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New details are emerging about how ISIS inspired the terrorist attack in New Orleans carried out by U.S. Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar.
Jabbar, a native of Texas, posted videos to his social media platform shortly before the terror attack saying he was inspired by ISIS, according to the Associated Press.
The chilling videos indicated that he had planned to kill his family, CNN reported.
He said he had dreams about why she should join ISIS, according to the report, citing unnamed officials.
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Read MoreThe space in which refugee Shaharzad has to live has shrunk to the small courtyard of a guesthouse in Pakistan’s capital, reminiscent of her life under Taliban rule in Afghanistan.
She fears being swept up in a wave of anti-Afghan sentiment, including reports of harassment, extortion and arrests by Pakistan authorities who have cracked down on mainly undocumented families living there.
“For Afghans, the situation here is terrible and the behaviour of the Pakistani police is like that of the Taliban,” said Shaharzad, who lives in constant fear of being deported with her children.
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Read MoreA spree killing in Montenegro left 12 people dead and several others wounded on New Year’s Day.
The shooter, identified as Aco Martinović, committed after being confronted by law enforcement.
The incident started after a bar fight in Bajice village in the evening. Police Commissioner Lazar Šćepanović stated that the shooter had been at the bar with other patrons when a fight broke out, according to NBC News. After the brawl, he went home to retrieve a firearm before returning to the bar and opening fire, killing four people.
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Read MoreThe U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers acted alone, the FBI said Thursday, reversing its position from a day earlier that he likely worked with others in carrying out a deadly attack being investigated as an act of terrorism inspired by the Islamic State group.
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Read MoreLAS VEGAS (AP) — The person who died in the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel was an active-duty U.S. Army soldier, officials said Thursday.
Two law enforcement officials identified the man inside the futuristic-looking pickup truck as Matthew Livelsberger. The officials spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation.
Livelsberger was a member of the Army’s elite Green Berets, a special forces unit and guerrilla warfare experts, according to an Army statement. He has served in the Army since 2006, rising through the ranks, and was on approved leave when he died, the statement said. The Green Berets work to counter terrorists abroad using unconventional techniques.
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Read MoreTwenty-five years ago, the late Jack Layton stood up before Toronto city council and guilted his colleagues into declaring homelessness a national disaster.
With 450 of his homeless pawns in tow, he urged council to create more shelter space; otherwise the homeless would die in the streets.
Before anyone had a chance to catch their breath, ho
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Read MoreAs the Liberals’ continue to expand the scope of their 2020 order-in-council banning nearly 2,000 models of firearms, this year is an important one for Canadian gun owners.
The ban was introduced in May 2020 when some 1,500 models of firearms became prohibited overnight following an order-in-council the Liberals said was prompted by a mass shooting in Portapique, N.S.
Weeks ago, the Trudeau government announced an additional 32
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Read MoreThe suspect accused of plowing a pickup truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing 10 and injuring at least 30 on New Year’s Day, is named Shamsud Din Jabbar, according to a law enforcement source, Nola.com reported.
The outlet also reported the suspect is 42 years old and that he was carrying an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) flag in the vehicle.
Police shot and killed him after the attack.
The attack occurred around 3:15 a.m.
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Read MoreA transgender NCAA track and field athlete is blasting the college sports organization for not offering more scholarships to men who identify as women to play women’s sports in college.
Rochester Institute of Technology Sadie Schreiner recently decried the lack of sports opportunities for transgender athletes, according to Fox News.
“Among all the hurdles transfers usually have, there is an extra layer because it is trans, 50% of the country banned me from participating, and that meant I couldn’t attend any of those colleges even if they reached out to m
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Read MoreA Tesla Cybertruck was fully engulfed in flames in front of Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to dramatic video footage posted to social media.
Video footage posted to X on New Year’s Day shows the electric truck produced by Elon Musk’s Tesla on fire in front of President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas property. It remains unclear how the Tesla Cybertruck came to meet its fiery demise, but authorities are reportedly calling the incident an “active crime scene.”
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