Terrorism

National

The FBI arrested an Afghan man who officials say was planning an Election Day attack

8:26pm October 08, 2024

The Justice Department said the man was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the U.S.

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U.S. charges Hamas leaders with terrorism over October attack in Israel

6:01pm September 03, 2024

The Justice Department is charging six Hamas leaders with terrorism, including the architect of the group’s deadly Oct. 7 attack against Israel.

President Barack Obama delivers a televised statement that Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. President Donald Trump makes a statement announcing the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2019. President Biden announces on Monday that a U.S. drone

How 3 presidents announced the deaths of terrorist leaders and what it says about them

10:57am August 05, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The way Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden announced the deaths of terrorist chiefs revealed much about their own leadership.

Ayman al-Zawahiri is seen in a still from an August 2006 video shown on Al Jazeera.

Does the killing of al-Zawahiri make Americans safer? It's complicated

1:11pm August 03, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The State Department warns of potential anti-American violence following the U.S. killing of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Experts say his loss hurts the group, but doesn't erase the threat.

Demonstrators protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine at Independence Square in front of the Parliament Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 24, 2022. Lithuania's parliament has since declared Russia a perpetrator of terrorism and genocide.

World News

Lithuania designates Russia as a terrorist country, a global first

12:50pm May 10, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The resolution, which passed unanimously, comes a day after Lithuania's foreign minister publicly urged a regime change in Russia.

Crime

WSSU was prepared when bomb threat came, spokeswoman says

4:44pm February 17, 2022

by Paul Garber

Winston-Salem State University joined a growing list of historically Black colleges and universities that have recently received a bomb threat, but a university spokeswoman says they were prepared.

Charlie Cytron-Walker, rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel, center, makes a statement to the media after a service at White's Chapel United Methodist Church in Southlake, Texas, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.

National

White House says Texas synagogue gunman raised no red flags

4:49am January 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

Akram was not believed to be included in the Terrorist Screening Database, a listing of known or suspected terrorists maintained by the FBI.

An American flag at ground zero on the evening of Sept. 11, 2001, after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City.

The World Has Changed Since 9/11, And So Has America's Fight Against Terrorism

10:52am September 10, 2021

by Ryan Lucas

In 2001, as the nation mourned those killed on 9/11, the government tried to find its footing to prevent more terrorist attacks. In the 20 years since, the nature of those threats has evolved.

Her Brother Died On Flight 93. She Still Sees Him Surfacing In Small Ways

2:20pm September 07, 2021

Richard Guadagno died when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on 9/11. His memory is scattered through his sister Lori's house in items that continue a conversation between the siblings 20 years later.

Sydney Robison, center, looks on during a vigil for U.S. Marines Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover Sunday in Salt Lake City. Hoover was among the 13 U.S. troops killed in a suicide bombing at Kabul airport.

Politics & Government

Here's How Presidents Have Responded To Terrorism

5:00am August 31, 2021

by Ron Elving

Presidents' reactions have consistently combined outrage with promises of revenge. The language is remarkably similar. But there has been far less consistency in the delivery of actual retaliation.