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Transcript of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address 03/08/2024 01:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Transcript of President Joe Biden’s as-delivered State of the Union address on March 7, 2024, as provided by the White House. It includes interactions with the audience and White House corrections to Biden’s remarks in brackets: Good evening. Good evening. If I were smart, Iâ Ex-police officer convicted in sexual assault is the first to face tougher new penalty, DOJ says 03/08/2024 12:58pm • A former Oklahoma police officer convicted in the sexual assault of a woman during a traffic stop will become the first to face a heftier penalty under the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, the Justice Department said. Jeffrey Scott Smith Jr., 35, is facing up to 40 years in pr Memphis judge postpones state trial in Tyre Nichols death until end of federal trial 03/08/2024 12:28pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Friday indefinitely postponed the state court trial of four former Memphis officers charged with second-degree murder in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols until after the conclusion of a federal court trial on civil rights violations. Criminal Court Judge James Jo School shootings prompt more states to fund digital maps for first responders 03/08/2024 11:18am • When a motion detector went off overnight at Kromrey Middle School, a police dispatcher called up a digital map of the building, pinpointed the detector, clicked on a live feed from the nearest camera and relayed the intruder's location to responding police. Within moments, they captured the culprit Serbia revokes an expulsion order for a Russian woman after a public outcry 03/08/2024 10:38am • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — After a public outcry, Serbia's authorities have revoked an expulsion order for a Russian woman who signed an open letter denouncing the invasion of Ukraine, a pro-democracy Russian group in the Balkan country said on Friday. Police told Elena Koposova that her appeal has b Haiti's prime minister is locked out of his country and faces pressure to resign 03/08/2024 10:19am • Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry is struggling to stay in power as he tries to return home, where gang attacks have shuttered the country's main international airport and freed more than 4,000 inmates in recent days. As of midday Wednesday, Henry remained in Puerto Rico, where he landed the day be They went to school but ended up as hostages. 287 children are missing in Nigeria's forests 03/08/2024 09:55am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Security forces swept through large forests in Nigeria’s northwest region on Friday in search of nearly 300 children abducted from their school by motorcycle-riding gunmen in the latest mass kidnapping, which analysts and activists blamed on the failure of intelligence and Maine mass shooter had a brain injury. Experts say that doesn't explain his violence. 03/08/2024 09:50am • BOSTON (AP) — Brain injury experts are cautioning against drawing conclusions from newly released and limited information about evidence of a brain injury in an Army reservist who killed 18 people last year in Maine’s deadliest mass shooting. Boston University researchers who analyzed a sample o Germany's top prosecutor takes over Tesla fire investigation, suspecting terrorism 03/08/2024 09:20am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany's top prosecutor has taken over the investigation into an alleged arson attack on the power supply of the electric car company Tesla near Berlin. A spokeswoman said there is an initial suspicion that a terrorist organization may have been involved in the attack. In such cases 'School boards are the front lines for democracy': Prince William Co. chair Lateef launches lieutenant governor run 03/08/2024 07:14am • Babur Lateef, the chairman of the Prince William County School Board, has launched his campaign to be lieutenant governor, telling WTOP in an exclusive interview that "the idea that Virginia somehow is in an educational crisis is a complete myth." "Glenn Youngkin has done real harm to the spi DC delegate rails against 'patronizing' bill aimed at District criminal reform 03/08/2024 06:43am • Despite a sweeping anti-crime bill passed by the D.C. Council just this week, some members of Congress are pushing forward with a new crime measure they want to impose on the city. Republican Rep. Byron Donalds, of Florida, introduced the bill called the D.C. Criminal Reforms To Immediately Make State of the Union guests spotlight divide on abortion and immigration but offer some rare unity 03/08/2024 05:41am • The invitation list for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday speaks volumes about what Democrats and Republicans want to focus on as the 2024 election season heats up. Biden and Democratic lawmakers have invited several health care providers and women whose lives have been Montgomery Co. council members want update on search for new police chief 03/08/2024 05:40am • There are job openings at the top of two of Montgomery County's public safety agencies: the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service and the county Police Department are both looking for new chiefs. Now, on the heels of the withdrawal of his pick for fire chief, Montgomery County Executive Marc Liverpool routs Sparta 5-1 and Roma tops Brighton in Europa League. Marseille and Milan win 03/08/2024 05:24am • Darwin Nunez scored twice to help Liverpool rout Sparta 5-1 and take a big step closer to the Europa League quarterfinals on Thursday. Nunez’s right-footed shot from 25 meters (yards) flew past goalkeeper Peter Vindahl to double Liverpool’s early lead after Alexis Mac Allister’s penalty in Pra Behind the doors of a Chinese hacking company, a sordid culture fueled by influence, alcohol and sex 03/08/2024 04:28am • BEIJING (AP) — The hotel was spacious. It was upscale. It had a karaoke bar. The perfect venue, the CEO of the Chinese hacking company thought, to hold a Lunar New Year banquet currying favor with government officials. There was just one drawback, his top deputy said. “Who goes there?" the deput