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PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — The White House is sending top national security officials to Silicon Valley to get the tech industry's help in disrupting the Islamic State group and other terrorists. At a high-level session Friday, industry leaders and government officials will discuss ways to use technology to stop terrorists from radicalizing people online and getting them to carry out violence.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Federal authorities in Texas have charged an Iraqi refugee with attempting to support the Islamic State group. Twenty-four-year-old Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan has been indicted on three charges of trying to provide material support to the terror group. And in California, authorities have charged a Syrian refugee with lying aobut his travels to fight in Syria. Twenty-three-year-old Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab allegedly went to Syria to fight alongside terrorist organizations.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department releases the latest unemployment figures Friday, and they're expected to show a positive picture for the economy. Economists surveyed by the data firm FactSet expect December's unemployment rate to remain a low 5 percent for a third-straight month, with some 200,000 jobs added to the economy.
TOKYO (AP) — A great white shark has died after barely three days in a rare case of captivity in a Japanese aquarium. The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium says the 11.5-foot shark was accidently caught in a net in southwestern Japan on Tuesday. Keeping a great white shark in captivity is extremely difficult as it needs to keep swimming constantly to get oxygen and maintain its body temperature.
BEAVER, Pa. (AP) — Authorities in Pennsylvania say a grenade that prompted authorities to evacuate a county courthouse was a gag gift intended for the newly elected sheriff. Beaver County Sheriff Tony Guy ordered the evacuation as a precaution Wednesday after the box addressed to him was X-rayed along with other incoming mail. The novelty gift included a disarmed World War II grenade mounted on a plaque with a sign reading, "Complaint department. Take a number." The sheriff said he didn't recognize the sender's name.
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