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Antioch police investigate explosive device thrown at home after racist video goes viral
A racist confrontation caught on camera in Antioch has gone viral, prompting an investigation into both the original incident and an explosive device later thrown at a home in the neighborhood. The video shows a man repeatedly calling a Black woman the N-word last month. The woman, who asked that her identity not be revealed…
Read MoreCatasauqua man charged in Election Day explosive device incident now accused of harassing person who testified in case
A Catasauqua man already charged in connection with an explosive device thrown near a polling place during the May primary is now facing new charges. State police say back in May, an explosive device detonated near a Catasauqua voting location. Authorities later charged Jack Pletz and his father, Matthew, after investigators say they found 17…
Read More6 dead, including suspect, in series of killings in Michigan
Five people were killed and a suspect is dead Friday in Michigan, where an extensive search unfolded around two homes and a wooded area, according to police. Law enforcement was responding to reports of a shooting at a home in Missaukee County, about 169 miles northwest of Detroit, just before noon when they found three…
Read MoreEx-Officer Held in New Orleans Shooting Plot Is Freed Without Indictment
A former North Carolina police officer who was accused of planning to carry out a mass shooting in New Orleans was quietly released over the summer after a grand jury did not indict him, according to state court records. The former officer, Christopher Gillum of Chapel Hill, N.C., had been held without bond in Louisiana…
Read MoreLuigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal case, admits shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
Luigi Mangione entered a guilty plea in his federal case at a court appearance in Manhattan Friday morning, admitting to the judge that he shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown hotel in 2024. Mangione, 28, faced both federal and state trials in New York for the deadly shooting. He had previously…
Read MoreUS warns Iran it will step up economic pressure; two more ships attacked in Hormuz
Transit through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to grind to a near standstill on Friday after two more ships were attacked there and the United States said it could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely. A senior Iranian source said on Wednesday that there had been no progress in talks to build on a…
Read MoreRussian plot to kill American citizen thwarted by Poland
A Russian plot to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw was thwarted by Poland before it could be carried out, the Polish prime minister said Thursday, marking the first time in decades that a Western leader has publicly accused Moscow of plotting to kill a U.S. citizen. Western officials have previously warned that Russia has…
Read MoreUnsealed documents reveal details of RCMP’s response, investigation into Tumbler Ridge shooting
Documents unsealed through efforts by CBC News and a consortium of media outlets reveal new details of the RCMP’s response and investigation into the February 2026 mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. The documents, which include search warrants, production orders and sealing orders, provide a snapshot of a complex investigation, laying out for the first…
Read MoreColorado man who planned to join Islamic State group pleads guilty to federal terrorism charge
A 21-year-old Colorado man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a single federal charge of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization after he planned to travel to Iraq to join the Islamic State group at age 18. “I need to convince myself that you understand your decision to plead guilty, the consequences…
Read MoreGerman police clear suspected explosive device on rail tracks
German police said on Thursday that a suspicious object found on rail tracks in a Bavarian town did not contain explosives, as initially feared. Earlier on Thursday, buildings near the object were evacuated in the town of Treuchtlingen for the item to be moved safely by a robot. Experts had earlier taken X-ray images of…
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