Homeland Security News
Passenger Jet With 64 Aboard Collides With Army Helicopter While Landing At Reagan Airport Near DC
An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River. There were multiple fatalities, according to a person familiar with the matter, but the precise number of victims was unclear…
Read MoreHamas Frees 8 More Hostages As Gaza Truce Holds. Israel Is Set To Release 110 Prisoners
Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday in the latest release since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month. Israel was expected to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners. The release was delayed by a chaotic scene in which a crowd of Palestinians surrounded and jeered at hostages as they were turned…
Read MoreIce cream truck left on Kelowna, B.C., bridge posed ‘significant’ public safety risk: RCMP
The bridge connecting the cities of Kelowna and West Kelowna in B.C.’s Okanagan was closed for nearly 12 hours Monday after someone left a truck containing materials that police said “present a significant risk to public safety” on the crossing. Kelowna RCMP closed the William R. Bennet Bridge around 3:45 a.m. after a “distraught” man…
Read MoreAustralian Police Find Explosives They Suspect Are Part Of An Antisemitic Plot
Australian police suspect explosives stashed on Sydney’s outskirts were evidence of a deadly escalation in a campaign of antisemitic arson and graffiti crimes that has been waged in major cities for months, officials said on Wednesday. Police found a list of Jewish targets together with a cache of Powergel, an explosive used in the mining…
Read MoreM23 Rebels Expand Their Control Of Goma In Eastern Congo
Rwanda-backed rebels captured large parts of Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, including its airport, the United Nations said, as Rwanda’s president on Wednesday joined calls for a ceasefire in the decadeslong conflict amid mounting international pressure. Much of Goma was calm after a day during which thousands of fleeing people hunkered down by…
Read MoreMan with Molotov cocktail threatened to kill Cabinet members, Capitol Police say
A Massachusetts man arrested at the U.S. Capitol on Monday told police he was there to kill a newly confirmed member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet, federal investigators say. Ryan Michael “Reily” English was charged in D.C. District Court on Tuesday with unlawful possession of a firearm and carrying an explosive or incendiary device on…
Read MoreColumbia [MO] man arrested for alleged arson at Boone County Courthouse
A Columbia man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly throwing an incendiary device described as being similar to a Molotov cocktail at the front door of the Boone County Courthouse, igniting a fireball as someone was exiting the building. According to a Facebook post from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened around 12:03 p.m.…
Read MoreSuspects in killings of Vallejo witness, Vermont Border Patrol agent connected by marriage license, extreme ideology
Two young people who applied in November for a marriage license in Washington have each been charged by authorities in separate January killings that claimed the lives of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont and an 82-year-old landlord in Vallejo, according to police and court records obtained by Open Vallejo. Maximilian Snyder, a 22-year-old data…
Read More3 dead, 2 police officers injured in grocery store shooting in Indiana
Two people were shot and killed inside a grocery store in Indiana on Monday, officials told ABC News. The incident took place at about 5:30 p.m. at Martin’s Super Market in Elkhart, Indiana, according to the Elkhart Police Department. Upon arrival, officers and first responders were directed to two shooting victims inside the store,” according…
Read MoreNeo-Nazi leader on trial in Maryland for alleged terrorist plot to destroy Baltimore-area power grid
A Florida man is heading to trial in Maryland on Monday for an alleged terrorist plot to destroy the power grid in the Baltimore region. The trial began with jury selection. On Monday, more than 27 jurors were chosen to sit on the 36-member body. Court is adjourned until Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 9:15 a.m.…
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