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The Latest | UN endorses US-backed cease-fire plan as Blinken holds talks on Gaza 06/10/2024 09:00pm • The U.N. Security Council on Monday afternoon overwhelmingly approved a U.S. resolution that welcomes a proposal for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. The U.S. says Israel has accepted the three-phase plan announced by U.S. President Joe Biden, and Hamas welcomed it in a statement shortly after Utah judge sets execution date in 1998 murder despite concerns over a new lethal injection cocktail 06/10/2024 08:55pm • A Utah judge on Monday set an August date for the execution of a man convicted in the 1998 killing of a 49-year-old woman, siding against defense attorneys concerned about a new lethal injection drug combination. Taberon Dave Honie, 48, is set to be killed on Aug. 8 after decades of failed appeals. 14-year-old girl dies after shooting sends bullets into Prince George's Co. home 06/10/2024 08:54pm • A teenager has died several days after she was wounded along with two others in a shooting that sent a barrage of bullets into an apartment building in Prince George's County, Maryland. Khamya Ferrell, 14, of Suitland, was pronounced "clinically deceased" last Wednesday, according to a Prince Geo What to know about Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier's first hearing in more than a decade 06/10/2024 06:55pm • A parole hearing was held Monday for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota. At 79, Peltier's health is failing, and if this parole request is denied, it might be a decade or more befo Massive fire at 4-story Miami apartment building displaces at least 40 people 06/10/2024 06:45pm • MIAMI (AP) — A massive fire broke out at a four-story apartment complex in Miami on Monday morning. Firefighters and police officers arrived at the building just west of Interstate 95 near downtown Miami after receiving calls about a fire around 8:15 a.m., and began rescuing residents from the bui Police update number of people injured in Madison rooftop shooting to 12 06/10/2024 06:07pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police are now saying at least a dozen people were hurt in a shooting at a rooftop party in Wisconsin's capital city. More than 25 people were at the party on the roof of a high-rise apartment building in downtown Madison around 12:45 a.m. Sunday when shots were fired. Police Takoma Park Police giving tickets to kids — but it's good news 06/10/2024 05:24pm • Kids can be on their best behavior this summer and this Maryland police department will still issue them a ticket. But that's not bad news because the citations the Takoma Park Police Department will write up as part of the Operation Chill program reward good behavior rather than for offenses suc British TV host Dr. Michael Mosley reached millions by being his own guinea pig 06/10/2024 05:18pm • RHODES, Greece (AP) — Dr. Michael Mosley was his own guinea pig. In the name of science, the British television host put his body to the test by ingesting tape worms, injecting snake venom and letting leeches suck his blood. What didn't kill him made him more popular and he reached millions throu Missouri governor turns down clemency for inmate facing execution on Tuesday 06/10/2024 04:18pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday turned down a clemency request for condemned inmate David Hosier, a move that likely clears the way for his execution. Hosier, 69, faces lethal injection Tuesday for the 2009 deaths of a Jefferson City couple, Angela and Rodney Gilpin. Randy Dam Florida man pleads not guilty to kidnapping his estranged wife from her apartment in Spain 06/10/2024 03:49pm • MIAMI (AP) — A Florida businessman accused in the February disappearance of his estranged wife in Spain pleaded not guilty on Monday after federal prosecutors questioned his sale of several properties shortly before she disappeared, saying millions in proceeds would allow him to flee if he were re Bowie store hit in surge of ATM thefts in Prince George's County 06/10/2024 03:40pm • The big, black metal gate covering the doors at T&T Liquors in Bowie, Maryland, was bent, and the heavy padlock used to keep the store secure at night was all busted. The concrete posts that separate the doorway from the parking lot did not appear to be a deterrent, either, to the thieves who Number of suspects facing charges grows in Savannah square shootout that injured 11 06/10/2024 02:55pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A growing number of suspects are facing felony charges in a shootout that injured 11 people last month in a public square in the heart of Savannah's downtown historic district. Savannah police are seeking two men on arrest warrants charging them with aggravated assault and oth DC promises summer options for kids and urges parents to know 'where your kids are' 06/10/2024 02:42pm • D.C. leaders have been touting a drop in crime this year, and as public school students anticipate the end of the school year next week, officials are revealing their plans to keep kids engaged and continue moving in the right direction. “I know kids from all over D.C. are excited — teachers Russia suspected of being behind a recent failed arson attack in Prague, Czech prime minister says 06/10/2024 01:35pm • PRAGUE (AP) — Czech authorities suspect that Russia may have been behind last week’s attempt to set Prague public transport buses on fire, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said Monday. A 26-year-old suspect was arrested Saturday and charged with terrorism in connection with Thursday's failed arson atta Over 4,000 residents flee a town in southern Mexico after armed gangs start shooting, burn homes 06/10/2024 01:29pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged Monday that authorities have had to set up camps for displaced people after some 4,200 residents fled a town in the southern state of Chiapas. Residents of the town of Tila fled over the weekend after armed gangs shot