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State seeks to dismiss death penalty for man accused of killing Indianapolis cop 01/24/2024 06:24pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Prosecutors sought Wednesday to dismiss death penalty charges against a man charged with fatally shooting an Indianapolis police officer in 2020 because doctors have found him to be mentally ill. The Marion County Prosecutor's Office filed a motion to dismiss its request for a Ring will no longer allow police to request doorbell camera footage from users 01/24/2024 06:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police departments to request doorbell camera footage from users, marking an end to a feature that has drawn criticism from privacy advocates. In a blog post on Wednesday, Ring said it will sunset the ���Request for Assistance��� tool, which al Heavy rains soak Texas and close schools as downpours continue drenching parts of the US 01/24/2024 06:00pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Heavy rains in Texas on Wednesday closed schools and elevated flooding risks around Houston in another round of soaking downpours that have made for a soggy and dangerous week across large portions of the U.S. A stretch of wet and freezing winter weather has swept away vehicles in S Police identify relationships between suspect and family members slain in Chicago suburb 01/24/2024 05:59pm • JOLIET, Ill. (AP) ��� Seven family members who were slain over the weekend in a Chicago suburb were the mother, brother, three sisters, aunt and uncle of the suspect, who later fatally shot himself during a confrontation with police in Texas, authorities said Wednesday. Joliet police said via Faceb Who are No Labels' donors? Democratic groups file complaints in an attempt to find out 01/24/2024 05:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� For months, the centrist group No Labels has stockpiled cash and diligently worked to secure ballot access for a potential third-party presidential bid, striking fear among allies of President Joe Biden that the effort could siphon away votes and hand the White House to Donald Tr Teenager awaiting trial in 2020 homicide flees outside Philadelphia hospital 01/24/2024 05:11pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Authorities were searching Wednesday for a teenager awaiting trial in a homicide case who escaped outside a Philadelphia hospital and was considered dangerous. Police said 17-year-old Shane Pryor fled just before noon Wednesday from a vehicle in the driveway of the emergency ro Cyprus Cup match called off after fans storm field and throw flares 01/24/2024 04:29pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� A Cyprus Cup game between perennial Limassol rivals Apollon and AEL was called off Wednesday after some fans ran onto the field and hurled flares at each other before kickoff. Stewards at Limassol���s brand-new Alpha Mega stadium struggled to corral fans ahead of the match, Violent crime in Los Angeles decreased in 2023. But officials worry the city is perceived as unsafe 01/24/2024 03:39pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Violent crime overall in Los Angeles decreased more than 3% in 2023, officials said Wednesday, despite a perception that the nation's second-largest city is unsafe. Blaring headlines and shocking video footage of smash-and-grab robberies, where dozens of individuals come into a Five players from 2018 Canada world junior team take leave of absence from their clubs 01/24/2024 03:38pm • Five players from Canada's 2018 world junior team have taken a leave of absence from their current clubs in recent days amid a report that five members of that team have been asked to surrender to police to face sexual assault charges. NHL players Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devil Bounty hunter sentenced to 10 years in prison for abducting Missouri woman 01/24/2024 03:10pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� A bounty hunter from Louisiana was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for kidnapping a suburban St. Louis woman, an abduction he claimed was part of his job. A federal jury in St. Louis in September convicted 45-year-old Wayne Lozier of the New Orleans area on charges of ki A Zimbabwe opposition figure seen by supporters as the face of resistance to repression is convicted 01/24/2024 03:06pm • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ��� A Zimbabwean opposition figure who has spent close to 600 days in pretrial detention was convicted on Wednesday of inciting public violence, while some supporters sobbed at the treatment of a man seen by many as the face of resistance to the government's alleged repression. Boateng says nothing has changed as racism blights soccer again. More Udinese fans banned for life 01/24/2024 03:02pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Amid outrage at the latest incident of racism to blight Italian soccer, former AC Milan player Kevin-Prince Boateng says nothing has changed in the years since he also walked off the pitch in protest. Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan, who is Black, left the field during Saturday���s Seri Philadelphia-area woman charged with torturing and killing animals live on the internet 01/24/2024 02:29pm • UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) ��� A Philadelphia-area woman has been charged with animal cruelty after police allege videos she posted show her torturing and killing animals while soliciting encouragement on social media. Anigar Monsee, 28, of Upper Darby, was charged with four felony counts of aggravated c Vatican tribunal rejects auditor's wrongful termination lawsuit in a case that exposed dirty laundry 01/24/2024 02:28pm • ROME (AP) ��� The Vatican tribunal has rejected a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by the Holy See���s former auditor general and ordered him to pay restitution in a case that exposed the unseemly side of Pope Francis��� financial reforms. Libero Milone and his late deputy had sued the Holy See Cyprus rescues 60 Syrian migrants from rickety boat after 6 days at sea. Five minors hospitalized 01/24/2024 02:24pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� Cypriot police rescued 60 Syrian migrants from a rickety wooden boat that had been at sea for six days, and five minors had to be hospitalized, three of them in intensive care, authorities said Wednesday. The migrants were found some 55 kilometers (34 miles) off the island