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3 of 4 killed in crash involving stolen SUV fleeing attempted traffic stop were teens, police say 10/09/2023 05:27pm • MITCHELLVILLE, Md. (AP) ��� Three teenagers were among four people killed in a fiery crash involving a stolen SUV fleeing from an attempted traffic stop in Maryland, police said on Monday. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Marquay Swann, 14, of Lanham and two passengers were identified as Rio de Janeiro's security forces launch raids in 3 favelas to target criminals 10/09/2023 05:07pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Rio de Janeiro's state government deployed hundreds of police officers early Monday to three of the city's sprawling, low-income neighborhoods, saying it aimed to clamp down on organized crime groups. Security forces targeted not only the Mare complex of favelas by Rio's inte Lawyer makes unconfirmed claim that Tyre Nichols had stolen items in car before beating death 10/09/2023 04:28pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� A lawyer for one of five former Memphis officers charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop made an unconfirmed claim in court documents that investigators found a hallucinogenic drug and stolen credit cards in Nichols' car when he was pulled over. A lawy From Coke floats to Cronuts, going viral can have a lasting effect on a small business 10/09/2023 03:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Lexington Candy Shop in New York City has served burgers, fries and shakes to hungry patrons for decades. Last remodeled in 1948, the diner is the definition of old-fashioned. But that hasn't stopped it from getting a wave of new fans. In August 2022, this old school business m Nigerian court sentences policeman to death for killing a lawyer in a rare ruling 10/09/2023 02:25pm • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) ��� A Nigerian court sentenced Monday a police officer to death for shooting and killing a lawyer in the commercial hub of Lagos. Many applauded the rare sentence as a punitive measure against rampant cases of police abuse. After nearly a year, Justice Ibironke Harrison of the La 'All of the victims were so badly burned': 3 of 4 victims in fatal Prince George's Co. crash identified 10/09/2023 02:09pm • Three of the four people who died in a crash involving a stolen car late last month have been identified as Prince George's County teens. Police said they are still working to verify the identity of the fourth person. "All of the victims were so badly burned," a Prince George's County police s Suspects sought in Pennsylvania community center shooting that killed 1, wounded 8 10/09/2023 12:07pm • INDIANA, Pa. (AP) ��� Authorities have released the name of a Pittsburgh-area man killed in a shooting that also wounded eight other people at a private party in a Pennsylvania community center over the weekend. The man, identified by the Indiana County coroner's office as 22-year-old Jamar M. Porte Man shot and killed in Prince George's Co. neighborhood 10/09/2023 11:47am • A man was shot and killed Sunday night in Prince George's County, Maryland, near a residential area, police say. Prince George's County police said they received a call about a shooting in the 6800 block of Red Top Road��around 8:15 p.m. Police found a man who was shot on the roadway. He was d Honoree Fleming, a retired university dean, shot to death on Vermont trail 10/09/2023 11:19am • Vermont State Police are asking the public, businesses and hunters near a state university campus to review their surveillance systems after Honoree Fleming, a retired dean and professor who was married to best-selling author Ron Powers, was found shot to death on a rail trail this week. Police sai Deal struck on contentious road in divided Cyprus that triggered an assault against UN peacekeepers 10/09/2023 11:08am • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in ethnically split Cyprus said Monday that Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots have reached an ���understanding��� over a contentious road inside a U.N.-controlled buffer zone whose construction had stirred up tensions not seen in y An independent inquiry opens into alleged unlawful killings by UK special forces in Afghanistan 10/09/2023 11:07am • LONDON (AP) ��� An independent inquiry opened Monday to examine claims that British special forces murdered dozens of Afghan men during counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan a decade ago, as well as allegations that authorities subsequently covered up the alleged illegal activity or failed to 2 Pakistani soldiers and 5 insurgents are killed in a shootout on the border with Afghanistan 10/09/2023 10:35am • QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) ��� A group of Pakistani Taliban ambushed troops during an operation against insurgents on the border with Afghanistan on Monday, triggering a shootout that killed an army major, a junior officer and five militants, the military and a militant spokesman said. The shootout happe Flights at Hamburg Airport in Germany suspended after a threat against a plane from Iran 10/09/2023 09:19am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Flights to and from Hamburg Airport were suspended for about 1 1/2 hours on Monday after authorities received a threat to a plane from Iran, officials said. Takeoffs and landings at the airport in northern Germany were stopped at 12:40 p.m. (1040 GMT) and some arriving flights were d A Russian-born Swede accused of spying for Moscow is released ahead of the verdict in his trial 10/09/2023 09:16am • STOCKHOLM (AP) ��� A Swedish court on Monday released a Russia-born Swedish citizen charged with collecting information for Russia's military intelligence service, the GRU, for almost a decade. Sergey Skvortsov, 60, is accused of ���gross illegal intelligence activities against Sweden and against a 43 Malaysians were caught in a phone scam operation in Peru and rescued from human traffickers 10/09/2023 08:13am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ��� Malaysia said Monday that 43 citizens have been rescued by police in Peru after they fell victim to a human trafficking syndicate operating a telecommunication fraud. They Malaysians were involved in the so-called ���Macau scam��� that reportedly originates from crim