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Maine railway reopens 2 days after derailment and fire 04/17/2023 07:30pm • SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — A rail line where three locomotive engines and six train cars derailed over the weekend has reopened after track repairs and the removal of damaged equipment, the railway owner said Monday. By late Monday morning, two days after the derailment and fire Police shooting of Jayland Walker might face more scrutiny 04/17/2023 07:11pm • The deadly police shooting of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, by eight officers last summer sparked protests in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, and led to calls for a federal investigation. Ohio's attorney general announced Monday that a grand jury had declined to indict the officers and said 17 men arrested in California Sikh community shootings 04/17/2023 06:54pm • YUBA CITY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Northern California on Monday said they had arrested more than a dozen men from two warring criminal syndicates whose violent rivalry they say was responsible for a mass shooting at a Sikh temple and a brutal sword attack at a parade in 2018. Sutter County D Man on trial denies charges of kidnapping woman, her son 04/17/2023 06:20pm • BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont man on trial for kidnapping a New Hampshire woman and her 4-year-old child more than four years ago testified Monday in his federal court trial that he took the two vehicles he is accused of stealing and taking across state lines, but he denied kidnapping the wom South Carolina trooper shot in face during traffic stop 04/17/2023 05:55pm • BAMBERG, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina trooper was shot in the face after pulling over a car for speeding, authorities said. Lance Cpl. B.A. Frazier stopped the vehicle at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday for going more than 20 mph (32 kph) over the speed limit on U.S. Highway 78 in Bamberg County, Highway P Trump’s House GOP allies take fight to Manhattan DA's turf 04/17/2023 05:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans upset with Donald Trump’s indictment are escalating their war on the prosecutor who charged him, trying to embarrass Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on his home turf partly by falsely portraying New York City as a place overrun by crime. The House Judiciary Co Supreme Court to deliver answer in religious mailman's case 04/17/2023 04:39pm • LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Gerald Groff liked his work as a postal employee in Pennsylvania's Amish Country. For years, he delivered mail and all manner of packages: a car bumper, a mini refrigerator, a 70-pound box of horseshoes for a blacksmith. But when an Amazon.com contract with the United States 2 arrested, suspect in Spiderman costume still at large after BMW pursuit ends on Beltway in Md. 04/17/2023 04:20pm • Two men were arrested Sunday and two others were still at large — including one possibly in a Spiderman costume — after a police pursuit involving a stolen BMW stretched from Fairfax County, Virginia, into Prince George's County, Maryland. Police also said they found multiple guns in the car. VIDEO: Police look for 2 men after woman's body found in car in Fairfax Co. hospital parking lot 04/17/2023 03:33pm • The body of 33-year-old Brenda Ochoa Guerrero was found in the passenger side of her car in the parking lot of Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. (Courtesy Fairfax County police) Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, say a woman was found dead with a gunshot wound inside a car in the Inova Mount Vernon DP World Tour Schedule 04/17/2023 03:01pm • Nov. 24-27 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Cameron Smith) Nov. 24-27 _ Joburg Open (Dan Bradbury) Dec. 1-4 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Thriston Lawrence) Dec. 1-4 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Adrian Meronk) Dec. 8-11 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Ockie Strydom) Dec. 15-18 _ NASCAR drivers know everyone wins when Elliott is racing 04/17/2023 02:18pm • MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — NASCAR drivers don't need to be reminded what Chase Elliott’s return to racing on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway means to those associated with the sport. When Elliott is racing, everyone wins. Voted NASCAR’s most popular driver the past five seasons — a title inher Authorities: Suspect arrested in killing of Oregon policeman 04/17/2023 01:44pm • ONTARIO, Oregon (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting an eastern Oregon reserve police officer after a car chase over the weekend, prosecutors said Monday. Officer Joseph Johnson, a 43-year-old reserve officer for the Nyssa Police Department, was unable to return fir Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 04/17/2023 01:16pm • 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 Texas freight train collision injures 2, no hazmat onboard 04/17/2023 01:12pm • CHICO, Texas (AP) — Federal transportation officials said Monday they are investigating a train collision and subsequent derailment that injured two rail employees in North Texas, according to a company official. A Union Pacific freight train collided with an unoccupied train that was parked on a Golden retrievers honor Boston Marathon dog Spencer 04/17/2023 01:11pm • ▶ Watch Video: Spencer the therapy dog named official dog of the Boston Marathon For years at the Boston Marathon, runners were able to look along the sidelines for a beacon of hope: A golden retriever named Spencer waving a "Boston Strong" flag. Spencer had been