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Mother of a child punished by a court for urinating in public refuses to sign probation terms 12/19/2023 08:06pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mother of a 10-year-old child who was sentenced by a Mississippi judge to three months of probation and a book report for urinating in public has refused to sign his probation agreement and has asked for the charge against her son to be dismissed, the family's attorney an Groups sue over new Texas law that lets police arrest migrants who enter the US illegally 12/19/2023 07:59pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The White House and Mexico's president on Tuesday came out strongly against a new Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants who illegally cross into the U.S. and empower local judges to order them to leave the country. Also Tuesday, civil rights groups and Texas' l Northeastern US mops up ahead of holidays after deadly storm slams the region, killing at least 5 12/19/2023 07:56pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Just days before the Christmas holiday, people across the northeastern U.S. were mopping up Tuesday after a major storm dumped torrential rains and brought damaging winds from Pennsylvania to Maine, as some rivers in the region rose even higher. At least five people were kil DNA may link Philadelphia man accused of slashing people on trail to a cold-case killing, police say 12/19/2023 07:20pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of slashing people with a large knife while riding a bicycle on a trail in Philadelphia in recent weeks is now a person of interest in the cold-case slaying of a medical student that occurred among a series of high-profile sexual assaults in a larg Presidential motorcade fuels rush hour traffic delays in DC area 12/19/2023 06:48pm • President Biden's motorcade from the White House to and from a campaign reception in Bethesda, Maryland, fueled major traffic delays during Tuesday evening's rush-hour in the D.C. area. As of 6:30 p.m., the Capital Beltway's Outer Loop had reopened between River Road and the American Legion bridg Ex-gang leader seeking release from Las Vegas jail ahead of trial in 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur 12/19/2023 06:25pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with murder in the killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas is deriding the case against him as the product of speculation and second-hand testimony as he asks a judge to put him on house arrest ahead of his trial. A Jan Migrant child's death and other hospitalizations spark concern over shelter conditions 12/19/2023 06:14pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The death of a 5-year-old migrant boy and reported illnesses in other children living at a warehouse retrofitted as a shelter has raised fresh concerns about the living conditions and medical care provided for asylum-seekers arriving in Chicago. Medical professionals have worried f UN votes unanimously to start the withdrawal of peacekeepers from Congo by year's end 12/19/2023 05:55pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to start the withdrawal of the U.N. peacekeeping force from Congo before the end of the year as the conflict-ridden country prepares to elect its next president on Wednesday. The resolution adopted by the U.N.’s most powerfu Detroit officer accused of punching 71-year-old man is charged with manslaughter following his death 12/19/2023 05:37pm • DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit police officer has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a 71-year-old man who fell to the ground after he was punched in the face, authorities said Tuesday. Daryl Vance of Detroit died in September after three weeks in a hospital. Vance was punched during a “ve Community mourns 5 children killed in Arizona house fire, cause under investigation 12/19/2023 05:37pm • BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — A father in Arizona who left four children and a young relative at home so he could buy Christmas gifts and groceries returned to find the charred remains of the family's home after a fire broke out, killing all five children inside, authorities said. Investigators in n Teen involved in deadly DC crash involving stolen car pleads guilty 12/19/2023 05:20pm • A teenage girl who prosecutors said was among a group of teens involved in the deadly crash of a carjacked vehicle in October has pleaded guilty in the case. The girl was arrested after police said members of the group, in two stolen cars, failed to navigate a traffic circle in the Brentwood sect Sandra Day O’Connor called a pioneer and 'iconic jurist' as she is memorialized by Biden, Roberts 12/19/2023 04:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the Arizona rancher's daughter who became a voice of moderate conservatism as the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, was memorialized by President Joe Biden on Tuesday as a pioneer in the legal world who inspired generations of women. Biden a Philly's progressive prosecutor, facing impeachment trial, has authority on transit crimes diverted 12/19/2023 03:39pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A new law taking aim at Philadelphia’s progressive prosecutor creates a new position that diverts authority from the twice-elected district attorney, with Republican lawmakers arguing the legislation is necessary to prosecute crimes they say aren’t pursued. It's the late Cyprus says a joint operation with Mossad has foiled a suspected Iranian plot to kill Israelis 12/19/2023 03:39pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has disrupted an alleged Iranian plot to target Israeli businessmen with the arrest of two Iranian asylum-seekers who were in contact with another Iranian associated with the Revolutionary Guard, a Cypriot official said Tuesday. The official told The Associated Press More than 2,000 mine workers extend underground protest into second day in South Africa 12/19/2023 03:34pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — More than 2,000 workers remained underground for a second day Tuesday in a protest over pay and benefits at a platinum mine in South Africa. The mine is owned by Implats, which is one of the world’s biggest platinum miners. The firm has suspended work at the Bafoke