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Stock market today: Wall Street edges higher in early trading following 3 straight gains

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:06 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are edging mostly higher in early trading on Wall Street chipping a bit more away from the market’s losses in August. Treasury yields fell early Wednesday after some weaker-than expected readings on the U.S. economy and job market. The S&P 500 was just barely higher, up less than 0.1%. The benchmark index is coming off three straight gains but is still down for the month. The Dow was up 68 points, or 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.1%. The yield on the 2-year Treasury note fell to 4.83%. HP sank 10% after cutting its profit forecast for the year.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.Wall Street drifted between small gains and losses early Wednesday ahead of more economic news, including an inflation indicator and more jobs data. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and the S&P 500 were both essentially unchanged about an hour before the opening bell.Markets rallied Tuesday after the Conference Board reported that co...

Honk!: DC area ranks high for confrontational drivers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:06 GMT

The legendary commuting congestion around D.C. does more than just make people late — it’s prompting road rage and fueling some of the country’s angriest drivers.A new national study by Forbes Advisor ranks Virginia No. 4 for having the most confrontational drivers — West Virginia’s drivers rank even worse at No. 3. Maryland comes in at No. 19. The District of Columbia wasn’t included in the study.Of those polled, more than half in Virginia said they’ve been involved in an incident where the other driver got out of their vehicle to yell at or fight them. Ninety percent have had another driver curse at them, insult them, or make threats.Drivers in the commonwealth tied with Oklahoma drivers for being fourth most likely to report that another driver had cut them off on purpose, at just below 60%.Virginia drivers also tied with Missouri drivers for being fifth most likely to experience rude or offensive gestures while driving (67%).Maryland drivers reporte...

After anger from victims’ families, UK says criminals will be forced to attend sentencing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:06 GMT

LONDON (AP) — The British government said Wednesday it will change the law to force serious criminals to attend their sentencing hearings, after an outcry from the families of murder victims.The move follows widespread outrage at the refusal of nurse Lucy Letby to come to court this month to be sentenced for the murder of seven infants and the attempted murder of six others.That meant the killer did not have to hear anguished victims’ statements from the babies’ families, or listen as judge James Gross imposed a sentence of life without parole, saying Letby had acted with “deep malevolence bordering on sadism.”Politicians and victim advocates were already calling for changes in the law to force criminals to appear for sentencing after several high-profile convicts chose not to face their victims in recent months.Currently, offenders can be found in contempt of court if they refuse to attend, but they can’t be forced to come. The government said it will change the law to make clear t...

Nearly 170 rescued Senegalese migrants returned after Mauritania refused to take them in

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:06 GMT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Nearly 170 migrants returned to Senegal on Wednesday after spending almost a week in limbo on a Spanish rescue boat. Spain’s interior ministry said 168 migrants were safely transported to Saint-Louis, a major coastal city in the north of Senegal. Since Thursday, the migrants had been stuck aboard a Spanish Civil Guard vessel near the northwest African nation of Mauritania after authorities there refused to let them disembark, according to leading Spanish newspaper El Pais. Ibrahima Cissé, spokesperson for the ministry of Senegalese abroad, confirmed the migrants had arrived in Saint Louis but did not provide further details. The Civil Guard is one of two national police forces in Spain. For years, it has worked with local authorities in Mauritania and Senegal to try to prevent migrants from attempting to reach Spain’s Canary Islands, an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of Africa.In recent months there has been a surge of migrants depart...

Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it’s safe after nuclear plant wastewater is discharged

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:06 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three Cabinet ministers ate Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting Wednesday, in an apparent effort to show that fish is safe following the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that began last week. Kishida and the three ministers had sashimi of flounder, octopus and sea bass, caught off the Fukushima coast after the water release, along with vegetables, fruits and a bowl of rice that were harvested in the prefecture, Economy and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who was at the meeting, told reporters. The release of the treated wastewater into the ocean, which began Thursday and is expected to continue for decades, has been strongly opposed by fishing groups and by neighboring countries. China immediately banned all imports of Japanese seafood in response. In South Korea, thousands of people joined rallies over the weekend to condemn the discharge.All seawater and...

E-470 closed at I-76 due to semi rollover

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:06 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Those who commute on E-470 will want to find another route following a semitruck rollover Wednesday morning.Just before 7:30 a.m., all southbound lanes of E-470 were closed at Interstate 76 due to the rollover.FOX31's Courtney Fromm is on the scene where multiple emergency crews were working to clear the metal scaffolding that was covering the highway. You’ve been warned: Don’t drive over solid white lines In addition to the closure at I-76, the ramp from U.S. 85 to southbound/eastbound E-470 is also closed so another truck can come and clear the debris.The closure is expected to last at least another three to four hours. However, one lane will be temporarily reopened at around 9:30 a.m. to help clear some of the backed-up traffic.For detours around the closure, visit the FOX31 traffic page.There has been no word on what may have caused the rollover.

Idalia blasts Florida and Georgia, swamping the coast and closing highways

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:06 GMT

CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Idalia remained an extremely dangerous Category 2 hurricane as it moved into Georgia after making landfall Wednesday morning on Florida’s west coast, where it unleashed life-threatening storm surges and rainfall across an area that has never before received such pummeling.More than 242,000 customers were without electricity as trees snapped by strong winds brought down power lines and rushing water covered streets. Along the coast, some homes were submerged to near their rooftops and structures crumpled. As the eye moved inland, destructive winds shredded signs and sent sheet metal flying. LIVE: Hurricane Idalia brings catastrophic storm surge, destructive winds to Florida’s Big Bend “We have multiple trees down, debris in the roads, do not come,” posted the fire and rescue department in Cedar Key, where a tide gauge measured the storm surge at 6.8 feet (2 meters), submerging most of hte downtown. “We have propane tanks blowing up all over the isla...

These spooky movies will be released this fall

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:06 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — While spooky season is still a month out, there are a few scary films set to hit theaters soon. These movies vary in horror, from comically creepy to downright gruesome. Orchards still offering apple picking for fall 2023 Depending on your threshold for thrillers, these movies will put you in the Halloween mood. September: All Fun and Games: Sept. 1After Salem teens find a cursed knife, they are forced to play childhood games with a deadly turn. You may recognize one of the stars, Natalia Dyer, as "Nancy Wheeler" from the popular TV series "Stanger Things." Don't Look Away Sept. 1 Once you see the supernatural entity in the form of a mannequin, you're already dead -- or at least that's what happened to the people who saw it before Frankie. The Good Mother Sept. 1This dramatic mystery isn't supernatural, but it's definitely a thriller. A mother embarks on a journey to track down her son's killer with his pregnant girlfriend only to find a world of drugs and corrupt...

Hurricane Idalia unleashes fury on Georgia and Florida, swamping the coast and closing highways

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:06 GMT

CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Idalia remained an extremely dangerous Category 2 hurricane as it moved into Georgia after making landfall Wednesday morning on Florida’s west coast, where it unleashed life-threatening storm surges and rainfall across an area that has never before received such pummeling.More than 242,000 customers were without electricity as trees snapped by strong winds brought down power lines and rushing water covered streets. Along the coast, some homes were submerged to near their rooftops and structures crumpled. As the eye moved inland, destructive winds shredded signs and sent sheet metal flying.“We have multiple trees down, debris in the roads, do not come,” posted the fire and rescue department in Cedar Key, where a tide gauge measured the storm surge at 6.8 feet (2 meters), submerging most of hte downtown. “We have propane tanks blowing up all over the island.”Idalia came ashore in the lightly populated Big Bend region, where the Florida Panhandle curves...

GEM prepares supplies to assist communities and people affected after Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in Florida

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:06 GMT

After Hurricane Idalia made landfall in the Sunshine State, The Global Empowerment Mission in Doral is packing up and is ready to send supplies to those hit hard by the storm. 7News cameras on Wednesday captured several items in their assembly line such as socks, food, water and family hygiene kits.The Chief Development Officer at GEM spoke with 7News about their current plans. “It’s always getting the most amount of aid to the most amount of people in the least amount of time for the least amount of money,” Patrick Lynch said. “It’s what we’re doing here today. Our neighbors here in Florida, just up the road, are no strangers to storms like this, unfortunately, and neither are we. So starting yesterday, we already sent out two tractor trailers worth of aid that are currently en-route to Perry. They’ll be ready for distribution as soon as the storm clears.”Lynch also discussed what GEM will do for the rest of the week.“Throughou...