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A 21-year-old Air Force guardsman is being held in connection with the leaking of classified Pentagon documents that were posted online, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday. The FBI said in a statement that it took the suspect into custody “at a residence in North Dighton, Massachusetts, for his alleged involvement in leaking classified US government and military documents.” The leaked material posted to social media included detailed intelligence assessments of allies and adversaries alike, including on the state of the war in Ukraine and the challenges Kyiv and Moscow face as the conflict appears at a stalemate. Multiple US officials told CNN that the suspect is believed to be the leader of an online group where a trove of classified documents had been posted.
Fort Lauderdale experienced the rainiest day in its history on Wednesday, which officials are calling a 1-in-1,000-year rainfall event. The downpour prompted emergency rescues, forced drivers to abandon cars, closed schools and shut down the airport. Preliminary reports indicate the region recorded widespread rainfall totals of more than a foot, while Fort Lauderdale tallied about 26 inches in a 24-hour period, according to the National Weather Service. Hundreds of Floridians were housed in emergency shelters in Fort Lauderdale late Thursday as crews race to clear clogged storm drains and impassable roads. More storms could strike South Florida today with some flood warnings remaining in…
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