A study of nearly 40 years of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil reveals that nearly a third took place in just five major urban "hot spots": New York, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
The size of the government's "no fly" list, or people who are banned from flying to or within the United States has more than doubled in the past year.
The National Consumers League (NCL) released its annual report on the top scams reported to its national Fraud Center, finding that the most frequently reported scam to NCL’s Fraud Center in 2011 involved bogus prizes and sweepstakes, with fake check scams and emotion-based pitches involving scammers posing as loved ones appearing in the top ten.
Millicent D. West, the District’s homeland security director, resigned Tuesday, citing the ongoing federal investigation that led to a guilty plea by former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr.
Bringing in 3,000 outside law enforcement officers for the Republican National Convention will require about 1,500 hotel rooms, costing about $2 million.