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AP PHOTOS: Russians say final farewell at funeral of opposition leader Alexei Navalny 03/01/2024 04:46pm • Thousands of mourners gathered in Moscow to bid farewell to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Friday, two weeks after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. Crowds faced a heavy police presence as they thronged the church where Navalny’s funeral was held, and the cemetery Putin foe Alexei Navalny is buried in Moscow as thousands attend under a heavy police presence 03/01/2024 04:44pm • Under a heavy police presence, thousands of people bade farewell Friday to opposition leader Alexei Navalny at his funeral in Moscow after his still-unexplained death two weeks ago in an Arctic penal colony. The crowds who thronged to honor Navalny outside a church and cemetery in a snowy southeaste Firetruck plows through furniture shop on Long Island, injuring 4 03/01/2024 04:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A firetruck plowed through the facade of a furniture store on New York's Long Island on Friday, injuring four people and destroying much of the building's exterior. A store employee and three firefighters inside the truck were hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threaten Arlington neighborhood rallies as police investigate possible hate crime 03/01/2024 04:29pm • After news that graffiti that included swastikas and a racial slur appeared outside several homes in Arlington, Virginia, a group of residents held a rally to support each other and make clear that hate-related acts are not welcome in their community. Friday morning, dozens of residents gathered Judge puts brakes on new law banning foreign government spending on referendums 03/01/2024 04:16pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal judge is delaying the implementation of a voter-approved law in Maine that aimed to close an election law loophole by stopping foreign government spending on state referendum races. U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday, the Veteran British left-wing disruptor George Galloway wins a special election dominated by war in Gaza 03/01/2024 03:40pm • LONDON (AP) — A veteran left-wing British political disruptor has won a special election in a town in northern England with a big Muslim minority following a contest that was mired in chaos and controversy and dominated by the Israel-Hamas war. George Galloway's victory was described as “beyond Iranian parliament vote, first since 2022 mass protests, sees a low turnout despite government push 03/01/2024 03:40pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran held its first parliamentary election Friday since mass 2022 protests over mandatory hijab laws following the death of Mahsa Amini, apparently drawing a low turnout amid calls for a boycott. It wasn't immediately clear if voter apathy or an active desire to Russians embrace hope amid despair as Alexei Navalny says his final goodbye 03/01/2024 03:29pm • Russians have seen many images of Alexei Navalny — a firebrand protest leader with a bullhorn. A government critic whose face was splashed with green dye by an attacker, which he joked turned him into the Hulk. A smiling political prisoner making a heart with his hands as he gestured to his wife i Kentucky House backs giving lawmakers authority over statues in Capitol Rotunda 03/01/2024 03:03pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers would claim authority over what statues are installed or removed from the state Capitol's Rotunda under a bill passed Friday by the GOP-led House, a move the bill sponsor said has nothing to do with the removal of a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Social media influencer says Dolphins' Tyreek Hill broke her leg during football drill at his home 03/01/2024 02:17pm • A social media influencer is suing Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill over an alleged incident that happened at the NFL star's South Florida home last summer. In a lawsuit that Sophie Hall's attorneys filed in Broward County circuit court on Feb. 23, the influencer claims that Hill “forceful Family of man who died after being punched by Detroit police officer files federal lawsuit 03/01/2024 01:55pm • DETROIT (AP) — The family of a 70-year-old man who died after a Detroit police officer punched him in the face, causing him to fall to the ground, is suing the former officer and the city of Detroit, seeking $50 million for alleged civil rights violations. The federal lawsuit filed Thursday on beh Ex-prosecutor Buta Biberaj says she will continue to have voice in Loudoun County as private attorney 03/01/2024 01:42pm • Buta Biberaj, who was elected Loudoun County Commonweath's Attorney in 2019 — one of a wave of "progressive prosecutors" in Northern Virginia — tells WTOP she plans to be "much more vocal in what I see as being just and unjust," in her new role as a private attorney. Biberaj was defeated in h A day after Capitol lockdown, Maryland official says text-message alert system has been in the works 03/01/2024 01:10pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland signed a contract this week to create a text-message alert system for the grounds of the Capitol, lawmakers said Friday, a day after the historic building was put on lockdown when an anonymous phone threat was received and police responded with guns drawn. The sta Suspect in Montgomery County high school bomb threat faces criminal charges in other states, police say 03/01/2024 12:33pm • A juvenile male has been charged in connection with bomb threats made at Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland, in November, Montgomery County police said Friday. At around 8 a.m. Nov. 27, the suspect called Wootton and said bombs were placed inside certain areas of the school, according to Black Americans' significant economic and civil rights progress threatened, report says 03/01/2024 12:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Black Americans have endured considerable injustices and barriers to prosperity and equality throughout U.S. history. But their social, economic and political advances in the 60 years since the enactment of major civil rights legislation have been unsatisfactory, according to a n