News in brief

By The Associated Press

Poland demands explanation after Russian missile enters its airspace

KYIV, Ukraine | Poland has demanded an explanation from Russia after one of its missiles strayed briefly into Polish airspace during a major missile attack on Ukraine.

The incident on Sunday prompted the NATO member to activate F-16 fighter jets. It was Russia’s third big missile attack on Ukraine in the past four days. And it was the second to target the Ukrainian capital.

The head of Kyiv’s military administration said that Russia used cruise missiles launched from Tu-95MS strategic bombers. It wasn’t immediately clear if Russia intended for a missile to enter Poland’s airspace. Cruise missiles are able to change their trajectory to evade air defense systems.

Oath Keepers’ son emerges to tell story in long shot election bid

KALISPELL, Mont. | The eldest son of one of America’s most infamous seditionists is building a new life since breaking from his father’s control.

Dakota Adams is juggling work, college classes, volunteer firefighting and now a campaign for Montana’s Legislature. Adams knows it won’t be easy running as a Democrat in the deep red northwestern corner of Montana. But the son of Stewart Rhodes, who founded the Oath Keepers, says he might be able to persuade people who are sympathetic to extremist groups to see things differently.

Rhodes is serving an 18-year prison term for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Rhodes, through his lawyer, declined to comment about his son.

Some abducted schoolchildren

in Nigeria’s

north are freed

KADUNA, Nigeria | Officials in Nigeria say 137 of nearly 300 schoolchildren have been released more than two weeks after they were seized in the northwestern state of Kaduna and marched into the forests. An earlier statement from the government Sunday suggested that all the students were freed.

At least 1,400 students have been kidnapped from Nigerian schools since 2014, when Boko Haram militants kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls. In recent years, abductions have been concentrated in the country’s northwestern and central regions, where dozens of armed groups often target villagers and travelers for ransom.

The 287 Kaduna children were abducted from their school on March 7. Another 17 schoolchildren in northern Sokoto state were also rescued two weeks after they were taken hostage.

—From AP reports