Parallel to the spread of the coronavirus around the world, the Islamic state group is expanding its activities, primarily in the area connecting Iraq and Syria but also in its other "provinces" across the globe. Keep Reading
Instability, crashing economies and hunger could drive a mass migration by sea from countries such as Haiti and Cuba, according to the Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Threat Assessment. Keep Reading
Due to COVID-19 related school closures, minors likely will be at greater risk for encountering offenders online as they seek to occupy their free time with increased social media use. Keep Reading
“We will continue to make sure that Canadian safety is top of mind when we move forward. We see the cases in the United States and elsewhere around the world, and we need to continue to keep these border controls in place,” Trudeau said. Keep Reading
Since 2017, more than 260 major disasters were declared—many of which disrupted K-12 schools and students' lives. Now, these challenges are compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep Reading
Cartels based in Mexico pose the greatest risk to the homeland among threats posed by transnational criminal organizations, including their "complicity in the 71,000 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. last year," according to the Department of Homeland Security. Keep Reading
The Coast Guard has been feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic from afflicted recruits and USCG families to this week's positive test result for Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Charles Ray that sent top brass into quarantine. Keep Reading
COVID-19 has introduced or exacerbated stressors -- such as mental health issues brought on or worsened by social isolation, or job losses that can precede radicalization -- that could also drive extremists to violence, the report notes. Keep Reading
China’s decision to shut down cities of millions of people in January was staggering, but to most Americans, this new coronavirus remained an ocean away, not something that would demand our own version of a lockdown. Keep Reading
Dozens of vaccine candidates are in various testing stages around the world, with 11 in the last stage of preapproval clinical trials — including four in the U.S. One or more may prove safe and effective and enter the market in the coming months. What then? Keep Reading
The human toll underlying that milestone figure is a number about as big as the population of Salt Lake City or Birmingham, Ala.—and greater than the deaths in any U.S. conflict except for the Civil War and World War II. Keep Reading
The update acknowledges the existence of some published reports showing limited, uncommon circumstances where people with COVID-19 infected others who were more than 6 feet away or shortly after the COVID-19-positive person left an area. Keep Reading
Though the main concerns for many policymakers, government officials, and business leaders include managing the ongoing global health crisis and its economic ripple effects, other unanticipated risks may already be shaping up. Keep Reading
The Washington Post reported that Ray was at the White House on Sept. 27 for an event with Gold Star families. The Pentagon said Ray was there last week "for meetings with other senior military leaders." Keep Reading
There has been an increased active presence of right-wing groups calling for disobedience, encouraging mass protest and declaring so called "sovereign citizenship." Keep Reading
White House physician said Trump is "72 hours into his diagnosis," which would have put his diagnosis before he attended a Thursday fundraising event; the White House said afterward that Conley meant to say "three days." Keep Reading
SBA streamlined the programs to speed fund distribution. However, this meant less oversight and left the programs more susceptible to potential fraud. There have been reports of fraud in both programs. Keep Reading
Hope Hicks, counselor to Trump, had traveled in the president's entourage to the first presidential debate Tuesday night in Cleveland, and accompanied him to a campaign rally Wednesday in Minnesota, where she began showing symptoms. Keep Reading
Researchers demonstrated that an AI algorithm could be trained to classify COVID-19 pneumonia in computed tomography (CT) scans with up to 90 percent accuracy, as well as correctly identify positive cases 84 percent of the time and negative cases 93 percent of the time. Keep Reading
Cumulative surveillance data reported to CDC from March 1 through September 29, 2020, shows at least 3,689 COVID-19 or COVID-like illness cases on cruise ships in U.S. waters, in addition to at least 41 reported deaths. Keep Reading