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DC area experiencing increase in retail theft. For small stores, it���s not just business ��� it���s personal 12/07/2023 04:31am • Joanne Wunderly got a dreaded call one morning two years ago that there had been a break-in at her Manassas, Virginia, store and the burglar made off with the cash register. Not only was the register gone, so was the cash box, the week's deposit, and some jewelry that she sells in her store The T Australia pushes against China's Pacific influence through a security pact with Papua New Guinea 12/07/2023 01:28am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) ��� The Australian government signed a security pact with its nearest neighbor Papua New Guinea on Thursday that strengthens Australia���s place as the preferred security partner in a region where China���s influence is growing. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Papuan A nurse's fatal last visit to patient's home renews calls for better safety measures 12/07/2023 12:32am • WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (AP) ��� The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was a nightmare come true for an industry gripped by the fear of violence. Already stressed out by staffing shortages and mounting caseloads, heath care workers are increasingly worrying about the possibili Endrick's Palmeiras wins Brazilian league title. Santos relegated for the 1st time 12/06/2023 11:11pm • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� One of the most exciting seasons of the Brazilian league ended Wednesday with the most stable team of the year defending its title and the club that was home to the late Pel�� relegated for the first time. Palmeiras drew 1-1 at Cruzeiro to be crowned Brazilian champion for the 12 Las Vegas shooting suspect was a professor who recently applied for a job at UNLV, AP source says 12/06/2023 10:44pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� The man suspected of fatally shooting three people and wounding another at a Las Vegas university Wednesday was a professor who unsuccessfully sought a job at the school, a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press. The gunman wa Live updates | Fighting in southern Gaza city as Israel widens its offensive 12/06/2023 09:56pm • The center of Gaza's second-largest city has seen fighting amid Israel���s widening air and ground offensive in the southern part of the territory that has displaced tens of thousands more Palestinians and worsened dire humanitarian conditions. Distribution of food, water and medicine have been prev Indonesia ends search for victims of eruption at Mount Marapi volcano that killed 23 climbers 12/06/2023 09:48pm • BATU PALANO, Indonesia (AP) ��� The search has ended for any more victims among climbers who were caught by a weekend eruption of Indonesia���s Mount Marapi volcano that killed 23 people and injured several others, officials said Thursday. About 75 climbers started up the nearly 2,900-meter (9,480-f 2 bodies found in creeks as atmospheric river drops record-breaking rain in Pacific Northwest 12/06/2023 08:11pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� Authorities rescued people from raging rivers and roads submerged by high waters in the Pacific Northwest and continued to investigate the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in Oregon creeks this week as an atmospheric river brought heavy rain, flooding and unseason Paramedics told investigators that Elijah McClain had 'excited delirium,' a disputed condition 12/06/2023 08:08pm • BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) ��� Two paramedics on trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain told investigators in videotaped interviews previously unseen by the public that the 23-year-old Black man had " excited delirium,��� a disputed condition some say is unscientific and rooted in racism. McClain die Massachusetts man drives into utility workers and officer, steals cruiser, then flees, police say 12/06/2023 07:58pm • WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) ��� A driver in a suburb of Boston crashed into at least two individuals and a police officer before stealing a police car, fleeing the scene and then crashing the cruiser, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. Police said they arrested the suspect after a foot pursuit. They Jury acquits officer in Maryland county's first police murder charge in shooting handcuffed man 12/06/2023 07:33pm • UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) ��� A Maryland police officer was acquitted by a jury of murder and other charges Wednesday from the fatal shooting a handcuffed man. The jury acquitted Michael Owen Jr. of all four charges, including second-degree murder, first-degree assault, voluntary manslaughter and mis Jonathan Majors' ex describes 'substantial' pain caused by actor as defense questions her drinking 12/06/2023 07:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Jonathan Majors��� former girlfriend testified Wednesday about the ���substantial��� pain she suffered after he allegedly assaulted her in the backseat of a cab this spring, as photos of the woman���s injuries were shared with a Manhattan jury for the first time. In her second day Sheriff: Texas man killed parents, 4 others in trail of violence from San Antonio to Austin 12/06/2023 06:56pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� A Texas man killed his parents and four others and wounded two police officers in a daylong trail of violence stretching from San Antonio to Austin, authorities said Wednesday. Shane James, 34, of San Antonio, was charged with two counts of capital murder after separate attack Ex-Nashville mayor to run for GOP-held US House seat, seeking a political return years after scandal 12/06/2023 06:54pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry on Wednesday announced a Democratic run for the U.S. House seat held by Republican Rep. Mark Green, seeking a political comeback more than five years after the fallout from an extramarital affair cut her tenure short. In an announcement vi Prince George's Co. police officer found not guilty of murder in 2020 shooting 12/06/2023 06:52pm • A jury has found Prince George's County police Cpl. Michael Owen not guilty of murder in the deadly shooting of a D.C. man in 2020. Owen was the first officer the county ever charged with murder in the line of duty, after he shot and killed 43-year-old William Green while the Southeast D.C. resid