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Stock market today: Wall Street drifts higher ahead of July 4th holiday in US

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:09 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted higher Monday as momentum slowed on Wall Street following a powerful rally to start the year. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1%, rising to its highest level since April 2022. The Dow rose less than 0.1%. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.2%. Tesla rose after it said the number of vehicles it delivered during the spring surged from a year earlier. Much of the rest of the market was quieter. The U.S. stock market closed at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time and will remain shut Tuesday in observance of Independence Day.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting Monday as momentum slows on Wall Street following its powerful rally to start the year.The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in midday trading, hanging close to its highest level since April 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 9 points, or less than 0.1%, at 34,416, as of 11:10 a.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was basically flat.Tesla wa...

Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves agree on max contract extension

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:09 GMT

The Minnesota Timberwolves have made it clear: They’re going to build around Anthony Edwards.The Timberwolves and Edwards agreed on a max extension on Monday — five years, $207 million, with a chance of the deal reaching $260 million, agent Bill Duffy confirmed to The Associated Press.Edwards’ new contract will begin in the 2024-25 season. He becomes the fourth player to get the maximum rookie-scale extension so far this summer, joining Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton, Charlotte’s LaMelo Ball and Memphis’ Desmond Bane.His deal would reach the supermax level if he makes an All-NBA team.Edwards was an All-Star for the first time this past season, and he has gotten better in each of his first three years with the Timberwolves.His scoring, rebound, assist, steal and shooting numbers have increased each season. Edwards averaged 24.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.6 steals on 46% shooting this past season — while shooting 37% from 3-point range.Only nine...

Poderoso fuego artificial le explota en la cara, provocándole heridas graves

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:09 GMT

CARY, Illinois — Un poderoso fuego artificial explotó en la cara de un hombre de Illinois, Chicago, hiriéndolo de gravedad, mientras intentaba determinar por qué no había detonado, dijeron las autoridades el lunes. El fuego artificial fue uno de los muchos fuegos artificiales de grado comercial que poseía el hombre de 58 años en una reunión del domingo por la noche en Cary, Illinois, dijo la oficina del alguacil del condado de Lake. “Encendió fuegos artificiales, que no detonaron como se esperaba”, dijo la oficina del alguacil. “El hombre miró dentro del tubo que albergaba los fuegos artificiales y se descargó, golpeándole la cara y luego explotando”. Se eleva a 10 la cifra total de heridos tras tiroteo masivo en club nocturno de Kansas Por qué EEUU recomienda reconsiderar los viajes a China El hombre, cuyo nombre no fue revelado, se encontraba en estado crítico en un hospital. Se entregaron otros fuegos artificiales a un escuadró...

Where can you watch the July 4th F-16 flyovers in Colorado?

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:09 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Colorado Air National Guard will perform flyovers across the state with F-16C Vipers to celebrate the nation's independence on Tuesday, July 4.“Our nation’s independence is again celebrated by the triumphant ‘sound of freedom’ from the mighty F-16 Viper,” U.S. Air Force Col. Jeremiah Tucker said.The jets will take off from Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora around 10 a.m. and fly until 12:30 p.m. Where to watch Colorado’s 4th of July fireworks, drone shows this year With possible severe weather in the forecast, some of the planned flyovers could be canceled. The flyovers are scheduled in several places across the state:Crested ButteDenver metroFirestoneGranbyGrand LakeGreeleyMonumentSilverton/OurayTellurideVailWellingtonThis year also marks 100 years of military aviation in Colorado.

'Nuisance' mountain lion relocated after multiple incidents in Pagosa Springs

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:09 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A mountain lion that was suspected of grabbing a dog at a Pagosa Springs park was safely relocated far away from the southwestern Colorado town.Colorado Parks and Wildlife said they have encountered this lion on multiple occasions causing a nuisance in areas across Pagosa Springs.Most recently, the mountain lion was suspected of grabbing a dog at Yamaguchi Park along the San Juan River. Thankfully, CPW said the dog survived. Horse rescue loses thousands of dollars after fields washed out On Friday, rangers found the lion under a porch at a neighboring home. The rangers used a dart gun to tranquilize the animal and give it a health assessment.Colorado Parks and Wildlife successfully relocated a mountain lion that was suspected of grabbing a dog. (Colorado Parks and Wildlife)Colorado Parks and Wildlife successfully relocated a mountain lion that was suspected of grabbing a dog. (Colorado Parks and Wildlife)From there, the mountain lion was tagged, loaded into a trap,...

Man fatally shot in Pompano Beach, investigation underway

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:09 GMT

A man was killed in a shooting incident in Pompano Beach, prompting an investigation by Broward Sheriff’s Office Homicide detectives.The incident occurred around 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, in the vicinity of Northwest 17th Terrace and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Pompano Beach. Broward County Regional Communications received a call reporting the shooting, leading BSO deputies and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue to respond swiftly. Upon arrival, deputies discovered an adult male identified as 35-year-old Donelle Hunter, who had sustained a gunshot wound. Emergency medical personnel rushed Hunter to Broward Health North, where he was later pronounced dead.If you have any information on this crime, call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward of up to $5,000.

Authorities offer $20,000 in rewards for information after explosives detonated at DC businesses

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:09 GMT

(CNN) — Authorities are offering up to $20,000 in rewards for information in connection with a series of explosive attacks on several businesses in Washington over the weekend.No one was hurt in the attacks, which the Metropolitan Police Department said occurred in the span of roughly 15 minutes early Sunday morning. A suspect detonated explosive devices on a sidewalk near an ATM, in front of a Nike store and then threw a “Molotov cocktail style object” at a Safeway store. All three locations were damaged.The MPD, along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, are each offering a $10,000 reward leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved in the attacks.“In each of these offenses, it appears the suspect targeted commercial establishments and it does not appear the suspect was targeting any members of the public. The establishments were closed at the time of the offenses. There were no reported injuries as a result of these offenses,” the MPD said in a ...

Unite the right? Cordon sanitaire holds back EU-wide right-wing alliance, for now

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:09 GMT

Italian and French right-wing leaders Matteo Salvini and Marine Le Pen hoped to lay the groundwork for a right-to-far-right majority for the European Union in a meeting Monday. But mainstream conservatives in Brussels had other ideas.With less than a year to go until the European elections, speculation is mounting that the center-right European People’s Party (EPP) could build new alliances with fledgling right-wing groups in the newly formed European Parliament. This could potentially end its decades-old coalition with the center-left Socialists and Democrats.Salvini, who leads Italy’s populist League party, offered to act as a middleman between the EPP and the far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) grouping, to which his party belongs. “Salvini reiterated his determination to build a common home for the center-right alternative to socialists, without vetoes,” wrote the League in a readout of the meeting with Le Pen. “I want to unite the whole center-right, the unity of our po...

Lupica: Leon Rose opened the Knicks’ window; now he’s on the clock before it closes

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:09 GMT

Leon Rose became president of the basketball operation at Madison Square Garden a little over three years ago, March of 2020. In that time, Rose has done a lot, mostly because the Knicks have come back from being on the wrong side of the clown line in the NBA. They have finished fourth in the Eastern Conference and finished fifth, and won just the team’s second playoff series – wait for it – in this century. It’s a lot. Just not enough.There has to be some urgency now for Rose, as patient an executive as he obviously likes being, if not as much as he likes being the New York City sports executive that the media can’t find. As crazy as this sounds, just because of the joke the Knicks had become over the two decades before Rose got to the Garden, getting the Knicks this far is the easy part compared to what comes next:Moving up from the middle of the pack in the conference to the top of it.To do that, Rose still needs a star. You keep hearing that the sta...

Israel launches most intense military operation in West Bank in years; at least 8 Palestinians dead

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:09 GMT

By NASSER NASSER and JOSEF FEDERMAN (Associated Press)JENIN, West Bank (AP) — Israel on Monday launched its most intense military operation in the occupied West Bank in nearly two decades, carrying out a series of drone strikes and sending hundreds of troops on an open-ended mission into a militant stronghold. At least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded.The crackdown was reminiscent of Israeli military tactics during the second Palestinian uprising in the early 2000s and came at a time of growing domestic pressure for a tough response to recent attacks on Israeli settlers, including a shooting last month that killed four Israelis.The operation took place in the Jenin refugee camp — an area in the northern West Bank that has long been known as a bastion of militants. The fighting, which began shortly after midnight, continued past nightfall.Throughout the day, black smoke rose from the crowded streets of the camp, a densely populated neighborhood that is ho...