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Chicago plans to move migrants to other shelters and reopen park buildings for the summer 03/29/2024 12:13am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Chicago plans to close five shelters for migrants in the coming weeks and move nearly 800 people, including families, in order to reopen park district buildings hosting popular summer camps, athletic contests and other community events in time for summer. The shift is part of the ci Mob in Mexico brutally beats suspected kidnapper to death hours before Holy Week procession 03/29/2024 12:11am • TAXCO, Mexico (AP) ��� A mob in the Mexican tourist city of Taxco brutally beat a woman to death Thursday because she was suspected of kidnapping and killing a young girl, rampaging just hours before the city���s famous Holy Week procession. The mob formed after an 8-year-old girl disappeared Wednes The Moscow concert massacre was a major security blunder. What's behind that failure? 03/29/2024 12:04am • Hours before gunmen last week carried out the bloodiest attack in two decades in Russia, authorities made an addition to a government register of extremist and terrorist groups: They included the international LGBTQ+ ���movement.��� That addition to the register followed a Russian Supreme Court cour Today in History: March 29, US combat troops leave Vietnam 03/29/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, March 29, the 89th day of 2024. There are 277 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On March 29, 1973, the last United States combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America���s direct military involvement in the Vietnam War. On this date: In 18 Key findings from AP's investigation into police force that isn't supposed to be lethal 03/28/2024 11:34pm • Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them. But when misused, these tactics can still end in death. Over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blo Biden OKs $60M in aid after Baltimore bridge collapse as governor warns of 'very long road ahead' 03/28/2024 10:54pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warned Thursday of a ���very long road ahead��� to recover from the loss of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge as the Biden administration approved $60 million in immediate federal aid after the deadly collapse. Meanwhile the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Haiti now needs up to 5,000 police to help tackle `catastrophic' gang violence , UN expert says 03/28/2024 10:34pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Haiti now needs between 4,000 and 5,000 international police to help tackle ���catastrophic��� gang violence which is targeting key individuals and hospitals, schools, banks and other critical institutions, the U.N. rights expert for the conflict-wracked Caribbean nation said Lead Fairfax Co. prosecutor calls Gov. Youngkin 'boneheaded' over gun vetoes 03/28/2024 10:22pm • The lead prosecutor in Fairfax County, Virginia, slammed Gov. Glenn Youngkin on guns, using the word "boneheaded" when describing the governor's recent vetoes. It came after Youngkin announced earlier this week that he'd vetoed 30 pieces of gun-related legislation. While Fairfax County Commonw 4 people die on Spain's coastlines after falling into sea during high winds 03/28/2024 10:10pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Four people have died after falling into the sea in three incidents on Spain's Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, emergency services said Thursday. The deaths came amid warnings of strong winds and widespread rain across many parts of the country and warnings of high waves on Portuga Suspect charged with murder, attempted murder in deadly Rockford rampage 03/28/2024 08:46pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A 22-year-old man has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in a frenzied stabbing and beating rampage that left four people dead in a matter of minutes in a northern Illinois city, authorities said Thursday. Christian Soto is also charged with seven counts of atte California man convicted of killing his mother is captured in Mexico after ditching halfway house 03/28/2024 08:28pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ��� A Southern California man convicted of killing his mother as a teenager was captured in Mexico a week after he walked away from a halfway house, violating the conditions of his probation, authorities said. Ike Nicholas Souzer, 20, was arrested Wednesday in the coastal city Persistent rumor of Putin���s death elicits nonchalant international response 03/28/2024 07:48pm • For months, rumors have swirled about Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the heart of all the gossip is a key question. Is he still alive? (Screenshot courtesy Telegram) A claim by a mysterious Russian Telegram channel called General SVR, run by a prominent Russian political analyst, Tennessee governor signs bill to undo Memphis traffic stop reforms after Tyre Nichols death 03/28/2024 07:08pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on the repeal of police traffic stop reforms made in Memphis after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers in January 2023, despite pleas from Nichols��� parents to GOP lawmakers and the governor to give them a chance to Brazilian police launch investigation into Bolsonaro's 2-night sleepover at Hungarian embassy 03/28/2024 06:37pm • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Brazil's Federal Police on Monday launched an investigation into former President Jair Bolsonaro's two-night stay last month at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia, amid widespread speculation from his opponents that he may have been attempting to evade arrest. A Federal Police sour Six Russian journalists have been detained by authorities. They include one who covered Navalny 03/28/2024 06:24pm • Authorities in Russia have detained six journalists across the country this month, including a journalist who covered the trials of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny for several years, media freedom organization Reporters Without Borders said Thursday. Antonina Favorskaya was detained and