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Millions of pounds of explosives threaten town seen in ‘True Blood’
A Louisiana town used in the filming of the HBO vampire drama “True Blood” was evacuated over the weekend after authorities discovered an estimated 6 million pounds of illegally stored explosives. About 800 residents of the town Doyline, Louisiana began evacuating on Friday ahead of a massive police effort to…
Sweden on alert after explosives found near nuclear plant
Swedish officials raised the alert level for the country’s nuclear plants after finding explosives in a truck near the biggest plant in the country, the Associated Press reports. Authorities say bomb sniffer dogs found the explosives near the plant near Ringhals, Sweden’s second-largest city, while conducting a security check Wednesday,…
U.S. troop arrested for bringing explosives to Texas airport
A member of the U.S. military has been charged with trying to go through a security checkpoint with explosives at an airport in Texas Saturday morning. According to the Associated Press, 30-year-old Trey Scott Atwater was arrested at Midland International Airport for placing explosives in a military-grade wrapping. He was…
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