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European cities see vigils to oppose antisemitism and rallies seeking relief for Gaza 10/22/2023 03:32pm • LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people joined vigils in Berlin and London on Sunday to oppose antisemitism and support Israel, while in Paris and other cities, thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators demanded a cease-fire and relief for people in the besieged Gaza Strip. Some of those who gathered i Iran sentences 2 journalists for allegedly collaborating with US. Both covered Mahsa Amini's death 10/22/2023 03:30pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in Iran sentenced two journalists to up to seven years in prison for collaborating with the U.S. government and other charges, local reports said Sunday. Both women have been imprisoned for over a year following their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini Charlottesville City Council suspends virtual public comments after racist remarks at meeting 10/22/2023 03:08pm • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Charlottesville City Council has suspended virtual public comments during public meetings after anonymous callers Zoomed into a council meeting and made racist remarks. The Daily Progress reports that the decision came after an Oct. 2 council meeting was interrupted A police dog attacked a Black trucker on his knees. An Ohio city is dealing with the aftermath 10/22/2023 03:02pm • CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — As Jadarrius Rose drove his 18-wheeler through rural Ohio, a simple missing mudflap caught the highway patrol’s eye. The trip ended with a police dog’s powerful jaws clamping down on Rose even as he tried to surrender. As he stood with his hands up beside the highway Aston Villa hammers West Ham 4-1 in Premier League to maintain 100% home record 10/22/2023 01:40pm • BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Aston Villa's incredible home form could provide a platform for a run at the Champions League spots in the Premier League this season. A 4-1 hammering of West Ham on Sunday made it four straight wins — and 17 goals in the process — for Unai Emery's team in its four m Police release photo of suspect who stabbed a man on Metro bus in Georgetown 10/22/2023 11:53am • A man was rushed to a hospital after being stabbed on a Metrobus Saturday night. At about 5:45 p.m., Metro Transit Police said officers responded to a bus on 34th Street and Wisconsin Avenue NW in the Glover Park neighborhood of D.C., where they found a man suffering from multiple stab wounds. Palestinian death toll in West Bank surges as Israel pursues militants following Hamas rampage 10/22/2023 10:47am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Deadly violence has been surging in the West Bank as the Israeli military pursues Palestinian militants in the aftermath of the Hamas attack from Gaza, with more than 90 Palestinians killed in the Israeli-occupied territory in the past two weeks, mainly in clashes with Israeli tro German leaders voice outrage and thousands rally in Berlin in reaction to rising antisemitism 10/22/2023 10:28am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany's chancellor and president strongly denounced a rise in antisemitism in Germany in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war in separate appearances Sunday that stressed the same idea that it is unacceptable for such hatred to flourish in the nation that perpetrated the Holocaust. In UK records a fourth death linked to a storm that battered northern Europe 10/22/2023 07:12am • LONDON (AP) — Police said Sunday that a fourth person has died in Britain during a storm that pounded the U.K. and northern Europe with gale-force winds and torrential rain. Derbyshire Police said a woman in her 80s was found dead at a home in Chesterfield, central England. Her death was being lin Victim in deadly Prince George's Co. shooting identified 10/22/2023 05:07am • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, have identified the victim shot dead near the Bladensburg neighborhood of unincorporated Hyattsville. Kevin Jason Paul, 44, of Silver Spring, was found dead in a parking lot along the 3400 block of 52nd Avenue on Thursday just after 10 p.m. Police sa 77-year-old Fort Washington man killed in pedestrian crash identified 10/22/2023 04:46am • Prince George's County, Maryland, police have identified the Fort Washington man who died in a crash Thursday morning. Foday Salim, 77, was struck while in the 6800 block of Bock Road at around 7 a.m., according to a news release. A preliminary investigation showed that a southbound sedan stru New Netflix thriller tackling theme of justice in Nigeria is a global hit and a boon for Nollywood 10/22/2023 03:09am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian action thriller that tells a gripping story of corruption and police brutality in Africa’s most populous country has reached record viewership numbers on Netflix charts globally. It's a reminder of the power and potential of Nigeria's rapidly growing film industr Today in History: October 22, JFK reveals Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba 10/22/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, Oct. 22, the 295th day of 2023. There are 70 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 22, 1962, in a nationally broadcast address, President John F. Kennedy revealed the presence of Soviet-built missile bases under construction in Cuba and a Antisemitic graffiti found in American University student dorm 10/21/2023 11:59pm • Antisemitic graffiti was found in a student dorm at American University in Northwest D.C. Thursday night. The school said it is investigating the graffiti that took place in Letts Hall. Officials said a Nazi slogan and swastikas were painted on two dorm rooms in which Jewish students reside and i Hurricane Norma makes landfall near Mexico's Los Cabos and Tammy hits tiny Barbuda in the Caribbean 10/21/2023 11:56pm • CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Norma came ashore near the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon, and hours later Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the Caribbean island of Barbuda. Both storms were Category 1 hurricanes when t