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Federal judge rules protesters can't march through Republican National Convention security zone 07/09/2024 01:50pm • MADISON, Wis . (AP) ��� A federal judge ruled Monday that protesters can't march through a security zone at the Republican National Convention, handing a defeat to liberals who had pushed to have closer access to where delegates will be gathering next week in Milwaukee. The American Civil Liberties Lawyer calls social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother serial tax evaders 07/09/2024 01:35pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Social media influencer Andrew Tate's taunts over refusing to pay British taxes on millions of pounds in revenue may come back to haunt him and his brother Tristan. An online video of Tate bragging of never paying taxes when he lived in England was used as evidence against him in a c Man charged with killing, dismembering transgender teen he met through dating app 07/09/2024 12:03pm • A Pennsylvania man accused of killing and dismembering a transgender teenager he met through a dating app has been charged with murder and related counts. DaShawn Watkins, 29, of Sharon, was arraigned earlier this month and is being held without bail at the Mercer County Jail. He was represented at 2 men charged following shooting at Silver Spring Taco Bell 07/09/2024 11:45am • A pair of men are being held without bond at Montgomery County, Maryland's detention center in Rockville following a shooting at a Taco Bell Cantina in Silver Spring last month. Montgomery County police said Souleymane Traore, 18, faces charges of attempted first-degree murder and first-degree as Elephants trample a Spanish tourist to death in South Africa. He left a car to take photos 07/09/2024 10:26am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) ��� Elephants trampled to death a Spanish tourist at a South African wildlife reserve after he left his vehicle and approached a herd to take photographs, police and local government authorities said Tuesday. The 43-year-old man was killed on Sunday at Pilanesberg Nation The Taliban���s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear among Afghans, UN says 07/09/2024 07:14am • The Taliban���s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear and intimidation among Afghans, according to a U.N. report published Tuesday. Edicts and some of the methods used to enforce them constituted a violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, the report said. The Taliban set u Large pile of confiscated illegal fireworks explodes in the southern Philippines, injuring 27 people 07/09/2024 07:12am • ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) ��� At least 27 people, including 19 police and other government personnel, were injured when a large pile of confiscated illegal fireworks exploded in a powerful blast in the southern Philippines, damaging houses, hotels and an international airport, officials said Tuesd Suspected rebels kill 5 Indian soldiers after ambushing their vehicle in Indian-controlled Kashmir 07/09/2024 04:56am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Suspected rebels fighting against Indian rule in the disputed region of Kashmir ambushed an army vehicle on Monday in the region's south, killing five Indian soldiers and wounding other five, officials said. No insurgent group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Th Rescuers search for dozens buried by an Indonesian landslide that killed at least 23 people 07/09/2024 04:48am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Rescue workers dug through tons of mud and rubble on Tuesday as they searched for dozens of missing people after a landslide hit an unauthorized gold mining area on Indonesia���s Sulawesi island, killing at least 23 people. More than 100 villagers were digging for grains 'Customers should be aware': Pepco customers are being urged to watch out for scammers 07/09/2024 04:13am • Pepco is reminding customers to watch out for potential scams, which could even involve a phone call from a customer service number. "There's a lot of common schemes that involve scammers' use of technology to replicate a company's phone number through caller ID," said Pepco spokesman Frank Tedes Papua New Guinea minister facing domestic assault charge steps down. Opposition demands resignation 07/09/2024 04:04am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ��� Papua New Guinea���s opposition leader urged the country���s premier Tuesday to fire the petroleum minister who is stepping down from office as he faces alleged domestic assault charges in Australia. Police in the Australian state of New South Wales said in a stateme In first comments, the Kenyan force in Haiti says 'no room for failure' against powerful gangs 07/09/2024 12:53am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� The head of the Kenya-led multinational force tasked with curbing gang violence in Haiti said on Monday ���there's no room for failure��� and that the United Nations-backed police mission was committed to ensuring democratic elections in the Caribbean nation. The nati Biden says he won't step aside. But if he does, here's why Harris is the favorite to replace him 07/09/2024 12:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden insists that only "the Lord Almighty��� can convince him to quit the presidential race. But should he change his mind, Vice President Kamala Harris is by far the best positioned to replace him. Harris would have a head start over several of the most discussed Police release image of suspect vehicle involved in Southeast DC quadruple shooting 07/08/2024 11:42pm • Four people were injured in a shooting Monday evening in Southeast D.C. The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to WTOP that around 8 p.m. Monday night, four people ��� two men and two women ��� were injured in a shooting in the 1000 block of 12th Street SE. The four people were taken to Cannabis advocates in Thailand protest a proposal to ban again its general use 07/08/2024 10:41pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Two years after marijuana was decriminalized in Thailand, nearly a hundred of its advocates marched to the prime minister���s office Monday to protest a possible ban on general use. A health ministry drug control committee approved Friday a proposal to relist cannabis as a narcotic