Accused bomber Rahimi seeks reduced charges in New Jersey case

An Afghan-born U.S. citizen accused of planting bombs in New York and New Jersey fired on police in New Jersey to evade arrest, but those crimes fall short of attempted murder as charged, his defense lawyer argued on Monday. Ahmad Khan Rahimi, 29, faces a 30-count indictment in New Jersey’s Union County in relation to […]

2nd man on the Moon Buzz Aldrin says ‘Get to Mars Now!’

Former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to step foot on the moon is calling on the US to stop funding the International Space Station and instead use the billions of dollars being spent on it each year to send people to the planet Mars. “We must retire the ISS as soon as possible,” […]

Officers who brought down ‘Facebook Killer’ Steve Stephens share their story

Last month, Steve Stephens, a 37-year-old man who worked with developmentally challenged children, shocked the word when he executed 74-year-old Robert Godwin while broadcasting live video on Facebook.  Stephens, who would later tell his mother he committed the heinous crime because he was angry at his girlfriend, would lead law enforcement on a manhunt spanning […]

Mexico second only to Syria as deadliest country in 2016

Despite ongoing international crises in war zones like Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, Mexico quietly climbed to the top of the world’s deadliest countries for 2016. In its annual report on armed conflict, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) showed that 23,000 people were killed in Mexico in 2016, the highest number of any country in the […]

Mexican activist known for investigating cartels killed in her home

Miriam Rodríguez Martínez, an activist on behalf of the thousands of Mexican citizens who go missing every year in Mexico, was murdered in her home by gunmen this week. Martinez had been known for personally investigating the circumstances of her daughter’s death. Karen Alejandra was kidnapped and murdered by criminals from the Zetas cartel in […]

U.S. Special Operations soldier killed in Humvee crash near Fort Bragg

One soldier assigned to a Fort Bragg Special Operations unit was killed and two more were injured in a vehicle collision on Thursday afternoon when the soldiers’ Humvee collided with a car-carrier truck on Plank Road near the base. “One soldier in the Humvee was dead at the scene, another airlifted to Womack Army Medical,” […]

ICE announces largest anti-gang crackdown in agency history

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday that its investigative branch, along with other law enforcement agencies, has arrested 1,378 people across the United States in recent weeks in what officials called the largest anti-gang crackdown in the agency’s history. More than two-thirds of the people arrested are U.S. citizens, and all but two of those […]

FBI searches Republican political consulting firm in Annapolis

Federal authorities on Thursday searched the offices of a political consulting firm in Annapolis that has worked with Republican candidates locally and nationwide and was sued in 2014 on allegations of fraudulent fundraising practices. Strategic Campaign Group says it supports Republican candidates on a range of services including mail, fundraising and telephone town halls. Its […]

Mike Flynn’s appointment as National Security Advisor: Too many red flags ignored

Mike Flynn, former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency and short-lived National Security Advisor under President Trump, has found himself at the center of allegations levied at the Trump Administration regarding Russian collusion in the 2016 Presidential election.  Recent revelations regarding payments totaling more than a half million dollars given to Flynn by companies representing […]

Huge live-fire/virtual training exercises underway in Alaska

Military exercises conducted within the United States offer our troops with the opportunity to get the hang of their training and equipment, but create limitations in terms of scope.  A ground-based exercise must be conducted within the grounds of the military installation, and accompanying air operations must adhere to regulations pertaining to flying through civilian […]