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Menendez alleged to be Egyptian agent
NEW YORK -- U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey was charged Thursday with conspiring for years to act as an agent of the Egyptian government while he held a powerful role in shaping U.S. foreign policy.
The superseding indictment in Manhattan federal court accuses Menendez of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which requires people to register with the U.S. government if they act as "an agent of a foreign principal."
Georgia
Woman arrested after 3 stabbed at airport
ATLANTA -- A police report says a woman with a knife stabbed a taxi driver as he drove down an interstate and then slashed an airline employee and a police lieutenant at the Atlanta airport before she was tackled by another officer.
The 44-year-old woman was arrested and charged with four counts of aggravated assault.
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Romania
NATO member finds drone fragments
BUCHAREST -- Authorities in Romania found a crater on their territory near the border with Ukraine that they say was likely caused by a crashed drone that exploded on impact.
Thursday's predawn discovery has revived concerns about possible spillover of Russia's war in Ukraine onto a NATO member country.
Brazil
Hazardous air covers Amazon amid wildfires
BRASILIA -- Smoke from forest fires covered large swaths of the Brazilian Amazon as the region endures one of the worst droughts on record, with many rivers at historically low levels.
In Manaus, a city of 2 million, air quality ranked among the worst globally.