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Police in Greece allege that rap singer blew up and robbed cash machines to pay for music videos 12/05/2023 04:10am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) �� Police in Greece have arrested a rap artist accused of using explosives to rob cash machines and finance his music videos, authorities said Monday. The 28-year-old Greek singer, who was not named, was arrested over the weekend with two other suspects aged 26 and 27 after poli

Papua New Guinea's prime minister says he will sign a security pact with Australia 12/05/2023 03:29am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) �� Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said Tuesday he will sign a bilateral security pact with Australia during a visit this week. Marape said the agreement to be signed with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese on Thursday will involve Australian police of

Tokyo Olympics sullied by bid-rigging, bribery trials more than 2 years after the Games closed 12/05/2023 01:48am • TOKYO (AP) �� The bid-rigging trial around the Tokyo Olympics played out Tuesday in a Japanese courtroom �� more than two years after the Games closed �� with advertising giant Dentsu and five other companies facing criminal charges. Seven individuals are also facing charges from Tokyo district

Bus crashes in western Thailand, killing 14 people and injuring more than 30 others 12/05/2023 12:56am • BANGKOK (AP) �� A bus crashed in western Thailand early Tuesday, killing 14 people and injuring more than 30 others, officials said. The accident occurred in Prachuap Khiri Khan province as the bus was traveling from the capital, Bangkok, to Songkhla province in the deep south. It was carrying 49 p

AP PHOTOS: Photographers in Asia capture the extraordinary, tragic and wonderful in 2023 12/05/2023 12:08am • TOKYO (AP) �� Individually, the photographs are the product of a moment, capturing glimpses of joy, grief, rage, hope, and resilience. As a whole, the work this year of Associated Press photojournalists in Asia forms a visual patchwork quilt, an extraordinary reflection of the varied panoply of hu

Handcuffed and sent to the ER �� for misbehavior: Schools are sending more kids to the hospital 12/05/2023 12:05am • SALISBURY, Md. (AP) �� Three times a week, on average, a police car pulls up to a school in Wicomico County on Maryland��s Eastern Shore. A student is brought out, handcuffed and placed inside for transport to a hospital emergency room for a psychiatric evaluation. Over the past eight years, th

Live updates | Israel��s military calls for more evacuations in southern Gaza as it widens offensive 12/04/2023 11:55pm • Israel's military called for more evacuations in southern Gaza as it widened its offensive aimed at eliminating the territory's Hamas rulers. The war has already killed thousands of Palestinians and displaced over three-fourths of Gaza's 2.3 million residents, who are running out of safe places to g

House explodes in Virginia as police try to execute search warrant for suspect setting off flare gun 12/04/2023 11:34pm • A house in Arlington, Virginia, exploded Monday night only minutes after police posted on social media about a suspect setting off a flare gun inside a home. Around 4:45 p.m., Arlington County police responded to the 800 block of North Burlington Street for reports of shots heard. In their initia

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow jumps bail and moves to Canada 12/04/2023 11:08pm • HONG KONG (AP) �� One of Hong Kong��s best-known pro-democracy activists who moved to Canada to pursue her studies said she would not return to the city to meet her bail conditions, becoming the latest politician to flee Hong Kong under Beijing's crackdown on dissidents. Agnes Chow, a famous young

There's no Breathalyzer for pot. Police in Maryland struggle with determining impairment 12/04/2023 10:37pm • Changes to Maryland's marijuana laws continue to raise questions �� and challenges �� for police trying to enforce laws against driving under the influence. During a meeting with members of the Montgomery County Council's Public Safety Committee, Montgomery County police officer Jayme Derbyshir

Rescuer raises hope of survivors at a Zambian mine where more than 30 have been buried for days 12/04/2023 09:41pm • LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) �� A member of a rescue team raised hope Monday that there may be survivors at a Zambian mine where more than 30 informal miners have been trapped under debris for days and presumed dead after heavy rain caused landslides. Rescuers have been searching for the miners since early

Governor rebukes Philadelphia protesters for chanting outside Israeli restaurant 12/04/2023 09:29pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) �� Protesters marching in Philadelphia against the bombardment of Gaza chanted about genocide Sunday outside an Israeli-style restaurant, leading Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro to call the demonstration ��antisemitic.�� In Philadelphia��s Center City and University City neighb

1 of 3 Washington officers charged in death of Black man Manuel Ellis testifies in his own defense 12/04/2023 08:55pm • TACOMA, Wash. (AP) �� One of the three police officers charged with killing Manuel Ellis, a Black man whose death in 2020 as he pleaded for air became a touchstone for racial justice protesters in the Pacific Northwest, took the witness stand in his own defense Monday, saying he lamented Ellis' pas

Man charged in killings of 3 homeless people and a suburban LA resident, prosecutors say 12/04/2023 08:37pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) �� Prosecutors charged a man Monday with four counts of murder in the fatal shootings of three homeless men in Los Angeles and a suburban resident last month. Jerrid Joseph Powell was also charged with one count of residential robbery and one count of being a felon with a firearm,

Tennessee DE James Pearce arrested after traffic stop, according to published report 12/04/2023 07:14pm • KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) �� Tennessee defensive end James Pearce was arrested on traffic charges after a stop on Monday, according to a published report. Knoxville police wrote in a report obtained by the Knoxville News Sentinel that police clocked the All-SEC first-team selection driving a 2021 Jeep