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Teen convicted of threatening violence at Montgomery County high school
A Maryland teen who authorities say wrote 129 pages about a school shooting was convicted Wednesday of threatening mass violence. Alex Ye, 19, of Rockville, was found guilty on one count of threat of mass violence after a two-day bench trial in December. Prosecutors described Ye’s long document as a chilling plan to kill students…
Read MoreHamas Has Accepted A Draft Agreement For A Gaza Ceasefire And The Release Of Hostages, Officials Say
Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials involved in the talks said Tuesday. Mediator Qatar said the negotiations were at the “closest point” yet to sealing a deal. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the proposed agreement, and an…
Read MoreNATO Announces A New Mission To Protect Undersea Cables In The Baltic Sea Region
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced Tuesday that the alliance is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region. Rutte said at a meeting in Helsinki with the leaders of NATO countries located on the Baltic Sea that the effort would be dubbed Baltic Sentry. “It will involve a range of…
Read MoreTeacher Is Arrested After Threat Closes Schools in Montclair, N.J.
Public schools in Montclair, N.J., were closed on Monday after a teacher at an elementary school threatened its principal on social media, the police said. Several hours later, the school district announced that the potential threat had been “neutralized.” The teacher, Amir Doctry, was arrested in Philadelphia on Monday morning and charged with making terroristic…
Read MoreCENTCOM and Partner Forces Conduct Operations in Iraq and Syria to Defeat ISIS
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and partner forces conducted operations in Iraq and Syria, December 30, 2024, to January 6, 2025, in support of the ongoing Defeat ISIS (D-ISIS) campaign according to an announcement over on X. From December 30 to January 6, CENTCOM and Iraqi forces conducted multiple strikes in the Hamrin mountains of Iraq,…
Read MoreTerrorist Designations of The Terrorgram Collective and Three Leaders
The United States remains deeply concerned about the racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist (REMVE) threat worldwide and committed to countering transnational components of violent white supremacism. Today, the Department of State is designating The Terrorgram Collective (Terrorgram) and three of its leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as…
Read MoreJustice Department Announces Results of Review and Evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre
The Justice Department issued a report today on the Tulsa Race Massacre. The report documents the department’s findings, made during its review and evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre, undertaken pursuant to the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act. The Civil Rights Division previously announced it was undertaking this review during a Cold Case…
Read MoreAustralian counter-terrorism police probe rise in antisemitic hate crimes
Australian authorities are warning of escalating acts of antisemitism, which are now being investigated by counter-terrorism officers. A synagogue in Sydney, the country’s most populous city, was defaced Saturday with hate symbols and an attempt was made to start a fire. Red swastikas were daubed along the front fence of the synagogue in the latest…
Read MoreProgress Made In Talks Over Israel-Hamas Ceasefire And Hostage Release, Officials Say
U.S. and Arab mediators made significant progress overnight toward brokering a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of scores of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, but a deal hasn’t been reached yet, officials said Monday. Three officials acknowledged that progress has been made and said the coming days would be critical for…
Read MoreVenezuela’s consulate in Lisbon targeted with explosive device
Venezuela’s consulate in Lisbon was targeted with an explosive device on Saturday night, but there were no injuries, the police said. According to the Lusa news agency, at around 10pm on Saturday, an unidentified person threw a “kind of Molotov cocktail” against the wall of the Venezuelan Consulate General building in Lisbon. A source from…
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