Syrian refugee Maryam al-Jaddou sits with her children Maria (left) and Hasan in their apartment in Dallas. Jaddou says she decided to leave Syria in 2012 after her family's home in Homs was bombed and there was nowhere safe left to live. LM Otero/AP hide caption
This emergency alert jolted New Yorkers on Sept. 19 as police sought a suspect in connection with explosions in the New York City metropolitan area. Lacking a photo or a link to one, it raised concerns about racial profiling. AP hide caption
U.S. District Judge Michael Davis of Minneapolis allowed Abdullahi Yusuf to take part in a jihadi rehabilitation program after he pleaded guilty last year to a plan to join ISIS. Jeff Baenen/AP hide caption
U.S. Army Capt. Gerrard Spinney (right) speaks to his Iraqi army counterpart from the Ninawa Operations Command prior to a security meeting at Camp Swift, Iraq, earlier this month. 1st Lt. Daniel Johnson/AP hide caption
Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, speak with Kaitlyn (left) and Terry Strada — whose husband, Thomas, died in the Sept. 11 attacks — after a May 17 news conference concerning the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act in Washington. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Investigators at the apartment complex tied to Arcan Cetin, the man suspected of shooting five people at a mall in Washington state. Martha Bellisle/AP hide caption
Police crime tape is displayed at the scene where a 16-year-old was shot and killed and an 18-year-old was shot and wounded on April 25 in Chicago. Joshua Lott/Getty Images hide caption
NPR's David Welna had personal documents posted by a pro-Kremlin website when he applied for press credentials in Ukraine. He's far from the only one. But it's an issue the U.S. is reluctant to discuss. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption
Adm. Michael Rogers, director of the National Security Agency and commander of U.S. Cyber Command, speaks at Georgetown University on April 26. Three years after Edward Snowden disclosed NSA files, the agency is checking to see if was recently hacked. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Authorities in New York are looking to talk to two unknown individuals who may have accidentally disabled a bomb on the streets of New York. FBI hide caption
The U.S. government has mistakenly granted citizenship to at least 858 immigrants who had pending deportation orders from countries of concern to national security or with high rates of immigration fraud. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
President Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. Richard Drew/AP hide caption