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How a top New Zealand police officer's downfall provoked public fury and scrutiny of police powers 11/18/2025 01:20am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — He was one of the most powerful police officers in New Zealand and a year ago almost won the country’s top law enforcement job. But the public didn’t know Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming was facing claims of sexual abuse during an affair with a young Heavy rain triggers landslides and floods in central Vietnam, killing 7 11/18/2025 12:12am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Heavy rain swept central Vietnam on Monday, triggering landslides and floods, killing at least seven, injuring dozens and stranding thousands. The deluges have wreaked widespread destruction across a region already battered weeks ago by floods from record rainfall and the pow Gary Walters worked in the White House for 37 years. Here's what the chief usher saw 11/17/2025 11:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Gary Walters saw a lot of history in the 37 years he spent working at the White House, where he started as an officer assigned to protect the president and ended as the longest-serving chief usher in history. The position of chief usher is the top job in the residence, comparable Federal immigration agents will expand enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh, mayor says 11/17/2025 11:31pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Federal immigration authorities will expand their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh as soon as Tuesday, the mayor of the state’s capital city said, while Customs and Border Protection agents continue operating in Charlotte following a weekend that saw arrests Man fatally shot by DC police near Deanwood Metro 11/17/2025 11:17pm • A man was shot and killed by a D.C. police officer near the Deanwood Metro station on Monday night. Around 8 p.m., officers and members of the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force were patrolling near the station on reports of gunshots made yesterday, Executive Assistant Police Chief Andre Wright s Tennessee judge blocks Trump's use of National Guard in Memphis but gives time for government appeal 11/17/2025 11:08pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge on Monday blocked the use of the National Guard in Memphis under a crime-fighting operation by President Donald Trump but also put the order on hold, giving the government five days to appeal. Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal's decision sides Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. rejects his sister's accusation he uses cocaine 11/17/2025 11:01pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s estranged sister, a senator, publicly accused him Monday of being a longtime drug addict whose alleged cocaine dependence has led to problems in his governance, including corruption, allegations that his spokesperson said was Off-duty pilot who tried to cut a flight’s engines midair won't serve prison time, judge rules 11/17/2025 09:51pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ruled there would be no prison time for a former Alaska Airlines pilot who had taken psychedelic mushrooms days before he tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit. U.S. District Court Judge Amy Baggi UN approves the Trump administration's plan for the future of Gaza 11/17/2025 09:27pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration’s blueprint to secure and govern Gaza won strong approval at the United Nations on Monday, a crucial step that provides international support for U.S. efforts to move the devastated territory toward peace following two years of war. The U.S. resolut Man charged with murder in shooting of Oakland football coach and 'Last Chance U' star John Beam 11/17/2025 08:32pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 27-year-old man was charged Monday with murder in the shooting death of celebrated former football coach John Beam, who died Friday after being shot in the head on the junior college campus in Oakland where he worked. Cedric Irving Jr. could face 50 years to life if convic Former Bangladesh leader Hasina sentenced to death for crackdown on uprising that ousted her 11/17/2025 08:13pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and one of her close aides were sentenced to death Monday over her crackdown on a student uprising last year that killed hundreds of people and led to the toppling of her 15-year rule. The International Crimes Tribunal bas Trump administration sues California over law banning masked federal agents 11/17/2025 07:34pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Trump administration filed a lawsuit Monday over California's new laws banning federal agents from wearing masks and requiring them to have identification while conducting operations in the state. The federal government has argued the laws threaten the safety of officers wh Indiana homeowner charged in fatal shooting of house cleaner who showed up at the wrong door 11/17/2025 07:33pm • LEBANON, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana homeowner accused of killing a house cleaner who mistakenly arrived at his front door was charged with voluntary manslaughter on Monday in a case that could test the limits of stand-your-ground laws. Curt Andersen, 62, could face anywhere from 10 to 30 years in pris Border Patrol official says dozens arrested in North Carolina immigration enforcement surge 11/17/2025 07:07pm • A top Border Patrol commander touted dozens of arrests in North Carolina’s largest city on Sunday as Charlotte residents reported encounters with federal immigration agents near churches, apartment complexes and stores. The Trump administration has made the Democratic city of about 950,000 people New laws passed, others yet to be voted on, as Prince George's Co. Council ends year 11/17/2025 07:00pm • The Prince George’s County Council is getting ready to wrap up its legislative year with a busy final two days of the session. On Monday, the council passed what’s been dubbed as Zoey’s Law. The new law, which passed by a 10-0 vote, is named after 3-year-old Zoey Harrison, who was killed