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The FBI is reportedly hunting for several Saudi students from Navy Station Pensacola, after they vanished in the wake of Friday’s mass shooting at the base. Fellow Saudi Mohammed Saeed al-Shamrani, 21, killed three and wounded 12 others in the attack before he was shot dead by police. According to AP, investigators have now detained… Read more.
Eight people were killed [and 11 were injured] when a man drove 20 blocks down a bike path beside the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon before he crashed his pickup truck, jumped out with fake guns and was shot by police officer, the authorities said. Federal authorities were treating the incident as… Read more.
Spain was hit by its worst terrorist attack in more than a decade on Thursday, when a van driver plowed into dozens of people enjoying a sunny afternoon on one of Barcelona’s most famous thoroughfares, killing at least 13 people and leaving 80 bloodied on the pavement. Hours later, the Catalan police said they foiled… Read more.
No doubt you’ve heard or read about the White “lone wolf” who opened fire at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Friday, killing one TSA agent and wounding two others before police ended his shooting spree. Incidentally, what are we to make of the fact that, like the Boston Marathon bomber who survived a fusillade… Read more.
You’ve probably heard about the big shootout here in Washington, DC yesterday that caused utter pandemonium – complete with building lockdowns, people running for their lives, and police cars crashing into security barriers (you know, those unsightly concrete bollards that dot every sidewalk). You’d be forgiven for thinking that not just one but a platoon… Read more.
[Author’s note: This article was published originally on Sunday, November 30. But a surprising number of friends have told me that they missed it because they did not expect my first post-Thanksgiving article to be published until Monday, December 1. Therefore, assuming that many of you probably missed it too, I have decided to republish it today.… Read more.
