Alexander Michael Herrera, the Alaska Airlines passenger accused of trying to open an emergency exit during a flight from Anchorage en route to Portland, told investigators that he had not been taken his medicine, and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Search warrants filed hours after the Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes received six deliveries from an online ammunition vendor in the weeks before the massacre last July, which left 12 people dead and 58 more wounded.
A federal judge has issued an injunction against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department, blocking his agecy from conducting immigration sweeps and using race. His practices have been controversial for residents in Arizona, and has been widely discussed on social media.
Attorney General Eric Holder personally signed off on the warrant, allowing the Justice Department to search Fox News reporter James Rosen's personal email. The warrant Holder approved named Rosen as a "co-conspirator" in a leak investigation, warning that the Justice Department was potentially criminalizing journalists from doing their job, which is news gathering.
