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Wall Street drifts ahead of inflation, earnings reports

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:25 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting Tuesday, with stocks and bonds making only modest moves ahead of reports later in the week with the potential to move markets.The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in quiet, midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 77 points, or 0.2%, at 33,664, as of 11 a.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was 0.5% lower. The biggest immediate question for Wall Street has been whether the Federal Reserve will keep hiking interest rates in its attempt to get high inflation under control. It’s already raised rates at a furious pace over the last year, enough to slow some areas of the economy and for strains to appear in the banking system. That’s why markets are gearing up for Wednesday’s report on inflation. Economists expect it to show inflation slowed to 5.2% in March from 6% in February. That would mean continued progress since inflation peaked last summer, but it would also still be well above the Fed’s target. A reading that’s hi...

Man charged for posing as a police officer, sexually assaulting woman in Pickering

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:25 GMT

Police in Durham Region have arrested a man who allegedly posed as an officer in Pickering and sexually assaulted a woman he met online.Authorities opened an investigation on March 28.It’s alleged that the male suspect met the female victim online and identified himself to her as a police officer to gain her trust. The woman attended his house, where the man sexually assaulted her multiple times.Investigators determined that the man was not a police officer.On Tuesday, police charged 36-year-old Ahmed Moustafa of Toronto with assault, sexual assault and two counts of impersonating an officer.Investigators are concerned there may be additional victims.

Serbian press marks unpunished 1999 killing of journalist

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:25 GMT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Independent Serbian journalists on Tuesday marked the 24th anniversary of the killing of a prominent editor and newspaper publisher who was fiercely critical of the government in Belgrade.Slavko Curuvija was shot dead at the entrance to his Belgrade apartment during the 1999 NATO bombing of Serbia over its crackdown against Kosovo Albanian separatists.His killing became a symbol of the struggle for a free press in the Balkan nation that is seeking membership in the European Union.Independent media organizations, both local and international, warn that critical journalists still face threats because of their work. The government of populist President Aleksandar Vucic — who was information minister at the time of Curuvija’s death — maintains tight control over mainstream media outlets.“We are in danger that a killing of a journalist could happen again, or serious violence,” Veran Matic, who heads a commission investigating attacks on journalists, said at ...

Glenview smoothie café robbed at gunpoint Monday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:25 GMT

GLENVIEW, Ill. — A smoothie café in Glenview was robbed at gunpoint Monday night.Just before 9 p.m., police responded to the Tropical Smoothie Café, located in the 2700 block of Pfingsten Road, on the report of an armed robbery.Employees reported that a man entered wearing all-black clothing and a full face mask and walked behind the counter. He then demanded cash from the register while displaying a handgun that was tucked in his waistband.He took an unknown amount of currency and fled the store. Suburban woman found guilty after pregnant nurse kicked in stomach Witnesses reported seeing a silver or grey work van in the parking lot near the café prior to the robbery.Anyone with information call police at 847-901-6055.

Man, 56, stabbed after physical altercation with person who slashed his front tire in Rogers Park

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:25 GMT

CHICAGO — A 56-year-old man was stabbed during a physical altercation on the city's Far North Side.The stabbing happened around 6:25 p.m. Monday in the 6900 block of North Greenview in Rogers Park. According to police, the 56-year-old man was inside a store in the 1400 block of West Morse when he saw another man, who he is familiar with, slash the front tire of his vehicle.The 56-year-old told police he grabbed an object and approached the offender, and a physical altercation ensued.The offender then stabbed the 56-year-old in the upper abdomen with an unknown object and fled the scene, according to police. Glenview smoothie café robbed at gunpoint Monday The 56-year-old was transported to St. Francis Hospital in good condition.No one is in custody. Area Five detectives are investigating.

'Driving is a privilege': 14-year-old suburban boy allegedly led police on high-speed chase

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:25 GMT

CAROL STREAM, Ill. — A 14-year-old boy was charged after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase.On Friday just before 10:30 p.m., a Carol Stream officer noticed a vehicle that turned out of a McDonald's parking lot onto Schmale Road with no registration plates.The driver, later determined to be a 14-year-old boy, fled and the officer began a pursuit.Speeds reached up to 80 miles per hour and the officer lost sight of the vehicle after the boy turned the car's lights off.A short time later, authorities discovered that the suspected vehicle had crashed into a tree near North Avenue and County Farm Road. The driver had fled the scene.Later that evening, the 14-year-old suspected driver turned himself in to police. Employee critical after steel pipe beating at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City “Driving is a privilege, not a right,” DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said. “Furthermore, it is a privilege reserved for those above sixteen years of age with a va...

Old, cheap drug seen as new post-sex tool to fight rising STD rates

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:25 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials released data Tuesday showing how chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis cases have been accelerating, but doctors are hoping an old drug will help fight the sexually transmitted infections.Experts believe STDs have been rising because of declining condom use, inadequate sex education and reduced testing during the COVID-19 pandemic.Millions of Americans are infected each year. Rates are highest in men who have sex with men, and among Black and Hispanic Americans and Native Americans.“Sexually transmitted infections are an enormous, low-priority public health problem. And they’ve been a low-priority problem for decades, in spite of the fact that they are the most commonly reported kind of infectious disease,” said Dr. John M. Douglas Jr., a retired health official who lectures at the Colorado School of Public Health.To try to turn the tide, many doctors see promise in doxycycline, a cheap antibiotic that has been sold for more than 50 years...

What are the symptoms of Candida auris, the drug-resistant fungus spreading in 28 states?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:25 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – A potentially deadly fungus that's resistant to treatment has been confirmed in at least 28 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned, but identifying the dangerous pathogen is actually quite difficult. Candida auris, or C. auris for short, isn't possible to identify with commonly available lab tests, making the already dangerous fungus even harder to treat early and properly. To make matters even more complicated, symptoms of a Candida auris infection aren't distinct from other (much more common) infections. Symptoms can include high fever and chills — common signs your body is fighting an infection of some sort. If they don't go away with antibiotics, that could be one indication it's Candida auris, according to Mount Sinai Hospital. What makes Candida auris so dangerous? Because the symptoms aren't distinct, a Candida auris infection is often diagnosed "based on epidemiologic scenarios" and context clues, explained Melissa Nolan, an assistant pro...

Outlook 'hopeful' for officer hit in mass shooting, Louisville chief says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:25 GMT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A rookie police officer who was shot in the head while responding to the mass shooting at a Louisville bank remained in critical but stable condition Tuesday morning, the police chief said."It's looking hopeful," Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel told WDRB-TV about Officer Nickolas Wilt, who had graduated from training just 10 days earlier.She said Wilt and other officers “unflinchingly” engaged the shooter at Old National Bank and stopped him from killing more people.Authorities said Tuesday that the investigation into the shooting was continuing and body camera video will be released later.Connor Sturgeon, 25, an employee of the bank, opened fire with a rifle at his workplace Monday morning, killing five people — including a close friend of Kentucky's governor — while livestreaming the attack on Instagram, authorities said. Another eight people were wounded. What we know about those killed in Louisville ...

Are nutria dangerous? Tips on how to interact, keep pets safe

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:25 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A mysterious animal swimming in Lady Bird Lake was recently identified by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as a nutria, which is a common rodent, often compared to beavers. Nutria spotted in Lady Bird Lake — what is it? But they're not always great neighbors. TPWD said in a post titled “Texas’ most unwanted plants and animals” that nutria eat aquatic vegetation and burrow, “which can lead to erosion and damage roads.”Nutria can also be territorial and sometimes will lash out and become aggressive, according to Dr. Briana Armstrong from Firehouse Animal Health Center. Avoid nutriaArmstrong said she doesn't often hear about nutria attacks on pets, but it can happen if people and/or their dogs are in the rodent's territory. "If you're in their feeding grounds, or they have offspring with them, or you've cornered them, then sometimes they'll respond and lash out and become aggressive," Armstrong explained. "So those are kind of the scenarios where you want to ...