Florida man says pipe bombs weren’t meant to hurt anybody

NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man who pleaded guilty to sending pipe bombs to CNN and prominent critics of President Donald Trump says he thinks he was misunderstood at his guilty plea. Cesar Sayoc said in a letter to a judge that was made public Tuesday that it was never his intent to harm... Read More

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Cesar Sayoc

March 28, 2019

Judge sets April sentencing in Russian secret agent case

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian gun-rights activist will be sentenced next month after admitting she was a secret agent for the Kremlin who tried to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups as Donald Trump rose to power. Maria Butina appeared briefly Thursday in federal court in Washington and U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan set Butina’s sentencing... Read More

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March 22, 2019

Attorneys: 5 charged in terror case because they are Muslims

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Attorneys for five people facing federal terrorism-related charges following their arrests last summer in a New Mexico compound raid said Thursday their clients are being prosecuted because they are Muslims. “This case is about freedom of religion, freedom of association and the right to bear arms,” said Billy Blackburn, an attorney... Read More

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March 22, 2019

Florida man pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Trump foes

NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man pleaded guilty Thursday to sending pipe bombs to CNN and prominent critics of President Donald Trump in a wave of attacks that harmed no one but spread fear of political violence across the U.S. for days leading up to last fall’s midterm elections. Cesar Sayoc, 57, shackled at... Read More

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Cesar Sayoc

March 21, 2019

5 suspects at New Mexico compound face terror charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Five extended family members who lived at a ramshackle New Mexico compound where a 3-year-old boy was found dead last year are due in federal court Thursday to face new charges that they plotted attacks on U.S. law enforcement and members of the military. A federal grand jury last week indicted... Read More

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March 21, 2019

Migrants encounter snafus with new US asylum policy

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Scheduling glitches led an immigration judge to deny the Trump administration’s request to order four Central American migrants deported because they failed to show for initial hearings Wednesday in the U.S. while being forced to wait in Mexico. The judge’s refusal was a setback for the administration’s highly touted initiative to... Read More

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March 21, 2019

Police say immigrant suspect killed for drugs

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A detective says a Salvadoran immigrant charged with four Nevada murders told police he robbed and killed his elderly victims during a 10-day rampage in January because he needed money to buy methamphetamine. The detective told the grand jury, which indicted Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman in Reno last week, the 20-year-old who... Read More

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Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman

March 20, 2019

Salvadoran pleads not guilty to 4 northern Nevada murders

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A 20-year-old Salvadoran immigrant in the U.S. illegally has pleaded not guilty to charges that he killed four people in Nevada in January. Wilber Martinez-Guzman entered the pleas to four counts of open murder at his arraignment in Washoe County District Court on Tuesday. He also pleaded not guilty pleas to... Read More

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Wilber Martinez-Guzman

March 20, 2019

Dutch prosecutors consider terror motive in tram shooting

UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch investigators probing the deadly tram shooting in the city of Utrecht sharpened their focus Tuesday on a possible extremist motive, as judicial authorities revealed that the main suspect was released from jail this month and faces a rape trial in July. The nature of the Monday’s attack and a note... Read More

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March 15, 2019

New Mexico compound suspects face new conspiracy charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Five extended family members who had been living on a remote New Mexico compound where a 3-year-old boy died before it was raided have been indicted on terrorism-related charges that accuse them of conspiring to attack U.S. law enforcement officers, military members and government employees, authorities said Thursday. The superseding indictment... Read More

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Siraj Ibn Wahhaj

February 21, 2019

Muslim group seeks congressional probe on terror watchlist

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A Muslim civil rights group called for a congressional investigation Wednesday after its lawsuit revealed that the U.S. government has shared access to parts of its terrorist watchlist with more than 1,400 private entities, including hospitals and universities. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Congress should look into why the... Read More

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February 20, 2019

Feds share watchlist with 1,400 private groups

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The federal government has acknowledged that it shares its terrorist watchlist with more than 1,400 private entities, including hospitals and universities, prompting concerns from civil libertarians that those mistakenly placed on the list could face a wide variety of hassles in their daily lives. The government’s admission that it shares... Read More

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February 12, 2019

Immigrant accused of 4 Nevada murders arraigned in Reno

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A 20-year-old immigrant from El Salvadoran accused of murdering four people in Nevada last month has been transferred to the Washoe County Jail in Reno where prosecutors in two counties plan to try him for all four killings. Washoe County District Attorney spokeswoman Michelle Bays says Wilber Martinez-Guzman was arraigned Monday... Read More

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Wilber Martinez-Guzman

February 12, 2019

Undercover spy exposed in NYC was 1 of many

LONDON (AP) — When mysterious operatives lured two cybersecurity researchers to meetings at luxury hotels over the past two months, it was an apparent bid to discredit their research about an Israeli company that makes smartphone hacking technology used by some governments to spy on their citizens. The Associated Press has now learned of similar... Read More

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Mazen Masri

Florida man says pipe bombs weren’t meant to hurt anybody

Judge sets April sentencing in Russian secret agent case

Attorneys: 5 charged in terror case because they are Muslims

Florida man pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Trump foes

5 suspects at New Mexico compound face terror charges

Migrants encounter snafus with new US asylum policy

Police say immigrant suspect killed for drugs

Salvadoran pleads not guilty to 4 northern Nevada murders

Dutch prosecutors consider terror motive in tram shooting

New Mexico compound suspects face new conspiracy charges

Muslim group seeks congressional probe on terror watchlist

Feds share watchlist with 1,400 private groups

Immigrant accused of 4 Nevada murders arraigned in Reno

Undercover spy exposed in NYC was 1 of many

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