Search

Lebanon official urges restrictions on Syrian refugees after slaying blamed on Syrian gang 04/09/2024 11:36am • BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker interior minister said Tuesday that this week's slaying of a local politician by what authorities say was a gang of Syrian nationals signals the need to restrict the number of refugees entering the country from neighboring Syria. Bassam Mawlawi also urged Leban Trial opens in Thailand for the son of Spanish actors over the killing of a Colombian surgeon 04/09/2024 11:26am • BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand began a trial Tuesday of the son of Spanish actors accused of killing and dismembering a Colombian surgeon on a popular tourist island. Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, 29, was indicted by prosecutors in October over the death of Edwin Arrieta Arteaga, whose remains were The Masters finally arrives, and the golf world takes notice 04/09/2024 11:07am • AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB THE MASTERS Site: Augusta, Georgia. Course: Augusta National GC. Yardage: 7,555. Par: 72. Prize money: TBA ($18 million in 2023). Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-7:30 p.m. (ESPN); Saturday, 3-7 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 2-7 p.m. (CBS). Defending champion: Jon Rahm. Notes: The Mas A man led police on a car chase, drove off a 100-foot cliff on Long Island and survived 04/09/2024 11:02am • SOUTHOLD, N.Y. (AP) — A driver led police on a 45-minute chase on New York's Long Island, drove off a 100-foot (30-meter) cliff into Long Island Sound — and survived, police said. Monday's car chase started when police in Southold in far eastern Long Island responded to a domestic violence call, Tesla settles lawsuit over man's death in a crash involving its semi-autonomous driving software 04/09/2024 07:32am • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Tesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a Silicon Valley engineer who died in a crash while relying on the company’s semi-autonomous driving software. The amount Tesla paid to settle the case was not disclosed in court documents filed Monday, just a day be Maryland governor and members of Congress to meet to discuss support for rebuilding collapsed bridge 04/08/2024 11:48pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Monday he plans to meet with members of Congress to discuss support for rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which has blocked the main shipping channel at Baltimore's port for nearly two weeks. “I’m going to be spending part of Protesters in southern Mexico set state government building afire and torch a dozen vehicles 04/08/2024 11:27pm • CHILPANCINGO, Mexico (AP) — Protesters in southern Mexico set the state government building afire Monday and torched at least a dozen cars in the parking lot. The protests occurred in the violence-wracked city of Chilpancingo, the capital of the Pacific coast state of Guerrero. The protesters are Neighbors upset about Beltway work in Virginia speak out 04/08/2024 10:31pm • The ongoing project to expand the express lanes on Interstate 495 in Virginia has some McLean area residents upset and looking for answers. About 90 people joined in on a virtual meeting Monday night hosted by the Virginia Department of Transportation. Some of the neighbors are not convinced the Police seek connections between death of infant on Los Angeles area freeway and 2 deaths elsewhere 04/08/2024 10:26pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities were investigating any connections between the deaths of an infant girl found Monday on the shoulder of a busy Los Angeles area freeway, a man discovered slain at a suburban apartment complex and a woman killed in a solo car crash near a beach. The series of events Asbestos victims in Montana want Buffett's railroad company held responsible 04/08/2024 08:50pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An attorney for two people who died of a rare lung cancer argued on Monday for a jury to hold BNSF Railway responsible for pollution in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where thousands of people were exposed to toxic asbestos dust. The railroad — now owned by Iran's foreign minister accuses US of giving Israel 'green light' to attack consulate in Syria 04/08/2024 08:38pm • DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iran's foreign minister Monday accused the United States of giving Israel the “green light” for a strike on its consulate building in Syria that killed seven Iranian military officials including two generals. Hossein Amirabdollahian reiterated Tehran's vows that it will Hospital video captures armed escape of Idaho white supremacist prison gang member from hospital 04/08/2024 07:33pm • Security video captured most of an ambush at an Idaho hospital that left three corrections officers with gunshot wounds and allowed a white supremacist prison gang member to escape, a police detective testified Monday. The testimony from Matthew Canfield, a violent crimes detective with the Boise Po 'Panama Papers' trial starts. 27 people charged in the worldwide money laundering case 04/08/2024 07:17pm • PANAMA CITY (AP) — The trial of 27 people charged in connection with the worldwide “Panama Papers” money laundering started Monday in a Panamanian criminal court. Those on trial include the owners of the Mossack-Fonseca law firm that was at the heart of the 2016 massive document leak. The Pana Suspect charged with killing 2 women in Manassas told police, 'They had to die' 04/08/2024 05:33pm • The man charged with two counts of murder and carjacking admitted shooting and killing two women in a Manassas apartment last week, according to charging documents obtained by WTOP. Edward James Jackson Bland, 36, is charged in Prince William County District Court with two counts of second-degree Woman shoots interstate drivers, says God told her to because of the eclipse, Florida police say 04/08/2024 05:31pm • BONIFAY, Fla. (AP) — A woman checked out of a Florida hotel and told staff that she was going on a God-directed shooting spree because of the solar eclipse, then shot two drivers on Interstate 10 before being arrested and charged with attempted murder Monday, according to the Florida Highway Patro