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Reagan National Airport sets record after Bethesda woman caught with loaded gun in carry-on 12/27/2023 11:23am • Transportation Security Administration agents at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, caught another passenger with a handgun at a security checkpoint on Christmas Eve ��� setting another record for most guns caught at the airport in a single year. A woman from Bethesda, Maryland, had Opposition candidate in Congo alleges police fired bullets as protesters seek re-do of election 12/27/2023 10:10am • KINSHASA, Congo (AP) ��� A main opposition candidate in Congo accused police of using live bullets to break up a protest Wednesday in the capital, as demonstrators demanded a re-do of last week's presidential election. Holding up a bullet, Martin Fayulu told The Associated Press that it landed near Man trapped for 6 days in wrecked truck in Indiana rescued after being spotted by passersby 12/27/2023 08:55am • PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) ��� A man who had been trapped for days in his crashed pickup truck was rescued Tuesday after two fishermen spotted the wreckage, Indiana State Police said. Two men were scouting fishing locations when they found the man in his badly damaged vehicle, Sgt. Glen Fifield told local n A Greek police officer shot with a flare during an attack by sports fans has died in a hospital 12/27/2023 07:52am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� A Greek riot police officer who was shot with a flare during fan violence in Athens three weeks ago has died in a hospital of his injuries, health authorities said Wednesday. On Dec. 7, a group of fans left a volleyball match to attack riot police stationed outside the arena Photographer Cecil Williams' vision gives South Carolina its only civil rights museum 12/27/2023 06:38am • ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) ��� Much of how South Carolina has seen its civil rights history has been through the lens of photographer Cecil Williams. From sit-ins to prayer protests to portraits of African Americans integrating universities and rising to federal judges, Williams has snapped it. After ye South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun of Oscar-winning film 'Parasite' is found dead 12/27/2023 05:33am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Lee Sun-kyun, a popular South Korean actor best known for his role in the Oscar-winning movie ���Parasite,��� was found dead in a car in Seoul on Wednesday, authorities said, after weeks of an intense police investigation into his alleged drug use. Police and emergency of German police say they are holding a man in connection with a threat to Cologne Cathedral 12/27/2023 04:35am • BERLIN (AP) ��� German authorities say they have detained a man in connection with a reported threat to Cologne Cathedral over the holiday period. Police searched the cathedral with sniffer dogs just before Christmas, and Christmas Eve worshippers faced security checks to get into midnight Mass ther Wild weather leaves at least 10 dead in Australian states of Queensland and Victoria, officials say 12/27/2023 02:59am • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) ��� Wild weather has left at least 10 people dead in the eastern Australian states of Queensland and Victoria, officials said on Wednesday. Three men, aged 48, 59 and 69, were killed after a boat with 11 people on board capsized in rough weather in Moreton Bay off the south Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term��in��office, his party says 12/27/2023 02:39am • LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) ��� Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term in office, his party said Wednesday, noting he would be its consensus candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections and the office of the prime minister. Sharif, who has served as prime minister three She died weeks after fleeing the Maui wildfire. Her family fought to have her listed as a victim. 12/27/2023 01:05am • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) ��� Sharlene Rabang and her calico cat fled the wildfire that destroyed her town on Maui and arrived at a family home on another Hawaii island after a 24-hour odyssey that included sleeping in a car. Dazed, coughing and weak, the frail but feisty 78-year-old headed straight for WTOP's Book Report: Don't-miss books of 2023 12/27/2023 12:12am • This story was written as part of the WTOP Book Report series authored by Terik King.��Read more of that coverage.�� In 2023, WTOP's Book Report series took us many places. We've conversed with a law professor about the complicated history of police lawsuits, chatted with a journalist about t Today in History: December 27, Soviets forces seize Afghanistan 12/27/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, Dec. 27, the 361st day of 2023. There are four days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On Dec. 27, 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin (hah-FEE���-zoo-lah ah-MEEN���), who was overthrown and executed, was re Missing pregnant Texas teen and her boyfriend found dead in a car in San Antonio 12/26/2023 10:14pm • SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) ��� A missing pregnant Texas teenager and her boyfriend were found dead in a parked car Tuesday in San Antonio and police said they may have been there for days. Savanah Nicole Soto, 18, and Matthew Guerra, 22, were reported missing by police in Leon Valley, a few miles north Actor Lee Sun-kyun of Oscar-winning film 'Parasite' has been found unconscious: South Korean police 12/26/2023 09:53pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Actor Lee Sun-kyun of Oscar-winning film 'Parasite' has been found unconscious: South Korean police. Police investigating incidents involving Colorado justices after Trump removed from state's ballot 12/26/2023 08:23pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Police said Tuesday they are investigating incidents directed at Colorado Supreme Court justices and providing extra patrols around their homes in Denver following the court's decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state's presidential primary ballot. The Denver Po