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An Oregon State University bomb threat involving food delivery robots had some students feeling sympathy — for the machines
Starship Technologies, the company behind the campus food robots, said a student prank was behind t…
Hannah Getahun
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An Ohio man tried to divert police with a fake bomb threat in Ottawa, Canada to protest mask rules. But he actually called local police.
Police said the unidentified 20-year-old man, who lives in Akron, Ohio, may face criminal charges f…
Jake Epstein
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A Spanish fighter jet intercepted an Easyjet flight after an 18-year-old passenger faked a bomb threat on social media, police said
Footage shows the Spanish F/A-18 Hornet rocking its wings at the Easyjet Airbus A319, signaling tha…
Beatrice Nolan
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Police allege a teacher wrote a bomb threat note to blow up the junior high school where he taught
Paul Jacobs, a teacher in Michigan, is facing charges accused of writing a fake note threatening to…
Isobel van Hagen
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Plane forced to land early after a drunk passenger issued a fake bomb threat and tried to strip naked
An AirAsia flight to Delhi was forced to make an early landing after an inebriated passenger began …
Joshua Zitser
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Suspect arrested in connection to a bomb threat at Boston Children's Hospital after viral TikToks spread misinformation about its gender-affirming care
Boston Children's Hospital has been the target of a "sustained harassment campaign" for its gender-…
Lloyd Lee
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A disgruntled staffer decided to "teach airline a lesson" by calling in a fake bomb attack
As expected, the airline staff took the call seriously and issued an alert, launching a thorough…
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A flight attendant threatened to plant bombs in Miami in hopes of stopping her ex-boyfriend and his lover from flying there together
"Tell the captain that we planted three bombs on him in Miami," said Daniela Carbone, a flight atte…
Marielle Descalsota
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A Michigan man is facing terrorism charges over a bomb threat to the state capitol and death threats to a state lawmaker and her family
Michael Chad Varrone was arrested in connection with a bomb threat nearly a month after he was firs…
Connor Perrett
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A woman called in 2 bomb threats to her boyfriend's workplace so she could spend more time with him, report says
Kayla Blake made the threats to Puritan Medical Products, which had to evacuate its plants, the Por…
Sinéad Baker
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Facebook and Twitter scrambled our brains and poisoned our politics. AI poses an even bigger threat.
AI tools like ChatGPT could wind up hypercharging everything from financial scams to government sur…
Hasan Chowdhury
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Comedian TJ Miller was arrested on suspicion of calling in fake bomb threat from Amtrak
Miller left the hit HBO series "Silicon Valley" after the show's fourth season aired in 2017. He do…
John Lynch
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The suspect in a NYC bomb threat hoax made far-right posts and is known for sneaking into the 2016 Democratic debate
Louis Shenker, a right-wing troll who is reportedly the suspect in a hoax bomb threat in New York, …
Rachel E. Greenspan
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A first-class passenger told crew he would detonate a bomb unless the plane was diverted, later claiming that he thought cartel enforcers were waiting for him, authorities say
The note handed to an Alaska Airlines flight attendant said "If this plane lands in Seattle, I will…
Sinéad Baker
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How the French outsmarted German bomber pilots during WWI by building a sham Paris with fake people and replicas of monuments
"Fake cities had limited utility, of course, but the idea did have its place," said John Ptak, who …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Disgraced former Intercept reporter accused of making at least 8 bomb threats to Jewish community centers
A Twitter search reveals that the tweet was sent by Thompson using the handle @juanmthompson, which…
Michelle Mark
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A man in Serbia called in a hoax bomb threat on a flight bound for Germany to stop a flight attendant he wanted to ask on a date from leaving the the country
When the man could not locate one of them to ask her for a date afterwards, he frantically called S…