The 31-year-old Bowdoin College graduate and Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested in March while on a reporting trip in Russia.
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Biden releases new strategy to tackle rise in antisemitism, says ‘hate will not prevail’
The White House said hate crimes against Jews accounted for nearly two-thirds of all religiously motivated hate crimes in the U.S. in 2022, although Jews make up just over 2% of the population.
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Indiana doctor reprimanded for talking publicly about Ohio 10-year-old’s abortion
Dr. Caitlin Bernard has consistently defended her actions, telling the Indiana Medical Licensing Board she followed the state’s reporting requirements by notifying hospital social workers about 10-year-old girl’s rape.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Chirping sounds lead airport officials to bag filled with smuggled parrot eggs
The alleged smuggler told investigators that a friend had paid him to travel from Taiwan to Nicaragua to pick up the eggs.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
DeSantis pushes past embarrassing campaign start, outlines travel schedule for early state visits
His supporters don’t expect longterm political consequences from the bungled announcement on a crash-prone Twitter.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Connecticut lawmakers absolve accused colonial-era witches, apologize for ‘miscarriage of justice’
Senators proclaim the innocence of 12 men and women convicted hundreds of years ago, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Debt ceiling talks teeter on the brink, as lawmakers leave town for weekend without a deal
Meanwhile, Fitch Ratings agency placed the United States’ AAA credit on ‘ratings watch negative,’ warning of a possible downgrade.
Posted inNation & World
Supreme Court rules in favor of 94-year-old woman who got nothing when county took her condo
The county kept the entire $40,000 when it sold her condominium over a small unpaid tax bill.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Tom Hanks urges Harvard grads to defend the truth, resist indifference
‘For the truth to some is no longer empirical. It’s no longer based on data, nor common sense, nor even common decency,’ said the two-time Academy Award winner.
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Antitrust ruling won’t change American Airlines’ summer plans in Northeast, exec says
The case, which struck down American’s alliance with JetBlue, won’t impact customers this summer, CO Devon May said.