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Portland authorities are calling on the government to remove fencing around a federal courthouse amid ongoing protests or face legal action, according to a recently published official letter. The “illegally” installed concrete and metal barriers “are both unpermitted and represent a hazard to the traveling public,” said a letter sent with a cease-and-desist order to a federal official Thursday. Among other things, they block a bike lane, according to the document, published online by Willamette Week.

The US military is protecting the Portland federal courthouse under attack tonight by antifa black bloc militants. They rushed out and made an arrest here. Antifa have been trying to set the building on fire for hours. https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1278962503121133570  

TULSA, Oklahoma - Police closed streets around the federal courthouse in downtown Tulsa Thursday morning. Tulsa Police told News On 6 crime reporter Lori Fullbright, three Middle Eastern men parked a car near the federal courthouse at 3rd and Denver and ran off. Police said they found a backpack in the car and are treating it as a possible bomb. Police say the backpack is in the backseat of a gold BMW. The department's bomb squad is on scene and bomb techs are not examining the backpack. Police tell Lori Fullbright the men who ran have been located and are...

Note: The following text is a quote: May 20, 2009 FBI Sacramento Authorities Arrest Two for Leaving Incendiary Device at Sacramento Federal Courthouse Early this morning law enforcement officials arrested two individuals on charges of attempted arson of a federal facility and possession of an unregistered destructive device. The arrests of Matthew Fraticelli, 30, and Stephanie Shinn, 35, both of Sacramento, are related to an incendiary device discovered on the east side of the Sacramento Federal Courthouse over the week-end. The device, contained in a paper grocery bag, was discovered on Sunday morning at about 4:47 a.m., by Federal Protection...

SAN DIEGO — An early morning explosion at the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego left a door damaged and blew out a window. Sgt. Bob Dare of the San Diego Police Department says the loud blast occurred at about 1:40 a.m. Sunday. Streets in the area have been closed. No injuries were reported. The explosion is under investigation. FBI Special Agent Darrell Foxworth told a local TV station it appears the explosion may have been caused by a pipe bomb.

An early morning explosion at the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego left a door damaged and blew out a window. Sgt. Bob Dare of the San Diego Police Department says the loud blast occurred at about 1:40 a.m. Sunday. Streets in the area have been closed. No injuries were reported. The explosion is under investigation. FBI Special Agent Darrell Foxworth told a local TV station it appears the explosion may have been caused by a pipe bomb.

The General Services Administration's abrupt announcement last week that it was suspending the purchase of a city-owned site for a new federal courthouse has left a great cloud of confusion in its wake. Federal officials should move swiftly to clear up that confusion - and the frustration that has accompanied it - by detailing the reasons that prompted their decision. City officials, along with members of Oregon's congressional delegation, have asked for clarification, and the GSA should respond with dispatch and candor. If the GSA genuinely wants to resolve concerns about the courthouse project, then it must make clear what...

The mystery continued Monday as city officials tried to sort out the reasons behind the General Services Administration's 11th-hour decision to hold off on buying city-owned land for a long-anticipated $70 million courthouse in Eugene. Only three weeks ago, Mayor Jim Torrey got an e-mail from a GSA official that indicated that the city and the agency were on track to begin construction at the site of the old Agripac cannery. In the Sept. 2 message, GSA Assistant Regional Administrator Robin Graf praised the city's ongoing cooperation. "As always, we appreciate our relationship with the City of Eugene and eagerly...

For the last hour the Federal courthouse in Kansas City Missouri has had traffic blocked off for a 1 block perimeter by local police. About 30 minutes ago, there were several vehicles parked out front, (ambulance, fire trucks and an unmarked white truck). Just now we observed a member of the bomb squad, (protective jacket and helmet) place a device next to the supposed suspicious package and then retreat back to the unmarked white truck. The official vehicles have pulled back to the one block perimeter. Does anyone else in the KC area have any more information?