FORT HOOD SHOOTING

New York City police are on high alert for possible revenge attacks amid news that American-born al-Qaida operative Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in an air strike by U.S. forces in Yemen.

GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul condemned President Barack Obama's administration for killing American-born al-Qaida operative Anwar al-Awlaki without a trial, The Associated Press reported.

This morning, the death of terror boss Anwar al-Awlaki was reported by Yemen officials.

A U.S. Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 during a shooting spree at the military base in Fort Hood, Texas will be tried before a military court and could face the death penalty if convicted.

Even as police are investigating if a 22-year-old military man arrested near the Pentagon in suspicious circumstances belonged to any jihadi network or was acting alone, the focus has turned to the old debate of Muslim personnel’s role in the US military.

A Lance Corporal Marine Corps reservist was taken into custody on Friday after it was established that he was the person dubiously spotted near the Pentagon and had parked his car in the bushes nearby.

President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to make sure the gunman who killed 13 people in a rampage at a U.S. Army base in Texas pays for his crimes.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle have travelled to Fort Hood, Texas on Tuesday morning to attend the memorial service for the 13 slain in last week's shooting spree.

The death toll from an Army psychiatrist who opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post rose to 13 on Friday, and Army officials said the suspected shooter was hospitalized and on a ventilator.

The death toll left by an army psychiatrist who went on a shooting rampage at a U.S. military base in Texas rose to 13 on Friday, U.S. media reported.