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Is the deal to build Wizards, Capitals arena in Alexandria falling apart? Here���s where things stand ��� and what the key players are saying 02/12/2024 05:22pm • A deal that would move the Washington Wizards and Capitals to a new arena in Alexandria continues to take heat with Monumental Sports and Entertainment jumping to address concerns from both D.C.���s mayor and Virginia Senate Democrats Monday. It comes days after a positive signal for the proposal The wife of a man charged with killing his 5-year-old daughter says she still cares about him 02/12/2024 05:16pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� The estranged wife of a New Hampshire man accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter and hiding the child's body for months testified Monday that she still cares about him despite the horrors she said she witnessed. Kayla Montgomery has been the star witness against her husban Law enforcement in schools dominates 1st day of the Minnesota Legislature's 2024 session 02/12/2024 04:47pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ��� The Minnesota Legislature convened Monday with lawmakers fast-tracking legislation to fix a law enacted last year that limits the powers of police who work in schools to restrain disruptive students. The change was one of several restrictions on the use of force passed in th Former professional wrestler William "Billy Jack" Haynes in custody in wife's death in Oregon 02/12/2024 04:44pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� Former professional wrestler William Albert ���Billy Jack��� Haynes Jr. has been taken into police custody in connection with the death of his wife in Portland, authorities said. Portland police said in a statement over the weekend that Haynes, 70, was in police custody at a New gun laws take effect on one-year anniversary of Michigan State University shooting 02/12/2024 04:32pm • EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) ��� Professor Marco D��az-Mu��oz spent the past year trying to suppress the images, seared into his memory, of the gunman who entered his classroom at Michigan State University, killed two of his students and left others with critical wounds. He expects a flood of emotions Mexican police arrest members of drug gang behind the alleged killing of 8 people in Cancun 02/12/2024 03:39pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Prosecutors said Monday they have arrested six members of a drug gang in the Mexican resort of Cancun that allegedly killed and hacked up five people with a machete, and dumped three other victims in a shallow grave. The gang, which prosecutors say also engaged in extortion, was New Mexico officer fatally stabbed before a witness shoots and kills suspect, police say 02/12/2024 03:35pm • LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) ��� A New Mexico police officer was fatally stabbed over the weekend while responding to a trespassing report and a witness to the attack apparently shot and killed the suspect before calling on the officer's radio for help, authorities said Monday. The fatal stabbing and shoot Rio's Carnival parade makes urgent plea to stop illegal mining in Indigenous lands 02/12/2024 03:35pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Carnival dancers have taken the biggest stage in Rio de Janeiro to pay tribute to Brazil's largest Indigenous group and pressure President Luiz In��cio Lula da Silva to deliver on promises to eradicate illegal mining. Carnival has long been a platform for samba schools to pro New 'Safe Commercial Corridor Hub' in DC opens a block from site of Chinatown Walgreens shooting 02/12/2024 03:27pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the opening of a new community center designed to offer residents direct access to police and other city agencies to deal with crime and behavioral health issues. "We not only want people to be safe," Bowser said, "but feel safe." The opening of Chinatown's n Police say child critically injured in Texas megachurch shooting is the son of suspect who used AR-style rifle in attack 02/12/2024 03:22pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Police say child critically injured in Texas megachurch shooting is the son of suspect who used AR-style rifle in attack. Memphis man who shot 3 people and stole 2 cars is arrested after an intense search, police say 02/12/2024 02:51pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� Police on Monday identified a man arrested during an intense search and charged with fatally shooting one man, wounding two women and carjacking two vehicles at four different locations in Memphis. Courdarion Craft, 20, of Memphis, was arrested Sunday on charges including fir DC woman narrowly escapes being hit by a stolen car that drove through her front yard 02/12/2024 01:19pm • Imagine being in front of your house doing yard work, when all of the sudden, a car jumps the sidewalk and is headed right at you. That's what happened to a woman in Northeast D.C. Evelina Voronina was in the 100 block of U Street Saturday, when she heard screeching tires and sensed something was Chief of UN aid agency in Gaza calls EU funds 'absolutely critical' but the bloc wants an audit 02/12/2024 01:02pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� The head of the U.N. agency that delivers most aid to people in Gaza expressed guarded optimism Monday that the European Union will provide it with a vital financial lifeline in coming weeks, although divisions within the EU threaten to derail the move. The aid agency UNRWA is reel Haiti's rum industry takes a hit as gangs torch sugarcane fields 02/12/2024 12:28pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� Haiti���s renowned rum has become the newest victim of violent gangs vying to control a growing number of businesses and territory in the troubled Caribbean nation. At least eight hectares (19.8 acres) of sugarcane fields were torched in recent days as rival gangs foug Connecticut church pastor accused of selling meth out of rectory 02/12/2024 10:46am • WOODBURY, Conn. (AP) ��� A Connecticut pastor has been arrested on allegations that he sold crystal meth out of his church's rectory, police said. The reverend of a United Methodist Church in Woodbury was taken into custody Friday after police received a tip about the drugs, authorities said. The pa