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Belarusians vote in a tightly controlled election as the opposition calls for its boycott 02/25/2024 04:24pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) ��� Sunday's tightly controlled parliamentary and local elections in Belarus are set to cement the hard-line rule of the country���s authoritarian leader, despite a prominent opposition leader's call for a boycott. President Alexander Lukashenko has ruled Belarus with an iron h Caribbean leaders meet with Haiti's prime minister. Foreign force deployment is on the agenda 02/25/2024 03:53pm • GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) ��� Caribbean leaders met with embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Sunday to talk about his country���s unrelenting gang violence, with one top official noting that his continued presence as head of government remains a main stumbling block to progress. Bahamian F What killed Flaco the owl? New York zoologists testing for toxins, disease as contributing factors 02/25/2024 02:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� New York City���s celebrity owl Flaco died from a traumatic impact, zoologists confirmed a day after he reportedly flew into a building, with further testing planned to determine if the Eurasian eagle-owl may have been sick. What happened in Flaco's final hours is top of mind for h An Australian tourist has gone missing in Zimbabwe's famous Victoria Falls park, officials say 02/25/2024 01:13pm • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ��� An Australian tourist has gone missing in Zimbabwe���s Victoria Falls National Park, home to one of the world���s natural wonders, the country���s parks spokesman said. Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesman Tinashe Farawo told The Associated Pr Woman struck, killed in Woodbridge hit-and-run 02/25/2024 12:55pm • A woman was struck and killed in a hit-and-run in Woodbridge, Virginia, late Saturday night, according to Prince William County police. Carla Andrea Mejia, 27, of Woodbridge, was walking in the westbound lane of Minnieville Road near Bobcat Court wearing "all dark clothing," when she was struck b Maryland considers more juvenile justice bills, and they may be included in bigger legislative package 02/25/2024 09:16am • As Maryland���s top Democratic leaders continue to assess legislation to tweak the state���s juvenile justice system, all or portions of other juvenile-related bills could be incorporated in the bigger legislative package backed by the governor and key committee chairs. Sen. Cory V. McCray (D 15-year-old charged in armed carjacking, attempted robberies involving other teens, DC police say 02/25/2024 07:37am • Three teenagers were arrested and charged on Wednesday after D.C. police say they carjacked a victim at gunpoint and attempted to rob businesses while armed earlier this month. A series of crimes were carried out by the teenage boys ��� aged 14, 15 and 16 ��� over a period of about a week, accord Vigil held for nonbinary Oklahoma teenager who died following a school bathroom fight 02/25/2024 12:57am • EDMOND, Okla. (AP) ��� More than two dozen people gathered at an Oklahoma church for a vigil for Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager who died one day after a fight in a high school bathroom. The vigil at All Saints Episcopal Church in McAlester was organized by the McAlester Rainbow Connection. It wa Corruption scandals cast a shadow over Portugal���s early general election and may favor populists 02/25/2024 12:09am • LISBON, Portugal (AP) ��� The official two-week campaign period before Portugal���s early general election began on Sunday, with the country���s two moderate mainstream parties once again expected to collect the most votes but with the expected rise of a populist party potentially adding momentum to Georgia university town is shaken by the killing of a nursing student who was out on a run 02/24/2024 11:30pm • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) ��� The killing of a nursing student in Georgia who was out running has shaken the university town of Athens. Laken Hope Riley, 22, who was studying nursing at Augusta University, went out for a run Thursday morning. After a friend told police she had not returned, officers immedia 2 men arrested after over 70 pounds of marijuana found in suitcases at Dulles Airport 02/24/2024 10:45pm • Two men were arrested Thursday after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found over 70 pounds of marijuana in their checked baggage at Dulles International Airport. According to a release from CBP, 33-year-old Kaliq Talib McCallister and 28-year-old Christian Tyler Knight, both of Las Veg At the Florida Man Games, big crowds cheer competitors evading police, wrestling over beer 02/24/2024 10:34pm • ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) ��� They rose up by the dozens from across Florida, caricatured competitors in tank tops and cutoff shorts, for a showdown that treats evading police and wrestling over beer like Olympic sports. Promoted as ���the most insane athletic showdown on Earth,��� the Florida Man 9 Rolex watches valued over $200K stolen in DC jewelry store smash-and-grab 02/24/2024 09:55pm • Nine Rolex watches were taken from a downtown D.C. jewelry store Friday afternoon and police are looking for the suspects. Just before 1 p.m. at Tiny Jewel Box located on 1155 Connecticut Avenue NW, police said a suspect smashed through the exterior window of the store with a sledgehammer. Two Fairfax Co. police arrest man accused of stealing medical transport vehicle after crash in stolen car 02/24/2024 09:22pm • The man accused of stealing a medical transport vehicle after leaving a hospital where he was being treated for injuries sustained during an earlier crash was arrested Friday, according to police. Police said that on Monday, 32-year-old Rickey Lowe, of Manassas, was a passenger in Toyota Corolla, Lithium ion battery caused fatal fire in New York City apartment building, officials say 02/24/2024 06:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A lithium ion battery sparked a fire that killed one person and injured 17 others at a New York City apartment building, fire officials said Saturday. Friday's two-alarm fire began just after 2 p.m. on the third floor of a six-story building in Harlem. New York Police Department vi