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Teachers and police can't afford homes in Prince William County. Local leaders are hoping to fix that 04/12/2024 05:52am • Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chair Deshundra Jefferson has ordered staff to study the feasibility of a program to help county employees afford homes in Prince William so they can live closer to work. Jefferson said the move is primarily aimed at law enforcement, teachers and fire re Where are they now? Key players in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson 04/12/2024 04:00am • The June 12, 1994, killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman brought what's dubbed the ���Trial of the Century��� that culminated with O.J. Simpson's acquittal of the murders. The announcement Thursday that Simpson is dead has brought renewed attention to the closely watched tri 13 men plead not guilty to role in Brooklyn synagogue tunnel scuffle 04/12/2024 12:41am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Thirteen members of the Hasidic Jewish community pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from their alleged role in a dispute over an illegal tunnel built beneath a historic Brooklyn synagogue. The defendants, many of them international students from Israel, appeared in B 20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in US court 04/12/2024 12:23am • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) ��� Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison were released, shocking the world. Now, three survivors of Abu Ghraib will finally get their day in U.S. court against the military contractor they ho AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean 04/12/2024 12:16am • April 5 - 11, 2024 In the small Guatemalan town of Comitancillo, a portrait of Aracely Marroqu��n Coronado is one of the many memorials to the nearly two dozen local migrants who died in recent mass tragedies trying to reach the U.S. Diplomatic relations between Mexico and Ecuador dramatically implo Legendary athlete, actor and millionaire: O.J. Simpson's murder trial lost him the American dream 04/11/2024 11:08pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� For a long time, O.J. Simpson was the man who had it all. He lived the American dream as a sports legend, movie actor, commercial pitchman and millionaire. With his wildly successful career, startling good looks and a gorgeous wife, he became an image of success for Black American The Latest | Israel vows to defend itself if Iran responds to attack on its consulate 04/11/2024 10:39pm • Israel���s military said Thursday it is prepared to defend the country and strike back if Iran retaliates for a deadly airstrike on the Iranian Consulate in Syria. Tehran holds Israel responsible for the attack earlier this month, which the U.S. military believes Israel carried out. Israel has not President Milei of cash-strapped Argentina starts another US tour, plans to meet Elon Musk 04/11/2024 10:19pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ��� President Javier Milei of Argentina kicked off a visit Wednesday to the United States, where he'll meet with tech billionaire Elon Musk, as his government seeks an infusion of cash to overhaul Argentina's embattled economy. The populist president started his four-da Houston police reviewing if DNA tests could have helped in thousands of dropped cases 04/11/2024 09:44pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Houston police said Thursday that they are still reviewing if DNA testing in connection with thousands of sexual assault and sex crime cases that were dropped due to staffing issues could have led officers to potential suspects and possible arrests. The more than 4,000 sexual assaul SMU suspends football player named in high-speed Dallas crash 04/11/2024 09:37pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� SMU football player Teddy Knox has been suspended after being identified as the second driver along with Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice in a high-speed, chain-reaction crash on a Dallas highway. The school said Thursday it was made aware of an arrest warrant for Knox issued Maine shooter's commanding Army officer acknowledges his inaction over missed counseling sessions 04/11/2024 09:09pm • AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) ��� The commanding officer of an Army reservist responsible for the deadliest shooting in Maine history acknowledged to an independent commission on Thursday that he didn���t take action when the reservist skipped counselor sessions, and didn't attempt to verify that the shooter' 10 years after Chibok, Nigerian families cope with the trauma of more school kidnappings 04/11/2024 09:08pm • KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) ��� His weak body stood in the doorway, exhausted and covered in dirt. For two years, the boy had been among Nigeria���s ghosts, one of at least 1,500 schoolchildren and others seized by armed groups and held for ransom. But paying a ransom didn't work for 12-year-old Treasure, Driver of electric Ford SUV was using automated system before fatal Texas crash, investigators say 04/11/2024 08:59pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� The driver of a Ford electric SUV involved in a February fatal crash in Texas was using the company's partially automated driving system before the wreck, federal investigators said Thursday. Data from the 2022 Mustang Mach E SUV showed that Ford's ���Blue Cruise��� driver-assist sy 'They saved my life': Montgomery Co. police sergeant who lost legs in hit-and-run helps honor officers at awards ceremony 04/11/2024 08:54pm • Dozens of Montgomery County, Maryland, police officers were honored Thursday for their lifesaving and heroic acts; among them was a group that raced to help a fellow officer as they attempted to stop a speeding driver in October. Montgomery County police officers Matthew Duerr, Julian Martine DC���s plans to redesign Connecticut Avenue won���t include bike lanes 04/11/2024 08:52pm • D.C.���s Department of Transportation isn���t moving forward with a project that would have installed bike lanes along a stretch of Connecticut Avenue in Northwest. At a council hearing Thursday, DDOT acting director Sharon Kershbaum said changes to the busy road won���t include bike lanes. ��