A.M. Links: Turkey Shoots Down Russian Jet, Putin Warns of 'Significant Consequences,' 5 Shot Near Black Lives Matter Protest in Minneapolis
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Turkey has shot down a Russian fighter jet near its Syrian border.
- Vladimir Putin has responded to the downing of the Russian jet by calling Turkey the "accomplices of terrorists" and warning of "significant consequences."
- Five people were shot in Minneapolis near a Black Lives Matters protest. Police are currently searching for three white male suspects.
- The U.S. State Department has issued a worldwide travel alert for Americans.
- "A federal appeals court ruled in a decision unsealed on Monday that the Justice Department could continue to conceal internal documents related to targeted killings in the fight against Al Qaeda."
- Canada plans to take in and resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year.
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