AP The Morning Wire March 24, 2024 : what we know about the Moscow massacre.

 

By Jennifer Baik March 24, 2024

Good morning and welcome to the Sunday edition of Morning Wire, where we give you the weekend rundown to get ready for the week ahead. Today, the son of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes makes an election bid, the U.S. avoids a government shutdown and a college basketball coach lashes out at The Washington Post.    But first, what we know about the Moscow massacre.   UP FIRST People lay flowers and light candles standing next to the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) What we know after the Islamic State group claims responsibility for the Moscow massacre The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133 people, making it the deadliest attack in Russia in years. Though the U.S. says it has evidence backing up the jihadists’ claim, that didn’t stop Moscow and Kyiv from pointing fingers at each other on Saturday as the war in Ukraine rages on.    Here is a look at what is known so far. Read more.

ADVERTISEMENT TOP STORIES Dakota Adams poses for a photograph during an interview in Kalispell, Montana. (AP Photo/Hunter D'Antuono) Oath Keepers' son emerges from a traumatic childhood to tell his own story in a long shot election bid Dakota Adams, the eldest son of one of America’s most infamous seditionists, is building a new life since breaking free from his father’s control — juggling work, college classes, volunteer firefighting and a Democratic campaign for Montana’s Legislature. Read more.  Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate's early-morning passage ended shutdown threat On Saturday, President Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills after Congress had passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown. Read more.

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