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Authorities Search for Suspect in Mother’s Day Parade Shooting
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New Orleans police and federal authorities are on the hunt for a man they believe opened fire at a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans that injured 19, the Associated Press reports. The suspect was identified as Akein Scott, 19, who was seen in blurry surveillance camera images of the mass shooting….
FBI: About 50 Law Enforcement Officials Killed in Line of Duty in 2012
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nearly 50 law enforcement officials were killed in the line of duty in 2012, according to preliminary records from the FBI. The good news: The 47 killed is 25 fewer than 2011. “Each of these losses reminds us that our safety and freedom come at great cost,” Director Mueller said in a…
Saudi Arabian Arrested at Detroit Airport After He’s Found with Pressure Cooker
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Saudi Arabian man was arrested at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Monday after authorities say he changed his story about why he carried a pressure cooker onto a plane, Reuters reports. Hussain al-Khawahir, 33, first said he was taking the pressure cooker to a nephew. “The Defendant then changed his story…
Report: New Border Patrol Initiative Is Not Keeping Migrants from Re-Entering the U.S.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A strategy to send migrants back to Mexico in areas far from where they entered isn’t working as initially planned, according to a new study that monitored the agency’s efforts, the Associated Press reports. Lateral repatriations, as the strategy is called, are used to make it tough for migrants to reconnect with…
Column: The Justice Department’s Seizing of Associated Press Phone Records is Disgusting!
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Last time I checked, John Mitchell of the Nixonian era was no longer our Attorney General. But you’d be hard pressed not to feel that the crooked Mitchell was heading up the Justice Department, which we now learn, secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The…
FBI: New Orleans Parade Shooting Appears to be Street Violence, Not Terrorism
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI suspects that the New Orleans Parade shooting was the result of “street violence,” not terrorism, the Huffington Post reports. Gunmen opened fire at the Mother’s Day parade, injuring at least 19 people. Videos from the shooting shows victims scattered on the ground, bleeding. FBI agents said the shooting appears to…
FBI Planes That Are Flying Over Boston Appear to be Conducting Surveillance
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Residents have been reporting suspicious, loud and low-flying aircraft in the Boston area since last month. Turns out, the small planes belong to the FBI, the Business Insider reports. While the FBI won’t comment on the planes, which include a Cessna 208 carrying registration N1132F, Cessna 206H N309JK, and Cessna 182s N859JA…