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The trial in Sweden of Hamid Noury, an agent of the Iranian regime, ended on May 5th. The prosecutor told the court that there was plenty of evidence to show that Hamid Noury committed the crimes he had been charged with and she asked for him to be sentenced to life imprisonment. The verdict is expected later. The court case in Stockholm has been a direct embarrassment to Iran’s executioner president, Ebrahim Raisi, dubbed ‘The Butcher of Tehran’ for his hands-on role in the killing of thousands of political prisoners, including teenagers and even pregnant women, during a notorious massacre...

Nashville Police Chief John Drake confirmed to local news outlets that Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, is the person of interest in the Christmas Day explosion in downtown Nashville.Drake told The Tennessean that Warner was linked to the blast near the AT&T building downtown. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (told) The Tennessean that Warner was linked to the blast near the AT&T building downtown. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department told Reuters that Warner is under investigation in the case.According to the news outlet, citing public records, Warner held several IT jobs over the years. He...

Federal investigators in Nashville are combing through more than 500 tips and leads to unraveling the mystery surrounding the explosion that rocked Music City on Christmas morning. The blast occurred Friday at 6:30 a.m. CT, after a computerized voice emanating from a parked white motor home loudly urged people to evacuate, warning the vehicle would explode in minutes. The RV’s explosion left at least three people injured, set several other vehicles on fire, destroyed a number of buildings on the block and knocked out wireless service in much of the region. Yesterday a video surfaced from a security camera in...

Anthony Quinn Warner is a 63-year-old Tennessee man who has been named as the person of interest accused in the explosion of a parked RV in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning, according to CBS News. An RV similar to the one used in the Nashville bombing was once parked at an address linked to his name in images available on both Google Maps and Google Earth. Jeff Pegues, a CBS News journalist, wrote on Twitter, “@CBSNews has learned the name of a person of interest tied to the explosion that rocked #Nashville on #Christmas Day. Multiple sources tell us that...

Person of interest tied to Christmas explosion in Nashville IDed as Anthony Quinn Warner, sources tell CBS News; 63-year-old Nashville area resident had similar make & model RV as one in photos released to public, sources say

Just after the Boston Marathon bombings and before they knew the identity of the two main suspects, the Tsarnaev brothers, the police questioned Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi, a Saudi man, as a "person of interest". He was running away from the scene of the crime after the explosions like so many others, but he had acted in a way that a witness found suspicious. He was just at the finish line of the Boston Marathon when the bombs exploded and he got injured but, instead of seeking medical assistance, he was running away. This is the summary of the...

Save those Chicago-style hot dogs for the next South Lawn picnic. The leader of the free world wants his Hawaii grinds. In a nod to his first home state, President Barack Obama will host the first-ever Hawaii-style luau on the White House lawn, complete with real Island cuisine, hula and music. The Thursday luau is pretty much all the Hawaii-born-and-raised president's idea—his revamping, of sorts, of the annual White House Congressional picnic for members of Congress and their families. Award-winning Hawaii-based chef Alan Wong is crafting the luau’s menu of contemporary Hawaiian cuisine, making use of as much Island-grown produce...

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is bringing some island flavor to the White House. The White House is turning the annual picnic for members of Congress and their families into a Hawaiian luau, in celebration of the president's home state. Tents have been set up on the South Lawn, tiki torches line the perimeter, and potted palm trees have been brought in. "It's almost like the 'Aloha' spirit lives at the White House," said Alan Wong, a famed Hawaiian chef who is preparing Thursday night's meal.