Homeland Security News
Man 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…
Read MoreMan wanted by FBI in Florida for arson, terroristic activity arrested in Tennessee
A man wanted by the FBI was arrested in Lebanon after the Lebanon Police Department was alerted by the SafeNet license plate reader system. The man was wanted by the FBI in Jacksonville on an arson charge that had been flagged as terroristic activity. “Because our LPR system does not track a vehicle’s every movement,…
Read MoreLatest threat against Governor Josh Shapiro involve Crips gang, State Police leader says
The commitment to combat political violence has increased in recent years after the shooting of Donald Trump in Butler and the arson attack on the Governor’s Residence last year. This week, Pennsylvania State Police uncovered a new threat against Governor Josh Shapiro and his wife, charging an SCI Camp Hill inmate with alleged gang ties…
Read MoreODU releases independent report on March 12 shooting that killed ROTC instructor, injured multiple students
Old Dominion University on Tuesday released an independent report examining the March 12, 2026, campus shooting that killed an ROTC instructor and wounded multiple students, concluding the attack was a targeted act of terrorism that would have been “difficult if not impossible to prevent.” The report, prepared by the law firm Cooley LLP, follows a…
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