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Tulane suspends transfer QB TJ Finley following his arrest for alleged possession of a stolen truck 04/03/2025 07:47pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� Tulane transfer quarterback TJ Finley has been suspended from the team indefinitely following his arrest for alleged possession of a stolen pickup truck. Finley's attorneys say the quarterback was defrauded by those who sold him the vehicle and is cooperating with authorities. T Canada trucker protest organizers found guilty of mischief 04/03/2025 07:47pm • OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) ��� Two of the organizers of Canada���s trucker protests against COVID-19 restrictions in 2022 have been found guilty of mischief for their roles in the mass protest in Ottawa, a judge ruled Thursday. Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were key figures and organizers in the massive pr NYC Mayor Eric Adams will skip the Democratic primary and run for reelection as an independent 04/03/2025 06:19pm • New York City Mayor Eric Adams withdrew from the city���s Democratic primary on Thursday and said he would instead run for reelection as an independent, a move intended to buy him time to save a campaign deeply wounded by a bribery scandal and liberal anger over his warm relationship with President DC mayor, police chief announce new initiative on juvenile crime 04/03/2025 05:52pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Browser and D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith announced the latest initiative on dealing with juvenile crime in D.C. on Thursday ��� the formation of the Juvenile Investigative Response Unit. While Mayor Bowser likes to point to data showing that overall crime is down across all ei Transgender student's arrest for violating Florida bathroom law is thought to be a first 04/03/2025 05:46pm • A transgender college student declared ���I am here to break the law��� before entering a women���s restroom at the Florida State Capitol and being led out in handcuffs by police. Civil rights attorneys say the arrest of Marcy Rheintgen last month is the first they know of for violating transgender Police: Multiple people stabbed by man in 'altered mental state from an unknown substance' in Northeast DC 04/03/2025 04:56pm • D.C. police say multiple people were stabbed and a suspect is in custody after an incident in Northeast D.C. on Thursday afternoon. At a news conference Thursday, D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith said a man was walking with a woman in the area of Montello Avenue and Meigs Place NE near Gallaudet Un Man kills mother in moving car, then kills passing motorist and injures others, Maine police say 04/03/2025 04:50pm • GRAY, Maine (AP) ��� A passenger in a car in Maine fatally shot his mother before shooting at passing vehicles, killing another motorist and injuring two others, then died by suicide, state police said Thursday. The shootings happened in the central Maine town of Sabattus late Wednesday afternoon, p Detroit-area house explodes, killing a woman and blasting a man to the front yard 04/03/2025 04:40pm • SOUTHGATE, Mich. (AP) ��� An explosion destroyed a house before dawn Thursday in suburban Detroit, killing a woman who was trapped in the rubble and severely injuring a man who was blown to the front yard. ���Both had extensive burns and internal injuries,��� Southgate police Det. Sgt. Nathan Mosczy Cyprus approves law enabling women to volunteer for military service 04/03/2025 02:58pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� Cyprus��� parliament on Thursday approved legislation allowing women to volunteer for military service in a move officials said eliminates any gender bias over who can serve in the ethnically divided island���s National Guard. The measure passed after 32 lawmakers voted in f EEOC chief shifts focus to investigating DEI but the methods provoke an outcry 04/03/2025 01:09pm • ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) ��� The acting chief of the top federal agency for protecting worker rights has signaled a pivot toward prioritizing President Donald Trump's campaign to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the private and public sectors. The initial steps taken by Andrea Lucas, SafeSport knew of allegations against former cop before hiring him as investigator 04/03/2025 12:18pm • People at the U.S. Center for SafeSport knew a former police officer was the subject of an internal investigation at his former job but hired him anyway, according to details released Wednesday by Sen. Chuck Grassley, who is looking into the matter. Grassley, R-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Judic Turkey makes 11 arrests over shopping-boycott campaign in support of Istanbul's imprisoned mayor 04/03/2025 09:21am • ISTANBUL (AP) ��� Turkish police detained 11 people on Thursday for supporting a shopping boycott as part of protests against the imprisonment of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan���s main rival, state-run media reported. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor���s Office issued arrest warrants for 16 sus The EU Parliament has transparency problems. Marine Le Pen's case is a window into what's wrong 04/03/2025 02:24am • The conviction of one of the most powerful figures of the European far right for embezzling EU Parliament funds has sent shockwaves around the continent and beyond. But Marine Le Pen's case is just one example of transparency problems that have plagued the legislature. From Budapest to Washington, L Netanyahu is rocked by a new scandal linking his close advisers to Qatar 04/03/2025 01:10am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu���s office is once again ensnared in scandal after police arrested two of his close associates this week on suspicion of accepting money from Qatar to promote a positive image of the Gulf Arab state in Israel. The affair has gripped Israeli 1 person dead as violent storms, including tornadoes, wallop Midwest and South 04/03/2025 12:38am • Tornadoes and violent storms struck parts of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing at least one person, knocking down power lines and trees, ripping roofs off homes and shooting debris thousands of feet into the air. A tornado emergency was briefly issued in northeast Arkansas, with the Nation