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Columbia River Money Discovery: Boy finds D.B. Cooper ransom cash; damaged $20 bills later auctioned

In 1980, an eight-year-old boy stumbled upon deteriorated packets of D.B. Cooper's ransom money, which had been part of a notorious $200,000 ransom linked to a 1971 hijacking. Investigators verified that the discovered bills originated from three packets handed over to Cooper. Numerous theories regarding the riverbank's connection to the…

The Times of India · Sep 16

Trump Shooter Thomas Crooks Was Cremated by Anonymous Donor After Buying Rifle Parts Under 'Bob Dole' Name

FBI records turned over to the US Senate reveal an unidentified donor paid to cremate Trump shooter Thomas Crooks just 10 days after Butler, a rushed disposal that alarmed lawmakers.

International Business Times UK · Sep 16

Kash Patel says FBI won’t automatically reject some applicants over prostitution, bestiality. Here’s the catch

FBI Director Kash Patel defended a controversial policy shift that allows victims of prostitution and bestiality to apply for positions, facing backlash from Democrats at a Senate hearing. Tensions flared as Patel addressed concerns over agent dismissals and election day strategies. He reaffirmed that the reforms were designed to prevent…

The Economic Times · Sep 16

Trump AG Todd Blanche had some sweaty, non-reassuring words for Americans as he played Karoline Leavitt

ANALYSIS: The awkward lawyer attempted to deflect questions on the president, AI, Iran and the Supreme Court — and made everything a lot worse, writes Holly Baxter

The Independent UK · Sep 15

FBI had one key hiring policy changed. GOP Senator grills Kash Patel for the reason: ‘What planet did you parachute in from?’

Patel says, "We have great canines."

We Got This Covered · Sep 15

Kash Patel’s bizarre Senate hearing somehow landed on ‘victims’ of bestiality

ANALYSIS: In one of the strangest Trump administration appearances yet, Patel made jokes about canines and had to clarify he is not ‘into’ animal sex before getting into a yelling match with a Democratic senator about the midterms, writes Holly Baxter

The Independent UK · Sep 15

How To Get Your Government File

The Freedom of Information Act gives Americans the right to see what records the government has on any subject—including you.

Reason · Sep 15

Pennsylvania Man Charged After FBI Seizes Rifle and 190 Rounds in Alleged ISIS Plot

Jonathan Hunter Kramer, 21, has been charged in Pennsylvania after FBI agents allegedly seized a rifle, magazines and about 190 rounds of ammunition during an investigation into a suspected ISIS-inspired attack plot.

International Business Times UK · Sep 15

Iranian state actors targeting UK dissidents, activists and journalists with spyware

Iranian agents used social engineering tricks such as fake MRI test results to lure victims in, the NCSC said

The Independent UK · Sep 15

Bobby Seale to reissue 'Seize the Time' and publish new memoir 'I, Bobby'

Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, is reissuing his 1970 memoir "Seize the Time" as he approaches his 90th birthday

The Independent UK · Sep 15