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NEW DETAILS: FBI Says Ohio Man Plotted To Blow Up Capitol, Kill Lawmakers
CINCINNATI (AP) — A 20-year-old Ohio man's Twitter posts sympathizing with Islamic terrorists led to an undercover FBI operation and the man's arrest on charges that he plotted to blow...
Syndicated Author Jan 15, 2015

Europe’s Muslims Feel Heat of Backlash After Paris Terror
PARIS (AP) — Firebombs and pig heads thrown into mosques. Veiled women subjected to insults in the street. The Internet awash with threats against Muslims. Europe's Muslims are feeling the ...
Syndicated Author Jan 14, 2015

Ohio Man Plotted Attack on U.S. Capitol, FBI Says
The FBI has arrested an Ohio man who was allegedly plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol, according to a law enforcement official and a complaint filed in Ohio.Christopher Lee Cornell came to the FBI...
Syndicated Author Jan 14, 2015

Accidental Fire, Explosion at Strip Mall in Falls Church Injures Three
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) – A fire marshal has found that an explosion that hurt three people at a northern Virginia shopping center was accidental. A Falls Church spokeswoman says in an email that...
Syndicated Author Jan 14, 2015

Ohio Bartender Accused of Threatening to Kill John Boehner
CINCINNATI (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner returned to the Capitol on Wednesday without commenting to reporters after disclosures that a bartender at a country club near his Ohio home is charg...
Syndicated Author Jan 14, 2015

WATCH: Prison Bus Strikes Freight Train in West Texas Killing At Least 10 People
PENWELL, Texas (AP) — At least 10 people were killed Wednesday when a bus carrying state prisoners skidded off an icy highway overpass in West Texas, slid down an embankment and collided with a ...
Syndicated Author Jan 14, 2015

WATCH: Yemen’s Al Qaida Branch Claims Paris Attack, Vows More Violence
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen's al-Qaida branch on Wednesday confirmed it carried out last week's deadly assault on a French satirical newspaper to avenge cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad,...
Syndicated Author Jan 14, 2015

WATCH: More Questions Than Answers As Probe Into Metro Smoke Incident Continues
WASHINGTON (AP) — Commuters are demanding information after an electrical malfunction filled a Washington subway tunnel with smoke, forcing hundreds to evacuate and sending dozens to the hospita...
Syndicated Author Jan 14, 2015

It’s Not Much Snow, But It’s Enough To Cause Trouble!
John MatthewsWMAL.comWASHINGTON — Welcome to the region's third morning drive weather event of the year!Light snow arrived from the south of the DC area overnight into Wednesday morning, an...
Syndicated Author Jan 14, 2015

WATCH: New ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Magazine Sells Out Quickly
PARIS (AP) — France ordered prosecutors around the country to crack down on hate speech, anti-Semitism and glorifying terrorism, announcing Wednesday that 54 people had been arrested for those o...
Syndicated Author Jan 14, 2015
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