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Gold bars, cash-stuffed envelopes: New indictment of Sen. Menendez alleges vast corruption
By Jake Offenhartz, Eric Tucker And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on September 22nd, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Sen. Bob Menendez was charged Friday with secretly aiding the authoritarian government of Egypt and trying to thwart the criminal prosecution of a friend in exchange for gold bars and cash as prosecutors unsealed a corruption indictment Friday that accuses him of using his foreign affairs influence for personal gain. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A 9/11 defendant is ruled unfit for trial after a medical panel finds torture left him psychotic
By Ellen Knickmeyer, The Associated Press on September 22nd, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled one of the 9/11 defendants unfit for trial after a military medical panel found that the man’s sustained abuse in CIA custody years earlier has rendered him lastingly psychotic. The judge, Col. Matthew McCall, said the incompetency finding for Ramzi bin al-Shibh meant that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tropical Storm Ophelia forms off the US mid-Atlantic coast, expected to bring heavy rain and wind
By The Associated Press on September 22nd, 2023
MIAMI (AP) – Tropical Storm Ophelia has formed off the mid-Atlantic coast and is expected to bring rain, storm surge and windy conditions over the weekend, the National Hurricane Center said. Ophelia had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph), according to a 2 p.m. ET advisory from the Miami-based center. The storm was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pope decries indifference toward migrants, as he prays for the dead in the French port of Marseille
By Nicole Winfield And Sylvie Corbet, The Associated Press on September 22nd, 2023
MARSEILLE, France (AP) – Pope Francis blasted the “fanaticism of indifference” that greets migrants seeking a better life, as he arrived Friday in the Mediterranean port of Marseille amid a new influx of would-be refugees from Africa that has sparked a backlash from some of Europe’s increasingly anti-migrant leaders. Opening a brief, overnight visit to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A Ukrainian missile strikes the headquarters of Russia’s navy in Crimea
By Samya Kullab And Dasha Litvinova, The Associated Press on September 22nd, 2023
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine struck the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in a missile attack Friday that left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering, according to military officials on both sides of the war and images from the scene in Crimea. The Russian Defense Ministry initially said one servicemember was killed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pope decries indifference toward migrants, as he visits multicultural port of Marseille
By Nicole Winfield, Sylvie Corbet, Trisha Thomas And Masha Macpherson, The Associated Press on September 22nd, 2023
MARSEILLE, France (AP) – Pope Francis blasted the “fanaticism of indifference” that greets migrants seeking a better life, as he arrived Friday in the French port of Marseille amid a new influx of would-be refugees from Africa that has sparked a backlash from some of Europe’s increasingly anti-migrant leaders. Opening a brief, overnight visit to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guantanamo judge rules 9/11 defendant unfit for trial after panel finds abuse rendered him psychotic
By Ellen Knickmeyer, The Associated Press on September 22nd, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled a 9/11 defendant incompetent to stand trial after a military medical panel found that the man’s abuse in CIA custody years earlier had rendered him psychotic. Judge Col. Matthew McCall rendered the decision, Guantanamo military commission spokesman Ron Flesvig said Friday. Ramzi bin al-Shibh ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Netanyahu tells UN that Israel is ‘at the cusp’ of a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia
By The Associated Press on September 22nd, 2023
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly on Friday that Israel is “at the cusp” of a historic breakthrough leading to a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia, without outlining a clear path over the significant obstacles facing such an accord. He struck an optimistic tone throughout his roughly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ukrainian missile strikes headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, building smolders
By Samya Kullab And Dasha Litvinova, The Associated Press on September 22nd, 2023
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine struck the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in a missile attack Friday that left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering, according to military officials on both sides of the war and images from the scene in Crimea. The Russian Defense Ministry initially said one servicemember was killed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pope visits multicultural Marseille as some in Europe talk of fences and blockades to curb migration
By Nicole Winfield, Sylvie Corbet, Trisha Thomas And Masha Macpherson, The Associated Press on September 22nd, 2023
MARSEILLE, France (AP) – Pope Francis arrived Friday in the French port city of Marseille, for centuries a multiethnic and multifaith melting pot, to amplify his call for the Mediterranean to be a place of welcome for migrants, not a cemetery for people who die trying to cross the sea to Europe. French Prime Minister ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sen. Menendez, wife indicted on bribe charges as probe finds $100,000 in gold bars, prosecutors say
By Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press on September 22nd, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife were indicted Friday on bribery charges after an investigation that turned up $100,000 in gold bars and $480,000 in hidden cash at their home, prosecutors said. Federal prosecutors announced the charges against the 69-year-old Democrat nearly six years after an earlier ... Read More »
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