Tag: Bomb threats

Police: Bomb threat closed Mackinac Bridge for 3 hours

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MACKINAW CITY, Mich. — A bomb scare closed the bridge connecting Michigan’s two peninsulas for about three hours on Sunday afternoon, authorities said. ...

17 hurt as illegal fireworks caches explodes in Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES — A cache of homemade fireworks exploded as it was being destroyed by a bomb squad, flipping and damaging cars, smashing windows...

Texas man pleads guilty to planned Amazon data center attack

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WICHITA FALLS, Texas — A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting to blow up an Amazon data center in Virginia, federal prosecutors said ...

Opposition: Belarusian dissident forced to confess on TV

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WARSAW, Poland — The Belarusian opposition said Friday a dissident journalist was coerced to appear in a video on state TV in which he...

Belarusian journalist in prison video after flight diversion

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KYIV, Ukraine — A dissident journalist arrested when Belarus diverted his flight said in a video from prison that he has been set up...

EU agency beefs up stance against using Belarusian airspace

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BERLIN — The European Union Aviation Safety Agency on Wednesday beefed up its stance on the use of Belarusian airspace, calling on member countries'...

Belarusians in Ukraine protest repression in homeland

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KYIV, Ukraine — Belarusians distraught by the intensifying crackdown on political opposition in their homeland demonstrated Saturday against the country’s authoritarian president in the...

EU eyes Belarus sanctions targeting sectors close to leader

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BRUSSELS — European Union nations sketched out plans for new sanctions Thursday against Belarus that will target economic sectors close to its authoritarian president,...

Belarusian leader defends his action to divert flight

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KYIV, Ukraine — Belarus' authoritarian president on Wednesday defended his action to divert a European flight that triggered bruising European Union sanctions and accused...

European planes skirt Belarus amid fury at dissident arrest

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MOSCOW — European airlines began skirting Belarus on Tuesday at the urging of the European Union, which also imposed new sanctions to punish the...