Domestic terrorists taking FBI’s time, too

WASHINGTON - The FBI is conducting about 1,000 investigations of suspected white supremacists or other types of domestic terrorists who might be planning violence, top federal officials told Senate lawmakers Wednesday.

Christopher A. Wray, in his first congressional testimony as FBI director, confirmed that his office has about 1,000 inquiries that people generally categorize as “domestic terrorism’’ — a catch-all term often used to describe those motivated to commit violence in furtherance of racist causes.

FBI officials had previously said they had about 1,000 ongoing investigations in the U.S. of suspects who may be inspired by the Islamic State terrorist group to commit violence. Wednesday’s hearing was the first public indication that the FBI is dealing with a similar number of domestic terrorism cases. 80 in the suburb of Emeryville ended about an hour after the suspect got out of a black sports utility vehicle and opened fire, authorities said.

At least 12 police cruisers surrounded the SUV, shutting down traffic for miles on several key roads.

The suspect, who was not identified, died at a hospital. from Baltimore to Los Angeles anyway. There were two dogs on the plane Tuesday.

Spokesman Chris Mainz said crew members told the woman that she could be barred from the flight if she couldn’t travel safely with animals on board, but she refused to leave. The airline called police.

Police pushed and pulled her from the back of the plane to an exit near the front.

The airline declined to give the passenger’s name, but she can be heard on camera identifying herself as a professor. chemical weapons watchdog.

Russian officials reported the destruction of the country’s last remaining artillery projectile filled with VX toxic agent. The work took place at the Kizner facility in the Urals, one of seven facilities built in Russia to destroy chemical weapons in an effort that has spanned two decades and cost billions of dollars.

Ahmet Uzumcu, director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, commended Russia for achieving a “major milestone.”