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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 Indonesia suspects human trafficking is behind the increasing number of Rohingya refugees 12/08/2023 10:58am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesia's government blames a surge in human trafficking for the increasing number of Rohingya Muslims that have entered the country over the past few weeks, the Indonesian president said Friday. President Joko Widodo said in a televised news conference that he receive French police address fear factor ahead of the Olympic Games after a deadly attack near Eiffel Tower 12/08/2023 10:42am • PARIS (AP) ��� The bar was already high, but the security challenge ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games only grew with a knife attack last weekend that killed a tourist near the Eiffel Tower. Still, the assault at the hand of a suspected Islamic radical, a kind of invisible enemy, left law enforce Slovak president says she'll challenge new government's plan to close top prosecutors office 12/08/2023 10:32am • Slovakia���s president said Friday she would seek to block the new government���s plan to return the prosecution of major crimes from a national office to regional ones, using either a veto or a constitutional challenge. But the governing coalition could likely override any veto. The government of p NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 12/08/2023 10:01am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ The NCAA is not taking medals away from transgend Judge rules against Prince Harry in early stage of libel case against Daily Mail publisher 12/08/2023 09:35am • LONDON (AP) ��� Prince Harry lost a preliminary round Friday in his libel case against the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid over an article that said he tried to hide his efforts to retain publicly funded protection in the U.K. after walking away from his role as a working member of the royal fam Danish EU commissioner pulls out of the race for the top job at the European Investment Bank 12/08/2023 09:28am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� The European Union���s powerful antitrust chief has withdrawn as a candidate for the presidency of the European Investment Bank, the Danish government said Friday after EU finance ministers gave their support to someone else. Margrethe Vestager, who took unpaid leave in Not guilty: Mother of man killed in DC police chase acquitted of assaulting US marshal in court 12/08/2023 07:45am • The mother of Karon Hylton-Brown ��� the 20-year-old father who was killed in a 2020 crash while being chased by D.C. police ��� has been found not guilty of assaulting a U.S. marshal in a federal courtroom. Karen Hylton was in arrested in May 2023, immediately after two D.C. police officers were Greek soccer matches postponed after clashes leave police officer in critical condition 12/08/2023 07:42am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� This weekend's top-level soccer matches in Greece have been postponed following serious clashes involving sports fans that left a police officer in critical condition after he was hit by a flare. Greek league organizers said weekend matches would be rescheduled after it faile Key events in Vladimir Putin's more than two decades in power in Russia 12/08/2023 06:28am • Significant dates in Vladimir Putin���s 24 years in power in Russia: Dec. 31, 1999 ��� In a surprise address to the nation, President Boris Yeltsin announces his resignation and makes Putin, the prime minister he appointed four months earlier, the acting president. May 7, 2000 ��� After winning elec Nintendo cancels its Live 2024 Tokyo event after persistent threats to workers and customers 12/08/2023 06:04am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Nintendo canceled its upcoming video game showcase and postponed several other events because of persistent threats to the company, its workers and players. ���We decided we could not amply ensure the safety of our customers,��� Kyoto-based Nintendo Co. said in an online statement Thu Dutch police arrest a Syrian accused of sexual violence and other crimes in Syria's civil war 12/08/2023 05:42am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� A Syrian refugee was arrested Friday in the Netherlands on suspicion of crimes against humanity including sexual violence while he was allegedly head of an interrogation team in a militia aligned to the government of President Bashar Assad. The arrest of the 55-year-o Street closures for Sunday's Jingle All the Way race in DC 12/08/2023 05:00am • The Jingle All the Way 5K/15K race happens in the District Sunday. That means there will be road closures, per D.C. police and U.S. Park Police. These streets will be closed to vehicle traffic by D.C. police from around 6 a.m. to noon: 1200 block of Maine Avenue SW Maine Avenue from In