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Stock market today: Stocks edge higher in muted holiday trading on Wall Street

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

Wall Street edged higher early Thursday as the year closes out with muted holiday trading.The S&P 500 rose 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 75 points, or 0.2% as of 10:37 a.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.3%.The broader market remained mostly quiet ahead of the final trading day of the year. The S&P 500 is on track for its ninth straight week of gains and is up more than 24%. The two-month rally has also pushed the benchmark index closer to breaking its all-time high set in January of 2022.Every other major index is also on track for a strong finish to year of solid gains. The Nasdaq has outpaced the broader market and is up more than 44% for the year.Bond yields rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences mortgage rates, rose to 3.82% from 3.79 late Wednesday.Markets in Asia gained ground. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index was an outlier in Asia, shedding 0.4%. Speculation over whether and when the Bank of Japan might ease its longstanding lax moneta...

Un video aparentemente muestra a al menos a dos niños en ropa interior y detenidos por las FDI en un estadio de Gaza, entre hombres palestinos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

(CNN) — Un video editado que circula en las redes sociales parece mostrar a hombres palestinos y al menos dos niños detenidos y desnudados por las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) en un estadio en el norte de Gaza.Los clips del video muestran lo que parecen ser dos niños jóvenes en un cuadro, en ropa interior, caminando y sosteniendo ambas manos en alto mientras las FDI los dirigen en el estadio en Gaza.En otro clip, se ven dos figuras que parecen ser los mismos niños jóvenes despojados de su ropa con las manos sobre la cabeza, mientras están alineados en fila india con otros hombres que parecen ser adolescentes y adultos.CNN no puede verificar cuándo se grabó el video. Una geolocalización de CNN del video muestra que fue filmado en el estadio Yarmouk en la ciudad de Gaza, donde la ONG Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor ha dicho que recibió informes de detenciones.Guerra entre Israel y Hamas en vivo: combates en Gaza, situación de los civiles y másCNN contactó a las FDI...

Trabajadores de Maryland recibirán aumento de salario mínimo a partir del 1 de enero

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

Las personas que trabajan por un salario mínimo en Maryland están a punto de recibir más dinero en sus cheques de pago.El salario mínimo estatal aumentará de $13.25 a $15 por hora a partir del 1 de enero, convirtiendo a Maryland en el sexto estado del país que promulga una base salarial similar.Sin embargo, los trabajadores del condado Montgomery se verán menos afectados porque el condado se adelantó al estado en el aumento de salarios.Muchos trabajadores del condado Montgomery ya ganan más que el salario mínimo estatal debido a que las grandes empresas pagan $16.70 la hora. Aquellos que trabajan para empresas que emplean a menos de 10 personas son los únicos que ganan menos ($14.50 por hora) y recibirán el aumento. Aumento de salario mínimo en Maryland: el impacto sobre comercios pequeños y familias ¿Por qué los estadounidenses pasan hambre pese a la economía fuerte? El ejecutivo del condado, Marc Elrich, opina que los trabajador...

Georgia’s Carson Beck details what went into his decision to return to Bulldogs in 2024

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — There is a silver lining of sorts for Georgia, even after seeing its school-record run of 29 consecutive victories end and not being selected for the College Football Playoff to take a shot at what could have been a third consecutive national championship. Carson Beck is coming back. And if things had gone a little differently for the Bulldogs, that might not have been the case.Beck detailed what went into his decision to return to Georgia in 2024 on Thursday, with the notion of having some unfinished business next season — after this season’s plans went awry by the Bulldogs losing to Alabama in the Southeastern Conference title game — prominent in his thought process.“I mean, I feel like that’s always part of it,” Beck said. “I feel like if we hadn’t of lost that game, maybe things would be different. But obviously that’s the way that things panned out and mentally that definitely had an effect on my d...

AMLO dice que llegaron a acuerdo para reabrir los cruces fronterizos con EE.UU. después de una “muy buena” reunión con funcionarios estadounidenses

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

(CNN) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, calificó de “muy buena” su reunión sobre inmigración con el secretario de Seguridad Nacional, Alejandro Mayorkas, y el secretario de Estado, Antony Blinken, y otros funcionarios estadounidenses, y dijo que se había llegado a un acuerdo para reabrir los cruces fronterizos estadounidenses que habían sido cerrados temporalmente por la Administración Biden para redirigir al personal a procesar a los migrantes.“Cada vez hay más movimiento en las fronteras, en los puentes y por eso tenemos que estar atentos para que no se cierren los cruces, se llegó a ese acuerdo”, dijo AMLO durante su conferencia de prensa diaria celebrada el jueves en la capital Ciudad de México. “En eso se avanzó”, añadió.Le pedimos al presidente Biden reunirnos con los secretarios Antony Blinken, Alejandro Mayorkas y la asesora presidencial de Seguridad Nacional, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, para tratar de manera directa asuntos de cooperación económi...

Local governments sue Xcel Energy over Marshall Fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- This Saturday marks the second anniversary of the Marshall Fire. Almost exactly two years after the fire, local governments sued Xcel Energy for its alleged role in the fire.Colorado's most destructive wildfire swept through Boulder County on Dec. 30, 2021, destroying more than a thousand homes and killing two people. Marshall Fire: Over 150 insurance companies sue Xcel Energy On Dec. 22, 2023, local governments including the Boulder County Board of Commissioners and Boulder Valley School District filed a lawsuit against Xcel for allegedly failing to meet certain safety standards.The lawsuit filed two actions, the first being inverse condemnation, where it alleged that Xcel was responsible for the injury and damages to the public.A second action was filed for negligence. The lawsuit alleges that Xcel failed its duty to provide electrical equipment that was properly designed, maintained and inspected.Meanwhile, property owners also filed a lawsuit on Dec. 25, 2023 ...

Arizona driver arrested after road rage altercation caught on camera

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

SURPRISE, Arizona (KNXV) — A driver was arrested after Surprise police say a road rage incident was caught on camera. 40-year-old Charles Bass was taken into custody after pointing a gun twice at a teen driver earlier this month.“The first time he pulled it up, it didn’t really hit me,” said 19-year-old Shi ’Anna Bamba.On December 5, she was driving near Litchfield and Cactus roads in Surprise. After dropping off her siblings at school, Bamba said she tried to change lanes. Court documents said Bamba cut off a truck, but she told ABC15 that’s not what happened.“I didn’t make it,” said Bamba. “I didn’t even attempt to switch lanes yet.”She said she saw the other driver speed up and gesture at her, but then things escalated even further. When the two drivers pulled up to the stop light, Bamba started recording.ABC15 was only given part of that recording with audio. In the video, you can hear words exchanged between the two. The other driver then can be se...

2 Dalmatians fight off coyotes trying to attack dog walker near Boston

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

Deanna and Tasha are Dalmatians who bravely fought off a pack of coyotes trying to attack them and their owner during a walk outside Boston, early Wednesday morning. Talk about a couple of good girls. The dogs’ owner, Jane Freedlander, said a friend was walking the two dogs when the coyotes attacked them from behind.The youngest Dalmatian named Deanna jumped into action as soon as the attack started. “Just one approached showing the biggest smile to attack, he responded and he jumped to grab us like try to catch us. He attempt to attack us and she responded with a bite,” said Freedlander. All four coyotes ran away when the dogs started biting one of them. Dalmatians are known as guard dogs. Their owner said coyote sightings are becoming pretty common around Boston, but luckily no one was hurt. No police report was filed.

Former BCPS employee arrested for false bomb, written threats

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

Broward Sherrif’ss Office officials, along with Fort Lauderdale Police and Plantation Police, arrested a former Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) employee for reportedly making false bomb threats and written threats to kill. Jayson Arlon Richardson, 42, was arrested on Dec. 21 on multiple charges after an extensive investigation revealed that he was making several bomb threats from public libraries. Detectives revealed that Richardson had previously worked as a teacher’s assistant for BCPS.On Nov. 18, detectives from the BSO Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) received five bomb threats through the FortifyFL app, a mobile app that allows users to report suspicious activity, against schools in Deerfield Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Plantation. Richardson emerged as a suspect, with evidence pointing to a public library computer in Delray Beach as the source of the threats.As the investigation progressed, three additional shooting threats against schools were received through the For...

Explosion hits Greek-owned ship on way to Ukraine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

ATHENS — A Greek-owned cargo ship struck a mine in the Black Sea on Wednesday as it was en route to Ukraine to be loaded with grain.The Panamanian-flagged vessel “Vyssos” was sailing toward the Ukrainian port of Izmail when it hit the explosive device in the Black Sea’s Danube Delta, according to several Greek officials who spoke to POLITICO.The resulting explosion caused damage to the ship and a small fire, while also resulting in minor injuries to two Greek sailors and an Egyptian cook, the officials said.Ukrainian authorities dispatched rescuers and doctors to the ship where they treated the injured crew, the officials added.The vessel is now heading to the port of Izmail accompanied by tugboats and is expected to arrive Friday.A U.N.-brokered deal that saw Russia agree not to attack grain vessels or port infrastructure collapsed in July, with Moscow commencing a heavy barrage of rockets that destroyed Ukrainian warehouses full of produce just hours after the Kremlin’...