Homeland Security Agency Issues Domestic Terrorism Warning
In a terrorism advisory bulletin, the Department of Homeland Security warned the U.S. is in a "heightened threat environment," reports...
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- 5 days ago
- 1 min
FBI, DHS Fail To Address Domestic Terrorism, Senate Panel Finds
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are failing to address the threat of domestic terrorism, predominantly from white...
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Crime and Justice News
- Nov 17
- 1 min
9/11 Victims On Verge of Winning $3 Billion More in Aid
Families of 9/11 victims, disgruntled over their exclusion from a 2015 fund for victims of state-sponsored terrorism, stand to reap...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 15
- 1 min
Two HBCU Universities Getting U.S. Grants After Bomb Threats
The Department of Education is giving aid to for two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that received bomb threats this...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 9
- 2 min
Decades After 9/11, Mohammed Still At Guantanamo Awaiting Trial
Hours before dawn on March 1, 2003, the U.S. scored its most thrilling victory against the plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks: the capture...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 22
- 1 min
Ex-Islamic Prison Guard Known As 'Beatle' Gets Life Term For Terror
A member of a brutal group of British Islamic State prison guards known as the Beatles was sentenced to life in prison for being part of...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 9
- 1 min
Retrial Begins For Two Men Accused of Plotting to Kidnap Gov. Whitmer
A retrial starts Tuesday of two men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over her efforts to rein in the...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 6
- 2 min
DOJ Paying $98K To Six Men Held After Sept. 11, 2001 Attacks
The Justice Department settled a decades-old lawsuit on Tuesday filed by men who were rounded up by the government after the Sept. 11,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 8
- 2 min
KS Woman Who Led Islamic Group Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charges
A Kansas-born woman who led an all-female Islamic State battalion and trained others to use assault rifles, grenades and suicide...
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Crime and Justice News
- May 19
- 2 min
House Approves Domestic Terrorism Bill in Response to Buffalo Shooting
The House of Representatives narrowly approved legislation on Wednesday to elevate the federal government's efforts to combat the threat...
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Crime and Justice News
- May 2
- 1 min
Garland Didn't Call Parents 'Terrorists' For Visiting School Board
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) vowed last month to investigate Attorney General Merrick Garland. "Why did he go after...
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Crime and Justice News
- Apr 15
- 2 min
Islamic State Cell Member Who Killed Americans is Convicted
A member of an Islamic State cell known as "the Beatles" because of their British accents that beheaded U.S. citizens in Iraq and Syria...
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Crime and Justice News
- Apr 13
- 1 min
Men Who Helped Bomb Minnesota Mosque Get Reduced Sentences
Two Illinois men who helped bomb a Minnesota mosque in 2017 got prison sentences far below the 35-year mandatory minimum that they had...
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Crime and Justice News
- Apr 11
- 2 min
Jury Clears Two, Deadlocks on Two Others in Whitmer Kidnap Case
A federal jury found two men not guilty and deadlocked on two others in a trial accusing them of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov....
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 7
- 1 min
As MI Governor Kidnap Trial Starts, Will Militias Become More Public?
In Michigan, four men charged with conspiring to kidnap Gov. Grechen Whimer go on trial Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. Part of a...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 4
- 2 min
Court: CIA 'Black Sites' Locations Remain State Secret
The Supreme Court blocked an attempt by lawyers for a Guantánamo Bay detainee to question former CIA contractors about the abusive...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Judge Says Suspects in Whitmer Kidnap Plot Were Not Entrapped
After three Michigan men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lost an argument that they were entrapped, a trial...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 24
- 1 min
Three Men Admit Plotting To Attack Power Grids, Cause Civil Unrest
Three men pled guilty in a plot to attack power grids in the U.S., which they believed could lead to economic and civil unrest and create...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Bomb Threats to Black Colleges Have Deep-Rooted History
From her office in Birmingham, Al., DeJuana Thompson sees a daily reminder of terror. Her window overlooks the 16th Street Baptist...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 1
- 1 min
Norwegian Mass Killer Loses Attempt To Be Paroled
A Norwegian court ruled Tuesday that far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in 2011, must remain in prison. The...
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