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Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred’s term extended until 2029 by major league owners

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:27 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred’s term extended until 2029 by major league owners.Source

Muere la cantante Sinéad O’Connor a los 56 años, según reporte

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:27 GMT

(CNN) — La cantante irlandesa Sinead O’Connor murió a los 56 años, según reportó este miércoles RTE, la emisora ​​pública de Irlanda.La noticia de su muerte fue confirmada por RTE, quien compartió un comunicado familiar:“Con gran tristeza anunciamos la muerte de nuestra querida Sinead. Su familia y amigos están devastados y han pedido privacidad en este momento tan difícil”.No se informó sobre la causa de muerte.CNN se ha comunicado con representantes y familiares de O’Connor.Noticia en desarrollo…The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Ukrainian security service claims responsibility for October Crimea bridge blast

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:27 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s security service claimed responsibility for the first time on Wednesday for an explosion that badly damaged the Kerch Bridge linking the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula with Russia last October. The explosion, which Russian authorities said was caused by a truck bomb, left three people dead.Speaking on Ukrainian national television on Wednesday, Ukrainian Security Service head Vasyl Malyuk said his agency was behind the attack.“There were many different operations, special operations. We’ll be able to speak about some of them publicly and out loud after the victory, we will not talk at all about others,” Malyuk said. “It is one of our actions, namely the destruction of the Crimean bridge on October 8 last year.”A further attack on the bridge last week, killing a couple and seriously wounding their daughter, left a span of the roadway hanging perilously. The damage initially appeared to be less severe than what was caused by the assault in October, b...

Stock market today: Wall Street remains mixed after Fed raises interest rates

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:27 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks remain mixed Wednesday after the Federal Reserve followed through on Wall Street’s expectations and raised interest rates to their highest level in more than two decades.The S&P 500 was 0.1% lower in afternoon trading, not far from where it was before the Fed announced what traders hope will be the final rate hike for a long time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 27 points, or 0.1%, at 35,466, as of 2:11 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.2% lower.Microsoft weighed on the market after falling 4.2%. That was despite reporting stronger profit and revenue for the spring than analysts expected. Analysts said the company made comments that were perhaps intended to rein in huge expectations for upcoming growth from artificial intelligence. Investors also may have been hoping to hear more about when slowing growth at its Azure cloud computing business will trough.Another Big Tech behemoth, Alphabet, helped to limit the market’s losses....

Sinéad O’Connor, the gifted, provocative Irish singer made a star with ‘Nothing Compares 2 U,’ dies at 56, reports say

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:27 GMT

DUBLIN (AP) — Sinéad O’Connor, the gifted, provocative Irish singer made a star with ‘Nothing Compares 2 U,’ dies at 56, reports say.Source

British billionaire whose family trust owns Tottenham soccer club faces US insider trading charges

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:27 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Lewis, the British billionaire whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer team, on Wednesday pleaded not guilty in New York to insider trading charges alleging that he fed corporate secrets to romantic partners, personal assistants, friends and his pilots, earning them millions of dollars illegally. He was then released on $300 million bail.Lewis and two of his pilots — Patrick O’Connor and Bryan ‘Marty’ Waugh — surrendered early in the morning to the FBI, a prosecutor said. The pilots also pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in Manhattan federal court. They were each released on $250,000 bail.U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, who announced the charges Tuesday night in a video, said Lewis was accused of “orchestrating a brazen insider trading scheme” that utilized his access to corporate boardrooms to feed inside tips to friends and lovers.“Those folks then traded on that inside information — and made millions of dollars in the stock market — because, tha...

Female hikers warned about sexual predator along Jeffco trails

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:27 GMT

Editor's note: This story contains details about sexual assault and harassment.DENVER (KDVR) — The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said an unarmed and at-large sexual predator has been targeting female hikers in the Conifer and Evergreen area. Caught on camera: Female possibly forced into car at shopping center The sheriff's office said they have received seven reports of a man who has confronted female hikers who were alone along the trials of the Flying J Ranch Park in Confier, and one report of a similar incident at the Alderfer Three Sisters Park in Evergreen. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office provided a map of where they have received reports of the sexual predator approaching women at the Flying J Ranch Park. (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office)Across six reported incidents, deputies say the man was in some cases naked, forcibly grabbing women, masturbating in front of them and engaging in sexual conversations.Timeline of reportsApril 3The first report happened on April...

6 malnourished horses rescued from Parker home

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:27 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A man is accused of animal cruelty after six horses were found malnourished in Parker.On July 20, deputies and Animal Law Enforcement officers received an anonymous animal abuse call, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. When they arrived at the home in the 12300 block of Piney Lake Road, they could see the rib cages and hip bones of six horses. Horse rescue loses thousands of dollars after fields washed out During the investigation, they found the barn floor caked in feces and infested with flies, and stalls were covered in standing urine, the sheriff's office said in a news release. They found many of the horses severely underfed with no access to food and water. Their rib cages were showing and hip bones protruding.A horse rescued by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office and Animal Law Enforcement Officers.One of the horses saved by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office and Animal Law Enforcement Officers.Six horses saved by the Douglas County Sheriff'...

Minimum age to buy a gun in Colorado will increase to 21 in August

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:27 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Starting Aug. 7, people who are under the age of 21 will not be able to buy any firearms in the state of Colorado.Federal law already restricts anyone under 21 from buying handguns, but the new law restricts the purchase of any firearm in Colorado to people who are 21 or over.Colorado's 21-and-up gun lawThe law makes purchasing a gun when you're under 21 years old punishable by up to one year in jail or a $1,000 fine. Anyone who sells or transfers a firearm to someone under 21 could be punished with up to 18 months in jail or a $5,000 fine.There are some exceptions to the law. More specifically, there are three groups of people to whom the new law does not apply. Starting in August you’ll have to move over for these cars Two of the groups exempt from the minimum purchasing age are active-duty military and peace officers. Those who are certified by the Peace Officer Standards and Training board will also be able to buy firearms.Over-21 gun law faces lawsuitA federa...

Colorado's resignation rate is improving

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:27 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Colorado's "Great Resignation" is over, just like the rest of the U.S. It wasn't long ago that Colorado was at the top of the nation for the rate of people leaving their jobs. Americans left their jobs in record numbers in 2021 and 2022 in a pandemic-era trend dubbed the "Great Resignation.” Wages climbed, particularly in low-paying industries, as employers struggled to attract and retain workers. Renters will have a few extra rights starting in August Labor management firm TimeForge analyzed U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data in each state to find job resignation rates, or quit rates, to keep an eye on the trend and found that Colorado had the sixth-highest quit rate among U.S. states in May 2023. A new study ranks the Centennial State lower on the list. Financial advisor site WalletHub analyzed the June resignation rates and the rate in the last 12 months for each state. To calculate the ranking, Wallethub counted June's rates as double the value of the overa...