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2 dead after truck hits several people in city in southern Germany, police say 12/29/2023 11:30am • BERLIN (AP) — Two people have died after a truck struck several people in southern Germany on Friday morning, police said. The 63-year old truck driver struck a group of five people close to the railway station in downtown Passau, police said in a statement. A 37-year-old woman died of her injurie A Hong Kong pro-independence activist seeks asylum in the UK after serving time over security law 12/29/2023 11:14am • HONG KONG (AP) — An activist who advocated for Hong Kong independence and was imprisoned under a sweeping national security law has fled to Britain to seek political asylum, according to his social media posts on Friday. Tony Chung was among the first people convicted under the Beijing-imposed la Students launch 24-hour traffic blockade in Serbia's capital ahead of weekend election protest 12/29/2023 10:36am • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A group of university students on Friday launched a 24-hour blockade of a main street in Serbia's capital during New Year's holiday rush as protests continued in the troubled Balkan country after reports of irregularities that marred a recent election. The students set up s A rebel group in the Indian state of Assam signs a peace accord with the government 12/29/2023 10:11am • NEW DELHI (AP) — A rebel group that fought for decades to free India’s northeastern state of Assam from New Delhi’s rule on Friday signed a peace accord with the government pledging to end the insurgency in the region. The United Liberation Front of Asom or ULFA, led by Arabinda Rajkhowa, con Over 300 businesses, residential buildings lose power after Falls Church car crash 12/29/2023 09:45am • Listen to WTOP Traffic on 8s for the latest details.  A car crash in Falls Church, Virginia, Friday morning caused multiple street closures and a major power outage, affecting over 300 businesses, residences and government buildings. Falls Church police said the outage was caused by a car cra France heightens security for New Year’s Eve, with 90,000 police officers to be mobilized 12/29/2023 09:37am • PARIS (AP) — Security will be tight across France on New Year’s Eve, with 90,000 law enforcement officers set to be deployed, domestic intelligence chief Céline Berthon said Friday. Of those, 6,000 will be in Paris, where French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said over 1.5 million people are Prince George's Co. officer fires shots during carjacking in Oxon Hill, police say 12/29/2023 06:40am • Police in Prince George's County are searching for two suspects who carjacked an off-duty police officer near the Tanger Outlets National Harbor shopping center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Thursday evening. The incident occurred on the 6700 block of Tanger Boulevard in the parking lot of a busines Turkey reportedly detains 32 IS militants and foils possible attacks on synagogues and churches 12/29/2023 04:32am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish security forces have detained 32 people suspected of links to the Islamic State extremist group who were allegedly planning to carry out attacks on synagogues and churches as well as the Iraqi Embassy, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Friday. The suspects, in Top 10 most popular videos on WTOP in 2023 12/29/2023 04:27am • In 2023, everyone could get their 15 minutes of fame — whether they wanted it or not. Only in the case of viral videos on WTOP's social media platforms, those 15 minutes last roughly 90 seconds or so. To cap off the year, we compiled a list of our 10 most-played videos on Instagram, from fun an Russian poet receives 7-year prison sentence for reciting verses against war in Ukraine 12/29/2023 02:43am • A Russian poet was given a 7-year prison sentence Thursday for reciting verses against Russia's war in Ukraine, a tough punishment that comes during a relentless Kremlin crackdown on dissent. Moscow's Tverskoi District Court convicted Artyom Kamardin on charges of making calls undermining national s A frantic push to safeguard the Paris Olympics promises thousands of jobs and new starts after riots 12/29/2023 01:35am • PARIS (AP) — With a name that doesn’t ring old-school French like Jean, Pierre or Jacques, and a home address in a tough suburb of Paris where riots flared, Salah Benkadmir is discovering how hard it can be to make prospective employers in France see beyond their prejudices. Despite having a hig Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs states' authority to block former president 12/29/2023 12:27am • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally as the U.S. Supreme Court Dominican baseball player Wander Franco fails to appear at prosecutor's office amid investigation 12/29/2023 12:01am • SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco failed to show up Thursday for a meeting with a prosecutor who is investigating him for an alleged relationship with a minor. Prosecutor Olga Diná Llaverías said the investigation will continue regardless of Franco's Democrats in Prince George’s County select appointee to vacant state house seat 12/28/2023 11:37pm • The Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee selected Denise Roberts on Thursday to fill a vacant seat in the House of Delegates. The central committee will forward Roberts’ name to Gov. Wes Moore (D), who has up to 15 days to confirm the appointment. Roberts, who worked as comm Death of ‘Parasite’ star puts spotlight on pressures facing South Korean celebrities 12/28/2023 11:32pm • Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Actor Lee Sun-kyun’s sudden death this week is the latest in a string of shock celebrity losses in South Korea, a country with one of the world’s highest suicide rates and where public figures are often expected to be paragons.Lee, who received acclaim for his ro