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Anti-abortion office targeted: Vandals struck an anti-abortion group’s office in Wisconsin, apparently setting a fire after a Molotov cocktail thrown into the building failed to ignite, authorities said. Flames were seen coming from Wisconsin Family Action’s office shortly after 6 a.m. Sunday, and the fire was being investigated as arson. It wasn’t immediately clear who vandalized the building.

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Death toll at 35: More bodies were pulled from the ruins of a luxury hotel in Cuba’s capital on Monday, bringing the official death toll of a powerful explosion at the iconic building to 35. Cuba’s Fire Department Chief Luis Guzmán told state TV that three more bodies were recovered overnight as search crews with dogs hunted for hours through debris in the 19th century structure of Havana’s Hotel Saratoga.

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Prime minister resigns: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned Monday following weeks of protests demanding that he and his brother, the president, step down for dragging the country into its worst economic crisis in decades. Rajapaksa said on Twitter that he submitted his resignation, a move that followed a violent attack by government supporters on the protesters.

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Queen won’t open Parliament: Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II will not attend the opening of Parliament today amid ongoing mobility issues. The palace said in a statement Monday that the decision was made in consultation with her doctors and that the 96-yearold monarch had “reluctantly’’ decided not to attend.

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Two Palestinians killed: Two Palestinians, one a teenager, were killed in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, hours after police apprehended two Palestinian men suspected of killing three Israelis last week.