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A police officer and an 18-year-old suspect are killed by gunfire in Memphis, Tennessee 04/12/2024 05:57pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� A Tennessee police chief made an impassioned plea to her community to help stop gun violence after a Memphis police officer and an 18-year-old suspect were killed as officers investigated a suspicious vehicle early Friday. A second suspect, who is 17, was in critical conditio Why oatmeal, cereal dries like cement on your bowl 04/12/2024 11:20am • If you've ever finished a bowl of oatmeal or breakfast cereal, dropped it in the sink, and left for work, you know any remnants will be dried like cement by the time you come home. Any parent who has ever tried to chisel away hardened flakes, puffs, Krispies or Oh's after a child tossed a bow How immigrant workers in US have helped boost job growth and stave off a recession 04/12/2024 10:12am • MIAMI (AP) ��� Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car ��� and send money home to her parents. Reaching the United States was a harrowing ordeal. Silva, 25, he How immigrant workers in US have helped boost job growth and stave off a recession 04/12/2024 10:05am • MIAMI (AP) ��� Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car ��� and send money home to her parents. Reaching the United States was a harrowing ordeal. Silva, 25, he German parliament votes to make it easier for people to legally change their name and gender 04/12/2024 09:58am • BERLIN (AP) ��� German lawmakers on Friday approved legislation that will make it easier for transgender, intersex and nonbinary people to change their name and gender in official records. The ���self-determination law,��� one of several social reforms that Chancellor Olaf Scholz���s liberal-leaning EXCLUSIVE: Paul Whelan says his incarceration ���needs to be resolved now��� 04/12/2024 07:46am • Speaking on a crackly phone line in a Russian prison just after 8:30 p.m. local time in Mordovia on Thursday, Paul Whelan expressed deep concern that too much time is passing as the U.S. tries to free him and Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich from their illegal imprisonment. Concern 10 years after Chibok, Nigerian families cope with the trauma of more school kidnappings 04/11/2024 09:08pm • KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) ��� His weak body stood in the doorway, exhausted and covered in dirt. For two years, the boy had been among Nigeria���s ghosts, one of at least 1,500 schoolchildren and others seized by armed groups and held for ransom. But paying a ransom didn't work for 12-year-old Treasure, Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion 04/11/2024 08:50pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Instagram says it's deploying new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion, including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages. The social media platform said in a blog post Thursday that it's testing out the features as part of its campaign Fiery debate over proposed shield law leads to rare censure in Maine House 04/11/2024 08:01pm • AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) ��� Fiery debate over a bill to protect health care workers who provide abortion and gender-affirming care from out-of-state lawsuits crossed a line in the Maine House, leading lawmakers to formally censure a pair of colleagues on Thursday. Rep. Michael Lemelin, R-Chelsea, said t 7 Stocks Jeff Bezos Is Buying 04/11/2024 08:00pm • In 2021, Jeff Bezos stepped down as Amazon.com Inc.'s (ticker: AMZN) CEO nearly 30 years after helping get the company off the ground. But for a powerful guy like Bezos, it's hard to just kick back and relax. Case in point, around the time he stepped down he took a trip into space via his rocket and What You Should Know About Co-Owning a House 04/11/2024 08:00pm • Home prices have increased at a staggering rate since the pandemic, leaving many wondering whether they can afford to own a home on their own. Between December 2019 and December 2023, national home prices increased 46.3%, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index. As a result, How to Improve Your Credit After Financial Trauma 04/11/2024 08:00pm • There are many ways that cause people to fall into financial hardship, such as an unexpected medical bill, a sudden job loss or a case of fraud. However, money problems can be caused by something more complex, such as financial trauma. Different from everyday short-term financial stressors, financia Almost 10% of Florida's youngest children were missed during the 2020 census 04/11/2024 05:55pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� Children age 4 and under in Florida were undercounted by almost 10% during the 2020 census, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The bureau said the estimated error was the largest undercount of young children by any U.S. state. More than 112,000 A criminal probe continues into staff at a Virginia school where a 6-year-old shot a teacher 04/11/2024 05:52pm • NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) ��� A criminal investigation into staff members at a Virginia school where a 6-year-old shot his teacher could shift to why the troubled child���s disciplinary records disappeared after the violence. A special grand jury recently concluded its probe into the shooting, which Tennessee GOP senators OK criminalizing helping minors get transgender care, mimicking abortion bill 04/11/2024 05:04pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Tennessee lawmakers are considering criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent, a proposal advancing in one of the most eager states to enact policies aimed at the LGBTQ+ community. Republican senators advanced the legislatio