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Man suspected of robberies fatally shot by Texas officers after the robbery of a liquor store 03/12/2024 08:58am • OAK RIDGE NORTH, Texas (AP) ��� A man suspected of several robberies in southeastern Texas was fatally shot Monday night by officers with a joint task force after they saw him rob a liquor store, authorities said. The man, whose name was not immediately released, fled officers who had been monitorin 2 dead, 1 injured following shooting at Maryland recording studio 03/12/2024 07:29am • Two people are dead and another person was injured following an early morning shooting on Tuesday at a recording studio in Laurel, Maryland, police said. Police officers were called for a report of a shooting at a recording shooting on Lafayette Avenue, near the intersection of Irving Street, aro 2 backcountry skiers from New Zealand are killed in an avalanche in Japan 03/12/2024 06:42am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Two backcountry skiers from New Zealand have died in an avalanche on Japan���s northernmost main island of Hokkaido, police said Tuesday. A man and woman died Monday on the 1,898-meter (6,227-foot) Mount Yotei, the Hokkaido prefectural police said. A third skier, a man also from New Montgomery County's next police chief could come from within the ranks 03/12/2024 05:07am • Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich told county council members he could name a nominee for police chief in the Maryland county by May. The news comes after two council members called for more transparency in the selection process of the next chief. Current Police Chief Marcus Jones is retiri William H. Macy visits DC's Warner Theatre for special screening of movie masterpiece 'Fargo' 03/12/2024 05:05am • He delivered memorable turns in acclaimed films ("Boogie Nights") and TV series ("Shameless"), but his career role will always remain his Oscar-nominated performance in the Coen Brothers' movie masterpiece "Fargo" (1996). This Thursday,��William H. Macy visits��Warner Theatre in D.C. to host Protests drove Nepal's king off the throne 16 years ago. Now, protests are trying to bring him back 03/12/2024 12:04am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) ��� Sixteen years ago, mass protests in Nepal forced then-King Gyanendra Shah to give up the throne and clear the way for a republic. Now, a new wave of protest is trying to bring him back. The capital of the Himalayan country is again teeming with demonstrators, this time dema Today in History: March 12, jazz legend Charlie 'Bird' Parker dies at 34 03/12/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Tuesday, March 12, the 72nd day of 2024. There are 294 days left in the year. Today���s highlight in history: On March 12, 1955, legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie ���Bird��� Parker died in New York at age 34. On this date: In 1864, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assumed comman Ukraine's first Oscar is hailed as a reminder of war's horrors as Russian drones strike buildings 03/11/2024 11:58pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukraine awoke Monday to another day of war ��� Russian drones blasted buildings in the Kharkiv and Odesa regions ��� but also the news it had won its first Oscar. The best documentary victory for Mstyslav Chernov���s ���20 Days in Mariupol,��� a harrowing first-person account 3 children and 2 adults die after school bus collides with semi in Illinois, authorities say 03/11/2024 11:24pm • RUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) ��� Five people, including three children, were killed in western Illinois when a school bus and semitruck collided on a highway Monday, authorities said. The bus was traveling eastbound when it crossed the center line on U.S. Route 24 into the westbound lanes ���for an unknown Brooklyn preacher known for flashy lifestyle found guilty of wire fraud and attempted extortion 03/11/2024 09:52pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A Brooklyn preacher known for his flashy lifestyle and who boasted of his friendship with New York City���s mayor was found guilty in federal court Monday of wire fraud, attempted extortion and lying to the FBI. Lamor Miller-Whitehead, 47, was found guilty of five counts after a t US pledges an additional $100M for a multinational force awaiting deployment to violence-hit Haiti 03/11/2024 08:06pm • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday announced an additional $100 million to finance the deployment of a multinational force to Haiti following a meeting with Caribbean leaders in Jamaica to halt the country���s violent crisis. Blinken also announced another $33 million in humanitarian a Connecticut woman accused of killing husband and hiding his body pleads guilty to manslaughter 03/11/2024 07:40pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� A 76-year-old Connecticut woman who was accused of killing her husband, hiding his body for months and collecting his paychecks pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday, a state prosecutor said. Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi was arrested in February 2018 in the death of her husband, Dr. Wisconsin officials release names of 7 Virginia residents killed in crash that claimed 9 lives 03/11/2024 07:19pm • Authorities on Monday released the names of seven Virginia residents and a Wisconsin man who were killed when their van collided with a semi-trailer in western Wisconsin. A 2-year-old child was the only survivor. The Clark County sheriff���s office says the van���s driver, James K. McCoy, 46; Linda New Jersey lawmakers fast track bill that could restrict records access under open records law 03/11/2024 07:07pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ��� New Jersey lawmakers voted Monday to advance a measure that could make it easier for government agencies to withhold documents under the state's open records law, casting it as a modernizing bill that would cut back on profiteering businesses. Committees in the Democratic-led Two 18-year-olds are being held on $2M bail in Philadelphia bus stop shooting that injured 8 teens 03/11/2024 07:04pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Two 18-year-olds were arrested in the shooting of eight Philadelphia high school students at a bus stop last week, and authorities recovered a fully loaded, fully automatic weapon that matches evidence found at the scene, they announced Monday. Two more suspects were still bein