The US Embassy warned of a credible mass-casualty threat at Moscow’s Tsaritsyno park. The FSB says the US tipped it off. No attack or suspect is public.
DOJ says Liren Lai and Yuance Chen worked for China’s MSS, photographing a Navy base and moving cash. Each pleaded guilty and got 30 months.
A divided Ninth Circuit refused to make California sequester ballots tied to a federal list of 20,000 suspected noncitizens. The majority faulted the list and the timing; the dissent faulted California’s reliance on attestation. Both point to Congress.
Russian officials say Ukrainian drones hit refineries on October 30, days after a Wall Street Journal report of a US-pressured pause. Kyiv never announced one.
Russia’s Novaya Gazeta says authorities forced its newsroom to close on November 9. What is documented, what is the editors’ account, and what no one has confirmed.
GSA’s inspector general found 116 sensitive files, including federal building security plans, open to all staff on Google Drive despite a $7.8M scan tool.
Taiwan’s national security chief posted a map of 53 Chinese vessels from southern Japan to the Philippines. China has not responded, and the count’s method is undisclosed.
Blockchain firms TRM and Chainalysis link the Binance theft to North Korea’s TraderTraitor group. No government has confirmed it, and Binance’s account has shifted.
A DOJ inspector general audit found informant rules for ATF, the DEA and the Marshals were last updated in 2002 and do not address cartel terrorism designations or electronic payments.
A Boston jury found Kristin Knouse defamed ex-MIT biologist David Sabatini and rejected her harassment claims. What the trial showed, and what it did not.
A unanimous Fourth Circuit panel held West Virginia’s Daniel’s Law unconstitutional because it let officials sue without first requesting removal.
Houthis say missiles hit a Saudi refinery and the Riyadh defense ministry. Saudi authorities confirm interceptions only; no hit or casualties confirmed.