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Internet and phones cut in Iran as protesters heed exiled prince's call for mass demonstration 01/08/2026 10:51pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's government cut off the country from the internet and international telephone calls Thursday night as a nighttime demonstration called by the country's exiled crown prince drew a mass of protesters to shout from their windows and storm the streets. The pro Former Catholic priest sentenced to 24 years in prison for underage rape case in Brazil 01/08/2026 10:45pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian court sentenced former priest Bernardino Batista dos Santos to 24 years and nine months in prison for the rape of an underage person, a document obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday showed. The ruling was issued earlier this week, though the case remains seale Honduran lawmaker injured in Congress by homemade explosive 01/08/2026 10:40pm • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A Honduran lawmaker from the conservative National Party of President-elect Nasry Asfura was injured Thursday when someone threw a homemade explosive device into the country’s Congress. Lawmakers had been called to convene and Deputy Gladis Aurora López was in a hal Israel says Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov to direct Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza 01/08/2026 10:30pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — A former U.N. Mideast envoy has been chosen to direct U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace to oversee the ceasefire in Gaza, Israel’s prime minister said Thursday, as at least eight more deaths from Israeli strikes were reported there. The appointment of Bulgarian dipl The Latest: House votes to extend health care subsidies in defiance of GOP leaders 01/08/2026 09:43pm • In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation Thursday, 230-196, that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act as renegade GOP lawmakers joined essentially all Democrats in voting for the measure. Forcing th The Latest: ICE officer who shot Renee Good identified in court records as Jonathan Ross 01/08/2026 09:04pm • A day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed 37-year-old mother of three Renee Good as she tried to drive away on a snowy Minneapolis street, tensions remained high, with dozens of protesters venting their outrage outside of a federal facility that’s serving as a hub A look at major protests that have shaken Iran over the past 50 years 01/08/2026 08:59pm • Over the past 50 years, Iran has been shaken by a series of protests. Beginning with the demonstrations that led to the founding of the Islamic Republic to now, here's a brief look at the protests and what fueled them. 1979 Islamic Revolution In the lead-up to Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, studen After delays, the missing Jan. 6 plaque will be displayed at the Capitol 01/08/2026 08:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has agreed to display a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, rebuffing House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has said the commemorative memorial does not comply with the law. The action happened swiftly, with brief debate, in f The deadly shooting outside a Utah church grew out of a dispute between funeral goers, police say 01/08/2026 08:54pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A complicated crime scene and uncooperative witnesses hindered Salt Lake City police efforts to investigate a fatal shooting outside a house of worship belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The shooting in a church parking lot Wednesday night left two How Fairfax Co. police unit investigating threats helps de-escalate situations before crimes occur 01/08/2026 08:40pm • The two Fairfax County police units that help look into threats to public officials and community members investigated or were consulted on over 800 threat cases in 2025, Police Chief Kevin Davis told WTOP. The agency in the Northern Virginia suburb has a full-time Threat Assessment Management Te ICE shooting reinforces Minnesota's grim role as Trump's target 01/08/2026 08:33pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers have encountered opposition in nearly all of the cities targeted by President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign. But it was in Minnesota — a state in daily conflict with the Trump administration this year — that a 37-year-old woman was shot a Josh Shapiro running for 2nd term as Pennsylvania governor, trailed by talk of 2028 White House bid 01/08/2026 08:22pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is running for a second term in the pivotal battleground state after a first term that put him on the Democratic Party’s radar as a potential presidential contender in 2028. He made the formal announcement Thursday at an event at a carpenters Fatal ICE shooting sparks jurisdiction clash between state and federal authorities 01/08/2026 07:43pm • A day after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, the case escalated sharply Thursday when federal authorities blocked state investigators from accessing evidence and declared that Minnesota has no jurisdiction to investigate the killing. Legal experts said the dispute h Philippine police say 1 person was killed and 27 are missing after a mound of garbage collapsed on them in a landfill 01/08/2026 07:04pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police say 1 person was killed and 27 are missing after a mound of garbage collapsed on them in a landfill. Storms hit Oklahoma with high winds and 2 tornadoes, officials say 01/08/2026 05:25pm • PURCELL, Okla. (AP) — Severe storms moved through Oklahoma around sunrise Thursday, spinning off two tornadoes and high winds that damaged buildings, downed trees and caused power outages, officials said. A tornado that was at least an EF1, with wind speeds between 86-110 mph (138-177 kph), struck