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No criminal charges for officers who fatally shot man armed with crossbow outside Potomac Mills 10/24/2025 02:46pm • No criminal charges will be filed against the Prince William County police officers who shot and killed a man armed with a crossbow near Potomac Mills mall this summer after a tense, hourslong standoff. The incident began during the afternoon of July 17, when officers said they tracked down 52-year Crips member sentenced to 42 years for murder at Silver Spring wings joint, prosecutors say 10/24/2025 02:26pm • A 35-year-old man who police said is a member of the Crips street gang was sentenced Friday to 42 years in prison for the November 2023 murder of a man at a Silver Spring, Maryland, wings restaurant. Markus Dowdy, who has no known address, was convicted in February of second-degree murder and sev Israeli man's sentence over illegal development in Cyprus' breakaway north sends a stark warning 10/24/2025 01:51pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� A court in Cyprus on Friday sentenced an Israeli businessman to five years for developing and selling luxury apartment complexes in the breakaway northern part of the divided island without permission of the Greek Cypriot owners of the land. The case is one of several where Men sentenced over London arson attack masterminded by Russia as part of a wider sabotage campaign 10/24/2025 01:15pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A British judge on Friday sentenced five men for their roles in an arson attack in London that authorities say was masterminded by Russian intelligence as part of a wider campaign of sabotage and disruption. Their sentences ranged from seven to 17 years in prison. Another man was sen Nigeria's president replaces top security officials as he struggles to restore stability 10/24/2025 12:45pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� Nigeria���s president on Friday replaced top security officials as the West African country grapples with unabated violence in the conflict-hit north and myriad security challenges. No reason was given but the shake-up comes as the government has denied rumors of a coup plot Interpol-led crackdown on environmental crime leads to 225 arrests in Latin America 10/24/2025 11:13am • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ��� A two-month multinational police operation spanning nine Latin American countries resulted in 225 arrests for environmental crime and hundreds of new investigations into illegal logging, wildlife trafficking and gold mining, Interpol said Friday. The announcement marked the Colombian man to serve minimum 42 years in UK prison for grisly double murder 10/24/2025 10:53am • LONDON (AP) ��� A 35-year-old Colombian man was sentenced Friday to a life sentence with a minimum term of 42 years after murdering two men in their London apartment and then dumping their remains in suitcases in southwest England. Yostin Andres Mosquera killed Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth Roadside bombing kills 3 police officers in northwest Pakistan 10/24/2025 10:41am • PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) ��� A powerful roadside bomb struck a police vehicle Friday in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country���s northwest near the Afghan border, killing a city police chief and two junior officers, officials said. The bombing took place in the city of Hangu in College football traditions: 'Nebraska Nice' fans pride themselves on being friendly to visitors 10/24/2025 09:34am • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ��� A gaggle of Nebraska fans was lined up behind a barricade near the tunnel leading to the visitors' locker room, waiting for Houston Christian's players to come through moments after they lost to the Cornhuskers by more than seven touchdowns. ���Chin up, chin up,��� Braxton Adr International Criminal Court judges reject jurisdiction challenge in Duterte case 10/24/2025 06:34am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� International Criminal Court judges on Thursday rejected a challenge to jurisdiction in the case of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is accused of involvement in dozens of killings as part of his so-called war on drugs when in office. Defense lawyers Bus catches fire after being hit by a motorcycle in southern India, killing at least 25 10/24/2025 06:09am • HYDERABAD, India (AP) ��� A passenger bus erupted into flames after a motorcycle crashed into it early Friday, killing at least 25 people and injuring several others in southern India, police said. The fire tore through the bus within minutes, trapping dozens of passengers as it sped along a highway 'Our reality, our values': Graffiti finds growing acceptance in West Africa 10/24/2025 03:02am • CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) ��� It was the middle of the day when Omar Diaw, known by his artist name ���Chimere��� ��� French for chimera ��� approached a blank wall off the main thoroughfare in Guinea 's capital and started spray-painting. ���They know who I am,��� he said confidently. Though it wasn���t Lithuanian president says Russian military planes violated the Baltic country's airspace 10/24/2025 02:41am • VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) ��� Russian military planes briefly violated Lithuania���s airspace Thursday evening, the Lithuanian president said, condemning what he called a blatant breach of the territorial integrity of his European Union and NATO-member country. Lithuania���s foreign ministry planned One family fled Afghanistan. Then US deportations scattered them across the world 10/23/2025 10:10pm • As they walked up to the thick metal pillars of the border wall dividing Tijuana and San Diego, the Hussaini siblings carried nothing from their lives in Afghanistan than a hazy fantasy of what awaited them on the other side. Amir, 21, and his sisters, Suraiya, 26, and Bano, 27, arrived in northern How inflatable costumes ballooned at anti-Trump rallies due to a Portland protester's frog outfit 10/23/2025 09:28pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� Seth Todd was wearing an inflatable frog costume while protesting outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Building in Portland, Oregon, when a federal officer unleashed a torrent of chemical spray directly into the costume's air vent. Video of the incident on Oct