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Justice Department: Person in Custody in Connection with Mailing of Pipe Bombs

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department: Person in custody in connection with mailing of pipe bombs.
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US official says Putin Invited to Visit Washington Next Year

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton says Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to visit Washington next year. Bolton said on Friday in the ex-Soviet nation of Georgia: "We have invited President Putin to Washington after the first of the year for, basically, a full day of consultations." He says…
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The Latest: Slain Writer’s Fiancee Speaks on Turkish TV

ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi (all times local): 4:30 p.m. The fiancee of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi says she has not received any condolence call from Saudi officials after the writer was killed in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul. Hatice Cengiz, who is Turkish, also said in…
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More Suspicious Packages Found, These To Booker, Clapper

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and ERIC TUCKER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Suspicious packages addressed to New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper — and similar in appearance to pipe bomb devices sent to other prominent Democrats — have been intercepted, the FBI said Friday, as investigators scrambled…
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Migrant Caravan Assisted By Volunteer Doctors And Nurses

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and JULIE WATSON ,  Associated Press PIJIJIAPAN, Mexico (AP) — The main plaza in Pijijiapan quickly became a makeshift triage center as thousands of Central Americans trudged into this southern Mexico town. A severely dehydrated woman connected to an IV line sat on a plastic chair in the gazebo. Nearby, volunteer nurses took…
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