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Prosecutors say the plot spanned from December 2008 to August 2012, after two investment firms acquired Wellco and made it a subsidiary of Tactical Holdings Operation Inc., which moved the operation from Waynesville, N.C., to Morristown in 2009.

Assistant U.S. Attorney David L. Gunn wrote in a rare “speaking indictment” that lays out details far beyond the bare allegations necessary to file charges that Wellco had pioneered boot-making technology that allowed the military to design footwear to meet specific needs on the battlefield, beginning with the Vietnam War.

The VA, in making the determination that a veteran requires a fiduciary to help them manage their money, is additionally making the decision that the veteran cannot handle a firearm, either. The VA is not conducting an evaluation to determine whether a veteran is a threat to himself or herself or others, requiring a medical determination verifying the veteran is displaying signs of violence, or notifying the veteran his or her Second Amendment rights are being eliminated. The VA simply reports the veteran to the federal National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) system and makes the “mentally defective” judgment of the veteran by default.

A U2 spy plane has crashed in Northern rural California. One pilot was killed and another injured when the spy plane crashed shortly after takeoff Tuesday morning. Shortly after takeoff from Beale Air Force Base, the U2 spy plane crashed into a rural area north of Sacramento. The crash occurred around 9 AM local time. The aircraft was assigned […]

Former New York police commissioner Ray Kelly—sometimes mentioned as a potential opponent to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s reelection campaign next year—praised law enforcement authorities who caught the New York and New Jersey bombing suspect Monday, but offered a sharp critique of the mayor. Shortly after New Jersey cops arrested Afghan-born 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami after a morning shootout […]

A 50-year-old Houston man has been arrested on charges that he attempted to transport explosives for the purpose of injury or destruction of property, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI. Cary Lee Ogborn is charged with attempting to transport explosives with the intent that […]

A bar owner in Linden, NJ. called police after he spotted bombing suspect Ahmad Rahami sleeping in the doorway of his establishment early Monday morning. Harinder Bains, who said he had been watching CNN at another business across the street, recognized 28-year-old Rahami outside Merdie’s Tavern and alerted police. Rahami, who seemed to be napping, had let […]

US authorities have said since 2012 that drug traffickers have made use of such cannons. Cans and packets of marijuana, cocaine, and crystal meth have been discovered on the US side of the border, and, according to Mexican newspaper Reforma, those projectiles can be launched from 200 meters inside Mexican territory.

Dealing with a terrorist threat that is more atomized and pervasive will require a new approach — one that relies much more on communities, families, peers, and those closest to would-be terrorists. Law enforcement agencies can arrest suspected terrorists, but they cannot extinguish the underlying ideologies and grievances that motivate scores of recruits to join extremist groups and that elicit the sympathies of many more. Preventing future attacks, then, will mean empowering communities to detect threats to public safety and intervene quickly to deflect someone from the path of radicalization.

The feds have arrested a Queens college student who once called al Qaeda “too moderate,” saying he plotted to attack targets in New York City on behalf of the Islamic State terror group, The Post has learned. Munther Omar Saleh, 20, was busted on June 13 after he and an unidentified cohort ran towards an undercover […]

The stabbing attack at the Crossroads Center mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota, could have been much worse, if not for the actions of an off-duty police officer. That officer — identified as Jason Falconer — fatally shot Dahir Adan on Saturday after Adan had already stabbed nine people and threatened other shoppers. Here’s what we […]

The U.S. government has mistakenly granted citizenship to at least 858 immigrants from countries of concern to national security or with high rates of immigration fraud who had pending deportation orders, according to an internal Homeland Security audit released Monday. The Homeland Security Department’s inspector general found that the immigrants used different names or birthdates to apply for citizenship […]

Update 12:15 EST: The suspect was taken to the hospital after reportedly being shot. Two police officers were injured in shooting as well and their conditions are unknown at this time. Video of bombing suspect being loaded into ambulance via @ABC7NY https://t.co/RYbSDKC7wi pic.twitter.com/jk441yU43y — Colin Jones (@colinjones) September 19, 2016   They caught the #terrorist […]