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DC to consider major new public safety bill to stem rising violent crime 01/10/2024 05:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Public safety legislation unveiled Wednesday by local lawmakers in the nation's capital is aimed at bringing down spiraling violent crimes rates that have stoked public anxiety and prompted congressional scrutiny. The measure largely repackages and consolidates previous propos Former Delaware officer asks court to reverse convictions for lying to investigators after shooting 01/10/2024 05:23pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) ��� A former Wilmington police officer accused of lying to investigators after he shot a carjacking suspect is asking the Delaware Supreme Court to overturn his convictions. James MacColl was convicted last year on a felony charge of making a false statement to law enforcement and a Boston reaches $2.4 million settlement with female police commander over gender discrimination case 01/10/2024 05:10pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Boston has reached a $2.4 million settlement with a high ranking female police commander who accused the department of gender discrimination, her lawyer said Wednesday. Beth Donovan, the first woman to reach the rank of deputy superintendent of the police department���s Bureau of Fie Bills fan killed near Dolphins' stadium after last weekend's game, police say 01/10/2024 05:04pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) ��� Police in South Florida say a man fatally shot a 30-year-old Buffalo Bills fan during an altercation near Hard Rock Stadium after the Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins in the final regular season game. As Dylan Brody Isaacs and his friends were returning to their vehicle Former Dodgers pitcher Julio Ur��as won't face felony charge after September arrest 01/10/2024 05:01pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Ur��as won���t be charged with a felony after his arrest in September on suspicion of domestic violence. According to a charge evaluation worksheet from the Los Angeles County district attorney���s office, Ur��as was arguing with his wife Movie Review: Daniel Kaluuya builds a compelling near-future dystopia in ���The Kitchen��� 01/10/2024 04:58pm • The near-future is bleak for the working class of London in ���The Kitchen,��� a well-executed film about a familiar kind of urban dystopian nightmare. It is, ironically, sunnier than the Los Angeles of ���Blade Runner,��� but the mood is as dire. In this world, the have-nots are crammed together in 'We have an emergency' ��� can DC bill address spike in crime? 01/10/2024 04:57pm • While most parts of the country have seen decreases in crime, including violent crime, that has not been the case in D.C. After finishing 2023 with big spikes in homicides, carjackings, car thefts and other violent crimes, the chair of the D.C. Council���s public safety committee wants to move ag Maryland lawmakers wrestle with budget deficit, public safety, housing as session opens 01/10/2024 04:46pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� The Maryland General Assembly opened its annual 90-day legislative session on Wednesday with lawmakers set to wrestle with budget challenges as well as measures on affordable housing and public safety. Like other states, Maryland greatly benefited from federal pandemic aid Mid Atlantic Daybook 01/10/2024 04:31pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Wednesday, Jan. 10. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 Man accused in Harvard bomb threat and extortion plot last year pleads guilty to a lesser charge 01/10/2024 04:09pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� A New Hampshire man who had been accused of participating in a plot in which a caller issued bomb threats last year to Harvard University and demanded a large amount of bitcoin pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Wednesday. William Giordani, 55, of Nashua, was arrested last year on cha Mexico's small Citizen's Movement party nominates congressman for president 01/10/2024 03:59pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico���s small Citizen���s Movement party on Wednesday nominated a youthful, little-known congressman to run for president in the June 2 election campaign that has been dominated by two women. The party announced that its candidate will be Rep. Jorge ��lvarez M��ynez, 38, who Court again delays racketeering trial against activist accused in violent 'Stop Cop City' protest 01/10/2024 03:27pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� A judge in Georgia has again delayed the racketeering trial of a defendant indicted last summer in connection with protests against a planned Atlanta-area police and firefighter training facility. Opening arguments had been expected Wednesday in the case against Ayla King, 19, of Ma Trial is postponed for an Illinois man charged with killing 7 at a Fourth of July parade in 2022 01/10/2024 03:17pm • WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) ��� A judge postponed the trial of a man accused of killing seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago in 2022 after his lawyer on Wednesday asked for more time to review evidence. The trial had been slated to begin next month, and a new date has not been set. Ro Man dies after he was found unresponsive in cell at problem-plagued jail in Atlanta 01/10/2024 03:08pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� A man who was being held at the problem-plagued Fulton County Jail in Atlanta died Wednesday at a hospital after he was found unresponsive in his cell, authorities said. A jail officer doing a security round found Michael Anthony Holland, 36, in his cell early Wednesday, the sherif Police investigation finds Colorado U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert didn���t punch ex-husband as he claimed 01/10/2024 02:48pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Police investigation finds Colorado U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert didn���t punch ex-husband as he claimed.