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Philippines evacuates 3,000 people after activity increases at Mayon Volcano 01/07/2026 07:36pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� A series of mild eruptions at the most active volcano in the Philippines has prompted the evacuation of nearly 3,000 villagers from a danger zone on its foothills, officials said Wednesday. Authorities raised the 5-step alert around Mayon Volcano in the northeastern prov Man who held himself out as Native American activist sentenced to 46 years for serial rapes 01/07/2026 07:01pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� A man who held himself out as a Native American activist was sentenced Wednesday to 46 years in prison for drugging and raping women in a case that inspired calls for changes in Washington state law to prohibit defendants who represent themselves from directly questioning their accu Pedestrian killed in multivehicle crash near White House 01/07/2026 06:24pm • A pedestrian has been killed in multivehicle crash near the White House on Wednesday afternoon. It happened at the intersection of 16th and L streets in Northwest near the Capital Hilton Hotel in Downtown D.C. around 4 p.m. At least four vehicles were involved, and police said that a man died Police seek driver in crash that killed pedestrian in Fairfax County 01/07/2026 05:43pm • A man is dead after he was struck by a car Wednesday morning, and police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are looking for the driver, who they say did not stop. Christopher Young, 34, was crossing Little River Turnpike at Shelley Lane in Annandale when the driver of a sedan traveling westbound struck Movie Review: A real-life '70s hostage drama crackles in Gus Van Sant's 'Dead Man's Wire' 01/07/2026 05:37pm • It plays a little loose with facts but the righteous rage of ���Dog Day Afternoon��� is present enough in Gus Van Sant���s ���Dead Man���s Wire,��� a based-on-a-true-tale hostage thriller that���s as deeply 1970s as it is contemporary. In February 1977, Tony Kiritsis walked into the Meridian Mortgag Shooter who killed Brown students and MIT professor planned attack for years, DOJ says 01/07/2026 04:50pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� The man identified as the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor planned the attack for years and left behind videos in which he confessed to the murders but gave no motive, according to information released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice. Cl Officer who defended Capitol disputes White House account of Jan. 6 01/07/2026 04:25pm • A new White House webpage marking the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack is drawing sharp criticism from some of the officers who defended the U.S. Capitol that day, including a former U.S. Capitol Police officer who says the account does not match what he experienced. Former Capitol P Bolsonaro briefly leaves Brazilian prison for medical tests after a fall from his bed 01/07/2026 04:22pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Former President Jair Bolsonaro was granted a brief leave Wednesday from his 27-year prison sentence for a coup attempt so that he could undergo medical tests at a hospital in the capital after he fell from his bed. Police escorted the 70-year-old Bolsonaro from the federal p Rescuers use drone technology to find dog that escaped along New Jersey Turnpike 01/07/2026 03:16pm • Associated Press (AP) ��� A dog escaped from a rest stop along the New Jersey Turnpike and wandered for about 25 miles (40 kilometers) before she was found safe the next day with help from a drone. Abbie, a 9-year-old golden retriever mix, was travelling from a South Carolina shelter to a planned ne Homicides continue to fall in Detroit as city mirrors national trend on violent crime 01/07/2026 02:48pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Murders in Detroit continue to tumble as the city recorded its lowest number of criminal homicides since at least the early- to mid-1960s. For all of 2025, 165 homicides were committed in the Motor City, Police Chief Todd Bettison told reporters Wednesday. That is 38 fewer than the Horror of school attack in Uvalde, Texas, brings tears as officer faces trial over police response 01/07/2026 07:19am • CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) ��� Families whose loved ones died in the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school massacre sobbed in court while listening to frantic 911 calls during the first day of testimony in the trial of a police officer accused of failing to protect the children by not doing enough to sto Curfew imposed in southern Nepal city after mosque vandalism sparks protests 01/07/2026 01:21am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) ��� A curfew was imposed on a key border city in southern Nepal after Hindu and Muslim groups began protesting against each other following the vandalism of a mosque over the weekend, officials said Tuesday. The curfew orders issued by the Parsa District Administration said th Ahead of election, Uganda's security forces are accused of using violence against the opposition 01/07/2026 12:03am • WAKISO, Uganda (AP) ��� The Ugandan presidential candidate known as Bobi Wine wears a flak jacket and helmet while campaigning to protect himself from gunfire. But the safety gear offers no protection from the stinging clouds of tear gas that often follow him on the campaign trail. Wine is challeng Texas cracked down on teachers for posts about Charlie Kirk, union lawsuit says 01/06/2026 10:35pm • A Texas teachers union sued the state's education department on Tuesday, accusing it of an improper ���wave of retaliation��� against public school employees over their social media comments following the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk. The lawsuit says the free speech Notorious New York City-area 'Torso Killer' confesses to 1965 killing 01/06/2026 09:55pm • FAIR LAWN, N.J. (AP) ��� One of the New York City area's most notorious serial killers has confessed to another killing. Police in New Jersey announced Tuesday that Richard Cottingham, known as the ���Torso Killer," admitted killing Alys Eberhardt in 1965. The 18-year-old was found dead in her fam