Ryan Lucas

area to explode on New Year's Eve and had bought materials, including precursor chemicals, to build the bombs.

Officials say the alleged plotters were arrested while trying to test an explosive device out in the desert.

Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.

The defendants, Audrey Carroll, Zachary Page, Dante Gaffield, and Tina Lay, face charges of conspiracy and possession of an unregistered destructive device.

The charges were announced by the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, Bill Assele.

The defendants are all radical anti-government members of the Turtle Island Liberation Front.

An FBI affidavit says the group is dedicated to liberation through decolonization and tribal sovereignty.

It says the four defendants were plotting to plant pipe bombs at businesses in the LA area to explode on New Year's Eve and had bought materials, including precursor chemicals, to build the bombs.

Officials say the alleged plotters were arrested while trying to test an explosive device out in the desert.

Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act passed by Congress last month compels the Justice Department to release by December 19th

nearly all of the investigative files of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In response to a department request, U.S.

District Judge Richard Berman has approved the release of grand jury materials from the investigation into Epstein by federal prosecutors in New York.

Epstein died in a federal lockup there in 2019 while awaiting trial.

Now all three judges overseeing Epstein-related grand jury materials have signed off on making those records public.

while also ensuring that victim-related personal information remains protected.

Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act passed by Congress last month compels the Justice Department to release by December 19th nearly all of the investigative files of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In response to a department request,