A Kenyan al-Shabaab operative was sentenced to two life terms after plotting a 9/11-style aircraft attack on US soil, including training as a pilot to hijack a commercial plane.

A look at stories making headlines in Washington, Maryland, and Virginia from DC News Now on December 27, 2025.

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Search history shows that Abdullah accelerated his attack planning by researching "Delta flights" and the "Tallest building ...

A Kenyan national and operative for the terrorist organization al-Shabaab will spend the rest of his life in prison after a ...

A Kenyan national Cholo Abdi Abdullah, linked to the Somalia-based extremist group Al-Shabaab, has been sentenced to life ...

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Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 35, was hit with two life sentences for plotting a 9/11-inspired attack on Atlanta, Georgia.

Cholo Abdi Abdullah was plotting to hijack a commercial plane and crash it into Atlanta's tallest building, prosecutors say.