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Prince George's Co. man charged with murder in fatal beating of 81-year-old mother 01/18/2024 12:26pm • A man has been charged with murder after police say he admitted beating his mother to death in Prince George's County, Maryland. Mark Terry, 45, was charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of 81-year-old Madia Terry. Police said they went to the family's home in the 2000 bloc Garland says Uvalde shooting victims 'deserved better' after Justice Dept. releases scathing report on police response 01/18/2024 12:23pm • UVALDE, Texas (AP) ��� Garland says Uvalde shooting victims 'deserved better' after Justice Dept. releases scathing report on police response. Shooting inside popular mall in Kansas City, Missouri, injures 6 01/18/2024 12:22pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� Gunfire broke out inside a popular shopping mall on the edge of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, wounding six people, authorities said. The shooting around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday at Crown Center left shattered glass inside the mall. Two of the injured were found in a food court Mexican soldiers find workshop for making drone bombs, military uniforms 01/18/2024 11:22am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexican soldiers and police have found a small factory used to make a kind of bomb usually dropped by drones, authorities said. The facility, which was found late Wednesday, was about the size of a warehouse and had a computer-controlled lathe and milling machine, suggesting th Justice Department report finds 'cascading failures' and 'no urgency' by police during Uvalde, Texas, school shooting 01/18/2024 09:59am • UVALDE, Texas (AP) ��� Justice Department report finds 'cascading failures' and 'no urgency' by police during Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. DC's annual March for Life to bring slew of road closures Friday 01/18/2024 07:35am • Thousands are expected to converge on D.C.'s National Mall on Friday for the annual March for Life. The annual rally of abortion rights opponents marks the anniversary of the Supreme Court���s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which the court overturned in June of 2022. This year's rally begins Fr Harsh Israeli rhetoric against Palestinians becomes central to South Africa's genocide case 01/18/2024 05:55am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� Fighting ���human animals.��� Making Gaza a ���slaughterhouse.��� ���Erasing the Gaza Strip from the face of the earth.��� Such inflammatory rhetoric is a key component of South Africa���s case accusing Israel of genocide at the U.N. world court, a charge that Israel denie A Singapore minister is charged with corruption, accused of taking tickets to F1 races and musicals 01/18/2024 03:58am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ��� Singaporean Transport Minister S. Iswaran was charged Thursday in the first ministerial corruption case ever seen in the Asian financial hub known for squeaky clean government. The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau said in a statement that Iswaran, 61, faces 27 c Today in History: January 18, Captain Cook reaches Hawaii 01/18/2024 12:01am • Today in History Today is Thursday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2024. There are 348 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On Jan. 18, 1778, English navigator Captain James Cook reached the present-day Hawaiian Islands, which he named the ���Sandwich Islands.��� On this date: An explosion at a fireworks factory in rural Thailand kills about 20 people 01/17/2024 11:55pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� An explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand killed about 20 people on Wednesday, according to provincial officials, though the devastation at the scene has made the death toll uncertain. The information office of the Suphan Buri provincial government initially announced Police can't 'corroborate criminal activity' in Giddey investigation, still under review by NBA 01/17/2024 11:09pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� Oklahoma City���s Josh Giddey will not face charges related to an accusation that he had an improper relationship with an underage girl, police in Newport Beach, California, said Wednesday when announcing that it had closed its probe of the Thunder guard. In a statement, the d Two Malaysian filmmakers are charged with offending the religious feelings of others in banned film 01/17/2024 09:28pm • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ��� The director and producer of a banned Malaysian film that explores the afterlife were charged Wednesday with offending the religious feelings of others in a rare criminal prosecution of filmmakers, slammed by critics as an attack on freedom of expression. Mohamad Kha Family warned school about threats to their son who was shot and killed at graduation, report shows 01/17/2024 09:16pm • An 18-year-old student fatally shot last year after his high school graduation in Virginia had been kept home for months because of fears for his safety but was still allowed to attend commencement ceremonies, according to a report released Wednesday. The report, prepared by a law firm at the req Freezing temperatures complicate Chicago���s struggles to house asylum-seekers 01/17/2024 09:16pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� As temperatures hover below freezing in Chicago, dozens of asylum-seekers are staying in the lower level of a library until the bitter cold gripping much of the country lifts. But after that, Chicago���s plans for offering immediate shelter to the growing number of migrants arriving Kenya doomsday cult leader, 30 others face charges of murdering 191 children. More charges to follow 01/17/2024 09:11pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 of his followers were presented in a Kenyan court in the coastal town of Malindi on Wednesday to face charges of murdering 191 children. Mackenzie and the other suspects did not enter pleas because High Court Judge Mugure Thande gran