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Human remains found in Southwest DC trash can, police say 01/05/2024 12:44pm • A man's remains were found in a trash can in Southwest D.C. on Wednesday morning, according to D.C. police, who are investigating the case as a homicide. Police responded to the 1400 block of Canal Street SW shortly before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday after receiving a report of found human remains, accor Fight at Philadelphia train station ends with man being fatally struck by train 01/05/2024 12:30pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man involved in a fight at a Philadelphia train station was killed when he fell onto the tracks and was struck by a train, authorities said. The fight at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority station occurred around 4:30 p.m. Thursday when Chaz Wearing, 40, a 61-year-old with schizophrenia still missing three weeks after St. Louis nursing home shut down 01/05/2024 12:30pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 61-year-old man with schizophrenia is still missing three weeks after the St. Louis nursing home where he lived abruptly closed. The Missouri State Highway Patrol on Wednesday issued an endangered silver advisory seeking the public's help in finding Frederick Caruthers, who was NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 01/05/2024 11:39am • 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. ___ Images made to look like court records circulate online amid Epstein A new immigration policy that avoids a dangerous journey is working. But border crossings continue 01/05/2024 10:49am • LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (AP) — Five years ago, Alexis Llanos and his family fled Venezuela for Colombia, escaping death threats and political persecution. The family then planned to make the dangerous and deadly journey north, through the Darien jungle leading through Panama, with hopes of eventually c Lawyer for alleged victim of Dani Alves files legal complaint after video circulates on social media 01/05/2024 09:52am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The lawyer representing the woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves has filed a legal complaint with Spanish authorities after a video circulated on social media that reportedly reveals the identity of her client. Ester García, the A desperate family in Gaza clings to a routine for survival 01/05/2024 09:15am • MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — Stranded in a corner of southern Gaza, members of the Abu Jarad family are clinging to a strict survival routine. They fled their comfortable three-bedroom home in northern Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war broke out nearly three months ago. The 10-person family now squeeze More than 50 cars stolen in DC in first few days of 2024 01/05/2024 08:38am • The troubling spike in stolen cars in the District seems to be continuing into 2024. According to D.C. police data, there were 6,829 thefts of motor vehicles last year — an 82% increase from the previous year. In the first four days of 2024, 53 cars have already been stolen. On New Year's Former US Capitol Police officer that held back Jan. 6 rioters running for Congress 01/05/2024 06:19am • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. Nearly three years to the day after he defended the U.S. Capitol against a rioting mob on Jan. 6, former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn announced on Friday that he's Trains collide on Indonesia's main island of Java, killing at least 4 people 01/05/2024 05:41am • BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) — Two trains collided on Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, causing carriages to buckle and overturn and killing at least four people, officials said. The accident happened about 500 meters (yards) from Cicalengka train station in West Java province, said Ayep Han Farmers prevent Germany's vice chancellor leaving a ferry in a protest that draws condemnation 01/05/2024 05:27am • BERLIN (AP) — A group of farmers prevented Germany's vice chancellor from disembarking a ferry, hours after the government partially climbed down on cost-saving plans that had infuriated the agricultural sector. The protest drew condemnation from both government and opposition figures. Farmers hea 4 patients die after a fire breaks out at a hospital in northern Germany 01/05/2024 05:11am • BERLIN (AP) — Four people died after a fire broke out at a hospital in northern Germany and spread to several patients' rooms, police said Friday. Emergency workers saw flames on the fourth floor of a wing of the building in Uelzen, southeast of Hamburg, when they arrived at the scene late Thursda Baltimore celebrates historic 20% drop in homicides even as gun violence remains high 01/05/2024 12:33am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Long plagued by rampant gun violence, Baltimore recorded less than 300 homicides last year for the first time in nearly a decade, ending a surge that began in 2015 following the death of Freddie Gray, which sparked civil unrest and prompted widespread calls for police reform. T 17-year-old kills sixth grader, wounds five others in Iowa school shooting, police say 01/04/2024 11:08pm • PERRY, Iowa (AP) — A 17-year-old opened fire at a small-town Iowa high school before classes resumed on the first day after the winter break, killing a sixth-grader and wounding five others Thursday as students barricaded in offices, ducked into classrooms and fled in panic. The suspect, a student AP Week in Pictures: North America 01/04/2024 11:07pm • DEC. 29, 2023 - JAN. 4, 2024 People celebrate the New Year, a Michigan player reacts after an overtime win in a College Football Playoff game in California and police investigate a shooting at a high school in Iowa. This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images in North America publishe