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Somali Woman Charged With Terrorizing North Dakota Neighborhood Previously Tied to Human Sex Trafficking Case
A woman recently charged with making terrorist threats in a small North Dakota town claims she is innocent and being targeted because of her race and religion. But a local news station reports that not only has she been repeatedly charged with crimes in multiple states, she was previously arreste... → Read More
'Empire' Actor Jussie Smollett Alleged Hate Crime Investigation Yields More Questions, No Answers
Two days after the incident, the ongoing investigation into the alleged hate crime targeting "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett has raised more questions than it has answered. Pictures of two shadowy figures released last night — Chicago Police are calling them "persons of interest" — will only add t... → Read More
Shifting Stories Cloud Claims of Alleged Hate Crime Attack Targeting 'Empire' Actor Jussie Smollett
The incendiary story of an alleged hate crime attack targeting Empire actor Jussie Smollett immediately went viral yesterday, with media reporting the attackers made racial and anti-gay comments while using President Trump's "MAGA" slogan during the 2 a.m. assault in downtown Chicago. But conflic... → Read More
CNN Defends Decision to Spike Local Media Pro-Border Wall Interview: 'This Is a Non-Story'
Network under fire for suppressing news counter to their narrative. → Read More
Two American ISIS Fighters Captured in Syria
Two Americans who had joined ISIS in Syria were captured Sunday by U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near the Hajin pocket, one of the remaining areas under the terror group's control in Deir ez-Zor governate in eastern Syria. Two Pakistanis and one Irishman were also captured. ... → Read More
Cleveland Doctor Ousted After Anti-Semitic Social Media Posts Exposed
Lara Kollab had joked about giving her Jewish patients the wrong medicine. → Read More
Community Rallies after Man Deliberately Rams Portland Church with SUV on Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve services are going on tonight at the Our Lady of LaVang Catholic Church in Portland, Ore., after the community rallied today to make repairs after a man repeatedly drove his SUV into the building. The church primarily serves members of the Vietnamese community. Hieu John P... → Read More
Federal Judge Strikes Down Law Against Female Genital Mutilation
In a stunning ruling yesterday, U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman in Detroit dismissed charges against two doctors and others in a case involving at least nine female genital mutilation (FGM) victims from Minnesota, Illinois, and Michigan -- including two seven-year-old girls. The two doc... → Read More
BREAKING: Gunmen Target Coptic Christian Pilgrims in Upper Egypt
***WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES*** Early reports indicate that a bus carrying Coptic Christian pilgrims to a monastery in Minya province in Upper Egypt has been attacked by gunmen. Al-Ahram reports: At least seven were killed after unknown gunmen s... → Read More
Blaze Guts Coptic Church in Cairo in Latest Blow to Egypt's Christians
A fire at the Church of the Virgin Mary in the Ain Shams district of Cairo earlier today appears to have gutted the structure, Watani International reports (Arabic). Ain Shams is one of the oldest suburbs of Cairo, and is built on the anc... → Read More
Beware of Media Sourcing for Jamal Khashoggi 'Scoops'
Their source, Khaled Saffuri, was tied to al-Qaeda plot to kill the Saudi crown prince. → Read More
CNN Falsely Attacks Trump for Calling London Attack 'Terror' Before Official UK Confirmation
CNN reporter Jennifer Hansler attacked President Trump today for tweeting about an apparent terror attack in London while the investigation was still underway. However, CNN itself was reporting the incident as a terrorist attack before Trump tweeted. Further, UK authorities had indeed already ann... → Read More
National Manhunt Underway for Three Illegal Aliens Accused of Raping Teens in Ohio
A national manhunt is underway for three illegal aliens who are accused of raping two teenagers in Bowling Green, Ohio. The victims are 13 and 14 years old. They were staying at a hotel with their mother when they were sexually assaulted and held against their will. National warrants have been is... → Read More
State Dept. Embraces Islamic Cleric Who OK'd Killing Americans in Iraq, Called for Israel's Destruction
Last Thursday, Sam Brownback was sworn in as the State Department's new ambassador for religious liberty. Today -- in his first official speech as ambassador -- Brownback openly embraced a hardline Islamic cleric who authorized a fatwa in 2004 justifying the killing of Americans in Iraq, and anot... → Read More
FBI Raids Virginia Home of ISIS Supporter
The FBI on Friday night raided the Sterling, Virginia, home of a Muslim convert, Sean Andrew Duncan, who, according to an FBI affidavit filed in the case, stated that he attempted to join ISIS in Syria and shared bomb-making instructions with a woman currently in international custody. Sterling, ... → Read More
Homeland Security Official Confirms Friday Attacks on Police in Harrisburg Were Terrorism
As I reported here at PJ Media on Friday night, multiple law enforcement agencies were investigating a series of shooting targeting police in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's state capital, Friday afternoon by 51-year-old Ahmed Amin El-Mofty. One Pennsylvania State Trooper was injured during one of the... → Read More
After Another CNN Trump-Russia Debacle, Should Reporters Caught Pushing Fake News Get 'Benefit of the Doubt'?
News reporting is about truth-telling, but there are no claims to infallibility because stories themselves can be no more infallible than the people who tell them. People misremember and forget, and sometimes sources can act maliciously. But in the high-stakes world of political reporting, where ... → Read More
Mosque Bombing in Sinai Leaves 200+ Dead
Egypt's President Sisi declared three days of national mourning and has convened his security council after the bombing of a mosque in Sinai during Friday prayers left more than 200 dead and scores more injured. ... → Read More
Hillary Clinton Does Complete 180 on Questioning 2016 Election's Legitimacy
Last year's Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton who warned that questioning the legitimacy of the 2016 election was "threatening our democracy" has reemerged as sore loser Hillary Clinton now questioning the legitimacy of the 2016 election. Her comments attacking the legitimacy of the... → Read More
Hillary Clinton PERSONALLY Overturned Visa Ban for Islamist Figure Now Accused of Rape
European Islamist scion Tariq Ramadan was banned from the U.S. by the Bush administration in February 2004 for his financial support of a charity that funded terrorist groups. In January 2010, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton overturned that ban. Clinton personally approved a visa for the ... → Read More