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(CNN) — More than 60 people have been named in a state RICO indictment filed in connection with the yearslong campaign by protesters in Georgia to thwart construction of the

After Greece was hit by what has become the largest European wildfire ever recorded, unfounded and baseless claims circulated in August 2023 that asylum-seekers started some of the blazes, whipping up an anti-migrant frenzy online.

As Greece was hit by wave after wave of wildfires this week, unfounded claims that asylum-seekers are behind some of them whipped up anti-migrant frenzy online.- 'They want to destroy us' - Anti-migrant sentiment is strong in Greek border areas, where locals accuse asylum seekers of stealing and say reckless driving by smugglers poses a serious traffic risk.

Steven Douglas Anderson, 35, was charged Wednesday, Aug. 23, in Crow Wing County District Court with one count of felony first-degree attempted arson of a dwelling.

The man allegedly tried to set a storage unit on fire and then led police on a short vehicle pursuit before police deployed the Taser and eventually arrested him.

Atlanta’s police and fire department said the reward is focused to stop another attack before someone gets hurt

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Lawrence Stephen Chain, 58, faces felony counts of attempted arson and criminal endangerment as well as a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief in Flathead County District Court following his June 4 arrest.

DANVILLE, Ill. (WTVO) — A 73-year-old Illinois man was charged with Attempted Arson after allegedly trying to set fire to a prospective abortion clinic that he slammed his car into. Police responded to an alarm at 600 N. Logan Avenue early Saturday, according to the Chicago Tribune. They found Philip Buyno “stuck inside a maroon […]

A Lubbock man was arrested after it was discovered that he attempted to set fire to his mother's home.