Charleston church shooting suspect Dylann Roof charged with federal hate crimes
The 33-count indictment charges Roof, who authorities said opened nine people at a Bible study at the black church, with singling out victims for their race and to "interfere with their exercise of...
View ArticlePhilly teen arrested in alleged plot targeting Pope Francis visit
The law enforcement officials, who are not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said the boy's alleged activities in part involved the distribution of information on explosives through social...
View ArticleSecret Service director: No credible threats against Pope Francis
WASHINGTON -- Director Joseph Clancy described the security effort as "unprecedented'' in scale, largely because of the enormous swath of the East Coast that must be secured.
View ArticleFeds: Maryland man got thousands from Islamic State
WASHINGTON — A 30-year-old Maryland man faces a series of terror-related charges involving his alleged receipt of nearly $9,000 in wire transfers from Islamic State terror group contacts, federal...
View ArticleWife of Islamic State leader charged in US hostage death
WASHINGTON — She is charged with conspiring to hold an American aid worker Kayla Jean Mueller in the couple's homes where she was subjected to repeated sexual abuse by ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
View ArticleMissouri man charged in wave of bomb threats to Jewish community centers
(USA Today) Juan Thompson, who was picked up in St. Louis on Friday (March 3), is accused of making at least eight bomb threats against Jewish institutions in New York The post Missouri man charged in...
View ArticleIsraeli-American teen arrested for threats against Jewish centers in US
WASHINGTON (USA Today) Investigators believe the suspect is responsible for the bulk of the threats transmitted against Jewish institutions in the past several months. The post Israeli-American teen...
View ArticleFor former Pittsburgh prosecutor, the new inquiry into clergy abuse is personal
PITTSBURGH (USA Today) — David Hickton's suburban Catholic grade school, says the retired chief federal prosecutor for western Pennsylvania, "was ground zero of the clergy sexual abuse scandal." The...
View ArticleIslamic State's sophisticated recruiting campaign poses persistent threat in...
WASHINGTON – Federal authorities have identified more than 150 U.S. residents who have sought to join the ranks of the terror organization or rival groups in Syria. The post Islamic State's...
View ArticleDylann Roof's radicalization is like US recruits to Islamic State, says AG Lynch
"People disaffected, people being radicalized online. Roof picked this racial hatred theme and that's what fueled him. Others picked the ISIL theme, and that's what fuels them." The post Dylann Roof's...
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