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Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:02 GMT

A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week:TRACKING INFLATIONThe Labor Department delivers its latest monthly index of inflation at the consumer level Wednesday.Analysts expect consumer prices to have increased by 0.4% from February to March, matching the increase from January to February. The report is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve, which has ratcheted up its main borrowing rate nine times since March of last year to try to tame decades-high inflation.Consumer price index, monthly percent change, seasonally adjusted:Oct.: 0.5Nov.: 0.2Dec.: 0.1Jan.: 0.5Feb.: 0.4March (est.): 0.4Source: FactSetWHOLESALE PRICESThe Labor Department delivers its monthly index of U.S. wholesale prices Friday.Economists expect the producer price index, which measures price pressures before they reach consumers, to have risen 0.2% in March from the previous month. Wholesale price increases in the United States slowed in February as food and energy costs ...

Muere Julián Figueroa, hijo de Maribel Guardia y Joan Sebastian, informó la Asociación de intérpretes de México

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:02 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Asociación Nacional de Intérpretes (ANDI) de México comunicó este lunes el fallecimiento de su socio Julián Figueroa, hijo de la actriz Maribel Guardia y del cantante Joan Sebastian, quien murió en 2015.Al comunicar su muerte, su mamá, Maribel Guardia, contó que Figueroa fue encontrado inconsciente en su cuarto y, tras llamar a una ambulancia, fue hallado sin vida, “sin rastro de violencia alguno”.“Ruego comprensión por el profundo dolor por que estamos pasando, quisiera hablar con toda la gente que está intentando comunicarse, pero en verdad no tengo fuerza para hacerlo todavía”, escribió Guardia en su cuenta de Instagram, y pidió respeto por la privacidad de la familia y el doloroso momento por el que pasan.Dijo que sus honras fúnebres serán privadas”al lado de las personas más cercanas y que más lo amaron”.Muere el actor Andrés García a los 81 añosView this post on InstagramA post shared by Mαяiвєℓ Gυαя∂iα (@maribelguar...

Anciana roba un banco en EEUU y le manda una nota escrita al cajero disculpándose

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:02 GMT

HARRISONVILLE, Missouri — Una mujer de 78 años, que ya había sido dos veces hallada culpable de robar bancos, robó otro banco en Missouri y le entregó al cajero una nota escrita que decía “No fue mi intención asustarte”, dicen autoridades.Bonnie Gooch fue arrestada bajo fianza de $25,000 dólares tras el robo ocurrido el miércoles en Pleasant Hill, reportó el diario Kansas City Star. En los registros de internet no hay un abogado para ella.Gooch ya había sido convicta de robar un banco en California en 1977 y uno en un suburbio de Kansas City en 2020. Su libertad condicional a raíz del segundo robo concluyó en noviembre de 2021. Escapó de un brutal ataque de cocodrilo al clavarle sus dedos en los ojos Tiroteo en un centro comercial de EEUU deja a tres personas baleadas Los documentos judiciales pertinentes al caso más reciente indican que ella entregó un mensaje escrito exigiendo “13,000 billetes pequeños” y las palabras “Gracias, ...

1 person seriously injured following large RV fire

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver Fire Department is investigating a fire that sent one person to the hospital Monday morning.According to the Denver Fire Department, crews responded to a blaze near S. Wolff Street and West Louisiana Avenue at around 6:30 a.m. The area is in the Mar Lee neighborhood in west Denver. Bodies of missing Denver band member, son recovered from Arkansas lake SkyFOX flew over the scene where an RV was fully engulfed in flames in what appeared to be the backyard of a home. DPD tweeted that crews had extinguished the fire at around 7:00 a.m. and that one person was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. Fire investigators are now looking into what sparked the fire.

What temperature records could Denver break this week?

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The roller coaster of spring weather continues, with highs soaring into the 70s and 80s before dropping back into the 50s.The Pinpoint Weather team said record-breaking highs are possible on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. When could Denver see its final snow of the season? What are the record highs for this week?Here is a look at the record high temperatures for this week, according to the National Weather Service:Record high Monday: 80 degrees set in 1996Record high Tuesday: 80 degrees set in 1982Record high Wednesday: 79 degrees set in 2018Record high Thursday: 85 degrees set in 2006Record high for Friday: 83 degrees set in 1963The record high temperature for Denver in April is 90 degrees, set on April 30, 1992, according to the NWS. ‘It is unbearable’: This is the smelliest place in Denver, according to complaints The record low temperature in Denver in April is negative 2 degrees, set on April 2, 1975.What is the average temperature in April?The ...

'Multiple casualties' in shooting at Louisville bank building: police

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:02 GMT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police are reporting “multiple casualties” as they respond to a shooting in a bank building in downtown Louisville.The Louisville Metro Police Department said Monday on Twitter there was an ongoing situation and asked people to avoid the area. "There are multiple casualties," police said in the tweet. Police described it as an “active aggressor.”Witnesses who left the building told WHAS-TV they heard gunfire inside the building.This is a developing story; check back for updates.

Milwaukee PD releases bodycam footage from shooting involving fallen officer Jerving

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:02 GMT

MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — The Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) released bodycam footage and a community briefing Thursday, April 6, regarding the officer-involved shooting that occurred on Feb. 7.Milwaukee Police Officer Peter Jerving was killed in the incident by a robbery suspect.MPD edited the eight-minute video and redacted it in some places, and several questions from that night remain unanswered.The video shows a chase, a struggle, and the shooting.We warn you some of this may be difficult to watch.The shooting happened in just seconds the morning of Feb. 7, but the situation started a few hours earlier.At 11:30 p.m. Feb. 6, Officer Jerving and his partner responded to a report of a robbery.That night, Jerving radioed to dispatch, “All squads wanted for the strong-arm robbery that occurred on today’s date at approximately 11:28pm. It’s going to be Terrell I. Thompson.”Suspect Terrell Thompson allegedly stole a car and a cell phone.A few hours later, at ...

Casualties reported, police presence in downtown Louisville

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:02 GMT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police are reporting “multiple casualties” as they respond to a shooting in a bank building in downtown Louisville.The Louisville Metro Police Department said Monday on Twitter there was an ongoing situation and asked people to avoid the area. “There are multiple casualties,” police said in the tweet. Police described it as an “active aggressor.”Witnesses who left the building told WHAS-TV they heard gunfire inside the building.Numerous police vehicles were seen on television footage. WHAS reporters said they saw people being taken from the scene in ambulances.In a tweet, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he was heading to the scene.“Please pray for all of the families impacted and for the city of Louisville,” Beshear said.The FBI said its agents were also responding to the shooting.

Lizzo snuggles Grogu in a cameo-filled ‘The Mandalorian’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:02 GMT

(CNN) — Lizzo has officially joined the “Star Wars” galaxy far, far away.The “About Damn Time” singer surprised fans when she appeared in the latest episode of “The Mandalorian” as a noblewoman who becomes fast friends with young Grogu (Baby Yoda to the uninitiated).She cameoed alongside Jack Black, who played her daffy husband. Lizzo floated onscreen as Duchess of the Outer Rim planet Plazir-15, and, from what viewers saw, she spends her time sipping on “secretions” and playing interstellar bocce with her court. Black as Captain Bombardier was by her side through it all, a former Imperial officer who fell for the Duchess when he was sent to Plazir for “rehabilitation.” (He swore in the episode he has no Imperial leanings.)When Mando, fellow Mandalorian Bo-Katan Kryze and, of course, Grogu enter her “domed paradise,” the Duchess and the baby quickly become close companions. The diminutive green creature ev...

Police: 20-year-old Worcester man arrested in connection with Dorchester Street shooting

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:02 GMT

A 20-year-old Worcester man has been arrested in connection with a Sunday morning shooting on Dorchester Street, according to police. Police say Izaiha Quintal was arrested at a hospital Sunday and is charged with armed assault with intent to murder, possession of a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without an FID card, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, and misleading a police investigation. Officers responding to a ShotSpotter activation in the area of Dorchester Street around 1:30 a.m. Sunday found a man shot in a white Infiniti at the intersection of Barclay and Dorchester streets, police say.The man was taken to a nearby hospital with undisclosed injuries.The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to send an anonymous text to 274637 TIPWPD + your message or send an anonymous web based message at worcesterma.gov/police. Calls can also be made to the Worcester Police Detective Bureau at (508) 799-8651.