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Baltimore police make progress in court-ordered reform effort 01/17/2024 02:38pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Officials said Wednesday that the Baltimore Police Department has completed its first step toward fulfilling a series of court-ordered reforms, including changes to how it transports people in custody, which was what initially landed the department under federal oversight followin Man accused of using golf club to fatally impale Minnesota store clerk ruled incompetent for trial 01/17/2024 01:53pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man accused of using a golf club to fatally impale a Minneapolis grocery store employee has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial on a murder charge. Judicial Officer Danielle Mercurio on Tuesday ruled on the mental competency evaluation of Taylor Justin Schulz, the 'Brazen and absurd': Thieves using 'Jaws of Life' to break into ATMs around DC area 01/17/2024 01:41pm • Police around the D.C. region are on the lookout for a group that's targeting ATMs at convenience stores using a tool known as the "Jaws of Life," which is more commonly used to rescue people trapped in car crashes. The heists happened on eight different occasions just a few days ago, and then at Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/17/2024 01:40pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Gunmen abduct volunteer searcher looking for her disappeared brother, kill her husband and son 01/17/2024 12:28pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gunmen burst into a home in central Mexico and abducted one of the volunteer searchers looking for the country's 114,000 disappeared and killed her husband and son, authorities said Wednesday. Search activist Lorenza Cano was abducted from her home in the city of Salamanca, in t Hundreds protest and clash with police in a Russian region after an activist is sentenced to prison 01/17/2024 11:27am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in the Russian region of Bashkortostan on Wednesday in a rare display of public outrage after a court convicted a local activist and sentenced him to prison, media reports and rights groups said. The unrest — one of the largest r Ethnic Serbs in Kosovo hold a petition drive in hopes of ousting 4 ethnic Albanian mayors 01/17/2024 11:16am • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo held a signature drive Wednesday in hopes of securing enough to oust four ethnic Albanian mayors whose elections last year sent tensions between Serbia and Kosovo soaring. Groups of people were seen going to sport halls or other areas to sign Ohio child hurt in mistaken police raid, mom says as authorities deny searching the wrong house 01/17/2024 11:15am • ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman says her 17-month-old son suffered chemical burns when police wrongfully raided the home where she was living, allegations that authorities have denied and are now under investigation. Police body cam footage released Tuesday by officials in Elyria shows officers Trinidad police are investigating a shooting that killed 3 people and wounded 5 others 01/17/2024 08:58am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A shooting on the eastern Caribbean island of Trinidad left three people dead and five others wounded, police said Wednesday. The violence occurred late Tuesday in the northwest town of Morvant when a van drove up to a group of men gathered outdoors and opened fire, po Japan Airlines gets first woman president following a fatal plane collision during the holidays 01/17/2024 08:36am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan Airlines has named Mitsuko Tottori as its first woman president following a collision between one of its planes and a coast guard aircraft during Japanese New Year holidays that left five dead. Tottori — currently senior managing executive officer of JAL and the first woman to British brothers jailed for stealing Ming Dynasty artifacts from a Geneva museum 01/17/2024 08:27am • LONDON (AP) — Two British brothers who broke into a Geneva museum and stole millions of pounds (dollars) worth of Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts were sentenced to prison in Switzerland, police said Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police said Louis and Stewart Ahearne were each sentenced Tuesday to 3 1 Belgian customs seized record amount of cocaine as EU faces rise in drug-related violence 01/17/2024 06:33am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Customs seized 116 tons of cocaine in the port of Antwerp in 2023, setting a record for the second year in a row, Belgian authorities said on Wednesday. Demand for cocaine is growing rapidly across the EU, and governments blame the drug trade for outbreaks of violence in major port Italy's regulations on charities keep migrant rescue ships from the Mediterranean 01/17/2024 04:54am • BARI, Italy (AP) — The year has gotten off to a slow start for a rescue ship that typically plies the Mediterranean Sea looking for migrants and refugees in distress. The Ocean Viking has been impounded, its crew accused of having deviated from a designated course, as Italy targets charity groups New Zealand's first refugee lawmaker charged after resigning over claims of shoplifting 01/17/2024 02:54am • WELLINGTON (AP) — New Zealand’s first refugee lawmaker was charged by police a day after resigning amid allegations she had shoplifted several times at local high-end boutiques. New Zealand Police said Golriz Ghahraman, a former member of New Zealand’s Green Party, had been charged on Wednesda Top Chinese diplomat says support of Pacific nations with policing should not alarm Australia 01/17/2024 01:33am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — China’s ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, sought to reassure Wednesday that China’s increased involvement in the Pacific, particularly in policing efforts, should not be a cause of alarm for Australia. Xiao, speaking at his first news conference of the year in Canb