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Greek authorities arrest 2 for arson while firefighters battle wildfires across the country 08/26/2023 03:35pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Fire department officials in Greece arrested two men Saturday for allegedly deliberately setting fires, while hundreds of firefighters battled wildfires that have killed at least 21 people in the past week. One man was arrested on the island of Evia for allegedly setting fire Retired DC officer sentenced to 3 years in fatal shooting during library training 08/25/2023 06:15pm • A retired D.C. lieutenant who fatally shot a trainee during an instructional exercise for library police officers last summer has been sentenced to three years behind bars. In June, 59-year-old Jesse Porter pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter while armed and unlawful discharge of a firearm Ukraine aid faces a stress test as some GOP 2024 presidential candidates balk at continued support 08/25/2023 04:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Joe Biden, strong backing for Ukraine’s effort to repel Russia’s invasion has been a rare issue where he’s mustered bipartisan support. But this week's first GOP presidential debate — and recent comments on Ukraine by the 2024 GOP polling leader and former 3 men exonerated in NYC after case reviews spotlighted false confessions in 1990s 08/25/2023 01:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Three men who were convicted of crimes in the New York City borough of Queens in the 1990s and served long prison sentences have been exonerated after reexaminations of their cases found evidence of false confessions and other examples of malfeasance by police and prosecutors. The Dutch Supreme Court confirms immunity of former Israeli officers over a deadly 2014 Gaza airstrike 08/25/2023 11:10am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Supreme Court on Friday upheld a ruling that a Palestinian man cannot sue Israel's former defense minister and another former senior military officer over their roles in a deadly 2014 Gaza airstrike. The highest Dutch court confirmed findings by judges in tw Thousands expected Saturday for 60th anniversary of the March on Washington 08/25/2023 10:39am • The March on Washington will return to D.C. this weekend, honoring the 60th anniversary of the civil rights demonstration as it aims to continue the movement's decades of work. Organizers expect tens of thousands of visitors to take part in this year's march, happening Saturday, Aug. 26, at the L President of Guyana demands slavery reparations ahead of apology from plantation owner descendants 08/25/2023 05:39am • GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana president Irfaan Ali on Thursday lashed out at the descendants of European slave traders, saying those who profited from the cruel, trans-Atlantic slave trade should offer to pay reparations to today’s generations. The leader of the South American country also pr Mug shot of Donald Trump shows scowling former president during speedy booking at Atlanta jail 08/24/2023 10:55pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A scowling Donald Trump posed for a mug shot Thursday as he surrendered inside a jail in Atlanta on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, creating a historic and humbling visual underscoring the former president's escalating legal troubles. The Dozens of Trump supporters cheer him on as former president turns himself in at Georgia jail 08/24/2023 09:42pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Roads between the Atlanta airport and the Fulton County Jail were blocked off as former President Donald Trump arrived in a motorcade to turn himself in on charges related to his efforts to remain in power after his 2020 election loss, giving the scene something of a presidential au BTK serial killer is in the news again. Here's why and some background about his case 08/24/2023 05:37pm • Dennis Rader, the BTK serial killer whose self-given nickname stands for “Bind, Torture, Kill,” played a cat and mouse game with investigators and reporters for decades before he was caught. But Rader gradually faded from view after his 2005 arrest, as he served one life term for each of the 10 Firefighters in Greece struggle to control wildfires, including the EU's largest blaze 08/24/2023 03:00pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters struggled Thursday against strong winds and hot, dry conditions to tame multiple wildfires ravaging Greece, including one in the country's northeast that officials say is the largest recorded in the European Union. The wildfires have left 20 people dead over the Judge orders new trial in 1993 murder, but discredits theory that prison escapee was the killer 08/24/2023 02:10pm • A judge has ordered new trials for two men convicted of murdering a woman in 1993 inside her home near Buffalo, New York, but who have always maintained their innocence. Additional DNA analysis and the fact that the original prosecutors withheld evidence that could've helped the defense means the co Scores of women and girls were sexually assaulted after peace deal in Ethiopia's Tigray, study shows 08/24/2023 10:05am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Scores of women and girls in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region were sexually assaulted, often by multiple men alleged to be combatants, after a peace agreement last year ended the conflict there, according to a new study of medical records released on Thursday. The younges Court rejects appeal by German soldier convicted of plotting to attack politicians 08/24/2023 08:34am • BERLIN (AP) — A German federal court said Thursday that it has rejected an appeal by a military officer who posed as a Syrian asylum-seeker and was convicted last of year of plotting to attack prominent politicians. The officer, who has been identified only as 1st Lt. Franco A. in line with German Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin in a brief mutiny 08/23/2023 11:37pm • Yevgeny Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who in June mounted an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin's rule. Prigozhin was aboard a plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, killing all 10 people on