Terrorism

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A man from Uzbekistan has pleaded guilty to terror-related charges in a plot to assassinate President Barack Obama. Ulugbek Kodirov entered the plea Friday in federal court in Birmingham, Ala. Defense attorney Lance Bell says the 22-year-old man avoided a possible life sentence by pleading guilty...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says it has been paying closer attention to people around the country who ascribe to an extremist movement that rejects government activities. The bureau says there has been an increase in cases in recent years involving so-called sovereign citizens...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is providing senior state and local police officials with its analysis of homegrown terrorism incidents, including common signs law enforcement can use to identify violent extremists. The warning signs identified for police include someone joining a group advocating violence, receiving support from a network that plans attacks or seeking out charismatic l

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. investigation has concluded that the killing of eight U.S. airmen and one American civilian contractor in Afghanistan last spring was a premeditated act by an Afghan colonel acting alone. The investigation by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations was released Tuesday ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government presented the nation’s highest civilian award Monday to two Americans who helped apprehend an Islamic extremist after he attacked a U.S. Air Force bus last year and killed two airmen. Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich awarded the Federal Cross of Merit to U...

They may want to re-evaluate pilot training over at Delta Airlines and spend a little more time on how to work the lavatory. The pilot of an 18-passenger Delta flight got stuck in the airplane’s bathroom mid-flight and ended up causing a terror alert on the ground.

In a White House briefing held Friday, President Obama announced the remaining American troops in Iraq will be home by the end of the year, closing a war effort there that has killed more than 4,400 US servicepeople and wounded 32,000 more since 2003. “After nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over,” the president said.

September 11, 2001 will of course be one of the most historic days ever remembered in American and world history. Not long after that tragic day were the Anthrax scares in which Anthrax was delivered in envelopes to numerous media outlets that ended with the deaths of five people. PBS Frontline is airing a special tonight called "The Anthrax Files." Appearing in the special this evening