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India plans to punish people making hoax bomb threats against flights
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian government plans a new law to punish those making hoax bomb threats against flights, which disrupt the schedules of airlines and cause massive inconvenience to thousands of passengers. In less than two weeks, more than 120 flights operated by Indian...
Australian authorities respond to a reported bomb scare on a New Zealand flight
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities responded on Saturday to a reported bomb scare on flight from New Zealand to Sydney. Police said there was no threat. Air New Zealand flight 247 remained on the Sydney Airport tarmac with its passengers aboard for hours due to a...
AP PHOTOS: Life continues for Ohio community after Trump falsely accused Haitians of eating pets
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Their city has been in the eye of a political storm since former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, falsely accused legal Haitian immigrants in Springfield of eating dogs and cats. One consequence: a rash of hoax bomb threats...
What to know about the threats in Springfield, Ohio, after false claims about Haitian immigrants
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A small Ohio city has been inundated with hoax bomb threats since last week's presidential debate, when former President Donald Trump falsely accused members of Springfield's Haitian community of abducting and eating cats and dogs. Trump's running mate,...
America's political system is under stress as voters and their leaders navigate unfamiliar terrain
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The FBI is investigating suspicious packages sent to elections officials in more than a dozen states. State police have begun sweeps of schools in an Ohio community where conspiracy theories have fueled bomb threats. Violent rhetoric is rippling across social media. ...
Residents of Springfield, Ohio, hunker down and pray for a political firestorm to blow over
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — In the quiet corners of Springfield, Ohio — out of sight of the drumbeat of politicians and journalists, troopers and newly installed security cameras — the people who live here are taking a breath, praying and attempting to carry on. Between the...
Overseas threats hit the Ohio city where Trump and Vance lied about Haitians eating pets
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio stationed state police at Springfield schools Tuesday in response to a rash of bomb threats — the vast majority that officials said came from overseas —- after former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance falsely said legal Haitian...
Trump and Vance are still stoking fears of Haitian migrants, as Ohio community faces bomb threats
Donald Trump and his running mate on Friday continued to disparage Haitian migrants in an Ohio community, further fueling false claims the Republicans have promoted even as the city saw bomb threats and school evacuations and local officials called for a cooling of the anti-immigrant rhetoric. ...
Bomb threats close schools and offices after Trump spread false rumors about Haitians in Ohio
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Bomb threats prompted the evacuation of schools and government buildings for a second day on Friday in an Ohio community that has been the focus of unwanted attention after former President Donald Trump amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants are abducting and...
Bomb threat forces Vistara airline plane en route to Frankfurt to land in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Vistara airline flight en route to Germany from India made a forced landing in Turkey on Friday following a bomb threat, Turkish officials said. Flight VTI027 from Mumbai to Frankfurt, with 234 passengers and 13 crew members on board, landed at the airport...
