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Democratic governor seizes commanding fundraising lead over GOP challenger in Kentucky campaign

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:42:35 GMT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has seized a commanding fundraising lead over Republican challenger Daniel Cameron in their marquee matchup in Kentucky, their latest campaign finance reports showed.Beshear — who is seeking a second term in a state that otherwise has become a GOP stronghold — accumulated about $15 million for the November election, while Cameron took in $2.8 million. Heading into the campaign’s stretch, Beshear had about three times more money in the bank.An influx of spending by conservative Republican groups has helped offset Cameron’s disadvantage, as partisan groups from both sides pour money into one of the nation’s most closely watched elections this year. Cameron is the state’s attorney general.The fundraising disparity reflects the governor’s advantage of incumbency and a widespread view that Cameron is the underdog, longtime Kentucky political commentator Al Cross said Wednesday.“Campaign finance is a betting ...

Husband of US Rep. Mary Peltola dies in an airplane crash in Alaska

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:42:35 GMT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband has died in an airplane crash, her office said in a statement Wednesday.“We are devastated to share that Mary’s husband, Eugene Peltola Jr. — ′Buzzy’ to all of us who knew and loved him — passed away earlier this morning following a plane accident in Alaska,” her chief of staff, Anton McParland, said in the statement.No other details about the crash were immediately available. A message left with the National Transportation Safety Board in Anchorage was not immediately returned Wednesday.Peltola was returning to Alaska from Washington, D.C., to be with her family, and McParland asked for their privacy as the family grieves.“He was completely devoted to his parents, kids, siblings, extended family, and friends — and he simply adored Mary. We are heartbroken for the family’s loss,” McParland said.Peltola, an Alaska Democrat, was elected to a full term in the U.S. House in November, months after winning a special election follow...

Nottingham Forest defender Harry Toffolo gets 5-month suspended ban for breaching betting rules

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:42:35 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Nottingham Forest defender Harry Toffolo was given a suspended five-month ban for breaching English soccer’s betting rules, the Football Association said Wednesday.Toffolo admitted to 375 breaches of gambling regulations and was fined 20,956 pounds ($26,177), the FA said.The FA has not yet revealed details of the violations, which occurred between Jan. 22, 2014 and March 18, 2017. The ban was suspended until the end of the 2024-25 season.The sanctions were imposed after a hearing with an independent regulatory commission and the full reasons for the decision will be published at a later date, the FA said.FA rules state participants “shall not bet, either directly or indirectly, or instruct, permit, cause or enable any person to bet on” matches or competitions.Brentford and England striker Ivan Toney was suspended for eight months in May after 232 counts of breaching betting rules.Toney’s ban extends to Jan. 16, 2024, though he is allowed to return to traini...

Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Moderna rise; American Airlines, Spirit Airlines fall, Wednesday, 9/13/2023

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:42:35 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Wednesday:American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL), down 58 cents to $13.53.The airline warned that higher fuel costs will hurt its third-quarter earnings.Spirit Airlines Inc. (SAVE), down 46 cents to $16.82.The airline said that rising fuel prices are hurting profit margins.BP Plc. (BP), down 5 cents to $38.05.Bernard Looney resigned as CEO of the British oil giant.Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. (CBRL), down 39 cents to $73.79.The restaurant chain’s fiscal fourth-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street forecasts.REV Group, Inc. (REVG), up 69 cents to $13.57.The maker of ambulances, buses and other specialty vehicles reported strong fiscal third-quarter earnings and revenue.Hain Celestial Group Inc. (HAIN), up 90 cents to $10.68.The maker of Celestial Seasonings tea announced a restructuring plan.Moderna Inc. (MRNA), up $4.85 to $110.09.The biotechnology company gave investors an encouragin...

NATO member Romania finds fragments of drones near its border with Ukraine for the third time

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:42:35 GMT

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — NATO member Romania found new fragments of a drone deemed similar to those used by the Russian army near its border with war-torn Ukraine on Wednesday, in the third such finding in a week, defense officials said.Two helicopters from the Romanian Air Force were deployed with specialist teams to Nufaru and Victoria in the eastern county of Tulcea where the fragments were spread over an area of “several tens of meters,” the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement.It said in a separate statement that it has notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations about areas near the border that could be at risk of incidents as Russian forces attack Ukraine’s Danube River ports across the river from Romania. Emergency authorities have received phone calls “about possible cases of drone impacts” between three localities, including Nufaru, the ministry said. It later confirmed that samples collected from the site are similar to those used b...

Responders dig for bodies in Moroccan mountain villages devastated by last week’s earthquake

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:42:35 GMT

IMI N’TALA, Morocco (AP) — The stench of death wafted through the village of Imi N’Tala high up in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, where last week’s catastrophic earthquake razed the hamlet’s mud-brick buildings and killed dozens of residents.On Tuesday, bulldozers, rescues crews and Moroccan first responders dug through the wreckage around the clock in the hopes of finding the eight to 10 corpses still underneath.“The mountain was split in half and started falling. Houses were fully destroyed,” a local man, Ait Ougadir Al Houcine, said as crews worked to recover bodies, including his sister’s. “Some people lost all their cattle. We have nothing but the clothes we’re wearing. Everything is gone.”The scene in Imi N’Tala, which is mainly home to herders and farmers and lost 96 people to Friday’s earthquake, mirrored the situation in dozens of communities along the treacherous mountain roads south of Marrakech. Men in donated djellabas — long,...

Un planeta en la zona “habitable” podría tener océanos poco comunes y una posible señal de vida, según revelan los datos del Webb

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:42:35 GMT

(CNN) — Es posible que fluyan aguas en la superficie de un planeta colosal que se encuentra a unos 120 años luz de la Tierra, según nuevas pruebas descubiertas por el telescopio espacial James Webb.La investigación realizada con el observatorio espacial, uno de los instrumentos astronómicos más avanzados en funcionamiento, reveló que el exoplaneta K2-18b podría tener algunas características clave de un planeta que podría albergar masas de agua… y vida.El exoplaneta, que orbita en torno a la estrella enana fría K2-18, se encuentra en la zona habitable de la estrella y tiene una masa 8,6 veces superior a la de la Tierra. Un análisis de las observaciones de Webb reveló que el planeta tiene abundante metano y dióxido de carbono en su atmósfera.La NASA revela cuáles son los exoplanetas más extraños. Desde uno con forma de pelota de fútbol americano a uno cubierto de ríos de lavaLa presencia de estas moléculas de carbono, junto con la escasez de amoníaco, podría indicar una at...

Photos: 150 years of Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:42:35 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Saint Joseph Hospital originated with four sisters from Kansas and $9 to start a hospital. From a small cottage in 1873, St. Joseph is now coming up on its 150th anniversary. On Sept. 22, 1873, the four sisters from the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth raised funding to open a cottage at the intersection of 14th Avenue and Arapahoe Street, which started the organization that became Saint Joseph Hospital. Denver’s pumpkin spice hysteria is just getting started After many relocations and donations from Colorado governors, the Sisters landed on theirsite on 18th Avenue in 1876. The building was a ginormous upgrade from the original cottage. It was a $40,000, three-story brick building with 30 hospital beds. It was coined St. Joseph’s. Within the first year, patients almost doubled from 88 to 168. Saint Joseph's nurses from 1906. (Courtesy of Saint Joseph Hospital)NBC television crew and Tom Snyder ("Tomorrow" show) interview Sister Mary...

Teen accused of cutting teacher ordered to secure detention, psychiatric evaluation following court appearance

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:42:35 GMT

A teenager who appeared in court Wednesday has been ordered to be held in secured detention for a period of 21 days and will undergo a psychiatric evaluation after he attacked a teacher at his school with a pair of scissors.The 14-year-old male, whose identity is being withheld due to legal regulations, appeared before the court following the incident that occurred on Tuesday. The assault started at the Bright Horizons School, a specialized school servicing students with disabilities after the ninth-grade student cut a teacher, leaving her with a laceration on her ear. The teacher has since been released from the hospital. “If the teacher did not run to try to get away, there’s conversation that the child could have easily stabbed her in her face,” said Anna Fusco, president of the Broward Teachers Union. She described a disturbing picture in an interview with 7News following the incident. “There was blood in the hall, it was a very traumatizing, violent attack,” F...

Florida man already charged in killing has also been indicted in a Lyft driver’s slaying

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:42:35 GMT

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man already charged with murder has been indicted for the killing of a Lyft driver whose car he allegedly stole in an attempt to escape, authorities announced Wednesday.An Okeechobee County grand jury this week indicted Mathew Flores with first-degree murder and armed robbery for the Jan. 30 slaying of 74-year-old Gary Levin. Police had been seeking Flores, 36, for a killing in a central Florida farming community a week earlier when he had a friend use the Lyft phone app to summon Levin in Palm Beach County.Flores shot Levin inside his 2022 Kia Stinger and then dumped his body near Lake Okeechobee, said Eli Lawson, a special agent in charge with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Flores was arrested in North Carolina three days later after police say he led them on a high-speed chase in Levin’s car.Flores was extradited last week to Florida for the Jan. 24 slaying in Hardee County of Jose Carlos Martinez, 43, who was shot multiple t...