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4 people killed and over 30 injured after a bus and a cargo train collide in Peru 05/26/2024 04:20pm • LA OROYA, Peru (AP) ��� Four people were killed and more than 30 others were injured after a passenger bus and a cargo train collided Sunday in central Peru, the country's national police said. Authorities said the crash happened after 4 a.m. in the district of La Oroya, about 110 miles (177 kilomet Macron begins the first state visit to Germany by a French president in 24 years 05/26/2024 01:18pm • BERLIN (AP) ��� President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday started the first state visit to Germany by a French head of state in 24 years, a three-day trip meant to underline the strong ties between the European Union's traditional leading powers ahead of European Parliament elections in which far-right pa Man in custody after stabbings at a Massachusetts theater and a McDonald's 05/26/2024 11:46am • BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) ��� A man was taken into custody after six people, including four girls at a movie theater, were stabbed in separate attacks that may be connected, police in Massachusetts said. Police said a man came into the AMC Braintree 10 south of Boston at about 6 p.m. Saturday and enter At least 5 dead in Texas after severe weather sweeps across Texas and Oklahoma, authorities say 05/26/2024 09:30am • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� Powerful storms across Texas and Oklahoma obliterated homes and struck a highway travel center where drivers had rushed to take shelter, leaving thousands of people without power and a wide trail of damage Sunday. A sheriff said at least five people were dead in one rural comm At North Carolina's GOP convention, governor candidate Robinson energizes Republicans for election 05/26/2024 08:21am • Before Mark Robinson, North Carolina's GOP candidate for governor, even stepped on stage at the state party's convention Saturday, several state candidates took time in their own speeches to energize the crowd by vouching for Robinson's gubernatorial bid. When the state's lieutenant governor did tak Fan clashes before French Cup final between Lyon and PSG lead to 30 injuries, 10 arrests 05/26/2024 07:15am • The latest incident of fan violence to mar French soccer this season led to 30 injuries after rivals from Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain fought on a highway before Saturday's French Cup final near the city of Lille. Prefecture officials in charge of France���s northern region said in a statement Sunda Sunak���s plan to make 18-year-olds do national service grabs attention on UK election trail 05/26/2024 05:11am • LONDON (AP) ��� All 18-year-olds in Britain will have to perform a year of mandatory military or civilian national service if the governing Conservative Party wins the July 4 national election, the party said Sunday. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged to bring back a form of national service for the Zimbabwe authorities mix charm with force in an attempt to shore up the world���s newest currency 05/26/2024 01:25am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ��� The introduction of the world's newest currency in April inspired a reggae artist to record a song praising the ZiG, or Zimbabwe Gold. The catchy tune, titled ���Zig Mari,��� received generous play on state television and radio. The musician, Ras Caleb, received a car and Today in History: May 26, Obama nominates Sotomayor to Supreme Court 05/26/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, May 26, the 147th day of 2024. There are 219 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. On this date: In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln Prince George's Co. man killed in Southeast DC shooting, police say 05/25/2024 10:46pm • D.C. police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old Prince George's County, Maryland, resident shot and killed blocks away from the Congress Heights Metro Station. Police responded to reports of a shooting at around 12:40 a.m. Saturday in the 1300 block of Congress Street Southeast. When Scuffles erupt between police, protesters demanding return of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza 05/25/2024 08:31pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Scuffles between Israeli police and protesters erupted in Tel Aviv on Saturday after thousands gathered to demonstrate against the government and demand that it bring back the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza. Meanwhile, a small U.S. military vessel and what appeared to be a s Man charged with DWI in deadly Fairfax Co. pedestrian crash 05/25/2024 08:30pm • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, have charged the man they say struck and killed a pedestrian in Huntington early Friday morning. Michael Rambudhan, 38, of Woodbridge, was charged with driving while intoxicated and refusing to take a breath test. The incident took place just after 12:30 a.m 4 years after George Floyd's death, Congress struggles with police reform 05/25/2024 07:14pm • ▶ Watch Video: 4 years on from George Floyd's murder, police reform efforts remain stalled in Washington Four years after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, momentum in Washington to pass sweeping reform in the Minnesota man's name has a Md. man sentenced to 23 years in prison for fatal 2022 shooting on steps of Dupont Circle church 05/25/2024 07:03pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, man was sentenced to 23 years in prison for a 2022 Memorial Day shooting death that took place on the steps of a D.C. church. In a news release from the U.S. Attorney���s Office for D.C., prosecutors said James Jackson, 30, of Silver Spring pleaded guilty in Februar What we know about the young missionaries and religious leader killed in Haiti 05/25/2024 06:53pm • The local director of a mission group in Haiti and a young missionary couple from the U.S. were attacked and fatally shot by gang members after leaving a youth group activity at a church, a family member told The Associated Press. Thursday���s killings of Jude Montis, the local director of Missions