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Tennessee man arrested with 5 pipe bombs

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The probation officer and an accompanying Marion County Sheriff’s deputy paid Christopher Owens, who turned 32 that day, a visit at his Allen Lane home in Kimball at around 4:00 p.m. on Monday.  When they searched his bedroom, they allegedly found the homemade bombs. Owens, who was convicted of committing theft over $1,000, was home with his girlfriend and a child  The police chief said that the devices, which were filled with black powder, were not that potent. “I don’t think they were powerful enough to hurt anyone else, but they were a danger to the people in that home,” he said. Owens was charged with eight counts of reckless endangerment because there were eight people living in the home, Allison said. In addition to reckless endangerment, Owens was charged with felony possession of a firearm, kidnapping, domestic assault, possession of explosive components and drug possession, according to Allison. It was not immediately clear if Owens ...

Trump lashes out at UCLA Players

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LiAngelo Ball, along with two other players, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, were arrested last week on suspicion of stealing sunglasses from a Louis Vuitton store while their team was in the Chinese city of Hangzhou. Trump had said he personally asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to intervene in the case. President Donald Trump on Sunday shot back at Lavar Ball, the father of one of the UCLA basketball players arrested in China, for belittling the President's role in the students' release. "Now that the three basketball players are out of China and saved from years in jail, LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal," Trump tweeted. "I should have left them in jail!" Later Sunday evening, the President tweeted again, saying, "Shoplifting is a very big deal in China, as it should be (5-10 years in jail), but not to father LaVar. Should have gotten his son out during m...

Dallas man threatening to kill 'all white police' arrested

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The Secret Service was notified to be on the lookout for the man who had "reportedly traveled to Washington, D.C., for the purpose" of carrying out the alleged threat, according to a statement.  The Secret Service said they were tipped off by Montgomery County, Maryland, Police Department. The suspect, of Dallas, was taken into custody and charged with making felony threats. He was not armed with a weapon at the time of his arrest.