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The body of a man who was missing after fishing boat sank off Connecticut is recovered 10/24/2023 09:44am • WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) ��� The body of one of two boaters who went missing in the Long Island Sound off Connecticut has been recovered, authorities said. The remains of Juan Gabriel Valle Pineda were recovered at 4:30 p.m. Monday by Bridgeport Fire Department staffers, Westport Police Lt. Eric Woods s Cyprus police say they have dismantled the third people smuggling ring in as many months 10/24/2023 07:53am • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� Police in Cyprus said Tuesday they had arrested 10 Syrian men in an operation that has dismantled the third people smuggling ring bringing migrants to the east Mediterranean island nation in as many months. The arrests come as Cypriot authorities say ���several hundred��� Sy Man fires gun near pro-Palestinian rally outside Chicago, another pepper-sprays crowd, police say 10/24/2023 07:29am • Two people were arrested after police say one man fired a shot into the air and another pepper-sprayed pro-Palestinian demonstrators near an Israel solidarity event in Chicago���s northern suburbs. The episode took place Sunday evening around a banquet hall in Skokie, where about 1,000 people had ga Triple shooting in Montgomery Co. leaves 1 dead, 2 injured 10/24/2023 07:05am • One person is dead and another person is in police custody following a triple shooting late Monday night near an elementary school in Fairland, Maryland. Montgomery County police said officers, along with Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service personnel, responded just before 11 p.m. to the 14 Get ready for the 17th Street High Heel Race with 'Queer Eye' star Karamo, street closures 10/24/2023 06:33am • Hear our full chat on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.��� You've seen him heal minds, bodies and souls as the mental-health makeover expert on the Netflix reality series "Queer Eye." On Tuesday, Karamo Brown will participate in the 36th annual 17th Street High Heel Race, wh A court in Kenya has extended orders barring the deployment of police to Haiti for 2 more weeks 10/24/2023 05:40am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� A court in Kenya has extended orders blocking the deployment of Kenyan police to Haiti to lead a U.N Security Council-approved mission to combat gang violence in the Caribbean nation. The High Court on Tuesday said that it would rule on the case on Nov. 9. Former presidential Inquiry into New Zealand's worst mass shooting will examine response times of police and medics 10/24/2023 04:27am • CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) ��� An inquiry that began Tuesday into New Zealand���s worst mass shooting will examine ��� among other issues ��� the response times of police and medics and whether any of the 51 people who were killed could have been saved. The coroner-led inquiry comes more than fo DC woman's dog, who survived the car crash that killed her mom, stolen at gunpoint 10/24/2023 03:43am • A D.C. woman whose dog was stolen at gunpoint last weekend said an area animal shelter has agreed to pick up her dog ��� a 14-year-old West Highland Terrier named Max, who suffers from health issues ��� if the thieves find it in their hearts to surrender him. Zaleena Ahmed of Northeast D.C. said Spanish police say they have confiscated ancient gold jewelry worth millions taken from Ukraine 10/24/2023 03:00am • MADRID (AP) ��� Spanish police said Monday they have confiscated 11 pieces of ancient gold jewelry that were taken out of Ukraine illegally in 2016. A police statement said five people who were attempting to sell the pieces in Spain have been arrested in recent weeks. Those arrested included two Ukr 'Superfog' near New Orleans blamed for highway crashes that killed at least 7 10/24/2023 01:08am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� At least seven people were killed Monday after a ���superfog��� of smoke from marsh fires and dense morning fog caused a series of wrecks on Interstate 55 near New Orleans that left a long stretch of mangled and scorched cars, trucks and tractor-trailers. An estimated 158 veh Today in History: October 24, the United Nations is officially born 10/24/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Tuesday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2023. There are 68 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On Oct. 24, 1945, the United Nations officially came into existence as its charter took effect. On this date: In 1537, Jane Seymour, the third wife of England���s Ki China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact 10/23/2023 11:58pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Zhang Hongliang, a former restaurant manager in central China, took various gigs in and outside China to support his family after losing his job during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, a job offer to teach Chinese cooking at a restaurant led him into a cyber scam compound in Myanmar Day of bloodshed in southwest Mexico kills at least 19 people, including police and officials 10/23/2023 11:07pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� A local security secretary and 12 police officers were shot dead in Guerrero state Monday, authorities said, the worst episode in a day of violence across southwestern Mexico that killed at least 19 people. Another person was slain in the Guerrero state capital and five people, Protesters march in Panama against the contract extension for a huge copper mine 10/23/2023 10:52pm • PANAMA CITY (AP) ��� Protesters blocked streets across Panama on Monday, demanding the government rescind a contract to continue copper mining in a biodiverse region. Teaching and construction unions led calls against the contract with environmentalists, saying continued development threatens forest Live updates | Israeli warplanes strike targets as US seeks more time to free hostages 10/23/2023 09:29pm • Israeli warplanes are striking targets across Gaza as the U.S. advised Israel that a delay in its expected ground offensive in the besieged Hamas-ruled territory would allow more time to negotiate the release of hostages. Fears of a widening war have grown as Israel struck targets in the occupied We