A.M. Links: Drone Intercepted Over Israel, Bergdahl Returns to Duty, Brutality on Rikers Island

The Israeli Army reported Monday morning that it
had
intercepted a drone sent from Gaza as it flew along Israel’s
southern coastline. Whether the Hamas drone was carrying missiles
or surveillance equipment is unknown.
Sgt. Bowe
Bergdahl will be returning to active military duty—likely a
desk job at Fort Sam Houston in Texas—while the Army continues
investigating his 2009 disappearance from his post in
Afghanistan.
The New York Times conducted a months-long
investigation into the collision
of mental illness and prison staff brutality on Rikers
Island.
Attorney General
Eric Holder said Sunday that that while race was not the “main
driver” of animus against him and President Obama, there is “a
racial component” to some people’s vehemence.
Russia is
warning the Ukraine of “irreversible consequences” after a
Ukrainian army shell allegedly hit a building in Russia’s Rostov
region, injuring two; Ukrainian officials deny the
strike.
Two Florida men were busted
for transporting marijuana oils and edibles—which they had
legally purchased in Colorado—through Oklahoma and now face life in
prison.
A Washington, D.C., law would prohibit
charter schools from expelling or suspending pre-schoolers,
after a recent report showed that 3- and 4-year-olds had received
181 out-of-school suspensions last school year.