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Officials: Man Had Ominous Plans for Regional Synagogues

Arrest of Alabama's Jeremy Shoemaker allegedly stopped planned attacks across multiple states

(Newser) - An Alabama man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly plotting attacks on synagogues across the state and neighboring regions. Authorities say they intercepted the suspect, identified as 33-year-old Jeremy Wayne Shoemaker, with a suitcase packed with ammo, body armor, and other materials tied to the alleged plot, per CNN . The Clarke...

US Tried to Flip Maduro's Pilot in a Secret Sting

Federal agent promised a lot of cash if pilot delivered Venezuelan strongman to US authorities

(Newser) - The US recently tried to recruit Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's top pilot to help capture the embattled leader, according to an in-depth report by the AP . The plan began when an informant approached the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic, claiming to have information about planes used by Maduro....

Feds Say They Thwarted Plot to Attack Army Base in Michigan

Former Michigan Army National Guard member faces terror charges

(Newser) - A former Michigan Army National Guard member thought Tuesday would be the day of an ISIS-inspired attack on a military base in the state, federal prosecutors say. Instead, it was the day of his arrest. Prosecutors say two people who 19-year-old Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said tried to recruit for a plot...

2 Ukrainian Colonels Accused in Plot to Kill Zelensky

They were allegedly recruited by Russia

(Newser) - Two of Volodymyr Zelensky's own colonels are accused of joining a Russian plot to assassinate him. Multiple assassination plots have surfaced previously, but the BBC notes this one stands apart because of the military officers involved. They were allegedly working with Russia's FSB—successor to the KGB—and...

Homeland Security Employee Accused of Plotting Attack

He tried to bring knife, gun, handcuffs into HQ

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors are investigating whether a Department of Homeland Security employee with top-secret clearance was planning an attack at the agency's Washington headquarters when he entered the building with a gun, a knife, an infrared camera, pepper spray, and handcuffs. Jonathan Wienke, an analyst in the Office of Intelligence...

Hearst's 'Dark' Plot Against Orson Welles, Citizen Kane

Upcoming book says media mogul tried everything he could to discredit director

(Newser) - Orson Welles may not have thought William Randolph Hearst himself was out to directly sabotage Citizen Kane, the movie partly based on the tycoon's life, but documents never before published appear to show what the Guardian labels a seedy scheme against Welles and RKO pictures, including "extortion, media...

Cops: 2 Teens Plotted School Shooting Spree

Pair are arrested in South Pasadena

(Newser) - Investigators acting on a tip unraveled a plot to carry out a mass shooting at a suburban Los Angeles high school, arresting a pair of students who planned to target three school staffers and kill as many people as possible, police said today. School officials learned of the plot on...

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