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Eagle Materials: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 05/21/2024 06:47am • DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — Eagle Materials Inc. (EXP) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $77.1 million. On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had net income of $2.24. The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surv Lowe's: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/21/2024 06:07am • MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Lowe's Cos. (LOW) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $1.76 billion. On a per-share basis, the Mooresville, North Carolina-based company said it had net income of $3.06. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The averag ZKH Group: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/21/2024 06:05am • SHANGHAI (AP) — SHANGHAI (AP) — ZKH Group (ZKH) on Tuesday reported a loss of $12.6 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Shanghai-based company said it had a loss of 8 cents. Losses, adjusted for stock option expense, were 4 cents per share. The steel processing company posted France is trying Syrian ex-officials for the torture and killing of a father and son. Here's why 05/21/2024 04:40am • PARIS (AP) — The Syrian soldiers came first, at night, for the son, Patrick, a 20-year-old psychology student at Damascus University, and said they were taking him away for questioning. They came back the next night for his father, Mazen. Five years later, in 2018, death certificates from Syrian Hong Kong will keep watching internet platforms for non-compliance with ban on protest song 05/21/2024 02:04am • HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday his administration would keep monitoring for any non-compliance with a court order that bans a popular protest song, days after YouTube blocked access to dozens of videos of the tune in the city. The ban targets anyone who broadcasts or distributes More companies offer on-site child care. Parents love the convenience, but is it a long-term fix? 05/21/2024 01:03am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — They operate in places like an airport, a resort, and a distribution center, tucked away from the public eye but close enough for easy access. They often emit laughter — and the sound of tumbling blocks, bouncing balls, and meandering tricycles. They’re child care centers bas Indian voters dissect Modi's politics while traversing the country by train 05/21/2024 12:23am • ABOARD THE THIRUKKURAL EXPRESS, India (AP) — The 1,800-mile (2,900-kilometer) journey south from New Delhi to Kanyakumari is one of the longest train rides in India, passing through cities, villages, scrub forests and deep ravines. The 22-car Thirukkural Express is a microcosm of India, carrying p War crimes prosecutor seeks arrest of Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu 05/20/2024 11:48pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the world's top war crimes court sought arrest warrants Monday for leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over actions taken during their seven-month war. While Netanyahu and his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, do Britain slammed in inquiry for infecting thousands with tainted blood and covering up the scandal 05/20/2024 11:48pm • LONDON (AP) — British authorities and the country's public health service knowingly exposed tens of thousands of patients to deadly infections through contaminated blood and blood products, and hid the truth about the disaster for decades, an inquiry into the U.K.’s infected blood scandal found 'Justice demands' new trial for death row inmate, Alabama district attorney says 05/20/2024 10:39pm • An Alabama district attorney on Monday asked a judge to order a new trial for a death row inmate, saying that a review found that the 1998 conviction was flawed and “cannot be justified or allowed to stand.” Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr filed a brief expressing his support for T Haiti’s main airport reopens nearly 3 months after gang violence forced it closed 05/20/2024 10:12pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s main international airport reopened Monday for the first time in nearly three months after relentless gang violence forced authorities to close it. The reopening of the Toussaint-Louverture airport in the capital of Port-au-Prince is expected to help ease a c Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry 05/20/2024 09:49pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines blamed Chinese fishermen on Monday for a massive loss of giant clams in a disputed shoal controlled by China's coast guard in the South China Sea and urged an international inquiry into the amount of environmental damage in the area. The Philippine coast El presidente de República Dominicana proclama su reelección; sus rivales admiten la derrota 05/20/2024 09:29pm • SANTA DOMINGO – El presidente de República Dominicana, Luis Abinader, se encaminó a la reelección con poco más de un 20% del avance del escrutinio y un apoyo del 59.09% de los votos, después de que sus contendientes reconocieran su derrota. “Asumo la confianza que he recibido y la ob Corn, millet and ... rooftop solar? Farm family’s newest crop shows China’s solar ascendancy 05/20/2024 09:09pm • JINAN, China (AP) — Shi Mei and her husband earn a decent enough living by growing corn and millet on their small farm in eastern China's Shandong province. In 2021, they diversified by investing in solar energy — signing a contract to mount some 40 panels on their roof to feed energy to the gri Loudoun Co. drops plan for 16 delayed school-start days 05/20/2024 09:00pm • The Loudoun County public school system in Northern Virginia has decided not to move ahead with a controversial plan to delay start times for more than a dozen school days. School officials were considering adding 16 delayed start days to the calendar for the 2024-25 school year as part of a plan