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A prosecutor investigating a TV studio attack in Ecuador has been shot dead in Guayaquil 01/17/2024 08:39pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A prosecutor investigating a dramatic attack on the set of a public television channel last week was shot to death Wednesday in Guayaquil, the most dangerous city in Ecuador. Prosecutor César Suárez, who had carried out other high-profile investigations in the past, was sho 'It hurts a lot': Prince George's Co. car dealership hit with big theft after nine vehicles stolen 01/17/2024 08:26pm • The owner of a small car dealership in Camp Springs, Maryland, is in disbelief after thieves busted into his business this week and stole nine vehicles. According to John Harb, the owner of Harb Motor, the thieves broke in during the overnight hours between Monday night and Tuesday morning. "I $6B spending plan emphasizes schools, transportation in Montgomery Co. 01/17/2024 08:19pm • Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich's capital budget for 2025-2030 totals nearly $6 billion — with the biggest chunk going to Montgomery County Public Schools. Under the plan, $1.9 billion would go to the school system's capital projects. In his budget statement, Elrich wrote, "There is sim Heavy snowfall and freezing rain disrupt transport in Scandinavia and Germany 01/17/2024 07:48pm • BERLIN (AP) — Heavy snow and freezing rain hit parts of northern and central Europe on Wednesday, bringing transport to a halt in some Scandinavian regions and causing major disruption at airports in Frankfurt and Oslo. At Frankfurt Airport, Germany's busiest, freezing rain forced a halt to takeof Owner of Bahamian diving experience launches investigation after shark attacks US boy 01/17/2024 07:45pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The owner that operates a diving experience in the Bahamas where a 10-year-old boy from Maryland was attacked by a shark this week said late Wednesday that an internal investigation is underway. Stuart Cove, of Blue Adventures, said in a statement that his company is c Severed hand found in the pocket of man suspected of killing woman in Colorado, police say 01/17/2024 07:07pm • PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A man suspected of killing a woman in Colorado had a severed hand in his pocket when he was arrested, according to police. Solomon Martinez, a security guard, was arrested at work on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of the woman, whose body was discovered in a cre Maryland Gov. Wes Moore proposes $63.1 billion budget with no tax increases 01/17/2024 07:04pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore submitted a $63.1 billion state spending plan Wednesday that avoids tax hikes while using a variety of budget-balancing moves to close a deficit, part of a larger strategy to advance initiatives to boost public safety, expand affordable housing and sup Colorado funeral home owners apparently sought to cover up money problems by abandoning bodies 01/17/2024 07:01pm • DENVER (AP) — Two Colorado funeral home owners apparently sought to cover up their financial difficulties by abandoning nearly 200 bodies that they had agreed to cremate or bury, instead storing the remains in a neglected building in many cases for years, a Colorado judge said Wednesday as he rule International College Freshmen: Mistakes to Avoid 01/17/2024 07:00pm • Misha Bilokur from Ukraine says the mistakes he made during his freshman year as a physics major at Princeton University in New Jersey made him a more independent and resourceful international student. One mistake he made was not arranging for bedding. He advises ordering bedding to be mailed to you Capitol rioter who assaulted at least 6 police officers is sentenced to 5 years in prison 01/17/2024 06:42pm • A Florida man described by prosecutors as one of the most violent rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison, court records show. Kenneth Bonawitz, a member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group's Miami chapter, assaulted at least six police office South Dakota House passes bill that would make the animal sedative xylazine a controlled substance 01/17/2024 06:31pm • PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House passed a bill Wednesday that would make xylazine, an animal sedative that is being mixed with fentanyl and then used by some people, a controlled substance. The measure, which passed unanimously in the Republican-held House and now goes to the Senate, wou Police: Texas teacher arrested after driving to Virginia with plans to have sex with a juvenile 01/17/2024 06:23pm • A Texas teacher has been arrested after he drove to Virginia, to have sexual relations with someone he thought was a juvenile, according to Fairfax County police. In December, detectives from the Child Exploitation Unit conducted "Operation ADC Express 2," to crack down on child predators, accord IIHF says Israel can play in an upcoming tournament after initially barring it for security concerns 01/17/2024 05:51pm • ZURICH (AP) — The International Ice Hockey Federation said Wednesday that Israel will be able to play in an upcoming tournament after previously barring its national team from the event over security concerns. The sport’s world governing body announced Israel can take part in the Division III un 'My stomach just sank': Nanny describes frantic day Connecticut mother of five disappeared 01/17/2024 05:48pm • A nanny who cares for five children whose mother went missing in Connecticut in 2019 recalled in court on Wednesday the frantic day Jennifer Dulos vanished, kicking off a search that eventually turned into a murder investigation. The nanny, Lauren Almeida, testified in the trial of Michelle Troconi Teens kept in isolation cells at Kentucky juvenile detention center, lawsuit alleges 01/17/2024 05:08pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two teenage girls held at a troubled Kentucky juvenile detention center were kept in isolation cells for weeks in unsanitary conditions, including a padded cell with no toilet, a federal class-action lawsuit filed this week alleges. The teens were held at the Adair County Yo