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Stock market today: Wall Street hits its highest level since early 2022 following inflation report

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:03:06 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rose to its best level in nearly 23 months, just a bit below its record high, after a report on Tuesday showed inflation in the United States is behaving pretty much as expected.The S&P 500 climbed 0.5% to sit just 3.2% below its all-time high set at the start of last year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 173 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.7%.Big Tech stocks helped lead the way following solid gains for Nvidia, Meta Platforms and some other of Wall Street’s largest and most influential stocks. They overshadowed a 12.4% tumble for Oracle, whose revenue for the latest quarter fell short of analysts’ forecasts. But Wall Street’s spotlight was on the inflation report, which showed U.S. consumers paid prices for gasoline, food and other living costs last month that were 3.1% higher overall than a year earlier. That was a slight deceleration from October’s 3.2% inflation and exactly in line with economists’ expectations.The da...

Who will be on Colorado's 2024 presidential primary ballots?

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:03:06 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The deadline has passed for candidates to have their names appear on Colorado's 2024 presidential primary ballots, and there are multiple options for both Democrats and Republicans. More from Colorado politics On the Democrats' side, President Joe Biden, the party's presumptive nominee, is joined by seven other names:Gabriel CornejoFrankie LozadaStephen P. LyonsJason Michael PalmerArmando “Mando” Perez-SerratoDean PhillipsMarianne WilliamsonBecause Colorado's caucus at the Democratic National Convention is made up of proportional delegates, there's also an option for a "noncommitted delegate." If enough ballots are cast for this option, one or several of the state's 47 delegates will attend the DNC without being committed to a specific candidate.On the Republican ballot, there are currently six official candidates and one write-in:Ryan BinkleyChris ChristieRon DeSantisNikki HaleyAsa HutchinsonVivek RamaswamyRachel Hannah "Mohawk" Swift (write-in)Notably, former Pre...

Why you should throw these fruit puree pouches away

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:03:06 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is warning consumers about lead-contaminated apple puree pouches that are being recalled by the Food and Drug Administration."Check your pantry!" Polis posted on X. "If you have WanaBana, Schnucks, or Weis brand apple cinnamon pouches, throw them out. They may have elevated lead levels. If your children have eaten these products, talk to your doctor about blood lead testing." Colorado ranks dead last for housing competitiveness: report As of Dec. 5, the FDA has received 64 reports of adverse events, all involving children under 6. The FDA included reports of individuals with blood lead levels at or above 3.5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of whole blood within three months of consuming the recalled product. This is the level at which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends clinical monitoring of a child.The pouches were marketed to parents and children under three brands: WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree and Schnucks...

Former Duke QB Leonard transfers to Notre Dame; Ex-Miami QB Van Dyke goes to Wisconsin

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:03:06 GMT

Notre Dame is going from one talented ACC quarterback to another after Duke’s Riley Leonard committed to the Fighting Irish on Tuesday.Leonard, who helped the Blue Devils start the season with a stunning 28-7 victory over then-No. 9 Clemson, entered the transfer portal after his team’s 7-5 season.He announced his intention to play for Notre Dame on social media, writing “A dream come true. Go Irish,” with a shamrock image at the end.Riley is expected to take over the starting job that ex-Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman had for the Fighting Irish this season. Hartman joined Notre Dame this past season after five seasons with the Demon Deacons.Leonard played in 27 games for Duke the past three seasons, throwing for 4,450 yards, 24 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He played in just seven games this season after sustaining an injury late in a 21-14 loss to Notre Dame on Sept. 30.Leonard wasn’t the only quarterback from an ACC school to announce a new dest...

Miami Northwestern Senior High security guard back in jail for inappropriate conduct with student

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:03:06 GMT

A former security guard at a Miami-Dade school is back in jail after a third student accused him of inappropriate conduct.According to the arrest record, the student told police that 22-year-old Diajion Jones reached for a hug “and that is when she felt the def put his hand on her buttocks over her pants.” Police said the incident was caught on the school’s cameras. The latest allegation against Jones, who was a security guard at Miami Northwestern Senior High School, follows two others last week, which also accuse him of similar inappropriate conduct.One student said Jones “Slapped her on the buttocks area and continued to walk by” the victim. Another student said Jones offered her access to a room to skip class.That incident was also captured on the school’s camera. Jones was first arrested on Dec. 5 and he ended up bonding out and went home. He attended meetings with the school’s officer on Monday, which ended with Jones taking a trip bac...

Dolphins need to make sure collapse against Titans doesn’t turn into a late-season skid

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:03:06 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — In the moments after the AFC East-leading Miami Dolphins blew a late 14-point lead to the Tennessee Titans, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa shook his head at the thought of the past.Just last year, the Dolphins lost five straight December games during a stretch that nearly knocked them out of the playoffs and was reminiscent of collapses of years past.Despite Miami’s lackluster offensive performance and head-scratching fourth-quarter undoing, Tagovailoa doesn’t believe Monday’s 28-27 home loss to the Titans has any correlation to previous years.“I don’t think this is the same Dolphins team that everyone thinks about,” Tagovailoa said. “We’ve got a lot of really good players. We’ve got really good coaches. It’s one home loss this year. It’s not like the world ends because we lost this game.”Miami had a chance to become just the second AFC team (Baltimore) to reach 10 wins on the season and pad its lead atop the AFC East, but instead was knocked...

Netflix releases most transparent data to date about viewership

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:03:06 GMT

New York (CNN) — In a major step in transparency, Netflix for the first time released on Tuesday a report of what people watched on the streaming service during a six-month period.The report, titled “What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report,” is set to be published twice a year, going forward, the company said in a memo.The report measures the hours viewed for every title, the premiere date and whether the title was available globally. The report only included titles that had more than 50,000 hours viewed.It’s among the most in-depth metrics Netflix has released about its subscriber engagement. As part of the Writers Guild of America contract ratified in October, streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+ pledged to increase transparency about how many hours certain programs are streamed.This report covers 18,000 titles, measuring views from January to June 2023. Here’s what viewers spent the most hours watching:The Night Agent, season 1 (812,100,000 hours)Ginny & Georgi...

Police search for man caught on Ring camera stealing bike from Hollywood home

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:03:06 GMT

Police are searching for the person who was captured riding off with a stolen bicycle.A Ring video camera caught a man approaching a Hollywood home early Monday morning on his own bike.He’s seen getting off before he’s back on camera with another bike that he took from the front porch, then takes off with both.“He just got that bike, he was very excited to have that bike, and for it to be gone so quickly, you know,” said Kourtney Moncayo, whose son’s bike was stolen. “If anybody knows, or if he wants to bring it back, I won’t ask, don’t tell, I just want my son’s bike back.”It happened near North 25th Avenue and Thomas Street.Anyone with any information on this crime is urged to call police.

Aventura Police officer found guilty of false imprisonment, aggravated assault

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:03:06 GMT

A jury reached a decision Tuesday afternoon in the trial of an Aventura Police officer accused of robbing two men he believed stole from his wife.Officer David Delgado, 33, was found guilty of two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of false imprisonment.Delgado was arrested after a complaint was filed by the two individuals regarding an incident that occurred on Saturday, May 20, at approximately 10:15 p.m.On Wednesday, Kenley LaFalaise, one of the alleged victims, did not mince words when asked to repeat what David Delgado, said to him on the day of the incident. At the time, Delgado’s wife was a valet driver at Aventura Mall. Prosecutors said she left her phone in LaFalaise’s car, and Delgado, in his police unit, tracked the phone to Pompano Beach.When he located LaFalaise, prosecutors said, Delgado pointed a gun at him and handcuffed him and his friend.Delgado was arrested a month after the incident and was suspended from the force. He had no commen...

Pew survey: YouTube tops teens’ social-media diet, with roughly a sixth using it almost constantly

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:03:06 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Teen usage of social media hasn’t dropped much, despite rising concerns about its effects on the mental health of adolescents, a survey from the Pew Research Institute found.But the data also found that roughly one in six teens describe their use of two platforms — YouTube and TikTok — as “almost constant.”Seventy-one percent of teens said they visit YouTube at least daily; 16% described their usage as “almost constant” according to the survey. A slightly larger group — 17% — said they used TikTok almost constantly. Those figures for Snapchat and Instagram came in at 14% and 8% respectively.YouTube remains by far the most popular social platform among teens, with 93% responding that they use the service. That number was down two percentage points from 2022. Runners-up included TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram, although all three trailed YouTube in this measure by 30 percentage points or more. Three of those four platforms showed slight drops in usage over th...