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Taiwan prepares to elect a president and legislature in what's seen as a test of control with China 01/12/2024 11:06am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� With rallies and concerts attended by thousands of flag-waving supporters, Taiwanese are preparing to elect a new president and legislature on Saturday in what many see as a test of control with China, which claims the self-governing island republic as its own. The race is t NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 01/12/2024 10:44am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. ___ Discovery of a tunnel at a Chabad synagogue spurs false claims and c Stretch of Metro's Blue, Orange and Silver Line shut down this weekend ��� here's how to get around 01/12/2024 10:04am • If you're making plans around the District for the holiday weekend, prepare for some local travel delays. There will be Metro closures for track work for the next four days, along with street closures on Monday for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in Southeast D.C. Here's what you need A Danish appeals court upholds prison sentences for Iranian separatists convicted of terror charges 01/12/2024 10:02am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� A Danish appeals court Friday upheld the sentences of three members of an Iranian separatist group convicted of promoting terror in Iran and gathering information for an unnamed Saudi intelligence service. The three had been convicted and sentenced in a lower court in 20 Why does Iowa launch the presidential campaign? 01/12/2024 09:27am • Iowa assumed its position as the state that votes first for a presidential nominee more than 50 years ago. But its 1972 caucuses didn't feel very historic. Two folding tables at state Democratic Party headquarters were enough to accommodate all staff and media present. No TV cameras rolled. Results A Denmark terror case has 'links' to Hamas, a prosecutor tells local media 01/12/2024 09:02am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� A Danish prosecutor said Friday that an investigation that led to the arrests of three suspects in Denmark last month on suspicion of plotting to carry out ���an act of terror" was linked to Hamas, according to a local media report. The case has been shrouded in secrecy Mass killer who says his rights are violated should remain in solitary confinement, Norway says 01/12/2024 07:12am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Norway's government insisted on Friday that Anders Behring Breivik, a right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in 2011, remains dangerous and should stay in solitary confinement, rejecting his claim in a suit that his human rights are being vio 'Parasite' director calls for a thorough probe into the death of actor Lee Sun-kyun 01/12/2024 04:20am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Oscar-winning ��� Parasite ��� director Bong Joon-ho and other artists in South Korea have called for a thorough investigation into the death of popular actor Lee Sun-kyun, who played the head of a wealthy family in the class satire movie. Lee, 48, was found dead in his c In Taiwan's election Saturday, who are the 3 candidates trying to become president? 01/12/2024 02:26am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� Taiwan is holding its presidential election on Saturday, a race that China has called a choice between war and peace. China considers the self-ruled island about 160 kilometers (100 miles) off its east coast a breakaway province and has threatened to take control over it, by Today in History: January 12, Motown Records is founded in Detroit 01/12/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2024. There are 354 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On Jan. 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records (originally Tamla Records) in Detroit. On this date: In 1828, the United States and Mexico signed a Treaty of Boy, 17, charged with killing 4 members of neighbor family in central California 01/11/2024 09:57pm • FRESNO, Calif. (AP) ��� A 17-year-old boy charged with killing four members of a neighboring family in central California made his first appearance in court Thursday and entered the juvenile equivalent of a not-guilty plea. The teenager, who was identified in juvenile court only by the initials R.I. Donald Trump defies judge, gives courtroom speech on tense final day of New York civil fraud trial 01/11/2024 09:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump wrested an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil fraud trial Thursday, unleashing a barrage of attacks in a six-minute diatribe before being cut off by the judge. In an extraordinary move for Former DC police officer sold confidential information from crash reports, jury finds 01/11/2024 08:59pm • A former D.C. police officer was convicted of illegally exchanging confidential information from traffic accident reports in exchange for cash, prosecutors announced Thursday. A federal jury found 35-year-old Vincent Forrest, of D.C., guilty of conspiracy, bribery and making false statements. Investigators found stacked bodies and maggots at a neglected Colorado funeral home, FBI agent says 01/11/2024 08:47pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches deep on the floor, and flies and maggots throughout the building, an FBI agent testified Thursday. Prosec DC Police: Missing man found inside trash can was fatally shot 01/11/2024 08:27pm • A man who was reported missing months ago was found dead inside a trash can last week, about a block away from where D.C. police said he was last seen in Southeast. The man who was killed was identified Thursday as 42-year-old Harry Keels, of Southwest, and his death is being investigated as a ho