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Jury awards $8.3 million to foster teen's family after his death at juvenile intake center 02/05/2026 03:08pm • Jurors have awarded $8.3 million to the family of a Kansas foster teen who died in 2021 after he was held facedown for 39 minutes in a juvenile intake center while in the throes of a mental health crisis. Five juvenile officers in Sedgwick County either used excessive force on Cedric ���C.J.��� Lof Tennessee appeals court says school shooter's writings can be made public 02/05/2026 02:34pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� The writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville can be made available to the public, the Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday. The ruling is part of a yearslong dispute over public reco 'Dean' of DC crime beat on importance of local coverage: 'People want to know what's going on in their community' 02/05/2026 02:18pm • For 27 years, Tom Jackman of the Washington Post broke crime and courts stories ranging from the 2002 D.C. Sniper case to the 2007 Virginia Tech mass shooting to the 2017 shooting of unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar. With Wednesday's announcement that the Post laid off one-third of its staff, incl Nigeria sets up new military operation after deadly attack, while abducted Christians return home 02/05/2026 01:19pm • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) ��� The Nigerian government has announced a military operation to tackle Islamic militants following the killing of scores of people, likely all Muslims. Meanwhile, about 180 Christians who were abducted elsewhere last month have been released. Local officials said 162 people wer Explosion in illegal coal mine kills at least 18 workers in India's Meghalaya state 02/05/2026 01:01pm • GUWAHATI, India (AP) ��� An explosion ripped through an illegal coal mine in India���s northeastern state of Meghalaya on Thursday, killing at least 18 workers and injuring another, authorities said. Police officer Vikash Kumar said rescue teams recovered 18 bodies from the site of the explosion in Top NHL prospect and Penn State freshman Gavin McKenna charged with felony assault 02/05/2026 12:02pm • STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) ��� Penn State hockey star Gavin McKenna, a freshman center and the presumptive top pick in this summer's NHL draft, has been charged with felony assault for allegedly breaking a man's jaw and knocking out a tooth in an altercation last weekend. McKenna twice punched the 21-y A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the government���s files public 02/05/2026 11:53am • For much of two decades, police, FBI agents and prosecutors investigated allegations that Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused underage girls. Now, the Justice Department has released much of what they found to the public. The millions of documents comprise the most detailed look yet at the inner working Slotkin rejects Justice Department request for interview on Democrats' video about 'illegal orders' 02/05/2026 09:35am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan is refusing to voluntarily comply with a Justice Department investigation into a video she organized urging U.S. military members to resist ���illegal orders��� ��� escalating a dispute that President Donald Trump has publicly pushed. In Gov. Spanberger ends ICE agreement involving Virginia State Police and corrections officers 02/05/2026 06:20am • Gov. Abigail Spanberger has formally ended an agreement with the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement that had allowed Virginia State Police troopers and Virginia Department of Corrections officers to assist ICE. The agreement ��� which stems from Gov. Glenn Youngkin���s administration ����� Savannah Guthrie posts message to her mother's kidnapper asking to provide proof she is alive 02/04/2026 11:51pm • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ��� NBC ���Today��� show host Savannah Guthrie sent a public message to her 84-year-old mother���s kidnapper on Wednesday saying that her family is ready to talk but wants proof that she is alive. Guthrie said in a recorded video posted on social media that her family has heard Bangladesh's Hindu minority in fear as attacks rise and a national election nears 02/04/2026 11:00pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� Dipu Chandra Das, a 27-year-old Hindu garment worker, was accused in December by several Muslim colleagues of making derogatory remarks about the Prophet Muhammad. The accusations drew a violent mob to his workplace. He was beaten to death, his body hung from a tree and se Several Toronto officers arrested as police plan to discuss results of corruption investigation 02/04/2026 10:49pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Several Toronto police officers have been arrested and a neighboring police force said it will announce details of an investigation into organized crime and corruption on Thursday. Clayton Campbell, president of Toronto's police union, said Wednesday he is aware of ���several of it 'Dangerous and deadly': First responders urge people to stay off the ice 02/04/2026 09:45pm • Whether it's a backyard pond, an area lake or the Potomac River, first responders are urging the public to stay off the ice. Pete Piringer, spokesperson for Montgomery County's Fire and Rescue Service, told WTOP, "Any kind of natural ice is problematic ��� it might be thick in one area and thin i Epstein files rife with uncensored nudes and victims' names, despite redaction efforts 02/04/2026 09:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Nude photos. The names and faces of sexual abuse victims. Bank account and Social Security numbers in full view. All of these things appeared in the mountain of documents released Friday by the U.S. Justice Department as part of its effort to comply with a law requiring it to open A timeline of how the protests in Iran unfolded and the crackdown that followed 02/04/2026 08:56pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Demonstrations broke out in Iran on Dec. 28 and spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over the Islamic Republic's faltering economy and the collapse of its currency. While the initial focus had been on issues like spikes in the prices o