Homeland Security

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says there is no evidence that the bombings at the Boston Marathon are part of a wider plot.

An interim legislative committee is studying how to improve school security in Wyoming.

Niobrara County officials say they're investigating three explosive devices that detonated at three homes in Lusk.

A 43 year old man is in custody after authorities seized 172 pounds of marijuana from an airplane he was allegedly the pilot of.

Potentially hundreds of loaded handguns could be making it aboard commercial flights every day, rattling the nerves of many frequent flyers, as once again they have reason to question the safety of airline travel. Earlier last week, Transportation Security Administration baggage screeners unknowingly permitted the vice president of the New Orleans Hornets, Joshua Richardson, to board a flight to Newark, New Jersey, with a loaded .38 caliber pistol in his carry-on baggage. It was not until Richardson attempted to board a flight back to New Orleans that officials were made aware of the mistake.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee is criticizing Attorney General Eric Holder for appointing two federal prosecutors to look into national security leaks. Sen. Chuck Grassley says he wants the attorney general to appoint an independent special prosecutor to look into the leaks, rather than Holder’s choice, U...

When you’re tweeting or posting on Facebook, you’re probably not thinking about the  Department of Homeland Security. But as it turns out, it may very well be thinking about you.