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Arson Suspected in Christmas Day Mosque Fire in Houston

The blaze had multiple points of origin A spokesperson for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed Saturday that a Christmas Day fire that broke out at a Houston, Texas, mosque looks suspicious and may have been set intentionally. Firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire in southwest Houston on Friday afternoon about an…

Los Angeles schools shut over email threat to students

Los Angeles schools have been closed due to a threat emailed to the school district, two weeks after the deadly attacks in California. The shutdown closed more than 1,000 schools attended by 640,000 students across the city and beyond. A school district spokesman said the decision was made out of “an abundance of caution”. New…