Threats

Columbus Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Making Threats and Bomb Scares in 2021

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Yousif Mubarak, a 28-year-old Columbus man, has been handed a five-year federal prison sentence for making threats to a county judge, law enforcement, and bomb threats to schools and businesses in the area. Mubarak was convicted of seven counts of making interstate threats in a federal jury trial in August. U.S. District Judge Edmund A. Sargus Jr. sentenced him on Wednesday in federal court in Columbus. The severity of the sentence reflects the significant consequences of such threats, as stated by U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio Kenneth L. Parker. … Read more

LSU Women’s Basketball Coach Kim Mulkey Makes Bold Threats Over Unpublished Washington Post Article

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BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA – LSU women’s basketball coach, Kim Mulkey, is taking aim at a rumored article from The Washington Post, urging people to disregard its content. In a fiery four-minute statement during the March Madness games, Mulkey threatened the outlet with a lawsuit and accused the reporter involved of unethical behavior. The speculation about the Post article started when Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated tweeted about a forthcoming story. The exact nature of the article remains unknown, but Mulkey revealed that the Post had been reaching out to former players who had grievances with … Read more

California’s Climate Disclosure Laws Face Threats of Weakened Implementation Amid Business Group Opposition

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s groundbreaking laws requiring large companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related risks face potential obstacles that could allow polluters to conceal their climate impacts. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups have sued to block the laws, claiming they infringe on First Amendment rights by compelling companies to release information on climate change. Surprisingly, Governor Gavin Newsom, who signed the bills into law, is now showing resistance and seeking to water down the requirements. California became the first state to pass laws mandating standardized, public reporting of … Read more

Alarming Surge: More Than 400 Federal Judges Targeted in Threats, Highest Numbers in Years

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Washington, D.C. – The number of threats against federal judges in the United States soared in 2023, with federal investigators responding to over 400 incidents, according to statistics from the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) obtained by CBS News. The figures reveal a significant increase from previous years, with only 179 incidents investigated in 2019 and 300 in 2022. It is important to note that these statistics pertain to the number of threats that were investigated, and it is possible that individual judges received multiple threats. The targeting of federal judges gained increased attention in 2023, … Read more