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Israeli PM's family receives death threat and bullet in mail

Israeli PM's family receives death threat and bullet in mail

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's teenage son has received a death threat and bullet in the mail, Israeli officials said Thursday, he second such warning against the Israeli leader's family this week.
European leaders blast cutoff of Russian gas as 'blackmail'

European leaders blast cutoff of Russian gas as 'blackmail'

POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — European leaders blasted Russia's decision to cut natural gas shipments to Poland and Bulgaria as “blackmail,” saying the cutoff and the Kremlin's warning that it might cease shipments to other countries is a failed attempt t
Russia cuts off gas to 2 NATO nations in bid to divide West

Russia cuts off gas to 2 NATO nations in bid to divide West

POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia cut off natural gas to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday and threatened to do the same to other countries, using its most essential export in what was seen as a bid to punish and divide the West over its su
Judge halts preparations for end of US asylum limits

Judge halts preparations for end of US asylum limits

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration must stop what amounts to the phasing out a pandemic-related public health rule allowing the expulsion of migrants without giving them an opportunity to seek asylum, a federal judge in Louisiana ruled Wedne
Post-Floyd probe finds discrimination by Minneapolis police

Post-Floyd probe finds discrimination by Minneapolis police

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Mexico 'crime scene' skulls turn out to be from A.D. 900

Mexico 'crime scene' skulls turn out to be from A.D. 900

MEXICO CITY (AP) — When Mexican police found a pile of about 150 skulls in a cave near the Guatemalan border, they thought they were looking at a crime scene, and took the bones to the state capital. It turns out it was a very cold case.
Texas lawmakers meet with woman facing execution

Texas lawmakers meet with woman facing execution

HOUSTON (AP) — A group of bipartisan Texas lawmakers on Wednesday visited a death row inmate whose execution they are trying to stop amid doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter. State Reps.
New York court rejects congressional maps drawn by Democrats

New York court rejects congressional maps drawn by Democrats

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s highest court on Wednesday rejected the state’s new congressional district maps, which had been widely seen as favoring Democrats.
Russia releases US Marine vet as part of prisoner exchange

Russia releases US Marine vet as part of prisoner exchange

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia and the United States carried out a dramatic prisoner exchange on Wednesday, trading a Marine veteran jailed in Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America, a senior U.S.
Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 5 years for corruption

Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 5 years for corruption

BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison Wednesday in the first of several corruption cases against her.