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1 migrant dies and 25 are rescued from a sinking dinghy in eastern Greece 04/29/2024 04:09am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Authorities on the Greek island of Samos said Monday that a migrant died and 25 others were rescued from a sinking dinghy that had left the nearby coast of Turkey. A search and rescue operation was launched, assisted by the European border protection agency, Frontex, for othe Suspect killed after 3 police officers wounded by gunfire in standoff near New Orleans 04/29/2024 03:03am • KENNER, La. (AP) ��� Three Louisiana police officers were wounded by gunfire Sunday in a standoff with a man who was later killed by a police sharpshooter, authorities and news reports said. Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said a sniper from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office shot and killed the suspect a Teens plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people after Sydney bishop was stabbed, police allege 04/29/2024 02:54am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Four teenagers plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people days after a bishop was stabbed i n a Sydney church, according to police documents cited in news reports on Monday. Five teens, aged 14 to 17, were charged in a Sydney court on Thursday last week with a range o Kenya postpones reopening of schools as flood-related deaths near 100 04/29/2024 12:56am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Kenya has postponed the reopening of its schools by one week due to ongoing flooding caused by heavy rains, as flood-related deaths since mid-March in the East African country neared 100. Some schools remained ���adversely affected��� by the flooding, the Education Ministry s Millions of Afghans made Pakistan home to escape war. Now many are hiding to escape deportation 04/29/2024 12:07am • KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) ��� Born and raised in Pakistan to parents who fled neighboring Afghanistan half a century ago, an 18-year-old found himself at the mercy of police in Karachi who took his cash, phone and motorbike, and sent him to a deportation center. Scared and bewildered, he spent three da Today in History: April 29, Joan of Arc leads French in battle at Orleans 04/29/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Monday, April 29, the 120th day of 2023. There are 246 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On April 29, 1429, Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans to lead a French victory over the English. On this date: In 1916, the Easter Rising in Dubli Arrests roil campuses nationwide ahead of graduation as protesters demand Israel ties be cut 04/28/2024 10:03pm • Protests are roiling college campuses nationwide as schools with graduation ceremonies next month face demands they cut financial ties to Israel because of the Israel-Hamas war. Many campuses were largely quiet over the weekend but protesters on both sides of the issue shouted and shoved each other How to Get a Home Loan When You're a Single Parent 04/28/2024 08:00pm • Single parents face unique financial challenges that many two-parent households do not. The emotional and financial toll of being the sole provider and dealing with the high costs of childcare can make homeownership feel out of reach. Fortunately, there are programs available to make it easier for s 'Fix the problems in the communities': National Harbor businesses, visitors react to emergency youth curfew 04/28/2024 06:25pm • The waterfront and Ferris wheel at National Harbor, Md. (WTOP/Shayna Estulin) There was mixed reaction to a curfew at National Harbor for children 16 and younger that went into effect on Friday at the popular waterfront boardwalk in Prince George's County, Maryland. Delores, general manager a DC man dead after 'workplace dispute' stabbing outside Audi Field 04/28/2024 02:54pm • A man from Northwest D.C. is dead after a stabbing outside Audi Field Saturday night. In a news release, D.C. police said officers responded around 6:22 p.m. to the 100 block of T Street SW on reports of a stabbing. On the scene, they found 41-year-old Martin Gross Jr. of Northwest with multip Armed men kidnap a senior judge in Pakistan���s restive northwest 04/28/2024 02:51pm • PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) ��� Armed men ambushed and kidnapped a senior judge in Pakistan���s restive northwest, a police official said Sunday. Around 15 men on motorbikes intercepted Judge Shakirullah Marwat���s vehicle as he was traveling toward Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provi 5 more teens arrested in theft, assault at Navy Yard CVS; police seeking additional suspects 04/28/2024 02:25pm • Five more teens have been arrested and charged in last Tuesday���s theft and assault at a CVS retail location in the Navy Yard area of Southeast, D.C., police announced Sunday. The five teens and an unnamed 16-year-old teenager arrested on Saturday, were��identified on surveillance footage that D Authorities name driver fatally shot by deputies in Memphis after he sped toward them 04/28/2024 01:39pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� Authorities say they have identified a man who was fatally shot by sheriff���s deputies after he sped toward them in a vehicle while the officers were serving a drug-related search warrant in a Memphis neighborhood Friday. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the man wh College protesters want ���amnesty.��� At stake: Tuition, legal charges, grades and graduation 04/28/2024 12:53pm • Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody for hours. But the next evening, the college junior received an email from the university. Alwan and ot Police ID man killed in Northwest DC shooting in U Street corridor 04/28/2024 12:00pm • D.C. police have identified a man who was killed in a shooting in the early hours of Saturday at a bar in the U Street corridor, according to D.C. police. The shooting took place in the 1300 block of U Street just before 1:15 a.m., police said. Officers on patrol in the area said they heard gu