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At least one former Memphis, Tennessee, police officer has been indicted in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols, his attorney said Thursday.Emmitt Martin III surrendered to authorities, the attorney, William Massey, told NBC News.Five officers in total — Martin, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith — were fired Friday after police Chief C.J. Davis said they violated department policies during the Jan. 7 traffic stop that led to Nichols’ death.They “were found to be directly responsible for the physical abuse of Mr. Nichols,” Davis said in a video statement Wednesday night.Early findings in an autopsy show…

The US dollar has wilted against its peers in the opening month of 2023 as the Federal Reserve fades as the key driver in currency markets and investors focus on the policies of other major central banks. The Fed’s campaign of big rate rises captivated investors in the first nine months of 2022, igniting a rush into the dollar. But as the US central bank has slowed its increases in borrowing costs, the currency has slid against its peers. The dollar has fallen 1.4 per cent in January against half a dozen major currencies, leaving it on track to record…

With the Gregg Berhalter scandal lurking as a backdrop, the United States Soccer Federation officially underwent some changes on Thursday. Sporting director Earnie Stewart left for PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands, while United States men’s national team general manager Brian McBride “decided to move on” after three years — a move communicated prior to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, according to a U.S. Soccer release. Stewart will stay on until Feb. 15. McBride’s tenure will end Jan. 31. The decisions were independent, the release stated, but ESPN and The Athletic, citing anonymous sources, reported Jan. 20 that the USMNT wouldn’t…

Australians have turned out to protest against the country’s national holiday, branding the day as “Invasion Day” as they demand recognition of harm against the Indigenous population. “Let us all recognize the unique privilege that we have to share this continent with the world’s oldest continuous culture,” Australian Prime Minster Anthony Albanese said of the holiday at a flag-raising ceremony to mark the 235th anniversary. Australia Day marks the day that a British fleet first landed on the continent and proclaimed sovereignty over the land. In Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, a large crowd gathered to proclaim the day “Invasion…

An asteroid will fly past Earth on Thursday night in one of the closest such encounters ever recorded. According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, this will be a near miss with no chance of the asteroid – which is about the size of a delivery truck – hitting Earth. The agency said that the asteroid, designated 2023 BU, will speed over the southern tip of South America on Thursday. The approach is expected to happen at 7:27 p.m. ET, just 2,200 miles above the Earth’s surface and well within the orbit of geosynchronous satellites.  Even if the space rock came closer, scientists…

New cash flows for Vanguard fell by half last year in a slowdown that leaves the world’s second-largest asset manager trailing farther behind its larger rival and closest competitor BlackRock. Net investor inflows dropped to $151bn in 2022, down 49.6 per cent on the $299.4bn in new cash gathered over the previous year, according to data provided by the company. More than half of Vanguard’s total assets are invested in tracker funds that closely follow broad financial benchmarks, such as the S&P 500 or FTSE 100, so it was hit hard by the simultaneous falls that battered equity and bond markets…

Autism rates tripled among children in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area from 2000 to 2016, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Pediatrics.The authors, a team from Rutgers University, calculated the trend by analyzing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates of the number of children who’ve been identified as having autism spectrum disorder by age 8.Although there is no medical test for autism, the CDC has established a network of 17 sites across the country that estimate autism rates based on a combination of formal medical diagnoses and records from schools and health care providers.Nationally,…

In France people have taken to the streets over plans to raise the state pension age to 64, while we risk a hike to 68 and barely whimper, says Paul RoutledgeThe world’s oldest woman, nun Sister Andre, has died aged 118 in the French city of Toulon. They live longer over there, an average of two years. It must be the garlic, the baguettes and the wine. That same week, one million people took to the streets in France to protest against President Macron ’s plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Ooh-la-lah! They should be so…

It’s been an explosive month for SOL, the cryptocurrency that powers Solana’s high-performance layer-1 blockchain protocol. The cryptocurrency was last trading higher by about 145% on the month in the mid-$24.00s and is up an even more impressive more than 200% versus its end of December 2022 lows under $8.0 per token.December was a dire month for Solana’s price as investors continued to dump the token on concerns that the collapse of potentially fraudulent cryptocurrency exchange FTX in November, a big supporter of the Solana ecosystem, would result in the “death” of the ecosystem and cryptocurrency.But Solana has a decentralized…

Living to 90 is a feat in itself, but imagine being able to compete in triathlons even as you near that distinguished age. This is the reality for Dr. Joseph Maroon, an 82-year-old triathlete who also works as a consultant neurosurgeon for the Pittsburgh Steelers and medical director of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).”I tell people my goal in life is to die young as late as possible,” Maroon says. “I’m focused on my healthspan, not so much my lifespan.”Maroon credits his value of mind and body connection for his ability to compete in eight Ironman Triathlons, nine marathons and over…