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Prosecutors accuse Rays shortstop Wander Franco of commercial sexual exploitation, money laundering 01/03/2024 09:23pm • SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) ��� Dominican prosecutors on Wednesday accused Wander Franco of commercial sexual exploitation and money laundering following allegations that the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop had a relationship with a minor whose mother also faces the same charges. Prosecutors req Justice Department sues Texas over law that would let police arrest migrants who enter US illegally 01/03/2024 09:17pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� The Justice Department on Wednesday sued Texas over a new law that would allow police to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally, taking Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to court again over his escalating response to border crossers arriving from Mexico. The lawsuit draws Tex Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear calls for unity in GOP-leaning Kentucky to uplift economy, education 01/03/2024 09:10pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) ��� Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear reached across the partisan divide Wednesday night to urge a unified effort with Republican lawmakers to uplift education, health care and the economy, saying Kentucky has an opportunity to assert itself as an ���economic and a moral leader.��� Be FBI calls bomb threats that led to brief lockdowns and evacuations of some state capitols a hoax 01/03/2024 09:07pm • A bomb threat emailed to officials in several states early Wednesday briefly disrupted government affairs and prompted some state capitol evacuations, but no explosives were found and federal officials quickly dismissed the threats as a hoax. The threats follow a spate of false reports of shootings Imam killed outside New Jersey mosque, and the shooter remains at large, authorities say 01/03/2024 07:17pm • A New Jersey imam was gunned down outside his mosque before dawn Wednesday, leaving authorities hunting for a shooter and saying they've found no evidence yet that an anti-Muslim bias played a part in the shooting. Imam Hassan Sharif was in his car when he was shot more than once at about 6 a.m. nea An Arkansas sheriff's deputy was fatally shot, and a suspect is in custody, state police say 01/03/2024 07:07pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ��� An Arkansas sheriff's deputy was shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant, and a suspect has been arrested in his death, Arkansas State Police said Wednesday. Stone County Deputy Justin Smith was shot Tuesday afternoon at a home about 5 miles (8 kilometers) nor New York City evicts vendors from Brooklyn Bridge, ending a bustling tourist market to ease crowding 01/03/2024 07:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Scores of sellers who once peddled cheap souvenirs to tourists atop the Brooklyn Bridge were evicted Wednesday under a new city rule that prohibits vending on the famed crossing. The ban is aimed at easing congestion on the bridge's heavily-trafficked pedestrian walkway, which has 'Debtor's prison' lawsuit filed against St. Louis suburb resolved with $2.9 million settlement 01/03/2024 06:59pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� A Missouri city will pay nearly $3 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of violating the constitutional rights of residents by jailing them and forcing them to pay fines and fees amounting to millions of dollars, often for minor traffic violations. The $2.9 million settlement w Amateur Missouri investigator, YouTube creator helps break decade-old missing person cold case 01/03/2024 06:58pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� A decade-old cold case centered on a Navy veteran who disappeared without a trace in rural Missouri is hot again after an amateur sleuth and YouTube creator's help led police to unidentified human remains. Donnie Erwin, a 59-year-old Camdenton resident, went missing on It took decades, but San Francisco finally installs nets to stop suicides off Golden Gate Bridge 01/03/2024 06:57pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Kevin Hines regretted jumping off San Francisco���s Golden Gate Bridge the moment his hands released the rail and he plunged the equivalent of 25 stories into the Pacific Ocean, breaking his back. Hines miraculously survived his suicide attempt at age 19 in September 2000 as h Prosecutors drop three felony charges against the brother of Patrick Mahomes 01/03/2024 06:56pm • Prosecutors in Kansas on Wednesday dismissed three felony charges related to accusations that Jackson Mahomes ��� the younger brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes ��� grabbed a woman by the neck and kissed her against her will. Johnson County Assistant District Attorney Megan Ah Person killed by troopers in shootout on New York State Thruway 01/03/2024 06:55pm • HILLBURN, N.Y. (AP) ��� New York state troopers killed a person in a shootout on a major highway Wednesday after stopping a vehicle identified in a shooting investigation, authorities said. Two troopers stopped the vehicle on the New York State Thruway, or Interstate 87, in Hillburn near the New Jer Court docs: Suspect was asked to leave New Year's party in DC hotel before fatally shooting young woman 01/03/2024 06:22pm • A man who's accused of fatally shooting an 18-year-old woman at a New Year's party inside a D.C. hotel room Monday had been asked to leave before he fired two rounds through the hotel room door, according to witness testimony in court documents. Jelani Cousin, 18, of D.C., made his first appearan 'Concerned citizen' returns puppy taken during New Year's Eve burglary 01/03/2024 06:13pm • After a New Year's Eve burglary, a D.C. puppy has been reunited with its owner, police say. Lola, a 7-month-old black and white pit bull was taken on the last night of 2023. Two suspects forced their way inside the victim's home on the 100 block of Atlantic Street in Southeast, took the dog and f Report: Data from 2022 California traffic stops shows 'pervasive pattern' of racial profiling 01/03/2024 06:00pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Black people accounted for nearly 13% of traffic stops in California in 2022, far above their 5% share of the state���s population, according to a report released Wednesday under a law designed to address racial profiling of motorists and pedestrians by police. The annual report