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FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Police say an airport officer was stabbed in the neck Wednesday morning at Bishop International Airport in Flint. The Canadian born suspect shouted "Allahu Akbar" before stabbing the officer multiple law enforcement sources say

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH)– Trinity College in Hartford is closed in response to a threat Wednesday afternoon. The college tweeted out that due to threats received, the Trinity College campus, at 300 Summit Street, is now closed until further notice. College officials also tweeted that campus buildings were only card ID access only. The nature of the threat is unknown at this time.

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told a congressional panel on Wednesday that there was a delay between the time the FBI first made contact with the Democratic National Committee about Russia hacking its servers and the time he was notified at the Department of Homeland Security. Johnson blamed the emergence of a 2005 tape, in which Donald Trump brags about sexually assaulting women, for distracting the American public at the time of the warnings. Asked why the Obama administration did not do more to warn the public about the hacking, Johnson said, "We were very concerned that we would...

Though the concept has yet to find its big break, defense contractors continue to expand on the idea of highly mobile weapon systems that meet the size and weight restrictions of standard shipping containers. Now, Israel has tested such a system and says it has buyers already in line. On June 20, 2017, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) said it had successfully test-fired its Long-Range Artillery (LORA) system from a containerized launcher on the back of a truck sitting on the deck of a cargo ship. The state-operated firm first unveiled the mobile ballistic missile back in 2006. The experiment, which...

The FBI is treating the attempted mass assassination of Republican lawmakers as “assault” and not terrorism, FBI Assistant Director in Charge Andrew Vale announced at a press conference Tuesday morning. “At this time the FBI has assessed that the deceased shooter, James T. Hodgkinson, acted alone. We also assess that there was no nexus to terrorism. The FBI is investigating the shooting as an assault of a member of Congress and assault on a law enforcement officer,” Vale said. The FBI has long-defined terrorism as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce...

Today, law enforcement officials shared findings to date of the investigation into the shooting that occurred at the Eugene Simpson Stadium Park on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. The developments were announced by Andrew Vale, assistant director in charge, FBI Washington Field Office; Timothy R. Slater, special agent in charge, FBI Washington Field Office Criminal Division; Michael L. Brown, Chief, Alexandria Police Department; Matthew R. Verderosa, chief, United States Capitol Police; and Michael B. Boxler, special agent in charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Washington Field Division.

A 22-year-old man accused of killing a Muslim teenager with a baseball bat in Virginia on Sunday is an undocumented immigrant who entered the United States illegally, federal authorities said on Tuesday. The man, Darwin Martinez Torres, who was charged with murder in the death of Nabra Hassanen, 17, is believed to be from El Salvador, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman said. The agency said it issued a so-called detainer on Monday with the Adult Detention Center in Fairfax, Va., where Mr. Torres is being held without bail, to keep him in custody in the event that he could...

Trump Derangement Syndrome is real, it’s deadly serious, and it appears to be metastasizing. And don’t expect calls for unity after the attempted assassination of a Republican lawmaker to help encapsulate it, either. The disease is far too virulent for the crazed actions of a single individual to stop it. After the election of Barack Obama, those of us to the right of center were sufficiently motivated by our beliefs -- and fears -- to coalesce for change; it was called the Tea Party Movement. It was intense, to be sure, and often loud, but mostly it was nonviolent political...

CNN host Chris Cuomo said Wednesday that Democrats will have to learn from their recent failures if they're going to ever capture any House seats from Republicans. "They teach you in campaign school ... that you've gotta learn from failure, otherwise you're doomed to repeated it," Cuomo said. "And there's an acronym for 'fail': the Future Always Involves Learning. And that's going to be the test ... for Democrats, right?" he asked. .@ChrisCuomo questions what Dems will do after GA loss, says "FAIL" stands for "the Future Always Involves Learning" https://t.co/3N2zuyH8me— New Day (@NewDay) June 21, 2017 "It ain't a...

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testified Wednesday that the Democratic National Committee last year turned down his agency's offer to help protect its network despite being warned about a hack. He also confirmed that while Russia, at the direction of President Vladimir Putin, orchestrated cyberattacks on the United States to influence the 2016 presidential election, Moscow was unable to actually alter ballots. “To my current knowledge, the Russian government did not through any cyber intrusion alter ballots, ballot counts or reporting of election results,” Johnson said during his opening statement before the House Intelligence Committee. Johnson, who served in...

Wounded House Majority Whip Steve Scalise is improving in health, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday, and is now talking and texting. After being shot during a congressional baseball practice last week, Scalise, R-La., has been hospitalized in Washington and is listed as in serious condition. But Ryan, R-Wis., said at a conference for manufacturers in Washington that Scalise is getting better.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A pilot ejected himself from an F-16 after it caught fire at Ellington Field. According to the Houston Airport System, the jet caught fire in the process of taking off. The Houston Fire Department has crews on the scene to assist with the incident. The condition of the pilot is unknown. He has been taken to the hospital. The airport has been shut down as crews investigate.

Full Title......................Feds Investigating Attack on Officer at Flint Airport as Act of Terror; Attacker Yelled ‘ALLAH AKBAR’...................The FBI is investigating the stabbing of a police officer at a Flint, Michigan airport as a possible act of terrorism. The officer, identified as Lt. Jeff Neville, is in critical condition after being stabbed in the neck at Bishop International airport. The Canadian born suspect was shouting “Allahu Akbar” during the attack, witnesses said. The unnamed male suspect was taken into custody alive.

Ooops, looks like those “saving the planet” Tesla snobs just got their eco-ride de-pimped From NyTeknik: h/t to Don Shaw (translated) Huge hopes have been tied to electric cars as the solution to automotive CO2 climate problem. But it turns out the the electric car batteries are eco-villains in the production process of creating them. Several tons of carbon dioxide has been emitted, even before the batteries leave the factory. IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute was commissioned by the Swedish Transport Administration and the Swedish Energy Agency to investigate litium-ion batteries climate impact from a life cycle perspective. There are...

American “culture” has been ranting for a couple of decades now that men are hairy, disgusting, rapists-in-training and dumb as a box of corn flakes. The insult-fest men have suffered in the last 20 years or so could be why they went so bigly for Trump. According to exit polls, men voted Trump by about 12 points over Hillary Clinton, nearly double the number of men who favored Mitt Romney in 2012. That’s ALL men, not just white men. So there’s good reason why men and women are still locked in a Trumpian battle of the sexes -- there’s a...

The Obamacare repeal debate goes on.  We may have a U.S. Senate plan coming out in the next couple of weeks. Obamacare's implosion is also moving forward: "Iowa's Last Obamacare Insurer Asks For 43% Rate Increase For 2018"!  Wasn't this thing called the Affordable Care Act? The "single-payer" chorus is also singing 24/7.  They argue that a "single-payer" program would be good for all concerned or put us on the right side of history, as they love to say. Here is an idea.  Let California become our single-payer test case.  It is the only place in the U.S. where there are...

ext time you set out to commit armed robbery, leave your cellphone at home. Timothy Carpenter was ( convicted of robbing) a string of T-Mobile and Radio Shack stores, stealing smartphones. But he wasn't too smart himself. He used his cellphone to call ( fifteen getaway drivers). The calls were his undoing. The FBI used the records from his wireless carrier to confirm his proximity to every robbed store when it was hit.Now Carpenter and the (American Civil Liberties Union are challenging the conviction), and the Supreme Court just agreed to hear the case. Activists determined to guarantee total privacy...

Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) said on Wednesday that Democrats have been "hyper-confused" on economic issues for years. Harold Ford, Jr., an MSNBC contributor and former Democratic congressman, asked Murphy on "Morning Joe" about the Democrats' future economic message going into the 2018 midterm elections. "I think we have to challenge ourselves," Murphy said. " I think we've been hyper-confused over the course of the past five years. Some of the time we are talking about economic growth. Some of the of the time we are talking about economic fairness." Murphy added that he does not know whether Democrats have...

When Richard Spencer, a controversial figure of the “Alt-Right,” was punched in the face during a television interview earlier this year, the Left cheered the assault, and turned video of the attack into gleeful memes. “The only good thing that happened [at Donald Trump’s Inauguration] was when suit-owner and neo-Nazi Richard Spencer was socked in the head by the new masked hero of Gotham,” wrote Jordan Sargent at Billboard Music’s Spin.com. For a movement populated by pacifists and peaceniks, the Left’s justification of the violence against Spencer came surprisingly easy.Then, last Friday, when two protestors disrupted a disturbing production in...

George Clooney is selling his tequila company Casamigos to Diageo for as much as $1 billion, a source familiar with the situation told CNBC. "If you asked us four years ago if we had a billion dollar company, I don't think we would have said yes," Clooney told CNBC via email. "This reflects Diageo's belief in our company and our belief in Diageo. But we're not going anywhere. We'll still be very much a part of Casamigos. Starting with a shot tonight. Maybe two."