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San Francisco mayor's race heats up with another challenger to London Breed 02/13/2024 07:00am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former interim mayor of San Francisco announced Tuesday he's running for his previous job, joining a competitive field of candidates who say the city has crumbled under the watch of Mayor London Breed, who is up for reelection this year. Mark Farrell served as interim may Turkish police arrest an Islamic State suspect who worked at a nuclear power plant, reports say 02/13/2024 06:57am • ISTANBUL (AP) — Counterterrorism police in Turkey have arrested an Islamic State group suspect who was working at a nuclear power plant being built in the country’s south, local media reported Tuesday. The Russian national had been working at the Akkuyu nuclear facility under false identity pape Car crashes into utility pole and house, causing thousands to lose power near Bailey's Crossroads 02/13/2024 05:24am • Listen to WTOP Traffic on the 8s for the latest details.  Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, closed an intersection in the Bailey's Crossroads area after a driver crashed into a utility pole and a house, which may have sparked a power outage during Sunday night's Super Bowl game. According t 1 person missing as firefighters in Sweden struggle for second day to put out a water park fire 02/13/2024 04:05am • STOCKHOLM (AP) — Firefighters in Sweden were struggling for the second day on Tuesday to put out a blaze at a water park that's under construction at one of the country’s biggest amusement centers. One park employee is missing and 16 people, mainly workers, were slightly injured. Authorities co Jailed former Thai PM Thaksin gets parole, capping a reconciliation with military that ousted him 02/13/2024 03:21am • BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who last year returned from more than a decade of self-imposed exile to serve a prison sentence for misdeeds committed while in office, has been granted parole and could be released this weekend, the country’s justice minister Live updates | Israeli military rescues 2 hostages in Rafah operation that killed 67 Palestinians 02/13/2024 12:47am • The Israeli military rescued two hostages from the Gaza Strip early Monday in a dramatic operation that also killed at least 67 Palestinians in airstrikes, according to Palestinian hospital officials. The raid took place in Rafah, the city on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip where 1.4 million Pal 'My heart is broken': Prince George’s Co. prosecutor wants justice for gunned-down toddler 02/12/2024 10:07pm • The two men charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 2-year-old boy in Langley Park, Maryland, last week will be held without bond. On Monday, suspects Johnny Alejandro Turcios, 28, and Israel Fuentes Jr., 33, of Lewisdale, were charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of 2 Pakistan's election left no clear winner. So who is likely to govern and what happens next? 02/12/2024 09:55pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s parliamentary elections left no clear winner. Allies of imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan won the most seats in the lower house of parliament in the elections last Thursday. It was a shock outcome given the obstacles: His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party could hol Small plane lands safely near Buffalo after rear door falls off mid-flight 02/12/2024 09:41pm • CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) — A small plane with two people aboard landed safely at Buffalo Niagara International Airport on Monday after its rear door fell off, police said. There were no reports of injuries or property damage on the ground, according to police in the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga. New Mexico Senate endorses budget bill emphasizing savings during oil sector windfall 02/12/2024 08:13pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico would set aside well over $1 billion to guarantee tuition-free college and sustain government spending in case its oil production bonanza fades in the transition to cleaner energy sources under an annual spending plan endorsed by the state Senate on Monday. The 31- Reluctant pastor's son to most-viewed preacher: Shooting puts new spotlight on Joel Osteen 02/12/2024 08:05pm • Joel Osteen is one of the most familiar faces in American religion. The pastor who leads the Houston megachurch where a 5-year-old boy was critically wounded in a Sunday shooting that also hit a man in the hip — before the shooter was killed by off-duty police working security — is known for hi Montgomery Co.'s hookah lounges, vape and tobacco shops may have to close earlier under new bill 02/12/2024 07:48pm • A proposed bill in Montgomery County, Maryland, would require hookah lounges, vape and tobacco shops to close at hours that align with closing times of the county's bars and restaurants. Montgomery County Council Vice President Kate Stewart is one of the lead sponsors of the bill and told WTOP th A shooter opened fire in a Houston church. Gunfire has also scarred other Texas places of worship 02/12/2024 07:31pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The weekend shooting at Joel Osteen's megachurch in Houston is not the first time gunfire has caused panic and tragedy at a Texas house of worship. It also underscored the ease of bringing weapons into sanctuaries in a state with few limits on gun possession, as well as a gro Canadian man facing 5 murder charges in the deaths of his wife, children and teen relative 02/12/2024 06:57pm • CARMAN, Manitoba (AP) — A Canadian man has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife, three young children and a 17-year-old female relative, authorities said Monday. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Insp. Tim Arseneault said Ryan Howard Manoakeesick, 29, has bee Police say 1 person killed, 5 wounded in shooting at subway station in New York City 02/12/2024 06:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Police say 1 person killed, 5 wounded in shooting at subway station in New York City.