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What to know about the events leading up to Madagascar's military coup 10/14/2025 09:45pm • Madagascar's military seized power from the civilian government Tuesday, a high-ranking commander announced after President Andry Rajoelina fled the sprawling Indian Ocean island country for his safety. The ouster of Rajoelina, who himself came to power as a transitional leader in a military-backed The Latest: Trump awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom 10/14/2025 09:00pm • President Donald Trump awarded the nation���s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously to Charlie Kirk on Tuesday. Kirk was an activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation���s politics further to the right; he was killed last mon Trump honors Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would be his 32nd birthday 10/14/2025 08:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump on Tuesday posthumously awarded America's highest civilian honor to Charlie Kirk, the assassinated activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation's politics further to the right. Receiving the award on Kirk's behalf was D���Angelo, Grammy-winning R&B singer who became an icon with ���Untitled (How Does It Feel),��� dies 10/14/2025 07:21pm • D���Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless ���Untitled (How Does It Feel)��� music video, has died. He was 51. The singer, whose real name was Michael Eugene Archer, died Tuesday after a long bout Former FBI agent sentenced to 60 years for tattoo shop rapes in Montgomery County 10/14/2025 06:30pm • Former FBI agent Eduardo Valdivia, who was convicted of raping three women in small tattoo parlors he operated, was sentenced to 60 years in prison in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Tuesday. Valdivia, 41, was found guilty in July on six counts of second-degree rape and two counts of fourth-de England reaches 2026 World Cup by routing Latvia. Ronaldo and Portugal miss chance to clinch a spot 10/14/2025 06:25pm • England became the first country from Europe to qualify for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday but Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal will have to wait after conceding a stoppage-time equalizer against Hungary. England won 5-0 at Latvia, with captain Harry Kane scoring twice in the first half, to assure firs High-speed Border Patrol chase ends in arrest, tear gas used on protesters on Chicago���s South Side 10/14/2025 05:57pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A high-speed chase involving Border Patrol agents led to the pursued person's arrest Tuesday afternoon in a residential street on Chicago ���s South Side, authorities said, and footage from the scene shows protesters gathering before agents deployed a tear gas to disperse them. Whil Lawyers seek release date for man after conviction overturned in Etan Patz disappearance case 10/14/2025 05:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Lawyers for a man whose conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz was recently overturned asked a judge on Tuesday to set a date for his release from prison if prosecutors don't decide soon to hold a new trial. Pedro Hernandez's conviction was overturned in July At least 7 injured in scrap metal pile fire; shutting down Route 1 in Fairfax Co. 10/14/2025 05:10pm • Listen to WTOP Traffic on the 8s for the latest impact on the roadway.�� Several people were hurt after a large scrap metal debris pile caught fire in Lorton, Virginia, leading police to shut down Route 1 on Tuesday afternoon, according to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue. Firefighters extinguis Madagascar's president is ousted in a military coup after weeks of youth-led protests 10/14/2025 04:31pm • ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) ��� Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina was toppled Tuesday in a military coup that capped weeks of youth protests over poverty, power outages and a lack of opportunity in the Indian Ocean island country. Right after parliament voted to impeach Rajoelina, who fled the Hamas reasserts control in a chaotic Gaza, posing a risk to the fragile ceasefire 10/14/2025 04:21pm • CAIRO (AP) ��� As the Gaza ceasefire holds, Hamas security forces have returned to the streets, clashed with armed groups and killed alleged gangsters in what the militant group says is an attempt to restore law and order in areas where Israeli troops have withdrawn. The show of force, welcomed by s Pennsylvania man pleads guilty in arson attack at governor���s mansion while Shapiro���s family slept 10/14/2025 03:57pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� A man who scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and used beer bottles filled with gasoline to ignite the occupied Pennsylvania governor���s mansion pleaded guilty Tuesday to the attempted murder of Gov. Josh Shapiro. Cody Balmer also entered What to know about the arson fire and attempted murder at the Pennsylvania governor's mansion 10/14/2025 03:55pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� A 38-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges including attempted murder and arson for setting fires inside the official residence of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro while Shapiro, his family and others were inside. Cody Balmer was sentenced under a plea deal to 25 to 5 Mother and 2 others charged in death of child found in storage bin outside Connecticut home 10/14/2025 03:15pm • NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) ��� The mother of a 12-year-old girl whose remains were found last week in a storage bin outside of an abandoned home in Connecticut has been charged in her death, along with her boyfriend and sister. A judge maintained Karla Garcia's bail at $5 million during a brief court a Second suspect charged in deadly Alabama shooting that killed 2, injured 12 10/14/2025 02:42pm • Montgomery, Ala. (AP) ��� A second person has been charged with murder in connection with a shooting that killed two people and injured 12 others in a crowded downtown nightlife district in Alabama���s capital city in early October, police said. Montgomery police announced Tuesday that Dantavious Mc