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Bolivian general accused of failed coup is transferred to a maximum-security prison 06/29/2024 03:48pm • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) ��� The Bolivian general accused of leading a failed coup was sent Saturday to a maximum-security prison as he faces charges of terrorism and starting an armed uprising. ���At some point the truth will be known,��� a handcuffed Gen. Juan Jos�� Z����iga told journalists as he was Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote 06/29/2024 01:54pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Iran will hold a runoff presidential election pitting a little-known reformist against a hard-line former nuclear negotiator after results released Saturday showed the lowest-ever poll turnout in the Islamic Republic���s history. More than 60% of voters cast no b Pass a stopped DC school bus with its stop-arm activated? Prepare for $500 fine 06/29/2024 12:48pm • The District's bite on drivers who don't slow down when school buses are stopped is now $500 sharper. D.C.'s Department of Transportation (DDOT) and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) said ticketing for the Stop-Arm Safety Program began Saturday. This move follows a 45- German far-right party reelects its leaders after election gains while opponents protest 06/29/2024 12:31pm • BERLIN (AP) ��� The far-right Alternative for Germany reelected its leadership duo Saturday after the party made gains in the recent European election, while thousands of people protested against its convention and some demonstrators tried to block roads or clashed with police. Alternative for Germa Former Northeastern University lab manager convicted of staging hoax explosion at Boston campus 06/29/2024 11:48am • A former lab manager at Northeastern University has been convicted of staging a hoax explosion at the Boston campus and then lying about what happened to a federal agent. Jason Duhaime, 46, from San Antonio, Texas, was convicted on three counts Friday by a federal jury. He faces up to five years in Two Texas jail guards are indicted by a county grand jury in the asphyxiation death of an inmate 06/29/2024 11:04am • Two county jail guards have been indicted on murder charges for the asphyxiation death of an inmate in Texas. The indictments, dated Tuesday, charge Joel Garcia, 48, and Rafael Moreno Jr., 37, in the April death of 31-year-old former Marine Anthony Johnson Jr. at the Tarrant County jail in Fort Wort 8-year-old dies after being left in hot car by mother, North Carolina police say 06/29/2024 10:42am • A woman faces an involuntary manslaughter charge in North Carolina after her child died from being left in a hot car, police said. The 8-year-old girl was transported to a local hospital after being found in critical condition in a vehicle in Charlotte on Wednesday evening but later died from a heat Jan. 6 shadows the 2024 campaign, but not on the debate stage. That alarms democracy advocates 06/29/2024 10:41am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� In the first presidential debate, Republican Donald Trump skimmed over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol, shifted blame for the violent mob siege and declined repeatedly to state unequivocally that he will accept the results of this year���s White House election. And Presid An attacker with a crossbow wounded a police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade before being shot dead 06/29/2024 07:22am • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ��� An attacker with a crossbow wounded a police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade before being shot dead. A mother's pain as the first victim of Kenya's deadly protests is buried 06/29/2024 03:08am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Edith Wanjiku holds onto one of the few photos she���s left with of her teenage son Ibrahim Kamau. His life was cut short by two gunshot wounds to his neck that were sustained during Kenya���s deadly protests on Tuesday in which more than 20 people were killed. The 19-year-ol How charges against 2 Uvalde school police officers are still leaving some families frustrated 06/29/2024 01:36am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� Two indictments against former Uvalde, Texas, schools police officers are the first charges brought against law enforcement for the botched response that saw hundreds of officers wait more than an hour to confront an 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 fourth-grade students and t Dagestani Jews look to rebuild after extremist attacks in the restive region of southern Russia 06/29/2024 12:22am • Jews in the predominantly Muslim region of Dagestan in southern Russia say they are determined to regroup and rebuild following a deadly attack by Islamic militants on Christian and Jewish houses of worship in two cities last weekend. The attacks in the regional capital of Makhachkala and the city o Takeaways: How Trump's possible VP pick shifted on LGBTQ+ issues as his presidential bid neared 06/29/2024 12:06am • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) ��� North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum is little-known on the national stage but is now a top choice to be former President Donald Trump' s vice presidential running mate. The wealthy software entrepreneur has led North Dakota like a CEO. He's championed business-oriented i Doug Burgum vetoed anti-LGBTQ measures while governor. Then he started running for president 06/29/2024 12:02am • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) ��� For most of North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum's two terms in office, he approached the job like a CEO running a business. The wealthy former software executive, now on a shortlist to be Donald Trump���s running mate, was laser-focused on priorities like strengthening the state's Families say those detained in Bolivia failed coup were tricked. President says it's not his problem 06/28/2024 10:56pm • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) ��� The death threats came rolling in shortly after Gimena Silva���s husband was detained on accusations that he took part in a failed coup in Bolivia. ���They call us, they say that if we do anything, say anything, they���re going to disappear us. They threaten not just us, but