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Emergency services attend the scene close to a coronavirus test station after a homemade firework was detonated in Bovenkarspel, Netherlands, Wednesday March 3, 2021. The homemade firework, a so-called "pipe" firework, was fired near to the Covid test station Wednesday and broke some windows but no people are reported injured. (Stefanie ter Koele / AP)
Health Minister Condemns Blast at Dutch Virus Test Center
  • 3 March 2021
Police in the province of North Holland said in a statement that forensic investigations revealed...
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Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund arrives to testify before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
Security Officials Cast Blame for Jan. 6 Failures at Capitol
  • 23 February 2021
In prepared remarks before two Senate committees on Feb. 23, 2021, former Capitol Police Chief...
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FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2020, file photo, a right-wing demonstrator, center, yells at a counter protester to leave a rally by members of the Proud Boys and other right-wing demonstrators in Portland, Ore. Alex DiBranco, executive director of the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism, said there are differences among Proud Boys chapters over whether to embrace women as Proud Girls or not, even as the group as a whole has become more hostile to women's auxiliaries over the past couple of years. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Woman Charged in Capitol Melee Says Proud Boys Recruited Her
  • 17 February 2021
An Arizona woman charged in the Jan. 6 onslaught of the U.S. Capitol bragged in...
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Canada Designates the Proud Boys as a Terrorist Entity
  • 3 February 2021
The Canadian government has designated the Proud Boys group as a terrorist entity, noting they...
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. Right-wing extremism has previously mostly played out in isolated pockets of America or in smaller cities. In contrast, the deadly attack by rioters on the U.S. Capitol targeted the very heart of government. It brought together members of disparate groups, creating the opportunity for extremists to establish links with each other. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
US Terrorism Alert Warns of Politically Motivated Violence
  • 27 January 2021
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a national terrorism bulletin warning of the potential...
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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington. An Arizona man seen in photos and video of the mob wearing a fur hat with horns was also charged Saturday in Wednesday's chaos. Jacob Anthony Chansley, who also goes by the name Jake Angeli, was taken into custody Saturday, Jan. 9. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Feds: Capitol Mob Aimed to ‘Assassinate’ Elected Officials
  • 15 January 2021
The pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol aimed to “capture and assassinate elected officials,”...
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FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a briefing about the upcoming presidential inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, at FEMA headquarters, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
FBI Tracking ‘Extensive’ Online Chatter About Armed Protests
  • 14 January 2021
The FBI is tracking an “extensive amount of concerning online chatter,” including calls for armed...
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The Dome of the Capitol building is visible as members of the National Guard stand in front of riot gear laid out on a field on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Expecting Trouble, DC Locks Down a Week Before Inauguration
  • 14 January 2021
The FBI has warned that armed protests by violent Trump supporters were being planned in...
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FILE - This undated file image posted on social media by the FBI shows Anthony Quinn Warner. More than a year before he detonated a bomb in downtown Nashville on Christmas, officers visited Anthony Warner’s home after his girlfriend told police that he was building bombs in an RV trailer at his residence, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. But they were unable to make contact with him, or see inside his RV. (Courtesy of FBI via AP, File)
Nashville Bomber’s Girlfriend Warned He Was Building Bombs
  • 30 December 2020
The call came more than a year before Anthony Warner detonated a bomb in downtown...
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French policemen stand next to Notre Dame church after a knife attack, in Nice, France, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. French anti-terrorism prosecutors are investigating a knife attack at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice that killed two people and injured several others. (AP Photo/Alexis Gilli)
France Raises Its Alert Level to Maximum After Nice Attack
  • 29 October 2020
The knife attack was the third incident in two months in France amid a growing...
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FILE - In this photo Sept. 16, 2020 file photo, provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich. According to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday, Oct. 8 six people plotted to try to kidnap Whitmer at her vacation home. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, File)
6 People Charged in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer
  • 8 October 2020
The FBI quoted one of the accused as saying Whitmer “has no checks and balances...
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FILE - In this March 30, 2019, file photo, Alexanda Amon Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh, who were allegedly among four British jihadis who made up a brutal Islamic State cell dubbed "The Beatles," speak during an interview with The Associated Press at a security center in Kobani, Syria. The Justice Department is preparing to announce charges Wednesday against two men from Britain who joined the Islamic State and were part of a cell that beheaded Western hostages, a law enforcement official said. Their arrival in the U.S. to face charges sets the stage for arguably the most sensational terrorism prosecution since the 2014 case against the suspected ringleader of a deadly attack on the diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
US Charges British IS Members in Deaths of Western Hostages
  • 7 October 2020
El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are two of four men dubbed “the Beatles” by...
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