Police say 2 Jewish schools in Montreal were hit by gunshots; no injuries reported | AP News

Police say 2 Jewish schools in Montreal were hit by gunshots; no injuries reported | AP News

MONTREAL (AP) — Two Jewish schools in Montreal were hit overnight by gunshots, police said Thursday.Staff members discovered bullet holes on the exterior of the buildings when they arrived Thursday morning. Nobody was inside at the time of the shootings, police said.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reacted to the shootings, telling reporters in a Montreal suburb

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Rome scrubs antisemitic graffiti from Jewish Quarter on 85th anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht | AP News

Rome scrubs antisemitic graffiti from Jewish Quarter on 85th anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht | AP News

MILAN (AP) — Rome is removing antisemitic graffiti that was scrawled on buildings in the city’s old Jewish Quarter on Thursday, which marked the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht — or the “Night of Broken Glass” — in which the Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria in 1938.The graffiti, which included a star of David

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Officials in Russia-annexed Crimea say private clinics have stopped providing abortions | AP News

Officials in Russia-annexed Crimea say private clinics have stopped providing abortions | AP News

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian-installed health officials in Crimea said Thursday that private clinics on the Moscow-annexed peninsula have “voluntarily” stopped providing abortions, which means that the procedure is now only available there in state-run medical facilities. The move comes amid a wider effort in Russia to restrict abortion, still legal and widely available, as

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Albania’s deal with Italy on migrants has been welcomed by many. But others are confused and angry | AP News

Albania’s deal with Italy on migrants has been welcomed by many. But others are confused and angry | AP News

SHENGJIN, Albania (AP) — When the leaders of Albania and Italy announced a contentious agreement earlier this week to jointly process some asylum applications of migrants arriving by sea, some in the Western Balkans country saw it as reciprocation.Italy had welcomed thousands of Albanians fleeing poverty after the fall of communism more than three decades

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Luis Díaz’s father released after his kidnapping in Colombia | AP News

Luis Díaz’s father released after his kidnapping in Colombia | AP News

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government announced Thursday that the father of Liverpool striker Luis Díaz was released, 12 days after his kidnapping in northern Colombia by members of the guerrilla group National Liberation Army, or ELN.The release was announced by the government’s delegation that currently is in peace negotiations with the ELN. Luis Manuel

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United Nations suspends pullout of African Union troops from Somalia as battles with militants rage | AP News

United Nations suspends pullout of African Union troops from Somalia as battles with militants rage | AP News

NAIROBI,Kenya (AP) — The United Nations Security Council on Thursday suspended for a period of three months the pullout of African Union troop from Somalia, where fighting rages with al-Qaida’s affiliate in East Africa.The decision follows a request by the Horn of Africa nation for the forces to remain in the country to help in

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Election offices are sent envelopes with fentanyl or other substances. Authorities are investigating | AP News

Election offices are sent envelopes with fentanyl or other substances. Authorities are investigating | AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities on Thursday were trying to determine who sent letters filled with fentanyl or other substances to local election offices, an attack that appears to have targeted multiple states in the latest instance of threats faced by election workers around the country.Among the offices that may have been targeted was Fulton County

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The Census Bureau sees an older, more diverse America in 2100 in three immigration scenarios | AP News

The Census Bureau sees an older, more diverse America in 2100 in three immigration scenarios | AP News

By the end of the century, the U.S. population will be declining without substantial immigration, older adults will outnumber children and white, non- Hispanic, residents will account for less than 50% of the population, according to projections released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The population projections offer a glimpse of what the nation may

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