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Man injured after being shot by police in Northeast DC 04/02/2024 07:13am • A man was injured after he was shot by a police officer Monday night in Northeast D.C. According to D.C. police, members of the Violent Crime Suppression Unit were in the area of Bladensburg Road and V Street at around 9 p.m. when they saw a group of men engaged in "some sort of altercation." South Africa's parliamentary speaker faces imminent arrest over graft charges after court bid fails 04/02/2024 06:46am • PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) ��� South Africa's parliamentary speaker faces imminent arrest over corruption charges after a court on Tuesday dismissed her bid to block police and prosecutors from arresting her. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, who is a senior member of the ruling African National Congress pa American teenager and 2 other people killed in an avalanche near the Swiss resort of Zermatt 04/02/2024 06:35am • GENEVA (AP) ��� An American teenager and two other people were killed in avalanche near the Swiss resort of Zermatt, police said Tuesday. One person was flown to a hospital with serious injuries. The avalanche occurred at about 2 p.m. Monday in an off-piste area of the Riffelberg, above the resort a Police in Finland say one of three students wounded in a school shooting has died 04/02/2024 06:09am • HELSINKI (AP) ��� Police in Finland say one of three students wounded in a school shooting has died. Finnish police say several people have been wounded in a school shooting outside Helsinki and a suspect was detained 04/02/2024 03:34am • HELSINKI (AP) ��� Finnish police say several people have been wounded in a school shooting outside Helsinki and a suspect was detained. Israeli strike on Iran's consulate in Syria killed 2 generals and 5 other officers, Iran says 04/02/2024 01:57am • DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ��� An Israeli airstrike that demolished Iran���s consulate in Syria on Monday killed two Iranian generals and five officers, according to Iranian officials. The strike appeared to signify an escalation of Israel���s targeting of military officials from Iran, which supports mili Gunbattle between Haitian police and gangs paralyzes area near National Palace 04/02/2024 01:26am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� Heavy gunfire erupted Monday in the downtown area of Haiti���s capital as police battled gang members near the National Palace for several hours. Local media reported that at least one policeman was shot after he and other officers were forced to flee an armored car th A candidate for mayor of a violent city in Mexico has been killed as she began campaigning 04/02/2024 12:59am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� A candidate for mayor of a violence-wracked city in Mexico has been killed just as she began campaigning. Two authorities in the north-central state of Guanajuato said candidate Bertha Gayt��n was shot to death on a street in a town just outside the city of Celaya. Mayorships i The Latest | Israel ends raid on Gaza hospital; Iran says strike kills 2 generals in Syria 04/01/2024 11:46pm • The Israeli military has withdrawn from Gaza���s main hospital after a two-week raid, saying it killed some 200 militants in close-quarters fighting and detained hundreds. Palestinians who returned to Shifa Hospital, once the largest medical center in Gaza, said they found its buildings heavily bur Pressure mounts against Peru's president as lawmakers submit request to remove her from office 04/01/2024 11:01pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) ��� Pressure mounted against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Monday as lawmakers submitted to Parliament a request to remove her from office for ���permanent moral incapacity��� three days after police broke down the front door of her residence to search for luxury watches tied t Nelson scores in OT to lift Islanders to 4-3 win over Flyers 04/01/2024 11:00pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Brock Nelson scored 1:25 into overtime and the New York Islanders preserved their playoff hopes with a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night. Anders Lee, Bo Horvat and Matt Martin also scored for the Islanders, who moved within four points of Philadelphia for the A channel has opened for vessels clearing wreckage at the Baltimore bridge collapse site 04/01/2024 09:46pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary, alternate channel for vessels involved in clearing debris from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a phased approach to opening the main shipping channel leading to the vital port, officials said Monday. Crews 2 men charged with providing fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a prominent NYC transgender activist 04/01/2024 09:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Authorities charged two men with providing the fentanyl-laced heroin that killed prominent New York city transgender activist Cecilia Gentili in February, federal prosecutors said Monday. Text messages, cell site data, and other evidence showed that 52-year-old Antonio Venti of Lon Mayor of Medell��n, Colombia, bans prostitution in neighborhoods that are popular with tourists 04/01/2024 08:48pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ��� The mayor of Colombia's second-largest city banned prostitution in some of the city's most famous neighborhoods for six months Monday, arguing it was necessary to prevent the sexual exploitation of children. Medell��n's Mayor Federico Guti��rrez said the ban will be enforce Can You Be Fired for Talking Politics at Work? 04/01/2024 08:00pm • As the 2024 presidential election nears, workers may be wondering whether they can share political opinions at work without retaliation or reprimand. Can you talk politics at work without being fired? The short answer is yes -- and also no. It all depends on where you work and the context in which y