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2 French bulldogs stolen in DC region days apart. Is this a pattern for thieves? 11/30/2023 09:58pm • In the D.C. region and around the nation, there have been more and more stories of French bulldogs being stolen — in some cases, by force. In the past week, two French bulldogs were stolen in the D.C. area. A D.C. woman was reunited with her puppy Tuesday, days after the 6-month-old dog was sto Myanmar's military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes 11/30/2023 09:03pm • BANGKOK (AP) — A major offensive against Myanmar’s military-run government by an alliance of three militias of ethnic minorities in the northeast has been moving at lightning speed, inspiring resistance forces around the country to launch new attacks. With Myanmar’s military falling back on a Peruvian rainforest defender from embattled Kichwa tribe shot dead in river attack 11/30/2023 08:48pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Kichwa tribal leader has been shot to death in an area of the Peruvian rainforest that’s seen high tensions between Indigenous people and illegal loggers. Quinto Inuma Alvarado was attacked as he was returning from presenting at a workshop for women environmental leaders in t Peruvian rainforest defender from embattled Kichwa tribe shot dead in river attack 11/30/2023 08:40pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Kichwa tribal leader has been shot to death in an area of the Peruvian rainforest that’s seen high tensions between Indigenous people and illegal loggers. Quinto Inuma Alvarado was attacked as he was returning from presenting at a workshop for women environmental leaders in t City Council in Portland, Oregon, approves $2.6M for police body cameras 11/30/2023 08:35pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The City Council in Portland, Oregon, approved $2.6 million for permanent police body cameras in a unanimous vote, a crucial step toward the city no longer being among the last major U.S. police agencies without the technology. All of the city's roughly 800 uniformed officers DC Council member says her plan would improve 911 response 11/30/2023 07:20pm • D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau is introducing a bill that she says would improve 911 response in the District. Currently, when a D.C. resident calls 911 for help, they get asked if they need police, fire or help for a medical emergency. Under Nadeau's "Reliable and Effective 911 Dispatch A How to Have a Wedding in Your Home 11/30/2023 07:00pm • If you're planning a wedding and wondering where you're going to have it and how you'll pull it together in time, you may find yourself flirting with the idea of having it in your own home. After all, it's done on TV and in the movies all the time -- and it sure looks easy. It may also appear to mak Oregon State's Damien Martinez arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants 11/30/2023 06:55pm • CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State running back Damien Martinez was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants, a misdemeanor, Corvallis police said. Martinez was also accused of reckless driving and reckless endangerment, and he was cited for being a minor in possession Florida's GOP chairman is a subject in a rape investigation 11/30/2023 06:26pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The chairman of Florida's Republican Party is the subject of a rape investigation, though no charges have been filed and his lawyer said he will be exonerated. Still, the investigation into Christian Ziegler comes at a critical time for the Republican Party of Florida: Two Henry Kissinger’s complicated legacy draws admiration and scorn from across the globe 11/30/2023 06:26pm • TOKYO (AP) — The death of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger drew both admiration and scorn Thursday from political leaders around the world, highlighting the complicated legacy of Kissinger’s views about what it meant to serve America’s interests during the Cold War — and how th Unions in Wisconsin sue to reverse collective bargaining restrictions on teachers, others 11/30/2023 06:23pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Seven unions representing teachers and other public workers in Wisconsin filed a lawsuit Thursday attempting to end the state's near-total ban on collective bargaining for most public employees. The 2011 law, known as Act 10, has withstood numerous legal challenges over the pa Indiana man suspected in teen girl's disappearance charged with murder after remains found 11/30/2023 06:14pm • ARLINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A 59-year-old man suspected in the June disappearance of a 17-year-old neighbor has been charged with murder after human remains were found buried in a pit on his central Indiana property. Patrick Scott of Arlington appeared Thursday in Rush County Circuit Court for an initi Infrequent grand juries can mean long pretrial waits in jail in Mississippi, survey shows 11/30/2023 06:04pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Most people in Mississippi's county jails have been locked up at least three months without formal charges while waiting to go on trial. Some have longer wait times because two-thirds of the counties only convene grand juries two or three times a year, according to a survey r What to know about the Sikh independence movement following US accusation that activist was targeted 11/30/2023 05:35pm • NEW DELHI (AP) — The U.S. has charged an Indian national in what prosecutors allege was a failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist at the behest of an unnamed Indian government official. The charges announced Wednesday against an Indian national arrested in June in Europe come two months after Florida Supreme Court: Law enforcement isn't required to withhold victims' names 11/30/2023 05:34pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida law enforcement agencies began refusing to publicly release crime victims' names after voters passed a victims' rights constitutional amendment, but the state Supreme Court ruled on Thursday they weren't required to do so. Legally, the name of a crime victim doesn'