Archive for May 2026
Suspect arrested after improvised explosive device explosion Monday in Odessa, Missouri
A suspect is in custody following an explosion Monday in Odessa, Missouri, caused by an improvised explosive device. On Monday morning, first responders were dispatched to the 200 block of E. Otway Street in Odessa on reports of a natural gas explosion. Officials from the Missouri State Fire Marshal’s Office and Spire, Inc. responded and…
Read MoreMan accused of Starmer arson attacks did not know he was PM, court hears
A Ukrainian man who is accused of setting fire to the prime minister’s house told police he had never heard of Sir Keir Starmer, the Old Bailey has heard. Ukrainian nationals Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Petro Pochynok, 35, and Ukrainian-born Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, are accused of targeting two properties and a car linked…
Read MoreTwo U.S. Nationals Sentenced for Facilitating Fraudulent Remote Information Technology Worker Schemes to Generate Revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
The Justice Department today announced the sentencings in separate cases of two U.S. nationals, Matthew Issac Knoot, of Nashville, Tennessee, and Erick Ntekereze Prince, of New York, for their roles in facilitating Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) remote information technology (IT) workers. Knoot was sentenced to 18 months in prison and Prince was sentenced…
Read MoreWoman arrested after bringing sword hidden inside cane to Cincinnati City Hall
A concerning situation unfolded on Wednesday at Cincinnati’s City Hall, when a woman tried to bring a sword into council chambers. It happened on Wednesday afternoon during the public comment portion of the Cincinnati city council meeting, causing a serious scare. Police said the suspect had the sword hidden inside a cane and made it…
Read MoreDallas-area shopping center shooting that left 2 dead, 3 injured was not random, officials say
A shooting at a shopping center in Texas left two people dead and three people injured, police said. According to Carrollton Police Chief Roberto Arredondo, law enforcement was called to the K Towne Plaza shopping center shortly before 10 a.m. on Tuesday after reports of a shooting with multiple victims. Investigators said there were multiple…
Read MoreMan accused of anti-Semitic Bondi Beach mass shooting faces 19 extra charges
A man accused of murdering 15 people in an anti-Semitic mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach is facing a raft of fresh charges, court records released Wednesday showed. Naveed Akram is accused of opening fire as families thronged Bondi Beach for a Hanukkah celebration in December. The 24-year-old has already been charged with dozens of…
Read MoreIsrael strikes Beirut for first time since ceasefire, reportedly killing Hezbollah commander
A senior commander from Hezbollah’s elite force was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday night, the first such attack on the area in nearly a month, a source close to the group said. At least 11 other people were killed in strikes across the south and east, according to the…
Read MoreMan arrested for arson after driving exploding van into Everett Police parking lot
A man is accused of intentionally setting his own van on fire outside an Everett police precinct Tuesday night, triggering an explosion that authorities say posed a significant danger to officers and the public. The EPD said the incident happened at about 9:15 p.m. at the South Precinct, 1121 SE Everett Mall Way. An officer…
Read MoreGerman police raid neo-Nazi criminal youth groups
Police have raided around 50 homes and other locations, targeting people suspected of involvement in far-right criminal youth groups that have recently emerged in Germany. Prosecutors said the suspects were believed to be part of two groups, “Jung & Stark” (JS), or Young and Strong, and “Deutsche Jugend Voran” (DJV), which means Forwards German Youth.…
Read MoreSchool shooting in Brazil leaves 2 women dead; 13-year-old student detained
A school shooting Tuesday in Acre state in northern Brazil left two women dead and two others injured, including an underage student, authorities said. The state government said in a statement that a 13-year-old student admitted carrying out the attack at the public school Instituto Sao Jose in Rio Branco, the state capital. The two…
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