FBI searching for driver who dropped Colleyville synagogue hostage-taker at Dallas homeless shelter

The gunman who held several people hostage at a North Texas synagogue spent several weeks in the area before Saturday's attack. He stayed at a hotel in Irving and two homeless shelters. The driver who dropped him off at one shelter is a key part of the investigation.

Colleyville synagogue rabbi says he threw chair before escaping hostage standoff

The rabbi of a Colleyille synagogue where a gunman took hostages during livestreamed services said Monday that he threw a chair at his captor before escaping with two others after an hourslong standoff.

Boston Marathon bomber's COVID stimulus payment going to victims, judge says

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's $1,400 COVID-19 stimulus payment can be used to help pay the millions of dollars he is ordered to pay his victims, a judge has ruled.

Terrorism threat 'heightened' over holiday season, DHS says

While DHS said it had no credible information on a specific threat, the agency warns in its latest national terrorism advisory bulletin that mass gatherings for the upcoming religious holidays could be potential targets.

Taliban rules out working with US to contain ISIS

The Taliban have ruled out cooperation with the U.S. to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan.

Plano police headquarters shooter potentially inspired by terrorists, feds say

Imran Ali Rasheed, 32, died after Plano police officers returned fire Sunday. Officials believe his attack on Plano PD headquarters may have been inspired by terrorists.

US airstrike targets Islamic State member in Afghanistan

The United States military struck back at the Islamic State on Saturday, bombing an IS member in Afghanistan less than 48 hours after a devastating suicide bombing claimed by the group killed as many as 169 Afghans and 13 American service members at the Kabul airport.

Canada designates far-right Proud Boys as a terrorist group

The Proud Boys is a far-right, male chauvinist extremist group known for engaging in violent clashes at political rallies. Canada is the first country to designate them as a terrorist entity.

Nashville man's girlfriend warned officers last year he was building bombs

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show officers visited Anthony Warner’s home in 2019 after his girlfriend told them he was building bombs in an RV trailer at his house.

AT&T equipment damage due to Nashville RV explosion causes widespread outage, halts flights

Hundreds of customers, as well as the local airport, were impacted by an AT&T outage caused by the explosion that took place in downtown Nashville early Christmas morning, according to a statement from the company.

US Treasury Department email accounts compromised in SolarWinds hack

Dozens of email accounts at the Treasury Department were compromised in a massive breach of U.S. government agencies being blamed on Russia.

Justice Dept. charges bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion

The Justice Department announced new charges Monday against a Libyan bombmaker in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, an attack that killed 259 people in the air and 11 on the ground.

Networks compromised in SolarWinds hack will need to be burned 'down to the ground,' experts say

It’s going to take months to kick elite hackers widely believed to be Russian out of the U.S. government networks they have been quietly rifling through since as far back as March in Washington’s worst cyberespionage failure on record.

Feds: Kenyan man plotted 9/11-style attack on U.S.

Cholo Abdi Abdullah pleaded not guilty during a brief court appearance Wednesday and was ordered held without bond. 

Vienna attack: 2 killed, 15 wounded in Vienna terror attack, authorities say

Gunmen opened fire on people enjoying a last evening out in Vienna before a coronavirus lockdown Monday in a terror attack that left at least two dead — including one of the attackers — and 15 wounded, authorities said.

3 killed in knife attack at French church; France on high alert

An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice, the third attack in two months in France.

US charges 2 British ISIS members in deaths of American hostages

The Justice Department is preparing to announce charges against two men from Britain who joined the Islamic State and were part of a cell that beheaded Western hostages in Syria.