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Grains lower, Livstock mixed

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:30:20 GMT

Wheat for Sep. lost 13 cents at $6.27 a bushel; Sep. corn fell 7.50 cents at $4.8075 a bushel, Sep. oats was down 9.75 cents at 4.2450 a bushel; while Aug. soybeans was off 1 cent at $14.2875 a bushel.Beef was higher and pork was lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Aug. live cattle was up .48 cent at $1.7850 a pound; Aug. feeder cattle rose 1.13 cents at $2.4795 a pound; while Aug. lean hogs fell 1.67 cents at $1.01 a pound.Source

3 police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 are seen entering DC courthouse for Trump’s arraignment

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:30:20 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — 3 police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 are seen entering DC courthouse for Trump’s arraignment.Source

Es oficial: Jisoo de Blackpink sale con el actor Ahn Bo-hyun

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:30:20 GMT

(CNN) — Jisoo, cantante de Blackpink, está saliendo con el actor Ahn Bo-hyun, según anunciaron sus agencias de representación, en una extraña excepción al secretismo que suele rodear las relaciones entre famosos en Corea del Sur.La agencia de Ahn, FN Entertainment, confirmó la relación a CNN este jueves, después de que los medios de comunicación locales informaran que la pareja fue vista junta en Seúl, lo que despertó la emoción entre los fans.“Los dos están en una etapa en la que se están conociendo poco a poco con buenos sentimientos”, decía el comunicado.La cantante Jisoo de BlackPink y el actor Ahn Bo-hyun. (Crédito: Getty Images)La agencia surcoreana Yonhap publicó una declaración similar citando a la discográfica de Blackpink, YG Entertainment.Jisoo, de 28 años, es la mayor del cuarteto Blackpink y la única de la que se ha confirmado que mantiene una relación, a pesar de los constantes rumores sobre su vida amorosa.Ahn, de 35 años, debutó como actor con FN En...

Facebook owner Meta carries out threat to block news in Canada. Google plans to do the same

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:30:20 GMT

MENLO PARK, California (AP) — Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta is keeping its promise to block news content in Canada on its platforms in response to a new law that requires tech giants to pay publishers for linking to or otherwise repurposing their content online.Google’s owner Alphabet has said it plans to do the same, although it does not appear to have followed through yet. The company said in a June blog post that it will begin removing news links in the country when the law takes effect — expected in December. Meta has threatened to block links to news sites in Canada for nearly a year in response to the law, which passed in late June. The social media company said the Online News Act “is based on the incorrect premise that Meta benefits unfairly from news content shared on our platforms, when the reverse is true.”The changes mean that people in Canada are not able to view or share news on Facebook and Instagram — including news articles, videos and audio poste...

No evidence found that betting integrity manipulated by Iowa and Iowa St. athletes tied to gambling

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:30:20 GMT

One of the state agencies involved in the ongoing investigation of alleged sports wagering violations by Iowa and Iowa State athletes announced Thursday no evidence had been discovered to suggest the integrity of any contest involving the schools was affected by gambling interests.A total of seven current or former athletes at the two schools were criminally charged this week, notably ISU quarterback Hunter Dekkers and ex-Iowa basketball player Ahron Ulis. All seven are charged with tampering with records, and all are suspected of placing bets on contests involving their own schools. Four are alleged to have wagered on games involving their own teams. The seven athletes are suspected of combining for more than 5,000 wagers totaling more than $100,000 that were placed between January 2021 through May 2023.In addition to facing criminal charges, the current athletes could forfeit all or part of their remaining eligibility for violating NCAA gambling rules.The Iowa Racing and Gambling ...

Live: Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:30:20 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 presidential election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orchestrating a brazen and ultimately failed attempt to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power.Trump appeared before a magistrate judge in Washington’s federal courthouse two days after being indicted on four felony counts by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith. The charges accuse him of trying to subvert the will of voters and undo his election loss in the days before Jan. 6, 2021, when supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent and bloody clash with law enforcement.Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential primary front-runner, is facing charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruct Congress’ certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. His appearance Thursday, and the rest of the court case, will unfold in a...

Coloradans made more in real dollars during Great Depression than now

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:30:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Average pay in Colorado during The Great Depression was pretty good compared to what people living in the state make now.In essence, the average Coloradan during The Great Depression made over $82,000 in today's money. But the average Coloradan last year made less than $70,000 by the same metric.The Great Depression is described as the longest and deepest economic downturn in the history of the United States, beginning with the stock market crash in August of 1929 and finally coming to an end with World War II in 1941. What do you need to make to feel like you’re actually earning 6 figures in Denver? A compilation of income statistics shows that the average Coloradan made approximately $4,339.87 in net income during 1930, according to the U.S. Treasury Department Bureau of International Revenue.That income in December of 1930 is worth $82,244.31 in June of 2023, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index inflation calculator.However, the aver...

Man accused of holding a woman in cinder block cell has Denver connection

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:30:20 GMT

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man who is accused of kidnapping a woman and holding her in a cinder block cell that she escaped by punching her way out had been on law enforcement’s radar and is now suspected in other sexual assaults.The woman was kidnapped from Seattle, chained, and driven to a home in Klamath Falls, Oregon, according to the FBI. Negasi Zuberi, 29, is now behind bars in Nevada, waiting to be extradited to Oregon, where he is charged in federal court with interstate kidnapping and transporting an individual across state lines with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Woman kidnapped, kept in cinder block cell in Oregon home; FBI believes there may be other victims A search of Zuberi’s rental home and garage turned up the woman’s purse and handwritten notes, according to investigators. One was labeled “Operation Take Over” and included entries that read, “Leave phone at home” and “Make sure they don’t have a bunch of ppl (sic) in their life. You don’t want any type ...

The Parkland school massacre will be reenacted, with gunfire, in lawsuit against sheriff’s deputy

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:30:20 GMT

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Ballistics experts will fire up to 139 shots at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Friday during a reenactment of the 2018 Parkland massacre organized as part of a lawsuit that accuses a sheriff’s deputy of failing in his duty to protect the victims.As the reenactment takes place, technicians outside a three-story classroom building will record the sound of the gunfire, seeking to capture what the deputy assigned to the school, Scot Peterson, heard during the six-minute attack.ROAD CLOSURES: Beginning at 2 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 4, the Broward Sheriff’s Office Parkland district will begin to shut down roads surrounding Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Coral Springs Drive/Pine Island Road will be shut down beginning at Westview Drive in Coral Springs to just past Holmberg Road to the north.Holmberg Road will be shut down from the Heron Bay Boulevard roundabout near Westglades Middle School to just past Pine Island Road to the east.The shooting, whi...

Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:30:20 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 presidential election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orchestrating a brazen and ultimately failed attempt to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power.Trump appeared before a magistrate judge in Washington’s federal courthouse two days after being indicted on four felony counts by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith. The charges accuse him of trying to subvert the will of voters and undo his election loss in the days before Jan. 6, 2021, when supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent and bloody clash with law enforcement.Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential primary front-runner, is facing charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruct Congress’ certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. His appearance Thursday, and the rest of the court case, will unfold in a courthouse blocks in cle...