With terrorist groups renewing calls for would-be attackers to target American rail lines, at least one local law enforcement agency in the U.S. is using drones to help guard against such a threat. The police chief for the Philadelphia-area’s mass-transit system said he has known for some time that more than 140,000 miles of rail […]
Category: Domestic
Black Friday Signals Record Gun Sales On Way
The FBI on Friday received 203,086 requests for instant gun background checks, which would mark almost a 10 percent increase from 2016 and sets a new record for the most ever in one day, USA Today reported. Authorities did not speculate on why so many Americans are seeking guns this holiday season, but the theory […]
Ethics Lawyer Resigns From White House
A White House ethics lawyer reportedly resigned last week. James Schultz, whose work included ethics and financial disclosure issues, is planning to go back to his private practice at Cozen O’Connor, a Philadelphia-based law firm, Politico reported. “That was something Don [McGahn, the White House counsel] and I discussed very early on,” Schultz told the […]
Trump Now Claims The Access Hollywood Tape Is A Fake
President Donald Trump now claims that the Access Hollywood tape on which he boasted of sexually assaulting women may not be genuine, according to a report in The New York Times. On the tape, which surfaced weeks before the November 2016 presidential election, the former reality star can be heard bragging to TV presenter Billy Bush of grabbing women […]
Hackers Putting Porn On ISIS Recruiting Sites
A group of Iraqi computer hackers has launched a cyberoperation against the ISIS terror group by slipping pornographic images into its official communication channels, according to a report published this week. Members of the hacker group, which calls itself Daeshgram (a play on an Arabic acronym many use to describe ISIS), told Newsweek that the […]
FBI Failed To Warn Targets Of Russian Hacking
The FBI reportedly did not inform U.S. government officials that a Russian hacking operation was attempting to breach their personal emails. According to an investigation by The Associated Press, the bureau possessed evidence for a year that showed the officials were targets of a Kremlin-linked hacking entity known as Fancy Bear. The AP said that […]
Trump Quarrels With TIME Over Their Person Of The Year
Time Magazine is disputing US President Donald Trump’s account of how he rejected a request for an interview and photo shoot ahead of its Person of the Year issue. On Friday, Mr Trump tweeted that Time had called to say he was “probably” going to be named Person of the Year. The president was awarded […]
Navy Identifies 3 Sailors Lost At Sea
The U.S. Navy identified the three sailors lost after a Navy plane crashed in the Philippine Sea shortly after takeoff from Japan on Wednesday. The Navy identified the three sailors lost at sea as: Lt. Steven Combs, Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman Matthew Chialastri and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Apprentice Bryan Grosso. “Our thoughts and prayers […]
MS-13 Gang Behead Victim In Public Park
Members of an El Salvadorian street gang stabbed a man 100 times, beheaded him and cut out his heart in a park near Washington DC, police say. Up to 10 members of MS-13 communicated on walkie talkies as they closed in on their victim at a recreational area in Wheaton, Maryland, say officials. The victim’s […]
New York Cops Tried To Intimidate Teen Rape Victim Of Colleagues
An 18-year-old woman who accused two NYPD cops of raping her in the back seat of their police van was visited by a group of their co-workers in her hospital room in a bid to bully her out of bringing sex assault charges, her lawyer claims. Michal David, who represents Anna Chambers, said nine police […]
Man Cleared By DNA Test After 4 Decades In Jail
Craig Richard Coley, 70, was pardoned after DNA tests showed he was wrongfully convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 4-year-old son in 1978. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP) A California man was finally vindicated nearly 40 years after being wrongly convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 4-year-old son after DNA […]
Flynn Cooperation Could Spell Big Trouble For President
Michael Flynn’s lawyers recently told lawyers for President Donald Trump that they can no longer discuss special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing sources involved with the case. The move could be a sign that Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser, is cooperating – or negotiating an agreement – with […]