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Bangladesh court sentences Nobel laureate Yunus to 6 months in jail. He denies violating labor laws 01/01/2024 03:46pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A labor court in Bangladesh’s capital Monday sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country’s labor laws. Yunus, who pioneered the use of microcredit to help impoverished people, was present in court and was granted ba Steelers sticking with Mason Rudolph at QB against the Ravens even with Kenny Pickett available 01/01/2024 01:49pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are sticking with Mason Rudolph ahead of their pivotal regular-season finale against Baltimore. Coach Mike Tomlin said Monday that Rudolph will make a third straight start for the Steelers (9-7) even with Kenny Pickett expected to be available after recove DC-area officers finish New Year weekend with increased police presence 01/01/2024 03:20am • Maryland, Virginia and District police agencies have spent New Year's Eve — a night of drinks and celebration — responding to several incidents across the region. WTOP's Traffic Center and producer's desk reached out to several agencies about their plans to increase patrols over the holiday w Ex-cycling world champion Dennis reportedly charged after Olympian wife killed by vehicle 12/31/2023 11:35pm • ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis was reported to have been charged in connection with the death of his wife, Olympic cyclist Melissa Hoskins, who died after being struck by a vehicle while riding in Adelaide. Australian media reports said Dennis had been charge The year in review: Influential people who died in 2023 12/31/2023 06:30pm • Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. But it all came to a sudden end when the private plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded over Russia. Prigozhin's Aug. 23 death put an exclamatio Sen. Fetterman says he thought news about his depression treatment would end his political career 12/31/2023 03:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Fetterman acknowledges having “dark conversations” about harming himself before he hit “the emergency brake” and sought treatment for depression. He remembers thinking about his three school-age kids. “I can’t be a blueprint for my children. I can’t let th Court documents naming Jeffrey Epstein's associates to be unsealed: What to know 12/31/2023 01:45pm • Mint Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of sealed court filings pertaining to the late sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein are set to be made public this week, and several prominent names -- including Britain's Prince Andrew and former President Bill Clinton -- are expected to appear in the document Pope recalls Benedict XVI's love and wisdom on anniversary of death, as secretary reflects on legacy 12/31/2023 11:58am • VATICAN CITY (AP) — Tributes were paid Sunday on the first anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XVI, with Pope Francis praising his love and wisdom and Benedict's private secretary expressing hope he might one day be declared a saint. Benedict, the first pope to retire in six centuries, died German chancellor tours flooded regions in the northwest, praises authorities and volunteers 12/31/2023 11:08am • BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took a helicopter flight Sunday to check the flooded regions in the northwest of the country, where rivers have swelled and overflowed homes, roads and fields after weeks of heavy rain. In recent days, hundreds of people have been evacuated from affected Russia launches fresh drone strikes in Ukraine after promising retaliation for Belgorod attack 12/31/2023 11:05am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a fresh drone assault on Ukraine after promising that strikes on the Russian border city of Belgorod that killed 24 people Saturday “would not go unpunished.” The Ukrainian Air Force said Sunday that it had shot down 21 of 49 drones launched by Russian forc Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 7-13 12/31/2023 10:39am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 7-13: Jan. 7: Rolling Stone magazine founder Jann Wenner is 78. Singer Kenny Loggins is 76. Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman is 75. Actor Erin Gray (“Silver Spoons,” ″Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”) is 74. Actor Sammo Hung (“Martial Law”) is 7 Maine state official who removed Trump from ballot was targeted in swatting call at her home 12/31/2023 09:37am • A fake emergency call to police resulted in officers responding Friday night to the home of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows just a day after she removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause. She becomes t 24 things to look forward to in 2024 12/31/2023 06:00am • (CNN) — Hope springs eternal, and for many of us, 2024 is a new dawn. We may have limited time before the bloom of the new year fades and we’re left to confront our untended bad habits and the horrors of the world, so let’s make the most of this fleeting moment of optimism. There are plenty Netanyahu says Gaza war on Hamas will go on for 'many more months,' thanks US for new weapons sales 12/30/2023 06:13pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza will continue for “many more months," pushing back against persistent international cease-fire calls after mounting civilian deaths, hunger and mass displacement in the besieged en Cargo ship carrying burning lithium-ion batteries reaches Alaska, but kept offshore for safety 12/30/2023 03:28pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A large cargo ship with a fire in its hold is being kept 2 miles (3.22 kilometers) offshore of an Alaska port as a precaution while efforts are undertaken to extinguish the flames, the U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday. There were no injuries to the 19 crew members aboard the