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Yesterday — 19 September 2024Main stream

21 Juveniles Charged With Making School Threats in South Carolina

19 September 2024 at 09:45
The charges are part of a sprawling investigation into more than 60 threats targeting schools in 23 counties since a mass shooting on Sept. 4 in Georgia in which four people were killed at a high school.

© Jeffrey Collins/Associated Press

South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel.
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NYC School Workers’ Families Took Disney Trip Meant for Homeless Students

18 September 2024 at 08:34
New York City school employees took their children or grandchildren to Disney World and other places through a program intended for homeless students, investigators found.

© John Raoux/Associated Press

Disney World was among the places to which New York City Department of Education employees traveled by exploiting a grant-funded program, an inquiry found.

Secret Service Scrambled After Trump’s Short Notice on Golf Outing

The agency did not sweep the area where a gunman lay in wait for the former president at his club in Florida.

© Saul Martinez for The New York Times

Law enforcement officers blocking the roads at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday.

Suspect Never Took a Shot at Trump but Hid Undetected for 12 Hours

17 September 2024 at 07:53
Ryan W. Routh was charged with two federal gun crimes a day after Secret Service agents fired on him as he pointed a rifle toward the golf course where former President Donald Trump was playing.

© Saul Martinez for The New York Times

Law enforcement officials investigated the scene outside the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., late on Sunday.

Secret Service Did Not Search Trump Golf Course Perimeter Before Gunman’s Arrest

17 September 2024 at 08:46
The agency’s acting director, Ronald L. Rowe Jr., praised his agents’ actions but conceded that there was no sweep of the course at Donald Trump’s club that a gunman had staked out.

© Saul Martinez for The New York Times

Ronald L. Rowe Jr., the Secret Service’s acting director, said that in order to handle an increasingly challenging threat environment, the agency would need Congress to provide more funding.

Trump Claims Democrats’ Language Provoked Apparent Assassination Attempt

17 September 2024 at 03:13
The authorities have not provided information about the gunman’s motive in the apparent assassination attempt on Sunday, yet former President Donald J. Trump, who has his own history of using violent language, sought to blame Democrats.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Former President Donald J. Trump during a campaign rally in Mosinee, Wis., earlier this month. Mr. Trump blamed Democrats’ “inflammatory language” for motivating a gunman arrested at one of his golf courses on Sunday.

Suspected Gunman at Trump Golf Course Said He Was Willing to Fight and Die in Ukraine

Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, told The New York Times in 2023 that he had traveled to Ukraine and wanted to recruit Afghan soldiers to fight there.

© Saul Martinez for The New York Times

Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested on Sunday in connection with what the F.B.I. described as an assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump.
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