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Federal trial of former Memphis officers in Tyre Nichols beating death pushed back 4 months 02/08/2024 06:41pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Thursday pushed back for four months the federal court trial of four former Memphis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols. During a hearing, U.S. District Judge Mark Norris changed the trial date in the highly pub Woman with brain bleed mistakenly arrested by state trooper for drunken driving, lawsuit says 02/08/2024 05:57pm • TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington State Patrol trooper arrested a woman on suspicion of drunken driving when she was actually experiencing a life-threatening brain bleed and booked her into jail where officials mocked her instead of getting her medical attention, according to a civil rights lawsui 10 cars of cargo train carrying cooking oil and plastic pellets derail. Two land in New York river 02/08/2024 05:52pm • PITTSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Ten cars of a cargo train carrying plastic pellets and cooking oil derailed in upstate New York, with two ending up in a river, authorities said. The cars, part of a 94-car train operated by Berkshire & Eastern Railroad, derailed about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday in Rensselaer A prosecutor says man killed, disposed of daughter like 'trash.' His lawyer says he didn't kill her 02/08/2024 05:50pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man brutally beat his 5-year-old daughter to death and spent months moving her body around before disposing of it “like yesterday's trash,” a prosecutor said Thursday. But the man's lawyer said he didn't harm the child and the last person who saw her alive 200 victims allege child sex abuse in Maryland youth detention facilities 02/08/2024 05:05pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Since Maryland lawmakers eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse lawsuits last year, the number of victims suing the state’s juvenile justice agency has grown to 200. The latest lawsuit, which was filed Thursday on behalf of 63 plaintiffs, alleges rampant a Haiti's prime minister calls for calm as violent protests seek his ouster 02/08/2024 04:36pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry urged calm in a public address early Thursday following three days of violent protests that have paralyzed the country as thousands of protesters demand his resignation. The brief speech in the pre-dawn hours did little to appease peo Man accused of torching police motorcycles in attack authorities have linked to 'Cop City' protests 02/08/2024 03:05pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A man in Atlanta was arrested Thursday on charges that he torched eight police motorcycles last summer, one of about two dozen acts of arson that officials have linked to protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility that opponents have dubbed “Cop City.” J Inflation is nearly back to 2%. So why isn't the Federal Reserve ready to cut rates? 02/08/2024 02:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — From Wall Street traders to car dealers to home buyers, Americans are eager for the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates and lightening the heavy burden on borrowers. The Fed is widely expected to do so this year — probably several times. Inflation, as measured by it Britain's Labour Party is watering down a green investment pledge. Environmentalists are unimpressed 02/08/2024 01:09pm • LONDON (AP) — Environmental groups on Thursday criticized Britain’s opposition Labour Party for ditching a pledge to invest 28 billion pounds ($35 billion) a year in green projects if it wins an upcoming general election. Labour leader Keir Starmer said the party could no longer commit to the fi How (and why) to treat your side gigs like businesses 02/08/2024 10:09am • Whether you want your side gigs to replace your day job or simply provide some extra cash, treating them like businesses can keep your finances better organized and help you work smarter. “You can’t improve anything that you don’t track,” says Tiffany Grant, an accredited financial counselor In rural Utah, concern over efforts to use Colorado River water to extract lithium 02/08/2024 09:35am • GREEN RIVER, Utah (AP) — A plan to extract lithium — the lustrous, white metal used in electric vehicle batteries — in southeast Utah is adding to an anxiety familiar in the arid American West: how the project could affect water from the Colorado River. An Australian company and its U.S. subs Everything you need to know about April's total solar eclipse 02/08/2024 07:38am • Sixty days from now on April 8, the sun and new moon will meet in the daytime skies over North America to create a sky sight without compare — an eclipse of the sun. For some viewers, the sun will be totally eclipsed by the new moon while for the vast majority of viewers, the sun will be only part Japan automaker Nissan's profit stumbles on China sales decline 02/08/2024 05:22am • TOKYO (AP) — Nissan's profit sank in October-December to about half of what it earned the year before, the automaker said Thursday, though it stuck to its earlier earnings forecasts. Nissan Motor Co., based in the port city of Yokohama, reported its profit was 29 billion yen ($195 million) in the Japan's Honda reports its profit rose on the back of strong U.S. demand 02/08/2024 05:19am • TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Honda's profit rose 3.5% in the October-December quarter from a year earlier on the back of solid demand in the U.S. and Europe and a recovery in its home market, the company said Thursday. Tokyo-based Honda Motor Co.'s profit in the last quarter was 253.3 billion From the shadows to the spotlight: Coach Pierre Sage revives Lyon 02/08/2024 04:43am • LYON, France (AP) — Just three months ago, the name Pierre Sage did not ring a bell to soccer fans in France. It does now thanks to a fine start to his managerial career in the French top-flight. Sage took over as coach at Lyon at the end of November following the firings in quick succession of tw