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A use-of-force review board clears the officer who fatally shot Ta'Kiya Young and her unborn child 01/09/2026 04:31pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� A use-of-force review board cleared the Ohio police officer who shot and killed 21-year-old Ta���Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother who had been accused of shoplifting, according to a statement from the police department's chief released this week. The five-member review bo Lyft and Uber drivers protest Waymo robotaxis as California considers further regulations 01/09/2026 04:12pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Drivers for Lyft and Uber protested self-driving Waymo taxis in San Francisco on Friday, urging state regulators to exercise greater oversight of autonomous vehicles, given recent events in which the cars killed pets and blocked traffic. About two dozen drivers and supporters Man charged with murder in death of DC police officer struck by car 01/09/2026 02:56pm • A man has been arrested on a charge of second-degree murder two weeks after authorities say he struck a D.C. police officer who was helping a stranded motorist on Interstate 695. Officer Terry Bennett, 32, died Wednesday of injuries he sustained the night of Dec. 23, according to D.C. police. Luigi Mangione���s federal death penalty trial could start before the end of the year 01/09/2026 02:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Luigi Mangione���s federal death penalty trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson could begin before the end of the year, a judge said Friday while weighing a defense bid to bar the government from making it a capital case. U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett sa Swiss bar owner put in pre-trial detention over the fatal fire at an Alpine resort 01/09/2026 01:41pm • MARTIGNY, Switzerland (AP) ��� Switzerland held a national day of mourning on Friday for the 40 people who died in an Alpine bar fire during a New Year���s Eve celebration, as prosecutors requested one of the managers to be placed in pre-trial detention. Valais region���s chief prosecutor Beatrice ICE officer who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis has served decades in military and law enforcement 01/09/2026 11:47am • The federal agent who shot and killed a driver in Minneapolis is an Iraq War veteran who has served for nearly two decades in the Border Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good on Wednesda UN rights office cites 'widespread repression' in Uganda before next week's presidential election 01/09/2026 08:10am • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) ��� The U.N. Human Rights Office said Friday that a presidential election in Uganda next week would be ���marked by widespread repression and intimidation��� against the opposition and others. Ugandan authorities in the East African country have used lawfare, including military Mound of garbage collapses at Philippine landfill, killing 2 and leaving 36 others missing 01/09/2026 07:34am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� An avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers in low-slung buildings at a landfill in the Philippines, killing two people, injuring a dozen and leaving 36 others missing, officials said Friday. Thirteen people were rescued alive overnight, but one of them DC man charged with murder in multivehicle crash that killed pedestrian near White House 01/09/2026 05:48am • A D.C. man is facing several charges, including murder, after a high-speed crash Wednesday that led to the death of a pedestrian and a multivehicle collision in Northwest D.C. Court documents state Santana Matthews, 20, attempted to speed through a yellow light at the intersection of 16th and Md. Gov. Moore touts public safety funding increase, even with crime continuing to drop 01/09/2026 04:43am • Maryland lawmakers return to Annapolis next week, and plugging a roughly $1 billion budget hole will be one of many items on their agenda as the 2026 session gets underway. This week, Gov. Wes Moore has been touting parts of the budget he���ll be unveiling, to go with legislation he intends to ch DC Council report critical of Bowser administration's cooperation with ICE 01/09/2026 04:34am • A report by the D.C. Council Committee on Public Works and Operations criticizes Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration, accusing it of failing to be transparent with residents about police collaboration with federal immigration authorities. Bowser and city officials, including D.C. police, have in Filipino Catholics express outrage over corruption scandal during massive religious procession 01/09/2026 01:57am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics joined an annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in the Philippine capital Friday, with some using the gathering to express outrage over a corruption scandal involving influential legislators. Aft Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say 01/09/2026 01:47am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� Federal immigration agents shot and wounded two people in a vehicle outside a hospital in Portland on Thursday, a day after an officer fatally shot a woman in Minnesota, authorities said. The shooting drew hundreds of protesters to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Man wielding sharp object fatally shot by police in Brooklyn hospital 01/09/2026 12:05am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� New York City police fatally shot a man wielding a sharp object who barricaded himself in a Brooklyn hospital room Thursday. The incident happened around 5:30 p.m. at the NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Assistant Chief Charles Minch said. Responding officers enc Anger and outrage spills onto Minneapolis streets after ICE officer's fatal shooting of Renee Good 01/09/2026 12:01am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis��� streets Thursday over the fatal shooting of a woman the day before by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded and elicited more scrutiny of enforceme