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'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. �� Wife of Julian Assange says Biden's comments mean case could be moving in the right direction 04/11/2024 08:47pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The wife of Julian Assange said Thursday her husband���s legal case ���could be moving in the right direction��� after President Joe Biden confirmed the U.S. may drop charges against the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder. It came as supporters in several cities rallied to demand the relea Severe weather takes aim at parts of the Ohio Valley after battering the South 04/11/2024 08:45pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Powerful storms rumbled over parts of the U.S. Southeast on Thursday, prompting a few tornado warnings, causing flash flooding, and delaying the start of one of the world's biggest sporting events, in Georgia. The storm system, which has already been blamed for at least one death in O.J. Simpson, legendary football player and actor brought down by his murder trial, dies at 76 04/11/2024 08:22pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� O.J. Simpson, the football star and Hollywood actor acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend in a trial that mesmerized the public and exposed divisions on race and policing in America, has died. He was 76. The family announced on Simpson's official X accou Montgomery Co. is hiring young undercover volunteers to help stop illegal alcohol sales 04/11/2024 08:17pm • In Montgomery County, Maryland, stores, restaurants and bars are randomly checked to make sure the businesses aren't selling alcohol to those under 21 years old. To help in the effort, applications are being accepted for a part-time job as an underage alcohol shopper. The county is looking for 18 Police official is shot to death in Mexico's troubled resort of Acapulco 04/11/2024 08:09pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� The head of traffic police was shot to death Thursday in Mexico���s troubled Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. The city government said gunmen killed Eduardo Ch��vez, the head of municipal traffic police. The assailants opened fire on Ch��vez on a street relatively far away fro Lawsuit settled: 2 top US gun parts makers agree to temporarily halt sales in Philadelphia 04/11/2024 07:48pm • Two of America's leading gun parts manufacturers have agreed to temporarily halt sales of their products in Philadelphia and elsewhere in Pennsylvania, city officials said Thursday, announcing a settlement of their lawsuit against the companies. Philadelphia filed suit against Polymer80 and JSD Supp Baltimore port workers 'nervous' as more than 2,000 remain out of work 04/11/2024 07:35pm • There's not much work left to do for thousands of port workers in Baltimore, Maryland, as the main shipping channel has now been blocked for more than two weeks due to the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. According to Scott Cowan, president of the local chapter of the Internationa University of Washington football player arrested, charged with raping 2 women 04/11/2024 07:09pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� A University of Washington football player has been arrested and charged with raping two women in Seattle, and court documents say he played in two College Football Playoff games for the school after at least one of the allegations was known to the university. Seattle police officer Judge dismisses lawsuits filed against rapper Drake over deadly Astroworld concert 04/11/2024 06:49pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Hip-hop artist Drake has been dismissed from a lawsuit over the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston in which 10 people were killed, a judge has ruled. Drake was a special guest of rap superstar Travis Scott, who had headlined the festival. He performed with Scott at the end She was emptying her cat's litter box when a man walked up and shot her. Was it a case of mistaken identity? 04/11/2024 06:45pm • A D.C. man was charged Thursday in the shooting of a woman who he apparently thought was someone else, according to prosecutors. Michael Owusu-Sakyi, 47, faces a charge of aggravated assault while armed in the April 5 shooting. According to charging documents, officers responded to a call for the The OJ Simpson saga was a unique American moment. 3 decades on, we're still wondering what it means 04/11/2024 06:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A dog���s plaintive wail. A courtroom couplet-turned-cultural catchphrase about gloves. A judge and attorneys who became media darlings and villains. A slightly bewildered houseguest elevated, briefly, into a slightly bewildered celebrity. Troubling questions about race that echo s Man arrested for allegedly taking a decommissioned NYC fireboat for an overnight cruise 04/11/2024 06:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A man was arrested Thursday for allegedly taking a decommissioned New York City fireboat for an overnight cruise on the Hudson River, before becoming stuck, jumping ship and stealing another vessel, police said. He was charged with two counts of grand larceny, officials said. He ha A criminal probe continues into staff at a Virginia school where a 6-year-old shot a teacher 04/11/2024 05:52pm • NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) ��� A criminal investigation into staff members at a Virginia school where a 6-year-old shot his teacher could shift to why the troubled child���s disciplinary records disappeared after the violence. A special grand jury recently concluded its probe into the shooting, which