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2 men sentenced to prison in Zambia for plotting to kill the president with witchcraft 09/15/2025 03:55pm • LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) ��� A judge in Zambia on Monday sentenced two men to two-year terms in prison with hard labor after they were convicted of plotting to kill the president using witchcraft. The men, a Zambian and a Mozambican national, were convicted under a colonial-era witchcraft law last week. Gang attack on armored vehicle in Haiti leaves 2 police officers injured and 1 driver dead 09/15/2025 03:26pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� Gunmen attacked an armored vehicle in a community near Haiti's capital, leaving two police officers injured and one driver dead, authorities said Monday. The attack occurred over the weekend in the once peaceful farming community of Kenscoff, which heavily armed gangs Prosecutors say they'll ask US Supreme Court to restore conviction in Etan Patz missing child case 09/15/2025 03:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� New York City prosecutors say they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz after an appeals court overturned the verdict in July. The Manhattan district attorney���s made the disclosure in a court filing Sunda Police searching for Waldorf woman accused of killing grandmother, stabbing other relative 09/15/2025 03:00pm • A Waldorf, Maryland, woman is on the loose after police say she stabbed and killed her 81-year-old grandmother and stabbed another family member inside a Fort Washington home Sunday. Prince George's County police said in a news release they were called to the grandmother's home in the 500 block o Trial begins for 3 accused of stealing $580,000 hidden in couch at South Africa president's farm 09/15/2025 02:41pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� Three people went on trial in South Africa on Monday after being charged with housebreaking and stealing $580,000 in U.S. banknotes hidden in a couch at a game farm owned by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The strange case mired Ramaphosa in scandal and almost cost him his job after Federal law enforcement surge presses ahead as DC waits for Congress to restore $1B in local funds 09/15/2025 02:24pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. More National Guard troops are scheduled to arrive this month in D.C. and there are no signs the federal law enforcement surge will end any time soon, as Congress considers n Woman says she was removed from DC book festival over 'Handmaid's Tale' costume 09/15/2025 01:40pm • An Alexandria woman said she was removed from a talk featuring Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett at the National Book Festival in D.C. because she wore a ���Handmaid���s Tale��� costume. Shawna Flener, a self-described ���huge reader��� with a TikTok following focused on books, attended the Spanish prime minister wants Israel banned from sports events after chaos at cycling race 09/15/2025 01:38pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S��nchez on Monday called for Israel to be banned from sports events after pro-Palestinian activists disrupted the end of the Spanish Vuelta cycling race in chaotic scenes in Madrid. Israel's foreign minister responded by calling S��nchez an "antisemite a Paraguay believes fugitive ex-Mexican state security chief wanted to start a criminal cell 09/15/2025 01:14pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Authorities in Paraguay said Monday they believe a former state security chief from Mexico arrested there over the weekend was planning to establish a criminal network in the South American nation. Paraguay���s National Antidrug Secretary Jalil Rachid said Hern��n Berm��dez had UK summons Russian ambassador over violation of NATO airspace and sends jets to Poland 09/15/2025 12:57pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain on Monday summoned the Russian ambassador in London following Moscow's ���unprecedented violation��� of NATO airspace, as the U.K. announced it would send fighter jets to help defend Polish airspace. The Foreign Office called the incursions into Polish and Romanian airspace i British aristocrat and her boyfriend sentenced to 14 years in prison for killing their newborn 09/15/2025 12:26pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A British aristocrat and her boyfriend were sentenced to 14 years in prison on Monday for killing their newborn daughter while on the run from authorities. Constance Marten, 38, and her boyfriend Mark Gordon, 51, a convicted sex offender, were sentenced Monday after being found guilt Here are the states banning cellphones in schools and what it means for students 09/15/2025 10:06am • Teenage girl using a smart phone during an exam in the classroom (StockPlanets/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- While many states have at least partially banned cellphones in the classroom this back-to-school season, some are still leaving those decisions to their local education agencies, according to Man has critical injuries after shooting in Herndon 09/15/2025 09:29am • A man is fighting for his life after a shooting in Fairfax County, Virginia, Monday morning. Police received a call at 5:03 a.m. to the 12700 block of Fantasia Drive in Herndon for a shooting. The victim was taken to the hospital in life-threatening condition. The suspect was quickly locate Ricky Hatton remembered by his family as a boxer who 'inspired generations' 09/15/2025 08:01am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� Ricky Hatton will be remembered as a fighter who ���inspired generations��� and had ���a heart as big as his smile,��� his family said Monday following the death of the British boxing great at the age of 46. Hatton, who won world titles at light-welterweight and welterwe Nepal's PM appoints 3 new ministers as interim government prepares to hold fresh elections in March 09/15/2025 05:02am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) ��� Nepal's prime minister on Monday selected three new ministers to join her interim administration, which is tasked with holding fresh elections in March after violent street protests last week led to the collapse of the previous government. Sushila Karki, the Himalayan count