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Storm Isha batters Britain and Ireland, killing 2 motorists and leaving many thousands without power 01/22/2024 07:11pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Two motorists were killed, tens of thousands of people were left without electricity and hundreds of trains were canceled Monday after the latest winter storm lashed Britain and Ireland with heavy rain and wind gusts that topped 100 mph (160 kph). The storm littered roads and railway What to Do If You Have Annoying Neighbors 01/22/2024 07:00pm • You've been looking at your yard and you're thinking about planting some trees in the spring. Maybe your patio needs an upgrade. But what you really want to do is something about your annoying neighbors. Love thy neighbor is a great policy, but some neighbors will test anybody's patience. Maybe yo Benito the giraffe goes on a 40-hour road trip to find warmth, and maybe a mate, in central Mexico 01/22/2024 06:27pm • CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) ��� A giraffe named Benito started a 40-hour road trip Monday to leave behind the cold and loneliness of Mexico���s northern border city of Ciudad Juarez to find warmth ��� and maybe a mate ��� in his new home 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) to the south. A campaign by ani Ex-Army soldier charged in Capitol riot was convicted of manslaughter for killing Iraqi man in 2004 01/22/2024 06:25pm • A former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a handcuffed civilian in Iraq was arrested Monday on charges that he attacked police officers with a baton during the U.S. Capitol riot three years ago. Edward Richmond Jr., 40, of Geismar, Louisiana, was wearing a hel Caitlin Clark's collision with a fan raises court-storming concerns. Will conferences respond? 01/22/2024 05:42pm • The visual of one of the nation's most popular athletes knocked to the floor after a fan who was staring at her phone collided with her while storming the court was a stark reminder of the dangers athletes face when crowds get out of control. Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark was shaken up but not injure Police: 2 Md. men driving stolen church van face attempted murder charges in dragging of officer 01/22/2024 05:31pm • Two Maryland men, who police said used a stolen church van in a burglary, have been charged with attempted murder after they allegedly dragged a Prince George's County, Maryland, officer across four lanes of traffic. Police charged 51-year-old Dennis Burkett, of Brandywine, and 50-year-old Robert Udinese bans for life one of the fans who racially abused Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan 01/22/2024 05:22pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Serie A club Udinese has identified a fan who racially abused AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan and banned him for life as it vowed to do the same for the other ���evil people��� amid calls for tougher sanctions from authorities following another weekend when Italian soccer games were Former gang leader charged with killing Tupac Shakur gets new lawyer who points to 'historic' trial 01/22/2024 05:15pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� A former Los Angeles-area gang leader jailed in Las Vegas in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur has hired a private attorney who pointed Monday to what he expects will be a historic murder trial. Duane ���Keffe D��� Davis dismissed court-appointed lawyers and hire Washington state lawmakers consider ban on hog-tying by police following Manuel Ellis' death 01/22/2024 04:54pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Washington state lawmakers considered a proposal Monday to prohibit police from hog-tying suspects, nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died facedown with his hands and feet cuffed together behind him in a case that became a touchstone for racial justice d Pennsylvania woman plans to use insanity defense in slaying and dismemberment of parents 01/22/2024 04:43pm • NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) ��� A suburban Philadelphia woman accused of fatally shooting her parents and dismembering their bodies with a chain saw has notified officials that she intends to use an insanity defense. Defense attorneys say in a recent court filing that Verity Beck, 44, of Abington, ���was l Virginia Daybook 01/22/2024 04:31pm • Associated Press Virginia Daybook for Monday, Jan. 22. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. To see your Daybooks and events for Virginia and other Stat Mid Atlantic Daybook 01/22/2024 04:31pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Monday, Jan. 22. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 an Man charged with killing his wife in 1991 in Virginia brought back to US to face charges 01/22/2024 04:16pm • FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) ��� A man who fled the country after he was charged with the slaying of his wife more than 30 years ago in northern Virginia has been returned to the U.S. to face murder charges, police said Monday. At a press conference Monday, Fairfax County Police officers said that Jose Laza Cyprus police vow tougher screening of soccer fans in a renewed effort to clamp down on violence 01/22/2024 04:14pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� In a renewed bid to clamp down on violence at soccer games, police in Cyprus said Monday they will step up security screening of fans at stadium entrances, shutter team supporter clubs if necessary and call for matches to either be canceled or halted if safety is compromised Movie Review: 'Origin' is Ava DuVernay's ambitious magnum-opus linking racism to global caste system 01/22/2024 02:26pm • In her biopic "Selma" (2014), she depicted Martin Luther King Jr.'s quest to pass the Voting Rights Act. In her documentary "13th" (2016), she chronicled institutional racism in the U.S. prison system. And in her miniseries "When They See Us" (2019), she defended the falsely accused Central Park Fiv