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Heavy rains cause significant flooding in parts of West Virginia 08/29/2023 08:55am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Thunderstorms dumped heavy rains that caused significant flooding in parts of West Virginia on Monday, authorities said. Gov. Jim Justice issued a state of emergency in at least five counties, enabling the National Guard to activate swift-water rescue teams and use helicop Cyprus police arrest 21 people after protesters tried to attack Syrian migrants 08/29/2023 06:54am • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Police in Cyprus say they have arrested 21 people and used tear gas and a water cannon after a group of Greek Cypriots wearing hoods and brandishing bats tried to attack protesting Syrians in a small village that has been a hotbed of tensions between locals and migrants. Pol Thousands take to Colombia’s streets to protest 50% increase in gasoline prices 08/29/2023 04:42am • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of protesters on cars and motorbikes took to the streets of Colombia’s main cities on Monday to reject recent hikes in gasoline prices that have drastically increased the price of fuel in the South American country. Protesters say that the monthly price hikes s Florida governor declares widespread state of emergency ahead of Idalia's expected landfall 08/29/2023 02:37am • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida residents loaded up on sandbags and evacuated from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Idalia intensified Monday and forecasters predicted it would hit in days as a major hurricane with potentially life-threatening storm surges. “You should 16-year-old fatally stabbed after dispute over sweet-and-sour sauce near McDonald's in Northwest DC 08/28/2023 10:24pm • A 16-year-old Waldorf, Maryland, girl has been ordered to be held at the D.C. juvenile detention center in the stabbing death of another teenager. Naima Liggon, 16, also of Waldorf, died after she was stabbed following a party in the District. The accused teenager is facing multiple charges, i HBCU president lauds students, officer for stopping Jacksonville killer before racist store attack 08/28/2023 10:02pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A campus security officer tipped off by observant students likely stopped the killer who fatally shot three people at a nearby Dollar General Store from carrying out his racist attack at Edward Waters University, the president of the historically Black institution said Mo Indiana police arrest 2nd man in July shooting at massive block party that killed 1, injured 17 08/28/2023 08:51pm • MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Police arrested a second man Monday in a July shooting at a massive block party in central Indiana that left one person dead and 17 others wounded. The 29-year-old man was arrested on preliminary felony charges of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and being a serious v Mexico sends 1,200 more troops to Michoacan state after weekend of cartel violence 08/28/2023 08:24pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government said Monday it sent 1,200 more troops to the cartel-dominated western state of Michoacan after a weekend of violence. State prosecutors said three convenience stores and five trucks and cars had been set afire, a tactic often used by drug cartels in the s Police in Ohio fatally shot a pregnant shoplifting suspect 08/28/2023 08:08pm • BLENDON, Ohio (AP) — Police in a Columbus suburb fatally shot a pregnant woman in an Ohio supermarket parking lot after she accelerated her car toward an officer, police officials said. Ta’Kiya Young, 21, of Columbus, died Thursday evening in Blendon. A supermarket employee told officers who wer Former NFL player Marshawn Lynch gets November trial date in Las Vegas DUI case 08/28/2023 07:19pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A November trial has been scheduled for former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch on misdemeanor charges following his arrest a year ago on suspicion of drunken driving when he was found in a damaged luxury sports car on a downtown Las Vegas street. Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge Ce Jacksonville shootings refocus attention on the city's racist past and the struggle to move on 08/28/2023 05:42pm • By some measures, Jacksonville was making strides to emerge from its racist past. But the killing of three Black people by a young, white shooter was a painful and startling reminder that the remnants of racism still fester in the Florida city. What happened Saturday in Jacksonville, said 79-year-ol Trial starting for suspect in Des Moines school shooting that killed 2 students 08/28/2023 05:19pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A trial began this week for the first of two teens charged with murder in a shooting at a Des Moines alternative school that left two students dead and the program's founder injured. Jury selection started Monday in the trial of Preston Walls, 19, who is charged with two co 2 Alexandria shootings within 15 minutes under police investigation 08/28/2023 05:00pm • It's not the first time a group of people on dirt bikes and ATVs has descended on the streets of the D.C. region; but last Saturday night, one of two shootings that happened within minutes of each other in Northern Virginia was linked to a large group of people seen operating them. "If you live i Videos show how the Fargo shooter targeted officers, North Dakota attorney general says 08/28/2023 04:35pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — More video recordings of an ambush of police officers in Fargo, North Dakota, show how the gunman cased the scene of a fender bender, waiting and watching for roughly four minutes as more officers arrived before opening fire. The additional videos — from officers' body cam Man charged with cyberstalking ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend while posing as different ex 08/28/2023 04:33pm • A Colorado man has been charged in federal court with cyberstalking his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in Hawaii while repeatedly posing as a different ex-boyfriend, federal prosecutors said Monday. John B. Hart, 53, of Louisville, who previously lived in Hawaii, was arrested Friday in Colorad