A woman is dead after being struck on Preston Highway early Tuesday morning and one person is being questioned after driving away from the scene, Louisville Metro Police said. LMPD Sixth Division officers responded to a call about a pedestrian struck at approximately 12:40 a.m. in the intersection of Preston Highway and Durrett Lane, LMPD … Read more
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says a French construction worker who confronted a man who stabbed six people to death in a Sydney shopping mall is welcome to stay in the country as long as he likes. Damien Guerot has been nicknamed “Bollard Man” on social media because of security camera footage showing him … Read more
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Monday said he planned this week to advance a long-stalled national security spending package to aid Israel, Ukraine and other U.S. allies, along with a separate bill aimed at mollifying conservatives who have been vehemently opposed to backing Ukraine. Johnson’s announcement, coming after he has agonized for … Read more
Dow futures popped on Tuesday, with US stocks eyeing a broader comeback as a wave of earnings reports lifted a market faced with bond yields at multimonth highs and rising tensions in the Middle East. Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) futures gained 0.6%, coming off a six-session run of losses. Futures on the S&P 500 … Read more
LAS VEGAS – Jessica Andrade campaigned for a title shot after UFC 300. Former champion Andrade (26-12 MMA, 17-10 UFC) notched her second-straight win Saturday when she defeated Marina Rodriguez (17-4-2 MMA, 7-4-2 UFC) by split decision in their strawweight bout at T-Mobile Arena. Based off of availability and who already had their chance at … Read more
Knoxville police detectives knew who gunned down one of their own in the early morning hours of July 7, 1989. They just couldn’t prove it, at least not to the point of putting together a case for prosecution. So Johnnie Warwick went free, at least for a while. Although law enforcement was not able to … Read more
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday that he wants to further increase investment in Vietnam a day after the company announced it would spending on suppliers in the Southeast Asian manufacturing hub. Vietnam has become more important to Apple as the company seeks to diversify its supply chains away from China, … Read more
NEW YORK — It was about 2:30 on Monday afternoon when the first 96 potential jurors filed into a drab courtroom in lower Manhattan to encounter the world’s most famous defendant: Donald Trump. Some craned their necks to catch a glimpse, an indication of the undeniable power of Trump’s celebrity. But not long after, more … Read more
Bank of America (BAC) said Tuesday that first-quarter profits dropped 18% from a year ago as a key revenue source weakened, offering the latest example of how even the biggest banks are increasingly challenged by high interest rates. Net interest income at Bank of America fell 3% from the year-earlier period “as higher deposit costs … Read more
The Giants have two new coordinators on head coach Brian Daboll’s staff this season and it looked like they might be making three changes early in the offseason. Offensive coordinator Mike Kafka interviewed for the Seahawks’ head coaching job and Seattle wanted to speak to him a second time about becoming Mike Macdonald’s coordinator after … Read more