The U.S. Homeland Security Department in 2010 identified a terrorist plan to contaminate salad bars and buffets at restaurants and hotels with lethal materials, CBS News reported.
The US government is creating a vast domestic spying network to collect information about Americans in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks and subsequent terror plots, said a Washington Post report.
An explosive device was found today under a subway-car seat in Rome and bomb-disposal experts were examining whether it was an attempted Christmas season terror attack, said an AP report.
After a failed terrorism plot in October, where bombs were shipped through UPS cargo planes, the company is making changes, and it comes during the busiest shipping time of year.