Archive for September 2026
Man arrested for alleged threats to Valhalla High School, bank and residence
A 37-year-old North Park man has been arrested for mailing a threat to an East County high school, a bank and an El Cajon residence, sheriff’s officials said. Detectives and school resource officers from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office arrested Ray Talia on Thursday after investigating a school threat that was mailed to Valhalla…
Read MoreRussian drones slam southern Ukraine city after Kyiv’s 1,000-drone weekend barrage
Russian drones blasted Ukraine’s southern city of Zaporizhzhia a day after Kyiv’s forces fired more than 1,000 at Russia, officials said on Monday. The war’s relentless daily attacks underscore the absence of any significant progress in diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting, more than four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbour.…
Read MoreIran-backed Houthi rebels warn against joining Saudi Arabia in Yemen’s growing civil war
A senior official with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels is warning countries against joining Saudi Arabia in Yemen’s revived civil war, telling The Associated Press on Sunday that his group has assured the Trump administration that it won’t attack U.S. vessels in the Red Sea. Mohamed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthis’ political bureau, said Washington…
Read MoreMan critically injured, police officer wounded in gunfire near Ontario synagogue on Yom Kippur
A police officer and a man were wounded in an exchange of gunfire Sunday near a synagogue in Ontario as members of the Jewish community marked Yom Kippur, authorities said. The man was hospitalized in life-threatening condition. The province’s Special Investigations Unit said the exchange of gunfire happened near the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in…
Read MoreTwo arrested in UK counter-terror swoop, say police
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences after a major police swoop in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. The pair were held in Newton Street at 14:45 BST on Sunday as part of an ongoing operation. They remain in custody. The operation was led by the Metropolitan Police and backed up by officers from…
Read MoreBellevue police arrest man accused of Planned Parenthood arson attempt
A man suspected of trying to set a Planned Parenthood on fire in Bellevue is now behind bars as police believe there’s no longer a threat to the community or to the clinic. It happened after midnight on Sept. 18 in the 14,000 block of NE 8th Street, and police said they believe the building…
Read MoreWilliamston man charged after mass-violence threat on ECU campus
A Williamston man is behind bars after warrants say he made mass-violence threats on the East Carolina University campus. Warrants show that 19-year-old Mason Hardison was arrested by the East Carolina University Police Department on Saturday. According to documents, Hardison was inside the Subway restaurant on the ECU campus when he made statements to multiple…
Read MoreFrench police officer arrested over suspected far-right terror plot
A policeman who follows “a violent radical far-right ideology” has been arrested in France on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack, sources told AFP late on Thursday. Confirming a report by the TF1/LCI broadcaster, a judicial source said that the man was also suspected of having manufactured weapons, among other crimes. A separate source close…
Read MoreFormer Syrian official convicted of torture under Assad sentenced to 60 years in US prison
A former Syrian military official convicted of torturing prisoners during the rule of former President Bashar Assad was sentenced Thursday to 60 years in a U.S. prison after a federal judge recounted the “unimaginably cruel” details of his abuse. A jury in March found Samir Ousman Alsheikh guilty on all six counts including torture and…
Read MoreShooting at high school in the Philippines leaves 2 students and gunman dead, several injured
A shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Friday left two 14-year-old students and the teenage gunman dead and wounded at least 10 people, local government and police officials said. The shooting at Banga National High School in the South Cotabato town of Banga “remains under investigation,” the Philippine National Police said…
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