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Fire breaks out on Russian nuclear ship Sevmorput but is quickly extinguished, authorities say 12/25/2023 03:10am • MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's emergencies ministry said a fire broke out on a nuclear-powered container ship and icebreaker in the northern port of Murmansk but was quickly extinguished. The ministry said in statements on Telegram that the fire occurred late Sunday in a cabin of the Sevmorput vessel and Brazil's federal police arrest top criminal leader Zinho after negotiations 12/24/2023 10:09pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's federal police said one of the country's top criminal leaders surrendered Sunday after negotiations with local authorities. Luiz Antônio da Silva Braga, better known as Zinho, is the top leader of the largest militia group in the state of Rio de Janeiro. He had 12 a Vikings miss Cousins more than ever after Mullens' 4 interceptions in loss to Lions 12/24/2023 07:08pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kirk Cousins had started all but two games in his six seasons for Minnesota, giving the Vikings rare continuity at quarterback before he went down in October with a season-ending Achilles tendon tear. On their fourth starting quarterback of the season, the Vikings are discoverin In a troubled world, Christians strive to put aside earthly worries on Christmas Eve 12/24/2023 06:51pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Christians around the world were striving on Christmas Eve to put aside the worries and fears of an unsettled, war-torn world as they prepared to celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Before leading Sunday Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, Cardina Grounded charter jet freed to leave France. Lawyer says most passengers expected to return to India 12/24/2023 06:47pm • PARIS (AP) — A charter plane sequestered while carrying 303 Indians to Nicaragua was authorized Sunday to leave the French airport where it has been grounded for four days for a human trafficking investigation. A lawyer for the airline said the plane would take many of the stranded passengers back Crypto’s 2023 was marred by fraud and scandal. It may have been its best year ever 12/24/2023 08:00am • New York (CNN) — Crypto’s 14th year in existence was one marred by scandal, bankruptcy, fraud and regulatory squabbling. It still may have been the industry’s best year ever. The cast of “Crypto 2023” starred figures that are now practically synonymous with fraud: Sam Bankman-Fried, Ch Emergency room doctor unveils the most dangerous toys this season 12/24/2023 06:10am • In less than 24 hours kids everywhere will begin tearing into toys from their wish list. But before that happens, one D.C.-area doctor suggested some ways to play it safe and avoid a Christmas trip to the emergency room. Dr. Sarah Ash Combs, an emergency medicine physician and director of outreac Baltimore’s light rail service resumes after temporary suspension 12/24/2023 01:57am • Light rail service in Baltimore, Maryland, resumed Saturday after being suspended temporarily for emergency inspections of the fleet. The Maryland Transit Administration said they suspended the service on Dec. 8 due to issues revealed during an inspection. MTA added that they completed an acceler Decaying Pillsbury mill in Illinois that once churned flour into opportunity is now getting new life 12/24/2023 12:17am • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — It was the dog, stuck atop skyscraping grain silos on Springfield's northeast side in 2019, that forced Chris Richmond's hand. The stray had found its way to the top of the behemoth Pillsbury Mills, for decades a flour-churning engine of the central Illinois city's economy What would Virginia need for a future of electric and automated aircraft? 12/23/2023 09:54pm • Virginia Tech developers and aviation leaders are working to bring automated and electric aircraft to Virginia in the future. But before the state dives into investments, it’s waiting on a study and the federal government to determine what it would need to do to get the new industry off the ground EPL has its first female referee as Rebecca Welch handles Fulham-Burnley 12/23/2023 06:02pm • LONDON (AP) — The English Premier League has its first female referee and Burnley manager Vincent Kompany called it a "milestone moment" on Saturday. Rebecca Welch controlled Burnley's 2-0 win at Fulham. Kompany spoke to Welch at fulltime. “I wanted to congratulate her because it's a big moment, New York governor vetoes bill that would make it easier for people to challenge their convictions 12/23/2023 04:45pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill days before Christmas that would have made it easier for people who have pleaded guilty to crimes to challenge their convictions, a measure that was favored by criminal justice reformers but fiercely opposed by prosecutors. The Democrat Paramedics were convicted in Elijah McClain's death. That could make other first responders pause 12/23/2023 02:16pm • BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two Denver-area paramedics were convicted Friday for giving a fatal overdose of the sedative ketamine to Elijah McClain in 2019 — a jury verdict that experts said could have a chilling effect on first responders around the country. The case involving the 23-year-old Black About 300 Indian travelers are stuck in a French airport in a human trafficking probe 12/23/2023 01:08pm • VATRY, France (AP) — About 300 Indian citizens heading to Central America were sequestered in a French airport for a third day Saturday after a dramatic police operation prompted by a tip that those aboard might be victims of human trafficking, authorities said. Those aboard included children and 19 residents displaced by apartment fire in Northeast DC 12/23/2023 11:44am • Nineteen people have been displaced after a Northeast D.C. apartment building fire early Saturday morning. D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services said it got a call about the apartment fire in the 12-hundred block of Meigs Place in Northeast, near Gallaudet University, and arrived on the scene