A Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after allegedly lying about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker asked to be released on bond Monday. Hussain Al Khawahir, 33, was arrested May 11 by federal agents at the airport in Romulus, Mich., and charged with giving false statements to federal agents and possessing [...]
Chaos erupted on the Croisette on Friday when a noise that sounded like gunshots broke out during a crowded evening on Cannes main thoroughfare. While security on the scene first told The Hollywood Reporter that fireworks had been set off, witnesses later said it was indeed a man with a gun. Read More
The Bloomington Bomb Squad and the FBI arrived in Montevideo just before noon today. With assistance from the Montevideo Police Department and the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office, they blocked off Northdale Park and surrounded a trailer inside. Read More
Shortly after midnight Tuesday, seven people were caught trespassing at the Quabbin Reservoir. State Police say the five men and two women are from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore, and “cited their education and career interests” for being in the area. The men told police they were chemical engineers and recent college graduates. Read More
A Saudi Arabian man was arrested in Detroit and charged with making a false statement about why he brought a pressure cooker with him on a flight from Amsterdam, according to a criminal complaint filed on Monday. The man arrived at the Detroit airport on Saturday and was questioned about why he had brought a [...]
Arizona Air National Guard F-16 fighters will be flying over downtown Phoenix Thursday as they practice intercepting hostile aircraft intent on a terrorist attack. The F-16s from the Tucson-based 162nd Fighter Wing plan to run a series of interceptions from different approaches between 11:30 and 1 p.m.Capt. Jason Gutierrez of the Air Guard says the [...]
A 50-year-old pharmacist was arrested Monday night after police say she removed two bottles of orange juice from a bag – which they say were filled with rubbing alcohol – and placed them on the shelf with other refrigerated items at a Starbucks in San Jose. San Jose Police Sgt. Jason Dwyer took the woman [...]
A new strain of bird flu that is causing a deadly outbreak among people in China is a threat to world health and should be taken seriously, scientists said on Wednesday. The H7N9 strain has killed 24 people and infected more than 125, according to the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO), which has described it [...]
The missing laptop in the Boston Marathon bombing has been found, according to CBS and WTOP. Authorities hope that the laptop might provide clues to any other accomplices, or at the least to the pattern of radicalization that led to the bombing: Read More
A U.S. citizen accused of attempting to join an al-Qaeda ally in Syria was ordered confined to his parents’ home with electronic monitoring while he awaits trial. The man was arrested at O’Hare International Airport on April 19 as he was about to board a plane bound for Istanbul with plans to travel on to [...]
Fire investigators in Austin, Texas said Wednesday that they need the public’s help finding whoever created an unexploded bomb discovered last week in a business district on the northwest side of the city. The device was discovered behind the Springwood Business Complex on Pond Springs Road by a woman walking her dog on April 22, [...]
Neighbors say three have been arrested in New Bedford in connection with the Boston Bombing suspect. Unconfirmed if they are under arrest or taken into custody for questioning. Read More
Police here say two men have been detained while officers, including the state’s bomb squad, continue to investigate a car with Massachusetts plates on Elmwood Ave. Supt. Bryan DalPorto of the Niagara Falls, N.Y., police said the two men are not Russian nationals, contrary to an early report, but he wouldn’t comment further on the [...]
Federal agents on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the mailing of letters to President Barack Obama and a U.S. senator that initially tested positive for the poison ricin. Read More
A man has been burned in an explosion at Veteran’s Thrift Shop at 1599 Memorial Drive in Atlanta. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating. It is unclear what caused the explosion. Read More
American Airlines flights across the country are grounded because of computer problems. “We are now in a system-wide ground delay until 4 pm CT as we work to resolve this issue,” the carrier said over its Twitter feed. “We apologize for any inconvenience.” Read More
The explosive devices that killed three people and injured scores at the Boston Marathon finish line were pressure cookers filled with metal and ball bearings, the Associated Press reported Tuesday, quoting an unidentified person briefed on the investigation into the attack. Read More
