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March 17, 2021

Ex-Massachusetts biotech firm director allegedly lied to FBI about buying castor beans to extract toxin ricin

The former researcher director of a Massachusetts biotechnology firm was indicted on federal charges Tuesday after allegedly purchasing several hundred castor oil plant seeds online, researching how to extract from them the deadly toxin ricin – and then lying to FBI agents saying he just wanted to use them to grow "decorative" house plants.

March 17, 2021

3 South Carolina officers sentenced in FBI fake cartel sting

Three more ex-South Carolina law enforcement officers have been sentenced to federal prison following an FBI operation in which agents posed as Mexican drug cartel members.

March 17, 2021

Michigan man, 21, threatened Biden, Pelosi, Whitmer, authorities say

A western Michigan man was arraigned Tuesday with allegedly making death threats against President Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to reports.

March 16, 2021

Ex-Marine released from Iranian jail in 2016 fights espionage claims

After Amir Hekmati was released from Iranian custody in a 2016 deal trumpeted as a diplomatic breakthrough, he was declared eligible for $20 million in compensation from a special U.S. government fund.

March 15, 2021

Nashville bomber driven by conspiracies, paranoia: FBI

Investigators chased down hundreds of tips and leads but used DNA evidence to determine the suspect.

March 15, 2021

Dems' claims of GOP 'recon tours' before Capitol riots fail to generate evidence 2 months later

It’s been two months since several House Democrats accused unnamed Republican colleagues of aiding Jan. 6 rioters by providing them with tours of the U.S. Capitol before the chaos – but no proof has come to light yet to back up those claims.

March 14, 2021

Capitol rioter charged with assaulting DC officer buried stolen police badge in NY backyard: FBI

An upstate New York man has been charged with assaulting DC Metropolitan Police Officer (MPD) Mike Fanone outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, robbing him of his police badge and taking it back to his home in Buffalo, where he allegedly buried it in his backyard.

March 10, 2021

Anti-Cuomo billboard takes swipe at NY governor’s rumored 'nipple rings'

New billboard messages demanding Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s impeachment appeared in Albany on Tuesday — with one mocking the nipple rings that appeared to jut out under his official state shirt last year.

March 9, 2021

FBI releases new video of bomb suspect who targeted RNC and DNC

The FBI released new video Tuesday of the person suspected of placing pipe bombs at the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee the night before the Capitol riot. 

March 9, 2021

FBI agents sought cache of fabled Civil War-era gold at Pennsylvania dig site, government emails show

FBI agents were looking for an extremely valuable cache of fabled Civil War-era gold — possibly tons of it — when they excavated a remote woodland site in Pennsylvania three years ago this month, according to government emails and other recently released documents in the case.