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Serena Williams is being honored as ‘fashion icon’ at fashion’s big awards night

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams will be honored at Monday’s Council of Fashion Designers of America awards for her career and contributions to American fashion. Williams, who retired from tennis last year, is the first athlete to win the CFDA’s Fashion Icon award. In addition to her groundbreaking tennis career, she is being honored for her work as a designer herself, as an entrepreneur and as a philanthropist.The fashion industry’s equivalent of the Oscars will be held at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan and hosted by Anne Hathaway.When Williams, now 42, retired from tennis, she said she needed to make the tough choice to focus on motherhood. She gave birth in August to a baby girl, almost exactly a year after her last match as a tennis star. Adira River Ohanian is the second child — and second daughter — for Williams and her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Their first, Olympia, was born in 2017. Williams was making news in fashion well before he...

Amplify Energy: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — HOUSTON (AP) — Amplify Energy Corp. (AMPY) on Monday reported a third-quarter loss of $13.4 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.On a per-share basis, the Houston-based company said it had a loss of 34 cents.The oil and gas company posted revenue of $76.8 million in the period.Amplify Energy shares have fallen 25% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Monday, shares hit $6.58, a drop of 29% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on AMPY at https://www.zacks.com/ap/AMPYSource

JELD-WEN: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (JELD) on Monday reported third-quarter earnings of $43.8 million.On a per-share basis, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company said it had net income of 51 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 53 cents per share.The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 36 cents per share.The company posted revenue of $1.08 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.01 billion.JELD-WEN expects full-year revenue in the range of $4.25 billion to $4.35 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on JELD at https://www.zacks.com/ap/JELDSource

Kingston protest calls for ceasefire and humanitarian aid for Palestinians

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

Hundreds gathered in front of Kingston’s city hall on Saturday afternoon in what was the largest protest for Palestinian solidarity that the city has seen to date. The protest was one of many throughout Canada and the world as international pressure demanding a ceasefire continues to mount from Palestinians and allies in all parts of the globe. Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7 killed more than 1,400 people, the response from Israel has been relentless and has been responsible for the deaths of over 10,000 Palestinians in the Gaza strip alone. While Israel military forces maintain that they are attempting to avoid civilian casualties in their pursuit of eradicating Hamas, advocates for a ceasefire are skeptical and looking for leaders and politicians to condemn the actions of Israel.In the past week, Israel bombed multiple refugee camps, saying that the targets were Hamas operatives but killing hundreds of Palestinian civilians in the process according to offici...

After 36 years, new DNA technology moves this Colorado cold case forward

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- For 36 years, the sheriff's office searched for answers to a cold case homicide in Jackson County. Through new technology, the victim was identified as Jerry Mikkelson.Now, they're looking for his killer.On Aug. 8, 1983, the 24-year-old willingly left his home in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Four years later, Mikkelson's remains were found. At the time, he was labeled as a John Doe. Colorado Cold Cases Cold case: Who murdered Jerry A. Mikkelson?Cold case: Who murdered Jerry A. Mikkelson?His remains were found on a U.S. Forest Service road located 15 miles north of Walden and 5 miles from the Wyoming border. That's where the case went cold until 36 years later, when Mikkelson’s remains were exhumed this year on June 28. With new DNA samples and the discovery of a surgical titanium rod in his right femur, the unidentified body was discovered to be Mikkelson, who had a rod in his leg because of a broken femur six years before he died. ‘Someone knows something’: Who ...

Denver giving machines provide easy opportunity for local, global donations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If giving to charity was as straightforward as using a vending machine, how likely would you be to donate that way?In Denver, the machines have been popular ways to easily give back since they were "unwrapped" in December 2019. Last year, the machines garnered over $267,000 in donations. Giving machines globally have collected over $22 million since their introduction in 2017. Why are buildings lit green in Denver this week? This year, four machines are going to be located at the entrance of the Cherry Creek North Winter Wanderland Holiday Market, near 2nd Avenue and Fillmore Street. The machines will be ready for donors on Nov. 16-Dec. 24.Participants get to "choose an item, change a life," and can also donate online if it's too difficult to make it to an in-person machine. Donors can receive text or email receipts for workplace matching programs or tax deductions.This year's charities include five new Colorado-based groups and two global groups. The charities ar...

GOP Rep. Ken Buck plans to challenge party's direction under Trump as he leaves House

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ken Buck has had enough.When the Colorado Republican announced this past week that he would not seek reelection, he began with the type of criticism of Democratic policies that is standard fare for a hard-line conservative. But then Buck turned his ire to fellow Republicans, spending most of the three-minute announcement video accusing them of being “obsessively fixated on retribution and vengeance for contrived injustices of the past.”Buck's scorched-earth approach caught few on Capitol Hill by surprise.With a deadpan demeanor, an independent streak and a background as a federal prosecutor, Buck has gained national prominence as a House Republican fed up with Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 presidential election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden and the Trump allies in Congress who amplify them. It's a stand few others in the GOP are taking and is a remarkable turn that shows just how deeply Trump's once-fringe lies about that race have settled into the Republ...

Pilot who crashed landed at North Perry Airport speaks out

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

A pilot who crashed landed at North Perry Airport and was trapped inside the wreckage is speaking out on what happened. He said things could have been worse. On Oct. 26, officials reported that a Mooney M20E crash-landed just before 2:30 p.m. at the airport, located at 101 SW 77th Way. As neighbors heard the plane crash, the sound of impact reverberated through the area. The plane came down on the east side of the airport, just feet away from Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue’s station.Michael David was working on the next level of his certification when he had to maneuver the plane out of harms way when it starting having problems. “I’ve already had people say, ‘Hey, maybe next time you should fly with two engines, so if one goes out, you have another backup,'” David said.The 34-year-old only suffered a broken heel when he crash landed his small plane at the airport. “It was a little bit windy that day, but the winds were in favor, so they were right down the...

Check here to see when your city’s polls open and close

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

Dozens of Massachusetts cities have elections scheduled for Tuesday, but not every city opens their polls at the same time.Most municipalities will follow the same 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. polling-place hours as they do during a statewide election, though there are some exceptions. Chicopee, Methuen, North Adams and Westfield will open their polls from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Agawam and Pittsfield will vote from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Franklin opens its polls at 6 a.m., and they stay open until 8 p.m.For the remaining cities holding elections, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Those cities, according to the secretary of state’s office, are: Amesbury, Amherst, Attleboro, Barnstable, Beverly, Boston, Braintree, Brockton, Cambridge, Chelsea, Easthampton, Everett, Fall River, Fitchburg, Framingham, Gardner, Gloucester, Greenfield, Haverhill, Holyoke, Lawrence, Leominster, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Marlborough, Medford, Melrose, New Bedford, Newburyport, Newton, Northampton, Peabody, Quincy, Randolp...

Battenfeld: Michelle Wu faces test of clout and power in Boston municipal election

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, using old school hardball tactics, is pushing for a clean progressive sweep in Tuesday’s city council election to consolidate and increase her political power.Wu is backing four liberal candidates that if elected would take the council even farther left and expand her clout on the dysfunctional and sometimes prickly 13-member body.Wu has generally gotten her way on the council but has faced some resistance that forced her to use her veto power.If some of her endorsed candidates don’t win, it could be viewed as a sign that her electoral muscle is not as strong as some believe.But if she gets a sweep of all her candidates, it would give her enormous clout on the council and in the state and allow her even to groom a successor if she wants.The council votes in January on a new president that would take over City Hall in case of any mayoral vacancy.Wu has batted away rumors that she’s looking to leave her mayoral job but she might have an interest in ensuring t...