WH PLANS COMMUNITY-BASED PREVENTION OF VIOLENT IDEOLOGIES
A White House plan aims to convene teachers and mental health professionals to intervene and help prevent Americans from turning to violent ideologies, work that is currently done mostly by federal law enforcement. The 18-page plan announced on Wednesday and first reported by Reuters, marks the first time in five years that the Obama administration has updated its policy for preventing the spread of violent groups such as Islamic State, which controls parts of Syria and Iraq and recruits fighters worldwide. Authorities blamed radical and violent ideologies as the motives for attacks in Charleston, South Carolina;