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Movie Review: 'Wake Up Dead Man' mixes religion and mystery in poor 'Knives Out' film 12/01/2025 01:51pm • After two installments of his ���Knives Out��� franchise skewered old and new money, director and writer Rian Johnson targets religion in his third, a gloomy and clunky outing that may test fans' faith in the filmmaker. ���Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery��� gets a new starry cast to orbit Dan Hyattsville police officer freed on unsecured bond after child sex abuse arrest 12/01/2025 01:18pm • A city of Hyattsville police officer facing child sex abuse charges is free on unsecured bond Monday after prosecutors said the victim in the case had no concerns about the officer being free while awaiting trial. The 15-year-old victim is known to 37-year-old Jonathan Monge, a corporal with the Massachusetts man goes on trial in death of wife who disappeared more than 2 years ago 12/01/2025 01:11pm • DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) ��� Prosecutors Monday argued a Massachusetts man was responsible for the grisly murder of his wife who disappeared more than two years ago while his lawyers insisted the man panicked after she suddenly died in bed. Ana Walshe, a real estate agent who immigrated from Serbia, was l Hong Kong fire probe reveals unsafe netting as public mourns and government stifles dissent 12/01/2025 01:08pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Hong Kong officials said Monday that their investigation into a deadly blaze that killed at least 151 has revealed some of the netting that covered scaffolding used in renovations was not up to fire-safety codes, as a wave of public sympathy and support was met by government moves A South African radio presenter is arrested on suspicion of recruiting fighters for Russia 12/01/2025 10:47am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) ��� A South African radio presenter appeared in court on Monday accused of recruiting men to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine. Nonkululeko Mantula, 39, was arrested alongside four men after a tip off, South African police said. She is accused of recruiting the four Pedestrian killed after being struck by bus, then truck in DC 12/01/2025 09:46am • Police in D.C. are searching for the driver of a truck that fled the scene of a crash where a pedestrian was killed on Wednesday. Jal Chuol Pinuieny, 29, was struck by a WMATA bus shortly before 4 a.m. in the 4200 block of Minnesota Avenue NE. In a news release, police said Pinuieny "fell int What is mutual aid? And why are more people turning to informal efforts to help each other? 12/01/2025 08:22am • When major disruptions happen in communities, often the first people to respond are the residents themselves and their neighbors. When the pandemic shut down daily life or after a disaster like a hurricane or wildfire, people get together to take care of each other. Even outside of a crisis, some w ICC president vows to resist US and Russian pressure despite sanctions and threats 12/01/2025 06:40am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� The president of the International Criminal Court said during the institution's annual meeting Monday that it will not bow to pressure from the United States and Russia. Nine staff members, including six judges and the court's chief prosecutor, have been sanctioned by Police officer killed in suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan 12/01/2025 05:21am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� A suicide bomb attack near a police vehicle in restive northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan killed at least one officer on Monday and wounded several others, officials said. The attack happened in Lakki Marwat, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police official A Trump issues White House invitation to families of the two National Guard members who were shot 12/01/2025 05:05am • President Donald Trump on Sunday said he's invited the family of a National Guard member fatally shot last week to the White House, saying he spoke to her parents and they were ���devastated.��� U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died after the Wednesday shooting in Washington, D.C., while her seriou Sydney men charged with spreading child sexual abuse videos tied to international ring 12/01/2025 04:23am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Four Sydney men have been charged with criminal offenses over their alleged involvement in the distribution of child sexual abuse material linked to an international child sex abuse ring, police said Monday. A New South Wales state police task force identified the Sydne Thailand extradites a Vietnamese activist despite concerns from rights groups 12/01/2025 02:11am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Thai authorities extradited a Vietnamese activist who had been detained in Bangkok since last year despite concerns from rights groups that he could be in danger if sent back to Vietnam. Y Quynh Bdap, who helped found a group that advocated for the rights of Vietnamese ethnic minori What to know about Netanyahu's request for a pardon in corruption trial 12/01/2025 01:28am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a pardon from the president during his trial on corruption charges that has long divided the country. The request was met with indignation Sunday by opposition politicians and government watchdogs, but some Israelis signaled Investigators plead for tips after 3 children, 1 adult killed in shooting at child's birthday party 11/30/2025 10:20pm • STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) ��� Authorities in California appealed to the public for tips, cellphone video, witness accounts and even rumors as they searched Sunday for a suspect in the killing of three children and an adult during a mass shooting at a child's birthday party. Someone opened fire at a banq Thousands in Philippines protest corruption and demand return of stolen funds from flood projects 11/30/2025 07:40pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� Thousands of demonstrators including from the Roman Catholic church clergy protested in the Philippines on Sunday, calling for the swift prosecution of top legislators and officials implicated in a corruption scandal that has buffeted the Asian democracy. Left-wing group