Legal

Texan captured in Syria brought back to U.S., charged with trying to aid ISIS Warren Christopher Clark was captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces earlier this month and transferred to U.S. custody this week.

(NBC) Warren Christopher Clark, a Texas man recently captured with ISIS fighters in Syria, has been brought back to the U.S. by law enforcement and faces charges of aiding ISIS. Clark was captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces, a largely Kurdish militia, […]

Children & Teens

Community leaders work to head off anti-Muslim backlash as Kingston terror arrests wind up political debate Groups want to send message that terror plot allegations have nothing to do with Islam

(CBC) Community leaders are working to calm fears and find ways to prevent an anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant backlash in the wake of two arrests related to an alleged terrorist plot in Kingston, Ont. — yet the probe already has touched off a political […]

Children & Teens

RCMP charge Kingston, Ont., youth with terror-related offence after security probe 20-year-old man also arrested Thursday was later released without charge

(CBC) The RCMP’s national security team has arrested and charged an Ontario youth with a terrorism-related offence, the police force said Friday following an investigation in Kingston, Ont. Police have laid two charges against the young person, who is accused of knowingly facilitating a […]

Government & Politics

Omar, Tlaib come under fire from GOP

(Hill) Freshman Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, are drawing fire from Republicans in their first weeks since taking office. House GOP leaders condemned the appointment of Omar, a Minnesota progressive, […]