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Southport killer charged with prison attacks and possessing weapon
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been charged with three attacks while in prison and possessing a weapon. Police say the offences took place at HMP Belmarsh over six months from May to October 2025. The 19-year-old murdered Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and injured eight other children…
Read MoreTexas man arrested after alleged threats against Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Colorado
A man from Texas was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly threatened to “shoot up” Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Colorado. The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office says that around 7 p.m. Monday, 54-year-old Lonnie Hubbard of Quitman, Texas, became upset when staff told him he could not safely ride certain attractions at the park. Witnesses…
Read MoreCalifornia man arrested for threats against Jackson County judge, court documents show
A man was arrested and charged Thursday with making threats against Jackson County Chancery Judge Ashlee Cole, the mother of a friend of Nolan Wells, according to court documents. Joseph Alfredo Vasquez Dumarce, 27, of Sacramento, is in custody on an allegation that he sent a death threat to Cole via Facebook Messenger. The message…
Read MoreMan charged with threat of mass violence at East Carolina University
A man is behind bars after police say he threatened to carry out a mass shooting at one university in Eastern Carolina. Onslow County deputies arrested Dylan Warbritton Thursday for communicating a threat of mass violence on educational property and resisting a public officer. East Carolina University police say the 23-year-old, who is not a…
Read MoreMan convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie
A man was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel “The Satanic Verses.” After just a couple of hours of deliberations, a jury found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, including engaging in an…
Read MoreFather who gave gun to Apalachee High School shooter sentenced to serve 15 years in prison
A man who gave his son the gun he used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison. Colin Gray’s sentencing comes days after his son, Colt Gray, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the Sept.…
Read MoreRussian attacks on Ukraine kill several; possible Russian missile crashes in Poland
A Russian ballistic missile and drone barrage across Ukraine overnight into Thursday killed at least eight civilians, including children, and wounded dozens of others, officials said. The blitz expanded Russia’s almost daily bombardment of Ukrainian cities as Moscow apparently looked to exploit Kyiv’s critical shortage of Western-supplied anti-ballistic missile defenses. NATO member Poland, meanwhile, was…
Read MoreTwo New Jersey Men and a Washington Man Plead Guilty to Terrorism-Related Offenses for Supporting ISIS
Two men from Montclair, New Jersey and a man from Kent, Washington admitted to charges related to supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (“ISIS”), U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. Tomas-Kaan Jimenez-Guzel, 19, and Milo Sedarat, 21, both of Montclair, New Jersey, pleaded guilty on July 27, 2026 and July 28, 2026, respectively,…
Read MoreUS launches strikes on Iranian targets a day after it foiled missile attack on American forces
The U.S. military said early Thursday it had completed “a heavy wave of strikes against Iran” conducted in response to an earlier Iranian missile attack on a U.S. base in Jordan. The latest barrage came after the U.S. partnered with Saudi Arabia to strike Iran-backed militias in neighboring Iraq, killing at least 20 fighters and…
Read MoreMessages reveal Lake Brantley [FL] suspects’ texts during investigation
For the first time, messages prosecutors say two Lake Brantley High School students exchanged as detectives began closing in are coming to light — offering a new window into the investigation that uncovered an alleged murder plot. News 6 obtained the screenshots through a public records request to the State Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors believe the…
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