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Colorado police cracking down on driving while high
As more states look to make marijuana legal, police say increased instances of motorists driving while high are raising some red flags.
Islamic State commanders captured in sting operation, Iraq says
Iraq captured five Islamic State commanders after its intelligence services lured them into crossing from neighboring Syria, Iraqi state TV reported Wednesday.
Islamist prisoners kill five Indonesian counter-terrorism police
Islamist militant prisoners have killed five members of an elite Indonesian counter-terrorism force at a high-security jail and were holding one of them hostage on Wednesday, police said.
Afghanistan: ISIL claims bomb attacks in Kabul
Casualties reported after explosions and gunfire ring out in the streets Kabul in an attack claimed by ISIL.
North Korea Releases 3 American Political Prisoners In Advance Of Historic Summit
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departed North Korea on Wednesday with three Americans the country had been holding in captivity, another sign that relations between the U.S. and North Korea are warming in advance of a first-of-its-kind nuclear summit.
High school students ran drug, illegal immigrant smuggling rings in San Diego
A high school student in San Diego was charged Monday with running a smuggling ring that brought both illegal immigrants and drugs such as methamphetamine and the dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl across the U.S.-Mexico border, in the latest indication cartels are tapping youths to help their criminal schemes.
DHS to push for criminal charges against all border jumpers
The Trump administration said Monday it will now pursue criminal charges against every migrant nabbed jumping the U.S.-Mexico border, putting serious teeth behind President Trump’s goal of stiffening immigration enforcement.
‘ISIS hackers’ threats against U.S. military wives actually came from Russian trolls
Army wife Angela Ricketts was soaking in a bubble bath in her Colorado home, leafing through a memoir, when a message appeared on her iPhone from hackers threatening to slaughter her family.
Report: Facebook accused of connecting extremists with “suggested friends” feature
Facebook (FB) is being accused of inadvertently helping Islamist extremists connect and recruit new members. A new report in The Telegraph cites research suggesting that the social media giant connected and introduced thousands of extremists through its “suggested friends” feature. One writer who spoke to CBSN says “it’s cause for concern.”
14 killed, 36 injured in mosque explosion in eastern Afghanistan
An explosion inside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan has killed 14 people and injured 36.
