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S&P/TSX composite moves lower Monday amid U.S. market holiday closure

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:59 GMT

TORONTO — Canada’s main financial index ticked lower Monday, with broad-based but shallow weakness across sectors including energy, financials, industrials and tech. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 41.16 points at 19,934.21.U.S. stock markets were closed for the Juneteenth federal holiday in the United States.The Canadian dollar traded for 75.72 cents US compared with 75.77 cents US on Friday.As of late afternoon on Monday, the August crude contract was down 42 cents at US$71.51 per barrel and the July natural gas contract was up three cents at US$2.66 per mmBTU.The August gold contract was down US$8.90 at US$1,962.30 an ounce and the July copper contract was down three cents at US$3.86 a pound.This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 19, 2023.Companies in this story: (TSX:GSPTSE, TSX:CADUSD=X)The Canadian Press

Snowbirds pilot charged with sexual assault after alleged incident in Barrie

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:59 GMT

OTTAWA — Snowbirds pilot Maj. Steve Hurlbut has been charged with sexual assault after an alleged incident in Barrie, Ont., last week. The Canadian Forces Provost Marshal’s office says it began an investigation on June 14.Military police laid the charge on Saturday, but a media advisory the same day made no mention of charges and did not name the individual involved. Officials said on the weekend that the allegation was made by another member of the aerial acrobatics team.The military says case has now been turned over to the civilian justice system. Hurlbut flew lead solo on the 9 Jet for the nine-aircraft team, but his plane will be grounded until another pilot has the training needed to take over.This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 19, 2023.The Canadian Press

UN: International donors promise $1.5 billion in aid to Sudan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:59 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — International donors promised almost $1.5 billion in additional aid for conflict-stricken Sudan on Monday as the United Nations warned that the African country’s humanitarian crisis is worsening.Sudan has been rocked by fighting for more than two months as the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces battle for control of the country. Sudan’s Health Ministry said Saturday that more than 3,000 have been killed in the conflict, which has decimated the country’s fragile infrastructure and sparked ethnic violence in the western Darfur region.The donations were pledged following a U.N.-sponsored meeting co-hosted by Egypt, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the African Union in the Swiss city of Geneva. “The scale and speed of Sudan’s descent into death and destruction is unprecedented,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said during the meeting’s opening session.Prior to the meeting, the U.N.’s emergency aid program for Sudan, launched after the fig...

Suspect in custody after 4 people fatally shot at residence in Idaho, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:59 GMT

KELLOGG, Idaho (AP) — Idaho State Police said Monday that they were investigating a shooting that left four people dead in the small city of Kellogg. One person was in custody, according to police.“Detectives arrived late last night. … They are continuing to work and process the scene,” a state police spokesperson said in a text message.Crime scene tape on Monday blocked off parts of an apartment complex in Kellogg, about 36 miles (58 kilometers) east of Coeur d’Alene, KXLY-TV reported. The shooting occurred at multi-dwelling units behind the Mountain View Congregational Church on Sunday, The Shoshone News-Press reported on the newspaper’s Facebook page.Law enforcement has not yet identified the victims or the suspect.Around 7:20 p.m. on Sunday, the Shoshone County dispatch center received a 911 call indicating that multiple people had been killed inside a residence in Kellogg, state police said Sunday night in a news release. Law enforcement officers found four people d...

A unique week is ahead for the Cubs on the road

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:59 GMT

CHICAGO — After their best homestand of the season, the Cubs are getting ready to start a road trip that will be much different than their used to. It's more about the finish to it that makes it quite unique. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, File)After a three-game series against the Pirates in Pittsburgh, the team will travel to London for their first regular season games in the United Kingdom in franchise history. They'll take on the Cardinals on Saturday at 12:10 p.m. central time and then again at 9:10 a.m. on Sunday at London Stadium.These will be the first games played by Major League Baseball in that country since 2019, when the Red Sox and Yankees played two games at the same venue on June 29 and 30 of that year.It marks the first time that the Cubs will play outside of the continental United States or Canada since 2003 when they faced the Expos for three games in San Juan, Puerto Rico. More on the Cubs' London Series games. Because of the travel, the Cubs also have something unus...

Joe Exotic says he's officially on Colorado ballot as presidential candidate

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) – Joseph Maldonado-Passage, known widely as "Joe Exotic," has filed the paperwork to appear on the 2024 Democratic presidential primary ballot in Colorado, according to the former zookeeper.The 60-year-old was the subject of the popular Netflix documentary "Tiger King," which was released in 2020. Maldonado is currently serving a 21-year sentence in federal prison after being convicted in a murder-for-hire plot. Because he's not set to be released until years after the 2024 election ends, he will run his campaign from prison. ‘Tiger King’ announces 2024 presidential bid According to Maldonado, only two other people have done so before him.Nothing in the law prevents a person from running for president from prison or as a convicted felon. This is because, constitutionally, the only requirements for office are that someone is 35 years or older, is a natural-born citizen, and has been a resident for 14 years.In 2024, Maldonado is running as a Democrat, according to fede...

California restaurant allegedly offered employees 'priest' to confess 'workplace sins'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:59 GMT

(KTXL) — The owner of two Sacramento-area restaurants illegally denied $70,000 in overtime wages and allegedly offered workers the services of a "priest" to confess "workplace sins" to, the U.S. Labor Department said.Video Above: Previous coverage of Taqueria Garibaldi labor concernsThe Labor Department said the owners of two locations of the northern California Mexican food chain Taqueria Garibaldi also "paid managers from the employee tip pool illegally, threatened employees with retaliation and adverse immigration consequences for cooperating with the department, and fired one worker who they believed had complained to the department."Che Garibaldi Inc., which operates two Taqueria Garibaldi locations in Sacramento and Roseville, agreed to pay $70,000 in back wages and $70,000 in damages to 35 employees.The company will also pay $5,000 in civil penalties. Here’s what has already qualified for the statewide ballot in California in 2024 Under oath, an employee of Taqueria Garibal...

Best draft picks in Chicago Bulls history

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:59 GMT

(STACKER) -- The draft is a seminal moment for many incoming players. Putting aside competitive stakes, each young athlete's life is irreversibly altered by the fame and fortune that comes with being an NBA player. The exorbitant contract values ensures these players almost never have to worry about personal finances. Plus, these young guns get to play alongside some of their basketball idols for a living. With these high stakes, it's easy to see why the draft is so revered.Likewise, the fortunes of a city and franchise can be completely transformed by a draft pick. LeBron James, for instance, brought Cleveland its first sports championship in 52 years and was also reportedly worth hundreds of millions to the city's downtown economy. It almost goes without saying that Michael Jordan built the Chicago Bulls from the ground up into a championship team whose dynamic would reverberate through the decades. Best high schools for sports in Illinois With that in mind, Stacker compiled a l...

He became Austin's first black city council member after slavery, now historic home being restored

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:59 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN)— Tucked away in the heart of Rosewood Park is where the cabin Henry Green Madison lived in after slavery sits. Historic Henry Green Madison cabin. (KXAN photos/Jala Washington).An $85,000 restoration project will now ensure it remains there. Austin Parks Foundation and the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) are leading the effort. This is all happening ahead of the 2023 Juneteenth Holiday. According to PARD, Madison was born into slavery in Memphis, Tennessee in 1843. Once slavery officially ended in 1865, Madison moved to Austin. Married to Louisa Green, the couple built their small cabin that they would call home at 807 E. 11th St. in Austin.Historic Henry Green Madison Cabin. (KXAN photos/Jala Washington).According to PARD, Green went on to be president of the Austin Chapter of the Union League and an assistant at the Texas Constitutional Convention from 1868-69. Green also was a captain of an African American unit of the Sixth Regiment of Texas ...

NYT report: Austin gained 28K remote workers during pandemic

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:59 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new report from The New York Times' The Upshot found approximately 28,000 remote workers relocated to Austin during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, marking the analysis' highest recorded net gain of remote workers nationally.The analysis found New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco were the three metros accounting for the highest losses of remote workers, with 116,000, 53,000 and 32,000 workers relocating from those areas, respectively. In contrast, Austin's net gain of 28,000 remote workers, Denver's additional 23,000 remote employees along with Nashville and Dallas' 10,000 additional remote workers each rounded out the top influxes. TRENDING NOW: New Austin bar filled with local nostalgia The reporting correlated with earlier research from The Upshot that found college-educated workers were the most likely to move from the most expensive metros nationwide to relatively affordable ones by comparison. "For every 10 workers who left the San Francisco and S...