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Former Trump executive Allen Weisselberg released from jail after serving perjury sentence 07/19/2024 11:19am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Retired Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg was released from New York City's Rikers Island jail on Friday after serving a sentence for lying under oath, his lawyer and correction department officials confirmed. The former chief financial officer at Donald Trump���s real Drone strike by Yemen's Houthi rebels kills 1 person and wounds at least 10 in Tel Aviv 07/19/2024 11:08am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� An Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen���s Houthi rebels struck Tel Aviv on Friday, leaving one person dead and at least 10 wounded in the group���s first lethal strike into Israel. The aerial strike rumbled through the center of the city near the U.S. Embassy, causing shrapne No charges for DC police officer who shot man experiencing mental health crisis, prosecutors say 07/19/2024 10:38am • A D.C. police officer who shot and killed a man that escaped from an ambulance during a mental health crisis in late January won't be charged in his death. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. said they reviewed physical evidence, video from surveillance and body-worn cameras, amb Yoga, meditation and prayer: Urban transit workers cope with violence and fear on the job 07/19/2024 09:01am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In a dimly lit room strung with fairy lights and ivy, transit workers file in and lie on inflated cots. Soothing piano notes play as a teacher rubs their ankles and toes, helping each with heated blankets and eye masks. ���Breathe in," she says. "Think of a balloon, filling up with Strife-torn Myanmar marks 77th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San 07/19/2024 08:54am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Myanmar���s military government held a wreath-laying ceremony in the country���s largest city Friday to mark the anniversary of the assassination of the country���s fallen independence heroes, including Gen. Aung San, the father of the country���s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Ne Olympic success or failure can hinge on the snap of a finger, a tiny wobble or even a gust of wind 07/19/2024 06:00am • (Editor���s note: Fractions of a second or a slight misstep during the Olympics can alter the career, the legacy and the earning potential of athletes. The Associated Press spoke with athletes about how they prepare to avoid those disappointments and the impact of those lifechanging finishes.) ___ M As he prepares to enter DC Sports Hall of Fame, former WTOP sportscaster Dave Johnson reflects on ���joyous journey��� 07/19/2024 05:08am • When Dave Johnson is spotted by fans at a D.C. United game at Audi Field, he generally draws a crowd. Famous for his boisterous exclamation, ���It���s in the net!��� when a player scores during his play-by-play for the Major League Soccer team, Johnson is almost as popular as some of the play Order restored in the UK city of Leeds after overnight unrest 07/19/2024 04:03am • LONDON (AP) ��� Officials in the northern English city of Leeds say order has been restored after a night of unrest that began when police and local government workers intervened in a ���family incident��� and residents poured into the streets in protest. Rioters set a bus on fire and tipped over a Yoga, meditation and prayer: Urban transit workers cope with violence and fear on the job 07/19/2024 03:03am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In a dimly lit room strung with fairy lights and ivy, transit workers file in and lie on inflated cots. Soothing piano notes play as a teacher rubs their ankles and toes. ���Breathe in," she says. "Think of a balloon, filling up with fresh energy. Your spine dropping into softness. Alabama birthing units are closing to save money and get funding. Some say babies are at risk 07/19/2024 01:08am • GROVE HILL, Ala. (AP) ��� One of the last remaining birthing units in southern Alabama will close next month to qualify for federal funding that will save the hospital���s emergency services, but doctors warn the move may cost newborns and pregnant women essential access to obstetric care. Nestled i Paris police are sealing off the Seine River ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony 07/18/2024 09:31pm • PARIS (AP) ��� A special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an Olympic anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine sealing off a kilometers-long (miles-long) area to Parisians and tourists who hadn���t applied in advance for a pass. Buses carrying Chinese tourists veer off New Zealand road in 2 crashes at the same spot. 15 hurt 07/18/2024 09:03pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ��� Two buses carrying Chinese tourists veered off the same stretch of road in perilous weather conditions on New Zealand���s South Island on Thursday, with 15 passengers taken to hospital, two of them seriously hurt. The buses were traveling in the same direction on a s The Latest | Israeli politician's visit to a Jerusalem holy site threatens Gaza cease-fire talks 07/18/2024 08:51pm • Israel���s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem���s most sensitive holy site on Thursday, a move that threatened negotiations to end the 9-month-old war in Gaza. Hours later, Netanyahu made a surprise visit to troops in the southern Gaza Strip, saying it was essen Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right minister who visited a contested Jerusalem holy site? 07/18/2024 08:46pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site on Thursday, a move that could threaten the delicate Gaza cease-fire talks. Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist settler leader, said he had gone up to the contested Shannen Doherty finalized divorce hours before death 07/18/2024 08:16pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Shannen Doherty finalized her split with husband, Kurt Iswarienko, just hours before her death at age 53, and she was granted a rare posthumous divorce two days later. Doherty, the star of ���Beverly Hills, 90210��� and ���Charmed,��� died Saturday after years with breast cance