Authorities say a hazardous materials response team was called when an air cargo container holding radioactive material was punctured at a remote freight facility near Los Angeles International Airport.Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department says no one was
Federal lawmakers, in a response to reports by the 2 Investigators, are calling on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to find out if there is a problem with Pyrex. CBS 2 Investigator Pam Zekman reports.
An "eco-terrorist" convicted of plotting to blow up or firebomb government and commercial buildings across California was on Thursday jailed for nearly 20 years, justice officials said.Eric McDavid, 29, who was found guilty in March on conspiracy to damage or
Foreign terrorist groups have developed sophisticated Internet recruitment and marketing campaigns, increasing the threat of home-grown terrorism, a Senate committee said in a report released Thursday."The use of the Internet by al-Qaeda and other violent Islamist extremist groups has expanded
The U.S. military denied Friday that the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq — Abu Ayyub al-Masri — had been captured, saying instead that a man with a similar name was arrested in the northern city of Mosul.Iraqi authorities on
The RCMP is investigating seven suspected terrorist plots so disturbing they "keep me awake at night," the senior Mountie for national security disclosed yesterday.Assistant Commissioner Mike McDonell said the cases are "spread right across the country" and each is comparable
There are new developments in the Lambert security breach.Two security officers are suspended without pay after a homeless man slipped by them early Wednesday morning at a vehicle checkpoint.The guards work for Whalen Security- the company's president, Greg Twardowski, told
An Islamic convert facing terrorism charges was re-arrested after trying to walk out of his own trial Tuesday - saying simply that "I'm outta here" - after telling the court he wouldn't recognize Canadian law.The 20-year-old, who can't be identified
13 Investigates an explosive issue: Dangerous chemicals in the hands of teens. The FBI says it can't stop kids from getting a recipe for disaster. But with public support authorities can help keep teens from creating a deadly mix.It's a
Four people were arrested and a school went on lockdown after a fight between black and Hispanic students raged, according to authorities.Police were sent to Locke High School shortly after 1 p.m. Friday afternoon.The fight allegedly involved some 600 students.Some
Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday in what the U.S.-backed governing coalition called "an armed and bloody coup".The United States pointed to Hezbollah's links with Tehran and Damascus and said it was
People in Waterloo are trying to figure out what sort of operation federal officials are conducting in town. This week, the Department of Homeland Security took-over and sealed-off the grounds of the National Cattle Congress on the west side of
The explosion collapsed three Victorian houses in north-west London, killing a resident in one property and leaving the intended target - 17-year-old Charlotte Anderson - in intensive care with severe burns.Miss Anderson called police 10 hours before the blast on
The national coordinator of Mexico's battle against organized crime was slain Thursday by an assassin hiding in his home in what appeared to be the latest revenge killing by one of the country's most notorious drug cartels.Edgar Millan Gomez, 41,
UPDATE:The emergency response that kicked into gear when a woman died on a crosscountry train Friday may have turned out to a false alarm.But public health officials say it was the type of rapid reaction needed to detect and contain
San Francisco public health officials are warning of an outbreak of a virus that has sickened dozens of people at the Moscone Center.About 70 people who fell ill had been at the Moscone Center between April 30 and Thursday, authorities
