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Save the Children disputes abuse allegations after Guatemalan prosecutors raid offices 04/26/2024 07:47pm • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The aid group Save the Children said there is nothing to support accusations of misconduct, speaking after Guatemalan prosecutors raided its offices in the Central American country looking for evidence of alleged abuse of migrant children. “We have been shocked and puzzled Mississippi police were at odds as they searched for missing man, widow says 04/26/2024 07:40pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In the weeks after Sudanese Civil War refugee Dau Mabil vanished without a trace in Mississippi, officers from two police agencies blamed each other for the stalled investigation, his widow told The Associated Press. Fishermen, not police, spotted Mabil's body floating in a r Star driver Josef Newgarden fights back tears, accepts blame for breaking rules in IndyCar scandal 04/26/2024 07:04pm • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Josef Newgarden blinked back tears Friday as he accepted blame for manipulating the push-to-pass system in his season-opening IndyCar win that has since been stripped, calling it an embarrassment and acknowledging that he may have a long r The family of Mexican serial killer's first known victim protest at the site where bones were found 04/26/2024 06:47pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The family and supporters of a missing woman who may have been the first victim of a Mexico City serial killer protested Friday at the site where the bones and possessions of a half-dozen women were found last week. Protesters covered the facade of the apartment building with pl The Latest | Israeli drone strike kills 2 in Lebanon after Hezbollah fires at an Israeli convoy 04/26/2024 06:23pm • An Israeli drone strike on a car in eastern Lebanon killed two people Friday, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says. The strike came after Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group carried out an attack along the border that killed an Israeli civilian. Hezbollah and Israel have traded fire on a Police in Washington city issue alarm after 3 babies overdosed on fentanyl in less than a week 04/26/2024 05:58pm • EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Officials are sounding alarms after a baby died and two others apparently also overdosed in the past week in separate instances in which fentanyl was left unsecured inside residences, authorities said. A 911 caller on Wednesday afternoon reported that a 13-month-old baby was Youth curfew at National Harbor now in effect 04/26/2024 05:45pm • A youth curfew is now in effect at National Harbor in Prince George's County, Maryland. Unaccompanied kids and teens who are 16 and younger aren’t allowed there on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. The first time a kid is caught unsupervised will come with a warning. Afte Fairfax Co. police say 'Road Shark' campaign is making roads safer. WTOP got an up-close look at how it works 04/26/2024 05:35pm • With his car facing a stretch of Columbia Pike in Annandale, Virginia, Friday afternoon, Fairfax County Police Officer Kevin Gehr rolled his window down. He held what's called a lidar (light detection and ranging) gun, which he used to detect the speeds of oncoming traffic at a distance. The They say don't leave valuables in parked cars in San Francisco. Rep. Adam Schiff didn't listen 04/26/2024 05:31pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — San Francisco has earned an unwelcome national reputation for car burglaries that U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff was reminded of the hard way: The Democratic congressman had his luggage swiped from his car while it was parked in a downtown garage. With his formal clothing gone, Schiff en Korey Cunningham, a former NFL lineman, found dead in his New Jersey home. He was 28 04/26/2024 05:21pm • CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Korey Cunningham, an offensive lineman who played for three NFL teams during a five-year career, has died. He was 28. Police said Cunningham was found dead Thursday in his Clifton, New Jersey, home. Officers had gone to the home after a family member reported they could not co Driver in crash that killed 2 Oakton HS students gets 4 years in prison 04/26/2024 05:20pm • A 20-year-old man who was driving more than double the speed limit when he crashed in June 2022, killing two Oakton High School students, was sentenced to four years in prison Friday. Usman Shahid was 18 at the time of the crash that killed 14-year-old Ada Gabriela Martinez Nolasco and 15-year-ol Baltimore port workers receive state aid, slowly get back to work 04/26/2024 05:10pm • More on the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse The latest on the Key Bridge collapse and recovery in Baltimore Latest photos from the Patapsco: From Key Bridge collapse to recovery efforts WATCH LIVE: Key Bridge removal, cleanup begins in Baltimore Things are slowly getting back to normal Former Virginia hospital medical director acquitted of sexually abusing ex-patients 04/26/2024 04:25pm • NEW KENT, Va. (AP) — The former medical director of a Virginia hospital that treats vulnerable children and young adults was acquitted Friday of sexually abusing two teenage patients during physical exams. Dr. Daniel Davidow worked for decades as the medical director of the Cumberland Hospital Students at prestigious Paris university occupy campus building in pro-Palestinian protest 04/26/2024 04:17pm • PARIS (AP) — Students in Paris inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses in the United States blocked access to a campus building at a prestigious French university Friday, prompting administrators to move all classes online. The pro-Palestinian protest kicked off a day of drama at the P New leaders take on Haiti's chaos as those living in fear demand swift solutions to gang violence 04/26/2024 03:05pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — It has been only a day since the transitional presidential council was installed in Haiti, and the list of demands on the Caribbean nation's new leaders is rapidly growing. Haitians want security, food, jobs — and they want them now. The members of the council, taske