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Funeral company owner fatally shot pallbearer before burial service for 10-year-old shooting victim, police say 06/07/2023 06:59pm • The owner of a funeral company has been charged with murder after police say he shot and killed a pallbearer before a burial service for a 10-year-old girl at a Prince George's County, Maryland, cemetery. Wilson Chavis, 48, of Hughesville, has been charged with first- and second-degree murder in Passengers evacuated from train after fire breaks out in Austrian tunnel 06/07/2023 06:42pm • BERLIN (AP) — Austrian authorities evacuated hundreds of passengers from a train in a tunnel after a fire broke out Wednesday evening, and officials said around 50 people had slight injuries. Local authorities said the night train with up to 370 passengers on board was in the tunnel near Fritzens, Ohio: Charity settles false claims to help those impacted by train derailment 06/07/2023 06:01pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Thousands of dollars raised by a charity that falsely claimed it would help residents affected by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border earlier this year will be turned over to a food bank serving the area, Ohio's attorney general announced Wednesday. The Feb. 3 Oklahoma panel denies clemency for man convicted of woman's 1995 stabbing death 06/07/2023 05:27pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state board in Oklahoma voted Wednesday to deny recommending clemency for a man convicted of stabbing a Tulsa woman to death with a butcher knife in 1995, clearing the way for his planned execution next month. In a 3-2 vote, the Pardon and Parole Board voted against clemency Drive for Uber? DC wants to give you a free dash cam 06/07/2023 05:08pm • In an effort to put more cameras on the streets to help police investigate crimes, D.C. leaders will be giving away free dash cameras to people who spend a lot of time behind the wheel. "It is focused on public safety," D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday. The cameras will be handed out la New York City goes after Hyundai, Kia after security flaw leads to wave of social media fueled theft 06/07/2023 05:07pm • New York City has filed a lawsuit against Hyundai and Kia, joining a host of other cities beset by a social media fueled wave of car thefts due to a flaw that made some car models highly susceptible to theft. Viral how-to videos on TikTok and other sites show how to start the cars using only USB cab Prince Harry to tabloid newspaper's lawyer: 'Nobody wants to be phone hacked' 06/07/2023 03:00pm • LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry entered a London courtroom in a high-stakes bid to prove the publisher of the Daily Mirror tabloid had unlawfully snooped on his life. He left the witness box Wednesday looking fatigued and with the outcome uncertain. The Duke of Sussex said he was highly suspicious of h Police release more details about fatal I-395 crash caught on video 06/07/2023 02:59pm • D.C. police have identified the driver who was killed in a dramatic crash on Interstate 395 this weekend that was caught on video. Police said Van Thomas Lee, 28, was driving a Hyundai Elantra around 7:45 p.m. Sunday when it careened off an overpass and landed in oncoming traffic below. Dashca Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/07/2023 02:11pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Minibus crash kills 25 people, including nine children, in northern Afghanistan 06/07/2023 01:31pm • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A minibus crash in northern Afghanistan killed 25 people, including nine children and 12 women, a police spokesman said Wednesday. The accident happened in a mountainous area with half-paved roads in Sar-e-Pul province as the passengers were returning from a wedding. They Man wanted in triple homicide is captured in Philadelphia; victims include 2 children 06/07/2023 12:09pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fugitive wanted in the fatal shooting of three people, including two children who’d been playing with kittens in the backyard of their Pennsylvania home, has been captured in Philadelphia, federal officials said Wednesday. The U.S. Marshals Service said Ivan Claudio Rosero, Man who shot at officer in patrol car dies after police shootout in Denver 06/07/2023 12:04pm • DENVER (AP) — A man who shot at a Denver police officer sitting in a patrol vehicle Wednesday died after an exchange of gunfire, police said. The officer was shot three times in the torso but all the rounds were stopped by his bulletproof vest, Denver police chief Ron Thomas said. The officer was NASCAR penalizes Jones, Legacy Motor Club for illegal modification 06/07/2023 11:51am • NASCAR issued another set of penalties Wednesday for illegal modifications to its second-year Next Gen car, this time against Legacy Motor Club and driver Eric Jones. NASCAR said the team modified the greenhouse on the No. 43 Chevrolet and fined crew chief Dave Elenz $75,000 and suspended him one ra 6 arrested in Romania, Germany, Bulgaria in probe of people-smuggling ring 06/07/2023 11:04am • BERLIN (AP) — Six people have been arrested in Romania, Germany and Bulgaria in raids targeting a network alleged to have smuggled hundreds of migrants into Romania and Germany, authorities said Wednesday. Fifteen properties were searched on Wednesday, 11 of them in Romania, German federal police Climate activists deflate tires of more than 100 SUVs in Denmark's capital 06/07/2023 10:22am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A group of climate activists claimed responsibility on Wednesday for deflating the tires of sport utility vehicles in Denmark's capital. More than 100 vehicles were vandalized, police said. The Tyre Extinguishers said on its website that “we are defending ourselves aga