Iraqi Refugees Arrested In Sacramento, Houston As Part Of Terror Probe
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) — Two Iraqi refugees have been arrested in Sacramento and Houston as part of an investigation into terrorist activities, authorities said. The suspect arrested in Sacramento was...
View ArticleFBI Says Refugees Used Social Media To Plan Fight In Syria
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An Iraqi man bragged about his experience fighting in Syria and the skills he developed as a teenage insurgent as he urged a fellow Iraqi refugee in the U.S. to join him in...
View ArticleWidow of American Military Contractor Killed by ISIS Files Lawsuit Against...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The widow of an American military contractor killed in Jordan by ISIS last year filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Twitter, claiming that the San Francisco-based social media...
View ArticleFacebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Says Users Should Combat Terrorism
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A Facebook executive is encouraging social media users to help combat terror in a unique way. Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on...
View ArticleISIL Supporters Threaten Twitter’s Jack Dorsey & Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A new video allegedly created by Islamic State supporters is going after Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey. The video, published Wednesday on the UK’s Mirror...
View ArticleUC Merced Terror Attacker Was Inspired By Islamic State, Acted Alone
MERCED (CBS SF) — An 18-year-old University of California, Merced student who stabbed four people with a hunting knife before he was killed by police on campus in November was inspired by the Islamic...
View ArticleCounterterrorism Experts Say California Attacks Show ISIS Expanding Reach Via...
FRESNO (CBS/AP) — Law enforcement officials believe the San Bernardino massacre and a stabbing attack on a California college campus were done by lone wolves inspired by the Islamic State group, and...
View ArticleGunman Called 911 During Nightclub Massacre To Pledge Allegiance to ISIS
ORLANDO Fla. (CBS/AP) — A law enforcement official confirmed to CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton that Orlando nightclub shooting suspect Omar Mateen called 911 and declared his...
View ArticlePro-ISIS Video Calls For Terrorist Attacks In San Francisco, Las Vegas
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Iconic, Bay Area images took center stage in a new pro-ISIS video. That video is calling for attacks on San Francisco and Las Vegas. The video surfaced yesterday and it...
View ArticleUC Berkeley Sophomore Killed In Bangladesh Terrorist Attack
BERKELEY (CBS/AP/BCN) — A 19-year-old student at the University of California at Berkeley was among the 20 people reportedly killed in an attack at a bakery Friday in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Tarishi Jain....
View ArticleIslamic State Attackers Take Hostages, Kill Priest Inside Church In France
SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (AP) — Two attackers slit the throat of an 85-year-old priest celebrating Mass in a French church, killing him and gravely injuring one of the few worshippers present...
View ArticleTwitter Suspends 235,000 More Accounts Linked To Terrorism
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Twitter announced that its efforts to thwart users threatening or promoting terrorism from using the service have led to 235,000 accounts being suspended. The San...
View ArticleISIS Opposition Gains Momentum On Twitter As Pro-ISIS Accounts Decline
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Using algorithms and network analysis tools, a new study found that opponents of ISIS are taking to Twitter to denounce the notorious terrorist group’s violent messages....
View ArticleGOP Congressman: Kaepernick’s Anthem Protest ‘Sympathetic To ISIS’
(CBS SF) — The refusal by San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick to stand for the national anthem before games is “activism that is sympathetic to ISIS,” according to a Republican congressman from Iowa....
View ArticleIslamic State Claims Suspect In Minnesota Stabbing Rampage Was ISIS ‘Soldier’
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (CBS/AP) — A man in a private security uniform stabbed nine people at a Minnesota shopping mall, reportedly mentioning Allah and asking at least one victim if they were Muslim before...
View ArticleAmal Clooney: “Don’t Let Islamic State Get Away With Genocide”
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney urged Iraq and the world’s nations on Thursday not to let the Islamic State extremist group “get away with genocide.” The wife of actor George...
View ArticleLondon Attacker Identified; Islamic State Group Claims Responsibility
LONDON (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Thursday for an attack by a man who plowed an SUV into pedestrians on one of London’s famous bridges and then stabbed a police officer to...
View ArticleUS Military: Errant Airstrike Kills 18 Allied Fighters In Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military says a misdirected airstrike this week killed 18 allied fighters battling the Islamic State group in northern Syria. U.S. Central Command said Thursday that coalition...
View ArticleU.S. Drops ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ On ISIS Target In Afghanistan
(CBS News) — The U.S. dropped a bomb with an explosive force equal to 11 tons of TNT on a cave complex used by the Afghanistan branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Thursday, the...
View ArticleReport: 36 ISIS Fighters, 1 Commander Killed In ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ U.S Attack
(CBS News) — The U.S. military is defending its use of the biggest conventional bomb ever deployed on the battlefield to take out a cave complex in an area where most of the ISIS fighters in...
View ArticleManchester Police Name Concert Bomber; Children Among 22 Dead
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Investigators hunted Tuesday for possible accomplices of the suicide bomber who attacked an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, killing 22 people and sparking a stampede of...
View ArticleDuterte Declares Martial Law In Southern Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman says he has declared martial rule in the country’s south for 60 days and will cut short a trip to Moscow and return home to...
View ArticlePentagon: US Shoots Down Syrian Aircraft For First Time
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Sunday shot down a Syrian Air Force fighter jet that bombed local forces aligned with the Americans in the fight against Islamic State militants, an action that...
View ArticleFBI Arrests Hawaii-Based Soldier On Terror Charges
HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. official says that an active duty Army soldier has been arrested by the FBI in Hawaii on terrorism charges. The official says that the solder was arrested because of connections...
View ArticleOakland Man Indicted For Allegedly Aiding ISIS
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – A 22-year-old Oakland man, who allegedly met with undercover agents to plan a potential terrorist attack, has been charged with attempting to set-up social media accounts for ISIS,...
View ArticleLafayette Man Dies in Barcelona Terrorist Attack
LAFAYETTE (CBS SF & AP) — The father of a Bay Area man who was missing following the deadly rampage in Barcelona confirmed Friday his son had died in the terrorist attack. Dan Tucker told KPIX 5...
View ArticleBarcelona Victim’s Wife Searches For Good Samaritan
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS & AP) — The wife of the Lafayette man killed in last week’s Barcelona attack says she’s trying to find a waiter who may have been be the last person to see her husband alive....
View ArticleOakland Man Pleads Not Guilty To Supporting ISIS
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A 22-year-old Oakland man pleaded not guilty in federal court in San Francisco Wednesday to charges that included attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist...
View ArticleUber: Suspect In NYC Terror Attack Was Driver With Ridesharing Service
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Bay Area ridesharing giant Uber confirmed late Tuesday night that Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, the suspect in a terror attack that left eight people dead and more than a...
View ArticleNYC Truck Attack Suspect Charged With Terrorism Offenses
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors brought terrorism charges Wednesday against the Uzbek immigrant accused in the truck rampage that left eight people dead, saying he was spurred to attack by the...
View ArticleGrand Jury Indicts Suspect In San Francisco Pier 39 Terror Plot
FRESNO (CBS SF) — The Modesto man who was arrested three days before Christmas for allegedly planning a terror attack on San Francisco’s Pier 39 was indicted by a grand jury Thursday in U.S District...
View ArticleSuspect Pleads Not Guilty In San Francisco Pier 39 Terror Plot Case
FRESNO (CBS SF/AP) — The Modesto man suspected of plotting a Christmas Day terror attack at San Francisco’s Pier 39 pleaded not guilty to federal charges Friday. Everitt Aaron Jameson entered the not...
View ArticleNorthern California Man Accused Of Trying To Join Islamic State
NEW YORK (AP) — An American citizen from Northern California who was radicalized by online propaganda traveled overseas to try to join a branch of the Islamic State group in Libya, U.S. prosecutors...
View ArticleExtremist Slain After Deadly Rampage In Southern France
TREBES, France (AP) — A gun-wielding extremist unleashed bloodshed in a quiet corner of southern France on Friday, killing three people as he hijacked a car, opened fire on police and took hostages in...
View ArticleDeadly Paris Knife Attack Claimed by ISIS
PARIS (AP) — A knife-wielding assailant killed one person and injured four others in a lively neighborhood near Paris’ famed Opera Garnier before he was killed by police Saturday night. The Islamic...
View ArticleOakland Man Pleads Guilty To Trying To Help Terrorists
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An East Bay man who allegedly used social media to promote the Islamic State group has pleaded guilty to federal charges of attempting to support a terrorist organization....
View ArticleISIS Sympathizer Sentenced To 15 Years For Planning Pier 39 Attack
FRESNO (CBS SF) — A Modesto man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Monday for attempting to provide material support to ISIS and plotting a terrorist attack on San Francisco’s Pier 39. U.S....
View ArticleUS Officials: Iraqi Refugee Arrested In Sacramento Was Part Of Terror Group
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A refugee from Iraq was arrested Wednesday in Sacramento on a warrant alleging that he killed an Iraqi policeman while fighting for the Islamic State organization. Omar Ameen Omar...
View ArticleUndercover Video Shows Accused ISIS Supporter Plotting Berkeley Attack
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — An East Bay man who admitted to setting up social media for ISIS will go before a judge Monday for the punishment phase of his case that brought federal charges against him of...
View ArticleJudge Postpones Sentencing Of Oakland Man Convicted In ISIS Terror Plots
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The sentencing of an Oakland man who pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization was continued Monday until Jan. 8, according to a...
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