Police Immune from Abortion Protester’s Arrest Claims
Four police officers who arrested an anti-abortion protester over a perceived bomb threat are entitled to qualified immunity, the Sixth Circuit ruled Friday.
Read morethreats
Colorado Man Pleads Not Guilty in Plot to Bomb Synagogue
A Colorado man accused of plotting to bomb a synagogue pleaded not guilty Monday to three charges handed down by a federal grand jury.
Read moreSouth LA Teen Arrested Over Threat of Mass School Shooting
A 13-year-old student who threatened to carry out a shooting at his South Los Angeles middle school had a list with the names of students and staff, a hand-drawn map of his school, and an AR-15 assault rifle at his home when he was arrested, police said Friday.
Read moreAppeals Court Keeps Roger Stone Gag Order Intact
Roger Stone, longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, remains barred from social media after the D.C. Circuit refused to lift a gag order Tuesday.
Read moreUS Public Land Workers Getting Assaulted, Threatened on Job
Federal employees overseeing U.S. public lands were assaulted or threatened at least 360 times over a five-year period marked by heightened tensions with anti-government groups, a congressional watchdog agency said Monday.
Read moreSaudi Refugee
A Saudi Arabian who was granted political asylum in Canada sued Twitter and McKinsey & Co. in federal court for privacy invasion and fraud, claiming they exposed him and his family to violent retaliation, such as happened to his friend and colleague Jamal Khashoggi.
Read more
Anti-Semitic Attacks on the Rise in United States
At least 12 white supremacists have been arrested on allegations of plotting, threatening or carrying out anti-Semitic attacks in the United States since the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue nearly one year ago, a Jewish civil rights group reported Sunday.
Read moreMinnesota Court Strikes Down Coercion Law on Free Speech Grounds
Minnesota prosecutors charged a man under an unconstitutional statute after he threatened to send video of his ex-girlfriend talking about marijuana to her employer, a state appeals court ruled Monday.
Read moreGreta Thunberg Effigy Hanged Under Rome Bridge
An effigy of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg strung up under a bridge in Rome has prompted Italian authorities to open an investigation for “aggravated threats,” media reported Monday.
Read moreBB Guns
An appeals court in New Mexico ruled that a minor was properly convicted of assault and carrying a deadly weapon after bringing a BB gun to school and threatening to shoot his principal, whose discovery of a CO2 cartridge and observation of a bulge in the student’s waistband proved the child “used” the weapon while making the threats.
Read moreR. Kelly Will Stay Jailed Ahead of Brooklyn Trial
R. Kelly must await his May 2020 trial in Brooklyn from behind bars, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Read moreDollar General Asks Eighth Circuit to Toss Union Vote
An attorney for Dollar General argued Tuesday before the Eighth Circuit that a union certification for six of its employees in Missouri should be set aside because threats and bribes from a union organizer influenced the vote.
Read more
Police See Rise in Threat Tips After Latest Mass Murders
It had all the makings of a massacre: six guns, including a Colt AR-15 rifle, about 1,000 rounds of ammunition, a bulletproof vest, and an angry Southern California man who threatened to kill co-workers at a hotel and its guests.
Read more
NJ Labor Day Parade Canceled Due to ‘Destructive Devices’
Authorities canceled a New Jersey Labor Day parade that the governor was to attend Monday because “destructive devices” were found near the parade route.
Read moreArrest Warrant Issued for Lakers Center DeMarcus Cousins
Alabama police have issued an arrest warrant for Los Angeles Lakers center DeMarcus Cousins on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge for harassing communications.
Read moreFormer US Diplomat Gets 5 Years for Anti-Arab Threats
Hate-filled voicemails and death threats terrorized employees of an Arab-American nonprofit for years, and the former State Department diplomat behind the harassment was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison.
Read more