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Rio favelas left reeling after lethal gang raid as families bury the dead 10/31/2025 12:16am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Families of the scores of people killed in a deadly gang raid by Rio de Janeiro police began burying the dead on Thursday, with residents left reeling by the scenes of carnage and livid at law enforcement whom they accuse of excessive force, torture and extrajudicial killings Hurricane Melissa hits the Caribbean and more top photos this week from Latin America 10/31/2025 12:05am • Oct. 24-30, 2025 Hurricane Melissa passed through Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica. Bodies lay on the street after a police raid in Rio de Janeiro. In the world of sports, the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix took place in Mexico City. This gallery was curated by AP photographer Esteban Felix, based in Santiago A 3rd teenager is indicted for the killing of a congressional intern in Washington 10/30/2025 11:55pm • A third teenager has been arrested and charged with the killing of a congressional intern in the nation's capital, a crime that President Donald Trump cited when he announced a law enforcement surge in Washington. Naqwan Antonio Lucas, 18, has been indicted with first-degree murder and 15 other cha 2 die in flooded New York City basements during heavy rainstorm 10/30/2025 11:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Two people died in flooded New York City basements Thursday during a rainstorm that shut down roadways and caused airport delays, authorities said. A scuba team recovered the body of a 39-year-old man after firefighters received a call of a person trapped in the flooded basement of Cruise passenger, 80, found dead after being abandoned on Great Barrier Reef island 10/30/2025 11:01pm • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� An 80-year-old cruise passenger has been found dead on a Great Barrier Reef island, a day after she was accidentally abandoned there by the ship���s crew. The passenger���s daughter Katherine Rees on Thursday accused the cruise company Coral Expeditions of a ���failure DC leaders consider reestablishing youth curfew zones permanently 10/30/2025 09:45pm • D.C. Council members are hearing from members of the public and law enforcement on the effectiveness of last summer's youth curfew zones and whether or not it should be put pack in place this winter. Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto, who chairs the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, Justice Department investigating fraud allegations in Black Lives Matter movement, AP sources say 10/30/2025 09:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Justice Department is investigating whether leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement defrauded donors who contributed tens of millions of dollars during racial justice protests in 2020, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. In recent weeks, federal law enfo 2 Mississippi sheriffs and 12 officers charged in drug trafficking bribery scheme 10/30/2025 09:18pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� Federal authorities on Thursday announced indictments against 20 people, including 14 current or former Mississippi Delta law enforcement officers, that allege the officers took bribes to provide safe passage to people they believed were drug traffickers. The yearslong invest King Charles III strips Prince Andrew of titles and evicts him from royal residence 10/30/2025 09:16pm • LONDON (AP) ��� King Charles III on Thursday stripped his disgraced brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicted him from his royal residence after weeks of pressure to act over his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Buckingham Palace said. After the king���s rare move, wh Citing AP investigation, senators demand answers on use of full-body restraints during deportations 10/30/2025 08:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A ���near-total secrecy��� surrounding deportation flights and the use of full-body restraints onboard is raising ���serious human rights concerns,��� a group of 11 Democratic U.S. senators wrote in a letter Thursday to top immigration officials. U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Mar Former Las Cruces police officer convicted of manslaughter in 2023 shooting 10/30/2025 08:20pm • LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) ��� A former Las Cruces police officer was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter on Thursday in the 2023 shooting death of a woman who struck him with her open car door as she backed up and tried to leave. Jurors deliberated for a couple of hours before returning the verdict i National Guard in each state is ordered to create 'quick reaction forces' trained in civil unrest 10/30/2025 07:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Military leaders have ordered the National Guard in every state to develop a ���quick reaction force��� of troops trained to deal with civil disturbances and riots that can be ready to deploy with just hours' notice, the latest indication of longer-term Trump administration plans DC's police chief denies wrongdoing after accusations of officer-involved shooting cover-up 10/30/2025 05:53pm • D.C.'s police chief is denying any wrongdoing within her department following accusations police tried to cover up an incident during which a Homeland Security officer fired into a vehicle during a traffic stop. The alleged shooting happened Oct. 17 on Benning Road in Northeast. Officers said the GOP lawmakers urge Trump administration to back Falun Gong lawsuit against Cisco 10/30/2025 05:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Two prominent Republicans on Capitol Hill want the Supreme Court to allow a lawsuit to proceed against tech giant Cisco over allegations that the company���s technology was used to persecute members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in China. In a Wednesday letter to the Trump 18-year-old charged with murder of congressional intern and teen girl days apart in DC 10/30/2025 05:28pm • An 18-year-old man has been charged with murder in the killings of a congressional intern, who was hit by stray gunfire in D.C.'s Mount Vernon Square in late June, and a teen girl, who was gunned down inside a home in the Carver-Langston neighborhood on the Fourth of July. Naqwan Lucas, 18, faces