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South Korean farmers rally near presidential office to protest proposed anti-dog meat legislation 11/30/2023 07:40am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of South Korean dog farmers scuffled with police during a rally near the presidential office on Thursday to protest a push by authorities to outlaw dog meat consumption. Earlier this month, government and ruling party officials agreed to introduce legislation by th Somali maritime police intensify patrols as fears grow of resurgence of piracy in the Gulf of Aden 11/30/2023 07:36am • BOSASO, Puntland (AP) — Somalia’s maritime police force on Thursday intensified patrols in the Gulf of Aden following a failed pirate hijacking of a ship earlier this week. The commander of the maritime force in the semiautonomous region of Puntland, Abdullahi Mohamed Ahmed, told The Associated Efforts underway to save bald eagle struck on BW Parkway 11/30/2023 05:44am • Hopes are high that a bald eagle will recover from its injuries after being rescued Monday along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. The injured eagle is in the hands of a veterinary surgeon after being rescued by a volunteer with the Owl Moon Raptor Center in Boyds, Maryland. "It was sitting on Suspected drug cartel members abduct 7 Mexican immigration agents at gunpoint in Cancun 11/30/2023 05:41am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Suspected drug cartel members abducted seven Mexican immigration agents in Cancun at gunpoint Wednesday, beat them and threatened to kill them before they were freed, authorities said. The brazen mass kidnapping occurred near Cancun’s bustling airport and illustrates the degre An Indian official plotted to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York, US prosecutors say 11/30/2023 01:28am • NEW YORK (AP) — An Indian government official directed a plot to assassinate a prominent Sikh separatist leader living in New York City, United States prosecutors said Wednesday as they announced charges against a man they said was part of the thwarted conspiracy. U.S. officials became aware in th Iconic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center illuminated in midst of pro-Palestinian protest 11/29/2023 11:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The iconic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center was lit by more than 50,000 multicolored lights Wednesday night as crowds massed in New York City for the holiday tradition. The massive tree — a 12 ton, 80-foot-tall Norway spruce from upstate New York — was illuminated in Rocke Colombian judge orders prison for 2 suspects in the kidnapping of parents of Liverpool soccer player 11/29/2023 09:57pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two suspects in the kidnapping of the parents of Liverpool soccer player Luis Díaz were ordered sent to prison by a judge, Colombia’s Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday, accusing one of the men of being the link to a person close to the family who provided information Louisiana's tough-on-crime governor-elect announces new leaders of state police, national guard 11/29/2023 08:30pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Throughout his election campaign, Republican Gov.-elect Jeff Landry promised to prioritize fighting crime in Louisiana, a state that in recent years has had one of the highest homicide rates in the country. On Wednesday, he took steps that he said would help fulfill that p 'Never, ever seen crime this bad': residents give passionate testimony on DC crime bill 11/29/2023 08:00pm • More than 80 people signed up to tell the D.C. Public Safety Committee their thoughts on Mayor Muriel Bowser's crime bill. While the focus was on the Addressing Crime Trends Now Act (ACT Now), witness after witness talked about the impact of the increase of crime in the District. "I have never Congress members, activists decry assaults against anti-China protesters during San Francisco summit 11/29/2023 07:39pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man protesting against China's ruling Communist Party at the recent Asia-Pacific economic summit in San Francisco shared details Wednesday of an attack by pro-China supporters, saying he was left unconscious and that police should take action against his assailants. Kaiyu Zh 16-year-old Shih Tzu reunited with owner after being stolen during carjacking in Prince George's Co. 11/29/2023 07:03pm • Yet another dog was stolen and then reunited with its owner in the D.C. area. This time, a 16-year-old Shih Tzu named Zoi was returned Tuesday after she was stolen from a gas station Monday in the 1400 block of Hampton Park Boulevard near Largo, Maryland, around 1:15 p.m. Zoi was inside a Man charged with shooting 3 Palestinian college students accused of harassing ex-girlfriend in 2019 11/29/2023 06:51pm • The man charged with shooting three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont last weekend was accused several years ago of harassing an ex-girlfriend in New York state, but no charges were ever filed, according to a police report. Jason J. Eaton's ex called police in Dewitt, New York, a t Thunder guard Josh Giddey being investigated by police on alleged relationship with underage girl 11/29/2023 06:30pm • The Newport Beach, California, Police Department said Wednesday that its detectives are conducting an investigation into an accusation that Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey had an improper relationship with an underage girl. In a since-deleted post, an anonymous social media user last week sa Officer and suspect killed in a shootout after a traffic stop in southwest Colorado 11/29/2023 06:22pm • CORTEZ, Colo. (AP) — A police officer and a suspect were killed in a shootout following a traffic stop in southwest Colorado on Wednesday, authorities said. Police say the officer, whose name has not been released, was shot after pulling over a vehicle shortly before noon in the rural town of Cort FBI agent carjacked in Washington, latest in string of high-profile carjackings 11/29/2023 06:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI agent was carjacked Wednesday in Washington, D.C., a theft that comes amid a sharp increase in the number of carjackings in the nation’s capital. Two people carried out the midafternoon armed carjacking, police said. The car was found about 30 minutes later about a mi