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Ky. Police Threatened After Officer's Murder
A small-town Kentucky police department mourning the ambush slaying of one of its men has received threats that more officers will be targeted, prompting an investigation by the FBI and state police, the police chief said Tuesday.
palmbeachpost.com (8 days ago)
Santa Monica gunman was mentally evaluated
LOS ANGELES - A gunman who killed five people last week in Santa Monica was held for a mental evaluation at a hospital after police searched his home for weapons and explosives in 2006, a former police officer said Tuesday. Officers went to the house where John Zawahri lived with his father after the teen made...
bostonherald.com (8 days ago)
Man chokes ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend, threatens to kill them both
Michael Failla is being charged with felony criminal trespassing, making terroristic threats and other charges, according to police.
pennlive.com (8 days ago)
Man sentenced for bomb threats to Newport News courthouses
A 21-year-old man pleaded guilty to two felony bomb threat counts Tuesday in connection to threats made on February 20 that shut down all three courthouses in Newport News.
dailypress.com (8 days ago)
Facebook threats lead to arrest of Collegedale man
One Collegedale man is behind bars after making threats on Facebook toward a police officer, according to a news release.
timesfreepress.com (8 days ago)
Princeton University reopens after bomb threat
PRINCETON, N.J. - Princeton University has reopened its campus after an hours-long search for explosives turned up nothing. The New Jersey Ivy League university reopened Tuesday evening about eight hours after it received a phoned-in bomb threat against multiple buildings and evacuated its campus and off-campus...
bostonherald.com (8 days ago)
Santa Monica gunman held for mental evaluation
LOS ANGELES - A retired Santa Monica police officer says the gunman who killed five people last week was held for mental evaluation by hospital staff after police raided his home for explosives seven years ago. Former police officer Cristina Coria says 23-year-old John Zawahri made violent threats to another...
bostonherald.com (8 days ago)
Mans statement was a threat, jury is told
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Jurors began deliberating Tuesday afternoon in the trial of Shawn Patrick Foglesong, 40, who faces a charge of making threats of terroristic acts. In closing arguments, Kanawha County assistant prosecutor Michele Drummond told juror...
wvgazette.com (8 days ago)
Mayor Bloomberg Plans To Strengthen NYC Against Rising Seas
The New York City mayor's new $20 billion storm preparation plan is based on some scary data about how the city will look by the 2050s. Earlier today, New York City's Mayor Bloomberg rolled out a wide-reaching, $20 billion plan to fortify the city against the future effects of climate change, which--according to...
popsci.com (8 days ago)
Moderate PAC calls for gun group leader's resignation
A nascent state political group is calling on the president of the Kansas State Rifle Association to resign after the gun group's leader posted the chairman's name and address in an online survivalist forum as part of a discussion thread that included threats of violence. Aaron Estabrook, a Manhattan school board...
cjonline.com (8 days ago)
Peter Lehner: NYC's Climate Plan Shows Need to Curb Carbon
In announcing his plans for New York City to battle the inevitable effects of climate change, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has shown leadership where many local and national politicians have not. Although Superstorm Sandy was the spur to create the Special Initiative on Rebuilding and Resiliency, the mayor and his aides...
huffingtonpost.com (8 days ago)
Savannah-Chatham police looking for arson suspect
Police are searching for a Savannah man wanted for arson, terroristic threats and criminal damage to property in the second degree. Eric Malik Taylor, 43, is sought in connection to a fire ignited intentionally at a residence on the 9900 block of Pin Point Avenue following a verbal altercation, Wednesday, said...
savannahnow.com (8 days ago)
Turkey protesters defy PM's threats
Clashes between Turkish protesters and police continue in Istanbul's Taksim Square, despite the PM's warning that he will not back down.
bbci.co.uk (8 days ago)
Moderates call for gun group leader's resignation
A nascent state political party is calling on the president of the Kansas State Rifle Association to resign after the gun group's leader posted the party chairman's name and address in an online survivalist forum as part of a discussion thread that included threats of violence. Manhattan school board member and...
cjonline.com (8 days ago)
Bomb scares: Threats on Princeton University campus, airplane, Georgia Capitol
USA Today reported several bomb threats across the U.S. today, June 11. Princeton University shut down today after a bomb threat was made to multiple, unspecified buildings on campus, school officials said. The Princeton University Police...
examiner.com (8 days ago)
Spying Update
Government Spying on Americans … and then Giving Info to Giant Corporations You’ve heard that the government spies on all Americans. But you might not know that the government shares some of that information with big corporations. In addition, Reuters reported in 2011 that the NSA shares intelligence with Wall...
zerohedge.com (8 days ago)
How the Post Messed Up on Its Report on Restaurant-Inspection Fines
Bend over: The New York City Health Department logged 273,999 fines in 2012. The New York Post takes a look at the staggering amount of restaurant-inspection-related fines issued by the Health Department - 198,779 so far this year. Without really getting into specifics, the paper runs with this number and concludes...
nymag.com (8 days ago)
Calif. college student held in alleged murder plot
A University of California, Riverside, student has pleaded not guilty to soliciting an ex-boyfriend's beating and murder by another boyfriend, who secretly recorded the alleged plot. Barbara Wu, 21, entered pleas May 31 to charges of soliciting murder, making terrorist threats, vandalism, stalking and other crimes....
foxnews.com (8 days ago)
Ethiopia rejects Egyptian protests over Nile dam
Ethiopia has refused to halt work on a controversial giant dam across the river Nile that Egypt fears will severely curb its water supply. The refusal came after the Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, promised to "defend each drop of Nile water with our blood" and other senior Egyptian politicians called for the...
guardian.co.uk (8 days ago)
Midwest could see strong windstorms from derecho
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center this afternoon warned of a moderate risk of severe weather in west and central Ohio on Wednesday. NWS meteorologists in Wilmington, Ohio, forecast that storms could begin Wednesday afternoon and intensify in the evening and overnight. Very heavy rain, large hail...
dispatch.com (8 days ago)
The Architecture Of Surveillance
This past week, major documents were leaked detailing PRISM, a top secret government program that directed tech companies to spy on Americans by turning over their data to the National Security Agency, among other branches of the Department of Homeland Security. Despite obvious threats to the right to privacy, the...
gizmodo.com (8 days ago)
Threats made in Ky. town mourning officer's death
A small-town Kentucky police department mourning the ambush slaying of one of its men has received threats that more officers will be targeted, prompting an investigation by the FBI and…Click to Continue »
kentucky.com (8 days ago)
WikiLeaks founder solicited U.S. secrets: court-martial witness
FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The founder of the WikiLeaks website, at the center of the trial of a soldier charged with the biggest U.S. leak of classified material, solicited secret military information during a 2009 conference in Berlin, a Marine Corps computer security expert testified on Tuesday. On the...
yahoo.com (8 days ago)
NSA leak highlights key role of private contractors
The U.S. government monitors threats to national security with the help of nearly 500,000 people like Edward Snowden -- employees of private firms who have access to the government's most sensitive secrets
mercurynews.com (8 days ago)
Russia's Putin says Iran nuclear push is peaceful
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he has no doubt that Iran is adhering to international commitments on nuclear non-proliferation but regional and international concerns about Tehran's nuclear program could not be ignored. Putin, whose country is among six world powers seeking to...
yahoo.com (8 days ago)
Bomb threats rattle Princeton U., Georgia State Capitol
Princeton University has ordered the campus to be evacuated due to a bomb threat.
usatoday.com (8 days ago)
Prepping NYC For A Warming World
NEW YORK -- The projections paint an unsettling picture of New York's future: a city where by the 2050s, 800,000 people could be living in a flood zone that would cover a quarter of the land, and there could be as many 90-degree days as is now normal for Birmingham, Ala. Facing those new projections of the effects...
huffingtonpost.com (8 days ago)
Threats made in Ky. town mourning officer's death
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A small-town Kentucky police department mourning the ambush slaying of one of its officers has received threats that more officers will be targeted. The police chief says his department will not bow to such threats, and the FBI and state police are investigating.
yahoo.com (8 days ago)
Atlanta airport hit by explosion; Richmond airfield, Georgia Capitol receive threats
Part of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was evacuated on Tuesday after a maintenance shed exploded, emergency responders said. The explosion took place around 9 a.m. EDT, Reuters reported. No injuries were reported, and investigators are on scene trying to determine the cause of the explosion. Fire...
washingtontimes.com (8 days ago)
Tsutomu Takeuchi: An Example To Follow: Japan's Historic Commitment To Infectious Disease Control
A commonly known Japanese proverb states "to begin is easy; to continue is hard." This sentiment is something that the international development world knows all too well, especially when it comes to the ambitious agenda of the Group of Eight (G8). In the days leading up to this year's G8 summit, we look to members...
huffingtonpost.com (8 days ago)
