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Overloading of a containment vessel used by the LAPD bomb squad to destroy illegal fireworks was the cause of a late June explosion that rattled a South Los Angeles neighborhood and left 17 people injured, according to a federal report. Read More …
A South Fork man was arrested Friday after police said he detonated two explosive devices in South Fork Borough on Thursday, and explosive materials were later found in his home. Mark Stephen Yatsky, 57, was charged with felony unlawful possession Read More …
As the United States honors the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks that shattered and changed American life, commemorations and memorials are scheduled nationwide Saturday to remember the victims and first responders. In New York, the ceremony at Ground Read More …
An Elmira man could face up to 25-years behind bars after being convicted of having an improvised explosive device in his possession. According to the Chemung County District Attorney’s Office, 26-year-old Rashad R. Graham was convicted on one count of Read More …
The FBI’s Washington Field Office has released new information and video regarding the suspect who placed pipe bombs in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in January 2021, and is seeking additional tips from the public. Identifying the perpetrator Read More …
Kalamazoo officers found an improvised explosive device during a drug investigation at a home Monday evening. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety executed a search warrant at the home on Ada Street, near the intersection of Westnedge Avenue, about 5:30 Read More …
Throughout the week, members of the Department of Homeland Security have been visiting businesses in Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Noxubee counties to spread awareness about improvised explosive devices. Operation Flashpoint is a joint effort between DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Read More …
U.S. military officials said the United States “will continue to coordinate” with the Taliban in providing safe passage to the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, where suicide bombers carried out an attack that killed 12 U.S. service members and injured 15 Read More …
The US Marshall Legacy Institute sent 10 dogs of mine detection service to Azerbaijan, Trend reports on Aug.24 with reference to the Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency. The Azerbaijani agency has been cooperating with this American institution for a long time. Until Read More …
FBI Salt Lake City had a “blast” training K-9 handlers how to handle improvised explosive devices–also known as IEDs–and the after effects when they detonate. More explosives used these days are homemade and constructed with every day materials, said FBI Read More …
U.S. Capitol Police say a man claiming to have a bomb drove his pickup truck onto the sidewalk in front of the Library of Congress Thursday morning, spurring an “active bomb threat investigation” and a widening evacuation of Capitol Hill. Read More …
On Thursday, members of the Odessa Police Department’s Hazmat Devices Unit conducted a bomb unit training demonstration. The event took place at the Odessa Fire Rescue training facility at 3000 S. Dixie. During the demonstration, the OPD Hazmat Devices Unit Read More …
A man from Washington has been sentenced to 8 years in prison on Tuesday, Aug. 10, for drug trafficking and assault after attempting to intimidate a witness with an improvised explosive device. David Nathaniel Hoffman, a 38-year-old man from Olympia, Read More …
The US government on Friday designated two senior Al-Shabaab leaders as terrorists amid intensified operations against the militant group by Somali forces backed by African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) troops. Ali Mohamed Rage, also known as Ali Dhere, and Read More …
A Jones County recycling plant was locked down Friday as federal agents destroyed an “explosive device” found days after an employee lost his life in the Aug. 4 explosion. According to Jones County Sheriff Joe Berlin, A United States Army Read More …
There is an uptick in homemade explosives, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Officials say they believe boredom and isolation is contributing to some people making more explosives. They are reminding everyone that making explosives is illegal at the state Read More …
The bomb sniffing dog “Taco” prepares to search a cell block at the former Justice Center on Walnut Street Tuesday afternoon.The state’s annual multi-agency K9 training was held, for the first time, in Muncie due to the availability of space Read More …
President Joe Biden says US forces will end their combat mission in Iraq by the end of this year, but will continue to train and advise the Iraqi military. The announcement came after Mr Biden held talks with Iraqi Prime Read More …
A shelter dog in Pawleys Island has been accepted to serve and protect the people of New York. Apollo will soon be traveling to the big apple to start his training to become a police K-9, All 4 Paws Animal Read More …
INDIANAPOLIS – The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Indiana Explosive Detection Canine Program is hosting its annual Multi-Agency K9 Training Event in Muncie on Tuesday, July 27. Handlers and their canines, trained to assist law enforcement and detect explosives, will participate Read More …