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Officials in West Texas said last Monday they are investigating the "suspicious" death of a 3-year-old boy, who was adopted from Russia. A Russian official blamed the death on "inhuman abuse," He was born on January 9, 2010, and died on January 21, 2013, according to Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry's special representative for human rights. "I would like to draw your attention to another case of inhuman abuse of a Russian child by U.S. adoptive parents."

Officials say that for at least a week, Matagrano used phony credentials to get into multiple city lockups, including Rikers Island and the Manhattan Detention Center, where he mingled with inmates for hours. Investigators said the case was still unfolding, but some of the allegations were detailed in a criminal complaint describing Matagrano's entry into the Manhattan jail on Thursday.

Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander who masterminded the bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Reuters reported. Belmokhtar was one of the world's most wanted jihadists. This was a major blow to al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula.