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Apr 09 2024
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Migrant, Freed into U.S. by Joe Biden's DHS, Gets Ten Years in Prison for Raping Girl in Alabama Public Bathroom
A migrant from Honduras who was released from the United States-Mexico border into the nation’s interior by President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been sentenced for raping a girl in a public bathroom in Prattville, Alabama. In April, 29-year-old Grevi Geovani Rivera Zavala of Honduras was sentenced to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree rape for
Breitbart NewsApr 09 2024
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Teen with ISIS ties accused of planning attack on Coeur d'Alene churches claims he was self-radicalized
Like thousands of students, Alexander Mercurio spent his time during COVID browsing online. Unlike most students, the Coeur d’Alene teenager ended up in the dark corners of the internet. And for a time he “drank the Kool-aid” of white supremacy before turning to an extremist view of Islam and eventually the terrorist group known as the Islamic State group, according to federal criminal charges
Spokesman ReviewAug 18 2023
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Fargo man who killed teenage girl loses Supreme Court appeal
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The North Dakota Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a Fargo man in the attack and murder of a 14-year-old girl. Twenty-four-year-old Arthur Kollie argued that his rights were violated during his trial in the fall of 2022. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Kollie was found guilty of murder, robbery and aggravated assault in the June 2021 death
KVRRApr 09 2024
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Idaho 18-year-old accused of terrorism plot against churches
BOISE, Idaho — A teenager planned to attack churches in a northern Idaho city using a metal pipe, butane fuel, a machete and, if he could get them, his father’s guns, according to federal prosecutors who charged him with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group. Authorities said Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, adopted the Islamic faith against his Christian parents’
Yahoo NewsAug 14 2023
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Teenager fatally shot, young adult injured in Baltimore City Monday night
A 16-year-old is dead following a shooting in the Gay Street neighborhood Monday evening that also left a26-year-old suffering from gunshot wounds, police said. Central District officers for the Baltimore Police Department responded to the shooting at the 900 block of North Broadway at about 6 p.m. There, they found two males with multiple gunshot wounds. They were transferred to a nearby
Baltimore SunApr 09 2024
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How writing the script for Emily Henry's 'People We Meet on Vacation' inspired Yulin Kuang's debut novel
Yulin Kuang can trace the trajectory of her entire writing career back to one pivotal moment: finding out about fan fiction. The screenwriter and soon-to-be director of "Beach Read" published her own debut romance novel, "How to End a Love Story," on April 9. But she’s only now a writer because of a deal she made with herself when she was a teenager crafting stories about the characters in the
NBC Today ShowApr 09 2024
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Teen boy accused of fatally shooting 14-year-old at D.C.’s Brookland Metro Station
A teenage boy was charged with murder Tuesday after D.C. police accused him of gunning down a 14-year-old boy at the Brookland Metro Station last week. Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said the 17-year-old suspect was taken into custody Tuesday morning. He will be tried as a juvenile in the April 4 slaying of Avion Evans. “We are happy to have the suspect off the streets and now we need
Washington TimesMay 16 2023
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Body Camera Shows Baltimore Police Shoot Teenager In The Back
Baltimore police released body camera footage on Tuesday showing an officer shooting a Black teenager in the back as he fled. The officer shouted a demand for the teen to drop a gun, and then quickly fired. The teenager was badly wounded and lost several organs, and police said they discovered a gun with him following the shooting on Thursday. Mekhi Franklin, 17, can be seen on camera walking
HuffPostApr 09 2024
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Idaho teen arrested for allegedly planning to kill churchgoers in the name of ISIS
An Idaho teenager was arrested and accused of planning to kill churchgoers during services across his hometown in the name of the Islamic State group, authorities have said. Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, from Coeur d’Alene, was arrested in the early hours of Saturday as part of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation, a day before prosecutors say he planned to carry out his attack.
NBC News (Online)Apr 09 2024
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Idaho Teen Allegedly Devoted to ISIS Arrested Before Planned Church Attacks
An Idaho teenager who allegedly plotted to carry out attacks targeting local churches in the name of ISIS was arrested over the weekend, the Justice Department said. Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, of Coeur d’Alene, was taken into custody on Saturday following an FBI investigation—he now faces a charge of attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS. A criminal complaint alleges
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