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Recognizing women's history and closing roads in DC: Saturday's FITDC Herstory 5K 03/09/2024 08:13am • The annual FITDC Herstory 5K, a free run/walk that marks Women's History Month, will be held for the 6th time on Saturday, March 9. The event, which begins and ends at Freedom Plaza in D.C., is dog and stroller friendly, according to the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation. The D.C. agency Gladbach police arrest more than 200 in violent clashes before Rhine derby 03/09/2024 07:03am • MÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — Mönchengladbach police made more than 200 arrests in clashes with rival soccer fans the night before the Bundesliga’s Rhine derby between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Cologne. Police said Saturday they arrested a total of 205 “problem fans” — 131 Cologne Italy's migrant detention centers in spotlight after death of Guinean and calls to close them down 03/09/2024 12:26am • ROME (AP) — Pressure is building on authorities in Italy to close a notorious Rome migrant detention center where a 19-year-old Guinean allegedly hanged himself last month. Visiting opposition senators have decried “undignified” conditions for people ordered to leave Italy but awaiting repatri Foreigners trapped in violence-torn Haiti wait desperately for a way out 03/08/2024 09:40pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dozens of foreigners, including many from the United States and Canada, are stranded in Haiti, desperately trying to leave the violence-torn country where anti-government gangs are battling police and have already shut down both of the country's international airports. Mexico-bound plane lands in LA in 4th emergency this week for United Airlines 03/08/2024 09:28pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A United Airlines jetliner headed to Mexico City from San Francisco made an emergency landing in Los Angeles on Friday after the crew reported a hydraulics issue, in the fourth emergency involving a United Airlines flight this week. The plane landed safely at Los Angeles Inter AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Georgia's presidential primaries 03/08/2024 09:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Emerging from their near-clean sweeps of Super Tuesday contests, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump head to Georgia, where they’ll campaign for votes in Tuesday’s presidential primary in a state that will play a pivotal role in deciding their fates in Novem Maui officials aim to accelerate processing of permits to help Lahaina rebuild 03/08/2024 08:12pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Local officials in Hawaii next month plan to open an office that will speed up Maui County's notoriously slow processing of building permits to help the town of Lahaina to recover from last year's deadly wildfire. Keanu Lau Hee, the county’s deputy managing director, told a commu Nathan Hochman advances to Los Angeles County district attorney runoff against George Gascón 03/08/2024 08:01pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman has advanced to a runoff against Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, one of the country’s most progressive prosecutors. Gascón and Hochman will compete in November in the race to lead an agency that prosecutes cases i LAFC signs prolific goal-scorer Denis Bouanga to a 2-year contract extension through 2027 03/08/2024 07:36pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles FC has signed prolific goal-scorer Denis Bouanga to a two-year contract extension through the 2027 season. The deal announced Friday, which includes a team option for 2028, allows LAFC to move forward with the centerpiece of its attack secured for at least four seaso Temple, Loyola (Md.) men's basketball programs disclose gambling-related investigations 03/08/2024 07:14pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Temple University said Friday it will review reports that show at least one game involving its men's basketball team was flagged for unusual betting activity while Loyola (Md.) said it had removed a person from its basketball program after it became aware of a gambling violatio The NYPD is using social media to target critics. That brings its own set of worries 03/08/2024 06:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The first “NYPD: Most Wanted” video was meant to be intimidating. Over a pounding soundtrack, the montage cuts among stock images and body-camera footage of actual police raids. A fake gun discharges. Real officers break down a door, barking orders at a man asleep on a couch. A 4 Missouri prison workers fired after an investigation into an inmate's death 03/08/2024 06:29pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Four Missouri prison workers were fired after an investigation into the death of an inmate whose family is demanding to know what happened. Othel Moore died Dec. 8 at the Jefferson City Correctional Center after cells in a housing unit were searched for weapons, drugs and Prosecutors ask judge to keep DC LGBTQ nonprofit founder Ruby Corado locked up, calling her 'serious flight risk' 03/08/2024 04:40pm • Federal prosecutors in D.C. are asking a judge to keep LGBTQ nonprofit founder Ruby Corado behind bars as she awaits trial on money laundering charges, saying she poses a "unique and serious flight risk." Corado, 53, is charged with money laundering and defrauding two COVID-19 pandemic-era loan p Biden's reference to 'an illegal' rankles some Democrats who argue he's still preferable to Trump 03/08/2024 04:34pm • MIAMI (AP) — President Joe Biden faced disappointment and anger from some allies Friday for calling the suspect in the killing of a Georgia nursing student an “illegal” during his State of the Union speech. Other Democrats backed him as better on immigration issues than former President Donald Michigan school shooter's dad insisted to police that gun, ammunition were hidden at home 03/08/2024 04:31pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The father of a Michigan school shooter told police shortly after the fatal attack that a gun and ammunition used by his son had been hidden at the family's home, according to a video seen by jurors Friday. James and Jennifer Crumbley were interviewed in a small room at a she