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FBI claims teen plotted massive attack at Mall of America

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A teen is being accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired attack at Minnesota's Mall of America. CBS News' Nicole Sganga reports. CBS News 24/7 is the premier anchored streaming news service from CBS News and Stations that is available free to everyone with access to the internet and is the destination f

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Both outlets center on the same Mall of America terror-plot case and present it as a foiled attack, with federal charges and the suspect’s alleged targeting of the mall in both. Fox News foregrounds the police chief’s reaction and its own on-air analysis, while CNN leads with the federal news conference and the reported details of the alleged plan, including an AK-47 and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

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