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'Stop this revolving door': US attorney pushes back on DC Council's sentencing commission nominee 01/08/2024 07:46am • The D.C. Council is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to make a former convicted murderer a member of the D.C. Sentencing Commission, which helps shape sentencing guidelines for judges in D.C. Superior Court. Joel Cast��n, convicted of murder at age 18 before undergoing what his supporters call Ashli Babbitt's family sues U.S. government over her Jan. 6 shooting death 01/08/2024 06:16am • The family of a 35-year-old California woman who was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer during the Jan. 6 insurrection has filed a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government. Ashli Babbitt was shot and killed Jan. 6, 2021, while she tried to climb through a broken door i Police detain executive at China Evergrande's EV unit. Property sector shows fresh signs of distress 01/08/2024 06:12am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� A top executive of China Evergrande's electric vehicle company has been detained by police in the latest sign of trouble for the world's most heavily indebted property developer. China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle announced the detention of Liu Yongzhuo, its vice chairman and an e Former Gambian interior minister on trial in Switzerland over alleged crimes against humanity 01/08/2024 04:06am • BELLINZONA, Switzerland (AP) ��� A former interior minister of Gambia was going on trial Monday in Switzerland on charges including crimes against humanity for his alleged role in years of repression by the west African country���s security forces against opponents of its longtime dictator. Advocacy Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for bomb that killed 6 police guarding anti-polio campaign 01/08/2024 03:27am • KHAR, Pakistan (AP) ��� A roadside bomb exploded Monday near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing at least six officers and wounding 10 others, officials said. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility f Israel says Hezbollah struck sensitive air traffic base in the north and warns of 'another war' 01/08/2024 01:49am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Hezbollah has struck an air traffic control base in northern Israel, the Israeli military said Sunday, and warned of ���another war��� with the Iran-backed militant group. The increase in fighting across the border with Lebanon as Israel battles Hamas militants in Gaza gave new Flights resume on repaired Tokyo runway a week after fatal collision 01/08/2024 01:43am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Flights resumed Monday on a repaired runway at Tokyo���s Haneda airport a week after a collision between a Japan Airlines plane and a coast guard aircraft believed to have been caused by human error. The coastal runway is one of four at Haneda and its reopening means the airport is n Hasina wins Bangladesh vote, but low turnout and opposition boycott raise doubts over its legitimacy 01/07/2024 11:20pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won an overwhelming majority in Bangladesh's parliamentary election after a campaign fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, giving her and her Awami League a fourth consecutive term. While the Election Commissio 7 of 8 puppies found after being stolen in DC dognappings 01/07/2024 11:00pm • Seven of the eight American Bulldog puppies that were stolen over the weekend have been found, D.C. police said Sunday night. Authorities cited a "community member" who brought the pups to a district station.��The eighth pooch is still being sought. Thank you to a community member who found se Tyre Nichols' family gathers for vigil 1 year after police brutally beat him 01/07/2024 10:16pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� One year ago, Tyre Nichols was driving home to have dinner with his family when he was pulled over by Memphis police who claimed the Black man was driving recklessly and yanked him out of his car. Officers hit him with a stun gun and pepper sprayed him, but he managed to get A dog shelter gets a warm response to its appeal for homes for its pups during a cold snap in Poland 01/07/2024 09:56pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� With a deep freeze approaching, an animal shelter in Poland sent out an urgent appeal to people to adopt or at least temporarily shelter some of its dogs until the dangerous cold spell passes. The result of what it called ���Operation Frost��� took the shelter workers by surp Louisiana Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has been inaugurated, returning the state's highest office to GOP 01/07/2024 09:26pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� Louisiana Gov.-elect Jeff Landry, a Republican endorsed by former President Donald Trump and known for his conservative positions on issues like abortion, was inaugurated Sunday evening ��� marking a political shift of leadership in a state that has had a Democratic governo Stabbing leaves 1 dead at New York City migrant shelter; 2nd resident charged with murder 01/07/2024 04:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A 27-year-old resident of a New York City migrant shelter was charged with murder Sunday in the fatal stabbing of another resident, police said. Police were called to the Randall's Island shelter around 7:30 p.m. Saturday for a report of an assault in progress. The victim, stabbed Bowie welcomes first Black police chief in historic ceremony 01/07/2024 03:56pm • Chief Dwayne A. Preston stands surrounded by members of the Bowie Police Department immediately following his swearing in as the Maryland city's first Black police chief on Jan. 2, 2024. (Courtesy, City of Bowie Police Department) Dwayne Preston joined the Bowie, Maryland, police force in 2012 a Police: Prince William Co. man charged in wife's shooting death 01/07/2024 03:00pm • A 24-year-old woman is dead after being fatally shot in Dumfries, Virginia, on Saturday, and her husband is facing charges in her killing, according to Prince William County police. Daniel Okoe Lawson, 24, is charged with felony murder and related charges in the killing of his wife, Desire Alexan