Sen. Schumer Proposes $25,000 Reward For Social Media Terrorism Tips
Sen. Charles Schumer is introducing legislation requiring a $25,000 reward for information generated through social media that helps thwart a terror attack.
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Sen. Charles Schumer is introducing legislation requiring a $25,000 reward for information generated through social media that helps thwart a terror attack.
More than 800 people who were being held hostage by terrorist group Boko Haram were freed by Nigerian troops Tuesday, the army said.
American researchers have developed a new device to detect a powerful homemade explosive.
One Frenchman has been arrested in the "advanced stages" of a terrorist attack, France's interior minister said Thursday.
A Manhattan congresswoman said Monday that current law is making it easy for terrorists to hide funds right in the U.S.
Trump is now reversing the course, saying he would follow international guidelines.
The New York Democrat formally announced his support Sunday for the Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015.
Meanwhile, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson also announced modifications to the National Terrorism Advisory System.
New York City schools were among many districts around the country to receive an email terror threat Tuesday, but police have determined it not to be credible.
"It is sheer madness what we are doing now," Cuomo said. "You can be a suspected terrorist, and it is not illegal to possess a firearm or explosives."
The Democratic governor said that his order would make Connecticut the first state to do so and that state officials are working with the federal government to get access to the lists.
In a rare Oval Office address, President Barack Obama on Sunday night urged Americans to not give into fear following attacks in Paris and California
"We can no longer sit back and say, 'I condemn this thing,'" Imam Isa Abdul Kareem of the Ta-Ha Masjid mosque in Roosevelt said. "It is just not enough anymore."
Terror experts point out that social media campaigns by ISIS and other terror groups are so effective that 50 people every day enlist in their radical cause.
David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI's Los Angeles office, made the declaration at a news conference Friday in California.
Following the terrorist attacks in Paris, security in New York City has been heightened throughout the metropolitan area as experts try to determine the nature of threats from ISIS and other Jihadist groups.
The U.S. State Department issued a worldwide travel alert Monday, warning U.S. citizens of possible travel risks due to terrorist threats.
A new CBS News poll found that concerns about a terror attack have risen – and that more respondents are worried about poor anti-terrorism laws than civil liberties.
Police in the area have stepped up security at large gatherings and have geared up mobile response teams to keep would-be terrorists off guard.
New Jersey Sen. Robert Mendendez says he won't back a bill passed by the House last week aimed at tightening controls of refugees coming from Syria and Iraq.
The bill Schumer is backing was initially proposed by former President George W. Bush in 2007. It would close a loophole Schumer calls the "terror gap."
It's preparation for any potential attacks against the city and was planned before the Paris attacks.
"Mayor de Blasio should worry more about trying to get something done in the city of New York to make it safer than he should worry about criticizing anybody else," the Republican presidential candidate said.
Multiple school districts in the Tri-State Area have called off school field trips in the interest of safety following the Paris terror attacks.
One week after the Paris terror attacks Friday, New Yorkers said they were not about to be intimidated by the threat of terrorism.
