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December 2, 2022 | The Associated Press
Pentagon Debuts New Stealth Bomber, the B-21 Raider, Amid Rising China Threat
PALMDALE , Calif.—America’s newest nuclear stealth bomber made its debut Friday after years of secret development and as part of the Pentagon’s answer to rising concerns over a future conflict with China. The B-21 Raider is the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years. Almost every aspect of the program is classified. […]
March 4, 2022 | Matthew Vadum
Supreme Court Reinstates Federal Death Sentence for Boston Marathon Bomber Tsarnaev
On Friday morning, the Supreme Court reinstated the federal death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a terrorist who was convicted of bombing the 2013 Boston Marathon, in a 6–3 decision, with all three liberal justices dissenting from the ruling. Tsarnaev, 28, is the lone surviving perpetrator of the 2013 attack that has been deemed one of […]
December 24, 2021 | The Associated Press
‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski Moved to Prison Medical Facility
DENVER—The man known as the “Unabomber” has been transferred to a federal prison medical facility in North Carolina after spending the past two decades in a federal Supermax prison in Colorado for a series of bombings targeting scientists. Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, 79, was moved to the U.S. Bureau of Prison’s FMC Butner medical center in […]
August 21, 2021 | The Associated Press
Pakistan Suicide Bomber Targets Chinese Workers, 2 Children Die
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives on Aug. 20 near a vehicle carrying Chinese workers in restive southwestern Pakistan, killing two Pakistani children playing by the roadside, the interior ministry and police said. A Chinese and two other Pakistanis were wounded in the attack in Baluchistan province. Hours after the bombing, the separatist Baluch Liberation […]
June 16, 2021 | Matthew Vadum
Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Restore Boston Marathon Bomber’s Death Sentence
The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to reinstate the death sentence against the Boston Marathon bomber even though President Joe Biden promised on the campaign trail last year to abolish capital punishment.
March 3, 2021 | Reuters
US Bomber Flies Over Baltic States in Show of Solidarity: US Air Force
VILNIUS/OSLO—A nuclear-capable, long-range U.S. bomber flew over the capitals of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on Wednesday in a show of solidarity with NATO allies, the U.S. Air Force said, amid Western concerns over a more assertive Russia. “This mission sends a clear message that our commitment to our NATO allies is unshakeable,” Gen. Jeff Harrigian, […]
January 3, 2021 | The Associated Press
FBI: Nashville Bomber Sent Material to ‘Acquaintances’
Before he blew himself up in a Christmas Day attack that devastated blocks of downtown Nashville, Anthony Warner sent materials about his views to people he knew, federal investigators said Saturday. In a statement to The Associated Press, FBI Special Agent Jason Pack said authorities are “aware the suspect sent materials which espoused his viewpoints […]