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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 Republicans want to impeach the Maine official who cut Trump from the ballot. They face long odds 01/03/2024 05:57pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republicans who want to unseat Maine's secretary of state for barring former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot will face long odds impeaching a stalwart and influential Democrat whose party holds firm control over both Legislative chambers. Shenna Bellows is the Justice Department sues Texas over new law that would allow police to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally 01/03/2024 05:48pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Justice Department sues Texas over new law that would allow police to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally. Vigil held to honor slain Muslim boy as accused attacker appears in court in Illinois 01/03/2024 04:36pm • JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man charged with murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an October attack on a Palestinian American mother and her young son appeared at a pretrial hearing Wednesday as community members gathered outside the courthouse in support of the child's family. Joseph Mid Atlantic Daybook 01/03/2024 04:32pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Wednesday, Jan. 03. 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 Ugandan police say gay rights activist in critical condition after knife attack 01/03/2024 03:55pm • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A well-known gay rights activist in Uganda was stabbed by unknown assailants Wednesday, and police said he was hospitalized in critical condition. A video posted on the social media platform X shows Steven Kabuye lying on the ground writhing in pain with a deep and long cut Judge raises mental health concern about man held in New Year's Eve weekend gunfire near Vegas Strip 01/03/2024 03:34pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A California man accused of firing dozens of gunshots from upper floors of a condominium-hotel near the Las Vegas Strip the morning before New Year’s Eve had his bail set at $500,000 on Wednesday. Jon Roger Letzkus appears to be mentally unstable and "what he is alleged to have Michigan detectives interview convicted murderer before his death, looking into unsolved slayings 01/03/2024 02:39pm • Authorities in western Michigan are looking into missing persons cases and unsolved homicides after interviewing a convicted murderer and long-haul truck driver with terminal cancer who died last week in a prison hospital. Kent County sheriff's detectives questioned Garry Artman on three occasion 12 years after she vanished, divers believe they have found body of woman in submerged vehicle 01/03/2024 02:22pm • KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — The body of a woman who went missing 12 years ago appears to have been found in a minivan submerged in a central Florida retention pond near Walt Disney World, according to family members and volunteer divers who discovered the remains last week. The family of Sandra Lemire Sierra Leone’s former president charged with treason for alleged involvement in failed coup attempt 01/03/2024 12:43pm • FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Former President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with treason for his alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt in November, Sierra Leone's government said Wednesday. Koroma has also been charged with misprision of treason, which is the crime of concealing knowl