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Today in History: February 28, Pope Benedict XVI becomes first pope in six centuries to resign 02/28/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2024. There are 307 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On Feb. 28, 2013, Benedict XVI became the first pope in 600 years to resign, ending an eight-year pontificate. (Benedict was succeeded the following month by Po Georgia Republicans seek new laws to crack down on immigrants after nursing student killed 02/27/2024 10:02pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia House Republicans are pushing to require every eligible police and sheriff's department to help identify undocumented immigrants, arrest them and detain them for deportation. The proposal advanced through the state House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee on Tuesd Expert in Old West firearms says gun wouldn't malfunction in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin 02/27/2024 09:54pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� Courtroom testimony by an independent gun expert Tuesday cast new doubt on Alec Baldwin's account that his gun went off without pulling the trigger in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a 2021 rehearsal on the set of the Western movie ���Rust.��� Baldwin has plead Canine units to start searching Loudoun Co. high schools for illegal narcotics 02/27/2024 09:02pm • Canine teams will start randomly searching Loudoun County, Virginia, high schools next month, Superintendent Aaron Spence said, as part of a plan to deter students from bringing illegal substances onto school campuses. The scans, which will be conducted through a partnership with the Loudoun Coun Army personnel file shows Maine reservist who killed 18 people received glowing reviews 02/27/2024 08:54pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� An Army reservist responsible for the deadliest shooting in Maine history received a glowing review from his superiors even as some of his family members were growing increasingly worried about his mental health. The annual evaluation from April 2023 indicated Robert Card, 4 Shooting stuns indigenous whaling village on Alaska's desolate North Slope 02/27/2024 08:50pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ��� A shooting that killed two adults and severely wounded two others has stunned a tiny Alaska Native whaling village above the Arctic Circle, where parents were told they could keep their children home from school Tuesday to hug them. A 16-year-old boy has been charged as an The killing of a Georgia nursing student is now at the center of the US immigration debate 02/27/2024 08:41pm • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) ��� Laken Riley was a 22-year-old nursing student out on her morning run at the University of Georgia when authorities say a stranger dragged her into a secluded area and killed her, sending shockwaves through campus as police searched for a suspect. The arrest of a Venezuelan man w San Francisco apologizes to Black residents for decades of racist policies 02/27/2024 08:16pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Supervisors in San Francisco formally apologized Tuesday to African Americans and their descendants for the city���s role in perpetuating racism and discrimination, with several stating that this was just the start of reparations for Black residents and not the end. The vote How a WTOP reporter almost got swindled by a scammer over the phone 02/27/2024 08:11pm • Scam phone calls have become more prevalent and in some cases more convincing these days as thieves try to steal victims' money and personal or financial information. Montgomery County Police say among the most common scams are phone calls in which the caller impersonates law enforcement or a gov Suspect in New York hotel killing remains in custody without bond in Arizona stabbings 02/27/2024 08:04pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� A suspect in the killing of a woman at a New York City hotel was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in Arizona's most populous county in the subsequent stabbing attacks of two women in the Phoenix area. The Maricopa County Attorney's office announced Raad Almansoori, 26, was indicted Motive in killing of Baltimore police officer remains a mystery as trial begins 02/27/2024 07:50pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� As the trial opened Tuesday for a man accused in the deadly shooting ambush of a Baltimore police officer, the motive in the killing remains shrouded in mystery more than two years later. Officer Keona Holley, who was shot multiple times while sitting in her marked patrol car d Family urges Md. lawmakers to create Purple Alert for people with intellectual disabilities 02/27/2024 07:40pm • The father of a man who was missing in Maryland for six days last October urged lawmakers to pass a bill to create the same kind of large scale alerts that take place when children are kidnapped for when older adults go missing. Jimmy Hall told a Senate committee in Annapolis on Tuesday it is urg FBI offers $15,000 reward in case of missing Wisconsin boy 02/27/2024 07:37pm • TWO RIVERS, Wis. (AP) ��� The FBI has offered a reward of up to $15,000 in the case of a 3-year-old Wisconsin boy who vanished last week, a police chief said Tuesday. Elijah Vue was last seen Feb. 20 at a residence in Two Rivers, where prosecutors said his mother had sent him to stay with a man now Two mayoral hopefuls of a Mexican city are shot dead within hours of each other 02/27/2024 07:30pm • MARAVAT��O, Mexico (AP) ��� Two mayoral hopefuls in the Mexican city of Maravat��o have been gunned down within hours of each other, as experts warn the June 2 national elections could be the country's most violent on record. The widening control of drug cartels in Mexico has been described as a thr Lawsuit seeks up to $11.5M over allegations that Oregon nurse replaced fentanyl drip with tap water 02/27/2024 07:19pm • MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) ��� The first lawsuit brought amid reports that a nurse at a southern Oregon hospital replaced intravenous fentanyl drips with tap water seeks up to $11.5 million on behalf of the estate of a 65-year-old man who died. The wrongful death suit was filed Monday against Asante Rogue R