Chelsea Manning found guilty of violating military prison rules
WASHINGTON — Soldier Chelsea Manning, who is serving 35 years in a military prison for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, was found guilty on Tuesday of violating jail rules and given three weeks of recreation curbs, the American Civil Liberties Union said. The former intelligence analyst was convicted in 2013 of providing...New York man plotted to harm Muslims, Obama with X-ray device
ALBANY, N.Y. — A Ku Klux Klan member conspired to use a remote-controlled X-ray device hidden in a truck, which he called "Hiroshima on a light switch", as a weapon of mass destruction to harm Muslims and President Barack Obama, a prosecutor told jurors on Monday. But a lawyer for Glendon Scott Crawford said at the start of his trial...Oklahoma man at ‘Muslim Free’ gun store accidentally shoots himself
OKLAHOMA CITY — A man helping out at a self-proclaimed "Muslim Free" gun store in the rural town of Oktaha, Oklahoma, accidentally shot himself in the arm after dropping his gun, authorities said on Wednesday. The man involved in the Tuesday incident has not been identified and his injuries are not life-threatening, Muskogee County...Riot-torn Ferguson, Missouri to remain in state of emergency
Young men demonstraiting in Ferguson on Aug. 12.ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, the site of a year of occasionally violent protests over the police killing of an unarmed black teen, remained under a state of emergency through Wednesday night.The state of emergency, which gives county police oversight of...Fifty eight House members to make trip this month to Israel
Fifty eight House members — 22 Democrats and 36 Republicans — are making a trip this month to Israel, right before Congress is set to consider the controversial Iran nuclear deal. The trip is being paid for by the American Israel Education Foundation, the charitable arm of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee...
Newlyweds arrested for planning to join ISIS
August 12th, 20150 OXFORD, Miss. (Reuters) - A Mississippi couple, accused of seeking to join the militant Islamic State group on a planned honeymoon trip, remained in custody on Tuesday after being denied bond in federal court.Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 20, and Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla, 22, were charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support...Obama defends Iran nuclear deal as diplomacy winning over war
WASHINGTON — President Obama defended the U.S.-led international nuclear deal with Iran on Wednesday against a furious lobbying effort by political opponents and Israel and said abandoning the agreement would open up the prospect of war. Invoking the Cold War peacemaking initiatives of former Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald...Police fatally shoot ax-wielding man at Nashville movie theater
NASHVILLE — A man with a history of mental health issues who wielded an ax and a pellet gun at a Nashville-area movie theater was shot dead by police on Wednesday, authorities said. The man, identified by Nashville police as Vincente David Montano, 29, was pronounced dead outside the back door of the theater, which was showing "Mad...Majority of Americans say more must be done to fight racism
WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans, White and Black, believe that more needs to be done to fight racism in the United States, following a year of protests over the treatment of minorities by police, according to a Pew Research Center survey released on Wednesday. The national survey found that roughly six in 10 Americans feel the...Mass. man accused of plotting ‘Islamic State’ college bombing pleads not guilty
The son of a Boston police captain arrested this month and accused of planning to bomb a college cafeteria on behalf of the Islamic State militant group pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges. Alexander Ciccolo, 23, did not speak during his federal court appearance other than to enter his plea. He was arrested on July 4...TSA chief vows to close security gaps at U.S. airports
WASHINGTON — The new leader of the Transportation Security Administration said on Wednesday his top priority would be to close security gaps at airport checkpoints where an internal report showed 96 percent of undercover tests failed. Peter Neffenger, the agency's new administrator, told a congressional panel that front-line TSA...
Women in the Niqab share experiences and struggles
July 30th, 20150 The Niqab has sparked controversy in a number of stories and events, including one about a Muslim woman in Canada who was not allowed to take her oath of citizenship because she wore the Niqab. In France, it was banned— along with a number of other face covering gear, such as balaclavas, helmets, and masks— in public places where,...Florida gun store sued after declaring itself ‘Muslim-free’
ORLANDO, FLA — A Florida gun store that proclaimed itself a Muslim-free zone was sued on Wednesday, July 29, in federal court by the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on the grounds that the restriction is discriminatory. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale accuses Florida Gun...Obama dines with Kenyan family after arriving in father’s homeland
Obama with his half sister Auma Obama U.S. President Barack Obama dined with his step grandmother, his sister and other extended family members after arriving in Kenya for his first presidential visit to his father's homeland on Friday. Obama's plane, Air Force One, landed in the evening in the...WSJ: White House to release Israeli spy Pollard
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is preparing to release Jonathan Pollard, a U.S. Navy intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing U.S. officials.The release would end a decades-long fight between Israel and the United States over Pollard, 60, who was convicted of......
At least six U.S. states move to arm National Guard offices
FLORIDA - The governors of Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Indiana on Saturday ordered National Guard members at offices and other facilities to be armed in the wake of attacks that left five servicemen dead in Tennessee. "It is painful enough when we lose members of our armed forces when they are sent in harm's way,...Flag dispute triggers clash at South Carolina capitol
COLUMBIA, S.C - At least five people were arrested on Saturday as white-supremacist and African-American groups clashed outside the South Carolina State House, where the Confederate battle flag was removed last week after a half-century, authorities said. Beginning at noon, a Florida-based group called Black Educators for Justice......
South Carolina church shooting suspect to face U.S. hate crime charges
WASHINGTON - The white man charged in South Carolina with the murders of nine African-Americans at a historic Charleston church last month will face federal hate crime charges, media outlets reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. law enforcement sources. The federal charges against Dylann Roof are expected to be made public later on...
FBI says still not known if Tennessee shooting suspect was radicalized
July 22nd, 20150 The FBI still has not determined whether the suspect in the fatal shootings of five U.S. servicemen in Tennessee last week was radicalized in the run-up to the rampage, the special agent in charge of the investigation said on Wednesday. But investigators believe that the suspect, Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, acted on his own on the...U.S. officials accuse Oregon imam of hiding militant past
PORTLAND, ORE. - U.S. authorities are seeking to revoke the citizenship of an Oregon imam who they say fought with Afghan mujahideen in the 1980s and dealt with al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, then lied about his past when he became a naturalized citizen, court documents showed. The civil complaint filed in federal court in Portland,...
Muslim woman photographed with paintball gun causes scare in New York
July 19th, 20150 NEW YORK CITY - A Muslim woman captured carrying a paitball gun caused a scare in Staten Island on Friday. The woman in a headscarf was seen with four young men along Midland Beach transferring the black "weapons" between two cars. After the photos began circulating, local residents in the area feared that an attack was......
Snapchat features Tel Aviv, the West Bank and Mecca in separate feeds
CALIFORNIA — On July 7, Snapchat’s live feed focused on Tel Aviv, with various people who lived in the city sharing their daily experiences. The live Snapchat story quickly received criticism and sparked outrage on Twitter because the focus on Tel Aviv occurred during the one year anniversary of the 50 day war between Israel and the...
Kuwaiti American gunman kills four marines in Tennessee
July 16th, 20150 TENNESSEE - Five people were killed on Thursday, July 16, including suspected gunman Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, who opened fire at two military-related facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee in an attack local officials described as brazen, brutal and an act of domestic terrorism. No motive has yet been given. 24-year-old......
FBI chief: encryption emboldens would-be ISIS attackers
July 10th, 20150 James CorneyWASHINGTON — Barring law enforcement authorities' access to encrypted communications would make it easier for ISIS sympathizers to attack the United States, FBI Chief James Comey told Senate lawmakers on Wednesday. Comey testified during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Going Dark: Encryption, Technology, and the...Relatives of Charleston victims urge Congress to vote on gun law
WASHINGTON — Relatives and friends of the victims of last month's shooting in a Charleston, South Carolina church traveled to Washington on Wednesday to demand that lawmakers vote on legislation to expand background checks on gun sales. But their chances of success are at best considered slim. Similar legislation failed a Senate......