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Law enforcement killed a suspected assailant who injured nine people at Ohio State University after plowing a car into a campus crowd and attempting to stab survivors with a butcher knife, news services reported Nov. 28. Law enforcement officials have reported the suspect’s name is Abdul Artan, an 18-year-old Somali refugee, and student at the […]
The Defense Department is conducting a leaks investigation related to the sex scandal that led to the resignation of former CIA Director David Petraeus, The Associated Press confirmed Monday, the same day Petraeus was meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in New York. Petraeus, who could be in line for a Cabinet nomination, arrived at Trump […]
Ohio State University just issued an active shooter alert for their campus. In the tweet below, the alert indicates the shooter is located at Watts Hall. People are asked to shelter in place. No official details on the shooter yet. More to follow. I’m safe in a barricaded room. If you’re on campus, get in a […]
US Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations agents seized 328 pounds of cocaine from a vessel near Puerto Rico on November 15, in what is the latest sign that traffickers may be returning to once popular Caribbean smuggling routes. A CBP DHC-8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft picked up a small, wooden “yola” vessel traveling eastward […]
Two people were killed and four wounded when gunfire erupted on Thursday at a park crowded with people gathered for a football tournament in Louisville, Kentucky, a police spokesman told reporters. Police did not have a motive for the two related shootings in Shawnee Park or suspects in custody, spokesman Dwight Mitchell said. Two men […]
CINCINNATI — A former chemistry student was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for plotting to behead a U.S. military veteran and attack a police station in support of the Islamic State group. Munir Abdulkader, 22, apologized in court after his attorney emphasized that he had no criminal history and was known in his […]
At this point, most of us know the story of Thanksgiving that we’re taught in grade school isn’t exactly accurate. Pilgrims and Native Americans probably didn’t share a turkey across a picnic table and because European supplies were all but exhausted by the time the festival began (a festival in which few Pilgrims would likely […]
Last Saturday, President Elect Donald Trump met with a number of prominent American officials as he continued to flesh out his cabinet appointments prior to taking office this coming January. Among these meetings was one with retired Marine General James Mattis. Mattis, a favorite among veterans, is being considered for the role of Secretary of […]
An Alabama couple planted a fake bomb at a suburban elementary school hoping to shoot officers arriving at the scene or even rob a bank, police said Wednesday. Zachary Edwards, 35, and Raphel Dilligard, 34, of Birmingham face charges that include making terrorist threats, rendering a false alarm and possessing a hoax destructive device, said […]
A Brooklyn man who tried to join the Islamic State and later told an informer that the group wanted to stage an attack in Times Square similar to the one that killed 86 people in Nice, France, last summer was arrested in New York on Monday, the authorities said. The man, Mohamed Rafik Naji, 37, […]
Wednesday the internet went wild with speculation over a mysterious high altitude aircraft that was seen circling the city of Denver, CO for about an hour. Mystery Solved! Late Thursday the US Navy identified the aircraft as one of their own, a Navy E-6B Mercury. Nicknamed the TACAMO (“Take Charge and Move Out”), the E-6B […]
An extensive police dragnet had failed Monday to catch a suspect in the ambush execution of a San Antonio detective, the first of four police officers in three states targeted in a Sunday shooting spree. Three of the incidents appeared to be targeted attacks and involved law enforcement officers sitting unsuspectingly in their patrol cars, […]
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