Earlier today, suspicious packages, some of them reportedly being crude homemade bombs, were sent to the homes of several prominent Democrats, including former Presidents Clinton and Obama, former Attorney General Eric Holder and Representative Maxine Waters. Another such package turned up at the Time Warner Center, which houses offices of CNN. Nobody was harmed, and no one has claimed responsibility.
Read more at CNN (naturally), CBS News, The New York Times, The Washington Post and Reuters.
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In other stories:
From Voice Of Europe, in Rome, a 16-year-old girl dies after being drugged and raped. (If you read Italian, read the story at TG COM 24.)
From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini meets with Rome's mayor and chief prosecutor in response to the above-mentioned crime.
From El País, Spain's highest court investigates 23 years of alleged bribery in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia.
From France24, French President Macron refuses to answer questions about halting arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
From The Observers, migrants in Morocco have been crammed into "inhuman" police car parking areas.
From RFI, about 150 children of French ISIS fighters will be repatriated to France.
From Politicalite, a blind British veteran is allegedly thrown out of a restaurant for supporting Tommy Robinson. (via Voice Of Europe)
From the Express, in the city where knives are illegal, two policemen are stabbed with a screwdriver.
From the Independent, the number of terror investigations in the U.K. hits a record high.
From the Evening Standard, while visiting the Netherlands, Queen Elizabeth talks about Brexit for the first time.
From The Guardian, U.K. MPs are told that washing powder is being smuggled across the border with Ireland.
From the Daily Mail, Russia appears to be creating its own Space Force. (via The Blaze)
From VRT NWS, the factory in Eupen, Belgium where the chocolate bar was invented will be shut down.
From the NL Times, a hand grenade was found at a hotel in Amsterdam.
From Dutch News, the European Parliament votes to ban plastic cutlery and straws.
From Deutsche Welle, in Bergheim, Germany, about 20,000 coal miners protest the phase-out of their product.
From Radio Poland, strikes by pilots and cabin crew cause Lot to cancel flights. (The Polish word lot, after which the airline is named, means "flight".)
From Radio Praha, Czechs and Slovaks the world over start celebrating the centennial of the creation of Czechoslovakia.
From The Slovak Spectator, the Slovak parliament fails to pass an amendment changing how Constitutional Court judges are elected.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungary proposes to Ukraine a pact for protecting national minorities.
From Total Croatia News, migrants at the border with Bosnia throw rocks at Croatian police.
From the Greek Reporter, the Greek parliament delivers the first four volumes of the "Cyprus File" to their president and prime minister.
From Russia Today, terrorist groups are targeting Siberia.
From Sputnik International, according to Russia's defense minister, NATO activity near the Russia's borders has been the highest since the Cold War.
From Iraqi News, Iraqi troops capture ISIS terrorists in southern Baghdad and in the province of Diyala.
From The Times Of Israel, policemen forcibly remove Coptic priests who had been blocking repair workers from the Holy Sepulchre.
From The Express Tribune, gunmen injure at least four children at a school in Quetta, Pakistan. (via The Religion Of Peace)
From Breitbart Entertainment, Hollywood blames the above-mentioned suspicious packages on President Trump.
From The Washington Times, multiple people have been shot at grocery store in Louisville, Kentucky.
From CNS News, a CNN host defends Trump's use of the word "nationalist".
From The Federalist, the migrant caravan might help the Republicans in the midterms.
From LifeNews, pro-life senatorial candidate Josh Hawley (R) now leads Senator McCaskill (D) in Missouri.
From LifeZette, Representative Maxine Waters changes her tune on violence.
From Twitchy, Tammy Bruce truth-bombs Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal).
From The Verge, electric cars won't save anyone from climate change.
From TechRadar, Hyundai's fuel-cell powered electric car cleans the air.
From the New York Post, a British beer thief has an uncanny resemblance to American actor David Schwimmer.
From Fox News, some alternatives to meat are loaded with salt.
From Philly(dot)com, a historical restaurant in New Hope, Pennsylvania is moved to make way for a hotel.
And from The Babylon Bee, the Bloods and the Crips jointly call for civility.
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