A Sand Springs, Oklahoma marijuana extraction facility exploded on August 27, killing two people and damaging 25 businesses, and Ryan Bassham was charged with two counts of first-degree murder as state and federal investigators pursued the case.

A federal grand jury indicted Thomas Earl Steffens, 72, on August 28 on five counts of attempted murder of a federal officer after he opened fire on United States Marshals attempting to arrest him in Vero Beach, Florida, wounding one deputy in the chest.

By seizing hard-coded command domains, federal authorities shut down a Chinese state-sponsored botnet that had confirmed access to seven federal networks including NASA, the Federal Reserve, and the US Senate.

No device was found, no suspects have been named, and the investigation into who left a handwritten bomb threat at a Georgia Power plant construction site remains open.

Multiple people including children died Sunday night after a domestic disturbance at 315 White Star Circle in Billings, Montana turned into a combined shooting and house fire, with the suspect dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and fire crews unable to reach victims during the active shooter standoff.

Greek anarchists documented their sixth attack on Optima Bank ATM infrastructure in Athens on August 24, sustaining a serialized campaign against the same commercial institution across multiple incidents without a reported arrest.