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S&P/TSX composite down nearly 200 points, U.S. stock markets also fall

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:00 GMT

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was down nearly 200 points in late-morning trading as losses in the energy and base metal sectors helped lead the decline, while U.S. stock markets also tumbled lower.The S&P/TSX composite index was down 179.24 points at 19,754.97.In New York, where markets were closed Monday for the Juneteenth federal holiday, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 315.83 points at 33,983.29. The S&P 500 index was down 34.49 points at 4,375.10, while the Nasdaq composite was down 96.17 points at 13,593.40.The Canadian dollar traded for 75.44 cents US compared with 75.72 cents US on Monday.The August crude contract was down US$1.45 from Friday at US$70.48 per barrel and the July natural gas contract was down 10 cents from Friday at US$2.53 per mmBTU.The August gold contract was down US$25.40 from Friday to trade for US$1,945.80 an ounce and the July copper contract was down a penny from Friday at US$3.88 a pound.This report by The Canadian Press w...

Rapper Quando Rondo jailed on drug, gang charges in Georgia

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:00 GMT

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The rapper Quando Rondo has been jailed after being indicted on drug and gang charges in his hometown of Savannah.The 24-year-old rapper, whose given name is Tyquian Terrel Bowman, was behind bars in the Chatham County jail Tuesday. According to court records, he has a bond hearing scheduled Friday.Bowman and 18 others were indicted by a grand jury Wednesday. The indictment charged Bowman with four counts, including being a manager of an illegal street gang known as “Rollin’ 60’s.” Other charges say Bowman conspired with others to distribute marijuana and to buy pills of the opioid hydrocodone. Bowman’s attorney, Joshua Pine, declined to make an immediate comment when reached by phone Tuesday.As Quando Rondo, the rapper’s singles “I Remember” and “ABG” led to a deal with Atlantic Records, which released his debut album, “QPac,” in 2020. His follow-up album, “Recovery,” came out in March.The Associated Press

Man, 64, charged with 1st-degree murder in Etobicoke homicide

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:00 GMT

Toronto police have arrested and charged a 64-year-old man with first-degree murder in a fatal shooting in Etobicoke on Monday.Authorities were called to Dundas Street West and Avonhurst Road in the Islington area at around 7 p.m. for reports of a shooting.Police located a victim who was later pronounced dead at the scene.On Tuesday, the victim was identified as 55-year-old Mohamed Said Mohamed.Abdiaziz Abdi, 64, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.Investigators have not said if the suspect and victim knew each other.The accused was expected to make a virtual court appearance on Tuesday at 10 a.m.

Man found dead in Lake Michigan: police

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:00 GMT

CHICAGO — The body of a man was recovered from Lake Michigan Tuesday morning.Police said officers responded to a call of a person in the water around 5:50 a.m. in the 1000 block of West Pratt.First responders pulled a man, believed to be 60-65 years old, from the water. He was pronounced dead on the scene. 3 teens among 75 shot across Chicago over holiday weekend The man's identity as not yet been released.According to police, detectives will conduct a death investigation pending autopsy results.

George Frazier, pitcher on 1984 Cubs, dies at 68

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:00 GMT

CHICAGO — A former Cubs pitcher, who was a part of one of the club's most celebrated teams and involved in a major trade that season, is being mourned throughout Major League Baseball on Tuesday.George Frazier, who pitched for the Cubs from 1984-1986, has died at the age of 68, which was announced by the Colorado Rockies on Monday evening. Frazier played with five teams in the MLB career, spending parts of three seasons with the Cubs, arriving in Chicago in one of the biggest deals in franchise history. On June 13, 1984, Frazier was traded along with starter Rick Sutcliffe and catcher Ron Hassey to Cleveland in exchange for Joe Carter, Mel Hall, Don Schulze, and Darryl Banks. Sutcliffe would go on to be one of the faces for the Cubs over the majority of the next decade, and he along with Frazier helped the team make history the rest of that season.Sutcliffe went 16-1 with a 2.69 ERA to win the National League Cy Young Award, proving to be the catalyst in the Cubs' Eastern Division c...

Meet the athletes representing Texas in the 2023 Special Olympics World Games

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:00 GMT

Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN Live's morning headlines for Tuesday, June 20, 2023. TEXAS (KXAN) — The Special Olympics World Games 2023 officially started Sunday, and Texas has a handful of athletes in the competition. There are six Texans at the games in Berlin representing the Lone Star State. Two are head coaches, one is a Unified partner and the other three are athletes competing in the games. Tyler Dodson, DesotoTyler Dodson, of Desoto, will compete in sailing this year. He started competing in the Special Olympics when he was in fifth grade in athletics and bowling, his bio said. In high school, he started participating in kayaking, sailing, stand-up paddleboarding and swimming. In 2019, Dodson competed in sailing at the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi, where he won silver. In 2018, he was selected to represent Texas in the Special Olympics USA Games, where he competed in stand-up paddleboard, winning gold. That same year, his high school kayaking team pl...

LIVE: Paxton impeachment attorneys wrestle over trial rules ahead of Senate decision

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:00 GMT

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — On Tuesday, a Texas Senate panel is expected to present its proposed rules for how the upcoming impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton will work.The anticipated release of recommendations from the seven-member Senate committee to the entire Senate is scheduled for Tuesday. The panel has broad power in forming how the Senate trial might operate, which could significantly impact Paxton's prospects of keeping his position in an impending trial, which Lt. Governor Dan Patrick vowed to begin by Aug. 28 at the latest. BACKGROUND: Texas House votes to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton While state senators — who will serve as a jury — will vote whether or not to convict or acquit Paxton, no aspect of the trial will include criminal charges. While attorneys have often compared the impeachment process to criminal trials in the judicial system, Texas lawmakers are only weighing Paxton's fitness for office. A Senate vote to impeach would mean immediate...

Green lightning spotted on Jupiter's north pole

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:00 GMT

SPACE (KXAN) — New images captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft are revealing details about storms on Jupiter. The photo, captured on Dec. 30, 2020, shows a flash of green lightning within a storm on the gas giant.According to NASA, lightning on the largest planet in our solar system occurs in clouds "containing an ammonia-water solution." Ammonia, when burned in oxygen, has a "pale yellowish-green flame," likely giving the bolt of lightning its color.A photo taken of Jupiter's north pole reveals a green lightning strike. (Credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Kevin M. Gill © CC BY )NASA said in a press release that lightning occurs more commonly near the poles on Jupiter, as opposed to on Earth where lightning is more common near the equator.The photo was captured on the Juno spacecraft's 31st flyby of the planet. As many pictures of space are taken using special cameras, they must be processed before we can properly see them. Citizen scientist Kevin M. Gi...

Spenser Watkins, Orioles starting pitcher in 2021 and 2022, designated for assignment in roster shakeup

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:00 GMT

Spenser Watkins, who started 30 games on the mound for the Orioles between 2021 and 2022, was designated for assignment Tuesday, the club announced amid a flurry of roster moves.The 30-year-old right-hander was recalled twice this season, including as the 26th man on Saturday in Chicago, to add length to Baltimore’s bullpen, but he didn’t pitch in either instance.The Orioles recalled right-handed reliever Logan Gillaspie to replace Watkins on the 26-man roster, and Baltimore selected the contract of catcher Anthony Bemboom to replace Watkins on the 40-man roster.Watkins, who missed a month earlier this year with a cut on his right ring finger, had a 7.27 ERA and a 1.92 WHIP in 26 innings in Triple-A this season. In 160 innings with the Orioles in 2021 and 2022, Watkins was 7-13 with a 5.85 ERA and 5.5 strikeouts per nine innings.He made his major league debut with Baltimore in 2021 after joining the organization on a minor league deal earlier that year. He struggled in h...

International soccer struggling, again, with racism in the ranks

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:00 GMT

GENEVA — Two international soccer games stopped because of racial abuse between players, including Minnesota United defender Michael Boxall. A United States-Mexico game cut short amid homophobic chants by fans. An advisor to Brazil player Vinícius Júnior was racially harassed by a steward at a stadium in Spain.All these incidents in the past week are evidence of an “urgent crisis” facing soccer, an anti-discrimination group that works with FIFA and European soccer body UEFA said Tuesday.The two men’s games abandoned on Monday — when New Zealand and the Ireland under-21 team refused to continue playing after hearing racial abuse by opponents from Qatar and Kuwait, respectively — came days after FIFA president Gianni Infantino reset soccer’s task to tackle discrimination.“There is no football if there is racism! So let’s stop the games,” Infantino said last Friday after meeting with Vinícius in Barcelona and enlisting him to work with FIFA and other players.Vinícius, who is Black, has...