A Minnesota woman was charged Wednesday on one count of federal terrorism after being accused of encouraging two fellow college students to join a jihad months before she allegedly set several fires at St. Catherine University.
AP: 8 killed by New York motorist in ‘cowardly act of terror’
A man in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists along a busy bike path Tuesday, killing at least eight and injuring 11 others.
Man stabs 8 in St. Cloud mall, praised by Islamic State
A man in a private security uniform stabbed eight people at a Minnesota shopping mall, reportedly mentioning Allah and asking at least one victim if they were Muslim before an off-duty police officer shot and killed him, authorities said.
Snapshot: Terror connections in Minnesota
Consider this article a crash course in everything you need to know about ISIS, radicalization, and Somalis in Minnesota.
41 dead in Istanbul airport attack; Turkish govt blames IS
Suicide attackers armed with guns and bombs killed 41 people and wounded hundreds at Istanbul’s busy Ataturk Airport, apparently targeting Turkey’s crucial tourism industry. The government blamed the attack on Islamic State extremists but there was no immediate confirmation from the group.
NY, LA schools receive same email threat; LA cancels classes
The nation’s two biggest school systems — New York City and Los Angeles — received threats Tuesday of a large-scale jihadi attack with guns and bombs.
FBI: Killers had been radicalized ‘for quite some time’
The San Bernardino killers had been radicalized “for quite some time,” the FBI said Monday.
The world we know
Opinions editor Jacob Sevening writes we are no safer from terrorism at home than we are abroad.
Suicide bombings kill 37 on Moscow subway
Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up Monday in twin attacks on Moscow subway stations jam-packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 37 people and wounding 102, officials said. They blamed the carnage on rebels from the Caucasus region. The blasts come six years after Caucasus Islamic separatists carried out a pair of deadly Moscow subway strikes and raise concerns that the war has once again come to Russia’s capital, amid militants’ warnings of a renewed determination to push their fight.