The global economy is actually doing a lot better than you might think and a

dangerous ice storm is moving through the US. It's the seven from the Washington

Post. I'm Jeff Pierre. It's Tuesday January 31st.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

Before we turn to the world economy or the weather, we're in Memphis, where two more

officers have been suspended over Tyry Nichols death. The 29-year-old black man died

after being beaten by police during a January 7th traffic stop.

Five officers have already been fired and charged with murder.

Memphis police say that these other officers are being investigated for actions and

inactions during Nichols beating.

One of them used a taseron Nichols.

Two EMTs and a lieutenant from the Memphis Fire Department were also fired yesterday.

The US plans to end its coronavirus national emergencies on May 11th. That story number two.

President Biden announced a move yesterday. The emergencies have been in place since March of 2020. The end marks a new phase of the COVID response.

Most Americans have been vaccinated and life is largely back to normal,

but almost 500 people are still dying from COVID each day.

This also means that some flexibilities from early in the pandemic will disappear,

like border rules and extra Medicaid funding. At number three, the global economy isn't doing as bad as people thought.

The U.S. Europe and China have outperformed expectations with steady hiring in the U.S.

manufacturing growth in Europe and spending in China.

An important note here, this is more the result of economic disasters being avoided,

rather than any new boom.

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