Britain boots 23 Russian diplomats over spy poisoning

LONDON (AP) — Relations between Britain and Russia plunged Wednesday to a chill not seen since the Cold War as Prime Minister Theresa May expelled 23 diplomats, severed high-level contacts and vowed both open and covert action against Kremlin meddling after the poisoning of a former spy.Russia said it would respond soon to what it called Britain’s “crude” and “hostile” actions.While May pledged to disrupt Russian espionage and “hostile state activity,&rd