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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man says he was threatening U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch when he fired off an angry tweet after federal prosecutors charged six other Minnesota men with trying to join the Islamic State group.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of seven men awaiting trial in Minnesota on charges of plotting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group has pleaded guilty.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions and sentences of two Minnesota women who were found guilty of conspiring to funnel money to a terror group in Somalia.

TIANJIN, China (AP) — China's official Xinhua News agency says 12 firefighters are among the 44 people killed in massive explosions at a warehouse in the port city of Tianjin.

(AP) -- The U.S. Navy says a sailor who was shot in the attack on a military facility in Chattanooga has died, raising the death toll to five people.

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Investigators say they are searching for one or more accomplices in the attack on a luxury hotel in the Tunisian resort city of Sousse that killed at least 38 people — some of them sunbathers on the beach.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has ordered that a Minnesota man remain held until his trial on charges he tried to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man convicted of threatening federal agents during a terrorism investigation has been released while a judge weighs whether a recent Supreme Court decision affects his case.

BOSTON (AP) — A knife-wielding man killed by the terror investigators who had him under surveillance was confronted because he had bought knives and talked of an imminent attack on "boys in blue," the FBI said Wednesday.

BOSTON (AP) -- Just before a jury began deliberating the fate of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, prosecutors reminded jurors of the pain and suffering caused by the bombing and said Tsarnaev deserves to die for what he did.   But Tsarnaev's lawyer said he was an "invisible" teenager in a dysfunctional family who was led astray by his older, radicalized brother and deserves a ch

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered that four Minnesota men accused of trying to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State remain in custody while their case is pending.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Six people were arrested Sunday in connection with a terrorism investigation in Minnesota, where authorities have been tracking youths who have traveled or tried to travel to Syria to fight with militants, including the Islamic State group, authorities said.

Boston, MA (AP)  -  In the two years since twin bombs tore through crowds at the Boston Marathon finish line, the case against suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has focused on arguments over where his trial should be held, who should sit on the jury and what evidence prosecutors should be allowed to use.

The dichotomy of the Obama administration on the Islamic State group's threat became even more noticeable over the past week.