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Florida deputy's legal team says he didn't have an obligation to stop Parkland school shooter 12/18/2023 05:10pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� A former Florida sheriff's deputy is claiming he had no legal duty to confront the gunman who murdered 17 people and wounded 17 others at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School nearly six years ago, his attorney argued Monday. The legal team representing Browa New Texas law lets police arrest and prosecute migrants who cross border illegally, challenging US immigration authority 12/18/2023 05:09pm • BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) ��� New Texas law lets police arrest and prosecute migrants who cross border illegally, challenging US immigration authority. Chileans eschew extremes in quest for new constitution and end up with the old one 12/18/2023 05:08pm • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ��� Despite a boom in conservative populism in various parts of the world, Chileans closed an exhausting constitutional cycle by separating themselves from the extremes. They voted Sunday to stick with the same constitution, a holdover from the dictatorship, that they had wanted Justice Department creates database to track records of misconduct by federal law enforcement 12/18/2023 05:01pm • The U.S. Justice Department has created a database to track records of misconduct by federal law enforcement officers that is aimed at preventing agencies from unknowingly hiring problem officers, officials said on Monday. The federal move is a step toward accountability amid growing calls to close Court docs: Man in U-Haul sprayed substance, yelled antisemitic phrase outside DC synagogue 12/18/2023 04:26pm • A man allegedly yelled an antisemitic phrase and sprayed people with an unknown substance during an attack outside a Georgetown synagogue Sunday morning, according to court documents. Brent Wood is accused of driving a U-Haul van around security poles and parking directly on the sidewalk in front San Francisco prosecutors begin charging 80 protesters who blocked bridge while demanding cease-fire 12/18/2023 04:26pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� San Francisco prosecutors on Monday began charging 80 protesters who last month blocked traffic for hours on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while demanding a cease-fire in Gaza. The protest came as San Francisco was hosting President Joe Biden and other world leaders for G League player and girlfriend are arrested in killing of woman found dead near Las Vegas 12/18/2023 04:22pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� A player with the Sacramento Kings' G League affiliate and his girlfriend have been arrested in the killing of a woman whose remains were found earlier this month near Las Vegas, authorities said. Chance Comanche, 27, and Sakari Harnden, 19, face charges of murder and kidnapping i Death of 5-year-old boy prompts criticism of Chicago shelters for migrants 12/18/2023 04:11pm • A 5-year-old boy living at a temporary shelter for migrants in Chicago died over the weekend after being transported to a hospital after suffering a medical emergency, the city's mayor said Monday. The boy's death on Sunday revived community organizers' complaints about conditions at shelters and q Driver rescued after being swept away by floodwaters, clinging to tree in Montgomery Co. 12/18/2023 02:53pm • Heavy rains roared into the D.C. region, leaving behind slippery roads and flooding ��� including in Montgomery County, Maryland, where one driver was swept away by floodwater and rescued clinging to a tree. In the Maryland suburb, emergency crews performed two water rescues, including one on Bea Trial set for North Dakota's pursuit of costs for policing Dakota Access pipeline protests 12/18/2023 01:30pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) ��� A court fight over whether the federal government should cover North Dakota's $38 million in costs of responding to the lengthy protests of the Dakota Access oil pipeline years ago near its controversial river crossing will continue as a judge said the case is ���ripe and rea Greek anti-terror squad investigates after a bomb was defused near riot police headquarters 12/18/2023 01:19pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Greece's antiterrorism squad is investigating after the national riot police headquarters was targeted Monday with a bomb that was defused before it could explode, as police union members protested increasing violence against officers in the force. Authorities had been alerte 1 dead, 3 seriously injured in Montgomery Co. crash 12/18/2023 01:09pm • One person is dead and three others are seriously injured after a three-car crash Sunday in Olney, Maryland. The crash took place on the eastbound lane of the Intercounty Connector (Route 200), around Exit 8. Maryland Transportation Authority police were called to the scene around 4 a.m., accordi Russell Brand questioned by London police over 6 more sexual offense claims, UK media say 12/18/2023 12:35pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Comedian Russell Brand has been questioned for a second time by police investigating sexual offense allegations, British media reported Monday. Brand, 48, was interviewed under caution last week over six ���non-recent��� allegations, the Press Association news agency reported. Brand Landmark national security trial opens in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai 12/18/2023 11:54am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� A landmark national security trial opened Monday in Hong Kong for prominent activist and publisher Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted under a law imposed by Beijing to crush dissidents. Lai, 76, was arrested in August 2020 during a crackdown on the city's p DC police identify man killed in Southeast shooting 12/18/2023 10:57am • A Southeast D.C. man has been identified by police as the victim of a deadly Saturday night shooting. Police said 28-year-old Kenneth Barksdale Jr. was shot in the 1200 block of 44th Street at around 8 p.m. When officers arrived, they found Barksdale with gunshot wounds. First responders took