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RTÉ News
3 days ago
- Politics
- RTÉ News
Man attacks Colorado crowd with firebombs, 6 people injured
Six people were injured when a 45-year-old man yelled "Free Palestine" and threw incendiary devices into a crowd in Boulder, Colorado where a demonstration to remember the Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza was taking place, US authorities said. FBI special agent in charge of the Denver Field Office Mark Michalek said there were six victims, aged between 67 and 88 years old, who were transported to hospitals. "As a result of these preliminary facts, it is clear that this is a targeted act of violence and the FBI is investigating this as an act of terrorism," he said. Mr Michalek named the suspect as Mohamed Soliman, aged 45, who was hospitalised shortly after the attack FBI Director Kash Patel also described the incident as a"targeted terror attack," and Colorado Attorney General PhilWeiser said it appeared to be "a hate crime given the group that was targeted." We are aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado. Our agents and local law enforcement are on the scene already, and we will share updates as more information becomes available. @FBI — FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) June 1, 2025 Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn said he did not believe anyone else was involved. "We're fairly confident we have the lone suspect in custody," he said. "This was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in downtown Boulder onPearl Street and this act was unacceptable," Mr Redfearn said at an earlier press conference. "I ask that you join me in thinking about the victims, the families of those victims, and everyone involved in this tragedy." The incident comes amid heightened tensions in the UnitedStates over Israel's war in Gaza, which has spurred both an increase in antisemitic hate crime as well as moves by conservative supporters of Israel led by President Donald Trumpto brand pro-Palestinian protests as antisemitic. His administration has detained protesters of the war without charge and cut off funding to elite U.S. universities that have permitted such demonstrations. Brooke Coffman, a 19-year-old at the University of Colorado who witnessed the Boulder incident, said she saw four women lying or sitting on the ground with burns on their legs. One of them appeared to have been badly burned on most of her body and had been wrapped in a flag by someone, she said. She described seeing a man whom she presumed to be the attacker standing in the courtyard shirtless, holding a glass bottle of clear liquid and shouting. "Everybody is yelling, 'get water, get water,'" Coffmansaid. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a prominent JewishDemocrat, said he was closely monitoring the situation. "This is horrifying, and this cannot continue. We must stand up to antisemitism." The attack follows last month's arrest of a Chicago-born man in the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington DC. Someone opened fire on a group of people leaving an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee, an advocacy group that fights antisemitism and supports Israel. The shooting fueled polarization in the United States over the war in Gaza between supporters of Israel and pro-Palestiniandemonstrators. Colorado Governor Jared Polis posted on social media that it was "unfathomable that the Jewish community is facing another terror attack here in Boulder."
Fox News
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Elon Musk looks back on 100 days of DOGE and more top headlines
1. Elon Musk looks back on 100 days of DOGE 2. Graduates go wild for Trump's commencement pledge 3. Steve Doocy announces new coast-to-coast hosting role MIXED 'SIGNAL' – Vance breaks down why Trump official was removed then got 'promotion' just hours later. Continue reading … 'OUT OF CONTROL' – Trump issues scathing post suggesting expulsion of Dems for 'REAL crimes.' Continue reading … READ ID REJECTION – Americans forced to obtain new required license are putting their foot down. Continue reading … 'HAULING THESE PEOPLE' – Troopers suspected 'Maryland man' of human smuggling during traffic stop. Continue reading … COLD COMFORT – Parents outraged after seeing how son's killer is living: 'How is this justice?' Continue reading … -- 'FIGHTING THE FAKE NEWS' – DHS debunks media claims of immigration enforcement at elementary schools. Continue reading … 'ILLEGITIMATE IMPEDIMENTS' – DOJ takes aim at four blue states over their climate laws. Continue reading … 'CELEBRATING OUR VICTORIES' – Trump designates days to commemorate the end of both World Wars. Continue reading … 'UNACHIEVABLE' – Congress takes on California's scheduled gas car ban. Continue reading … 'THAT SCARES ME' – Jewish Democrat sounds alarm as party defends deportation targets with antisemitic views. Continue reading … THE WRONG SIDE – Homan dares Dems to keep supporting deported migrant. Continue reading … 'FALSE NARRATIVE' – Bill Belichick dispute with CBS latest editing controversy the network faces. Continue reading … NOT 'HEROES' BUT 'COWARDS' – Blue state parents unload on liberal lawmakers over gender bill, triggering changes. Continue reading … SEC MARCO RUBIO – Alien Enemies Act exists to protect Americans, defend against Tren de Aragua and others. Continue reading … KELLYANNE CONWAY – 25 ridiculous mistakes Democrats have made (so far) in 2025. Continue reading … -- ROYAL RUMBLE – Prince William can't strip sister-in-law's royal title, but using it may come at a price. Continue reading … CRITICAL CONDITION – Pirates fan who flipped over wall identified as former college football player. Continue reading … DIGITAL NEWS QUIZ – Who's accused of helping an illegal immigrant evade ICE? How did Katy Perry roar? Take the quiz here … 'PANDEMIC IN PLAIN SIGHT' – A common killer bug is endangering Americans, doctors warn. Continue reading … TAKES HIM DOWN – Barefoot man wrangles large alligator on Florida highway. See video … BRETT VELICOVICH – Hegseth orders sweeping Army transformation as China threat looms 'behind-the-scenes.' See video … REP. MIKE HARIDOPOLOS – GOP hopes to move toward 'long-term balanced budget' with Trump agenda bill. See video … What's it looking like in your neighborhood? Continue reading… Thank you for making us your first choice in the morning! We'll see you in your inbox first thing Monday.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Schumer says he wrote his new book on antisemitism in America 'particularly to the left'
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said that he wrote his new book about the surge in antisemitism in the United States for multiple audiences but "particularly to the left." The Jewish Democrat told the co-hosts of "The View" Tuesday that he felt a special responsibility to address the left's disturbing embrace of antisemitism in his book "Antisemitism in America: A Warning." "Me being a progressive Democrat, I thought I ought to talk to people on the left, that you can't be antisemitic and you're sliding into it. When you say 'by any means necessary,' does that mean kill all the Jews?" Schumer asked, referencing the slogan displayed on countless signs at anti-Israel protests across the country. Sunny Hostin Scolds Chuck Schumer That He 'Caved' On Shutdown Fight "When you say 'genocide,' a vicious term… people may not feel Israel did it the right way, but it's not genocide [in Gaza]. It's Hamas who does genocide and wanted to kill all the Jews wherever they are," he said. Schumer said that antisemitism had been creeping into the United States after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and 2008 financial crisis – with conspiracy theories that Jews were tipped off to the attacks and accusations that Jewish bankers caused the crash, respectively – but it exploded into the mainstream after Hamas' barbaric Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Read On The Fox News App "A Jewish bakery, they throw a rock through their window, 'You're a Zionist.' There's a woman who lives near me, she's head of the Brooklyn museum, she's Jewish, she has nothing to do with Israel, they painted red paint all over her house. People who wore yarmulkes or Jewish Stars, they were punched and vilified," he said, giving examples of what he called "real antisemitism." 'Safer Without Him': Columbia Student Claims Classmate Arrested By Ice 'Hates America' According to the latest available federal data, antisemitic hate crimes surged in 2023 with anti-Jewish attacks being the leading category of religiously-based hate crimes. There were almost 5,000 anti-Jewish attacks recorded by the FBI. Schumer listed four other audiences he wrote his book for and added that President Donald Trump should read the book, too. "Trump treats Jews [in a way that's] sort of transactional… but he doesn't understand what Jewish people are like, and he does things that could lead to antisemitism," he article source: Schumer says he wrote his new book on antisemitism in America 'particularly to the left'
