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'You ready?': Montgomery Co. man pleads guilty to mailing threats against Jewish institutions in DC region 11/18/2025 10:03am • A Montgomery County, Maryland, man has pleaded guilty in federal court to mailing threatening letters and postcards to more than a dozen Jewish institutions in Maryland, Virginia, D.C. and elsewhere over the past 18 months, suggesting that buildings would be destroyed and people killed. Clift Sef Artificial intelligence sparks debate at COP30 climate talks in Brazil 11/18/2025 09:00am • BELEM, Brazil (AP) — At the U.N. climate talks in Brazil, artificial intelligence is being cast as both a hero worthy of praise and a villain that needs policing. Tech companies and a handful of countries at the conference known as COP30 are promoting ways AI can help solve global warming, which i After years of vetoes, Virginia poised to launch adult-use cannabis market 11/18/2025 08:27am • After four years of stalled efforts and repeated vetoes from outgoing Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Virginia lawmakers now see a clear path to finally standing up a legal adult-use cannabis market. During her campaign, Democrat Abigail Spanberger, elected governor two weeks ago, pledged to sign legislatio Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. rejects his sister's accusation he uses cocaine 11/17/2025 11:01pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s estranged sister, a senator, publicly accused him Monday of being a longtime drug addict whose alleged cocaine dependence has led to problems in his governance, including corruption, allegations that his spokesperson said was Fed's Cook blasts mortgage fraud allegations against her as 'baseless' in letter to AG Bondi 11/17/2025 08:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday, lawyers for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook disputed allegations by a Trump administration official that she committed mortgage fraud. President Donald Trump used the accusation as a basis to seek her firing, the first time The Latest: UN approves US Gaza plan with possible future path to an independent Palestinian state 11/17/2025 08:29pm • The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved a U.S. plan for Gaza that authorizes an international stabilization force to provide security and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state. The vote was a crucial next step for the fragile ceasefire and efforts to outline Gazaâ Former Bangladesh leader Hasina sentenced to death for crackdown on uprising that ousted her 11/17/2025 08:13pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and one of her close aides were sentenced to death Monday over her crackdown on a student uprising last year that killed hundreds of people and led to the toppling of her 15-year rule. The International Crimes Tribunal bas Prosecutors ask appeals court to let ex-officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid out of prison 11/17/2025 03:43pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice is arguing that a former Louisville police officer convicted of using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid should be let out of prison while he appeals his conviction. Federal prosecutors filed a brief Friday before the Sixth C To prevent DC crime, ACLU report recommends more funding for youth programs 11/17/2025 03:31pm • D.C. leaders should invest more funding in youth and reentry programs in order to help prevent crime, according to a new 24-page report from the American Civil Liberties Union of D.C. The report, called "Building Safety Through Resources: A Better Path to Public Safety in D.C.," described a numb A timeline of the US military's buildup near Venezuela and attacks on alleged drug boats 11/17/2025 02:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has built up a fleet of warships near Venezuela, including the largest U.S. aircraft carrier, as American forces keep blowing up small boats accused of smuggling narcotics for drug cartels. The expanding U.S. military presence is fueling speculation that ICC prosecutors seek life sentence for Janjaweed leader convicted of Darfur crimes 11/17/2025 06:46am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court on Monday asked for a life sentence for a leader of the feared Janjaweed militia convicted of playing a major role in a campaign of atrocities committed in the Sudanese region of Darfur more than 20 years ago — includi After 37 years, Virginia identifies suspect in 1988 killing of Laurie Ann Powell 11/16/2025 07:30pm • For 37 years, the murder of 18-year-old Laurie Ann Powell haunted Virginia's Gloucester County and the investigators who refused to let her name fade into another cold case file. Thursday, Virginia State Police delivered the answer Powell’s family has spent nearly four decades waiting for: adva Hundreds of thousands rally in Manila against flood-control corruption scandal 11/16/2025 09:50am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered Sunday in the capital in the largest rally so far to demand accountability for a flood-control corruption scandal that has implicated powerful members of Congress and top government officials. Various groups have protested in r Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump's immigration policies are shaking that belief 11/15/2025 03:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — When he first came to the United States after escaping civil war in Sierra Leone and spending almost a decade in a refugee camp, Dauda Sesay had no idea he could become a citizen. But he was told that if he followed the rules and stayed out of trouble, after some years he could app Thousands protest ahead of trial over deadliest fire in North Macedonia’s history 11/15/2025 02:29pm • SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Thousands of people took to the streets of North Macedonia's capital on Saturday demanding justice for the victims of a nightclub fire — the deadliest blaze in the country's history — ahead of the trial next week of the club owner and others. The March 16 fire a