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AP Exclusive: 911 calls from deadly Lahaina wildfire reveal terror and panic in the rush to escape 10/13/2023 08:59pm • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) ��� Trapped in their cars, in homes or on the beach as flames, black smoke and embers swirled around them, people in the historic Maui town of Lahaina called 911, the one number that might send help or tell them what to do, where to go. A man sprayed water on his house as homes Suicide bombing at Shiite mosque during Friday prayers kills 7 worshippers in Afghanistan's north 10/13/2023 08:45pm • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ��� A suicide bomber blew himself up among worshippers attending Friday prayers at a Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan, killing at least seven people and wounding 15 others, a police spokesperson said. The attack happened in the city of Pol-e-Khomri, the capital of Baghla Mississippi sheriff aims to avoid liability from federal lawsuit over torture of Black men 10/13/2023 07:37pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� The Mississippi sheriff who leads the department where former deputies pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for the torture of two Black men has asked a federal court to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him. Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker Police officer killed in shooting after break-in at Philadelphia airport garage, authorities say 10/13/2023 07:33pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� A Philadelphia police officer was shot and killed and a second officer was wounded when they confronted people breaking into a car at Philadelphia International Airport, police said. Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford said veteran officers Richard Mendez and Raul Ortiz h As accusations fly over ballot stuffing in mayoral primary, Connecticut Democrat takes the 5th 10/13/2023 06:34pm • BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) ��� A local Democratic official in Connecticut's largest city invoked her 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination Friday rather than answer questions in court about allegations of illegal ballot box stuffing during a recent mayoral primary. Wanda Geter-Pataky, vice chai Police: Teens suspected of Tysons mall carjacking threw liquid candy on driver, told him it was 'acid' 10/13/2023 06:03pm • A 14-year-old Maryland boy has been arrested after police say he and another young person carjacked a man's BMW from Tysons Corner Center by threatening to throw "acid" on him that later turned out to be liquid sour candy. It happened shortly before 6:30 p.m. Thursday in a parking garage near the Ban on electronic skill games in Virginia reinstated by state Supreme Court 10/13/2023 06:00pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� A ban on electronic skill games in Virginia went back into effect Friday after the state Supreme Court vacated an injunction that allowed thousands of the betting machines to remain in gas stations, bars and convenience stores. The injunction was issued by a lower court in Arizona tribe is protesting the decision not to prosecute Border Patrol agents for fatal shooting 10/13/2023 05:31pm • SELLS, Ariz. (AP) ��� The Tohono O'odham Nation in southern Arizona on Friday blasted the decision by the U.S. Attorney's Office not to prosecute Border Patrol agents who shot and killed a member of the tribe after they were summoned by tribal police. Body camera footage released in June by U.S. Cu French authorities link a school stabbing that killed a teacher to Islamic extremism 10/13/2023 05:28pm • ARRAS, France (AP) ��� A man of Chechen origin who was under surveillance by French security services over suspected Islamic radicalization stabbed a teacher to death at his former high school and wounded three other people Friday in northern France, authorities said. France raised its threat alert Flight to Florida returns to Panama over a suspected bomb that turns out to be an adult diaper 10/13/2023 05:24pm • PANAMA CITY (AP) ��� Airport security at Panama City���s Tocumen International Airport on Friday searched a Copa airline flight bound for Tampa, Florida, for a suspected bomb, only to find an adult diaper. The plane had returned to the Panama City airport earlier Friday following reports of a possib 'I���m not a victim anymore': Va. domestic violence survivor celebrates justice, wants to help others 10/13/2023 05:22pm • It wasn't the first time that domestic violence was happening to Jessica, of Richmond, Virginia, but after a relationship that spanned 13 abusive years, it would be the last. She called police fearing for her and her 6-year-old son's life after another night of abuse inside a National Harbor hote What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics 10/13/2023 05:22pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Jurors delivered a split verdict against two officers charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain during the first of several trials over the Black man's fatal confrontation with police while walking home in suburban Denver, convicting one and clearing the other. A second trial began Armed robbery at St. Louis Cardinals complex in Dominican Republic leaves players, staff 'shaken' 10/13/2023 05:18pm • SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) ��� Authorities are seeking at least five people in an armed robbery of the St. Louis Cardinals complex in the Dominican Republic on Friday. Dominican Republic police spokesman Diego Pesqueira told The Associated Press that the suspects bound and gagged a secu Minnesota man who shot officers told wife it was 'his day to die,' according to complaint 10/13/2023 05:16pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� The Minnesota man accused of shooting five law enforcement officers told his wife it was ���his day to die��� when he learned that drug task force officers were at his home, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday. Karl Thomas Holmberg, 64, was charged Friday with six cou Antisemitic graffiti drawn with apparent chocolate sauce found in Fairfax Co. school parking lot 10/13/2023 05:14pm • Fairfax County police said they are investigating after discovering what appeared to be an antisemitic symbol drawn with chocolate sauce in the Chantilly High School student parking lot. School resources officers took a graffiti report Tuesday around 1 p.m., police said. In an initial message