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Family of Atlanta church deacon who died after struggle with police officer files lawsuit 01/18/2024 06:22pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� The family of a church deacon who died after struggling with an Atlanta police officer following a minor car crash sued the city, the officer and the police chief on Thursday. Officer Kiran Kimbrough used excessive force while trying to get 62-year-old Johnny Hollman to sign a citat Boyfriend of woman fatally shot when they turned into the wrong driveway testifies in murder trial 01/18/2024 06:08pm • FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) ��� The boyfriend of a 20-year-old woman fatally shot in the neck when they pulled into the wrong driveway last year described to a jury Thursday hearing a shot pierce the car and then seeing his girlfriend slumped over in the passenger seat. ���Frantic in the car ... people w Kidnapping of California woman that police called a hoax gets new attention with Netflix documentary 01/18/2024 05:28pm • VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) ��� The ordeal of Denise Huskins, whose kidnapping from her boyfriend���s Northern California home was first dismissed as a hoax by law enforcement, is getting renewed attention as the subject of a new Netflix docuseries, ���American Nightmare.��� Here���s a look at the facts of Trial underway for California man who fired shot at car on freeway, killing boy in booster seat 01/18/2024 05:17pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ��� A prosecutor said Thursday that a California man acted callously in pulling out his gun and firing a shot at a car traveling on the freeway, killing a 6-year-old boy who was riding in the back in a booster seat. Marcus Eriz, who is now 26, sat in the courtroom during openi Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen backs anti-LGBTQ bill and tax cuts in state of the state address 01/18/2024 04:14pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ��� In his second state of the state address to Nebraska lawmakers, Gov. Jim Pillen on Thursday covered everything from praising the state's response to recent winter storms to supporting a divisive bill that would restrict transgender student participation in high school sports a Melania Trump remembers her mother as 'a ray of light in the darkest days' 01/18/2024 04:09pm • PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� Former First Lady Melania Trump on Thursday remembered her mother as ���a ray of light in the darkest of days��� during a funeral service at a church not far from the family���s Mar-a-Lago estate. The former first lady said she always found peace in the presence of her m 1 dead, at least 6 injured in post-election unrest in the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros 01/18/2024 02:39pm • MORONI, Comoros (AP) ��� A second day of unrest in the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros on Thursday left one person dead and at least six others injured, a health official said. The protests came after incumbent President Azali Assoumani was declared the winner in an election held over the wee 'We're very lucky today': 16 children in DC day care safely evacuated before building explodes 01/18/2024 01:50pm • Sixteen young children in a Southeast D.C. day care facility were safely evacuated by firefighters responding to a gas leak Thursday morning ��� just moments before a series of explosions rocked the strip of storefronts in historic Anacostia. None of the children were injured, D.C. Fire Chief Taylor Swift leads 2024 iHeartRadio Music Award Noms, followed by Jelly Roll, 21 Savage and SZA 01/18/2024 12:52pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Taylor Swift leads the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards nominations with nine, followed closely by Jelly Roll, SZA, and 21 Savage with eight. Behind them is Olivia Rodrigo, who received seven. The iHeartRadio Music Awards honor the most played artists of the year on their stations Johnson and Knaus fittingly head into NASCAR Hall of Fame together following record-smashing careers 01/18/2024 12:36pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� There were many times following Jimmie Johnson's 83 career NASCAR wins when, trophy in hand and post-race obligations complete, his pending celebration would be instantly soured by the man who guided him to victory lane. Chad Knaus wanted to extract the most out of Johnson A man is acquitted in a 2021 fatal shooting outside a basketball game at a Virginia high school 01/18/2024 12:31pm • NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) ��� A Virginia jury has acquitted a man in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old outside a high school basketball game in 2021. The Newport News Circuit Court jury took about 50 minutes last week to find Demari Batten, now 20, not guilty of manslaughter in Justice Dunham���s dea A Russian border city cancels Orthodox Epiphany events due to the threat of Ukrainian attacks 01/18/2024 10:57am • A Russian city near the Ukrainian border canceled its traditional Orthodox Epiphany festivities on Friday due to the threat of attacks as Kyiv���s forces pursue a new strategy with the war approaching its two-year milestone. The city of Belgorod has scrapped events in which the faithful plunge into PHOTOS: McLean mansion with house-sized owner���s suite lists for $17.5 million 01/18/2024 09:56am • A 10,000-square-foot, four-bedroom, riverfront home in McLean, Virginia, is on the market, listed at $17.5 million, with a second-level owner's suite that measures more than 2,100-square-feet. The home, at 1169 Crest Lane, was built in 2013 on 2.3 acres directly on the Potomac River. It's listed Power line falls on car during Oregon ice storm, killing 3 and injuring a baby, authorities say 01/18/2024 06:00am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� A power line fell on a parked car in northeast Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm that turned roads and mountain highways treacherous in the Pacific Northwest. Shortly before noon, dispatchers started receiving frantic Honda, Kia and Hyundai dominate list of Best Cars for the Money 01/18/2024 05:38am • Just in time for this weekend's D.C. Auto Show, U.S. News & World Report has issued its 2024 list of the Best Cars for the Money. Eleven cars have won the distinction ranging from compact sedan to minivan to three-row SUV. Three automakers dominate the list: Honda, Kia and Hyundai. "We bel