The Daily Populous

Monday May 22nd, 2023 day edition

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Two men were sentenced on Friday for conspiring to attack US electric substations in a plot motivated by white supremacy and intended to sow civil unrest and economic distress, the US Justice Department said.

Cook and Frost each pleaded guilty in February 2022 to one count of conspiring to provide material support to extremists.

Jackson Sawall of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was also charged and pleaded guilty in February 2022 and will be sentenced at a later date, DOJ said.

How did they plan to attack the electric substations?.

Their plan was to attack substations with powerful rifles, which they believed would result in millions of dollars in damages while causing civil unrest, the department said.

Plots against power infrastructure and electric substations have come to light recently in different parts of the country including North Carolina, Washington state and South Carolina.

A planned attack in Ohio was thwarted when police stopped their car in a routine encounter. »

Sanctions threaten Russian aviation safety: Expired components and concealed malfunctions

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However, a series of leaks has uncovered the industry’s negligence in ensuring safety.

As a consequence, numerous aircraft operations have been performed involving irregularities that directly affect flight safety.

Notwithstanding the sanctions, Russia is still a member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a U.N. agency founded in 1944 for the coordination of safety rules. »

Joe Biden expects imminent ‘thaw’ in China relations

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