Ben Fox
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Miami, FL, United States
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Costa Rica chaos a warning that ransomware threat remains
Teachers unable to get paychecks. Tax and customs systems paralyzed. Health officials unable to access medical records or track the spread of COVID-19. A country’s president declaring war against foreign hackers saying they want to overthrow the government. → Read More
In legal milestone, Iraqi held by U.S. at Guantanamo pleads guilty to war crimes
An Iraqi man who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for more than 15 years pleaded guilty Monday to war crimes charges for his role in al-Qaida attacks against U.S. and allied forces along with civilians in Afghanistan. → Read More
US sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms
A looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. → Read More
US sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) — A looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U. S. -Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. The U. S. was in a "heightened threat environment" already, and these factors may worsen the situation, DHS said in the latest… → Read More
US sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms
The Department of Homeland Security says a looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months. → Read More
US sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) — A looming Supreme Court decision on abortion , an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. → Read More
DHS bulletin warns of heightened domestic violent extremism threat
Domestic violent extremists present the most pressing threat, the Department of Homeland Security said, citing the May 14 racist attack in Buffalo as an example. → Read More
Security concerns leave Afghan evacuees stuck in Balkan camp
For some Afghans who were evacuated as their country fell to the Taliban last summer, the journey to the United States has stalled, and perhaps ended, at a sun-baked cluster of tents and temporary housing on an American base in the Balkans. → Read More
US warns abortion ruling could increase extremist violence
Violence could come from either side of the abortion issue or from other types of extremists seeking to exploit tensions, according to a memo directed to local government agencies from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis. → Read More
US warns abortion ruling could increase extremist violence
Violence could come from either side of the abortion issue or from other types of extremists seeking to exploit tensions, according to a memo directed to local government agencies from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis. → Read More
US warns abortion ruling could increase extremist violence
Violence could come from either side of the abortion issue or from other types of extremists seeking to exploit tensions, according to a memo directed to local government agencies from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis. → Read More
US warns abortion ruling could increase extremist violence
The leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion striking down the constitutional right to abortion has unleashed a wave of threats against officials and others and increased the likelihood of extremist violence, an internal government report says. → Read More
US warns abortion ruling could increase extremist violence
The government is sending a critical warning to law enforcement agencies in light of a draft opinion that would strike down the constitutional right to abortion. → Read More
New life, new struggles: Afghans still adjusting to US
Taliban forces had taken the Afghan capital. Crowds of panicked people thronged the airport. And a young man who had worked as a subcontractor for the U.S. military faced a terrible choice. → Read More
Biden visits Alabama Lockheed Martin plant making key Javelin missiles for Ukraine
Biden's trip to the Alabama factory that makes the Javelin weapons system is also drawing attention to a growing concern about the U.S. stockpile. → Read More
Push to arm Ukraine putting strain on US weapons stockpile
The planes take off almost daily from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware — hulking C-17s loaded up with Javelins, Stingers, howitzers and other material being hustled to Eastern Europe to resupply Ukraine’s military in its fight against Russia. → Read More
US preps for even busier border amid lifting of health order
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration released a plan Tuesday to deal with an expected increase in already high numbers of migrants at the U. S. -Mexico border from the planned lifting of a public health order that prevents people from seeking asylum — and that Republican and some Democratic lawmakers insist should be kept in place. A memo from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N.… → Read More
Son of famed American artist charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
For years, Vincent Gillespie waged a legal battle to try to gain control of hundreds of paintings by his father — renowned postwar American artist Gregory Gillespie. → Read More
Migrant crossings spike as US plans to lift curb on asylum
WASHINGTON — Migrants attempted to cross the U.S.-Mexico border at the highest level in two decades as the U.S. prepares for even larger numbers with the expected lifting of a pandemic-era order that turned away asylum seekers. Immigration authorities stopped migrants 221,303 times along the Southwest border in March, a 33% increase from a month […] → Read More
Migrant crossings spike as US plans to lift curb on asylum
WASHINGTON (AP) — Migrants attempted to cross the U. S. -Mexico border at the highest level in two decades as the U. S. prepares for even larger numbers with the expected lifting of a pandemic-era order that turned away asylum seekers. Immigration authorities stopped migrants 221,303 times along the Southwest border in March, a 34% increase from a month earlier, according to U. S. Customs and… → Read More