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Kosovo asks for more NATO-led peacekeepers along the border with Serbia 10/18/2023 10:29am • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) �� Kosovo's prime minister on Wednesday asked NATO-led peacekeepers to increase their presence on the northern border with Serbia, saying the area was the entry point for illegal weapons and threats to stability. ��Such an increased presence should be focused in guarding the

Police search for man who sexually assaulted woman on Maryland trail 10/18/2023 10:06am • The Maryland-National Capital Park Police are asking for the public's help in finding a man who they say sexually assaulted a woman on the Sligo Creek Parkway in Silver Spring on Sunday. On Sunday, Oct. 15, around 4 p.m., a woman was walking near the intersection of Three Oaks Drive when an unkno

A Hong Kong protester shot by police in 2019 receives a 47-month jail term 10/18/2023 09:07am • HONG KONG (AP) �� A Hong Kong man who was shot by police during pro-democracy protests in 2019 was sentenced Wednesday to 47 months in prison on charges of rioting, assaulting a police officer and perverting the course of justice, in the latest court ruling that severely punished participants in th

The German chancellor condemns a firebomb attack on a Berlin synagogue and vows protection for Jews 10/18/2023 08:27am • BERLIN (AP) �� German Chancellor Olaf Scholz strongly condemned a firebomb assault on a synagogue in Berlin on Wednesday, saying, ��We will never accept when attacks are carried out against Jewish institutions.�� Assailants threw two Molotov cocktails early Wednesday at the synagogue in the cente

Greta Thunberg charged with public order offense in UK after arrest outside oil industry conference 10/18/2023 07:31am • LONDON (AP) �� Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with a public order offense after being arrested at a demonstration against an oil and gas industry conference in London. The Metropolitan Police force said Wednesday that the 20-year-old Swedish campaigner was one of 26 people charged

Republicans and Democrats agree that the Afghanistan war wasn't worth it, an AP-NORC poll shows 10/18/2023 07:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) �� At a time when Americans are deeply divided along party lines, a new poll shows considerable agreement on at least one issue: The United States' two-decade-long war in Afghanistan was not worth fighting. The poll from the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global C

Couple killed along with their local guide in an attack near a Ugandan national park were newlyweds 10/18/2023 06:47am • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) �� The two tourists killed, along with their tour guide, in an attack near a Ugandan national park were a newlywed couple, the country's president said in a statement Wednesday. The honeymooners �� a South African woman and a British man �� died when unknown assailants set ab

Montgomery Co. officer loses use of legs after being 'intentionally' struck on I-270, police chief says 10/18/2023 02:50am • A Montgomery County police officer has lost the use of his legs after the police chief says he was "intentionally" stuck by a teen driver who was reportedly trying to "provoke" officers into a chase on Interstate 270 early Wednesday morning. The driver, 19-year-old Raphael Mayorga, of Frederick,

Australian journalist says she was detained for 3 years in China for breaking an embargo 10/18/2023 01:11am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) �� Australian journalist Cheng Lei says she spent more than three years in detention in China for breaking an embargo with a television broadcast on a state-run TV network. Cheng��s first television interview since she was freed was broadcast in Australia on Tuesday almost

Guatemala Cabinet minister steps down after criticism for not acting forcefully against protesters 10/18/2023 12:09am • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) �� The sudden resignation of a Guatemalan Cabinet minister appears to signal a division within the administration of President Alejandro Giammattei over how to remove roadblocks by pro-democracy protesters that have stretched into a third week. Interior Minister Napole��n Barrie

Illinois boy killed in alleged hate crime remembered as kind, playful as suspect appears in court 10/18/2023 12:05am • BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) �� A 6-year-old Palestinian American boy who authorities allege was stabbed 26 times by his landlord in response to escalating right-wing rhetoric on the Israel-Hamas war was being remembered as a kind child, while multiple authorities investigate the attack that has become a

Fijian prime minister 'more comfortable dealing with traditional friends' like Australia than China 10/17/2023 11:20pm • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) �� Fiji's prime minister said Wednesday on a visit to Australia's capital that his government was ��more comfortable dealing with traditional friends�� such as Australia as China pursues closer security ties in the Asia-Pacific region. Sitiveni Rabuka and Australia's Anth

Well-known leader of a civilian 'self-defense' group has been slain in southern Mexico 10/17/2023 10:17pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) �� Bruno Pl��cido, a well-known leader of a civilian ��self-defense�� group, was shot to death Tuesday in southern Mexico, eliminating one of the last true chiefs of the country's armed vigiliante movements that sprang up a decade ago. Vigilante squads in other parts of southern

'We are dying': Neighbors look for crime solutions along the H Street corridor 10/17/2023 09:54pm • People who live along the H Street corridor in Northeast D.C. are looking for solutions as crime continues to worsen in their neighborhood. D.C. police Capt. Sherrelle Williams told several dozen people who gathered at the Atlas Performing Arts Center on Tuesday night that "we're all going to com

Ex-Oregon prison nurse convicted of sexually assaulting women in custody gets 30 years 10/17/2023 08:54pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) �� A former nurse convicted of sexually abusing women in custody at an Oregon prison has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. Tony Klein's sentence handed down Tuesday also includes five years of supervised release after prison, according to a statement from the U.S. A