Dec. 15, 2015, a bomb threat was written on the bathroom wall at McNary High School in Keizer, Oregon. Police are investigating the situation and the principal says he is taking the threat seriously. However, it is not preventing him from continuing the school week as normal. A recorded message went out to parents from […]
On Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, students of the second largest school district in the U.S. were told to stay home after officials received a credible threat involving many of the schools. According to Reuters, the threat included several schools and was not isolated to just one or two. Ramon Cortines, Superintendent of the Schools, held […]
On Dec. 14, 2015, U.S. President Barak Obama met with the National Security Council on the counter-Islamic State campaign at the Pentagon. In a statement after the rare visit, the President provided an update on efforts to curtail the militant terrorist group amidst the recent attacks, including the one in San Bernardino, California that claimed […]
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department was called Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, after a man had shot several rounds into the air. Two Los Angeles County deputies fired 33 shots at the man, who has been identified as Nicholas Robertson when he did not drop his weapon as directed. At a news conference, it was revealed by […]
At least 16 people were killed and dozens seriously injured when a car bomb exploded on Dec, 12, 2015, near a hospital in the central Syrian city of Homs. According to state media, an army colonel, a policewoman, and a woman were among those killed in the government-held Zahra neighbourhood. No one has claimed responsibility […]
Manhattan police reported that after 4 p.m. EST on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, a woman chose to jump from her apartment window in an act of suicide and injured an elderly man in her fall. The incident occurred on First Avenue, by 51st Street in Manhattan. According to Manhattan officials, the 56-year-old suicidal woman jumped from […]
The radical British cleric Anjem Choudary on Dec. 11, 2015, pleaded not guilty in a London court to a charge of supporting the terror group ISIS. Choudary was then granted conditional bail by the London’s Southwark Crown Court judge. The controversial cleric is expected to be freed under undisclosed restrictive conditions on Dec. 14, 2015. […]
Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. EST, a man was shot in the yard of 122 Benton Street, near the Springfield High School in Massachusetts. Captain Robert Strempek with the Springfield police department stated the gunshot wound was in the victim’s leg. He was taken by ambulance to the Baystate Medical Center. It is […]
Teletica news reported on Dec. 10, 2015, that a 45-year-old American citizen was found dead in a hotel room in Barrio La California, San José, Costa Rica. Lynn was the name given by the news source for the woman who was found by the hotel staff on late Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 9, 2015. The victim […]
On Dec. 9, 2015, at 14:57 UTC, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook the floor of the Banda Sea near Indonesia. Cities closest to the tremblor were Amahai, Ambon, Soroang, and Tual Indonesia. Dili in East Timor was the farthest away at 662 km and Amahai was the closest at 103 km. Due to the distance […]