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City police search for arsonists throwing flammable bottles
Baltimore police are looking for arsonists responsible for throwing about a dozen crude incendiary devices at buildings since late April. One of the homes hit by the devices — made from bottles and jugs — belonged to a Muslim family in North...
Tags: Arson, Family, Religion and Belief, Islam
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FBI uses drones inside U.S. for spying, director says
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testified Wednesday that the controversial National Security Agency surveillance program "has been a contributing factor, one dot among many dots" for tracking terrorist plots, and he admitted for...
Tags: Police Investigations, Jeff Sessions, Robert Mueller, Politics, U.S. Congress
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UPDATED: Marion Police Chief, "Fireball," fired after being arrested on drug charges
UPDATED: Town leaders in Marion, Virginia have asked Michael Roberts to step down after being arrested on drug charges. Here is the official statement from the mayor: OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM MAYOR DAVID P. HELMS, THE TOWN OF MARION, VA ...
Tags: Prosecution, Drug Trafficking, Criminals, Police Arrests, Crime, Law and Justice
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FBI says it uses surveillance drones on U.S. soil
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States uses drones for surveillance in some limited law enforcement situations, FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Wednesday, sparking additional debate about President Barack Obama's use of domestic surveillance. The...Tags: Police Investigations, Robert Mueller, Washington, DC, Chuck Grassley, Politics
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Maryland's missing guns
Maryland ranks near the top of the nation in the number of firearms its federally licensed gun dealers report as lost or stolen, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a distinction far out of proportion to the state's...
Tags: Parkville, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice
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White House pushes gun safety, but it means little without Congress
WASHINGTON -- The White House plans to announce Tuesday that it has improved gun safety in the country by chipping away at 21 of 23 items on an executive to-do list issued in January. But the progress report will also highlight steps that Congress has...Tags: Mental Health, Washington, DC, Politics, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice
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Report: Md. third-highest for guns lost and stolen from dealers
Nearly 1,000 guns were reported lost or stolen from federally licensed gun dealers in Maryland last year, the third-highest number of any state in the country, according to a federal report released this week. Gun dealers in the state reported 886 lost...
Tags: Theft, Barack Obama, Firearms, Maryland General Assembly, Politics
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Pennsylvania leads the nation in lost or stolen guns
WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania led the nation in the number of firearms lost or stolen from federally licensed gun dealers last year, according to a new government report released as part of the White House's effort to keep attention on gun issues in the...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Washington, DC, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Politics, U.S. Congress
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Fire near downtown Indy forces evacuations
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A fire engulfed a sprawling mixed-use building near downtown Indianapolis filled with tires and wooden pallets Saturday, producing a towering pillar of black smoke that prompted the evacuation of a five-block area surrounding the...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Fires, Business, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Judge Increases Bail to $25 Million For Hartford Man Charged In 2007 Murder, 7 Attempted Murders
The Hartford CourantA judge on Monday set bail at $25 million for the 27-year-old Hartford man charged Friday with murder in connection with a 2007 cold case and with shooting seven other people. The charges against Donald "Amen" Raynor include murder, six counts of...Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Cocaine, Norwich, Drug Trafficking
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8 indicted in federal probe into drug trafficking in Annapolis, Arundel
Federal and local authorities have charged more than two dozen people this week after an investigation into drug trafficking and related crimes in Anne Arundel County and Annapolis. Federal indictments were returned Tuesday against eight people from a...
Tags: Prosecution, Annapolis, Lawyers, Drug Trafficking, Justice System
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