Three men who authorities initially feared were plotting to assassinate Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention are facing only gun charges — signaling they never posed a real threat. A federal law enforcement official in Denver said the three men and a woman ...

Authorities in Colorado have arrested four individuals in connection with firearms and drug offences that may be linked to an assassination plot against Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Denver officials refused to immediately confirm local media reports linking the arrests in the suburban neighbourhood of Aurora to a possible attempt on Obama's life during his acceptance speech on Thursday ...

US authorities said Tuesday they had found no evidence of a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama following the arrest of three men and seizure of a weapons cache. US Attorney Troy Eid told a press conference that following an exhaustive investigation, officials were satisfied that the arrested men were all drug abusers who did not pose a ...