Hares play in a field outside Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday. The Associated Press

Nation

New York

Ex-FBI agent charged with disclosing records

NEW YORK — A former FBI agent who publicly accused the agency of a pro-Trump bias has been arrested and charged with disclosing confidential records.

Authorities say Johnathan Buma was arrested Monday at Kennedy Airport in New York as he was about to board a flight out of the country. Buma had claimed in 2023 that the FBI went after President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, while stifling his own investigation of President Donald Trump’s ally Rudy Giuliani.

Colleges barred from turning over reports

NEW YORK — A federal judge has ordered Columbia University and Barnard College to refrain from complying with a Republican-led House committee’s demand for student disciplinary records, at least until he holds a hearing on a request by Mahmoud Khalil and other students for a temporary restraining order.

The judge issued the ruling on Thursday.

World

Canada

Report released on plane that flipped

TORONTO — A preliminary report into why a Delta Air Lines jet burst into flames and flipped upside down as it tried to land in Toronto has been released.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada’s report issued on Thursday said the aircraft’s alert system indicated a high rate of descent less than three seconds before touchdown.

Malaysia

Robotics firm gets OK to search for MH370

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s government has given final approval for a Texas-based marine robotics company to renew the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean more than a decade ago.

Cabinet ministers agreed to a “no-find, no-fee” contract with Texas-based Ocean Infinity to resume the search operation at a new area.