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Justice Department investigating fraud allegations in Black Lives Matter movement, AP sources say 10/30/2025 09:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating whether leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement defrauded donors who contributed tens of millions of dollars during racial justice protests in 2020, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. In recent weeks, federal law enfo Death toll from Rio de Janeiro police raid on drug gang rises to 121 10/30/2025 04:49pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The death toll in a massive police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro rose to at least 121 people, authorities said Thursday. An operation launched Tuesday in two of the city’s favelas sparked intense gunbattles that left at least four police officers Beverly Hills man sentenced to 146 years for overdose deaths of 2 women dumped at hospitals 10/30/2025 12:56pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Beverly Hills man has been sentenced to 146 years to life in prison for the drug overdose deaths of two women who were dumped at two hospitals in Southern California, prosecutors said. David Brian Pearce, 42, was convicted in February of first-degree murder for the deaths of C What to know about the Louvre heist investigation 10/30/2025 12:23pm • PARIS (AP) — More than 100 investigators are racing to piece together how thieves pulled off the brazen heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, working to recover the stolen gems and bring those responsible to justice. The daytime theft of centuries-old jewels from the world’s most-visited museum, Where the jewels stolen from the Louvre Museum might end up 10/30/2025 06:39am • NEW YORK (AP) — Seven people have been arrested in the investigation of a stunning heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, but the lavish, stolen jewels that once adorned France's royals are still missing. In the days after the theft, a handful of experts warned that the artifacts valued at more than Jurors convict Illinois deputy of killing Sonya Massey but can't agree on first-degree murder charge 10/29/2025 09:45pm • PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday convicted an Illinois sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder, a lesser charge, in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a suspected prowler. Sean Grayson could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison or even probatio Protests erupt after police raid in Brazil leaves 119 dead and draws accusations of excessive force 10/29/2025 08:12pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A massive police raid on a drug gang embedded in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro that left at least 119 people dead drew protests for excessive force Wednesday and calls for the Rio’s governor to resign. Dozens of favelas residents gathered in front of the state� Sterling man accused of setting townhome fire that killed woman 10/29/2025 06:20pm • A Sterling, Virginia, man has been arrested in connection to a house fire last week that led to the death of a woman. In a news release on Wednesday, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said Jacob Bogatin, 78, was arrested and charged with felony murder and burning an occupied dwelling after inve Months after a man was killed at a 'No Kings' march in Utah, his wife still seeks answers 10/29/2025 05:24pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The widow of a beloved Utah fashion designer who was fatally shot during a June “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City demanded Wednesday that someone be held accountable for her husband's death after more than four months without any charges filed in the case. Arthur Folas Russian mobsters sentenced to 25 years for foiled plot to assassinate Iranian dissident journalist 10/29/2025 04:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Two purported Russian mobsters were each sentenced to 25 years behind bars Wednesday for hiring a hitman to kill Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home three years ago on behalf of the Iranian government. “I crossed an ocean to come to America and have a Federal trial over Trump's National Guard deployment in Portland begins 10/29/2025 04:12pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal trial over whether President Donald Trump can deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, began Wednesday, with a police commander describing on the witness stand how federal agents at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building repeatedly fired tear gas Democrats needed a new approach on a key House committee. Then came the uproar over Jeffrey Epstein 10/29/2025 01:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — When he was elected the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee in June, Rep. Robert Garcia at once gained a powerful perch and a pressing problem. Colleagues elected Garcia with a mandate to hold President Donald Trump's administration to account. He’d pitched himself as Sudan war takes a turn as paramilitary force captures Darfur, threatening to split the country 10/29/2025 12:04pm • CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's brutal two-year war has entered a new, dangerous phase. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces this week seized control of the entire Darfur region, after ousting the rival Sudanese army from its last stronghold there. The fighting for control of Sudan has killed over 40,000 p Editorial Roundup: United States 10/29/2025 11:28am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Oct. 26 The Washington Post on the slippery slope that is gerrymandering The gerrymandering doom spiral is gaining downward momentum, exactly as expected. Virginia is poised to become the second state, after California, where Democ Huge Brazilian raid on Rio gang leaves at least 64 people dead and 81 under arrest 10/28/2025 08:03pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects and four police officers dead, officials said. The operation included office