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Despite weather glitch, the Paris Olympics flame is lit at the Greek cradle of ancient games 04/16/2024 08:06am • ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) ��� Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. Cloudy skies prevented the traditional lighting, when an actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess uses the s The Paris Games' grandiose opening ceremony is being squeezed by security and transport issues 04/16/2024 07:50am • PARIS (AP) ��� The talk before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games ideally should be about its grandiose backdrop: a summer sun setting on the Seine River as athletes drift by in boats and wave to cheering crowds. But behind the romantic veneer that Paris has long curated, mounting security conc Abu Ghraib detainee shares emotional testimony during trial against Virginia military contractor 04/16/2024 07:27am • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) ��� A former detainee at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison described to jurors Monday the type of abuse that is reminiscent of the scandal that erupted there 20 years ago: beatings, being stripped naked and threatened with dogs, stress positions meant to induce exhaustion and pain. DC and Maryland top the nation in vehicle theft increases 04/16/2024 06:13am • Vehicle thefts have been surging nationwide, but D.C. and Maryland top the list in percentage increases, according to a new report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau, a nonprofit organization that tracks crime and fraud. In 2023, more than 1 million vehicles were stolen across the country. 'Among the worst we have seen': Md. mother lit son on fire for making a mess while eating cereal, likely leaving him scarred for life 04/16/2024 06:10am • A Germantown, Maryland, woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for lighting her 8-year-old son on fire, leaving him with burns on a quarter of his body and scars he'll likely have for life, according to court documents. Kimberly Tyler, 31, was convicted in December on charges of first-deg Philippines' Marcos says 'not one person died' as police make huge drug bust, in dig at predecessor 04/16/2024 02:14am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Tuesday police seized the largest haul of methamphetamine in the country in years without anybody being killed, in a subtle criticism of his predecessor���s notoriously deadly crackdown on illegal drugs. Police seized nearly Bodies of 3-year-old girl and her mother recovered after Indonesian landslides that killed 20 04/16/2024 01:08am • TANA TORAJA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Rescuers recovered the bodies of a 3-year-old girl and her mother, the last victims still missing after landslides killed 20 on Indonesia���s Sulawesi Island, authorities said Tuesday. The steep, muddy terrain blocked heavy equipment from coming in, forcing rescuers t Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shut down airport highways and key bridges in major US cities 04/16/2024 12:13am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked roadways in Illinois, California, New York and the Pacific Northwest on Monday, temporarily shutting down travel into some of the nation's most heavily used airports, onto the Golden Gate and Brooklyn bridges and on a busy West Coast highway. I The Latest | Israel says it will respond to Iran's attack as world leaders urge restraint 04/16/2024 12:05am • Israel���s military chief said Monday that the country will respond after Iran launched an attack involving hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. World leaders are urging Israel not to retaliate. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says ���all sides must show restraint��� to avo A knife attack in Australia against a bishop and a priest is being treated as terrorism, police say 04/16/2024 12:00am • SYDNEY (AP) ��� Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as horrified worshippers watched online and in person, and sparked a riot was an act of terrorism. Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday after the stabbing at Christ the Good Bodies of 3-year-old girl and her mother recovered after Indonesia landslides that killed 20 04/15/2024 10:55pm • TANA TORAJA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Rescuers recovered the bodies of a 3-year-old girl and her mother who were the last victims still missing after landslides on Indonesia���s Sulawesi Island that killed 20 people, authorities said Tuesday. Both of them were found close to each other, local rescue chief Las Vegas lawyer and wife killed amid custody fight for children from prior marriage, family says 04/15/2024 09:44pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� A Las Vegas lawyer and his wife had been in the middle of a contentious battle for custody of her children from a previous marriage when the woman's former father-in-law, also an attorney, fatally shot them last week during a deposition hearing in the case, according to authoritie Police officer, sheriff's deputy and shooter killed in exchange of gunfire in upstate NY, police say 04/15/2024 09:31pm • LIVERPOOL, N.Y. (AP) ��� Two law enforcement officers were fatally shot while looking for a driver who fled a traffic stop in upstate New York, authorities said Monday. The shooter was also killed in an exchange of gunfire with police. The shootout took place shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday outside a h Judge orders psych evaluation for Illinois man charged in 4 killings 04/15/2024 08:33pm • ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) ��� A judge on Monday ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a northern Illinois man charged with killing four people and injuring seven others by stabbing, beating and driving over them. Winnebago County Judge Debra Schafer ordered the evaluation for Christian Soto when the 22-yea Attorneys for rapper Travis Scott say he was not responsible for safety at deadly Astroworld concert 04/15/2024 08:26pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Attorneys for rap star Travis Scott argued in court Monday that he should be dismissed from hundreds of lawsuits filed over the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival, saying he was not responsible for safety planning and watching for possible dangers at the Houston event. But attorneys fo