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5 hockey players charged in Canada with sexual assault will have a jury trial 02/28/2024 04:51pm • The five hockey players charged with sexual assault in Canada have asked for and been granted a trial by jury. Daniel Brown, one of the lawyers representing former NHL player Alex Formenton, confirmed the request for a jury trial in an email Wednesday to The Associated Press. “Earlier this week, a Three slain Minnesota first responders are honored as heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice 02/28/2024 04:47pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three Minnesota first responders who were gunned down while responding to a report of a domestic incident at a home with seven children inside were remembered at a memorial service Wednesday as heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice. The Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville has been UN hands over 1st military base in Congo to begin its drawdown after decades in the country 02/28/2024 04:45pm • KAMANYOLA, Congo (AP) — United Nations peacekeepers handed over their first military base to security forces in eastern Congo on Wednesday as part of an eventual withdrawal after decades of operating in the country. The handover comes as violence soars in the conflict-riddled region. Peacekeepers Biden highlights how federal money is being used to boost public safety efforts 02/28/2024 04:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden used a meeting with police chiefs on Wednesday to spotlight his administration's efforts to help cities and police departments manage crime while also providing job opportunities for youth in communities affected by that violence. The president underscored how A coach asks 'When are we going to ban court storming?' A solution isn't seen as all that easy 02/28/2024 04:34pm • College basketball fans have been storming courts to celebrate for at least 75 years. Kurt Kemper, a history professor at Dakota State who has written about college sports, recalls that students and cheerleaders alike took to the court at Madison Square Garden after City College won both the 1950 N DC mom takes matters into her own hands to keep kids crossing the street safe 02/28/2024 04:27pm • In the fall of 2022, Allison McGill started spending time along the streets near Tyler Elementary School in Southeast D.C. She's not a paid crossing guard, but she has a vest to make sure drivers can see her as she helps kids walking to school cross the street. She's been dedicating about 30 minu Officials describe how gunman killed 5 relatives and set Pennsylvania house on fire 02/28/2024 04:17pm • EAST LANSDOWNE, Pa. (AP) — Four of the five family members found dead in a house fire near Philadelphia were fatally shot by an adult male relative who also killed himself after setting fire to the home, authorities said Wednesday. The youngest victim, a 10-year-old boy, was not shot but died of s Food aid reaches north Gaza for first time in weeks. Israeli hostages' families push for release 02/28/2024 04:10pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Aid convoys carrying food reached northern Gaza this week, Israeli officials said Wednesday, the first major delivery in a month to the devastated, isolated area, where the U.N. has warned of worsening starvation among hundreds of thousands of Palestinians amid Israel’s Biden acts to better protect Americans' personal data such as health records and finances 02/28/2024 03:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is signing an executive order aimed at better protecting Americans' personal data on everything from biometrics and health records to finances and geolocation from foreign adversaries like China and Russia. The move allows the Department of Justice and other Turkish drones kill 3 in an attack on a local Christian militia in northeastern Syria, officials say 02/28/2024 03:44pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Turkish drone strikes in northeastern Syria on Wednesday killed at least three members of a local Christian force and wounded others, including civilians, a Kurdish official and a Syrian opposition war monitor said. Also on Wednesday, reported Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus, and in Many in Iran are frustrated by unrest and poor economy. Parliament elections could see a low turnout 02/28/2024 03:09pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is holding parliamentary elections this Friday, yet the real question may not be who gets elected but how many people actually turn out to vote. Widespread discontent over the cratering economy, years of mass protests rocking the country, and tensions with Macron to inaugurate Olympic village in a disadvantaged area transformed for Paris Games 02/28/2024 02:41pm • PARIS (AP) — When French President Emmanuel Macron inaugurates the Olympic village on Thursday, he will see a formerly run-down area transformed into an international hub for the Paris Games. The village sits in the suburb of Saint-Denis, known in the sports world as the home to the Stade de Franc The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be on Friday, spokesperson says 02/28/2024 02:00pm • The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will take place Friday in Moscow after several locations declined to host the service, his spokesperson said. His funeral will be held at a church in Moscow’s southeast Maryino dis How gun accessories called bump stocks ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court 02/28/2024 01:55pm • When gun accessories known as bump stocks first hit the market more than a decade ago, the U.S. government initially concluded the devices did not violate federal law despite enabling semi-automatic weapons to spray bullets at the rapid-fire rate of a machine gun. That changed after a gunman with bu Florida Senate unanimously passes bill to define antisemitism 02/28/2024 01:49pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Antisemitism would be defined in Florida law under a bill the Senate unanimously passed Wednesday after its sponsor warned that an increase in acts against Jewish people will lead to extremism against other groups. Florida is among several states seeking to define antisemi