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The new-look NFL Pro Bowl is returning to Orlando, Florida in February

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:48 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The 2024 Pro Bowl Games are coming back to Orlando.The NFL announced Tuesday the reimagined Pro Bowl, which was held in central Florida four straight seasons between 2017-2020, will be played at Camping World Stadium on Feb. 4.The weeklong event features AFC vs. NFC stars competing in various skills challenges and culminates with a flag-football game. Peyton Manning and his brother, Eli, again will coach the two teams.Last year’s inaugural Pro Bowl Games in Las Vegas drew 6.4 million viewers and more than 58,000 in-person fans at Allegiant Stadium, up 16% from the previous year.“Building off the success from last year’s reinvented format that elevated flag football and introduced fun forms of competition and entertainment, we are thrilled to bring The 2024 Pro Bowl Games to Orlando,” said Peter O’Reilly, NFL executive vice president, club business and league events. “Hosting multiple Pro Bowls in years past, Orlando is a world-class destination and a favorite ge...

General Electric, 3M rise; Raytheon, iRobot fall: Tuesday, 7/25/2023

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:48 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Tuesday:Raytheon Technologies Corp. (RTX), down $12.83 to $84.18Accelerated inspections are needed for some of Raytheon’s Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines to look for a rare condition in powder metal. General Electric Co. (GE), up $6.36 to $116.61GE reported stronger profit for the spring than expected and raised its forecasts for full-year revenue and profits.3M Co. (MMM), up $5.17 to $109.44The maker of Scotch-Brite and Post-It notes raised its forecast for profits for the full year thanks in part to cost-cutting efforts. iRobot Corp. (IRBT), down $6.13 to $40.77The company accepted a lower buyout offer from Amazon. PulteGroup Inc. (PHM), up $4.79 to $83.32The homebuilder reported stronger profit for the spring than was expected. Packaging Corp. of America (PKG), up $14.27 to $152.94The company’s latest profit report blew past the forecasts of Wall Street analysts. Sherwin-Williams...

Eastbound I-70, Loveland Pass closed after crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:48 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Eastbound Interstate 70 was closed in the high country Tuesday because of a crash, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.The affected stretch was from Exit 203 (Silverthorne) to Exit 218 (8 miles west of Silver Plume), or Mile Points 205-217.5.U.S. 6 (Loveland Pass) was also closed. Drivers were experiencing major delays. No estimated time for reopening was given.Drivers were advised to use U.S. 40 or U.S. 285 as alternate routes.No further details about the crash were immediately released.

UPS reaches tentative contract with unionized workers, may dodge strike

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:48 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — UPS has reached a contract agreement with its 340,000-person strong union Tuesday, averting a strike that had the potential to disrupt logistics nationwide for businesses and households alike. The agreement was announced after UPS and the Teamsters came back to the negotiating table Tuesday to talk over remaining sticking points in the largest private-sector contract in North America. Both sides had already reached tentative agreement on a host of issues but remained at odds on things like pay for part-time workers who make up more than half of the UPS employees represented by the union. Colorado ranks 4th in nation for attracting high earners The Teamsters called the tentative agreement “historic” and “overwhelmingly lucrative” in a prepared statement. It includes, among other benefits, higher wages and air conditioning in delivery trucks. “Together we reached a win-win-win agreement on the issues that are important to Teamsters leadership, our employees and to U...

Rocky Mountain goat kid unexpectedly dies at Denver Zoo

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:48 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver Zoo is mourning the unexpected loss of Salix, a Rocky Mountain goat kid.Salix died on Saturday, July 22, just a few days shy of turning 2 months old. He was born on May 30 to first-time parents Elbert and Magnolia.The Denver Zoo said animal care specialists noticed the kid behaving abnormally on Friday. Salix was chewing repetitively and was lethargic. After assessing Salix, he immediately started a supportive treatment while the team at the zoo waited for test results to determine what was wrong. Salix passed the next morning. Take a look inside the new Wild Animal Refuge in southern Colorado The zoo said it conducted a postmortem exam to determine Salix's cause of death, but the initial findings were nonspecific. A variety of other disease screening tests will be done to further understand what happened to the kid. Salix, a Rocky Mountain goat kid at the Denver Zoo, passed away unexpectedly on July 22. (Denver Zoo)Salix, a Rocky Mountain goat kid at th...

Denver-area rents down this summer from last year

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:48 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Rents are climbing month-over-month in the Denver metro, but they're still below the levels from last year.The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metro area is still one of the more expensive rental markets in the U.S. Median rent is $1,984 for apartments, including studios, one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms, according to the June report from Realtor.com. It ranks between Seattle and Sacramento in terms of rental expense. 2023 is set to be the deadliest year on water "June 2023 marks the second year-over-year rent decline in a row for 0-2 bedroom properties (-1.0% Y/Y) observed since trend data began in 2020," the report reads. "The median asking rent in the 50 largest metros increased to $1,745, up by $7 from last month and down $31 from its July 2022 peak. Rent for one-bedrooms saw its first year-over-year decline in our data history, while smaller units saw rents increase."Denver's rent is among those that have declined most in the last year, dropping 2.9% since last summe...

Biden designates new national monument to honor Emmett Till, Mamie Till-Mobley

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:48 GMT

President Biden on Tuesday signed a proclamation creating a national monument in honor of Mamie Till Mobley and her son Emmett Till, the 14-year-old whose brutal killing in Mississippi helped galvanize the civil rights movement. The monument, spread over three sites in Illinois and Mississippi, will tell the story of Till’s murder in 1955, and of his mother's efforts to ensure it would never been forgotten. “I can't fathom what it must have been like,” Biden said Tuesday — on what would have bill Emmett Till's 82nd birthday. “It's hard to believe I was 12 years old. I know no matter how much time has passed, how many birthdays, how many events, how many anniversaries, it's hard to relive this.”Till was lynched for allegedly making comments toward a white woman in Mississippi while on a trip from Chicago. His mother held an open-casket funeral to show the horrors of what happened to her son. Till’s disfigured face – barely recognizable – was memorialized and syndicated in photos. For...

Far-right group burns Quran in Copenhagen

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:48 GMT

A group of far-right protesters set fire to copies of the Quran in Copenhagen on Tuesday in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in an anti-Islam demonstration, following a string of Quran burnings in Denmark and Sweden in the past week.Turkey and Iraq condemned the burning of Islam’s holy book while in other Muslim-majority countries like Yemen, people took to the streets to protest. Hundreds of protesters in Baghdad stormed the Swedish embassy last week in response and tried to reach the Danish embassy but were stopped by security forces.Tuesday’s protest in Copenhagen was organized by a far-right group who call themselves “Danish Patriots.” The group orchestrated the Quran burnings on Monday and Friday, which they live-streamed on Facebook in front of the Iraqi embassy. Quran burnings have increased in the two Scandinavian countries as Swedish and Danish laws allow them to continue under freedom of expression and right to protest laws. Turkey condemned ...

Aaron Hernandez brother faces new charges amid concerns over threats, visits to UConn, Brown

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:48 GMT

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The older brother of late New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is behind bars after a woman close to him told police she was worried he was planning a school shooting.Dennis Hernandez, a former football player at UConn, was shocked with a stun gun and arrested by police July 18 after he threatened to kill officers who had gone to his home in Bristol, Connecticut, then emerged from the house yelling “shoot me, shoot me,” according to police.On the way to the hospital, Hernandez, who went by DJ while playing quarterback and wide receiver for the Huskies in the mid-2000s, said he planned to kill anyone who had profited off his younger brother, police said in an arrest report.Bristol police officers went to Hernandez’s home after speaking with two women about what they described as his deteriorating mental health.Hernandez, 37, was originally arrested in March after police say he threw a bag containing a brick and a note over a fence ...

Former US Marine who was released by Russia in prisoner swap injured while fighting in Ukraine, source says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:48 GMT

(CNN) — Trevor Reed, the former US Marine who was wrongfully detained in Russia for nearly three years before being released in a prisoner swap, was injured while fighting in Ukraine, a source familiar with the matter told CNN Tuesday.Reed, who was freed in a prisoner swap in April 2022, was transported to a hospital in Kyiv and was evacuated to Germany for medical care, the source said.The circumstances around Reed’s injury in combat were not immediately clear.The Messenger was first to report the news.Jonathan Franks, a spokesperson for the Reed family, declined to comment.Reed is the latest American to be injured while fighting for Ukraine in its war in against Russia. The US State Department has repeatedly warned Americans against traveling to the country.Reed was arrested in Moscow in the summer of 2019 for intoxication, and was sentenced to nine years in prison in July 2020 for endangering the “life and health” of Russian police officers in an altercation. ...