Russia hints it may return to overflight treaty if US does

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MOSCOW (AP) – Russia may consider returning to an international pact allowing surveillance flights over military facilities if the United States reverses its exit, the top Russian diplomat said Tuesday. Moscow announced last month that it would leave the Open Skies Treaty following the U.S. departure from the pact last year, adding that Russian proposals …

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Afghan Officials: Bombings in Kabul Kill 2, Including Cleric

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Separate explosions, set off by sticky bombs attached to cars, killed at least two people in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, including a prominent cleric who headed an Islamist nonprofit organization, officials said. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani denounced the cleric’s death as a “”terrorist attack on the dignity and bright future of …

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Navy Pauses Plan to Move Wisconsin Badger to Virginia Museum

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MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s beloved badger statue will stay at least two more years outside the governor’s state Capitol office after the Navy announced Monday it has paused plans to move it to an East Coast museum. The statue, crafted from melted-down cannons seized from Cuba during the Spanish-American War, was affixed to the first …

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9 of 11 Poisoned Fort Bliss Soldiers Released from Hospital

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AUSTIN, Texas — Nine of the 11 Fort Bliss soldiers sickened last week after drinking a component commonly found in antifreeze have been released from a Texas hospital, Army officials said Monday. Two soldiers remained hospitalized at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, including one who is in intensive care, Fort Bliss officials …

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