A Virginia man was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for sending harassing and threatening messages to the Republican mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in an effort to force the cancellation of a Donald Trump rally last summer.
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The FBI claims Garret Miller, 34, of Richardson, Texas allegedly threatened to assassinate the New York Congresswoman after he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
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President Joe Biden has directed law enforcement and intelligence officials in his administration to study the threat of domestic violent extremism in the United States, an undertaking being launched weeks after a mob of insurgents loyal to Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol.
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Twitter said on Friday that it had permanently banned an account connected to the office of Iran’s supreme leader, shortly after the account posted a photo showing former President Donald Trump playing golf in the shadow of a giant drone.
Read moreThe New Jersey Supreme Court ruled a man convicted of robbing a bank is entitled to a new trial because a prosecutor improperly used a PowerPoint slide with a photo from the movie “The Shining,” featuring the “Here’s Johnny!” scene, in order to show that non-threatening language can be threatening in context.
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Authorities sent a text message Friday afternoon stating the Virginia Supreme Court is being evacuated due to a bomb threat, three days before a gun-rights rally draws thousands to the state capital.
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The ex-lover of Spain’s king emeritus testified Friday that her life had been threatened by a former spy chief on orders from the exiled monarch himself in a conversation that “terrified” her.
Read moreCarlos Bayon was properly convicted of leaving threatening voicemails at the offices of two members of the U.S. Congress, the Second Circuit ruled. The admission of 19 books discovered on his apartment on topics including bomb-making, explosives and circumventing security alarms was proper as his possession of them indicated his threat was genuine.
Read moreA California appeals court upheld a finding that a high school student made criminal threats when he posted a photo of a replica gun on his Snapchat account and threatened to bring a gun to school the next day. The student claimed he was joking, but “it can be inferred from the way” the social media app works that the juvenile “intended many people to see it, and he must have been aware that anyone who saw it might feel threatened.”
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There were no clear signs that an attack last year on two New Zealand mosques was imminent, but police should have done a better job vetting the lone gunman when he applied for a gun license, and intelligence agencies should have focused more on threats such as white supremacism, according to a new report.
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Calling for the beheading of Dr. Anthony Fauci went too far, Twitter told Steve Bannon on Friday, permanently banning the former White House strategist from its page.
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A man who sent death threats to the Dutch king’s eldest daughter, Princess Amalia, was sentenced Tuesday to three months imprisonment and ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment.
Read moreTwo American citizens are among the five people arrested Wednesday morning, on the east and west coasts, charged with conspiring to help the Chinese government stalk, threaten and extradite a New Jersey resident.
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From his encouragement of the Proud Boys to his slowing down the mail, the president’s threats to Election Day peace of mind are many and varied, a new lawsuit alleges.
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The white woman who gained notoriety for falsely accusing a Black man of threatening her in Central Park actually called 911 twice that day.
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A 19-year-old man arrested after he allegedly made a bomb threat against the University of Houston during an online lecture and voiced support for the Islamic State group will make his first appearance in federal court Tuesday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that he stands ready to send police to Belarus if protests there turn violent, but added in an interview broadcast Thursday that there is no such need now and voiced hope for stabilizing the situation in the neighboring country.
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A 19-year-old Texan faces up to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty Monday to threatening to mail a bomb to the Federal Reserve building in Washington.
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R. Kelly’s manager called in a shooting threat to thwart the 2018 premiere of the Lifetime documentary series that detailed sexual abuse allegations against the singer, New York prosecutors announced Friday morning.
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The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating a possible prank call Wednesday that triggered a heavily armed police response at the home of leading Black Lives Matter activist Melina Abdullah, who livestreamed the incident as her three children were inside the home.
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