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17-Year-Old Pennsylvania Boy Charged For Talking With Al-Qaida Affiliate: FBI 17-Year-Old Pennsylvania Boy Charged For Talking With Al-Qaida Affiliate: FBI
17-Year-Old Pennsylvania Boy Charged For Talking With Al-Qaida Affiliate: FBI A teenager from Pennsylvania was arrested by FBI agents on Friday, Aug. 11 after authorities say he had been in contact with an al-Qaida-affiliated terror group.  The unnamed 17-year-old boy was taken into custody at his Wynnefield residence after an investigation by Bureau agents, Philadelphia police, and various federal agencies, according to District Attorney Larry Krasner's Office.  Authorities said that an Instagram account connected to the West Philly teen had communicated with an account affiliated with Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad (KTJ). The State Department has s…

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by Mac Bullock
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Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn Tried To Traffic Minor For Sex Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn Tried To Traffic Minor For Sex
Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn Tried To Traffic Minor For Sex UPDATE: A now-former New Jersey child services worker who was busted on child porn charges at Newark Airport nearly a year ago also tried to traffic a minor for prostitution, federal authorities said they've learned. Trent Collier, a 56-year-old onetime "family service specialist" for the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, had arrived on a flight from the Dominican Republic last October when images of child pornography were found on his cellphone, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. "One image depicts a fully nude prepubescent boy and fully nude prepubescent girl on…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Facebook Rebrands Company Name Facebook Rebrands Company Name
Facebook Rebrands Company Name Facebook users, welcome to the "Metaverse." CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday that Facebook will be changing its name to "Meta." "The metaverse is the next evolution of social connection," Meta's website says. "Our company’s vision is to help bring the metaverse to life, so we are changing our name to reflect our commitment to this future." The platform will combine its apps and technologies under the new, singular company brand, Facebook said in a statement.  Corporate structure will not be changing, but its financials will, Facebook officials said. The company will begin trad…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
FBI Arrests Philadelphia Police Officer On Child Pornography Charges FBI Arrests Philadelphia Police Officer On Child Pornography Charges
FBI Arrests Philadelphia Police Officer On Child Pornography Charges The FBI arrested a Philadelphia police officer on charges of transportation and possession of child pornography, authorities said. William Watts, Sr., 55, downloaded multiple files of child pornography from the instant messaging app "WhatsApp,’" which included content of "prepubescent children engaged in sexual acts, some with adults," according to the U.S Department of Justice. He was arrested Thursday morning after FBI agents served a search warrant at his home, authorities said. “As alleged in the Criminal Complaint, the defendant sought out videos of children being abused for…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn At Newark Airport Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn At Newark Airport
Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn At Newark Airport A New Jersey child services worker was busted on child porn charges following a search of his cellphone and laptop at Newark Airport, federal authorities said. Trent Collier, a 55-year-old "family service specialist" for the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, had arrived on a flight from the Dominican Republic last week when his luggage was searched, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. "Law enforcement" officers conducting forensic searches of both devices found "at least two images of child pornography depicting the genitals of prepubescent children," according to a co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Down Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Down
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Down Looks like we're all going to have to be productive today: Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram were down globally since 11:41 a.m. Monday. It was not immediately clear what was causing the outage, or how long until it would be fixed. BREAKING: Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are all down in a massive outage for Facebook services. Looks like it’s a DNS problem https://t.co/AhebBXBeo0 pic.twitter.com/uEOdex2XcZ — Tom Warren (@tomwarren) October 4, 2021 “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products," Facebook communications exec Andy Stone said on Twitter…

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by Cecilia Levine