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ARCHIVED · 5 LEFT · 5 CENTER · 5 RIGHT · Aug 21, 1:19 AM

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US charges woman with Isis-inspired plot to blow up New York State Capitol

Most headlines report the charges factually, while one emphasizes the plot was "thwarted" and uses more definitive language.

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What happenedUS charges woman with Isis-inspired plot to blow up New York State Capitol.
What changedThe left frames it as "Woman arrested for plot to blow up New York State Capitol". The right frames it as "ISIS-inspired plot thwarted: N.Y. woman charged in plan to bomb Albany Capitol".
ConfidenceHigh. 6+ sources across left, center, and right with comparable news formats.
Archive healthStable · 15 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format

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70WORDING GAP

15 sources · 3 bias buckets · High confidence

Different Spin. The left frames it as "Woman arrested for plot to blow up New York State Capitol". The right frames it as "ISIS-inspired plot thwarted: N.Y. woman charged in plan to bomb Albany Capitol".

SOURCE MAP TIMELINE

Aug 20, 10:00 PM: Metro UK joined the source map.

Aug 20, 10:01 PM: The Hill joined the source map.

Aug 20, 10:33 PM: WJW The Hill / Nexstar NewsNation joined the source map.

Aug 20, 10:36 PM: WORLD Magazine joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 70/99 and story health is stable · 15 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

Center ·News report

US charges woman with Isis-inspired plot to blow up New York State Capitol

chargesIsis-inspired plot

US authorities charged a woman who allegedly supported the Islamic State group with a terrorism offence on Thursday after she told an FBI informant she “wanted to destroy” the New York Stat...

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Center ·News report

US charges woman with IS-inspired plot to blow up New York State Capitol

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Right ·News report
OAN51m ago

ISIS-inspired plot thwarted: N.Y. woman charged in plan to bomb Albany Capitol

ISIS-inspired plot thwartedplan to bomb

A New York woman who converted to Islam has been arrested in an ISIS-inspired terror plot to bomb the state Capitol in Albany. She was charged with attempting to provide material support to...

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Center-left ·News report

Woman arrested for plot to blow up New York State Capitol

arrested for plot

The FBI announced the arrest of a 35-year-old woman they said had converted to Islam, expressed support for terrorism online, and allegedly developed a plan of her own to blow up the New Yo...

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Center-left ·News report
Time1h ago

Woman Charged in Alleged Plot to Bomb the New York State Capitol

Charged in Alleged Plot

A criminal complaint outlines the sting operation that led the FBI to apprehend 35-year-old Jessica Bowie.

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Center ·News report

US charges woman for allegedly plotting attack on New York State Capitol

The suspect, Jessica Bowie, 35, was arrested on charges of providing material support for 'terrorism'.

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Right ·News report

New York Woman Charged in Alleged ISIS-Inspired Plot to Attack State Capitol

Jessica Bowie: "I want to destroy as much of the building as possible and kill the senators while they are meeting." The post New York Woman Charged in Alleged ISIS-Inspired Plot to Attack...

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Center-left ·News report

New York woman charged with plotting to set off explosives at N.Y. Capitol, kill state lawmakers

A woman who authorities said had been plotting to bomb the New York State Capitol building because she believed laws were being passed that were an affront to Islam was caught in an FBI sti...

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Right ·News report
The Blaze1h ago

NY woman who allegedly thanked Allah for 9/11 schemed to BOMB state Capitol — and aimed to ATTACK White House

A plot to bomb the New York state Capitol and kill lawmakers has been thwarted, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. The 35-year-old woman had allegedly planned...

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Center-left ·News report
NBC News1h ago

Alleged New York terror plot foiled

Federal authorities say they’ve thwarted an ISIS-inspired attack on the New York state capitol building. The suspect, 35-year-old Jessica Bowie has been charged with providing support to a...

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Right ·News report

Islamic State Supporter Arrested for Plot to Bomb New York Capitol.

Federal authorities have arrested a woman accused of planning an ISIS-inspired bombing at the New York State Capitol, highlighting the ongoing jihadist security threat in the U.S.

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Center ·News report

Hundreds of properties screened as radioactive contamination investigation expands in New York state

Nearly 400 properties in Niagara County and Grand Island have been cleared, according to state and federal officials.

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Center ·News report
The Hill2h ago

FBI foils alleged ISIS-inspired bomb plot targeting New York Capitol

Federal police arrested a 35-year-old woman in connection with a plot to bomb the New York State Capitol, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court Thursday. Prosecutors alle...

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Center-left ·News report
Metro UK2h ago

American woman shops for bomb materials at Home Depot in ‘ISIS plot to blow up Capitol’

'I hope the nails are big enough... because the nails work as shrapnel, right?' she allegedly asked the two undercover agents.

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