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Lawsuit seeks $5M for Black former delivery driver who says white men shot at him in Mississippi 11/29/2023 01:08pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black former delivery driver in Mississippi who says two white men shot into his work van and then pursued him in a high-speed chase last year has filed a new lawsuit against the men and his former employer, FedEx. This is the second civil suit on behalf of D'Monterrio Gibs Boy who was 12 when he fatally ran over his foster mother gets 2 years in custody 11/29/2023 01:06pm • LONDON (AP) — A British foster child who told police “Looks like I got my first kill” after he ran over the 60-year-old woman caring for him with her own car was sentenced Wednesday to two years in custody. The boy, who was 12 at the time, fatally struck Marcia Grant when she tried to stop him Jury to decide whether officer fatally shooting handcuffed man was justified 11/29/2023 12:37pm • UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A Maryland jury will decide in the coming weeks whether a Prince George’s County police officer broke the law when he shot and killed a handcuffed man in 2020. A trial began Tuesday for Michael Owen Jr., who had served on the police force for 10 years when he became th Memphis couple to remove references to Michael Oher being adopted as part of legal battle 11/29/2023 12:25pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A lawyer for the Memphis couple who took in former NFL player Michael Oher when he was in high school said Wednesday that references to Oher being their adopted son will be removed from the couple’s websites and public speaking materials as part of their legal battle over O Five journalists were shot in one day in Mexico, officials confirm 11/29/2023 11:30am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president said Wednesday that two of four news photographers who were shot Tuesday are in serious condition, as prosecutors confirmed that a fifth journalist was shot and wounded the same day. The four photojournalists were shot near a military barracks in the southern In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis 11/29/2023 08:01am • BALTIMORE (AP) — As Charles Richardson gradually lost his eyesight to complications from diabetes, certain childhood memories haunted him even more. The Catholic priest appeared vividly in his mind’s eye — the one who promised him a spot on a travel basketball team, took him out for burgers In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis 11/29/2023 07:58am • BALTIMORE (AP) — As Charles Richardson gradually lost his eyesight to complications from diabetes, certain childhood memories haunted him even more. The Catholic priest appeared vividly in his mind’s eye — the one who promised him a spot on a travel basketball team, took him out for burgers a Toyota selling part of Denso stake to raise cash to develop electric vehicles 11/29/2023 03:55am • TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is selling a part of its stake in components maker Denso to raise cash for its drive toward electric vehicles and other innovations, Japan's top automaker said Wednesday. The move is estimated to raise about 290 billion yen ($2 billion), given recent share prices. The number o Coal power, traffic, waste burning a toxic smog cocktail in Indonesia's Jakarta 11/28/2023 10:04pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Against the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal power plant, the sky above Edy Suryana’s village stays grey for months at a time, while ashes and the stench of smoke hang in the air. Suryana has spent more than three decades living in the shadow of the power plan Family of Los Angeles deputy killed in ambush shooting plans to sue county over forced overtime 11/28/2023 09:32pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The parents of a Los Angeles County deputy who was shot and killed while sitting in his patrol car plan to file a lawsuit accusing the sheriff's department and county leaders of putting law enforcement officers at risk by making them work excessive overtime because of severe und Novelist Tim Dorsey, who mixed comedy and murder in his Serge A. Storms stories, dies at 62 11/28/2023 08:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Dorsey, a former police and courts newspaper reporter who found lasting fame as the creator of the crime-comedy novel series starring Serge A. Storms, an energetic fan of Florida history and an ingenious serial killer, has died. He was 62. Dorsey, who published 26 novels, died With deadline looming, diplomats seek to extend Gaza truce; more hostages, prisoners are freed 11/28/2023 08:23pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas and Israel released more hostages and prisoners under terms of a fragile cease-fire that held for a fifth day Tuesday as international mediators in Qatar worked to extend the truce. The United States urged Israel to better protect Palestinian civilians in Gaz After a flat tire, Arizona Cardinals linebacker got to game with an assist from Phoenix family 11/28/2023 07:16pm • PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix family came to the rescue of Arizona Cardinals player Jesse Luketa, who had a fumble on the road to Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Rams. Luketa only had 30 minutes left in his drive to State Farm Stadium in Glendale when his car's tire became flat, the linebacker to Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 27 years for financial fraud after victims angrily confront him in court 11/28/2023 07:02pm • For years, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh looked his anguished clients in the eyes and promised to help them with their medical bills, their suffering or simply to survive. Then he stole some, if not all, of what he won for many of them. Those clients got to look Murdaugh in the eye Tuesday a How a Fairfax Co. mom is using a deadly crash to remind kids how important seat belts are 11/28/2023 06:58pm • Christy Lucia was looking to make a donation to a family impacted by last week's deadly crash in a Fairfax County neighborhood when she realized a fundraising campaign hadn't yet been launched. So, she decided to help start a GoFundMe campaign herself. She knows many people because she's lived in