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Maryland high school student arrested after authorities discovered a 129-page document detailing school shooting plan, police say

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A Maryland high school student was arrested and charged with threat of mass violence after police say they discovered evidence revealing the teen had plans to commit a school shooting, authorities said Thursday. The arrest on Wednesday came after authorities discovered a 129-page document they say was written by 18-year-old Alex Ye, the Montgomery County … Read more

Police take down massive fraud website LabHost

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Illustration of a cybercriminal using a computer. Seksan Mongkhonkhamsao | Moment | Getty Images A huge fraud website used by thousands of criminals to trick people into handing over personal information such as email addresses, passwords, and bank details, has been infiltrated by international police. Britain’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement Thursday that the … Read more

Police arrest six in $14.5 million Canada gold heist

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A year ago, a man drove a five-ton truck into Air Canada’s cargo facility at Toronto Pearson International Airport carrying a seafood consignment bill to claim a shipment. Instead, he made off with a container of 6,600 gold bars weighing about 880 pounds — and worth more than $14.5 million, or 20 million Canadian dollars. … Read more

Sydney shopping mall reopens after stabbings. Police make first arrest in riot after church attack

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SYDNEY — A Sydney shopping mall opened to the public on Thursday for the first time since a mass stabbing i n which six people died, while the Australian prime minister raised giving citizenship to an immigrant security guard who was wounded while confronting the knife-wielding attacker. The deadly rampage through Westfield Bondi Junction on … Read more

9 are facing charges in what police in Canada say is the biggest gold theft in the country’s history

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TORONTO — Police said nine people are facing charges in what authorities are calling the biggest gold theft in Canadian history from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago. Peel Regional Police said Wednesday that 6,600 gold bars worth more than 20 million Canadian dollars ($14.5 million), and CA$2.5 million ($1.8 million) in foreign currencies … Read more

Google Workers Detained By Police for Protesting Cloud Contract with Israel

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Nine Google workers were removed by police from company offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, late Tuesday after staging an hours-long sit-in protest against a cloud contract with Israel’s government. The Sunnyvale protest occupied the office of Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google’s cloud division, at a building close to Google’s main HQ in Silicon … Read more

Violent sexual assault suspect at large in Southern California, police say

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Police have released a grainy image taken from surveillance footage of a man believed to be responsible for a violent sexual assault on a woman who was sitting in her car outside of a restaurant in Pasadena on Saturday. The terrifying ordeal unfolded at around 8:40 p.m. on Sierra Madre Villa Avenue, north of Foothill … Read more

Belgian police shut down a far-right conference as it rallies ahead of Europe’s June elections

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BRUSSELS — Belgian police shut down a gathering of far-right politicians and supporters on Tuesday, citing concerns about public order, while attendees protested curbs on free speech and vowed to find another venue for the second day of their meeting. The annual National Conservative conference, held this year in Brussels, comes ahead of Europe-wide elections. … Read more

Sydney knife attack on bishop possibly a terrorist act, police say

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The stabbing of a Sydney bishop during a live-streamed church service is being investigated as a potential act of terrorism, police said Tuesday. A teenage boy is in custody after police were called to an Assyrian church in suburban Sydney on Monday evening. They found a 53-year-old man with lacerations to his head. Another man, … Read more

A knife attack in Australia against a bishop and a priest is being treated as terrorism, police say

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SYDNEY — Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as horrified worshippers watched online and in person was an act of terrorism. Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday after the stabbing at Christ the Good Shepherd Church that injured Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel … Read more