Arrest made near White House for carrying gun, wearing mask

A man wearing a mask and carrying a gun was taken into custody near the White House Saturday afternoon after a struggle, the Secret Service said. The incident occurred a few minutes after 1 p.m. at Pennsylvania Avenue and Madison Place NW, near the northeast side of the White House grounds. An officer from the […]

Arizona man gets 8 years in prison on terrorism convictions

A judge on Friday sentenced an 18-year-old Arizona man to eight years in prison for terrorism convictions stemming from a plot to attack a motor vehicle office in metro Phoenix. Mahin Khan of Tucson previously pleaded guilty to terrorism, conspiracy to commit terrorism, and conspiracy to commit misconduct involving weapons. His lawyers sought a seven-year […]

Potential terrorism threat around election day

CBS News cited US Intelligence sources, stating there is a potential terrorist threat the day before the elections. Sources told CBS News that al Qaeda might be planning attacks in New York, Texas, and Virginia in an attempt to disrupt the elections. Specific locations within those states have not been released but federal, state and […]

Two Canadian schools on lockdown after two people stabbed

Two high schools in Abbotsford, Canada were on lockdown today at 2:30 p.m. (local time) after two people were reportedly stabbed. One female student has been reported as having succombed to her injuries, the extent of the injuries to the other student is unknown at this time, but at least one person had to be flown to the nearest medical facility. […]

Watch: Pulse Nightclub shooting, Omar Mateen’s 911 calls released

Yesterday, the audio of Omar Mateen, the radical Islamic terrorist that killed at least 49 people at the Pulse Nightclub was released to the public. In the audio of the 911 calls, you can hear Mateen pledge his allegiance to the Islamic State. According to Mateen’s own words, the Pulse night club shooting was in […]

Podesta hack details: Bad IT, specific targeting, bad juju

So you get an email that says you need to reset your password because someone in Ukraine is attempting to access it and so you should click on an included link. If you’ve noticed the regularity with which phishing scams rope people in, maybe you pump the brakes. Forward that email to your IT department and […]

Metropolitan Opera House in NYC evacuated

The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City has been evacuated after a white powdery substance was sprinkled in the orchestra pit by an audience member. NYPD is currently investigating the situation. .@MetOpera’s full statement after an audience member sprinkled an unidentified powdered substance into the orchestr… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/792485066731556864 — (@JoshuaHoyos) Oct 29 2016 #BREAKING Metropolitan Opera House […]

Putin says U.S. hysteria over Russia is an election ploy

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that American politicians were whipping up hysteria about a mythical Russian threat in the U.S. presidential campaign as a ploy to distract voters from their own failings. Putin, addressing an audience of foreign policy experts gathered in southern Russia, said he found it hard to believe that anyone […]

Hobbyist hackers probably caused Friday’s Internet meltdown, researchers say

Some have worried that the massive cyberattack that disrupted the Internet on Friday was the work of Russian government-backed hackers, politically motivated hacktivists or sophisticated cybercriminals. But researchers at cyber-intelligence firm Flashpoint say the Internet meltdown may have been carried out by amateurs who haunt a popular hacking forum. Flashpoint helped Web service provider Dyn determine that hacked Internet-connected devices were involved […]

The force behind the fight. It’s miserable.

Government contracting has somehow gotten a strange cloak of mystique. Since humans have enacted systems of control, people have contracted. The King held court and those in the court proposed solutions and basically consulted to the rulers of their day in medieval times. Contracting – and outside solutions – is not a wildly new and […]

Terrorism possible in Virginia shooting at hands of Kenyan refugee, police say

Police said a murder-suicide by a Kenyan refugee in Virginia Tuesday may be terrorism, although the investigation remains in its early stages. Getachew Fekede opened fire at the FreightCar America factory in Roanoke where he used to work early Tuesday, killing a former co-worker before killing himself. Police said the 53-year-old entered the U.S. through […]