Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
Florida man charged after state police find explosives during traffic stop in Monroe County
A man is locked up after state police found several explosive devices in his car in Monroe County. State police conducted a traffic stop Friday night on I-80 East in Tobyhanna Township. Troopers found Juan Cosme, 46, of Frostproof, Florida, driving under the influence and, after searching his vehicle, discovered 13 ‘improvised explosive devices.’ Cosme…
Read MoreEU review of terrorist content online pushed back to include Israel-Gaza war
A planned European Commission evaluation to assess the effectiveness of rules to combat terrorist content online has been pushed back to 2025 to include the Hamas attack against Israel on 7 October of last year, the EU executive said in a reply to Parliamentary questions. The terrorist content online regulation, which entered into force in…
Read MoreUK Police Are Searching For Man Armed With Crossbow After 3 Women Were Killed In A Home Near London
British police were hunting for a man believed to be armed with a crossbow on Wednesday after three women were killed in a house near London. Hertfordshire Police said Kyle Clifford, 26, was being sought over the suspected triple murder. Police said the three women, who were related, were found seriously injured in a house…
Read MoreYemen’s Houthi Rebels Target A Us-Flagged Container Ship In The Gulf Of Aden
Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted United States-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday, officials said, the latest assault by the group on the crucial maritime trade route. The captain of the ship reported an explosion in close proximity to the vessel off the coast of Nishtun, Yemen, close to the country’s border with…
Read MoreMan arrested for allegedly planting explosive device next to San Jose business
Police arrested a man who allegedly planted an improvised explosive device at a business in San Jose last week, authorities said Tuesday. San Jose police said officers responded at 10:06 a.m. on July 3 to a report of a bomb threat at a business in the 1300 block of Ridder Park Drive just north of…
Read MoreFormer TSA employee faces prison over fake bomb notes
A former TSA employee faces up to five years in prison after allegedly leaving fake bomb threat notes in a Tulsa airport bathroom on two separate occasions last March, according to authorities. U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson announced Tuesday, a former TSA employee made an initial appearance before the federal court for leaving notes in the…
Read MoreMan Sentenced for Sending Death Threat to Michigan Election Worker
An Indiana man was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for sending a communication that included death threats to an election worker in Michigan shortly after the November 2020 election. “The Justice Department has no tolerance for violent threats against election workers, officials, and volunteers, and as this case demonstrates, we will aggressively investigate…
Read MoreJustice Department Leads Efforts Among Federal, International, and Private Sector Partners to Disrupt Covert Russian Government-Operated Social Media Bot Farm
The Justice Department today announced the seizure of two domain names and the search of 968 social media accounts used by Russian actors to create an AI-enhanced social media bot farm that spread disinformation in the United States and abroad. The social media bot farm used elements of AI to create fictitious social media profiles…
Read MoreWidow of ISIS leader sentenced to death by Baghdad court
The widow of ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has been sentenced to death by a court in Baghdad. She was found guilty by Al Karkh Criminal Court of “working with terrorist Daesh gangs”, Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council said on Wednesday, using the Arabic acronym for ISIS. While it did not name her, a court…
Read MoreAn Israeli strike in Syria kills a former bodyguard of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader, official says
An Israeli strike in Syria on Tuesday killed a former bodyguard of the leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, an official with the group said. An Israeli man and woman were killed in a retaliatory Hezbollah strike on Israel. Hours earlier, an Israeli drone hit a car in Syria near the border with Lebanon,…
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