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Inside the landfill of fast-fashion: 'These clothes don't even come from here' 12/16/2023 09:48am • ▶ Watch Video: Here's where some fast-fashion clothes end up after being thrown away This holiday shopping season, environmental groups are asking shoppers to reconsider buying cheaper fast-fashion items that may only get a few uses. These items often end up discarded quickly, harming China defends bounties offered for Hong Kong dissidents abroad 12/15/2023 11:13pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� China on Friday defended controversial bounties offered for the capture of Hong Kong dissidents who have fled abroad that have been heavily criticized by foreign governments and human rights groups. Rewards of 1 million Hong Kong dollars ($128,000) have been offered for information Dad who said 'If I can���t have them neither can you' pleads guilty to killing 3 kids 12/15/2023 08:29pm • WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) ��� A suburban Chicago man who told his estranged wife ���If I can���t have them neither can you��� pleaded guilty but mentally ill Friday to three counts of first-degree murder for killing their three young children, a prosecutor said. Jason Karels, 36, of Round Lake Beach will Body of sergeant killed when US Air Force Osprey crashed off the coast of Japan is returning home 12/15/2023 08:20pm • PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) ��� The remains of a U.S. Air Force staff sergeant from Massachusetts who was one of eight service members lost when a CV-22 Osprey crashed off the coast of Japan are being returned home. The body of Jacob ���Jake��� Galliher, 24, was expected to arrive at the Westover Air For A review defends police action before the Maine mass shooting. Legal experts say questions persist 12/15/2023 07:42pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� An independent report conducted for a police agency clears the agency's response to growing concerns about the mental health of a man who later went on to commit the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history, but it does reveal missed opportunities to intervene to prevent the With holiday season underway, DC police are reminding people to drive sober or get pulled over 12/15/2023 07:00pm • With Christmas and New Year's approaching, D.C. police are sending out a message in the name of safety: drive sober or get pulled over. The department said it's working with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to put a strong emphasis on stopping distracted and drunken driving. Israeli military opens probe after videos show Israeli forces killing 2 Palestinians at close range 12/15/2023 06:43pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel on Friday said it was opening a military police investigation into the killing of two Palestinians in the West Bank after an Israeli human rights group posted videos that appeared to show Israeli troops killing the men ��� one who was incapacitated and the second unarmed �� Man sentenced to up to life in prison for shooting deaths of retired couple on hiking trail 12/15/2023 06:25pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� A 27-year-old man who was living in a tent in the woods in New Hampshire was sentenced Friday to up to life in prison in the fatal shooting deaths of a retired couple who had gone out for a walk. He asserted his innocence in court. Superior Court Judge John Kissinger Jr. call Mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher in Virginia gets 2 years in prison for child neglect 12/15/2023 06:12pm • NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) ��� The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in a Virginia classroom was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for felony child neglect by a judge who chastised her for abdicating her responsibilities as a parent. Deja Taylor's sentence was much harsher than the m Chile arrests 55 people in a $275 million tax fraud case that officials call the country's biggest 12/15/2023 04:54pm • SANTIAGO (AP) ��� Chile's police on Friday arrested at least 55 people in a fiscal fraud case that could be one of the biggest in the country's history, amounting to about $275 million and implicating small and mid-sized companies in different parts of the country. Marcelo Freyhoffer, a high officer Mid Atlantic Daybook 12/15/2023 04:32pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Friday, Dec. 15. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 an Albania returns 20 stolen icons to neighboring North Macedonia 12/15/2023 04:06pm • TIRANA, Albania (AP) ��� Albania on Friday returned 20 icons to neighboring North Macedonia that were stolen a decade ago, Albania's Culture Ministry said. The return marked the final stretch on a long, 10-year road with "much inter-institutional and international cooperation,��� said Albania's Cul Lawsuit claims DC police department harbors culture of sexual harassment and sexism 12/15/2023 04:06pm • A suit against the District of Columbia filed by three Metropolitan Police Department employees Monday alleges the police force has fostered a culture that tolerates sexual harassment and gender discrimination, including retaliation for reporting such behavior. The three plaintiffs, all Black wom Village council member in Ukraine sets off hand grenades during a meeting and injures 26 12/15/2023 03:16pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� A village council member in western Ukraine detonated three hand grenades during a meeting Friday, critically injuring himself and at least two dozen other people, authorities said. A video posted on social media showed a man entering a room where the village council of Kerets 'Militia enthusiast' gets over 4 years in prison for attacking police with baton during Jan. 6 riot 12/15/2023 03:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A Michigan man described by prosecutors as a self-professed militia leader was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison for attacking law enforcement officers with a stolen police baton during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Matthew Thomas Krol, 65, of Li