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Assault charges dismissed against NYC man who said he was beaten by Egyptian officials 09/18/2025 06:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Prosecutors have dropped assault charges against a protester who said he was dragged off a Manhattan street by Egyptian government officials, beaten and whipped with a metal chain and then wrongly arrested by New York City police. Yasin El Sammak, 22, and his 15-year-old brother h WTOP Answers: Is the federal law enforcement surge decreasing crime in DC? 09/18/2025 06:14pm • One week after President Donald Trump’s crime emergency declaration in D.C. expired, WTOP’s Kay Perkins breaks down crime data from D.C. police to get to the bottom of the law enforcement surge’s impact on crime in the District. Related stories DC leaders defend crime fighting ef Judge clears Florida officer in shooting of UPS driver taken hostage citing "stand your ground" 09/18/2025 06:12pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� A South Florida judge on Thursday cleared a police officer of wrongdoing in the shooting death of a UPS driver who had been taken hostage during a 2019 robbery. Broward Circuit Judge Ernest Kollra ruled that Jose Mateo, who had been charged with manslaughter in the dea 16-year-old with a loaded gun threatened to shoot up his New York City high school, police say 09/18/2025 06:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A New York City high school student was arrested Thursday after bringing a loaded gun to class and writing on social media that he wanted to ���shoot the school up,��� authorities said. The 16-year-old sophomore posted the threat to Instagram around 10:15 a.m. while in class at Ben Reactions pour in about ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show 09/18/2025 05:52pm • ABC���s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel���s show following comments he made about the killing of Charlie Kirk drew reactions from across the entertainment and political worlds, including from President Donald Trump. Fellow late-night host Stephen Colbert got the news Wednesday while taping an episode of DC leaders defend crime fighting efforts to Congress as federal law enforcement surge continues 09/18/2025 05:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday defended her policies to Congress as President Donald Trump's law enforcement surge is in its second month and lawmakers act to further limit the city's authority. She was invited to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to UN vehicle crash in Central African Republic leaves 5 police officers missing 09/18/2025 05:38pm • BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) ��� A United Nations armored personnel carrier in the Central African Republic crashed and rolled into a river outside the capital of Bangui, leaving five U.N. police officers missing, a spokesperson for the MINUSCA peacekeeping mission said Wednesday. The vehic Arrest made in 'hate-based' DC shooting death of transgender woman 09/18/2025 05:32pm • A 38-year-old man was arrested in North Carolina this week and charged with the "hate-based" murder of a transgender woman in Northeast D.C. in July, officials said. With help from tips and FBI technology, Edgar Arrington was arrested by U.S. Marshals and charged with first-degree murder while ar Teen girl's body found in impounded car registered to the singer d4vd 09/18/2025 05:01pm • A decomposed body found inside an impounded Tesla in Los Angeles has been identified as that of a teenage girl who went missing last year. Several local news outlets reported the vehicle was registered to the singer d4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, 20. Neither his representatives nor po Trump's moves against the media mirror approaches by authoritarian leaders to silence dissent 09/18/2025 04:45pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ��� Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar to those of authoritarian leaders that he has often praised. On Wednesday, Trump cheered ABC���s suspension of Prosecutor says stalking suspect ambushed Pennsylvania police officers who came to arrest him, killing 3 09/18/2025 03:35pm • YORK, Pa. (AP) ��� Prosecutor says stalking suspect ambushed Pennsylvania police officers who came to arrest him, killing 3. Texas man charged with threatening NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani 09/18/2025 02:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A Texas man has been charged with making death threats against New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, prosecutors announced Thursday. Jeremy Fistel, 44, was arrested in Texas and brought to New York for an arraignment on charges that he sent a series of threatening voicem Immigration judge denies bond for man detained by ICE after nearly dying in Iowa shooting 09/18/2025 01:19pm • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) ��� An immigration judge has denied bond to a man who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since he sought police help as the victim of a near-fatal shooting in Iowa months ago. The ruling issued Wednesday means Felipe de Jesus Hernandez Marcelo, 28, will rem The suspect in the killing of 3 Pennsylvania police officers is identified as 24-year-old Matthew James Ruth 09/18/2025 10:26am • NORTH CODORUS, Pa. (AP) ��� The suspect in the killing of 3 Pennsylvania police officers is identified as 24-year-old Matthew James Ruth. Police in Haiti say officers shot and killed former rebel leader Wilfort Ferdinand 09/18/2025 10:07am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� A spokesman for Haiti���s National Police said Thursday that officers killed former rebel leader Wilfort Ferdinand after they accused him of opening fire at a police checkpoint in the coastal town of Gona��ves earlier this week. Ferdinand was a suspected gang leader wh