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Prosecutor: Evidence of blood, cleanup in case against Manassas Park man charged with concealing wife's body 08/23/2024 01:04pm • Prosecutors say evidence of blood was found in the master bedroom and shower of the Manassas Park home shared by Mamta Kafle Bhatt, who's been missing for over three weeks, and her husband, Naresh, who is charged with concealing her body. During Friday's arraignment, Prince William County Senior Maryland police officer convicted of tossing smoke bomb at police during Capitol riot 08/23/2024 12:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A Maryland police officer was convicted on Friday of charges that he joined a mob's Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and hurled a smoke bomb and other objects at police officers guarding a tunnel entrance. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden heard two days of trial tes For many Asian Americans, Ferguson unrest set them on a path of resistance and reflection 08/23/2024 12:33pm • Like a lot of people, Ellen Lo Hoffman was shocked and disturbed by the shooting death of Michael Brown, a Black teenager, at the hands of a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer a decade ago this month. Hoffman — an assistant regional director for the national campus ministry InterVarsity Christian Kamala Harris with Beyoncé? Yes, but the star singer was only heard through loudspeakers 08/23/2024 12:08pm • Kamala Harris introduced herself to the country she hopes to lead in the climactic moment of the Democratic national convention on Thursday — and despite chatter about potential mystery guests, Beyoncé's only appearance was over the loudspeakers. In the end, it was the most traditional of convent Wow Indonesia! Festival to celebrate 75 years of U.S.-Indonesia relations 08/23/2024 11:30am • Decades of U.S.-Indonesia relations will be celebrated in D.C. this weekend during the first ever Wow! Indonesia Festival. Hosted by The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, the event will feature Indonesian music, cuisine, performances and a parade. Embassy Charges d'Affaires Sade Bimantara 11th victim found after a boat carrying migrants capsized on a river on the Serbia-Bosnia border 08/23/2024 11:16am • BRATUNAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A man's body was pulled out of the Drina River on the border between Serbia and Bosnia on Friday, bringing to 11 the number of people who drowned when a boat carrying migrants capsized a day earlier, Serbian police said. The body of an “irregular migrant” wa Daunting, daring or dumb? Florida's 'healthy' schedule provides obstacles and opportunities 08/23/2024 10:56am • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — There’s little chance Florida will ever put together a schedule like this again. No one should, really. It’s daunting. It’s daring. It might even be dumb for anyone in an era in which 12 teams — and potentially 16 down the road — make the College Football Playoff How to prepare for the Fed's forthcoming interest rate cuts 08/23/2024 10:55am • NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve is poised to cut its benchmark interest rate next month from its 23-year high, with consequences for consumers when it comes to debt, savings, auto loans and mortgages. Right now, most experts envision three quarter-point Fed cuts — in September, November and Spain midfielder Mikel Merino set to leave Real Sociedad with Arsenal as his likely destination 08/23/2024 10:55am • MADRID (AP) — Real Sociedad midfielder Mikel Merino seems headed for Arsenal after his current club coach gave him a public sending off. Imanol Alguacil said Friday in a pre-match news conference that Merino “deserves some words in form of farewell. “I have thanked him for all he has given me, Team with Korean roots wins famous Japanese high school baseball tournament 08/23/2024 09:50am • TOKYO (AP) — A team with ties to the ethnic Korean community for the first time has won Japan's famous high school baseball tournament, known as the "Koshien." Kyoto International High School on Friday won the coveted championship, defeating Kanto Daiichi High School 2-1 on a tie-breaking run in t New Dutch leader bans phones in Cabinet meetings to dial back espionage threat 08/23/2024 09:01am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The new Dutch prime minister has banned cell phones and other mobile devices from the weekly meetings of his Cabinet in a move aimed at dialing back the risk of digital eavesdropping by spies. “The threat of espionage is timeless. Electronic devices, a telephone, iP Analysis: Eagles have assembled another "Dream Team" but they know talent alone doesn't win 08/23/2024 08:38am • On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head here. ___ Vince Young’s infamous “Dream Team” declaration of the 2011 Philadelphia Eagles came to mind when general manager Howie Roseman added another playmaker to a loaded offense. How� France's Macron holds talks with key political players in a bid to form a new government 08/23/2024 07:47am • PARIS (AP) — After the excitement of the Paris Olympics and a Mediterranean vacation, now French President Emmanuel Macron has to figure out how to make his country governable again. Faced with a hung parliament, social tensions and ballooning debt, Macron kicked off talks Friday with key politica Harris summons Americans to reject political divisions, warns of consequences posed by a Trump win 08/23/2024 07:05am • CHICAGO (AP) — Kamala Harris summoned Americans on Thursday to reject political division and instead chart what she called a “new way forward,” as she accepted her party’s nomination while blending biography with warnings about electing Donald Trump again to the White House. Taking the stage New Zealand official says Western neglect of Pacific Islands let other nations boost their influence 08/23/2024 06:43am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Western nations, including the United States and New Zealand, failed to understand swiftly enough the geopolitical importance of island nations in the South Pacific, leaving a power vacuum that allowed other countries to increase their diplomatic influence, New Zeala