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FBI Releases Photos of Suspects in Boston Bombing

Bryen — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:26:57 +0000

Late Thursday afternoon (4/18) the FBI held a press conference regarding the bombings at the Boston Marathon which occurred in Boston on Monday. Here is the latest information that the FBI released to the media regarding this act of terror. Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Field Office Richard DesLauriers, United States Attorney [...]

Hostage Situation In Alabama Ends With Child Safe

Gino Geruntino — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:12:52 +0000

The nearly week long hostage situation in Alabama involving a five-year-old boy has finally come to an end. According to officials in Alabama, the boy has been recovered safely by officers. His kidnapper, Jimmy Lee Dykes, was killed, when authorities stormed his underground bunker. The boy was taken from a school bus last week, [...]

New Computer Virus Accuses You of Having Child Porn – Is Your Computer Safe?

Jay Sanin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:12:51 +0000

The internet is a great place at times. Most of the time, however, it is a huge cesspool that can showcase the absolute worst in people. This is a story of the latter.

A computer virus has been going around that claims to be the United States Department Of Justice, that will ask for your money and leave you locked out of your own computer.

FBI Foils Plot to Bomb Federal Reserve Building in New York

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:10:59 +0000

A man drove from Long Island, New York, into Lower Manhattan earlier today in a van he thought was filled with explosives. He parked the van close to the Federal Reserve building, just a few blocks from the World Trade Center, and planned to detonate it using a cell phone from a nearby hotel.

The explosives, however, were fake.

Computer Virus Warning From The FBI

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:12:11 +0000

There are many viruses that can affect your computer, but there’s one that could cause you to not be able to connect to the internet after July 9. In a story that I saw on CBS 6, there’s a trojan called ‘DNS Changer.’ It will redirect your searches from legitimate websites to ones you don’t [...]

Airline Passenger Removed Due to Bomb Threat

GNA — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:49:25 +0000

Buffalo – An airline passenger was removed from a flight from Boston and heading to Chicago. JetBlue Flight 923 had to be diverted to Buffalo after a reported bomb scare. The passenger, hwhose name has not been released, was detained by the FBI afer the flight landed in Buffalo Monday around 8:30am. The woman was released Monday afternoon after being [...]

Credible Terror Threat In America

Jake Thomas — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:27:45 +0000

The Los Angeles Times ran a story today stating that there is a credible terror threat in the US right now. What makes it hard for the FBI and the government is that they have pieces of information but no names. Al Queda is at the root of the threat and the latest is that operatives [...]

Oklahoma Woman Claims Uncle Was D.B. Cooper

GNA — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:18:52 +0000

A woman from Oklahoma has come forward claiming her uncle was the infamous D.B. Cooper. The FBI has been seeking the identity of the plane hijacker for the last 40-years. This new lead could finally put to rest the many unanswered questions about the unsolved case. The man known as “D.B. Cooper” bought a ticket [...]

FBI Catches Boston Mob Boss in California

GNA — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:12:40 +0000

The FBI finally found a fugitive they’ve spent the last 16-years looking for, in Santa Monica, California. 81-year old James “Whitey” Bulger, the mob boss of South Boston’s vicious Winter Hill Gang, was discovered living as an elderly retiree in a seaside city apartment. More than a dozen FBI agents took numerous bags of evidence out of the apartment once Bulger [...]

Bomb Found at Parade

GNA — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:38:15 +0000

The FBI reports a bomb was found in a backpack Monday morning by three contract workers at a Martin Luther King Day parade in Spokane, Washington. The backpack was found about a half-hour before the parade was set to start. A police bomb squad was called in and neutralized the device. A spokeman for the [...]

Barbie On FBI's List

GNA — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:48:07 +0000

If you bought a child a Barbie doll recently, be sure it’s not the one in the article below. The FBI is concerned over the Video Girl Barbie, in particular. Read below to find out why. “The FBI is expressing concern over a popular new Barbie doll, saying it could be used to make child [...]