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Generation after generation, Israeli prison marks a rite of passage for Palestinian boys 12/06/2023 04:26am • NABI SALEH, West Bank (AP) — For all Palestinian parents, Marwan Tamimi said, there comes a moment they realize they're powerless to protect their children. For the 48-year-old father of three, it came in June, when Israeli forces fired a large rubber bullet that struck the head of his eldest son, Israel moves into Gaza's second-largest city and intensifies strikes in bloody new phase of the war 12/06/2023 12:14am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Tuesday that its troops had entered Gaza’s second-largest city as intensified bombardment sent streams of ambulances and cars racing to hospitals with wounded and dead Palestinians, including children, in a bloody new phase of the war. The military sa These men once relied on the Aral Sea. Today, the dry land is a reminder of lost livelihoods 12/06/2023 12:12am • MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — Brushing the dust from his hat and lying on the floor inside his home, Ali Shadilov recalls how he and other fishermen used to laugh at town elders who warned that the enormous sea they relied on was disappearing. “Everyone laughed and said that it would take several m 'We are officially hostages.' How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy 12/05/2023 11:10pm • NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — The engineer and his family cowered in the safe room, dark except for a red remote-control light because they feared the gunmen outside the door would notice anything brighter. Eyal Barad had just reconfigured the settings on a homemade traffic camera from his cellphone to mo 17-year-old arrested in DC carjacking of FBI agent 12/05/2023 10:30pm • A 17-year-old has been arrested and charged in connection with the November carjacking of an FBI agent in Northeast D.C., according to court documents that also reveal more details about what happened. Authorities said two carjackers pulled a gun on the agent in the 100 block of 12th Street NE ne Maryland promises action in higher-danger crash zones 12/05/2023 10:10pm • Not far from where a pedestrian was struck and killed just hours earlier, the state of Maryland announced the next phase of its Pedestrian Safety Action Plan on Tuesday, vowing to make changes that will make five sections of state-maintained highways safer for people to walk and bike through. Tho After complaints, speed limit reduced on stretch of Massachusetts Ave. in Md. 12/05/2023 10:05pm • The speed limit has been reduced from 35 mph to 30 mph along a busy stretch of Massachusetts Avenue in Montgomery County, Maryland, between Sangamore Road and Westmoreland Circle. Erich Florence, deputy district engineer for the Maryland State Highway Administration’s District 3 office, told WT Families of 3 Black victims in fatal Florida Dollar General shooting plead for end to gun violence 12/05/2023 08:33pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Lawyers and family members of three Black people who were fatally shot during a racially motivated attack at a north Florida Dollar General on Tuesday blamed the national chain for not providing security to protect customers and employees. They are suing the store's landl Jonathan Majors' accuser recounts night of assault, actor's 'violent temper' that left her fearful 12/05/2023 08:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Majors’ former girlfriend testified Tuesday that the actor was prone to fits of explosive rage, an escalating pattern that she said ultimately led to her assault in the backseat of a car and his career-halting arrest this past spring. During hours of tearful testimony, G Attorneys for family of absolved Black man killed by deputy seeking $16M from Georgia sheriff 12/05/2023 07:22pm • WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys for the family of a Black man fatally shot by a Georgia deputy during an October traffic stop have given formal notice of plans to sue the sheriff's office in a letter demanding $16 million in restitution. Civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels told repor Relatives watch as the Colorado funeral owners accused of mishandling 190 remains appear in court 12/05/2023 07:15pm • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Relatives who knew or feared their loved ones were among the 190 abandoned bodies found decomposing in a Colorado funeral home watched in person for the first time Tuesday as the owners of the business appeared before a judge. Jon and Carie Hallford, owners of Return Video shows Alabama police officer using stun gun against handcuffed man 12/05/2023 06:36pm • REFORM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police officer is on leave after video circulated on social media showed her appearing to shock a handcuffed and compliant man with a stun gun and telling him to shut up after he cried out in pain. The video shows a white female police officer shocking a Black man af At COP28, John Kerry unveils nuclear fusion strategy as a source of clean energy 12/05/2023 06:24pm • The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of carbon-free energy, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry said Tuesday, the latest of many U.S. announcements the last week aimed at combatting climate change. Nuclear fusion melds two hydrogen ato Former Colorado officer accused of parking patrol car hit by train on railroad tracks pleads guilty 12/05/2023 06:09pm • DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of reckless endangerment for parking his patrol car on railroad tracks before a handcuffed woman was put inside and seriously injured when it was hit by a freight train. Pablo Vazquez had been charged with five misd Maryland transportation chief proposes $3.3B in budget cuts 12/05/2023 06:03pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s administration is proposing roughly $3.3 billion in wide-ranging cuts for the state’s six-year transportation spending plan, which is facing inflationary pressures as traditional revenue sources haven't kept up with costs, the state's transportat