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[WATCH] FBI, DHS warn of ‘lone wolf’ attacks by ISIS on US soil
FBI, DHS warn of ‘lone wolf’ attacks by ISIS on US soil
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Hundreds of Colorado Students Protest History Curriculum Changes That Promote Patriotism
Hundreds of students walked out of classrooms around suburban Denver on Tuesday in protest over a conservative-led school board proposal to focus history education on topics that promote citizenship, patriotism and respect for authority, in a show of civil disobedience that the new standards would aim to downplay. Student participants said their demonstration was organized…
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DEVELOPING: 3 dead, including gunman, in shooting at Alabama UPS facility
Three people were killed Tuesday morning, including the suspected gunman, in a shooting at a UPS facility in Birmingham, Ala., MyFoxAL.com reported. The identities of the victims and the shooter were not immediately released. Lt. Sean Edwards, from the Birmingham police, said one employee in uniform is confirmed dead. The Birmingham News reported that the…
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Russia warns US-led coalition: Those who carry out strikes in Syria face blowback
The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that those countries initiating one-sided military scenarios take international legal responsibility for their consequences. It comes as the US-led coalition begins its anti-ISIS strikes in Syria. “Attempts to achieve one’s own geopolitical goals in violation of the sovereignty of countries in the region only exacerbate tensions and further destabilize…
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[VIDEO] CDC REPORT: As Many As 1.4 MILLION People Could Be Infected With Ebola By 2015
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report Tuesday predicting as many as 550,000 to 1.4 million cases of the Ebola virus in Liberia and Sierra Leone alone, by the end of January. The CDC calculations are based, in part, on assumptions that cases have been dramatically underreported. Other projections haven’t…
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Secret Service Under Scrutiny After Second Security Breach In Less Than A Week
The Secret Service on Saturday launched a security review to learn how a man carrying a knife was able to get inside the front door of the White House on Friday night after jumping a fence and sprinting more than 70 yards across the North Lawn — the first time that has ever happened. Within…
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[AUDIO] ISIS Calls on Muslims to Kill Non-Muslims Everywhere, in Every Way
In an official statement posted online Sunday, Sept. 21, ISIS called on Muslims to kill non-Muslims, especially citizens of all countries who are part of the anti-ISIS coalition. The statement, which was translated into many languages, was made in a 42-minute long speech by the terrorist organization’s spokesman, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani. Adnani called on all…
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OBAMA: ‘Some American ISIS Fighters Have Returned To U.S.’
During a briefing for reporters Monday in the ornate Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the Administration’s efforts to address the issue of so-called foreign terrorist fighters, the official said that the latest assessment from National Counterterrorism Center is that more than 100 Americans have attempted to fight in Iraq and Syria alongside ISIS, the al-Qaeda…
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U.S. Ramping Up Major Renewal in Nuclear Arms
A sprawling new plant here in a former soybean field makes the mechanical guts of America’s atomic warheads. Bigger than the Pentagon, full of futuristic gear and thousands of workers, the plant, dedicated last month, modernizes the aging weapons that the United States can fire from missiles, bombers and submarines. It is part of a…
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WEAPONS OF WAR: Arsenal of full-auto guns and 20,000 rounds of ammo stolen from Indianapolis gun store
A trailer containing high-powered weapons and 20,000 rounds of ammunition was stolen from an Indianapolis gun store over the weekend. According to Metro Police and ATF investigators, the guns were sitting in a trailer behind Profire Arms and Supply in the 7300 block of Rockville Road on the city’s west side. The owner told police…
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AWOL Afghans: Pentagon downplays danger of soldiers who visit and vanish as ‘no cause for alarm’
They come to the U.S. to train for the mission of safeguarding their country, but Afghan soldiers often decide they don’t want to go back. On Monday, a trio of soldiers, here for a wide-ranging training program that has been in place for a decade, was caught at the Canadian border after disappearing from a…
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Arrests made at Flood Wall Street protests #floodwallstreet
NEW YORK — About 1,000 green activists halted traffic in New York’s Financial District for hours Monday with a pointed message for the masters of Washington and Wall Street: Unrestrained capitalism is a major cause of climate change. Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream In a mostly peaceful daylong protest that bore some…
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Prosecutor: Alleged White House fence jumper had 800 rounds of ammunition in car
Prosecutors said the Army veteran who allegedly scaled a fence at the White House and made it to the president’s residence with a knife before he was caught, had nearly 800 rounds of ammunition, along with a machete and two hatchets in his car. READ: SECURITY SCARE: Alleged White House intruder is decorated Iraq combat…
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Federal court upholds U.S. flag ban on Cinco de Mayo; lawyer vows to take case to U.S. Supreme Court
A federal appeals court will not reconsider a unanimous February ruling upholding the actions of a principal in a Northern California high school who ordered students wearing American flag shirts inside out during a 2010 Cinco de Mayo celebration. Live Oak High School in the San Jose suburb of Morgan Hill had a prior history…
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Algerian Islamists threaten to execute hostage unless France halts Isis attacks
The house in Nice belonging to the French tourist, who was abducted in Algeria on Sunday. Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images A splinter group that claims links to the militant group Islamic State (Isis) released a video on Monday night of a French tourist abducted on Sunday while on holiday in Algeria. The group has threatened…
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Developing– Lois Lerner breaks silence
By RACHAEL BADE | 9/22/14 4:59 AM EDT Updated: 9/22/14 12:21 PM EDT Employers won’t hire her. She’s been berated with epithets like “dirty Jew.” Federal agents have guarded her house because of death threats. And she’s spent hundreds of thousands of dollars defending herself against accusations she orchestrated a coverup in a scandal that has…
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Three Afghan Soldiers in U.S. for Training Reported Missing From Cape Cod Base
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com DEVELOPING: Three Afghan National Army officers who vanished from a Cape Cod military base where they had been taking part in a training exercise have reportedly been found near Niagara Falls, where they were trying to cross into Canada. The men, reported missing by the Massachusetts…
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SECURITY SCARE: Alleged White House intruder is decorated Iraq combat vet
The Texas man accused of dashing through the White House front door Friday with a folding knife is a decorated Army veteran and marksman who served in Iraq, the U.S. military said Sunday. Omar Jose Gonzalez, who is being held in connection with illegally trying to enter the White House complex, served more than 13…
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[PHOTO] VA Letter Tells Veteran He Is Incompetent, Not Allowed to Possess Guns or Ammunition
The VA sent this letter to a veteran and explains that he is “NOT COMPETENT” for managing his VA purposes, and INCOMPETENT of managing his own VA benefits so someone is being assigned to manage them for him. The letter continues with saying that his doctor has diagnosed him with PTSD, his INCOMPETENCY means that he…
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US Gov’t Admits There’s A Much More Dangerous Terrorist Group Than ISIS
New intelligence has emerged warning Washington that its upcoming confrontation with the Islamic State may leave it blind to a more sinister and direct threat from a much lesser known terrorist group that has arisen from the ashes of the Syrian war. According to government sources, the Al-Qaeda offshoot group is led by a former…
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More Than 700 Babies Potentially Exposed to Tuberculosis in Texas Hospital
At least 700 infants may have been exposed to tuberculosis in the nursery area of a Texas hospital. The babies were put at risk of catching the contagious disease by a member of staff who was infected, health officials said. Forty hospital employees were also put at risk of catching the disease. City Department of…
