A Virginia 17-year-old pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to charges of conspiring to help Islamic State militants, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Ali Amin, of Manassas, Virginia, used social media to provide instructions on how to use the virtual currency Bitcoin to send funds to militants, and he helped another Virginia resident travel to Syria to join the group, the department said. “Around the nation, we are seeing
A Virginia 17-year-old pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to charges of conspiring to help Islamic State militants, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Ali Amin, of Manassas, Virginia, used social media to provide instructions on how to use the virtual currency Bitcoin to send funds to militants, and he helped another Virginia resident travel to Syria to join the group, the department said. “Around the nation, we are seeing
Authorities are questioning Joyce Mitchell, a female prison employee, about the inmates who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility last weekend.
Authorities are questioning Joyce Mitchell, a female prison employee, about the inmates who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility last weekend.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the United States will send up to 450 more troops to Iraq to boost the training of local forces. It’s a response to recent setbacks at the hands of the Islamic State and Baghdad’s appeals for more help.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The engineer driving an Amtrak train wasn’t using his cellphone to talk, text or download data just before the train derailed in Philadelphia last month, safety investigators said Wednesday, deepening the mystery of what caused the accident that killed eight and injured about 200.
The white police officer who threw a black bikini-clad girl to the ground and pulled his gun on two others while responding to a disturbance at a pool party in McKinney, Texas, resigned on Tuesday. But some community members say his resignation is not enough.
WILLSBORO, N.Y. (AP) — Police plan to resume searching homes located near the maximum-security prison in northern New York where two killers escaped using power tools, authorities said Wednesday as they renewed their plea for help from the public.
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Obama administration is nearing a decision on how to improve and accelerate the training of Iraqi security forces in light of recent setbacks against the Islamic State, including the possibility of setting up new training camps in Anbar Province, U.S. officials said Tuesday.