Authorities Target ‘Booter’ or ‘Stresser’ Services that Facilitate Internet Attacks LOS ANGELES – The Justice Department Thursday announced the seizure of 15 internet domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services, as well as criminal charges against three defendants who facilitated the computer attack platforms. The sites, which offered what are often called “booter” or “stresser” services, allowed […]
“The Pentagon has some serious explaining to do,” said one reporter. “Now consider how many strikes go unexamined by Western media.” The last known missile launched by the U.S. during its 20-year war in Afghanistan—the August 29 drone attack in a Kabul neighborhood that killed 10 civilians—was described by Gen. Mark Milley as a “righteous strike” that targeted a parked […]
Selawik-based troopers report a fatality in a trooper-involved shooting on Thursday. Troopers report that AST responded to a burglary involving a firearm at 5:02 am on Thursday and searched the area before locating two suspects, one armed with a shotgun. At 5:40, the officer “perceived a threat” and discharged their service weapon at 26-year-old Douglas […]
The Alaska Department of Law revealed that 29-year-old Christopher John Ricker has been indicted by an Anchorage grand jury for the deaths of 68-year-old Alan Borowski and 58-year-old Linda Borowski on July 31st. It was on that date at 1:37 pm that APD patrol officers and the Anchorage Fire Department to the 16000-block of Meadow […]
Alaska State Troopers report that they are continuing the investigation into the death of an Anchorage man whose remains were found in a partially buried freezer on April 26th of this year. Fairbanks GIU, Helo 2, Glennallen AST, and Tok DOT had initially responded to the scene. Troopers report that the State Medical examiner’s office […]
At 2:11 am on Saturday morning, Anchorage police patrol officers and Anchorage Fire Department personnel responded to a report of a structure fire on the 16000-block of Meadow Creek Drive. Upon arrival, an apartment unit was found to be ablaze. Firefighters quickly put the fire out and then discovered the remains of a deceased male […]
Alaska State Troopers revealed on Thursday that they are investigating a shooting incident that occurred in Russian Mission during the early morning of Wednesday, at approximately 3:15 am, where a man suffered gunshot injuries. As the morning progressed troopers from Bethel and Saint Marys attempted to fly in with state aircraft but were hindered by […]
WASHINGTON – One of the suspects implicated in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise was a DEA informant, a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official told VOA in an emailed statement. “At times, one of the suspects in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was a confidential source to the DEA,” the official confirmed. […]
The vote was followed by a threat from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to strip committee assignments from Republicans who sit on bipartisan select committee. House Republicans drew rebuke Wednesday for their near unanimous vote against the establishment of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Why did so many […]
