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Guard Ruby Whitehorn back with the Lady Vols after suspension for August arrest 09/23/2025 05:40pm • KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Tennessee coach Kim Caldwell said Tuesday that fourth-year guard Ruby Whitehorn is back with the team after serving a suspension over an August arrest that led to her pleading guilty to a pair of misdemeanors. ���It���s not an ideal situation," Caldwell said. "It���s not o Brother charged with strangling, killing 8 month-old sister in Leesburg; ICE detainer filed 09/23/2025 05:20pm • An 8-month-old girl died after she was strangled last week in Leesburg, Virginia, and the man charged in her death faces an immigration detainer and additional charges, including murder, according to police. Alvaro Mejia Ayala, now 22, was arrested and charged with strangulation Sept. 17, the day State of Connecticut settles lawsuit over convict's killing of visiting nurse for $2 million 09/23/2025 03:46pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� Connecticut officials have agreed to a $2.25 million settlement of a lawsuit over a sex offender's killing of visiting nurse Joyce Grayson at a halfway house in 2023 ��� a case that reignited calls for better protections for home health care workers across the country. A sta 2 Black men wrongly accused in 1989 killing of white woman in Boston get $150K from city 09/23/2025 03:35pm • BOSTON, Mass. (AP) ��� Two Black men wrongly accused of killing a pregnant white woman in a high-profile case in Boston in 1989 have received a $150,000 settlement from the city, two years after the mayor issued a formal apology. Alan Swanson and Willie Bennett were wrongly named as suspects in the California man gets $25M for wrongful conviction after 38 years in prison 09/23/2025 02:51pm • An innocent man who spent 38 years behind bars in California was awarded $25 million in what his lawyers called the largest wrongful conviction settlement in state history. The settlement was reached in August, according to court documents made public on Monday. Maurice Hastings, 72, was convicted a Man denies trying to assassinate Trump at his Florida golf course, as jury begins deliberating 09/23/2025 02:19pm • FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) ��� A man representing himself in federal court against charges of trying to assassinate Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course told jurors during his closing argument on Tuesday that he didn't intend to kill anyone that day. ���It���s hard for me to believe that a Girl shot in the head in Minneapolis church attack is making 'miraculous' progress, family says 09/23/2025 01:26pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A 12-year-old girl shot in the head during the deadly attack at a Catholic church in Minneapolis less than a month ago is making ���miraculous��� progress, her family said in a statement. Sophia Forchas, who was the most seriously wounded child among those who survived the shoo A drone flyover above Copenhagen Airport prompts concerns that Russia was behind it 09/23/2025 12:55pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Several unidentified drones shut down airspace over Copenhagen Airport on Monday night, prompting concerns that Russia could be behind the flyover above Scandinavia���s largest airport. There was no indication that the operators of two to three drones intended to cause h Crimes against humanity charges against former Philippine President Duterte detailed by court 09/23/2025 12:46pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� The crimes against humanity charges against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte allege his involvement in the killings of at least 76 people while he was president and earlier a southern mayor, the International Criminal Court has revealed. The redacted charge Lax gun laws in Brazil and US help arm Brazil's organized crime, study finds 09/23/2025 12:29pm • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Gunmen in a car opened fire last November at Sao Paulo's airport and killed a cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a daytime hit that was one of Brazil's most shocking recent crimes. Police at the scene recovered three semiautomatic rifles that are restricted for civilian use. The cas 'Everything���s frozen for you': Stopped on the street by NYC police, France's Macron calls ... Trump 09/23/2025 10:51am • PARIS (AP) ��� French President Emmanuel Macron likes to say that he can get President Donald Trump on the phone any time he wants. In New York for the U.N. General Assembly, he proved it. Blocked on Monday night by police officers when he sought to cross a New York street ��� they told the French p Off-duty firefighter shot during a robbery waited 3 minutes for 911 operator before calling his unit 09/23/2025 10:17am • A D.C. firefighter, shot over the weekend during a robbery, ended up calling his own unit for help after he could not connect to an operator for three minutes when calling 911. Gary ���Zeek��� Dziekan was off-duty Saturday night when a 17-year-old boy wearing a mask approached him at 8th and C st Abraham Lincoln statue unveiled outside African American Civil War Museum 09/23/2025 09:40am • President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the African American Civil War Museum in D.C. Much like that precursor to freedom for all Black Americ ���It���s Zeek. I���ve been shot���: DC firefighter recounts harrowing struggle with armed robber 09/23/2025 04:44am • An off-duty D.C. firefighter, who was shot and seriously wounded Saturday night during an armed robbery on Capitol Hill, tells WTOP that his instinct was to "fight back." Gary ���Zeek��� Dziekan was walking home from a party at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday near the 200 block of 8th Street in Northe Italian workers' strike in solidarity with Gaza brings disruptions across the country 09/23/2025 03:02am • ROME (AP) ��� Thousands of protesters and strikers calling for solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza took to the streets in Italy on Monday, with some storming Milan���s central train station and clashing violently with police. Italy���s grassroots unions, which represent hundreds of thousands of peo