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France's government announces new measures to calm farmers' protests, as barricades squeeze Paris 01/30/2024 12:32pm • JOSSIGNY, France (AP) — France’s new prime minister showered promises of help on angry farmers Tuesday, from emergency cash aid to controls on imported food, in hopes that cools a protest movement that has seen tractors shut down highways across France and inspired similar actions around Europe. Killer of pro cyclist Mo Wilson was captured with help of want ad for yoga instructor in Costa Rica 01/30/2024 12:25pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal investigators say a local want ad for a yoga instructor in Costa Rica helped them capture the woman who killed rising pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in 2022. Kaitlin Armstrong was convicted and sentenced to prison for 90 years in November for gunning down Wilson in Au Wichita woman suspected in death of 14-year-old son is wounded by police after hours long standoff 01/30/2024 12:14pm • WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police have shot and wounded a Kansas woman who is suspected of fatally shooting her 14-year-old son, authorities said. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday that the 43-year-old woman is expected to survive. She was shot early Monday after hours of negotiations Man wanted for allegedly killing girlfriend and leaving body at Boston airport is arrested in Kenya 01/30/2024 12:02pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A man wanted for allegedly killing his girlfriend and leaving her body in a parking lot at a Boston airport before flying to Kenya has been arrested, Kenyan police said Tuesday. Kevin Kangethe, 40, was apprehended at a nightclub Monday following a tipoff, Director of Criminal Belarusian journalist accused of being in an extremist group after covering protests gets prison 01/30/2024 10:19am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian journalist was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday on an extremism charge related to his work covering protests, the latest move in a sweeping government crackdown on dissent. The Minsk City Court convicted photojournalist Alyaksandr Zyankou on charges o 'How can I not do this?': DC organizers work to steer young people away from crime and violence 01/30/2024 07:00am • Concern about crime in D.C. has prompted a number of actions on the local and federal level. The latest crime data from D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department shows a number of categories of crime are down when compared to the same time last year: homicide is down 38% while assault with a dangerou French police asked for extra pay during Paris Olympics. They will get bonuses of up to $2,000 01/30/2024 05:31am • Police officers deployed during the Paris Olympics will receive bonuses of up to 1,900 euros ($2,050), French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Tuesday in reaction to protests. Police unions worried about working conditions during the Olympic Games from July 26-Aug. 11 and the Paralympics th Virginia man arrested for poaching beloved deer 01/30/2024 04:43am • A Richmond, Virginia, man has been arrested and charged with the illegal killing of the city's beloved white tailed deer known as the "Hollywood Buck." The deer got its name because he was frequently spotted in Richmond's historic Hollywood Cemetery, unmistakable with 29 points on his massive and Indonesian police arrest 3 Mexicans after a Turkish tourist is wounded in an armed robbery in Bali 01/30/2024 03:46am • DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police said Tuesday they have arrested three Mexicans for alleged robbery on the resort island of Bali that left a tourist from Turkey badly wounded. The arrests were made Saturday at a villa in Ungasan village of Badung district in Bali where the Mexican men Colombia and the National Liberation Army rebels extend cease-fire for a week as talks continue 01/30/2024 02:47am • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's government and the nation’s largest remaining rebel group announced Monday they will extend their current cease-fire by one week, while delegates from both sides who are meeting in Cuba continue to discuss policies that could secure a longer lasting truce. In a Haitian judge seeks to interview widow of slain president in leaked arrest warrant obtained by AP 01/30/2024 01:36am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A Haitian judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse issued an arrest warrant for his wife late last year for failing to meet with him so he could interrogate her about the case, according to a legal document leaked late Monday that The Ukraine's strikes on targets inside Russia hurt Putin's efforts to show the war isn't hitting home 01/30/2024 12:03am • The wail of air raid sirens is commonplace in Belgorod, a Russian border city whose residents are on edge following a Ukrainian missile attack on a New Year's holiday weekend that left dozens of people dead and injured. A spectacular explosion rocked a huge fuel export terminal on the Baltic Sea 'Don't hit me': DC rabbi reports attack by Lyft driver who kicked him out of vehicle 01/29/2024 10:20pm • D.C. police are investigating the Sunday morning assault of a rabbi by a ride-share driver who allegedly demanded the rabbi get out of the car moments after picking him up. Lyft said the driver has been suspended over the incident, which occurred around 10:15 a.m. Rabbi Menachem Shemtov, direc Police say Minnesota man dressed as delivery driver in home invasion turned triple homicide 01/29/2024 10:01pm • A Minnesota man was charged with murder Monday after authorities say he posed as a package delivery driver, entered a home and demanded money before he shot three people in the head, including at least one at point-blank range. Alonzo Pierre Mingo, 37, was charged with three counts of second-degree Bullfighting resumes in Mexico City before a full crowd while activists protest outside 01/29/2024 09:50pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — With protesters outside a full arena, bullfights resumed in Mexico City on Sunday after the country’s highest court temporarily revoked a local ruling that sided with animal rights defenders and suspended the events for more than a year and a half. The resumption of bullfights