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NY Woman ‘Slits Pregnant Mother’s Throat And Cuts Baby Out Of Her Womb’

By Staff Report

A 22-year-old woman who was almost 9 months pregnant was stabbed and killed in New York earlier this week. The attacker was a friend of hers. Her baby was cut out from her womb. The baby is still alive.

Ashleigh Wade killed her pregnant friend. When the police arrived on the horrific scene she initially claimed the baby was her’s. Then she claimed that her friend attacked her and she killed her in self-defense. Ashleigh Wade also takes credit for saving the baby. She said “she wanted to save the baby”.

She is now charged with second degree murder and manslaughter. She is currently in the psych ward at Elmhurst Hospital reports Abc11.com

Photo: Ashleigh Wade from Facebook via NYpost.com

Fire Burning On Upper Floor Of John Hancock Center In Chicago

By Staff Report

UPDATE: 4:45 PM EST

A fire burning in a residence on the 50th floor of the John Hancock Center in Chicago has been put out according to the city’s fire department.

At least 6 ambulances were on scene responding to the initial situation.

One injury has been confirmed by the Chicago Fire Department via Twitter.

It is still not clear what caused the blaze.

PHEW: 50th floor Hancock fire under control per CFD. 1 injury. @cbschicago ?? pic.twitter.com/JGfyvU9IHk

— Brad Edwards (@tvbrad) November 21, 2015

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Fire at the Hancock! RT @cdossantos5: #hancocktower #chicago @ABC7Chicago @SchulteABC7 pic.twitter.com/3GHe18OLAa — Gapers Block (@gapersblock) November 21, 2015

Report Says That ISIS Has Issued Threat Against WWE Event In Atlanta On Sunday

By Staff Report

According to a report by the International Business Times, hacktivist group Anonymous has uncovered information that shows that ISIS is planning multiple attacks around the world tomorrow including one at a WWE event in Atlanta.

The International Business Times obtained a statement from Anonymous about the revelations.

“We only appeared now because our goal was to remain undercover and report everything to the right authorities and let them take all the action. But when authorities do not take action, Anonymous does. This part of the op started last Monday and has [been] and will be active 24 hours a day as long as the op is going on.”

Rise News cannot independently confirm the claims made by Anonymous.

The FBI issued a statement to WSBTV in Atlanta:

“The FBI is aware of reports of an alleged threat that includes an Atlanta, Georgia venue and event. While we take all threats seriously, we do not have specific or credible information of an attack at this time,” the FBI statement said. “We have, however, made the proper notifications as we continue to work closely with our law enforcement and private sector partners to keep our community safe.”

The International Business Times said that the shadowy hacktivist group’s reporting has indicated the following location and events as potential targets for ISIS attacks tomorrow.

Direct from the International Business Times:

“-Cigales Electroniques with Vocodecks, RE-Play & Rawtor at Le Bizen (Paris

-Concrete Invites Drumcode: Adam Beyer, Alan Fitzpatrick, Joel Mull at Concrete (Paris)

-Demonstration by Collectif du Droit des Femmes (Paris)

-Feast of Christ the King celebrations (Rome/Worldwide)

-Al-Jihad, One Day One Juz (Indonesia)

-Five Finger Death Punch (Milan)

-University Pastoral Day (Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon)”

A local TV reporter in Atlanta questioned the validity of the report however:

#Anonymous admitting supposed #ISIS threat at #WWE #atlanta may just be someone online offering suggestions. No credible threat says #FBI.

— Randy Travis (@RandyTravisFox5) November 21, 2015

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Brussels Under Highest Possible Level Of Alert Due To Fear Over “Imminent” Attack

By Staff Report

UPDATE – Nov, 23rd 2:25 PM EST – Brussels will remain on the highest alert level and maintain security measures that have severely disrupted normal life in the city until at least Monday as it faces an “imminent” threat of attack, Belgium’s prime minister said Monday.

Police said an explosive belt had been found in the southern Paris suburb of Montrouge. The explosive belt was found without a detonator by a street cleaner.

Police have taken the explosive device to its lab for an extensive investigation.

UPDATE – NOV, 22nd 6:45 PM EST – Police say 16 people arrested in 19 police operations around Belgium; Paris fugitive still at large.

WATCH LIVE – 6:40 PM EST: Press conference on Belgium anti-terror raids.

Brussels has been placed on the highest level of alert by Belgium officials due to fear of an “serious and imminent” terrorist attack there.

The metro in Brussels has also been closed due to security fears and people are being told to stay away from large public gatherings.

“The advice for the population is to avoid places where a lot of people come together like shopping centres, concerts, events or public transport stations wherever possible,” a spokesman for the government’s crisis centre said according to the Guardian.

Brussels among many other distinctions also houses the European Union.

We will update this story. Stay with Rise News.

#BREAKING Brussels metro closed due to terror alert: official

— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) November 21, 2015

Islamic Terrorists Behead Malaysian Kidnap Victim After Not Receiving Ransom Money

By Rich Robinson

Filipino based Islamic extremists beheaded a Malaysian man they had held hostage for six months after a large ransom demand was not paid to return the man to his home.

The man, identified as Bernard Then Ted Fen according to an AP report was kidnapped back in May with another man at a seafood restaurant in the city of Sandakan in the Malaysian state of Sabah.

Militants from Abu Sayyaf, a ISIS sworn (and formerly al-Qaeda) linked Islamic extremism organization based in the Philippines carried out the kidnapping and execution in a move that is not usual for the group.

Then’s beheading is reportedly the first the group has ever carried out against a Malaysian.

From the AP:

“The United States and the Philippines have listed the Abu Sayyaf as a terrorist organization for kidnappings, beheadings, extortion and bomb attacks. The al-Qaida-linked militants have been weakened but have survived more than a decade of U.S.-backed offensives.

The Abu Sayyaf has been suspected of kidnappings two Canadians, a Norwegian and a Filipina from a marina in the south in September. Militants who identified themselves in an online video as belonging to the Abu Sayyaf have demanded more than $60 million for the release of the three foreigners.”

Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado, commander of the Joint Task Group Sulu, told GMA News Online (a Filipino news organization) that Then was buried soon after he was executed.

“Accordingly, the body was immediately buried in the vicinity where they beheaded the victim,” Arrojado told GMA News Online.

There are also indications that the beheading might have been precipitated by a military assault against the group.

“It appears that the beheading pushed through almost simultaneously with the bombardment and rocket fires,” Arrojado told GMA News Online

Arrojado also said that Filipino troops are actively searching for the terrorists who adopted the flag of ISIS in late 2014.

Stay with Rise News as we follow this developing story.

Latest In Paris As Panic Grips Area Around Terror Memorial Scene

By Staff Report

Sky News previously reported that gun shots were heard in central Paris. However CNN is reporting that according to a police spokesman the panic was a false alarm.

Meanwhile the AP has reported that Iraq warned the United States and other nations of a “imminent assault before the Paris attacks took place.

Stay with Rise News as we follow this developing story.

BREAKING: AP NewsBreak: Iraq warned US-led coalition countries of imminent assault before Paris attacks .

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 15, 2015

Heavily Armed Police Gathering Outside Of Pullman Hotel In Paris Due To False Alarm

By Staff Report

UPDATE: 1:17 PM EST: Death toll in Paris attacks rises to 132 after three die: hospitals. AFP reported.

UPDATE: 1:15 PM EST:

Turkey foiled major Istanbul terror plot on same day as Paris attacks, official says. AFP reported.

UPDATE: 1:10 PM EST:
French police say crowd at Republique Plaza apparently panicked after hearing firecrackers.

Channel 4 just a minute ago. #ParisAttacks pic.twitter.com/gscxD5GITn

— Rick Sanchez C-132 (@El_MUERkO) November 15, 2015

UPDATE: 4:20 PM EST.

French interior ministry spokesman told Reuters that the police action at the Pullman Hotel and around the Eiffel Tower was a false alarm.

A Fox News reporter in the Pullman Hotel in Paris had previously reported that heavily armed police are gathering outside the hotel.

The reporter, Steve Harrigan is also reporting that some police were going room to room.

The hotel is very close to the Eiffel Tower.

Harrigan at Pullman Hotel: “Police are now going room to room. We don’t know what’s behind this move.”#Paris @ANHQDC pic.twitter.com/4lRqLw9oEV

— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 14, 2015

Police moving outside #Pullman. Journos w/ cameras filming. Police seem unconcerned w/ camera folks. #ParisAttacks pic.twitter.com/i0tjkWF6k3 — Heather Lacy (@Heather_Lacy1) November 14, 2015

Also an NBC News reporter said that a metro station in Paris had been shut down by police. The station is also near the Eiffel Tower.

Champs de Mars metro / RER station in #Paris just closed by police, closest stop to the Eiffel Tower pic.twitter.com/LhliMcvalX

— Mike Valerio (@MikeNBC12) November 14, 2015

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5 Students Stabbed At University of California Merced, Suspect Killed By Police

By Staff Report

Updated: 1:11 PM EST
5 students were stabbed at the University of California Merced and the suspect was killed by shot dead by police.

The news came via Twitter from the university.

Update: 5 students stabbed; 2 sent out via medical helicopter; 3 treated on campus. All conscious.

— UC Merced (@ucmerced) November 4, 2015

According to CNN, two of the people stabbed were airlifted by helicopter to a nearby hospital and the other three were treated on campus.

All five of the victims are conscious.

Classes are cancelled and the campus remains closed at this hour.

The AP reports that the attack occurred just before 8 AM PST.

The incident occurred in front of the Classroom and Office Building.

Police advise people to avoid coming to campus for the rest of the day.

A statement by the university asks students who are seeking counseling to call 209-228-4266 to schedule an appointment or to talk with a counselor over the phone.

More to come. Stay with Rise News as we continue to cover this developing story.

Cover Photo Credit: Justin/ Flickr (CC By 2.0)

Military Blimp On The Loose And Drifting Over Pennsylvania

By Staff Report

Update: 3:35 PM EST

A Baltimore TV station is reporting that the blimp is on the ground in an unpopulated area of Millville Pennsylvania.

From WBAL:

“Around 3:15 p.m., NORAD officials told WBAL-TV 11 News reporter Kim Dacey that the blimp was on the ground in an unpopulated area of Millville, Pennsylvania.”

The Baltimore Sun is reporting that a military blimp has come loose from its mooring in Maryland and is now drifting over Pennsylvania.

The blimp is reportedly connected with NORAD’s surveillance of the East Coast of the United States.

Two fighter jets from a nearby National Guard base are tracking the untethered Army blimp according to information from NORAD.

Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA has cancelled classes for the day due to a “widespread” power outage. There have been multiple reports that the blimp’s tether knocked out power in parts of the town.

Rise News talked to a spokesperson at the University who said that there was a large outage in the area but could not confirm if it was related to the blimp.

#BUAlert: Classes are cancelled until 4 p.m. due to widespread power outage. More details to follow.

— BloomsburgUniversity (@BloomsburgU) October 28, 2015

The blimp is really more of a stationary helium filled balloon called a Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System aerostat or JLENS. From Raytheon, a company that produces the JLENS: “The helium filled aerostats, each nearly as long as a football field, carry powerful radars that can protect a territory roughly the size of Texas from airborne threats.” WATCH: A video from Raytheon explaining how JLENS work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hkpQ8ujyM&app=desktop

Two F16 fighter jets from Atlantic City National Guard base are tracking the untethered Army blimp from Aberdeen Proving Ground–NORAD — cbsMcCormick (@cbsMcCormick) October 28, 2015

Stay with Rise News as this story will be updated

The blimp from @USAGAPG has come off its tether. If you see it on the ground, call 911. Here’s what it looks like. pic.twitter.com/mRHhpJdfHU — Joppa-Magnolia VFC (@jmvfc8) October 28, 2015

@ABC @GMA Landed in bloomsburg right by my school. Knocked out the power at CMVT. pic.twitter.com/WLJydKVf2I — Fisher P Creasy (@FPCreasy) October 28, 2015

BREAKING NEWS: The blimp has been spotted over Bloomsburg, PA. (@JonMeyerWNEP) https://t.co/D36Qx21K9I pic.twitter.com/Phr8LnR1M0

— Breaking News Feed (@PzFeed) October 28, 2015

Cover Photo Credit: Raytheon/ Youtube (Screenshot)

Breaking: Ben Fields Fired From Richland County Sheriff’s Department

By Staff Report

Update: 12:22 PM EST

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announced the firing of school resource officer Ben Fields after determining that he violated proper protocol while arresting a student in a South Carolina High School.

Lott made the announcement at a press conference in Columbia Wednesday afternoon.

Lott made it clear that he believed that the student in the now viral video caused the incident to occur in the first place. He also said that Fields was justified in arresting her for her disruptive behavior but that he crossed a line when he used non standard techniques to bring her into custody.

“I do not feel that the proper procedures were used at that point,” Lott said. “The maneuver that he used was not acceptable.”

Lott also said that he told his own daughter (who is in the 7th grade) that police officers are people too who sometimes make mistakes.

“He should not have thrown the student,” Lott said. “He was not trained to throw that student.”

More to come. Stay with Rise News for more as we cover this developing story.

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