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Myanmar and China conduct naval drills together as fighting surges in border area 11/29/2023 02:38am • BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar and China are conducting naval drills together as the military government in the Southeast Asian nation loses ground in its northeast border region to a coalition of militias that also has strong ties to Beijing. State-run Myanma Alinn newspaper said Wednesday that three Ch A mom chose an off-the-grid school for safety from COVID. No one protected her kid from the teacher 11/29/2023 12:06am • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — When Raynesha Cummings enrolled her three teenagers in a private school, she hoped to keep them safe from COVID-19. It was small, with no frills — there was just one teacher and the school didn’t serve lunch — but it worked for her family, at least initially. Her son Today in History: November 29, Natalie Wood drowns at age 43 11/29/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, Nov. 29, the 333rd day of 2023. There are 32 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 29, 1981, film star Natalie Wood drowned at age 43 while boating off California's Santa Catalina Island with her her actor husband Robert Wagner and acto Panama's Supreme Court declares 20-year contract for Canadian copper mine unconstitutional 11/28/2023 11:05pm • PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that a 20-year concession for a Canadian copper mine that has been the focus of widespread environmental protests was unconstitutional and the president said later a process to close the mine would begin. Opponents of the Cobre Was the Vermont shooting of 3 men of Palestinian descent a hate crime? Under state law it might be 11/28/2023 09:49pm • BOSTON (AP) — As authorities in Vermont push forward with their investigation of the weekend shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent, they are weighing whether to treat the violence as a hate crime. The three young men were shot and seriously injured Saturday while walking near t Family of Los Angeles deputy killed in ambush shooting plans to sue county over forced overtime 11/28/2023 09:32pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The parents of a Los Angeles County deputy who was shot and killed while sitting in his patrol car plan to file a lawsuit accusing the sheriff's department and county leaders of putting law enforcement officers at risk by making them work excessive overtime because of severe und Judge: Montgomery Co. gun law pre-empted by state law 11/28/2023 08:58pm • A Montgomery County law placing limits on firearms oversteps state laws, according to a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge. Judge Ronald B. Rubin, in a decision issued Monday, said he will issue a permanent injunction blocking portions of the local law. "In summary, the comprehensive and in Novelist Tim Dorsey, who mixed comedy and murder in his Serge A. Storms stories, dies at 62 11/28/2023 08:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Dorsey, a former police and courts newspaper reporter who found lasting fame as the creator of the crime-comedy novel series starring Serge A. Storms, an energetic fan of Florida history and an ingenious serial killer, has died. He was 62. Dorsey, who published 26 novels, died British inquiry finds serious failings at hospitals where worker had sex with more than 100 corpses 11/28/2023 07:59pm • LONDON (AP) — A British government-ordered inquiry said Tuesday it found serious failings at hospitals where an electrician who was later convicted of murder had been able to have sex with more than 100 corpses over 15 years without being detected. David Fuller's necrophilia was uncovered in 2020 Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 27 years for financial fraud after victims angrily confront him in court 11/28/2023 07:02pm • For years, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh looked his anguished clients in the eyes and promised to help them with their medical bills, their suffering or simply to survive. Then he stole some, if not all, of what he won for many of them. Those clients got to look Murdaugh in the eye Tuesday a How a Fairfax Co. mom is using a deadly crash to remind kids how important seat belts are 11/28/2023 06:58pm • Christy Lucia was looking to make a donation to a family impacted by last week's deadly crash in a Fairfax County neighborhood when she realized a fundraising campaign hadn't yet been launched. So, she decided to help start a GoFundMe campaign herself. She knows many people because she's lived in As Dubai prepares for COP28, some world leaders signal they won't attend climate talks 11/28/2023 06:52pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai prepared Tuesday to host the COP28 climate talks as world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden and Pope Francis signaled they would not be attending the negotiations that come during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war roiling the wider Middle East. Workers Federal hate crime charges brought against South Carolina men accused of targeting Hispanic shoppers 11/28/2023 06:46pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two men in South Carolina have been indicted on federal hate crime charges in connection with robberies targeting Hispanic customers outside gas stations and a Mexican grocery store. Charles Antonio Clippard, 26, and Michael Joseph Knox, 28, are accused of forcibly taking cas Texas city approves $3.5 million for child who witnessed aunt's fatal shooting by officer 11/28/2023 06:29pm • FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas city on Tuesday approved a $3.5 million settlement for a child who witnessed his aunt being fatally shot through a window of her home by a police officer four years ago. The Fort Worth City Council approved the settlement for Zion Carr, who was 8 when Atatiana Jeff Activist who acknowledged helping flip police car during 2020 protest sentenced to 1 year in prison 11/28/2023 06:24pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A well-known west Philadelphia activist who acknowledged having helped overturn a police car during 2020 protests following the death of George Floyd has been sentenced to a year in prison. Anthony Smith was sentenced Tuesday following a guilty plea in June to a federal charge