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15-year-old boy fatally shot in Alexandria 10/31/2023 11:26am • A 15-year-old boy is dead after being shot in Alexandria, Virginia, on Saturday night. Alexandria police said officers responded to the 300 block of South Whiting Street shortly before midnight for a report of a possible shooting. Inside a residence at the scene, they found the teen who had be Tunisia's Islamist party leader is sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting terrorism 10/31/2023 11:17am • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The leader of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party was sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting terrorism and inciting hatred in the North African country, once seen as a model for democracy in the Arab world but increasingly authoritarian in recent years. The Court of Finland convicts 3 far-right men for plotting racially motivated attacks using 3D printed weapons 10/31/2023 11:10am • HELSINKI (AP) — Three Finnish men who embraced neo-Nazi ideology were found guilty Tuesday of committing crimes with terrorist intent including plotting attacks against migrants, critical infrastructure, and their perceived political opponents. The Paijat-Hame District Court sentenced the main sus Remains of a person missing since devastating floods in 2021 have been found in Germany 10/31/2023 10:43am • BERLIN (AP) — Remains of a person missing since devastating summer floods in western Germany more than two years ago were found near the mouth of the small Ahr river, police said Tuesday. People collecting garbage in an area where the Ahr flows into the Rhine in the town of Sinzig found several bo Two Missouri men accused of assaulting officers during riot at the U.S. Capitol charged 10/31/2023 10:39am • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two Missouri men accused of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot, including pushing bike racks that were being used as barricades into a police line, have been charged. Jared Luther Owens, 41, of Farmington, and Jason William Wallis, 49, of St. Clair, were charg Autoworkers are the latest to spotlight the power of US labor. What is the state of unions today? 10/31/2023 10:29am • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. labor unions are once again flexing their muscles in the national spotlight. The United Auto Workers' tentative agreements with Detroit's Big Three automakers could end the union's six-week strike. Gridlock persists in Hollywood between actors and major studios, while hospital Cutting-edge AI raises fears about risks to humanity. Are tech and political leaders doing enough? 10/31/2023 09:58am • LONDON (AP) — Chatbots like ChatGPT wowed the world with their ability to write speeches, plan vacations or hold a conversation as good as or arguably even better than humans do, thanks to cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems. Now, frontier AI has become the latest buzzword as concerns gro NHK television reports Japanese police have captured a gunman who holed up at a post office and rescued an employee 10/31/2023 09:40am • TOKYO (AP) — NHK television reports Japanese police have captured a gunman who holed up at a post office and rescued an employee. Maine mass shooter's family reached out to sheriff 5 months before rampage, sheriff's office says 10/31/2023 09:37am • LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Five months before the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history, the gunman’s family alerted the local sheriff that they were becoming concerned about his deteriorating mental health while he had access to firearms, authorities said Monday. After the alert, the Sagadoh 'This is a crisis': Montgomery Co. panel explores juvenile crime, possible actions 10/31/2023 08:05am • Bomb threats, carjackings, gun offenses. While juvenile crime on the whole in Maryland is below pre-pandemic levels, the numbers for particular offenses are "off the charts," according to Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy. Montgomery County Council members on the Public Safety Comm For parents who’ve been through shootings, raising kids requires grappling with fears 10/31/2023 08:01am • LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — By the time Hollan Holm pulls the family minivan into Chickasaw Park, the buzz rising from a crowd clustered around a large picnic shelter makes clear this afternoon’s story-sharing is already underway. In the thick heat just outside the pavilion, a youth football coa Two pastors worry for their congregants’ safety. Are more guns the answer or the problem? 10/31/2023 08:00am • NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Inside the columned church on the corner, the rich tones of the organ have wrapped congregants in their embrace. The time has come for the Rev. Jimmie Hardaway Jr. to preach the lessons embodied by the Prince of Peace. If only the world outside Trinity Baptist’s staine Indonesian police arrest 59 suspected militants over an alleged plot to disrupt 2024 elections 10/31/2023 06:54am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism police squad arrested at least 59 suspected militants in recent weeks in a nationwide crackdown as the country gears up for elections in 2024, police said Tuesday. The arrests were made in eight provinces since Oct. 2, including 27 sus A wildfire raging for a week in eastern Australia claims a life and razes more than 50 homes 10/31/2023 06:16am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A wildfire is suspected to have killed a man, destroyed more than 50 homes and razed 20,000 hectares (49,000 acres) of farm and scrubland in eastern Australia, authorities said on Tuesday. Firefighters have been battling the blaze that has scorched the Queensland state t Elite Kenyan police unit goes on trial in the killing of a prominent Pakistani journalist last year 10/31/2023 02:55am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An elite Kenyan police unit went on trial Tuesday on charges of wrongful death in the killing of an outspoken Pakistani journalist in Nairobi a year ago. The case was jointly filed by the journalist's widow and two Kenyan journalists' unions. Arshad Sharif was killed Oct. 23,