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Two Young Minnesota Residents Charged in Alleged Attempt to Join, Help Islamic State
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two young Minnesota residents are accused of conspiring to join the radical group Islamic State and provide it with “material support,” Minnesota Public Radio reports. Abdullah Yusuf, 18, and Abdi Nur, 20, are facing federal conspiracy charges. Both were charged with “conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist…
USA Today Editorial: TSA Takes Sensible Steps to Improving Security, Airport Experience
USA Today By Editorial Board Holiday air travel seems to get more unpleasant with each passing year, especially if you’re flying coach. Planes are packed. Seats are cramped. Overhead bins are overloaded. Free meals are non-existent. But one part of the airport experience has been improving, and — believe it or not — it’s the…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Justice Department Needs to Help Restore Order in Ferguson
By St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board The story of Ferguson has been told in pictures. First was the body of 18-year-old Michael Brown, face down on Canfield Drive in a pool of blood, killed by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson. That picture went viral, shared wildly on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by a legion of people…
Hacker Group ‘Anonymous’ Says It Shut Down Cleveland’s Website Over Police Shooting
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Notorious hacker group Anonymous took credit for shutting down the city of Cleveland’s website Monday, prompting an FBI investigation, Cleveland.com reports. Anonymous said the website was hacked in response to the police shooting of Tamir Rice, who was killed Saturday while carrying an airsoft gun. The website was still down Tuesday…
Grand Jury Decision in Ferguson Won’t Stop Justice Department Investigation
By Steve Neavling www.ticklethewire.com Chaos erupted in pockets of Ferguson Monday night after a grand jury decided not to charge a white police officer who shot an unarmed black teenager. So what’s next? The Justice Department is investigating whether Officer Darren Wilson violated the civil rights of Michael Brown. But don’t expect him to be…
Boston Globe Editorial: Border Patrol Needs More Reforms, Not More Money
By The Boston Globe Editorial Board The ebola crisis has sparked no small number of irrational statements, but one of the least sensible is the call to invest heavily in US border enforcement. President Obama’s highly anticipated plans for executive action on immigration, announced Thursday, included boosting border security. A more secure border, the thinking…
Record Number of People Trying to Board Planes with Guns; TSA Braces for Holiday Travel
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com No matter how many warnings the TSA issues, people are trying to bring guns onto airplanes at a record rate, Channel3000.com reports. So far this year, more than 1,930 travelers were found with a gun – the most ever calculated in one year. The number caught with guns all of last year…
Breaking: Grand Jury Decides Not to Charge Ferguson Cop in Death of Michael Brown
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Following an intense investigation, a grand jury in Ferguson, Mo. has decided not to charge police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, 18, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch announced Monday night. He said the grand jury found no probable cause to file charges. McCulloch, in…