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No police charges for Taylor Swift's dad over paparazzi incident in Sydney 03/28/2024 12:21am • SYDNEY (AP) — Taylor Swift’s father will not be charged over a paparazzi photographer's claim that Scott Swift assaulted him on the Sydney waterfront hours after the pop star’s Australian tour ended last month. Photographer Ben McDonald had alleged that one of Swift’s security guards forc Today in History: March 28, Three Mile Island has partial nuclear meltdown 03/28/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, March 28, the 88th day of 2024. There are 278 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 28, 1979, America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Mi Togo's opposition calls for protests to stop president from signing off on a new constitution 03/27/2024 11:25pm • LOME, Togo (AP) — Activists and opposition leaders in the West African country of Togo called on Wednesday for protests to stop the country's president from signing off on a new constitution that would scrap future presidential elections and could extend his decades-long rule until 2031. The cons Russia strikes Ukraine's Kharkiv with aerial bombs for the first time since 2022 03/27/2024 11:04pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia struck the northeastern city of Kharkiv with aerial bombs Wednesday for the first time since 2022, killing at least one civilian and wounding 16 others, local officials said. The airstrikes caused widespread damage, hitting several residential buildings and damaging the Indonesia's top court hears appeals from losing presidential candidates who want a revote 03/27/2024 09:53pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court heard appeals lodged by two losing presidential candidates who are demanding a revote, alleging widespread irregularities and fraud at the polls in appearances before the judges Wednesday. Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto won the election with an 4 people killed and 7 wounded in stabbings in northern Illinois, with a suspect in custody 03/27/2024 09:37pm • ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Four people were killed and seven were hurt when a man went on a stabbing rampage Wednesday across multiple locations in a northern Illinois community, authorities said. A 22-year-old man is in police custody and was being questioned, according to Rockford Police Chief Carla The Latest | Ship that collapsed Baltimore bridge was carrying hazardous materials, officials say 03/27/2024 08:56pm • The Latest on the ship crash that collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore (all times local): The cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse was carrying hazardous materials, the National Transportation Safety Board said. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said there are 56 containers Man shot through front door of Fairfax Co. day care, hitting two employees, police say 03/27/2024 08:21pm • An Arlington man fired a pistol through the front door of a day care center in Springfield, Virginia, striking two employees and sending them to the hospital, according to Fairfax County police. The suspect, 41-year-old Julio Pascual Sejas, of Arlington County, who police said fled the scene and Remains of 2 people recovered after Baltimore Key Bridge collapse 03/27/2024 07:45pm • Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM for our team coverage. Searchers recovered the remains of two people from the Patapsco River after a massive container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday morning. The discovery came amid a daylo Greek police clash with demonstrators protesting a concert by US military cadets 03/27/2024 07:19pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police in Greece clashed late Wednesday with Communist-backed demonstrators who tried to prevent a concert by U.S. military cadets. The violent protest occurred in the central Greek city of Larissa ahead of a concert by members of the West Point Glee Club, a musical group of Families of 5 men killed by Minnesota police reach settlement with state crime bureau 03/27/2024 07:11pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Families of five men killed by police have reached a settlement with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in their lawsuit seeking the investigative files on the fatal shootings. The $165,000 settlement was reached Monday. The families' attorney, Paul Bosman, said t A bus headed for Switzerland crashes off a German highway, killing 4 people 03/27/2024 06:09pm • BERLIN (AP) — Four people were killed Wednesday when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland drove off a highway in eastern Germany and ended up on its side, police said. The accident happened on the A9 highway near Leipzig at about 9:45 a.m, less than two hours after the bus left Berlin. It was e Texas’ migrant arrest law will remain on hold under new court ruling 03/27/2024 06:07pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas’ plans to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold under a federal appeals court order that likely prevents enforcement of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s new immigration law until a broader decision on whether it is legal. The 2-1 rul Robotic police dog shot multiple times, credited with avoiding potential bloodshed 03/27/2024 06:07pm • BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — A robotic dog is being thanked by state police in Massachusetts for helping avert a tragedy involving a person barricaded in a home. The robotic dog named Roscoe was part of the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad and deployed on March 6 in a Barnstable house after polic Trump plans to attend the wake of slain New York City police officer 03/27/2024 06:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is planning to attend the wake for a New York City police officer who was fatally shot during a traffic stop this week, according to his campaign. Trump, the 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is expected to be at a visitation Thursday