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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 Death toll rises to 50 in attack on mosque and villages in Nigeria, an official says 08/20/2025 02:37pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� The death toll from a shooting at a mosque and attacks on several nearby villages in northwestern Nigeria has risen to 50, a local official said Wednesday. Gunmen stormed the mosque in Unguwan Mantau town in Katsina state during morning prayers on Tuesday, according to lawmak Olympic equestrian rider Schwizer suspended from Swiss team for financial legal issues 08/20/2025 12:45pm • BERN, Switzerland (AP) ��� Three-time Olympic equestrian rider Pius Schwizer was suspended from the Swiss national team Wednesday while he faces legal issues for alleged financial debts. The 63-year-old Schwizer competed for Switzerland at the Paris Olympics one year ago in team jumping at Versaille Rhode Island prosecutor under review after warning 'you're gonna regret this' during arrest 08/20/2025 12:43pm • A Rhode Island prosecutor is under review after police body camera footage recorded her warning officers ���you're gonna regret this��� while she was being arrested. Devon Flanagan, a special assistant attorney general, was arrested outside a restaurant by Newport police Aug. 14 for trespassing, acc Norway soccer federation says it will donate profits from Israel game to humanitarian work in Gaza 08/20/2025 12:09pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� Norway���s soccer federation says it ���cannot remain indifferent��� to humanitarian suffering in Gaza and will donate any profits from an upcoming World Cup qualifying game against Israel to aid work there. Norway plays Israel in Oslo on Oct. 11. ���Neither we nor other organizatio Poland calls a drone crash in the country's east a Russian provocation amid peace talks 08/20/2025 12:07pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� Poland's defense minister said that a flying object that crashed and exploded in a cornfield in eastern Poland early Wednesday was identified as a Russian drone, calling it a provocation by Russia. At a news conference in Warsaw, Defense Minister W��adys��aw Kosiniak-Kamysz a South African breeder is accused of $14 million rhino horn smuggling ring 08/20/2025 11:39am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� South African prosecutors have accused a well-known rhino breeder of operating a global rhino horn smuggling network alongside five other people. John Hume, 83, owns one of the world's largest rhino herds at his Johannesburg ranch. He and the others are accused of a scheme invo Many towns are unprepared to handle train derailments and hazmat spills 08/20/2025 10:10am • A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments resulted in evacuations; more than a quarter resulted in a fire or explosion since 2015, an analysis of federal derailment data showed. And many communit As hurricane season collides with immigration agenda, fears increase for those without legal status 08/20/2025 09:57am • If a major hurricane approaches Central Florida this season, Maria knows it's dangerous to stay inside her wooden, trailer-like home. In past storms, she evacuated to her sister's sturdier house. If she couldn't get there, a shelter set up at the local high school served as a refuge if needed. But Julio C��sar Ch��vez Jr. deported to Mexico for alleged cartel ties and drug trafficking 08/20/2025 09:18am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Boxer Julio C��sar Ch��vez Jr. has been deported to Mexico, where he's wanted for alleged cartel ties, following his arrest in the U.S. for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application. Ch��vez was handed over by authorities and admitted to a prison outside of the White House says many arrests are being made in DC's Wards 7 and 8 08/20/2025 05:07am • The White House is pushing back against criticism that the federal takeover of D.C.'s police department, along with the growing number of National Guard personnel, is not focusing enough on the high-crime areas of D.C. Democratic members of Congress, as well as community activists, have accused P DC advocate says 'we know the solution' to homelessness, and it's not clearing out encampments 08/20/2025 04:10am • Last week, federal law enforcement began clearing out homeless encampments throughout the nation���s capital. Now, one local organization that advocates for homeless people is saying this strategy has been seen in the past and will not help bring an end to people living on the streets of D.C. ��� Even at the grocery store, Texas troopers don't let Democrats out of sight after walkout 08/20/2025 01:35am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier refused to come to the Texas state Capitol for two weeks. Now she won't leave, and fellow Democrats are joining her protest. Collier was among dozens of Democrats who left the state for the Democratic havens of California, Illinois, Massach In Kenya's capital, a new Rastafari temple shows the movement's endurance 08/20/2025 01:00am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� At a recent opening of the newest Rastafari place of worship just outside Kenya���s capital, some of the faithful gathered to sing rhythmic songs, read Scripture and exchange teachings on the appropriate way to live. The rare event ��� opening a tabernacle made of wooden pol