Reuters June 20. 2018 12:05AM Police attend the scene after several people were injured after a small explosion at Southgate Underground station in north London on Tuesday. (REUTERS/Henry Nicholls) LONDON — British police said on Tuesday a “small number of people” were receiving medical treatment after what they described as a minor explosion likely caused by a battery malfunction at an underground station in north London.They said there was no immediate indication the incident was linked to terrorism.“It appears at this stage that the cause of the explosion was a battery short circuit,” police said, adding they were working to establish the full facts.Police said they had been called to reports of an explosion and people running at Southgate station at 7:03 p.m. (1803 GMT). They closed the station, advised people to avoid the area and said officers were dealing with a suspicious package.“Enquiries continue but we do not believe this to be … [Read more...] about UK police see no indication of terrorism in London blast
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He terrorized the NC coast in World War II. The last U-boat captain has died at 105.
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Dem House hopeful says she felt like after 9/11 terror following Trump’s election: report
Amy McGrath, a Democratic U.S. House hopeful from Kentucky compared the election of President Donald Trump to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. (Amy McGrath for Congress) A Democratic U.S. House hopeful from Kentucky compared the election of President Donald Trump to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. Amy McGrath, a retired Marine fighter pilot who won last month's Democratic primary for the state's 6th Congressional District, was caught making the controversial remarks back in November 2017 during a “Meet the Candidates Series" event, the Washington Free Beacon reported. "And then, of course, the results of the election, we have a new commander-in-chief. And that morning I woke up like somebody had sucker punched me. I mean, I felt like, ‘what has just happened to my country?’" McGrath said in the recently revealed footage from the event. "The only feeling I can describe that's any close to it was the feeling I had after 9/11. What just happened, … [Read more...] about Dem House hopeful says she felt like after 9/11 terror following Trump’s election: report
Letter: Terrorism at the border
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 Print A definition of terrorism is “the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion” and “the use of violence such as bombing, shooting, and kidnapping against ordinary people to obtain political demands.” By this definition, our use of separating children from their parents at the border is terrorism. Friday morning, our president stated his political demands. He told reporters on the White House lawn that the situation with the children could be changed right now, tonight. All of this can go away, he says, if only the Democrats would get together with the Republicans and authorize the wall. We need the wall, he repeated. Coercion? Have we become terrorists? Why do you suppose Jeff Sessions was smiling when he read a quote from the Bible justifying his department’s policy of separating children from their parents? Perhaps he found the absurdity of his statement humorous.It is reported that more than 40 … [Read more...] about Letter: Terrorism at the border
Turkey charges father of NBA’s Kanter as terror group member
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