Sources: FBI Probing if Bombs Meant to Detonate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on pipe bombs sent to prominent Democrats and CNN (all times local): 3:10 p.m. Investigators probing crude pipe bombs sent to prominent Democrats are trying to determine whether the devices were intended to detonate or whether they were simply sent to sow fear. That's according to two law enforcement officials…
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Government Ranks 18 US Volcanoes as ‘Very High Threat’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government scientists are classifying 18 U.S. volcanoes as a "very high threat" because of what's been happening inside them and how close they are to people. The U.S. Geological Survey is updating its volcano threat assessments for the first time since 2005. The danger list is topped by Hawaii's Kilauea, which has…
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Mattis Expected to Send Hundreds of Troops to Border
By ROBERT BURNS , AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to sign an order as early as Thursday sending 800 or more troops to the southern border to support the Border Patrol, a U.S. official said. Mattis is responding to a request from President Donald Trump, who says he's…
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NYC Police Bomb Squad Recovered Suspicious Package Addressed To Robert DeNiro
NEW YORK (AP) A New York City police bomb squad has recovered a suspicious package addressed to Robert DeNiro, and investigators say it may contain a device similar to others sent to Democratic figures, a law enforcement official tells The Associated Press. Security personnel at Tribeca Productions summoned police at around 5 a.m. on Thursday.…
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NATO’s Peacetime Drill Kicks Off; Angers Moscow
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — NATO's biggest military maneuvers since the Cold War have started in Norway in a hypothetical scenario that involves restoring the Scandinavian country's sovereignty after an attack by a "fictitious aggressor." Russia, which shares a border with Norway, was briefed by NATO on the Trident Juncture 2018 drill and invited to monitor…
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