The Department of Justice announced a settlement of approximately $138 million with the victims of former Team USA doctor Larry Nassar, who is serving decades in prison for sexually abusing hundreds of women and girls. The legal fallout from Nassar’s crimes reached a milestone on Tuesday, April 23, as the DOJ revealed the settlement with…

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that hackers linked to the Chinese government have infiltrated U.S. infrastructure and are waiting for “just the right moment to deal a devastating blow.” Wray emphasized the immediate threats China poses to U.S. national and economic security during his speech at the Vanderbilt Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats on…

Israel struck back in its first military response to Iran since last weekend’s attack. The 12-person jury is selected in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Friday, April 19, 2024. Israel carried out strike against Iran in response to drone attack Israeli forces struck back…

Leaders from Douglas and El Paso counties in Colorado jointly filed a lawsuit against Gov. Jared Polis, D, and the state on Monday, April 15. The suit contests two Colorado House bills that limit government involvement with immigration detention. Colorado’s current sanctuary immigration laws bar police from arresting and detaining undocumented migrants based on immigration…

Recent warnings from the National Security Agency (NSA) highlight an ongoing cyber threat posed by the persistence of Chinese hackers. In a cybersecurity advisory issued with other federal agencies, the NSA singled out a Beijing-backed hacker network known as “Volt Typhoon” for targeting and infiltrating American critical infrastructure. “The [advisory] focuses on PRC-sponsored cyber actor,…

Police in Sydney, Australia arrested the person they believe stabbed a bishop and several others at a church in Western Sydney on Monday, April 15. The attack comes two days after someone stabbed and killed six people at a busy Sydney shopping mall. A video that circulated online showed Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel preaching at…

NBC News has reported that Mohammad Kharwin, an Afghan migrant identified on the U.S. terror watchlist, was released into the United States twice by border agents after illegally crossing near San Ysidro, California, in March of 2023. Customs and Border Protection identified Kharwin as a member of Hezb-i-Islami (HIG), which the U.S. has designated as…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has expressed concerns over the likelihood of a potent coordinated assault in the United States that can be similar to the attack that claimed the lives of thousands at a Russian concert hall in March. The director of the FBI plans to inform a House of Representatives panel on the issue on Thursday (Apr 11).

The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested an Idaho teen on Saturday, April 6, who the agency said had been planning an ISIS-inspired terror attack on churches in his hometown in northern Idaho. Prosecutors said 18-year-old Alexander Mercurio detailed how he would kill churchgoers on Sunday, April 14. The FBI said Mercurio told a confidential informant…

New York City will soon begin testing the use of artificial intelligence to help detect guns and other weapons at subway turnstiles. On Thursday, March 28, New York Mayor Eric Adams, D, announced that the city would be deploying the technology in a few months. “This is a Sputnik moment, when President Kennedy said we…