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News Articles: FBI

The FBI has released a substantial amount of information, including surveillance video, and a new virtual map of the steps they took the night in question, about the unidentified bomb-maker.

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  • Law

The FBI Releases New Video Of The Person Who Planted Bombs Before The Capitol Riot

The FBI is asking the American public to review the new information and come forward with any information about the possible identity of the bomb-maker.

September 09, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
The spike in hate crimes in 2020 follows a recent upward trend in bias incidents, and it was a 6% increase over the 7,287 bias-related offenses reported in 2019.

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  • National

Hate Crimes Reach The Highest Level In More Than A Decade

The 6% spike in hate crimes reported by the FBI for 2020 follows a recent upward trend in incidents. But some experts and advocacy groups say the true number is probably even higher.

September 01, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Masih Alinejad speaks onstage during a conference hosted by Women In Cable Television on Oct. 16, 2018, in New York City.

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  • Law

The Journalist Iran Allegedly Sought To Kidnap Says She Would Have Been Killed

Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American journalist, says she is the target of an alleged kidnapping plot recently described in a federal indictment: "It's just obvious that they were going to execute me."

July 15, 2021
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  • Steve Inskeep
In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo Trump supporters gather on the Washington Monument grounds in advance of a rally in Washington. Both within and outside the walls of the Capitol, banners and symbols of white supremacy and anti-government extremism were displayed as an insurrectionist mob swarmed the U.S. Capitol.

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  • News

Georgia Today: What's Behind An Alleged White Supremacist Conspiracy In Floyd County?

The deadly Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol building by a pro-Trump mob was a glimpse into what many experts have long warned: Homegrown extremism is on the rise across the U.S. On Georgia Today, guest Chris Joyner from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution speaks on what’s known about violent white supremacist groups operating in Georgia.

April 30, 2021
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  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
Judge with gavel

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  • Law

Former Wilkinson County Deputy Pleads Guilty In Illegal Firearms Case

A former deputy with the Wilkinson County Sheriff’s Office has pleaded guilty to possessing unregistered firearms following an FBI-led investigation into a violent extremist group.

April 28, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

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  • National Security

Wray Defends FBI's Intelligence Sharing Ahead Of Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

"I didn't see the report myself even until after the 6th, but the way in which it [was] handled ... strikes me as consistent with our normal process," said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

March 02, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Martin Luther King Jr. in Sam Pollard's <em>MLK/FBI.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

'MLK/FBI' Humanizes A Civil Rights Icon's Legacy

Sam Pollard's documentary deftly examines the FBI's intense surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. in the final years of his life.

January 15, 2021
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  • Aisha Harris
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  • Politics

Justice Department Warns It's Coming For Those Involved In Capitol Violence

Officials say charges could be brought ranging from trespassing to felony murder.

January 12, 2021
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  • Brian Naylor
Supporters of President Trump, including Jake Angeli (center), a QAnon supporter known for his painted face and horned hat, stand inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Demonstrators breached security and entered the Capitol as Congress was in the process of tallying the 2020 electoral vote count.

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  • National

Law Enforcement And Social Media Identifying U.S. Capitol Mob Members

The FBI is asking the public to help identify people involved in the attack. D.C. Metro police is offering a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides information leading to an arrest.

January 07, 2021
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  • Greg Allen
Rep. Devin Nunes, a staunch defender of President Trump, is being awarded the Medal of Freedom, the White House announced on Monday.

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  • Politics

Trump Gives Medal Of Freedom To Loyalist GOP Congressman Nunes

President Trump is awarding the nation's highest civilian honor to a lawmaker, who the White House claims "uncovered the greatest scandal in American history," even though that has no basis in fact.

January 04, 2021
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  • Brian Naylor
The most prolific serial killer in U.S. history died Wednesday at age 80. Samuel Little had confessed to 93 murders in more than a dozen states over 35 years.

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  • Law

Samuel Little, The Nation's Most Prolific Serial Killer, Dies At 80

In 2018, he confessed to the murder of 93 women over the course of 35 years. At the time of his death, police were still trying to connect him to dozens of murders.

December 31, 2020
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Hate crimes rose to their highest numbers in a decade, with a record-breaking 51 fatal attacks, according to the FBI's annual hate crimes report for 2019, released Monday.

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  • National Security

FBI Report: Bias-Motivated Killings At Record High Amid Nationwide Rise In Hate Crime

The data for 2019 show a slight overall increase but offenses were more violent than in previous years. About half of the 51 bias-motivated homicides stemmed from the Walmart mass shooting in Texas.

November 16, 2020
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By:
  • Hannah Allam
Planes are not the only things flying over Los Angeles International Airport these days. A person wearing a jetpack has been spotted flying the friendly skies twice in two months.

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  • Strange News

Person Flying With Jetpack Spotted Near Los Angeles International Airport, Again

This is the second jetpack sighting in six weeks. It's unclear whether the two sightings are related. The FBI and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating.

October 15, 2020
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By:
  • Reese Oxner
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, shown here last month, was allegedly a target of a militia's kidnapping plot.

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  • National

Militia Members Plotted To Kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer, FBI Says

"I'll be honest, I never could have imagined anything like this," Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says. Over the summer, conspirators allegedly began training for a potential attack.

October 08, 2020
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  • Bill Chappell
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was arrested on Tuesday morning, hours ahead of a planned announcement of a $60 million bribe investigation by federal prosecutors. Householder is seen here in March 2019.

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  • National

Ohio House Speaker Arrested In Connection With $60 Million Bribery Scheme

Larry Householder's arrest is tied to a racketeering conspiracy, a spokesperson for the federal prosecutor's office said. Four others, including Ohio's former GOP chairman, were also arrested.

July 21, 2020
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  • Laurel Wamsley
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