The Columbus Dispatch

Russians have some fun on April Fools’ Day

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MOSCOW — Need some election interferen­ce? The Russian Foreign Ministry was ready to help on April Fools’ Day.

On Saturday, the ministry posted on its Facebook page an audio file of the purported new automated telephone switchboar­d message for Russian embassies.

“To arrange a call from a Russian diplomat to your political opponent, press 1,” the recording begins, in Russian and English. Press 2 “to use the services of Russian hackers,” and 3 “to request election interferen­ce.”

A ministry duty officer confirmed the post was an official joke. around 1:30 a.m., state Department of Justice spokesman Johnny Koremenos said.

Vang had been hospitaliz­ed since March 22, when police shot him during a standoff at his apartment in Weston. Investigat­ors say Vang barricaded himself in the apartment after killing three people in a rampage that spanned three cities.

Investigat­ors said Vang launched his attack after a domestic incident with his wife. The couple were going through a divorce. Vang was accused of killing two of his wife’s colleagues and her divorce attorney. because they can roll away even when they are parked.

Ford said drivers should use the parking brake to make sure that parked trucks don’t move.

Dealers will replace the defective part at no charge, but Ford doesn’t have the replacemen­t parts yet.

It will notify owners when it does.

The recalled trucks have 6.2liter engines. They were built at a Kentucky plant from October 2015 through Thursday and sold in North America.

The company says it is not aware of accidents or injuries. prevailed in several landmark Supreme Court cases, broke a number of racial barriers and was the second African-American to lead a Cabinet-level department, has died.

Coleman died Friday at his home from complicati­ons related to Alzheimer’s disease, his daughter, Lovida Coleman, said. He was 96.

Transporta­tion secretary during the Ford administra­tion, Coleman was a prominent Republican who advised presidents of both parties. He was co-author of the main brief in Brown v. Board of Education, in which the Supreme Court unanimousl­y declared in 1954 that school segregatio­n is unconstitu­tional.

President Bill Clinton awarded Coleman the Presidenti­al Medal of Freedom in 1995.

 ?? [FELIPE DANA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS] ?? Children play inside a damaged car Saturday amid heavy destructio­n in a neighborho­od recently retaken by Iraqi security forces from Islamic State militants on the western side of Mosul, Iraq.
[FELIPE DANA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS] Children play inside a damaged car Saturday amid heavy destructio­n in a neighborho­od recently retaken by Iraqi security forces from Islamic State militants on the western side of Mosul, Iraq.

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