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Articlesby Sydney Vail, M.D.January 22, 2016

9mm vs. .40 Caliber

The FBI announced it was planning to swap out the .40 S and W pistols and ammunition now used by its agents and replace them with 9mm pistols and ammo. It's time to look at the real-world performance of 9mm and .40 S and W rounds in terms of wound ballistics.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 14, 2016

FBI Treating Philly Officer's Shooting as Terror Attack

Police say Yeadon resident Edward Archer told them he was acting in the name of Islam when he opened fire on Officer Jesse Hartnett's marked cruiser on Jan. 7 at a Philadelphia intersection. The officer was wounded.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 7, 2016

President Seeks to Boost FBI, ATF Staff as Part of Executive Action on Guns

The President proposed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) would both see additional staff hired to enhance background checks and to enforce gun laws.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 7, 2016

Suspect Wanted for Disarming Nebraska Officer Shoots Self on Sioux Reservation

Authorities say a man sought after assaulting and disarming a police officer shot himself as officers tried to arrest him on the Santee Sioux Indian Reservation in northeast Nebraska.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 4, 2016

In Oregon, Law Enforcement Faces Dilemma in Confronting Armed Group

The F.B.I. said in a statement that while state and local agencies would remain involved in the episode in rural Harney County, the bureau would take the lead. The law enforcement presence in the area appeared to be minimal, and no effort was made to keep the occupiers of buildings at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge from coming and going as they pleased.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 1, 2016

State's Attorney Calls in FBI to Assist in Investigation of Chicago Police Shooting

The State's Attorney in Cook County, Illinois, has asked for FBI assistance in the police shooting of a 19-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2015

Threat That Closed Down L.A. Schools Appears to Be a Hoax

The threat that prompted Los Angeles Unified School District officials to close all schools Tuesday appears to be a hoax, a U.S. congressman on the House Intelligence Committee said.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 11, 2015

San Bernardino Shooters Planned Bigger Attack, Investigators Believe

FBI agents will probably spend days searching Seccombe Lake and canvassing the neighborhood for clues after receiving a tip that the couple may have visited the area on the day of the attack, according to David Bowdich, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles field office.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 11, 2015

FBI: Texas Mohammed Cartoon Event Attacker Sent Encrypted Texts to Overseas Terrorists

“We have no idea what he said because those messages were encrypted,” Comey said. “And to this day, I can’t tell you what he said with that terrorist 109 times the morning of that attack. That is a big problem. We have to grapple with it.”

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2015

California Massacre Probed as Terrorism, FBI says

San Bernardino, CA, shooter Syed Rizwan Farook had contact with people from at least two terrorist organizations overseas, including the Al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front in Syria, a federal law enforcement official said Friday.

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