Two Masked Gunmen Kill One, Wound Fourteen at South Side Chicago Park
Washington Park on Chicago's South Side was the scene of a mass shooting late August 30 that left one dead and 14 wounded, the largest mass casualty shooting in Chicago this year, with no suspects identified by the following morning.
North Carolina Teen Indicted on Murder Charges for San Diego Mosque Shooting Facilitation
A North Carolina grand jury on August 31 indicted 17-year-old Sarah Santiago on three murder counts for allegedly agreeing to publish the San Diego mosque shooters' manifesto and distribute their livestream, extending criminal liability for mass shooting facilitation beyond the physical participants for the first time in a US mosque attack case.
DIA Insider Threat Specialist Pleads Guilty After FBI Catches Classified Dead Drop
Nathan Vilas Latsch, 29, a Defense Intelligence Agency Insider Threat Division IT specialist, pleaded guilty on August 26, 2026 to attempted transmission of national defense information after an FBI undercover officer posed as his foreign government contact and monitored two dead drops in northern Virginia before arresting him on May 29, 2025.
Former Iraqi Finance Minister Added to FBI Terror Watchlist as US Revokes Her Visa
The State Department revoked the US visa of former Iraqi Finance Minister Taif Sami Mohammed Al Shakarchi on August 28 after the FBI added her to its Terrorist Screening Database, reversing an implicit security endorsement the Biden administration extended when it honored her with the 2022 International Women of Courage Award.
Oklahoma Marijuana Extraction Blast Kills Two, Owner Charged With Murder
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.
Colorado Neurosurgeon Indicted on Five Counts of Attempted Murder of Federal Officers
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.