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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — A new Pentagon cybersecurity strategy lays out for the first time publicly that the U.S. military plans to use cyberwarfare as an option in conflicts with enemies. The 33-page strategy, to be released Thursday, says the Defense Department "should be able to use cyber operations to disrupt an adversary's command and control networks, military-related critical infrastructure and weapons capabilities."
WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of delay, the Senate on Thursday is expected to vote on the confirmation of Loretta Lynch as the next Attorney General. Republican leaders had held up the vote until an anti-sex trafficking bill was completed. And the human trafficking legislation was held up over a partisan standoff over abortion funding. The anti-sex trafficking bill passed the Senate Wednesday.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lawyers for the parents of Michael Brown plan on Thursday to file a civil lawsuit against the city of Ferguson, Missouri. Brown, a black 18-year-old, was shot and killed by a white police officer, setting off sometimes violent protests. A St. Louis County grand jury and the U.S. Justice Department declined to prosecute the officer, but the Justice Department last month released a scathing report citing racial bias and profiling in the Ferguson Police Department and court system.
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) — A SkyWest Airlines flight from Chicago made an emergency landing in Buffalo, New York, after three passengers lost consciousness. The flight carrying 75 passengers was on its way to Bradley International Airport in Connecticut when it landed in Buffalo before noon Wednesday. The FAA says the crew of the Embraer E170 reported a possible pressurization problem. A SkyWest spokeswoman says the passengers were evaluated and didn't need to be hospitalized.
GUANAJUATO, Mexico (AP) — A 14-year-old Mexican girl is back home with her family after being forcibly sent to the United States when a Houston woman claimed the girl was her daughter who had been illegally taken to Mexico by her father years ago. Earlier this month, a Mexican judge had ordered Alondra Luna Nunez be given to the woman in the U.S., even after the girl's Mexican family appeared in court with birth certificates and gave testimony. The girl was returned home after DNA tests showed she wasn't the Houston woman's daughter.
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