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Articles by Michael Balsamo

Government & Politics

US: Man impersonated agent, claimed ties to Pakistani intel

April 7, 2022 Michael Balsamo  

(AP) One of two men accused of impersonating federal agents and giving actual Secret Service agents gifts and free apartments in Washington has claimed to have ties to Pakistani intelligence and had visas showing travel to Pakistan and Iran, federal prosecutors said […]

Government & Politics

White House: Texas hostage-taker had raised no red flags

January 18, 2022 Michael Balsamo, Jake Bleiberg and Eric Tucker  

(AP) The gunman who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue in a 10-hour standoff that ended in his death was checked against law enforcement databases before entering the U.S. but raised no red flags, the White House said Tuesday. Malik […]

Interfaith

Hostages safe after Texas synagogue standoff; captor dead

January 15, 2022 Jake Bleiberg, Eric Tucker and Michael Balsamo  

(AP) A man held hostages for more than 10 hours Saturday at a Texas synagogue where he could be heard ranting in a livestream and demanding the release of a Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted of trying to kill U.S. Army officers […]

Government & Politics

Feds to seek death sentence for Boston bomber

August 20, 2020 Michael Balsamo and Alanna Durkin Richer  

(AP) The Justice Department will seek to reinstate a death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man who was convicted of carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Attorney General William Barr said Thursday. In an interview with the Associated Press, Barr said […]

Clerics & Preachers

Group: Texas naval base shooter voiced support for clerics

May 22, 2020 Juan A. Lozano, Lolita C. Baldor and Michael Balsamo  

(AP) The suspect killed during what the FBI is calling a “terrorism-related” attack at a Texas naval air base voiced support for hardline clerics, according to a group that monitors online activity of jihadists. The attack Thursday at Naval Air Station Corpus […]

Law Enforcement

FBI says Texas naval base shooting is ‘terrorism-related’

May 21, 2020 Lolita C. Baldor and Michael Balsamo  

(AP) A shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead early Thursday was being investigated as “terrorism-related,” the FBI said, but divulged few details as to why. The suspect was identified as Adam Alsahli […]

Children & Teens

US sends home nearly two dozen Saudi cadets after shooting

January 13, 2020 Eric Tucker and Michael Balsamo  

(AP) The U.S. sent home 21 Saudi military students following an investigation into a deadly shooting last month by one of their fellow trainees at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, an attack that Attorney General William Barr said was an act of […]

Internet

Saudi gunman tweeted against US before naval base shooting

December 8, 2019 Brendan Farrington and Michael Balsamo  

(AP) The Saudi gunman who killed three people at the Pensacola naval base had apparently gone on Twitter shortly before the shooting to blast U.S. support of Israel and accuse America of being anti-Muslim, a U.S. official said Sunday as the FBI […]

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