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Their son died of an overdose. Now, this Fairfax Co. family is warning others to prevent similar tragedies 09/10/2025 03:56am • This story is Part 2 of WTOP���s four-part series, ���Fighting Fentanyl,��� which explores how the drug is impacting students, families and schools in the D.C. area. When Sean and Afrodita Foster prepare to speak to Loudoun County Public Schools students about the dangers of fentanyl, the kids an ICC opens war crimes case against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony 09/10/2025 03:53am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court began presenting evidence Tuesday to support their charges against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court���s first ever in absentia hearing, alleging that he inflicted horrors on Ugandan society t Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills 24 people collecting their pensions 09/10/2025 12:24am • DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) ��� A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people stood in line in the open air Tuesday morning to collect their monthly pension. The blast killed at least 24 people and injured 19 others, the Ukraine Emergency Service said. In a related development, Kilmar Abrego Garcia wants asylum. The US wants to deport him. What to know 09/10/2025 12:11am • Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces an uncertain future. The Trump administration wants to deport him to the African nation of Eswatini. Abrego Garcia wants to apply for asylum to stay in the U.S. Either path could begin with a long journey through the legal system. Abrego Garcia, 30, became a flash Brazil's Supreme Court nears a verdict in coup plot trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro 09/09/2025 11:03pm • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) ��� Brazil���s former President Jair Bolsonaro was one step away from being convicted for attempting a coup, after two Supreme Court justices voted Tuesday to find the right-wing leader guilty of trying to illegally hang onto power. Three members of the five-judge panel trying Thailand's former PM Thaksin Shinawatra starts 1-year prison term for previous convictions 09/09/2025 10:49pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was taken to Bangkok���s Klong Prem Central Prison on Tuesday after the Supreme Court said he must serve a one-year prison term for previous convictions related to graft and abuse of power charges. The court's decision came after a heari Killing of former Auburn professor at city park shakes community 09/09/2025 10:48pm • AUBURN, Ala. (AP) ��� Flowers and memorial messages were tied to the gate of Kiesel Park in Auburn to remember retired veterinary professor Julie Gard Schnuelle, who was attacked and killed there over the weekend. Gard Schnuelle's killing at a city park has rattled the college town of 83,757 people Davis Cup tie between Canada and Israel in Halifax closed to fans for security reasons 09/09/2025 10:40pm • HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) ��� The Davis Cup World Group tie between Canada and Israel will be played in a closed venue without fans this weekend due to safety concerns, Tennis Canada announced Tuesday. The organization said in a release that the decision was made in consultation with the Internation Protests against Nepal's social-media ban grow more violent as demonstrators set buildings on fire 09/09/2025 10:30pm • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) ��� Protests against Nepal���s short-lived ban on social media grew increasingly violent Tuesday as demonstrators set government buildings and politicians��� homes on fire and attacked some leaders. The prime minister resigned amid widening criticism of the country���s politica The Latest: Chief Justice Roberts allows Trump���s foreign aid freeze that threatens nearly $5 billion 09/09/2025 10:17pm • Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily kept in place the Trump administration���s decision to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid. The high court order is temporary, though it suggests that the justices will reverse a lower court's ruling that withholding the funding was likely illega Anger over corruption and nepotism fuel Nepal���s deadly protests over social media ban 09/09/2025 10:08pm • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) ��� Nepal���s government responded to escalating violent protests over a ban on popular social media platforms with deadly force. The public outrage over the ban and the deaths of 19 protesters on Monday led to the resignation of the prime minister and exposed deep discontent o Charlotte mayor Vi Lyles secures Democratic nomination despite political fallout of train killing 09/09/2025 09:47pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� A Democratic mayor secured a comfortable win in a primary election despite days of intense backlash following the deadly stabbing of a young Ukrainian woman on a commuter train in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mayor Vi Lyles is seeking a fifth term but is coming under criticism a New York City police hunt for man suspected of killing elderly couple and burning their home 09/09/2025 09:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A New York City couple in their 70s was killed Monday in what the police commissioner said was a ���horrific double homicide, robbery and arson" ��� the man tied to a pole and stabbed, the woman���s body severely burned as their home went up in flames. Frank Olton, 76, and Maureen Chicagoans change routines as immigration crackdown looms. Some carry passports and avoid stores 09/09/2025 09:11pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The streets in some of Chicago's liveliest neighborhoods are quiet these days. Public schoolteachers want online learning for families scared to venture out. And houses of worship are urging people to carry identification everywhere they go. As the nation's third-largest city await Macron appoints Defense Minister Lecornu as France's latest prime minister 09/09/2025 08:14pm • PARIS (AP) ��� French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday appointed Defense Minister S��bastien Lecornu as new prime minister and tasked him with immediately trying to get the country's fractious political parties to agree on a budget for one of the world's biggest economies. Lecornu, 39, was the y