In 2013, the Boston Marathon bombing killed three people and injured more than 250 others West Yorkshire Police Mohammed Farooq mugshot A man has been accused to attempting to detonate a bomb he said was “double the size” of the device used in the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon bombing outside of a hospital in the […]
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Video appears to capture the first use of Russia’s monstrous 6,600-pound glide bomb in Ukraine and the immense destruction it causes
Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force performs its demonstration flight at MAKS-2015 airshow near Zhukovsky, Russia.aviation-images.com/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Russia appears to have used its 6,600-pound glide bomb in Ukraine for the first time. Battlefield footage captures the moment the FAB-3000 strikes in the Kharkiv region. War analysts say this highly […]
Video appears to capture the first use of Russia’s monstrous 6,600-pound glide bomb in Ukraine and the immense destruction it causes
Russia appears to have used its 6,600-pound glide bomb in Ukraine for the first time. Battlefield footage captures the moment the FAB-3000 strikes in the Kharkiv region. War analysts say this highly destructive capability could be a huge problem for Ukrainian forces. New video footage appears to capture the first combat employment of Russia’s 6,600-pound glide bomb […]
Unexploded WWII bomb found in Germany’s Cologne defused overnight
An unexploded aerial bomb from World War II retrieved from the Rhine River in Germany’s Cologne on Wednesday evening was safely defused overnight on a ship positioned away from residential areas, city officials said. Discovery of unexploded bombs is common in Cologne and other German cities, which were heavily bombed by Allied air forces during […]
George Norcross indictment drops an ‘atomic bomb’ on New Jersey politics
One of America’s most deeply entrenched political machines is finally coming apart. New Jersey political insiders struggled to come up with big enough words Monday morning morning to describe what they were hearing: The state attorney general was about to indict South Jersey Democratic power broker George Norcross, one of the most formidable and fearsome […]
Friday night bomb threat at Verona DQ came from Alabama prison
VERONA — The Dairy Queen in Verona received a bomb threat Friday night, according to the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities have determined the call originated from an Alabama state prison, a press release said. At 9:26 p.m. on Friday, the sheriff’s office said a caller phoned the Dairy Queen, located at 79 Lee Highway, […]
A star that exploded like a nuclear bomb is still raising questions half a century later
The aftermath of a thermonuclear explosion in a binary star system about 3,400 light years away has been witnessed by the Hubble Space Telescope. HM Sagittae, or HM Sge for short, is what’s known as a symbiotic system, in which a white dwarf is feeding off a companion red giant star. The stolen material forms […]
Walmart in Ware evacuated due to bomb threat, police say
A Walmart in Ware was evacuated due to a bomb threat Sunday. Staff at the retail store alerted police that a customer had made a comment alluding to a bomb threat inside the building. The store was then evacuated. Ware Police arrived and took the suspect nto custody without incident. The Massachusetts State Police Bomb […]
World War II bomb found near Frankfurt Airport successfully defused
A phosphorus bomb from World War II that was discovered on a construction site at Frankfurt Airport was successfully defused, a police spokesman said on Friday. The decades-old bomb was discovered during construction work around the new Terminal 3. Incendiary bombs containing white phosphorus were used on a large scale against Germany during World War […]
US flies B-1B bomber for first precision bomb drill in 7 years as tensions simmer with North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States flew a long-range B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday for its first precision-guided bombing drill with South Korea in seven years, the South’s military said. The drill — seen as a show of force against North Korea — comes as tensions are rising over the […]
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Man arrested after bomb threat called into El Dorado YMCA, police said
A 56-year-old man was arrested after a bomb threat was made at the El Dorado YMCA Saturday, the El Dorado Police Department said. El Dorado police, along with the El Dorado Fire Department and the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, evacuated the gym at 300 N. Main St. The gym was searched and no explosive devices […]