FREMONT, Calif. (KGO) — Fremont police say a homeless man from Hayward is facing additional charges after a third case involving an older woman was tied to the suspect. Alexander Lomax was arrested on Thursday after police say he severely beat and assaulted a 67-year-old Asian woman in broad daylight […]
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Attacks Spur EU to Tighten Borders, Boost Policy Agency | World News
By LORNE COOK, Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union interior ministers pledged Friday to beef up border security, boost the powers of the bloc’s police agency and crack down on hate speech and online propaganda in response to a wave of extremist attacks, most recently in Austria and France. […]
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France, Germany Push for Tighter EU Borders After Attacks | World News
By Thomas Escritt and Matthieu Protard BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) – France and Germany pushed on Tuesday to tighten European Union borders to head off what President Emmanuel Macron called the “threat of terrorism” after suspected Islamist militants killed eight people in Paris, Nice and Vienna within a month. The attacks refocused […]
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EU to Tighten Rules on Online Extremism After Latest Attacks | World News
By John Chalmers and Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The EU plans to tighten its rules to combat online extremism, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday, ahead of a meeting this week between ministers under pressure to beef up security following deadly attacks in France and […]
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Covid-19 street closures leaves pavement cafes ‘vulnerable to vehicle terror attacks’
Coronavirus road closures have made streets vulnerable “weak spots” to vehicle attacks, a former counter terror chief has warned, as he called for a review of security measures in the wake of the UK’s “severe” terror threat. Thousands of streets across the country have been pedestrianised following a policy by […]
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Europe terror: Police can shut down attacks quickly. But it’s still unable to prevent them
Yet, after six years of ISIS-inspired mindless murder, last week’s attack, in which four people were killed, perhaps stood out less in its brutality, but instead in the woefully irresponsible noise and video on social media that came with it. CCTV footage of an innocent man being shot on two […]
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Trump steps to podium, baselessly attacks election
A Marine is posted outside the West Wing of the White House, signifying the President is in the Oval Office, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Washington. Evan Vucci AP WASHINGTON For 40 hours, President Donald Trump fumed in private and tweeted his grievances in all caps. When he at last […]
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France Rattled By Gruesome Terror Attacks and Second COVID Lockdown
PARIS—Before the killings began, Nice’s largest church was quiet and nearly deserted. Vincent Loqués opened the Basilica of Notre-Dame at 8:30 a.m. as usual. The landmark cathedral, a striking bone-white structure, was built in the mid-1860s in the Neo-Gothic style and sits on Nice’s Avenue Jean Médecin—a busy artery in […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Trump strips protections for Tongass forest, opening it to logging | Interior ‘propaganda’ video and tweets may violate ethics laws, experts say | Democrats see Green New Deal yielding gains despite GOP attacks
HAPPY WEDNESDAY! Welcome to Overnight Energy, The Hill’s roundup of the latest energy and environment news. Please send tips and comments to Rebecca Beitsch at [email protected] Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccabeitsch. Reach Rachel Frazin at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter: @RachelFrazin. CLICK HERE to subscribe to our newsletter. TONGASS […]
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Ransomware Attacks Take On New Urgency Ahead of Vote
A Texas company that sells software that cities and states use to display results on election night was hit by ransomware last week, the latest of nearly 1,000 such attacks over the past year against small towns, big cities and the contractors who run their voting systems. Many of the […]