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A soldier in New Zealand is sentenced to two years in military prison for attempted espionage 08/21/2025 12:58am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ��� A New Zealand soldier, who admitted trying to spy for a foreign power, was sentenced to two years in military prison followed by discharge from the army. The sentencing by a judge and a panel of three senior military officers Wednesday came two days after the man pl Black Cowboy joy is spread by 'Boots on the Ground' viral line dance 08/20/2025 11:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� When Tre Little two-stepped in his cowboy boots at the BET Awards preshow this summer, he was overcome with joy and gratitude. ���I used to watch this on TV every year, and I���m now performing,��� said the 22-year-old Atlanta-area resident. ���I started crying ��� tears of joy.��� Mexico City mayor says police have arrested 13 in connection with killings of her staffers 08/20/2025 10:22pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� At least 13 people allegedly involved in the killing of two members of Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada's staff in May were arrested Wednesday for their alleged roles in what authorities described as a meticulously planned hit on two people close to the capital's leader. Three o Brazilian police say ex-President Bolsonaro had planned to flee to Argentina seeking asylum 08/20/2025 09:59pm • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) ��� Brazil���s federal police said messages found on the telephone of former President Jair Bolsonaro showed he once wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum, according to documents seen Wednesday by The Associated Press. Bolsonaro is currently awaiting a Suprem The Latest: Texas House approves new congressional maps that favor GOP in 2026 midterms 08/20/2025 09:37pm • The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives passed Wednesday a redrawn congressional map that creates up to five new winnable GOP seats in Congress, further deepening a national redistricting battle between states. Republicans want to make it easier for the GOP to hold on to its slim U. Top White House officials turn to public appearances with troops as a tense Washington watches 08/20/2025 09:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump���s law-enforcement crackdown on Washington expanded Wednesday and top administration officials visited National Guard troops to support a deployment that has left parts of the U.S. capital looking like occupied territory. Anger and frustration dotted the c Microsoft employee protests lead to 18 arrests as company reviews its work with Israel's military 08/20/2025 07:04pm • Police officers arrested 18 people at worker-led protests at Microsoft headquarters Wednesday as the tech company promises an ���urgent��� review of the Israeli military's use of its technology during the ongoing war in Gaza. Two consecutive days of protest at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washin Brazilian police accuse former President Jair Bolsonaro of planning to flee to Argentina seeking asylum 08/20/2025 06:55pm • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) ��� Brazilian police accuse former President Jair Bolsonaro of planning to flee to Argentina seeking asylum. Oregon man pleads guilty following fatal crash with community college softball team bus 08/20/2025 06:45pm • An Oregon man has pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree manslaughter following a fatal crash with a bus carrying a community college softball team that left a player and the team's head coach dead, according to court documents filed Wednesday. The petition to enter a guilty plea, filed in Co Guatemala grants temporary status to 161 Mexicans fleeing organized crime 08/20/2025 06:14pm • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) ��� Guatemala on Wednesday granted temporary humanitarian status to 161 Mexicans who fled their country last week seeking refuge from organized crime, even as Mexican officials denied that anyone had been displaced. The Guatemalan Immigration Institute said that 39 families, incl Mayor says there's no 'federal takeover' as National Guard troops expand in DC 08/20/2025 05:51pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser took exception to a reporter's reference to the increased federal presence in the District as a "takeover" and told a reporter, "There has been no takeover." But when asked about the increase in the number of National Guard troops in the District Wednesday, she said, "I d 1 killed, 1 wounded in Prince George's Co. shooting 08/20/2025 05:10pm • One person has been killed and at least one more was wounded in a shooting near the Eastover Shopping Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, police said. It happened Wednesday around 2 p.m. in the 5100 block of Indian Head Highway Service Road, police said. Both of the people who were shot are male, p National Guard vehicle collides with car, trapping driver on Capitol Hill 08/20/2025 05:02pm • A National Guard armored vehicle collided with a car on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in the midst of the widening presence of military personnel as part of President Donald Trump's federal anti-crime plan for D.C. A person who was in the car was briefly trapped inside and extricated by emergency res Man charged with killing an 'American Idol' exec and husband will undergo mental evaluation 08/20/2025 04:03pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A man charged with fatally shooting an ���American Idol��� music supervisor and her husband in their Los Angeles home will undergo mental evaluation to determine whether he's fit to stand trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Raymond Boodarian, 22, was set to be arraigned in a courth Father of Va. man charged in deadly shooting of teen reportedly filming TikTok prank says son's arrest is unfair 08/20/2025 02:58pm • The father of a Spotsylvania County, Virginia, man, who was charged with killing a teenager in May, is speaking out, saying his son was unfairly charged and that race played a role in his arrest. Tyler Chase Butler, 27, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and malicious wounding, ac