Homeland Security News
One killed in shooting attack in northern Israel, police say
One man was killed and another wounded in a combined ramming, stabbing and shooting attack by a lone assailant at a bus stop in northern Israel on Monday, emergency services said. Police said that the assailant was a 25-year-old Israeli citizen from the country’s Arab minority. He rammed his car into an Israeli soldier standing…
Read MoreZelenskyy says Ukraine ready to observe ceasefire against energy targets following US-brokered deal
Ukraine is ready to proceed with a ceasefire prohibiting attacks on energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, in line with a deal that was brokered by the United States during three days of negotiations with Ukrainian and Russian officials in the Saudi capital. Speaking in a video address late Tuesday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine had agreed…
Read MoreTwo students charged after bomb incident at Boonsboro High School
The Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal said two students were charged for a March 19 bomb scare incident at Boonsboro High School. Officials say the students were charged with false representation of a destructive device, disturbing school operations, and making a false statement to a police officer The incident happened at 11:15 a.m.…
Read MoreWest Grove man allegedly used Molotov cocktail to set business on fire with people inside
A West Grove man is in jail after being accused of setting a Chester County business on fire while people were inside. Agustin Cisneros-Bedolla, 42, was arrested in early March, according to the district attorney’s office. He is facing attempted homicide, aggravated arson, robbery, as well as possession of weapons of mass destruction, among other…
Read MoreJustice Department Announces Anticipated Distribution of at Least $2B to Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism in 2026
Today, Special Master Mary Patrice Brown announced that she will authorize sixth-round payments for all eligible claims in the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund (the Fund) by Jan. 1, 2026. The Fund, which continues to collect deposits, anticipates that the sixth distribution will be at least $2 billion. The amounts available for…
Read MoreNiger declares three days of mourning after mosque attack kills 44
The government of Niger has declared three days of mourning following an attack on a mosque in the country’s southwest that killed at least 44 people. The victims were killed in a “savage” armed assault in the Fambita quarter of the rural border town of Kokorou, the interior ministry said in a statement broadcast on…
Read MoreWalmart gunman won’t face the death penalty
Patrick Crusius, who has admitted to killing 23 people and wounding 22 others in a racist mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart in 2019, will no longer face the death penalty, El Paso Matters has learned. District Attorney James Montoya, who took office on Jan. 1, called family members of those killed on Monday…
Read MoreFBI investigating after multiple incendiary devices found at Tesla dealership in Texas
Multiple incendiary devices were found at a Tesla dealership in Austin, Texas, on Monday morning, according to the Austin Police Department. Officers located the “suspicious devices” after responding to a Tesla dealership on U.S. Route 183 just after 8 a.m. local time and called the Austin Police Department Bomb Squad to investigate, police said in…
Read MoreMan convicted of plotting 9/11-style attack asks for new lawyers at sentencing
The sentencing of Cholo Abdi Abdullah, a Kenyan national who was convicted of plotting a 9/11-style attack on the United States, was adjourned Monday after he asked for new lawyers. “I was thinking of having new lawyers who will represent me,” said Abdullah, who represented himself during the trial last year that ended with him…
Read MoreWake County man accused of having pipe-bomb, other bomb-making materials faces judge
A Wake County man is facing a judge Tuesday for allegedly having a pipe bomb and other bomb-making material inside his home. It all started Sunday night in Raleigh. Wake deputies responded to Banks Road for a report of a man firing a gun into the air in his front yard. They arrested 43-year-old Aaron…
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