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With police departments facing a hiring crisis, some policies are being loosened to find more cadets 03/22/2024 12:08am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Faced with gaping vacancies in its police force and concerns about public safety, the Philadelphia Police Department had to think creatively about how to get more candidates in the door. The answer? Fewer pushups. The city���s move to lower requirements for the entry physica Drought, heat and mismanagement make getting fresh water an increasingly tough task 03/21/2024 11:35pm • As the world warms from human-caused climate change, fresh water for drinking, cooking and cleaning is becoming harder to get for many people. That���s because the warming world is leading to erratic rainfall patterns, extreme heat and periods of drought ��� on top of decades of bad water management 3 hospitalized after Prince George's Co. shooting 03/21/2024 10:43pm • Three people are in the hospital Thursday night after a shooting in Prince George's County, Maryland, according to authorities. It started around 6:20 p.m. when officers found the first victim in the 5300 block of Sheriff Road in the Capitol Heights area near the D.C. border. Police say he's in t Law enforcement officials in Texas wonder how they will enforce migrant arrest law 03/21/2024 10:23pm • SANDERSON, Texas (AP) ��� During the nine hours that Texas was allowed to arrest and deport people who illegally enter the U.S., Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland never changed his tactics with migrants in his remote border county. Not because he opposes the idea. There's just no practical way to do it, sa Police track down escaped Idaho prison gang member and accomplice, say pair may have killed 2 on run 03/21/2024 09:08pm • Police on Thursday arrested two white supremacist gang members ��� an Idaho prison inmate and the accomplice who helped him escape ��� following an attack on corrections officers at a Boise hospital, and investigators are looking into whether they killed two people while on the run. Skylar Meade, th Do You Need a Lawyer to Fight a Speeding Ticket? 03/21/2024 08:00pm • After the flashing blue lights fade in the distance and the dreaded speeding ticket is in hand, drivers have two main options to consider. They can either deal with the ticket themselves or hire a lawyer to contest it. While speeding sounds like a minor infraction, it killed 12,330 people in 2021 al March Madness notebook: State of Alabama gets relocated to the Pacific Northwest 03/21/2024 07:24pm • UAB coach Andy Kennedy had a suggestion for the NCAA Tournament selection committee ��� look at a map. Three teams from Alabama were sent more than 2,000 miles from home for the first weekend of March Madness. The Blazers, a No. 12 seed, were joined by No. 4 seeds Auburn and Alabama in Spokane, Wash Unforgettable losses propel Grambling State and Purdue to Midwest matchup in March Madness 03/21/2024 07:17pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Grambling State star Jourdan Smith spent months losing sleep over his team's 2023 season finale. This week, he celebrated the school's biggest basketball win with a bleary-eyed moment of joy. After leading the Tigers to the Southwestern Athletic Conference regular-season title, The Latest | Blinken says he'll talk with Israelis about alternatives to Rafah ground assault 03/21/2024 06:38pm • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he will share alternatives to Israel's planned ground assault into the southern Gaza town of Rafah when he meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his War Cabinet on Friday. Blinken and Arab leaders on Thursday discussed efforts for a cease-fire a Want to stay local this spring break? Here are some vacation spots in the DC area 03/21/2024 06:12pm • Want to avoid the crowds this spring break? WTOP talked to a travel expert on how staying in the D.C. region can help you avoid the masses and limit your spending. "What a lot of spring breakers are doing this year, they're avoiding the usual suspect destinations of Florida, and even Myrtle Be A hot air balloon crashed into a power line and caused a fire, but everyone is OK 03/21/2024 06:03pm • ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) ��� Three people in a hot air balloon in Minnesota escaped largely unscathed after their basket clipped a power line, fell to the ground and caused a brush fire. A Minnesota Department of Transportation traffic camera captured the accident on video. It happened around 6:50 p.m. Need to 'borrow' miles from your kid to get that free flight? A big airline will let you do that 03/21/2024 05:52pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Don't have enough airline miles for that free flight? United Airlines is now letting people pool and share their frequent-flyer points with family and friends, a feature currently offered by some smaller carriers. United said Thursday that a ���pool leader��� can pick up to four oth Highlights from the AP's reporting on the shrimp industry in India 03/21/2024 05:40pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� India is the top supplier of shrimp to the U.S., with Indian shrimp stocked in freezers at most of the nation���s biggest grocery store and restaurant chains. One reason for that is the low cost for consumers of shrimp from India. But that low cost comes at a price. The Associ Panel urged to move lawsuit to state court that seeks shutdown of part of aging pipeline in Michigan 03/21/2024 05:21pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Michigan attorneys pressed a federal appellate panel on Thursday to move their lawsuit seeking to shut down a portion of an aging oil pipeline running beneath the Straits of Mackinac from federal to state court, arguing that state environmental protection laws are in play. Ass Growing concern from House Republicans about crime near US Capitol 03/21/2024 05:20pm • House Republicans said Thursday that D.C.'s crime problem is undermining public safety near the U.S. Capitol, due to an increase in robberies and carjackings that have affected lawmakers and congressional staff members. "D.C. crime is out of control," Rep. Bryan Steil, GOP chair of the House Admi