January 1, Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Wants Deal to Avoid Execution

What did the Saudi royal family know about the 9/11 terror attacks?That has been a question of much speculation for almost 20 years. Now, it appears that the mastermind behind the attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed might have information that could help 9/11 victims in their federal lawsuit. The info comes with a price, sparing Mohammed’s life.  Separately, two Arizona men have been arrested for trying to hatch an ISIS terror plot. There is also another Democrat debate tonight, front-runner Joe Biden is expected to take some friendly fire, and we can also expect the issue of race to be front and center, after President Trump’s controversial tweets this past weekend.  Cops have identified the gunman in California Garlic Festival shooting, he’s a teenager and the motive is still not clear.  Another person was injured by a bison at a national park, and grasshoppers continue to “storm” Las Vegas. 

Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Open to Deal to Avoid Execution

The offer came in a filing last Friday in the victims’ federal lawsuit in New York, which accuses the Saudi government of helping coordinate the 2001 suicide plane hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed reportedly wants to trade his help to terror victims in their lawsuit against Saudi Arabia in exchange for the federal government not seeking the death penalty in his case.

Two Somalis in Arizona Arrested for ISIS Terror Plot

Ahmed Mahad Mohamed, 21, and Abdi Yemani Hussein, 20, were arrested at Tucson International Airport last Friday after the pair checked in for their flight to Egypt, the Department of Justice said.

CNN reports, “The clashes in Detroit on Tuesday and Wednesday nights — each comprising 10 candidates — mark the biggest moment of the White House campaign yet and will further inflame plot lines stoked in June’s frenetic first debates.”

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Teen identified as gunman at California Garlic festival, police hunt for associate

According to Reuters, Santino William Legan, 19, cut through a fence at the festival on Sunday evening and shot people, seemingly at random, with an “AK-47-style” assault rifle, Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee told reporters. Legan was fatally shot within about a minute by police.

Teen Hospitalized After bison chases, Gores him at national park

The 17 year old was transported from the park by helicopter to a Bismarck, North Dakota, hospital after he was thrown about six feet into the air, according to the National Park Service. The bison struck the teen in the back and gored his right thigh, NBC News reports. 

Las Vegas’ Grasshopper Invasion Seen On Radar

In viewing the radar, CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar said it looked like there were two storms over the Vegas area: one north of the city (that was actual rain) and another right over Las Vegas. But the second one wasn’t moving as rain normally would, she said.

“It looked as though it should be torrentially downpouring in Las Vegas,” said Chinchar.

By changing the settings on the radar, meteorologists could see that the other “storm” was actually the massive hordes of grasshoppers that have settled over the city in recent days.