Posts Tagged ‘public health & medicine’
Bomb threats target ER, animal hospital, other businesses south of Houston; all hoaxes, police say
Multiple League City area businesses received bomb threats that turned out to be hoaxes over the weekend, authorities say. In a span of 48 hours, three businesses were targeted in a series of bomb threats, including Kroger at 1920 West League City Parkway, Elite Care at 2530 South Gulf Freeway and the VCA Animal Hospital…
Read MoreLeader of White Supremacist Group Pleads Guilty to Soliciting Hate Crimes and Sending Instructions to Make Bombs and Ricin
Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Georgian national Michail Chkhikvishvili, also known as “Mishka,” “Michael,” “Commander Butcher,” and “Butcher,” pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes and sending instructions to make bombs and ricin. Chkhikvishvili was a leader of Maniac Murder Cult, an international racially motivated violent extremist group. Chkhikvishvili recruited people to commit…
Read MoreNYPD officers kill man in a shootout after he threatened people and a hospital
A man with a gun was killed in a shootout with police in New York City after he pointed his weapon at a man in an apartment building elevator and a deli worker and threatened to shoot up a hospital, police said. New York Police Department officers took the man to a hospital in a…
Read MoreWoman accused of burning down Cobb County church questioned in another arson case
Aries Jordan is accused of starting a fire that burned down Prayer City Eagles Chapel International Ministries in Austell. The 25-year-old suspect is facing several charges including arson, vandalism and terroristic threats. An arrest warrant says she also allegedly sent text messages to the church pastor, Raphael Grant, and his wife threatening to kill them.…
Read MoreBomb threat found to be false Monday at the University of Kansas Hospital
The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department said a bomb threat proved false Monday night at the entrance to the emergency room at the University of Kansas Hospital. A news release from the police department stated their officers were sent at 6:36 p.m. to the emergency room of the hospital at 3901 Rainbow Boulevard to help…
Read MoreMan made bomb threats, got into armed standoff at Weston Hospital: State Police
A man is in police custody after state troopers say he made bomb threats toward federal buildings and got into an armed standoff at a Weston hospital. According to a press release, on Monday, troopers with the West Virginia State Police received multiple reports of a man making bomb threats toward “various government facilities.” While…
Read MorePennsylvania man threatened to behead Tampa General Hospital CEO, feds say
A Pennsylvania man has been arrested after making online threats targeting Tampa General Hospital’s chief executive officer, including internet postings that said he should be beheaded, authorities said. Lawrence Brunn, 63, was arrested Tuesday on a cyberharassment charge for threats he made against John Couris that prompted the hospital executive to hire a security detail…
Read MoreChildren killed in ‘appalling’ Sudan hospital attack – WHO head
“Another appalling attack” on a hospital in Sudan has seen more than 40 people killed, many of them children and medics, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. “We cannot say this louder,” wrote Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on X on Tuesday, “attacks on health must stop everywhere!” Al-Mujlad Hospital was struck on…
Read MoreNearly 150 Report Being Jabbed With Needles at French Music Festival
French officials said Sunday that 145 people across the country, including 13 in Paris, reported that they had been stabbed with needles at an annual nationwide music festival on Saturday. Twelve people were arrested in connection with the stabbings. “Some victims were taken to the hospital for toxicological tests,” the ministry said. French officials did…
Read MoreFormer SU employee arrested for ‘terroristic threats’ against hospital, admits to ESF swatting
A former Syracuse University employee was arrested and charged with making a “terroristic threat” Monday after threatening to carry out a mass shooting and bombing at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital. The former employee, named in the court documents as 27-year-old Adam Dedrick, admitted to the threats and false active shooting report at SUNY ESF in…
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