that killed three people, and the shooter, and injured 15 others. “The callousness of lives that were lost and just the devastation of three young people who had many, many years…

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Nigeria begins mass trial of 500 terrorism suspects

Nigeria has begun the prosecution of more than 500 people accused of involvement in militant attacks in one of the country’s largest ever terrorism trials. The suspects face charges linked to aiding and abetting terrorism, particularly in the north-east where an insurgency by the Boko Haram Islamist group began 17 years ago. Since then insecurity…

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Briton accused of directing operations of Somali terrorist group

A Muslim convert from east London has appeared in court accused of directing the activities of a terrorist group in Somalia. Jermaine Grant, 43, from Newham, east London, allegedly attempted to sneak into Somalia dressed in a burqa. He is accused of directing al-Shabaab between December 31, 2007, and January 1, 2010. The Somali group,…

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Teen tried to buy gun for terrorist attack, court told

A neo-Nazi was stung by MI5 in a Morrisons’ car park while trying to buy a gun for a terrorist attack, a court has heard. The Old Bailey in London heard how supermarket worker Alfie Coleman, 21, from Great Notley, Essex, had spent the previous months messaging people who he thought were fellow extremists in…

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