Archive for June 2026
Iran and US reach a tentative deal to end war as Israel rules out withdrawing from seized land
The United States and Iran reached an initial agreement early Monday that would extend their shaky ceasefire and lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, but challenges immediately loomed, including Israel insisting it would hold onto land seized in Lebanon as it battles Hezbollah. Details of the deal, which would potentially allow desperately…
Read MoreNew Mexico Man Facing Federal Hate Crime Charge Following Attacks at Local Synagogue and Jewish Community Center
An Albuquerque, New Mexico man is in custody on federal charges for allegedly damaging religious property during back-to-back attacks at two local Jewish facilities. According to court documents, on June 2, Rex Crofton, 25, targeted two Jewish community facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during a series of motivated attacks. At approximately 4:31 PM, Crofton arrived…
Read MoreChicago police investigating explosion outside Alderman’s home
Chicago police are investigating an explosion outside of a city alderman’s home on the Lower West Side. The incident happened around 12:45 a.m. Saturday near the home of 25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez at West 21st Street and South Damen Avenue, officials said. The alderman’s office issued a statement Saturday evening, saying CPD’s Bomb…
Read MoreCounter-terrorism police leading school stabbing inquiry
Counter-terrorism police have taken over the investigation into a stabbing at a Manchester school in which two pupils and a teacher were injured. The attack took place on Tuesday at the Co-op Academy on Plant Hill Road in the Blackley area. A 14-year-old girl was later arrested on suspicion of assault and detained under the…
Read MoreMan charged after alleged threats toward Catholic church in Marple Township
A potential tragedy was averted in Delaware County after police arrested a man accused of making threats against a Catholic church in Marple Township. Christopher Henderson, 37, of Exton, is now jailed on charges of making terroristic threats on Facebook targeting St. Pius Catholic Church in Broomall, according to police. According to the criminal complaint,…
Read MoreATF agent testifies linking arson suspect to dark web and AI use in Lachman Fire trial
An ATF special agent returned to the stand Wednesday in the federal arson trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, telling jurors investigators found software on the defendant’s phone linking him to the dark web and that he asked ChatGPT how to delete all video messages from iCloud shortly after a search warrant was served. The agent also…
Read MoreMan suspected of torching Berkeley animal shelter arrested
Police have arrested the man they believe set fire to the Berkeley Animal Care Services shelter Saturday night, forcing the city-run facility near Aquatic Park to close and relocate all the animals living there. Police are also investigating whether the man they arrested was involved in vandalizing the shelter building by flooding it overnight Wednesday.…
Read More2 in Atlanta training center protests charged with federal arson offenses; 3 indicted by state
Two people accused of committing arson during protests of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center now face federal charges. In addition, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr re-indicted the same two people, adding a third, he announced June 11. “The law does not protect, and the Department of Justice will not tolerate, organized acts of violence…
Read MoreToronto police officer fatally shot in investigation tied to U.S. consulate shootings: chief
A Toronto police constable has died after being shot following an exchange of gunfire with a suspect in the northwest end of the city Thursday morning, Chief Myron Demkiw says. Const. Marc Pinizzotto, 43, was “a hero in life, not death,” Demkiw said at a news conference outside Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. “There’s a very…
Read MoreMan pleads guilty to killing a top Minnesota Democrat and her husband while posing as an officer
A Minnesota man who posed as a police officer and went door-to-door in the middle of the night, killing the top Democrat in the state House and her husband and wounding a state senator and his wife, pleaded guilty to murder on Thursday so that federal prosecutors would not seek the death penalty. The attacks…
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