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Texas woman is sentenced to 3 years in prison for threatening judge overseeing Trump documents case

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas woman was sentenced Friday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of threatening a Florida judge who is overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents. Tiffani Gish, 50, of Houston, pleaded guilty in November to threatening U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon. The Justice Department said Gish …

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Harris slams ‘politically motivated’ report as Biden to name task force to protect classified docs

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday slammed the report by a Justice Department special counsel into Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents that raised questions about the president’s memory, calling it “politically motivated” and “gratuitous,” as the White House said the president would take steps to safeguard classified materials during presidential transitions. The report from Robert Hur, …

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Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo spar at the UN over the latter’s ban of the Serbian dinar

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo sparred at the United Nations over the latter’s ban of the use of the Serbian currency in areas where minority Serbs live, the latest crisis between the two governments. Tensions escalated after the government of Kosovo, a former Serbian province, banned banks and other financial institutions in the Serb-populated areas …

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Man convicted in Italy for 2007 Meredith Kercher murder is under surveillance over abuse claims

ROME (AP) — A Rome court has ordered that the man convicted in the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher and freed three years ago be placed under “special surveillance” for allegedly abusing a former girlfriend, Italian media reported on Friday. The order came after the former girlfriend filed a complaint last summer against Rudy Guede, a 36-year-old Ivorian …

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Tribunal electoral salvadoreño oficializa reelección de Bukele y dice que obtuvo 82,6% de los votos

SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Tribunal Supremo Electoral salvadoreño oficializó el vienes el escrutinio final de las elecciones presidenciales y confirmó que el presidente Nayib Bukele fue reelegido con 82,6% de los votos. En segundo lugar quedó Manuel Flores, del izquierdista Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), con 6,2%, según el computo oficial del Tribunal Electoral. “En 2019, …

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Chemical attack suspect likely vanished in the Thames, UK police say

LONDON (AP) — The suspect in a London chemical attack that left a woman hospitalized with life-changing injuries and injured her two young daughters likely has vanished in the River Thames, police said Friday. Metropolitan Police Commander Jon Savell said closed-circuit television images showed Abdul Ezedi walking on a bridge over the river but never exiting it. Investigators concluded he …

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Biden angrily pushes back at special counsel’s report that questioned his memory, handling of docs

(March 12 update): Hur never asked Biden about timing of son’s death, contradicting president’s indignant public response, transcript shows. Follow AP for live coverage of Hur’s testimony. WASHINGTON (AP) — A special counsel report released Thursday found evidence that President Joe Biden willfully retained and shared highly classified information when he was a private citizen, including about military and foreign …

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