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Train stabbing spurs outcry over Black-on-white violence, but data shows such occurrences are rare 09/26/2025 01:48pm • After a Ukrainian woman who fled war in her home country was stabbed to death on a commuter train in North Carolina, the alarming act of violence ignited bitter racial and political rhetoric about crime victims and perpetrators in America. The fatal attack last month, in which the alleged perpetrato Chinese student known for pro-Tibet activism overseas is detained while visiting China 09/26/2025 11:59am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A Chinese student who became a vocal advocate for Tibet while living in Europe has been detained by Chinese authorities, according to two of her close friends, as Beijing is becoming more aggressive in its efforts to silence dissenting voices not only at home but also abroad. Sta Tennessee governor says more federal agents will help city police to fight crime in Memphis starting next week 09/26/2025 11:17am • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee governor says more federal agents will help city police to fight crime in Memphis starting next week. A British court throws out a terror-related charge against a member of the Irish rap group Kneecap 09/26/2025 08:26am • LONDON (AP) — A London court on Friday threw out a terror-related charge against a member of the controversial Irish rap group Kneecap, basing its decision on a technical error in the way the charge was brought forward. Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who is also referred to by his anglicized name Liam O’ LA County response to deadly fires slowed by lack of resources, outdated alert process, report says 09/26/2025 06:46am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lack of resources and outdated policies for sending emergency alerts led to delayed evacuation warnings as flames began consuming neighborhoods during deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires in January, according to an outside review. The Independent After-Action Report produced by New Zealand jury convicts man of murder for boarding house fire that killed 5 fellow tenants 09/26/2025 06:16am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand jury convicted a man of murder and arson Friday for setting the fire at the boarding house where he lived that killed five fellow tenants. The jury at the High Court in Wellington reached the verdicts against Esarona David Lologa after less than three Ride On Bus driver’s instincts help reunite missing woman with her family 09/26/2025 05:49am • A Montgomery County Ride On Bus operator is being praised for her swift action and compassion after helping reunite a missing woman with dementia and her family. On Monday night, bus operator Tilwonna Gollman Stevenson was driving her usual route through Germantown when a woman boarded her bu Pirro touts promising crime trends in front of frustrated DC community members 09/26/2025 04:39am • U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro touted promising crime trends during a community meeting Thursday, as residents pushed back and expressed frustration with masked federal agents and an increased ICE presence in their neighborhoods. Pirro’s comments came during a post-surge accountabilit Today in History: September 26, Kennedy and Nixon hold nationally televised presidential debate 09/26/2025 04:10am • Today is Friday, Sept. 26, the 269th day of 2025. There are 96 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 26, 1960, the first nationally televised debate between presidential candidates took place as Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon faced off in Chicago. Also on this Pride and excitement as Africa hosts road cycling world championships for the first time 09/26/2025 12:05am • KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — On a busy roadside in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, Ronald Yiga bent over his racing bicycle, inspecting the wheels. Dressed in shiny black sweatpants, a yellow, red and green top and a helmet, the 32-year-old cyclist was preparing for the road cycling world championships in n Chicago approves $90M payout over disgraced ex-sergeant who framed hundreds for drug crimes 09/25/2025 08:42pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a $90 million settlement for nearly 200 civil rights violations involving a notorious former police sergeant who framed people for drug crimes they didn't commit in one of the biggest police misconduct scandals in the city's One of Haiti's leaders says his country is at war with gangs and asks the world for help 09/25/2025 08:39pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — One of Haiti’s leaders on Thursday asked the world to help his troubled Caribbean country fight what he characterized as a war against relentless gang violence and widespread hunger. Laurent Saint-Cyr, head of Haiti’s transitional presidential council, addressed th Ex-South Carolina sheriff pleads guilty to stealing from police fund 09/25/2025 07:59pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former sheriff in South Carolina agreed to plead guilty Thursday to stealing money from the force's benevolence fund and taking pain pills that were supposed to be destroyed as part of a narcotics take-back program. Former Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright took money Protesters in Mexico ram gates of military base to protest 43 students who disappeared 09/25/2025 07:11pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Protesters who want justice in the case of 43 students who disappeared in 2014 rammed the gates of a military base in Mexico City with a truck Thursday and set the vehicle on fire. The protest came on the eve of the anniversary of the disappearance of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teache Chicago area center in Trump's immigration crackdown sparks complaints of inhumane conditions 09/25/2025 07:04pm • CHICAGO (AP) — A boarded-up building in a small Chicago suburb has become the front line of a federal immigration crackdown, with growing accusations that the facility meant to process arrestees is a de facto detention center plagued by inhumane conditions. The Trump administration has targeted th