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A probe into a Guyana dormitory fire that killed 20 children finds a series of failures 01/19/2024 09:37pm • GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) ��� A government commission in Guyana tasked with investigating a fire that killed 20 children at an Indigenous boarding school found multiple errors and systematic failures. Calling for reforms to avoid a repeat of the deadly 2023 fire, the report presented to President Irfa Suspect in professor's shooting at North Carolina university bought gun, went to range, warrants say 01/19/2024 09:33pm • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) ��� A University of North Carolina graduate student charged with fatally shooting his faculty adviser on campus five months ago had visited a gun range the day before the professor was killed and had bought a pistol, according to information from federal search warrants. Ta DC���s GALA Hispanic Theatre hit by cybercrime, robbed of thousands 01/19/2024 08:29pm • D.C.���s GALA Hispanic Theatre, which features productions in Spanish and English, was a victim of cybercrime, according to Rebecca Medrano, co-founder of the theatre. The theatre���s accountant was sending a ���standard wire transfer��� to a properties designer in New York when she saw it, Medra Police reports and video released of campus officer kneeling on teen near Las Vegas high school 01/19/2024 08:19pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� School officials in Las Vegas have released police reports and body camera footage under court order showing a campus officer kneeling on a Black student last year ��� an incident that drew accusations of police brutality after bystander video of it circulated widely on social med Judge dismisses juror who compared Connecticut missing mom case to the 'Gone Girl' plot 01/19/2024 08:17pm • A judge on Friday dismissed a juror in the trial of a Connecticut woman accused of helping her boyfriend cover up the murder of his estranged wife, after the panelist likened the case to the novel and movie ���Gone Girl.��� Judge Kevin Randolph received an unsigned note from a juror in the trial of Report: DC police's gang database an unreliable system secretly surveilling residents 01/19/2024 08:10pm • A new report claims a gang-related list that D.C. police maintains is unreliable and may make life harder for innocent people. ���There are six criteria on how you get on the DC Gang Database, and they are not based off criminality,��� said Carlos Andino, lead author of the report and associate c Rifts emerge among top Israeli officials over how to handle the war against Hamas in Gaza 01/19/2024 08:01pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� A member of Israel's War Cabinet cast doubt on the country's strategy for releasing hostages held by Hamas, saying only a cease-fire can free them, as the prime minister rejected the United States' calls to scale back its offensive. The comments by Gadi Eisenkot, a former army chi No charges for 4 Baltimore officers who fatally shot an armed man after he fired at them 01/19/2024 07:09pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Four Baltimore police officers who fired three dozen shots at an armed man during a foot pursuit in November won���t face criminal charges, state prosecutors said Friday. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said in a news release that the officers returned fire after Hunter Texas prosecutor convenes grand jury to investigate Uvalde shooting, multiple media report 01/19/2024 07:08pm • UVALDE, Texas (AP) ��� A Texas prosecutor has convened a grand jury to investigate the Uvalde school shooting, multiple newspapers reported Friday, as families of the 19 children and two teachers killed continued their calls for criminal charges against officers involved in the hesitant and haphazar Mexican president calls on civilians not to support drug cartels even if they pressure them 01/19/2024 06:56pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico���s president called on citizens Friday not to support drug cartels, or oppose the installation of National Guard barracks, after a number of videos surfaced showing residents cheering convoys of cartel gunmen. Several videos have been posted on social media in recent we Guatemala's new government makes extortion its top security priority 01/19/2024 06:53pm • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) ��� Guatemalan President Bernardo Ar��valo���s new administration says it will make addressing widespread extortion its top security priority. Interior Minister Francisco Jim��nez, a security expert who has previously held the position, explained that Guatemala���s extortion prob Illinois high court hands lawmakers a rare pension-overhaul victory 01/19/2024 06:42pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ��� The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday endorsed the consolidation of local police and firefighter pension systems, a rare victory in a yearslong battle to find an answer to the state's besieged retirement accounts. The court's unanimous opinion rejected claims by three doze Judge ends suspension of Illinois basketball star Terrence Shannon Jr., who faces rape charge 01/19/2024 06:27pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ��� A federal judge on Friday reinstated Illinois basketball star Terrence Shannon Jr., who had been suspended from the team since he was charged with rape in Kansas. U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Lawless found that the university had violated Shannon's civil rights. The DNA proves a long-dead man attacked 3 girls in Indiana nearly 50 years ago, police say 01/19/2024 06:23pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� A man who died in a Texas prison decades ago has been identified as the person who abducted and stabbed three Indiana girls and left them in a cornfield nearly 50 years ago, police said, citing DNA evidence. The girls, ages 11, 13 and 14, survived the attack, but ���a clear sus Ousted Florida Republican chair cleared of rape allegation, but police seek video voyeurism charge 01/19/2024 06:02pm • Police cleared the ousted chair of the Florida Republican Party of rape allegations on Friday, but said they have asked prosecutors to charge him with illegally video recording the sexual encounter he had with a female acquaintance. The Sarasota Police Department said in a statement that a review o