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Death toll from attack on Moscow concert hall reaches 133
By The Associated Press on March 23rd, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – The death toll in the Moscow concert hall attack has risen to 133, Russia’s top state investigative agency said Saturday. The update from the Investigative Committee comes as authorities are combing the charrred wreckage of the Crocus City Hall on Moscow’s western edge for more victims. Officials previously put the death toll ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia detains 11 in an attack on Moscow concert hall that killed at least 115
By The Associated Press on March 23rd, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that authorities have detained 11 people in the attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 115 people and left the sprawling venue a smoldering ruin. In an address to the nation, Putin called it “a bloody, barbaric terrorist act” and said all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Putin suggests Ukraine was linked to deadly attack on Moscow-area concert hall
By The Associated Press on March 23rd, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that additional security measures have been imposed throughout the country and suggested that Ukraine was linked to the attack on a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow that killed 115 people. The Islamic State group’s Afghanistan branch claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack in a statement ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A Russian Soyuz rocket with 3 astronauts blasts off to the International Space Station
By The Associated Press on March 23rd, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station blasted off Saturday, two days after its launch was aborted at the last minute. The spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Russian Oleg Novitsky and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus launched with no apparent problems from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia detains suspects in an attack that left at least 115 dead in a Moscow concert hall
By The Associated Press on March 23rd, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian authorities detained 11 people, state media reported Saturday, after gunmen stormed a concert hall in Moscow in a grisly attack that left at least 115 people dead. Russia’s Investigative Committee said four of those detained were directly involved in the attack that left the sprawling shopping mall and music venue smoldering ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The death toll rises to 115 in an attack on a Moscow concert hall
By The Associated Press on March 23rd, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian officials say the death toll has risen to 115 in an attack by assailants who burst into a concert hall and sprayed the crowd with gunfire. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack in a statement. The attack was the deadliest in Russia in years and left the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Death toll from Moscow concert hall attacks rises to 93
By The Associated Press on March 23rd, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian officials say 93 people have been killed by assailants who burst into a concert hall in western Moscow and sprayed the crowd with gunfire. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on affiliated channels on social media. The attack was the deadliest in Russia in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russian detains 11 people after concert hall attack claimed by Islamic State
By The Associated Press on March 23rd, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Eleven people have been detained after an attack at a Moscow concert hall that killed 60, the head of Russia’s Federal Security Service told President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, according to Russian state news agency Tass. Another 145 people were injured in the attack by assailants who burst into a concert hall ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What we know and don’t know about Kate’s cancer diagnosis
By Carla K. Johnson, The Associated Press on March 23rd, 2024
Kate, the Princess of Wales, has disclosed that she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy – though in a video announcement Friday, she did not say what kind of cancer or reveal details of her treatment. Here’s what is known: What kind of surgery did Kate have? Kate had what was described as abdominal surgery ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding package in early morning vote, ending threat of partial shutdown
By Kevin Freking And Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press on March 23rd, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills in the early morning hours Saturday, a long overdue action nearly six months into the budget year that will push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senate inches toward passage of $1.2 trillion funding package in overnight vote
By Kevin Freking And Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press on March 22nd, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate inched closer to passage of a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills late Friday after reaching agreement on a series of proposed amendment votes, though a final vote on passage was set to occur after a midnight funding deadline. Prospects for a short-term government shutdown had appeared to grow Friday ... Read More »
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