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'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 The Latest | Hamas says Israel's offensive in north Gaza could sink cease-fire efforts 07/08/2024 10:38pm • Hamas has warned that Israel���s expanding military operations in Gaza City and the displacement of thousands of residents could have ���disastrous repercussions��� for talks aimed at a cease-fire and the release of Israeli hostages. The militant group said in a statement Monday that its top politi After yearslong surge, carjackings fall 46% in DC 07/08/2024 09:21pm • The numbers of carjackings in the District is going down after a yearslong surge. U.S. Attorney for D.C. Matthew Graves said that in June of this year compared to June of 2023, carjackings fell 78%, from 140 to 31. Year to date, Graves said there has been a 46% drop, with over 200 fewer carjackin Beryl weakens to tropical depression after slamming into Texas as Category 1 hurricane 07/08/2024 09:15pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� After Hurricane Beryl slammed into Texas early Monday, knocking out power to nearly 3 million homes and businesses, unleashing heavy rain and killing at least three people it moved east and later weakened to a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said Monday evening. T Crew targeting Fairfax Co. liquor stores accused of stealing more than $70K worth of alcohol 07/08/2024 08:53pm • More than $72,000 worth of alcohol was stolen in a string of thefts across Fairfax County, Virginia, and police say they have arrested members of a "crew that has been targeting ABC stores." A D.C. man and three juveniles are accused of stealing from 15 stores in the county since March. Police sa Brazil's police say Bolsonaro embezzled $1.2 million in undeclared jewelry from Saudi Arabia 07/08/2024 08:22pm • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Brazil���s Federal Police allege former President Jair Bolsonaro embezzled jewelry worth 6.8 million Brazilian reals (about $1.2 million) during his time in office, according to the investigative report unsealed Monday by the Supreme Court. Bolsonaro was indicted last week chargin Advice for Premed Students With a Criminal Record 07/08/2024 08:00pm • For a medical school applicant with a criminal record, calling the issue complex is an understatement. The Association of American Medical Colleges offers a criminal background check on all medical school applicants to associated schools that use the American Medical College Application Service, or How to Thrive as an HBCU Student-Athlete 07/08/2024 08:00pm • For many Black student-athletes, choosing a historically Black college or university has appeal. Many HBCUs, for example, have fewer students enrolled compared to bigger predominantly white institutions, or PWIs. This allows student-athletes to take advantage of smaller class sizes and more interact A Memphis man is now charged with attacking two homeless men in recent months 07/08/2024 07:50pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� A U.S. Army veteran charged with fatally shooting a homeless man has also been accused of attacking another homeless person with a knife in downtown Memphis, court documents show. Karl P. Loucks, 41, was charged June 25 with aggravated assault after police said he cut a man t Judge decides Alec Baldwin's role as co-producer not relevant to trial over fatal 2021 set shooting 07/08/2024 07:37pm • Alec Baldwin ���s role as a producer of the Western film ���Rust��� isn���t relevant to the involuntary manslaughter trial over a fatal shooting on set, a New Mexico judge decided Monday. The move is a major setback for prosecutors just as trial was about to begin. They had planned to present eviden