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Month: September 2019

Ex-Fort Bliss soldier charged in bomb plot once on ‘hit list’ of classmate trying to blow up school

A former Fort Bliss soldier suspected of planning to bomb multiple high-profile targets around the U.S. was once on the “hit list” of a teenager who tried to blow up his high school in South Carolina. Federal authorities late Wednesday indicted Jarrett William Smith, 24, with sharing bomb-making instructions online. Officials said he also discussed

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20 men sue Madison Square Boys and Girls Club over alleged abuse by ‘Basketball Diaries’ coach and doctor

Twenty men have filed suit against the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, alleging the organization was negligent in allowing alleged sexual abuse by two staff members, one of whom was depicted in the 1978 memoir “The Basketball Diaries.” The complaint alleges gym director Nicholas “Lefty” Antonucci and “pool doctor” Dr. Reginald Archibald routinely and

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Jarrett William Smith

Former Fort Bliss soldier indicted on federal charges in plot to bomb media & Beto O’Rourke

A federal grand jury late Wednesday formally indicted former Fort Bliss Army soldier Jarrett William Smith, who allegedly discussed bomb-making techniques and suggested targeting a news network and former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke. Smith’s indictment (which you can read at the bottom of this article) comes amid a wave of arrests and charges the

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Louisville Police Department accused of ‘racially biased’ traffic stops in at least 3 lawsuits

The Louisville Metro Police Department in Kentucky is facing at least three lawsuits alleging that police used the pretext of a traffic stop to pull over African American drivers and conduct “racially biased” unconstitutional searches and seizures, according to the suits. The traffic stops were part of a department program intended to reduce violent crime

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