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German journalist stands trial in Turkey on terror charges
ISTANBUL – A German journalist who was arrested in Turkey denied terror-related accusations as a trial against her opened in a Turkish court Wednesday.
Officials: Las Vegas gunman’s girlfriend added to travel watch list
The companion of the Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock has been put on a U.S. government watch list as the FBI continues to press her for information about the worst mass shooting in modern American history, federal law enforcement officials tell ABC News.
Texas Tech shooter was too young to have gun under campus carry law, police say
A Texas law letting students carry firearms on college campuses did not contribute to the fatal shooting Monday of a Texas Tech police officer.
At least 11 dead as fires rage in Northern California
More than a dozen wildfires raged across Northern California on Tuesday morning, with the biggest ones scorching the state’s famous wine country, killing at least 11 people and burning more than 1,500 homes and businesses, authorities said.
Homeland Security Will Soon Start Tracking Social Media of Immigrant Applicants
Some immigration attorneys are worried a small change in how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) monitors social media for immigrants could soon have a big impact.
Chicago Marathon security beefed up after man arrested with AR-15 and pressure cooker
Ahead of today’s Chicago Marathon, a traffic stop by the city’s police on Saturday morning near O’Hare Airport led to the arrest of a Wisconsin man who allegedly had a pressure cooker in his trunk and a pistol and an AR-15 rifle in his possession, according to police.
Red Cross ‘drastically reduces’ presence in Afghanistan
The aid agency’s decision to downsize its activities comes after series of fatal attacks targeted its staff.
Las Vegas sheriff: Mass killer led a ‘secret life’ before attack
The Las Vegas gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history spent decades stockpiling guns and living a “secret life” that investigators may never be able to fully understand, police say.
Deadly blast hits shrine in Pakistan’s Balochistan
Officials expect the death toll to rise following the explosion in Jhal Magsi district in central Balochistan.
Three American Soldiers Killed in Niger in Suspected Ambush
Three U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers were killed and two were wounded in Niger on Wednesday, in an ambush by suspected Islamic militants operating from Mali, multiple sources with knowledge of the incident told NBC News.
