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A 17- and 18-year-old gunmen opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing three people—including a mosque security guard—before dying by self-inflicted gunshots; the attack is being investigated as a hate crime, and authorities have seized more than 30 guns during related searches.
Sean McCluskie, a longtime adviser to Xavier Becerra, pleaded guilty to stealing about $225,000 from one of Becerra’s dormant campaign accounts; prosecutors say the scheme involved other consultants and an FBI sting, while Becerra has not been charged. With his gubernatorial bid under scrutiny, rivals argue the case could jeopardize his campaign and potentially help Republican contenders.
The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office released findings on the Brown University mass shooting (Dec 13, 2025) and the MIT professor’s murder in Brookline (Dec 15, 2025), concluding Claudio Manuel Neves Valente acted alone with no nexus to terrorism. Two 9mm pistols were legally purchased in Florida, and Valente had planned the attacks over several years while living a largely isolated life. The BAU aided the inquiry, determining the victims were symbolic of the shooter’s personal failures, driven by grievances and perceived injustices. He had no prior criminal history, and there is no ongoing public-safety threat, though investigators will provide updates as the investigation continues.
The FBI is examining the deaths or disappearances of at least 10 scientists connected to sensitive U.S. research in energy, defense, and aerospace, sparking a federal investigation into potential links to national-security programs and major research facilities.
The FBI has launched a broad inquiry into the deaths or disappearances of at least 10 scientists tied to highly sensitive research, including four in the Los Angeles area connected to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech. The cases, dating from 2023 to 2026, involve Michael Hicks (died 2023) and Frank Maiwald (died 2024), Monica Jacinto Reza (disappeared 2025), and Caltech astrophysicist Carl Grillmair (shot and killed in 2026), with Freddy Snyder charged in Grillmair’s murder. NASA says there’s no current national-security threat, and officials caution there’s no proven connection among the cases, though Congress is seeking more information from involved agencies.
ABC News Studios' '#SKYKING' reexamines the 2018 Seattle Horizon Air plane theft by Richard Russell, who stole a Bombardier Q400, performed a barrel roll, and crashed on Ketron Island; the documentary uses air traffic control audio and family interviews to explore his life, economic pressures, and the personal factors leading to the incident, with authorities concluding he acted alone and died by suicide.
The FBI arrested Courtney Williams, 40, of North Carolina, and a federal grand jury indicted her for allegedly transmitting classified national defense information to unauthorized recipients—including a journalist—while she worked for a U.S. Army Special Military Unit and held a Top Secret/SCI clearance; communications with the journalist from 2022–2025 helped lead to published book and article naming her with some disclosed material, and she also disclosed on social media. The case is being prosecuted under 18 U.S.C. 793(d) by AUSA Logan Liles and the National Security Division, with FBI Charlotte leading the investigation. An indictment is an accusation and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Savannah Guthrie tearfully described her family’s agony in the first interview since her mother, Nancy Guthrie, disappeared in Tucson on Feb. 1; investigators found blood on the porch and DNA on a glove, initially linked to a suspect but later attributed to a restaurant worker, and the FBI is seeking a man about 5 ft 9 in to 5 ft 10 in as the case remains active with no arrests; Guthrie plans to return to the Today show.
Fox News First highlights a broad slate of morning headlines, led by news that former counterterrorism chief Joe Kent is under FBI investigation. Other top items include a University of Alabama student reported missing in Barcelona, Trump warning of violence against Iran’s gas field, a NYC council staffer ordered deported, and the arrest of Joseph Duggar for alleged molestation, among broader political, immigration, Epstein-file, and entertainment coverage.
Former National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent is under FBI investigation for months on suspicion of leaking classified information. He resigned amid claims that Israel misled Trump into launching a war with Iran; sources say the FBI is probing leaks related to Israel and Iran and possible disclosures to Tucker Carlson, with Kent’s online activity and prior FBI clashes noted.
The FBI has opened an inquiry into Joe Kent, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center who resigned over the Iran war, for possibly leaking sensitive intelligence; the probe predates his resignation and follows a pitched political clash with Trump. Kent had argued Iran posed no imminent threat and suggested Israel influenced U.S. actions, a stance that intensified GOP divisions and drew Trump’s public rebuke, with Kent later appearing on Tucker Carlson's program.
The suspect in the West Bloomfield Township synagogue incident, Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, was killed by security guards before any mass casualties could occur; Ghazali, born in Lebanon and later a U.S. citizen, had four relatives killed in an Israeli airstrike in Mashgharah, Lebanon, on March 5. The FBI is leading the investigation amid broader regional tensions, prompting renewed security measures for U.S. Jewish communities.
A driver rammed a vehicle into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, killing the suspect as security guards confronted him inside and a fire spread through the building; a person struck by the vehicle was hospitalized and the synagogue preschool evacuated. The FBI is investigating the incident as a targeted act against the Jewish community, and the suspect has been identified as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, a Lebanese-born naturalized U.S. citizen. Authorities are reviewing the cause of death and whether explosives were involved, while security at Jewish sites has been heightened across the region.
A Lebanese-born U.S. citizen, Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, died after driving a vehicle into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, in what authorities describe as a targeted act against the Jewish community; DHS identifies Ghazali and says he became a U.S. citizen in 2016 after arriving in 2011. A Lebanese American source says Ghazali’s family was killed in a Lebanon airstrike about 10 days earlier, a claim not independently confirmed by authorities. The FBI is leading the investigation; officials noted injuries to security personnel and the area being secured, with no confirmed motive yet.
Southwest Airlines Flight 2094 from Nashville to Fort Lauderdale diverted to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after a reported security matter; the FBI says there was no credible threat, the person involved was interviewed, and no charges will be filed.