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France issues arrest warrant for Lebanese central bank governor 05/16/2023 12:26pm • BEIRUT (AP) — A French investigative judge Tuesday issued an international arrest warrant for Lebanon's embattled central bank governor after he didn't show up for questioning in France on corruption charges, a Western diplomat said. Longtime central bank Gov. Riad Salameh was supposed to appear b US Senate takes aim at DC police reform bill that would ban chokeholds, increase bodycam footage access 05/16/2023 10:05am • D.C.’s police reform measures that aim to increase accountability could be blocked in the Senate as early as Tuesday. Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance introduced the disapproval resolution last week. It is the companion to the resolution passed by the House on Apr. 19. “It’s a disgrace that Special prosecutor ends Trump-Russia investigation, saying FBI acted hastily 05/16/2023 06:03am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A special prosecutor found that the FBI rushed into its investigation of ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and relied too much on raw and unconfirmed intelligence as he concluded a four-year probe that fell far short of the former president's prediction that th Durham report on Trump-Russia investigation: What led to it and what happens next 05/16/2023 06:03am • WASHINGTON (AP) — An investigation into the origins of the FBI's probe into ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign has finally been concluded, with prosecutor John Durham submitting a much-awaited report that found major flaws. The report, the culmination of a four-year Groups demand officials share information on Texas mall gunman's motives 05/15/2023 09:51pm • DALLAS (AP) — Members of several Texas groups representing people of color on Monday demanded that authorities quickly acknowledge whether they believe the neo-Nazi who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall over a week ago was racially motivated in choosing his victims. More than a week after DC Mayor Bowser unveils legislation to fill gaps in public safety 05/15/2023 05:34pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser details her legislation increase penalties for illegal gun possession and other offenses in a press conference Monday (WTOP/Megan Cloherty) Before she heads to Capitol Hill to talk about the safety of D.C. to a congressional committee, Mayor Muriel Bowser detailed new le 1 lawsuit over appointment of Mississippi judges dismissed, another case still alive 05/15/2023 05:23pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge has dismissed one lawsuit that challenges a new law dealing with appointment of judges in the majority-Black capital city of Jackson and the surrounding county, but a separate lawsuit remains alive in federal court. In the ruling Monday, Hinds County Chanc Cartier uses images of Amazon tribe devastated by illegal gold mining. Critics call that hypocrisy 05/15/2023 02:54pm • BOA VISTA, Brazil (AP) — Until two months ago, Cartier’s website showed Yanomami children playing in a green field. The French luxury jewelry brand said it was working to promote the culture of the Indigenous people and protect the rainforest where they live, in a vast territory straddling Brazi Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/15/2023 01:12pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Doomsday plot: Idaho jury convicts woman in murders of 2 children, romantic rival 05/12/2023 11:43pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell was convicted Friday in the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival, a verdict that culminates a three-year investigation that included bizarre claims that her son and daughter were zombies and she was a goddess sent to usher i For Buffalo shooting victims' kin, Mother's Day is a reminder of loss, a lesson in navigating grief 05/12/2023 06:37pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tirzah Patterson will dedicate this Mother’s Day to the hardest part of a mother’s job, trying to help her child make sense of tragedy. Patterson and her husband had divorced but remained close for the sake of their son. Then Heyward Patterson was gunned down along with ni Order temporarily blocks appointed judges in mostly Black city and county in Mississippi 05/12/2023 05:34pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge Friday temporarily blocked the appointment of four state court judges in the majority-Black county that is home to Mississippi's capital city — appointments that drew protests from local residents who said white state officials were stomping on civil rights. Family of trainee fatally shot by retired DC police lieutenant disappointed by plea offer 05/12/2023 02:12pm • Brittany Beckford, a cousin of Maurica Manyan and family attorney Chelsea Lewis, on the right. (WTOP/Shayna Estulin) Retired D.C. police Lt. Jesse Porter Jr. made his first appearance in court Friday since his indictment on charges including second degree murder. The charges are related to the A Philadelphia mayoral race homes in on crime policies 05/12/2023 12:27pm • In Philadelphia's first mayoral race since crime spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, the crowded Democratic field is trying to make public safety a campaign cornerstone, advocating approaches that range from mental health interventions and cleaner streets to echoes of “tough-on-crime” Republ US Postal Service taking new steps to prevent carrier robberies, stolen mail 05/12/2023 09:04am • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is replacing tens of thousands of antiquated keys used by postal carriers and installing thousands of high-security collection boxes to stop a surge in robberies and mail thefts, officials said Friday. The Postal Service is replacing 49,000 so-call