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Purported leader of criminal gang is slain at a beachfront restaurant in Rio de Janeiro 01/22/2024 01:00pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� The purported leader of an organized group was slain at a beachfront restaurant in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, according to a statement from police. S��rgio Rodrigues da Costa Silva, 44, was fatally shot Sunday and found dead at the scene when Rio's military police DC-area police warn against leaving cars running unattended in cold weather 01/22/2024 10:54am • You might think its OK to rush out of your warm car and right back in with the engine still running to navigate around the cold weather. But that could cost you. In Maryland, motorists who leave their car on and unattended could be issued a $70 ticket and one point on their driving record, accord Dutch court convicts pro-Syrian government militia member of illegally detaining, torturing civilian 01/22/2024 10:10am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� A Dutch court convicted Monday a former high-ranking member of a pro-Syrian government militia of illegal detention and complicity in torture, sentencing him to 12 years in prison. The defendant, identified only as Mustafa A. in line with Dutch privacy laws, was found Authorities identify woman, 3 adult daughters shot to death in suburban Chicago home 01/22/2024 10:09am • TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) ��� Authorities have identified a woman and her three adult daughters who were found slain inside their suburban Chicago home in what police are calling a domestic-related shooting. The victims have been identified by a medical examiner as Majeda Kassem, 53; Halema and Zahia K Jamaica cracks down on domestic violence with new laws aimed at better protecting victims 01/22/2024 09:15am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� Jamaica adopted Monday stronger domestic violence laws as the government aims to better protect victims on the island where people are reluctant to report such cases to authorities. Protection orders now include harassment and property damage, and the penalty for viola Protester throws papers on court, briefly disrupts Australian Open match between Zverev and Norrie 01/22/2024 07:27am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� A pro-Palestinian protester threw papers onto an Australian Open court and briefly disrupted a match between Alexander Zverev and Cameron Norrie on Monday before being stopped by other spectators. Olympic champion Zverev said he didn't feel unsafe but questioned why it 18 killed when truck plunges into a ravine in southwestern Congo 01/22/2024 05:19am • KINSHASA, Congo (AP) ��� A truck driving at high speed ran out of control and plunged into a ravine in southwestern Congo, killing 18 passengers on board and injuring more than a dozen others, police said. The truck was ���filled with goods and carrying many passengers��� on a major highway in the r Prince George's Co. officer dragged across 4-lane highway, suspect shot after attempted burglary, police say 01/22/2024 04:58am • A Prince George���s County police officer was dragged down a four-lane stretch of Crain Highway in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, early Sunday morning after attempting to stop a burglary suspect from speeding away. Two officers were responding to reports of a burglary in the 7600 block of Crain Highwa Much of US still gripped by arctic weather as Memphis deals with numerous broken water pipes 01/22/2024 02:56am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Subfreezing conditions and treacherous roadways have contributed to dozens of deaths this month across the U.S., where states as far south as Texas and Florida remain gripped by deadly arctic weather Sunday. But the numbing cold is expected to ease up in the coming days. Na Today in History: January 22, Supreme Court declares right to abortion with Roe v Wade 01/22/2024 12:01am • Today in History Today is Monday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2024. There are 344 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declared a nationwide constitutional right to abortion. On this date: In 1901, B DC police investigating deadly crash in Northwest 01/21/2024 09:22pm • A Northwest D.C. collision involving a pedestrian is now being investigated as a fatal crash, according to a news release from D.C. police. Saturday morning around 1 a.m., police said a man was in the crosswalk at the intersection of 16th Street and Newton Street NW.��While crossing, he was struc Protests against Germany's far right draw hundreds of thousands ��� in Munich, too many for safety 01/21/2024 09:01pm • BERLIN (AP) ��� A protest against the far right in the German city of Munich Sunday afternoon ended early due to safety concerns after approximately 100,000 people showed up, police said. The demonstration was one of dozens around the country this weekend that drew hundreds of thousands of people in Man arrested near Taylor Swift's NYC townhouse after reported break-in attempt 01/21/2024 05:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Taylor Swift's townhouse in New York City appears to have been the target of another break-in attempt, this time by a man who was arrested near the singer's Tribeca home Saturday as police responded to a report of a disorderly person. Witnesses said the man tried but failed to e 23 lost skiers and snowboarders rescued in frigid temperatures in Killington, Vermont 01/21/2024 05:05pm • KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) ��� Twenty-three skiers and snowboarders had to be rescued in frigid temperatures on Saturday after becoming lost in the backcountry in Killington, Vermont, police said. After a call came in around 2:30 p.m., search and rescue crews hiked, snowshoed and used skis with skins to Iranian soldier kills 5 comrades in southeastern city where IS attack killed dozens, state TV says 01/21/2024 03:49pm • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ��� An Iranian soldier opened fire on fellow soldiers Sunday, killing five of them in the southeastern city of Kerman, where 94 people were killed in a bombing attack earlier this month, Iranian state TV reported. State TV said the shooting happened when the soldier arrived at a b