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Storms bring floods and damaging wind across the South; 1 dead in Mississippi 04/10/2024 08:10pm • SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Severe storms blamed for a death in Mississippi spawned a tornado that demolished buildings in one Louisiana city Wednesday while inundating streets in low-lying New Orleans with hours of steady rain that snarled traffic and strained the city’s antiquated drainage system. Sev Lawyers want East Palestine residents to wait for details of $600 million derailment settlement 04/10/2024 08:05pm • The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad's disastrous 2023 derailment in Ohio want residents to talk with them before deciding the historic deal isn't enough. They said Wednesday that the settlement for everyone within 20 miles (32 kilometers) of 13 Signs You May Be Facing a Tech Layoff 04/10/2024 08:00pm • Nearly 60,000 jobs have been cut since the beginning of 2024 at 245 tech companies, according to the tracking website Layoffs.fyi. How can you tell if your company will be the next to downsize? Should start job searching or work harder to prove your value? "Right now, you want to be cautious. But yo Are International Stocks a Good Investment Now? 04/10/2024 08:00pm • With the recent outperformance of U.S. large growth stocks, in the technology and communications sectors in particular, does it make sense to invest internationally? "Investors will likely be surprised to learn that U.S. stocks have only been the top-performing asset class for three out of the last CDs vs. High-Yield Savings Accounts: Which Is Better? 04/10/2024 08:00pm • When you're looking for a place to put your money, two of the most attractive options are a certificate of deposit or a high-yield savings account. While these accounts work differently, both generally enable you to earn an attractive interest rate, and both might be fee-free. Before depositing your Denver makes major shift in migrant response by extending support to six months but limiting spaces 04/10/2024 07:47pm • DENVER (AP) — Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced a major shift Wednesday in the city's response to the migrant crisis, extending support to six months but with only about 1,000 spaces. The mayor's pivot follows failed attempts to get federal aid and deep cuts to the city's budget as Denver serve New York appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s third request to delay Monday's hush money trial 04/10/2024 07:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is now 0 for 3 in last-minute attempts to get a New York appeals court to delay his looming hush money criminal trial. An appeals court judge Wednesday swiftly rejected the latest salvo from the former president’s lawyers, who argued he should be on the campaign trai Preparations are being made for a potential NHL team in Salt Lake City 04/10/2024 06:09pm • Preparations are being made behind the scenes and in the public eye in case an NHL team is in Salt Lake City sooner than later, perhaps as early as this fall. After prospective owner Ryan Smith earlier this week solicited suggestionsfor a team name, word emerged Wednesday that the league has been wo Consumers would be notified of AI-generated content under Pennsylvania bill 04/10/2024 05:43pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania consumers would be notified when content has been generated by artificial intelligence, and defendants couldn’t argue that child sexual abuse material created by artificial intelligence isn’t illegal, under a bill the House passed Wednesday. The bill's prime Miles de millones de cigarras emergerán en una rara "aparición de cría doble", dicen científicos 04/10/2024 05:42pm • (CNN) -- En cuestión de semanas saldrán del subsuelo, con sus ojos rojos brillantes y su ensordecedor canto llenando el aire. Será una confluencia de criaturas como no se ha visto en Estados Unidos desde que Thomas Jefferson era presidente, y no volverá a ocurrir hasta 2245. Es una rara aparici� Biden administration sets first-ever limits on 'forever chemicals' in drinking water 04/10/2024 05:29pm • The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized strict limits on certain so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. Officials say this will reduce exposure for 100 million people and help prevent t A Russian attack on a Ukrainian village kills a 14-year-old girl and two others, officials say 04/10/2024 05:09pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian attack struck a grocery store and a pharmacy in a Ukrainian village close to the border with Russia on Wednesday, killing three people including a 14-year-old girl, authorities said, as the Kremlin’s forces kept up a relentless bombardment. The strike on Lyptsi, ab Russians stage a rare protest after a dam bursts and homes flood near the Kazakh border 04/10/2024 05:04pm • Russians in the city of Orsk gathered in a rare protest Monday, calling for compensation following the collapse of a dam and subsequent flooding in the Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan. Protests are an unusual sight in Russia where authorities have consistently cracked down on any for Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins were lost two weeks ago. Now they're in the playoff mix 04/10/2024 04:33pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby insists he's not a scoreboard watcher. Not publicly anyway. Maybe it's because the Pittsburgh Penguins’ longtime captain is too occupied with his team to worry about anyone else. Or maybe it's because Crosby never had much reason to check during Pittsburgh's Drought, heat raise the risk of a repeat of Canada's record-breaking wildfires last year 04/10/2024 04:31pm • OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada's emergency preparedness minister warned Wednesday the country's wildfire season could be more explosive than last year when it led to unprecedented smoke conditions across much of the country and into the United States. Persistent drought and months of above-average