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Chad's military ruler declared winner of presidential election, while opposition disputes the result 05/10/2024 02:32am • N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) ��� Chad���s military leader, Mahamat Deby Itno, was declared the winner of this week's presidential election, according to provisional results released Thursday. The results were contested by his main rival, Prime Minister Succ��s Masra. The national agency that manages Chad��� India says Canada has shared no evidence of its involvement in killing of a Sikh separatist leader 05/10/2024 01:48am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� India said Thursday that Canada has shared no evidence to back its allegation that the Indian government was involved in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada last year, despite the recent arrests of three Indian men in the crime. India���s External Affairs Ministry sp Killing of an airman by Florida deputy is among cases of Black people being shot in their homes 05/10/2024 12:15am • The fatal shooting of a U.S. Air Force airman at his off-base apartment in the Florida Panhandle by a sheriff's deputy brings to mind other instances of Black people being killed by law enforcement in their own homes as they're going about their day. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, was killed on Ma Maui to hire expert to evaluate county's response to deadly wildfire 05/09/2024 11:22pm • WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) ��� Nine months after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century struck Maui, Mayor Richard Bissen says the county will hire an outside expert to assess how its emergency management agency performed during the disaster. The Aug. 8 wildfire killed 101 people and destroyed Pro-Palestinian protesters disperse after police presence at GWU campus; at least 1 arrested 05/09/2024 10:40pm • Pro-Palestinian protesters returned to the George Washington University and pitched tents on campus Thursday night, just one day after police cleared an encampment on the D.C. campus, arresting dozens of people. A group of around 100 pro-Palestinian protesters linked arms and encircled severa Hungary and China sign strategic cooperation agreement during visit by Chinese President Xi 05/09/2024 10:08pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ��� Hungary and China signed a number of new agreements on Thursday to deepen their economic and cultural cooperation during a visit to the Central European country by Chinese President Xi Jinping, a trip meant to solidify China's economic footprint in the region. Xi and Hung 2nd black bear in a year enters DC's Brookland neighborhood 05/09/2024 10:02pm • Residents of D.C.'s Brookland neighborhood have welcomed a new neighbor and are curious about their whereabouts. A black bear was first spotted in the Northeast community Wednesday morning, with social media posts showing the furry intruder wandering around homes on Newton and Otis streets. On Free software updates available in Md. could shrink the odds your Hyundai is stolen 05/09/2024 09:30pm • In recent years, Hyundai and Kia vehicles have become easy targets for car thieves, thanks to a social media "challenge." The two automakers have since been giving out steering wheel locks across the country. Now, Hyundai is out with a new software update the carmaker hopes will be even more eff Several people detained as protesters block parking garage at Massachusetts Institute of Technology 05/09/2024 09:14pm • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) ��� Police detained several people Thursday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after demonstrators blocked a parking garage in their ongoing protest movement connected to the Israel-Hamas war. Tensions have ratcheted up in standoffs with protesters on campuses across New Hampshire man sentenced to minimum 56 years on murder, other charges in young daughter's death 05/09/2024 09:02pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� A New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter and moving her corpse around for months before disposing of it was sentenced Thursday to a minimum of 56 years in prison on murder and other charges as relatives of the child called him a monster. That sentence Body camera video shows fatal shooting of Black airman by Florida deputy in apartment doorway 05/09/2024 08:50pm • FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� A Florida sheriff released body camera video Thursday showing a deputy outside an apartment door and firing immediately when it was opened by a Black man carrying a handgun pointed downward, a killing the family denounced as ���unjustifiable.��� Okaloosa County Sheri Pennsylvania to ban cell phone use while driving and require police to collect traffic stop data 05/09/2024 08:12pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone for almost any purpose while driving, as backers of the legislation hope to reduce distracted driving accidents and deaths after nearly two decades of pressing the measure. Gov. Josh 'Hours count, minutes count': Advice from the Secret Service on avoiding cyberscams 05/09/2024 08:00pm • When most people think of the U.S. Secret Service, they think about presidential protection. But the Secret Service also investigates financial crimes and is currently involved in the investigation of the theft of $220,000 from the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department. Stavros Nikolakakos, assi Man paralyzed after being hit with a Taser while running from police in Colorado sues officer 05/09/2024 07:21pm • DENVER (AP) ��� A man who said he was paralyzed after being hit with a Taser while running from police in Colorado filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against one of the officers, seeking $100 million in damages. Lawyers for Jacob Root, who was suspected of stealing a car, allege Officer Robert Comstoc The Latest | Palestinians flee Rafah as Netanyahu vows to widen Gaza assault despite US warnings 05/09/2024 06:30pm • Tens of thousands of displaced and exhausted Palestinians have packed up their tents and other belongings and fled the southern city of Rafah for other parts of Gaza, according to the United Nations. Israel has repeatedly threatened to invade Rafah, saying it's the last stronghold of Hamas militant