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A law enforcement surge has taken a toll on children of immigrants in Washington schools 09/17/2025 07:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time she saw her husband, the father of her three children, was when he left their Washington apartment a month ago to buy milk and diapers. Before long he called to say he had been pulled over — but not to worry, because it was just local police. The next time she hea House approves bill to allow for charging some juveniles as adults in DC 09/17/2025 07:00am • The House approved two D.C. crime bills on Tuesday proposed by Republicans as part of their ongoing effort to improve public safety in the District, most notably through President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement surge. The two bills addressed issues involving juvenile justice and received Joel Willett says having his security clearance revoked gave added incentive for run for the Senate 09/17/2025 06:10am • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Joel Willett, a military veteran and former CIA officer, launched his Democratic campaign for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky on Wednesday, saying the recent fallout from having his security clearance revoked by the Trump administration gave him added incentive to run. “I’ Timeline in the investigation of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann 09/17/2025 05:01am • SEHNDE, Germany (AP) — A German man under investigation as a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann has been released after serving his sentence in an unrelated case. It's the latest turn in the 18-year mystery over what happened to the 3-year-old, who disappeared whil Police say a German investigated over Madeleine McCann's disappearance released after serving sentence in unrelated case 09/17/2025 03:31am • SEHNDE, Germany (AP) — Police say a German investigated over Madeleine McCann's disappearance released after serving sentence in unrelated case. Bid for former Zambian President Lungu to be buried in South Africa is denied 09/17/2025 03:08am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A court in South Africa has denied a legal bid by the family of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu to appeal a ruling that he must be buried in his own country. Lungu, who led Zambia from 2015-2021, died in a South African hospital in June. He was 68. His family want him to b Iran executes man for alleged spying for Israel; activists say he was tortured into false confession 09/17/2025 01:19am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran said Wednesday it executed a man it alleges spied for Israel, something disputed by activists who say he was tortured into a false confession after writing a letter to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offering to fight for Kyiv. The execution comes as Democrat wins Minnesota House special election to replace assassinated leader 09/16/2025 10:24pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democrat Xp Lee won a special election Tuesday to fill the Minnesota House seat of a top Democratic leader who was assassinated, restoring a 67-67 tie and preserving a power-sharing deal that has forced both parties to work together. Rep. Melissa Hortman, of Brooklyn Park, he From Utah to New York, key developments in cases of US political violence 09/16/2025 10:22pm • From Utah to New York, political violence has rocked the U.S. multiple times over the past several months, culminating with the open-air killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last week while talking to college students. The confluence on Tuesday of five different develo Chinese dissident who led pro-democracy group in NYC pleads guilty to spying for Beijing 09/16/2025 10:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A member of New York's Chinese dissident community pleaded guilty Tuesday to spying on his fellow activists on behalf of the Chinese government. Yuanjun Tang, 68, had long been an outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party, joining monthly protests outside the country’s Man LA police fired over a thousand projectiles at protesters in a single day 09/16/2025 09:37pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police officers fired over 1,000 projectiles at protesters on a single day in June as demonstrators pushed back against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and decision to deploy the National Guard to the nation’s second largest city. The police depa Suspect left note saying he planned to kill Charlie Kirk, later confessed in texts, prosecutor says 09/16/2025 09:16pm • PROVO, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors brought a murder charge Tuesday against the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk and outlined evidence, including a text message confession to his partner and a note left beforehand saying he had the opportunity to kill one of the nation’s leading conservative Brothers plead guilty in North Carolina deputy's shooting death 09/16/2025 08:49pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two brothers pleaded guilty on Tuesday to murder-related counts for the shooting death of a North Carolina sheriff's deputy three years ago when authorities said the officer approached a pickup truck late at night in a rural area. Alder Marin-Sotelo, 28, pleaded guilty to fir The Latest: FBI Director Kash Patel clashes with Democrats at congressional hearing 09/16/2025 08:48pm • FBI Director Kash Patel clashed with skeptical Democrats at a contentious Senate oversight hearing Tuesday, defending his record amid criticism that he has politicized the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency and pursued retribution against perceived adversaries of President Donald Trum A look at the charges against the man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk 09/16/2025 08:15pm • The man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk faces seven counts in state court in connection with the fatal shooting at a Utah Valley University campus event last week. Prosecutors submitted the charges against 22-year-old Tyler Robinson to the court Tuesday, and a judge read them