Author: Spike Bowan

Islamic State fighters shot down an Iraqi army helicopter over Mosul on Thursday, killing the two-member crew, the government said. (FOX)- Ground fire downed the chopper somewhere in eastern Mosul, according to defense officials. Footage from an Associated Press cameraman showed a large ball of fire with a long trail of thick black smoke as the […]

A Las Vegas man was indicted on charges of terrorism Wednesday.  (FOX)- Nicolai Mork is accused of acts of terrorism, unlawful acts related to weapons of mass destruction, possession of explosive or incendiary device, possession of an altered firearm or obliterated serial number and possession of a silencer. According to district court records, at some […]

Gun rights activists are on a political roll with four recent wins (FOX)- Second Amendment advocates are on a bit of a political roll recently, with four major victories in just one week. House Speaker Paul Ryan pulled an anti-gun healthcare proposal from consideration; the governor of North Dakota signed a bill letting residents carry […]

A fighter pilot on a training mission ditched his jet in a wooded area of a suburban Washington neighborhood early Wednesday so that the plane would avoid crashing into a suburban Washington neighborhood, military officials said.  (FOX)- The F-16C, which military officials said was at least 30 years old and worth $20 million, went down […]

The district attorney says an Pennsylvania man used a homemade, high-pressure air gun to fatally shoot a neighbor with whom he had an affair. (FOX)- Thirty-five-year-old Josef Raszler was charged Wednesday with criminal homicide in the Sept. 13 shooting of 46-year-old Stephanie Roof. She was shot with a homemade metal projectile about 1 a.m. in […]

A loud explosion damaged an apartment building Thursday in St. Petersburg, Russia, days after the deadly subway attack in that city, witnesses said. (FOX)- There were no reports of anybody hurt in the latest blast. The cause was unclear. It happened not far from a site where security agents deactivated explosives they found earlier in the […]

An ISIS-linked group of hackers has released a “kill list” of 8,786 names and addresses in the U.S. and U.K., calling for lone wolf attacks on the targets in a chilling video posted online. (FOX)- The hackers, known as the United Cyber Caliphate (UCC), orders those watching to: “Kill them wherever you find them.” In a […]

Islamic State killers used “sharp tools” to murder 33 people in Syria on Wednesday before dumping the bodies into a mass grave “filled with blood,” a human rights group said. (FOX)- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the slaughter was “the largest execution operation carried out by [ISIS] in 2017.” It was just the latest […]

Shoplifter forced to call 911 after hiding in the dressing rooms, getting locked inside store (FOX)- A shoplifting suspect got more than she bargained for when she found herself trapped inside a local department store after closing time, and was forced to call 911 for help. Police say 35-year-old Joanne Havens thought she had outwitted […]

A New Jersey teen plotted to kill Pope Francis during his 2015 visit to Philadelphia — attempting to hire a sniper to shoot him during his Papal mass, federal prosecutors say. (FOX)- Santos Colon, 17, pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to provide material support to terrorists, according to court documents. The Lindenwold resident now faces up to […]