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Health & Medicine
Hospital bomb accused was ‘lone wolf,’ court hears
(BBC) A man who was stopped by a member of the public from detonating a bomb outside a hospital has been described in court as a “self-radicalised lone wolf terrorist.” Mohammad Farooq, 28, planned to “kill as many nurses as possible” at […]
Government & Politics
Qasim Rashid announces bid for Congress
(Prince William Times) Human rights lawyer and former Democratic candidate for Virginia state Senate Qasim Rashid announced Monday his bid to represent Virginia’s 1st District in the U.S. Congress. Rep. Rob Wittman, a Republican, has held the seat since 2007. Rashid, 37, […]
Government & Politics
Rep. Omar called for lighter sentence for men who tried to join ISIS
(Jewish Journal) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) called for a more lenient sentence for nine Somalian men in Minnesota who were convicted of attempting to join ISIS in November 2016. Omar, then a Minnesota assemblymember-elect, wrote in a letter to the judge presiding […]