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Man dies a day after exchange of gunfire with St. Paul police officer 12/08/2023 05:38pm • A man who was shot in the head during an exchange of gunfire with a St. Paul police officer died early Friday, the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension announced. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner determined that Brandon Daleshaun Keys, 24, from the eastern suburb of Maplewood, died of the gunshot 3 Alabama officers fired in connection to fatal shooting of Black man at his home 12/08/2023 05:37pm • DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama city has fired three police officers connected to the fatal shooting of a Black man in front of his own home during a dispute with a tow truck driver. Decatur Mayor Tab Bowling announced the decision Thursday night after the conclusion of personnel hearings. The may Ex Black Panther who maintained innocence in bombing that killed an officer dies in Nebraska prison 12/08/2023 05:23pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The second of two former Black Panthers who always maintained their innocence in the 1970 bombing death of a white Omaha police officer has died in prison. A spokesman for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services said Friday that Ed Poindexter had died a day earlier at t Boaters plead guilty in riverfront brawl; charge dismissed against riverboat co-captain 12/08/2023 05:08pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two white boaters on Friday pleaded guilty to harassment charges in connection with an Alabama riverfront braw l that drew national attention. The two men pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge as part of a plea deal, according to court records. The August riverfront mel Russia puts prominent Russian-US journalist Masha Gessen on wanted list for criminal charges 12/08/2023 03:37pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian police have put prominent Russian-American journalist and author Masha Gessen on a wanted list after opening a criminal case against them on charges of spreading false information about the Russian army. It is the latest step in an unrelenting crackdown against dis LGBTQ+ activists in Minnesota want prosecutors to treat the killing of a trans woman as a hate crime 12/08/2023 03:34pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — LGBTQ+ activists in Minnesota want prosecutors to treat the killing of a trans woman in Minneapolis as a hate crime, and they want lawmakers to strengthen legal safeguards to protect a community that's disproportionately the target of violence. Savannah Ryan Williams, 38, was sh Woman charged with attempted arson of Martin Luther King Jr. birthplace in Atlanta 12/08/2023 03:21pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police have arrested a woman who's accused of trying to burn down the birthplace of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta. Officers arrested the 26-year-old woman around 5:45 p.m. Thursday after responding to a report of vandalism in process at the two-story home in the 2 journalists are detained in Belarus as part of a crackdown on dissent 12/08/2023 02:57pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Two journalists were detained in Belarus on Friday, a Belarusian journalist association reported, the latest step in a crackdown against dissent in recent years. Chief editor of the Ranak television channel, Yulia Dauletava, and correspondent Lyudmila Andenka were detained Woman, dog struck and killed on Capital Beltway Outer Loop near Joint Base Andrews 12/08/2023 02:20pm • A woman and a dog were struck and killed early Friday morning in Camp Springs, Maryland. Maryland State Police said it happened around 3 a.m. on the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway near Allentown Road. The woman — 32-year-old Kerri Snead, of Virginia — was pronounced dead at the scene. The Jonathan Majors begged accuser to avoid hospital, warning of possible 'investigation,' messages show 12/08/2023 02:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The actor Jonathan Majors begged his former girlfriend not to seek medical attention after an incident that left her with a head injury last year, warning she had “no perspective of what could happen" if the truth got out, according to previously undisclosed text messages read at Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 12/08/2023 01:24pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Local New Hampshire newspaper publisher found guilty of political advertisement omissions 12/08/2023 12:50pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge has found the New Hampshire publisher of a weekly community newspaper guilty of five misdemeanor charges that she ran advertisements for local races without properly marking them as political advertising. The judge acquitted Debra Paul, publisher of the Londonderry Ti 1 member of family slain in suburban Chicago was in relationship with shooting suspect, police say 12/08/2023 11:50am • ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The suspect in the September shooting deaths of a suburban Chicago family was in a relationship with one of the four people slain and his girlfriend allegedly helped plan the killings, police investigators said. Alberto Rolon, Zoraida Bartolomei, and their two sons, ages 7 Man freed after 11 years in prison sues St. Louis and detectives who worked his case 12/08/2023 11:41am • ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man who spent 11 years behind bars for a killing before his conviction was overturned is suing the city and detectives who worked on his case, claiming the conviction for a crime he didn't commit violated his constitutional rights. Lamont D. Cambell's lawsuit claims th Police in Dominica probe the killing of a Canadian couple who owned eco-resort 12/08/2023 11:39am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in Dominica are investigating the killings of a wealthy Canadian businessman and his partner who owned an eco-resort in the eastern Caribbean island. Two men have been arrested and charged in the slaying of Daniel Langlois and Dominique Marchand, officials