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The letter came on the day that the embattled band director announced his retirement.

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Also: Continuing Egyptian violence prompts U.S. to close embassy in Cairo; Treasury Secretary Geithner to meet with Congressional leaders; Britain releases investigation report into press ethics; and Starbucks releases a large specialty coffee priced at $7 per cup.

On Wednesday, Britain's top court clarified the legal definition of a woman: Someone born biologically female. The ruling has implications for transgender rights.

The unanimous judgment represents a stinging reversal for climate activists, who had won a lower-court ruling earlier this year against the major international hub on environmental grounds.

The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers antigovernment group, Stewart Rhodes, and four others go on trial Tuesday on charges of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

French forces killed the leader of the West African ISIS affiliate in a drone strike in southern Mali in August. French authorities described Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi as "enemy No. 1" in the region.