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Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Casino partially evacuated after 2 “crude” explosive devices found
Two explosive devices were discovered hidden at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa, Florida, on Sunday and Monday, prompting partial evacuations, the police said Monday. The devices were deactivated and removed from the premises, the Seminole Police Department said in a statement. The first “crude concealed device with fireworks components” was found in a…
Read MoreTennessee student arrested for allegedly making AI-generated bomb threats
A Lebanon student was arrested Tuesday for being suspected of creating AI-generated bomb-threat voicemails that prompted a school evacuation back in early September. On the morning of September 12, two bomb threat voicemails were reported to Wilson County Sheriff’s Office that specifically threatened to harm Barry Tatum Academy (BTA). Shortly after, BTA students and staff…
Read MoreShanghai knife attack kills three on eve of China’s National Day
Three people were killed and 15 others injured in a knife attack at a suburban supermarket in Shanghai on Monday on the eve of China’s week-long National Day holiday, the latest in a series of stabbing incidents in major Chinese cities this year. The assailant, a 37-year-old man surnamed Lin, has been detained, local police…
Read MoreMan who threatened he had ‘C-4’ outside Walker Trump rally arraigned
A Kent County man is facing multiple felony charges following his arrest Friday near a Trump rally in Walker, Michigan. Nauta is accused of driving through a security checkpoint near the Trump rally at FALK Production and telling officers that he had C-4 and that it was “the real deal.” Court documents claim that he…
Read MoreIsrael announces invasion of southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah
Israel’s military forces crossed the border into southern Lebanon on Monday to conduct what its military described as “limited, localized, and targeted ground raids” against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. The offensive, which is aimed at pushing Hezbollah forces farther away from the Israeli border, is expected to last for days, not weeks, U.S. officials…
Read MoreGunmen Kill 6 People, Including A Local Chief Of The Paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, In Iran Towns
Unidentified gunmen killed six people in two separate attacks Tuesday in the same province in southern Iran, including a local chief of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, state TV reported. The head of a town council and two volunteer members of the Guard were also among the dead in the first attack, it said. It occurred…
Read MoreFormer California Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Attempting to Murder Two Jewish Men Leaving Los Angeles Synagogues Last Year
A former California man who shot and wounded two Jewish men last year as they left religious services in the Pico-Robertson area of Los Angeles was sentenced today to 35 years in prison. Jaime Tran, 30, formerly of Riverside, pleaded guilty on June 3 to two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill and…
Read MoreSuspect arrested after allegedly setting fires and driving into shops in Germany
A man has been arrested after allegedly setting two fires in the western German city of Essen that left 30 people injured and driving a van into two shops, authorities said Sunday. Emergency services were alerted to two fires in residential buildings in quick succession shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday, police said. The injured people…
Read MoreTokyo police to set up specialist section for lone wolf terrorists
Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) plans to set up a section specializing in investigating lone wolves who carry out terrorist attacks independently without any ties to any organization, according to informed sources. This will be the first time for such a section to be established in a Japanese police department, the sources said. The MPD…
Read MoreQueens DA staffer tried to make a bomb to blow up migrant shelter: police
A paralegal at a New York City district attorney’s office has been arrested after he attempted to make an explosive to bomb a migrant shelter located across from his apartment, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday. Police said Derek Klever, a 27-year-old who worked as a trial preparation assistant at the Queens District Attorney’s…
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