Court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops

BOSTON (AP) — A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless U.S. government searches of the phones and laptops of international travelers at airports and other U.S. ports of entry violate the Fourth Amendment. Tuesday’s ruling in U.S. District Court came in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic... Read More

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October 11, 2019

El Paso mass shooting suspect pleads not guilty in 22 deaths

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The 21-year-old man charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, pleaded not guilty Thursday during a brief initial hearing. Police have said Patrick Crusius of Dallas confessed to the Aug. 3 mass shooting and that he targeted Mexicans. Some... Read More

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Patrick Crusius

October 11, 2019

Judge to examine failure to disclose video in terror case

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge will hold a hearing Tuesday over the FBI’s failure to turn over surveillance footage to an Arizona man until three years after he was convicted of providing guns to two friends who launched a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in suburban Dallas. Attorneys for Abdul Malik Abdul... Read More

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Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem

October 9, 2019

New York bomber convicted in shootout with New Jersey police

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — An Islamic terrorist already serving a life prison term for a bombing in New York City was convicted Tuesday of multiple counts of attempted murder and assault stemming from a shootout with police three years ago. Ahmad Khan Rahimi , a U.S. citizen who was born in Afghanistan but grew up... Read More

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Ahmad Khan Rahimi

October 3, 2019

Coast Guard officer expected to plead guilty in gun case

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling weapons and targeting Supreme Court justices, prominent Democrats and TV journalists is expected to plead guilty in a case charging him with gun and drug offenses. Federal prosecutors have described Christopher Hasson as a domestic terrorist, but they haven’t filed any terrorism-related charges against... Read More

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Christopher Hasson

September 25, 2019

Officer testifies in New Jersey trial of convicted bomber

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — Opening statements got underway in the New Jersey trial of a man already serving a life sentence for a bombing in New York City. Ahmad Khan Rahimi, an Afghanistan-born naturalized U.S. citizen, faces attempted murder and other charges for allegedly firing at police officers during a gunfight preceding his 2016 arrest.... Read More

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Ahmad Khan Rahimi

September 20, 2019

Mechanic due to enter plea in airliner sabotage case

MIAMI (AP) — A former American Airlines mechanic who prosecutors say may have some links to terrorists is due to enter a plea to charges that he sabotaged an aircraft with 150 people aboard. An arraignment hearing is scheduled Friday for 60-year-old Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani in Miami federal court. He’s charged with deliberately disabling... Read More

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September 18, 2019

Bail hearing set for man charged in plane sabotage case

MIAMI (AP) — A bail hearing is scheduled for a mechanic charged with sabotaging an American Airlines jetliner as part of a labor dispute. Prosecutors are seeking pretrial detention for 60-year-old Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at Wednesday’s hearing. Defense attorneys are expected to argue that he should be released from jail on bail. Alani was... Read More

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Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani

September 10, 2019

Man accused of plotting mass killing wants gun charges nixed

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge said Monday that he will decide by the end of this week whether to dismiss gun charges against a Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling combat gear and compiling a hit list of prominent Democrats and TV journalists. Christopher Hasson, 50, is asking U.S. District Judge George Hazel... Read More

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Christopher Hasson

September 3, 2019

Trial in 9/11 case at Guantanamo gets early 2021 start date

WASHINGTON (AP) — A military judge on Friday set a date in early 2021 for the start of the long-stalled war crimes trial of five men being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison on charges of planning and aiding the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Air Force Col. W. Shane Cohen set the start date in... Read More

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Khalid Shaikh Mohammad

September 3, 2019

4th person sentenced in plot to bomb NY Muslim community

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The last of four young men who authorities say planned to use homemade explosives against an upstate New York Muslim community has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Twenty-year-old Vincent Vetromile appeared Tuesday in Monroe County Court. He had pleaded guilty in June to a weapons charge. Vetromile, 20-year-old Brian... Read More

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Vincent Vetromile

August 29, 2019

Man indicted on terror charge in alleged ISIS-inspired plot

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A Maryland man accused of planning an Islamic State-inspired attack at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., was indicted Wednesday on a terrorism-related charge, five months after his arrest. A federal grand jury indicted Rondell Henry, 28, of Germantown, on a new charge of attempting to provide material... Read More

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Rondell Henry

August 19, 2019

Bail set at $200,000 for NYC subway scare defendant

NEW YORK (AP) — Bail was set at $200,000 Sunday for a homeless man from West Virginia who was charged with placing two devices that looked like pressure cookers in a New York City subway station. Larry Kenton Griffin II of Bruno, West Virginia, appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court before Judge Keisha Espinal, who set... Read More

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Larry Kenton Griffin II

August 6, 2019

Judge sentences man who sent pipe bombs to Dems to 20 years

NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida amateur body builder who admitted sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and CNN was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday by a judge who concluded the bombs purposely were not designed to explode. Cesar Sayoc, 57, wept and crossed himself, appearing relieved, when U.S. District Judge Jed S.... Read More

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Cesar Sayoc

Court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops

El Paso mass shooting suspect pleads not guilty in 22 deaths

Judge to examine failure to disclose video in terror case

New York bomber convicted in shootout with New Jersey police

Coast Guard officer expected to plead guilty in gun case

Officer testifies in New Jersey trial of convicted bomber

Mechanic due to enter plea in airliner sabotage case

Bail hearing set for man charged in plane sabotage case

Man accused of plotting mass killing wants gun charges nixed

Trial in 9/11 case at Guantanamo gets early 2021 start date

4th person sentenced in plot to bomb NY Muslim community

Man indicted on terror charge in alleged ISIS-inspired plot

Bail set at $200,000 for NYC subway scare defendant

Judge sentences man who sent pipe bombs to Dems to 20 years

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