Articles filed under Terrorism
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Suburban houses of worship are increasing security measures after Pittsburgh shootingOct 29, 2018 1:00 am - Balancing heightened security with a welcoming environment has become a common issue facing suburban houses of worship that years ago felt safe leaving their doors open....
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Why a Holocaust survivor from Skokie wasn't about to cancel Pittsburgh speechOct 29, 2018 1:00 am - PITTSBURGH - Magda Brown was packed and ready to fly here when she heard the news. Her daughter sat her down and told her: There was a shooting at a synagogue, around th...
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Civil rights group says anti-Jewish extremists are emboldenedOct 29, 2018 1:00 am - Reports of anti-Semitism increased dramatically in Illinois and the nation last year, according to data from a prominent civil rights group. Forty-seven incidents of ant...
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Florida man charged after weeklong bomb-package scareOct 26, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A Florida man with a long criminal history was charged Friday in the nationwide mail-bomb scare targeting prominent Democrats who have traded criticism...
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Germany deports convicted 9/11 accomplice home to MoroccoOct 15, 2018 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - A Moroccan man convicted of helping Mohamed Atta and the other Hamburg-based Sept. 11 suicide pilots as they plotted attacks on New York and Washington was...
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Slusher: From the Daily Herald to a New York Times' foreign beatOct 11, 2018 1:00 am - By Jim Slusher The late Democratic U.S. speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill famously observed that "all politics is local." Now, a one-time Daily Herald staff w...
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An expert on ISIS, former Daily Herald reporter returning for lecture on terrorismSep 28, 2018 1:00 am - Within the past few days Rukmini Callimachi has received what she believes is the fourth "official" threat on her life from Islamic State terrorists. She was informed in...
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The Latest: Twin beams of light commemorate 9/11 victimsSep 12, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Latest on the commemoration of the Sept. 11 terror attacks (all times local): 7:30 p.m. Two powerful light beams have lit up the lower Manhattan skyl...
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US marks 9/11 with somber tributes; Trump speaks at PA siteSep 11, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Americans looked back on 9/11 Tuesday with tears and somber tributes as President Donald Trump hailed "the moment when America fought back" on one of the...
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Trump leads nation in solemn remembrance of Sept. 11 attacksSep 11, 2018 7:00 am - SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Standing in the field where the last of the Sept. 11 planes crashed, President Donald Trump praised the "band of brave patriots" who helped bring...