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Auschwitz survivor saddened by U.S. Capitol attack

Jonathan Oatis and Rollo Ross, Reuters
Posted at Jan 27 10:29 AM

As the 76th anniversary on Wednesday of the liberation of Auschwitz draws closer, Bill Harvey, who survived the concentration camp, said he was shocked by displays of anti-Semitism during the U.S. Capitol riot. Read more »

Acting Pentagon chief: No indication of insider threat before inauguration

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Jan 19 01:34 PM

After the Jan. 6 Capitol assault by supporters of President Donald Trump that resulted in five deaths and sent lawmakers into hiding, the US government has imposed unprecedented security surrounding the Capitol, including non-scalable fences rimmed with razor wire and a large security zone that the public is barred from.  Read more »

FBI says Capitol rioter allegedly hoped to sell Pelosi laptop to Russia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 19 09:36 AM

WASHINGTON - A young woman identified as having taken part in the storming of the US Capitol reportedly stole a laptop belonging to top Democrat Nancy Pelosi and hoped to sell it to a Russian spy agency, according to an FBI criminal complaint. Read more »

Man with 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt, Olympic swimmer charged over Capitol riots

Sarah N. Lynch and Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
Posted at Jan 14 10:18 AM

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - A man clad in a 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt, a gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer, and a Proud Boys supporter are among those arrested by the FBI in connection with the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday. Read more »

Off-duty cops, other officials face reckoning after rallying for Trump in D.C.

Linda So, Andrea Januta and Mike Berens, Reuters
Posted at Jan 14 07:18 AM

From off-duty police to firefighters, state lawmakers, teachers, municipal workers and at least one active-duty military officer, dozens of public servants from across the United States joined the protests in Washington that turned into a siege on the U.S. Capitol. The mob’s violent effort aimed to block Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s election as president. Read more »

Trump declares state of emergency ahead of Biden inauguration

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 11:03 PM

US President Donald Trump declares a state of emergency in Washington D.C. as federal investigators warn of armed protests across America in the run-up to the inauguration of president-elect Joe Biden.   Read more »

Russia 'likely' behind SolarWinds hack: US intelligence

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 07:45 AM

WASHINGTON - US intelligence and law enforcement agencies said Tuesday that Russia was probably behind the massive SolarWinds hack that has shaken government and corporate security, contradicting President Donald Trump, who had suggested China could be to blame. Read more »

Trump pardons former adviser Flynn, who pleaded guilty in Russia probe

Reuters
Posted at Nov 26 06:42 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Read more »

FBI probing Trump caravan confrontation with Biden campaign bus in Texas

Steve Gorman, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 02 02:35 PM

The FBI said on Sunday it was investigating an incident in which a convoy of vehicles flying flags in support of President Donald Trump's re-election bid surrounded a bus carrying campaign staff for Democratic challenger Joe Biden on a Texas highway. Read more »

65 years a slave: The heartbreaking story of Fedelina Lugasan and how she found freedom at 83

Jerome Gomez
Updated as of Oct 25 11:39 PM

She served four generations of her original employer's family without pay and without days off.  Read more »

FBI to join Beirut blast probe: US envoy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 14 04:12 AM

The FBI will join investigators probing the cause of the huge port blast that destroyed swathes of Beirut, the top career diplomat at the US State Department said Thursday. Read more »

Jeffrey Epstein friend Ghislaine Maxwell arrested on sex abuse charges

Karen Freifeld, Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
Posted at Jul 03 06:54 AM

Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested on Thursday on U.S. charges of luring underage girls so that Epstein could sexually abuse them. Read more »

FBI finds Bubba Wallace not targeted by hate crime in 'noose' incident

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 24 02:33 PM

The noose found in the garage stall of NASCAR's only black driver Bubba Wallace was not evidence of a racist hate crime but a rope that had been there for months, US investigators said Tuesday. Read more »

FBI says Texas navy base shooting is 'terrorism-related'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 22 06:28 AM

The shooting Thursday at a US Navy base in Texas in which one person was slightly wounded was a "terrorism-related" attack, an FBI spokesperson said. Read more »

US says China trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 04:55 AM

US authorities warned Wednesday that Chinese hackers were attempting to steal coronavirus data on treatments and vaccines, adding fuel to Washington's war with Beijing over the pandemic.   Read more »

US says Chinese hacking vaccine research: reports

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 07:31 AM

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation and cybersecurity experts believe Chinese hackers are trying to steal research on developing a vaccine against coronavirus, two newspapers reported Monday. Read more »

FBI points to China as biggest US law-enforcement threat

Mark Hosenball and David Brunnstrom, Reuters
Posted at Feb 07 12:37 AM

FBI Director Christopher Wray told a conference the bureau currently had about 1,000 open investigations of Chinese technology theft across its 56 regional offices. Read more »

FBI probes use of Israeli firm's spyware in personal, gov't hacks -sources

Joseph Menn and Jack Stubbs, Reuters
Posted at Jan 31 08:04 AM

The FBI is investigating the role of Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group Technologies in possible hacks on American residents and companies as well as suspected intelligence gathering on governments, according to four people familiar with the inquiry. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 30, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 03:00 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

FBI raids Kingdom of Jesus Christ branch in Los Angeles

Richard Vogel, AP
Updated as of Jan 30 04:10 PM

Crime-scene tape is seen closing off an area around the grounds of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy's Kingdom of Jesus Christ Church in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Wednesday.  Read more »