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5 former officers charged with federal civil rights violations in Tyre Nichols beating death 09/13/2023 06:26am • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Five former Memphis police officers were charged Tuesday with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols as they continue to fight second-degree murder charges in state courts arising from the killing. Tadarrius Bean, Desmond Mills, Demetrius Hale Indonesian leader takes a test ride on Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway 09/13/2023 06:03am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo took a test ride Wednesday on Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative. The $7.3 billion rail project, funded largely by China, connects the capital, Jakarta, and Ba EU announces an investigation into Chinese subsidies for electric vehicles 09/13/2023 04:36am • BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is launching an investigation into subsidies that China provides to electric vehicle makers, the head of the bloc’s executive branch said Wednesday, as concern grows that the aid is harming European companies. “Global markets are now flooded with cheaper Chin Higher investment means Hyundai could get $2.1 billion in aid to make electric cars in Georgia 09/13/2023 01:19am • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The state of Georgia and local governments are on track to give $2.1 billion in tax breaks and other incentives to Hyundai Motor Group after the South Korean automaker and a partner announced last month that it will invest an additional $2 billion at an electric vehicle comple How Libya’s chaos left its people vulnerable to deadly flooding 09/13/2023 01:18am • LONDON (AP) — A storm that has killed thousands of people and left thousands more missing in Libya is the latest blow to a country that has been gutted by years of chaos and division. The floods are the most fatal environmental disaster in the country’s modern history. Years of war and lack of a 'Save our businesses': Bike lane plans draw protesters to Connecticut Avenue 09/12/2023 11:08pm • A small band of protesters turned out during the Tuesday evening commute on Connecticut Avenue in Cleveland Park. The demonstrators are opposing the D.C. Department of Transportation's plan to install protected bike lanes on each side of the street from Woodley Park to Chevy Chase. Wearing br Lawsuit accuses Beverly Hills police of racially profiling Black motorists 09/12/2023 08:59pm • BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A lawsuit accuses Beverly Hills police of racially profiling nearly 1,100 Black people during traffic stops. The suit announced Monday was filed on behalf of most of the Black drivers who were pulled over in the wealthy city between August 2019 and August 2021. Out of Thousands are feared dead and thousands more are missing in flood-ravaged eastern Libya 09/12/2023 08:18pm • CAIRO (AP) — Emergency workers uncovered more than 1,500 bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Tuesday, and it was feared the toll could surpass 5,000 after floodwaters smashed through dams and washed away entire neighborhoods of the city. The startling death and devastation Escaped Pennsylvania inmate still believed to be within specific perimeter, police say 09/12/2023 08:10pm • POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Escaped murderer Danelo Souza Cavalcante is still believed to be within a search perimeter in a rural stretch of southeastern Pennsylvania hours after he stole a rifle from a garage and fled a homeowner’s gunfire, authorities said Tuesday. Heavily armed police descended Massachusetts city got nearly 10 inches of rain in 6 hours, flooding homes and eroding dams 09/12/2023 08:02pm • LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — Heavy rainfall — nearly 10 inches in six hours — flooded parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with two communities declaring a state of emergency as water poured into homes and forced boat rescues of residents. Concern about a dam listed in poor condition led to mo Houston Rockets' Kevin Porter Jr. fractured girlfriend's vertebra in NYC assault, prosecutors say 09/12/2023 07:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr.'s alleged attack on his girlfriend in a New York City hotel room left the woman with a fractured neck vertebra and a deep cut above her right eye, prosecutors revealed at his arraignment Tuesday. Porter, 23, pleaded not guilty to felony assaul Video shows white sheriff's deputy in upstate New York fatally shooting 2 Black teens in fleeing car 09/12/2023 06:46pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's attorney general released video Tuesday of a county sheriff's deputy fatally shooting two Black teenagers in a fleeing car, raising questions about whether the officer needed to use deadly force to avoid being run over. Attorney General Letitia James released the vid Union Pacific's new CEO won't forego cuts as he works to improve safety and service at the railroad 09/12/2023 05:01pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific's new CEO, who came into the job last month with a reputation for cost-cutting, says he won't shy away from that but no one should expect the kind of sweeping changes he made when he first oversaw the railroad's operations a few years ago. Jim Vena told investors T Judge finds Iowa basketball coach's son guilty of misdemeanor in fatal crash 09/12/2023 04:01pm • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The teenage son of University of Iowa men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery was found guilty Tuesday of failure to yield to a pedestrian who later died from injuries suffered in the crash. A judge found Jonathan McCaffery, 17, guilty of the simple misdemeanor in the crash, w DP World Tour Schedule 09/12/2023 03:00pm • Nov. 24-27 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Cameron Smith) Nov. 24-27 _ Joburg Open (Dan Bradbury) Dec. 1-4 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Adrian Meronk) Dec. 1-4 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Thriston Lawrence) Dec. 8-11 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Ockie Strydom) Dec. 15-18 _