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Stock market today: Wall Street points higher as markets aim for another winning week

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

Wall Street pointed higher before the open Friday as most major markets looked set to end the week with solid gains. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both edged 0.3% higher before the bell.Shares of The Gap jumped more than 18% in off-hours trading after the fashion retailer breezed past Wall Street profit forecasts even as sales lagged from a year ago.It’s been a busy week for retail earnings, with Target, Home Depot and Macy’s all reporting better-than-expected profits for the most recent quarter, though sales have lagged over the same period last year. A report from the Commerce Department this week echoed those results, as Americans cut back on spending in October, ending six straight months of gains and pushing retail sales down 0.1%.Wall Street’s stocks drifted to a mixed finish Thursday as market momentum slowed following the sizzling rally of the first half of November.The S&P 500 edged up by 0.1% and was comfortably on track f...

Kao Miura leads after the short program at Grand Prix Espoo in pursuit of spot in the finals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

ESPOO, Finland (AP) — Kao Miura took the lead in the short program ahead of Japanese teammate Shun Sato at the Grand Prix Espoo on Friday as he tries to earn a spot at figure skating’s Grand Prix Finals.Miura, last season’s world junior champion, landed a clean quadruple salchow-triple toeloop combination, triple axel and quad toeloop for 93.54 points. Sato scored 90.41 points with a quad toeloop-triple toeloop combination, quad flip and triple axel.Jimmy Ma of the United States was 10 points further back in third with 80.19 after some small errors, including putting a hand down on the landing of his triple axel. Koshiro Shimada of Japan was fourth.Two other possible contenders for spots in the finals struggled as Kévin Aymoz of France placed fifth and Matteo Rizzo of Italy was sixth ahead of Saturday’s free skate.Grand Prix Espoo is the fifth of the six events that determine qualification for next month’s Grand Prix Finals in Beijing. World champion Kaori Sa...

Todo listo para Miss Universo: cuándo y en dónde se realizará el concurso más famoso de belleza

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

El prestigioso certamen de belleza Miss Universo celebrará su 72ª edición este sábado 18 de noviembre desde El Salvador, en donde se coronará a la mujer más bella del mundo. Esta será la segunda vez que el país centroamericano acogerá dicho evento, siendo en 1975 la primera ocasión que se convirtió en sede. Este año se realizará en el Gimnasio Nacional Adolfo Pineda, en San Salvador.¿DÓNDE PUEDO VER MISS UNIVERSO 2023?La ceremonia se transmitirá en vivo y en español por Telemundo, que tendrá una cobertura especial desde las 6pm ET/5 CT/3 PT. Será conducida por las estrellas Jacqueline Bracamontes y Danilo Carrera, quienes estarán acompañados por la ex Miss Universo Andrea Meza, el presentador Carlos Adyan y la exreina brasileña Julia Gama, quien fue primera finalista en Miss Universo en 2020. Dos hispanas lo dieron todo en la pasarela en traje de baño de Miss Universo 2023 Así desfiló en traje de baño la señ...

¿Qué pasa si no voto en las elecciones presidenciales en Argentina? ¿Hay multa?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

(CNN Español) – – Este domingo se celebra el balotaje presidencial en Argentina. Votar es obligatorio para todos los ciudadanos incluidos en el padrón, entre los 18 y los 70 años.¿Qué pasa si no voto?Hay algunos motivos por los que no ir a votar puede justificarse ante el Estado. Si es por una cuestión de salud, deberás pedir un certificado médico. Si estás a más de 500 km del lugar donde te corresponde votar, tendrás que ir a la comisaría más cercana y solicitar un certificado.En ambos casos, tienes hasta 60 días después de las elecciones para presentar los documentos que justifiquen por qué no pudiste votar.Última hora de Massa, Milei y las elecciones en Argentina 2023 en vivo¿Dónde justifico que no pude votar?En el caso de que puedas justificar el no haber ido a votar, los documentos mencionados anteriormente deberán presentarse en la secretaría electoral más cercana a tu domicilio.¿Qué pasa si no puedo justificar que no voté?Según el artículo 125 del Código Electoral...

How did Colorado get its name?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — If you're one of the 265,000 people who moved to Colorado last year, you may not know where the name "Colorado" even comes from (you might also be uncertain what to call yourself — we've got you covered there, too). To fully explain it, you have to look at some of Colorado's most iconic features: its red rocks. Whether it is Red Rocks Park, Garden of the Gods, or areas within Mesa Verde National Park, you don't have to wander far in Colorado to spot dazzling red rocks. Those red rocks, as well as the area's red soil, helped create the name Colorado, which is closely tied to the Spanish translation of "colored red," "coloreado rojo," according to the state archives. There's also "colorido," which translates to "colorful." Which is right: Coloradan or Coloradoan? Congress selected the name when the state was only a territory in 1861. Without the help of some advocates from a southern city, Colorado City, the state may have had a different name. Dorothy Aldridge wrote in ...

Butler scores 36, Robinson adds 26 and Heat top Nets 122-115 to win 7th straight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — After starting 1-4, things looked bleak for the Miami Heat. Now that stretch seems almost forgotten.Jimmy Butler scored 18 of his 36 points in the third quarter, and the Heat extended the NBA’s current longest winning streak to seven games by beating the Brooklyn Nets 122-115 on Thursday night.Duncan Robinson added 26 for the Heat, who have won seven straight for the first time since Dec. 30, 2017-Jan. 14, 2018. Bam Adebayo scored 20 for Miami, which has won all seven of those games by single digits — and is one of only three teams without a double-digit win this season. Charlotte and Portland are the others.“We’re getting a little more organized, more comfortable,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “And that allows you to be more confident.”Mikal Bridges and Lonnie Walker IV each scored 23 for Brooklyn, which had won its last five games against Miami. Nic Claxton was 7 for 7 from the field and scored 16 for the Nets, and Cam Johnson added 16 as well.Walker got his ...

Crews rescue puppy from sewer line in Texas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (WSVN) — A Texas puppy is now safe and sound after a harrowing ordeal in a sewer line in San Antonio.The San Antonio Water System crew members, capturing the entire rescue on video, pulled little Pipa to safety. Named after the pipe in Spanish, Pipa and her siblings were playing outside when they accidentally fell into a pipe near their front yard. While two siblings were quickly rescued, Pipa required more effort.After an extensive rescue operation, San Antonio Animal Care Services took Pipa to a local vet for overnight observation before reuniting her with her owners. Although initially named “Damsel,” based on her recovery, the owner may consider putting her up for adoption when she is older.

Snoop Dogg says he’s giving up smoking weed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

(CNN) — Snoop Dogg says he is giving up marijuana – or at least, smoking it.“After much consideration & conversation with my family, I’ve decided to give up smoke,” the rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, told his 82.5 million followers on Instagram.“Please respect my privacy at this time.”The news may come as a shock to some – the rapper has long been open about his love of weed, and even claimed to have smoked in the White House. He has launched several business ventures related to marijuana, including a pot-focused media company called “Merry Jane,” and a line of cannabis products.He has also invested in Casa Verde Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in marijuana start-ups.His love for weed has made headlines: The entertainer revealed in 2019 that he had a full-time staffer to whose sole job it is to roll his blunts. And in 2021, he revealed on Reddit that he has 81 smoke breaks a day.CNN has reached out to his representative for comment.

The world’s first gene therapy for sickle cell disease has been approved in Britain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K.In a statement Thursday, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it approved Casgevy, the first medicine licensed using the gene editing tool CRISPR, which won its makers a Nobel prize in 2020.The agency approved the treatment for patients with sickle cell disease and thalassemia who are 12 years old and over. Casgevy is made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Ltd. and CRISPR Therapeutics. To date, bone marrow transplants, extremely arduous procedures that come with very unpleasant side effects, have been the only long-lasting treatment.“The future of life-changing cures resides in CRISPR based (gene-editing) technology,” said Dr. Helen O’Neill of University College London.“The use of the word ‘cure’ in relation to sickle cell disease or...

Nearly 450 patients at a Massachusetts hospital were potentially exposed to hepatitis and HIV in the past 2 years

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

(CNN) — Nearly 450 patients at a hospital in Massachusetts could have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV due to improper administration of IV medication within the past two years, according to hospital officials.The possible exposure at Salem Hospital affected patients who were seeking an endoscopy, a type of procedure where a doctor inserts a tubelike instrument into the body for examination, the hospital said in a statement Thursday. The hospital did not provide further details about how the possible exposure may have occurred.Salem Hospital has notified all patients who may have been exposed and tested people for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, which are “standard tests for a potential exposure of this kind,” a hospital spokesperson told CNN in an email.“There is no evidence to date of any infections resulting from this incident,” the hospital said in the statement. “We have determined that the infection risk to patients from this event is extremely small. … We sincerely ap...