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DC Bomb Threat Suspect Ruled Competent, Pleads Not Guilty
The North Carolina man accused of a bomb threat that shuttered Capitol Hill last month pleaded not guilty to federal charges, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, as a judge ruled him competent to proceed in the case after adjustments were made to his medication regimen.
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Ex-FBI Official Charged With Padding Time Sheets by Nearly 900 Hours
A former section chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is facing a federal criminal charge. John Behun, who had a high-ranking post at the FBI’s famed Quantico lab and later at agency headquarters, is accused of falsifying his time sheets and bilking taxpayers for nearly 900 hours of compensation for time he didn’t work. According...
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DC Tunnel History Website Flagged Suspicious Activity Before Capitol Insurrection
The founder and administrator of an obscure website about underground infrastructure in Washington, D.C., saw a sudden and suspicious spike in traffic in the days before the U.S. Capitol insurrection.
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John Hinckley, Man Who Shot Reagan in 1981, Seeks Full Unconditional Release
John Hinckley is seeking an “unconditional release” from court supervision just months before the 40th anniversary of his attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. In a court hearing Wednesday, an attorney for Hinckley asked a D.C. federal judge to promptly schedule a hearing on whether to remove restrictions on Hinckley.
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Man Tried to Blow Up SUV at Pentagon: Feds
A man tried to blow up an SUV at the Pentagon on Monday morning and was found later in Arlington National Cemetery. Matthew Dmitri Richardson, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, faces federal charges after Pentagon police say he tried to blow up an active-duty service member’s Land Rover at about 10:55 a.m. Monday. He appeared in court in Alexandria, Virginia, Tuesday...
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As K-9 Deaths Climb Overseas, State Department Halts Sending New Bomb-Sniffing Dogs
Many K-9s deployed overseas as part of a State Department program intended to help partner countries detect and prevent terror attacks suffer or die from neglect by their foreign handlers, according to a report from the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General.
