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Christmas Eve worshippers to face security screening at Cologne cathedral as police cite attack risk 12/23/2023 06:25pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� Cologne police acting on indications of a possible attack searched Germany's landmark cathedral with sniffer dogs Saturday and said worshippers attending Christmas Eve Mass would undergo security screening before being allowed in. In Austria, police in Vienna also said th Inmate dies after he was found unresponsive at highly scrutinized West Virginia jail 12/23/2023 06:14pm • BEAVER, W.Va. (AP) ��� An inmate at a West Virginia jail scrutinized in lawsuits citing inmate deaths and alleging poor living conditions was pronounced dead Friday morning, officials said. Correctional officers at Southern Regional Jail found the 24-year-old man unresponsive in his cell and attempt Michigan State freshman point guard shot in leg while on holiday break in Illinois 12/23/2023 04:53pm • EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) ��� A Michigan State point guard is recovering after he was shot while on holiday break in his hometown. Freshman Jeremy Fears was shot in the leg sometime late Friday or early Saturday morning in Joilet, Illinois, according to a statement from the university. Michigan State New York governor commutes sentence of rapper G. Dep who had turned self in for cold case killing 12/23/2023 02:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Rapper Travell ���G. Dep��� Coleman, who walked into a New York police precinct in 2010 and admitted to committing a nearly two-decade-old cold case murder to clear his conscience, has been granted clemency by Gov. Kathy Hochul. Now 49, Coleman has served 13 of a 15-year-to-life se Police: 2 students brought loaded guns to 2 separate Prince George's Co. high schools over 2 days 12/23/2023 02:23pm • Two students who attend different high schools in Prince George's County, Maryland, are facing charges after police said they each brought a loaded gun to school. A 17-year-old male student at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School in Upper Marlboro was found with a loaded gun by Prince George���s Cou Paramedics were convicted in Elijah McClain's death. That could make other first responders pause 12/23/2023 02:16pm • BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) ��� Two Denver-area paramedics were convicted Friday for giving a fatal overdose of the sedative ketamine to Elijah McClain in 2019 ��� a jury verdict that experts said could have a chilling effect on first responders around the country. The case involving the 23-year-old Black Suspect arrested in alleged theft of a Banksy stop sign decorated with military drones 12/23/2023 02:06pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A man suspected of stealing an artwork by Banksy of a stop sign adorned with three military drones, was arrested Saturday, London police said. A man in his 20s was in custody on suspicion of theft and criminal damage, the Metropolitan police said. The sign was taken less than an ho A rebel attack on Burundi from neighboring Congo has left at least 20 dead, the government says 12/23/2023 01:34pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� At least 20 people have been killed in Burundi following an attack by a rebel group based in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, a Burundian government spokesman said Saturday. Among those killed were 12 children and three women, two of whom were pregnant, spokesman About 300 Indian travelers are stuck in a French airport in a human trafficking probe 12/23/2023 01:08pm • VATRY, France (AP) ��� About 300 Indian citizens heading to Central America were sequestered in a French airport for a third day Saturday after a dramatic police operation prompted by a tip that those aboard might be victims of human trafficking, authorities said. Those aboard included children and Czech Republic marks a day of mourning for the victims of its worst mass killing 12/23/2023 11:52am • PRAGUE (AP) ��� The Czech Republic came to a standstill at noon Saturday as people across the country observed a minute of silence for the victims of its worst mass killing that left 14 dead and questions about the shooter's motive. National flags on public buildings flew at half-staff and bells Anger in remote parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir after 3 are killed while in army custody 12/23/2023 09:08am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Anger has spread in some remote parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir after three civilians were killed while in army custody, officials and residents said Saturday. Locals said the Indian army detained at least eight civilians on Friday for questioning, the day after rebels fightin 2 French bulldogs stolen days apart in DC, police say 12/23/2023 09:07am • In a continuing trend, two more French bulldogs were stolen this week in the District, according to D.C. police. Mocha was stolen from her owner at gunpoint Friday afternoon in the 3300 block of 14th Place in Southeast, as she was attempting to sell the dog, authorities said. The victim told poli Acquittals in Manuel Ellis' death put Washington state's police accountability law in the spotlight 12/23/2023 01:55am • A Washington state law aimed at improving police accountability is in the spotlight after three Tacoma officers were acquitted in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face-down on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. The measure approved by voters in 20 North Dakota lawmaker made homophobic remarks to officer during DUI stop, bodycam footage shows 12/22/2023 10:44pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) ��� A North Dakota lawmaker who serves on a panel that handles law enforcement legislation made homophobic and anti-migrant remarks to a police officer who arrested him on a charge of driving drunk, body camera footage shows. Republican state Rep. Nico Rios of Williston was also Group pushes for change in how police use body camera footage in officer shooting probes 12/22/2023 09:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� An influential policing think tank is pushing law enforcement agencies to change how they handle body camera footage after police shootings, saying officers should not be able to review video before making their first statements to investigators. The Police Executive Research