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Opinion: More toxic derailments will happen if we don’t rein in plastics

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:42 GMT

Images of dead fish floating in murky water and menacing plumes of gray smoke are haunting the nation’s front pages. Interviews with distressed residents are interspersed with exasperated talking heads on our television screens. More than month after the train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, America continues to bear witness to the community’s suffering.Though any fiery train wreck is hazardous, this one was particularly catastrophic given the chemicals onboard. Chief among them was cancer-causing vinyl chloride gas, which officials intentionally released into the surrounding air to avoid an explosion. Residents were evacuated during this operation, but long-term pollution and exposure concerns remain.For East Palestine, the story is just beginning, and the following chapters are likely to be grim. We know because the same chemical contaminated — and eventually destroyed — several towns in Louisiana decades ago.Morrisonville, La., was founded after the Civil War by free...

Word Game: March 14, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:42 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — UNICORNS (UNICORNS: YOO-nih-korns: Mythical horselike beasts with a single horn.)Average mark 19 wordsTime limit 30 minutesCan you find 24 or more words in UNICORNS? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — RAVAGED rage ravage rave read adage agar aged area aver gave gear grad grade grave dare dear dragTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at [email protected].

Horoscopes March 14, 2023: Billy Crystal, trust your intuition

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:42 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Betsy Brandt, 50; Megan Follows, 55; Billy Crystal, 75; Quincy Jones, 90.Betsy Brandt (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) Happy Birthday: Slow down, seize the moment, enjoy what life offers and do whatever it takes to not waste your energy on trivial matters and emotional arguments. Trust your intuition and promote your creative ideas. Expand your mind and make personal and spiritual growth your journey. Protect your home, family and reputation from anyone who makes you look bad or bullies you. Your numbers are 3, 16, 20, 27, 31, 39, 46.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Stick to the truth, question anything that sounds fictitious and verify information before passing it along. You’ll have plenty of opportunities, but not all will have long-lasting effects. Don’t overload your to-do list; pick what makes you happy and proceed. 5 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Say no to joint ventures, lending or borrowing, or paying for someone else̵...

Bridge: March 14, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:42 GMT

It amuses my friend the English professor when quotes are misattributed. For example, “There’s nothing new under the sun” sounds Shakespearean; it’s from Ecclesiastes.Today’s declarer put all his eggs in one basket. (What’s the source of that saying?) At 3NT, he led a heart to dummy’s king at Trick Two and passed the jack of clubs. When West won to continue spades, South was sunk. He had only eight tricks, and when East took the ace of diamonds, the defense ran the spades.LEAKYSouth had only one basket, and it was leaky. He must lead a diamond from dummy at Trick Three. When East’s ace appears, South has four diamonds, two spades, two hearts and one club.If East played a low diamond and South’s queen won, South could shift to clubs for nine tricks. And if West had the ace of diamonds, South would succeed if dummy’s king dropped the jack or the club finesse won.“It is the part of a wise man to not venture all his eggs ...

Teenage boy shot near elementary school in Southeast DC

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:42 GMT

A teenage boy is in the hospital after being shot near an elementary school in Southeast D.C. on Monday afternoon.Around 2:15 p.m., D.C. police reported to 14th Street SE near the DC Prep Anacostia Elementary Campus where they found the boy suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg.More Local NewsMore DC NewsThe boy was taken to a hospital, according to police. His current condition is unknown.Police don’t have a suspect in custody.Police are asking anyone with information to contact the department at (202) 727-9099 or by texting 50411.Below is a map of the area where the shooting took place. Source

Caleres Inc.: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:42 GMT

ST LOUIS (AP) — ST LOUIS (AP) — Caleres Inc. (CAL) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $40.8 million.On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had net income of $1.13. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were 65 cents per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 64 cents per share.The footwear wholesaler and retailer posted revenue of $696.4 million in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $698.1 million.For the year, the company reported profit of $181.7 million, or $4.92 per share. Revenue was reported as $2.97 billion.Caleres Inc. expects full-year earnings to be $4.10 to $4.30 per share.Caleres Inc. shares have increased roughly 3% since the beginning of the year. The stock has climbed 17% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automate...

AP PHOTOS: Objects of war become new normal in Kyiv

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:42 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — There are sandbags around the statues and anti-tank obstacles by the side of the streets, trenches in the nearby forests and land mine warnings in the woods. Signs painted on walls point to the nearest shelter, while air raid sirens occasionally wail across the city, which still sometimes comes under missile attack.But against this backdrop of war, residents of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, are living their lives as normally as they can while Russia’s invasion of their country continues into its second year.Although many fled in the opening stages of the war, residents have gradually returned to their homes as Russian forces were pushed back from north of the city last year, and the conflict became centered mainly in the eastern and southern parts of Ukraine.Shops, restaurants and bars are open — even if customers have to wrap up their evenings early and rush home in time for the 11 p.m. curfew. Nobody pays attention to the angular steel anti-tank hedgehogs by th...

Biathlon great Marte Olsbu Roeiseland retires

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:42 GMT

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Marte Olsbu Roeiseland, who made history with five medals in biathlon at the Winter Olympics last year, announced her retirement on Tuesday.The Norwegian won three gold medals and two bronze in Beijing in biathlon. Olsbu Roiseland matched the record for most medals at one Winter Games by any athlete and became the first female biathlete to achieve the feat. She also won two silver medals at the 2018 Olympics and completed a historic clean sweep at the 2020 world championships as the first biathlete with medals in all seven events. The International Biathlon Union said 32-year-old Olsbu Roiseland would retire after her home World Cup this week in Holmenkollen, Norway.___More AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Moody’s vigila la posible rebaja de calificación de seis bancos estadounidenses

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:42 GMT

(CNN) — Moody’s Investors Service puso a otros seis bancos estadounidenses en revisión para posibles rebajas de calificación a última hora de este lunes, tras la quiebra del Silicon Valley Bank la semana pasada.La empresa de calificación crediticia también rebajó la calificación de Signature Bank a la categoría de banco basura tras la quiebra de este banco.Moody’s advirtió que también podría rebajar la calificación de First Republic Bank, Zions, Western Alliance, Comerica, UMB Financial e Intrust Financial. La firma citó las “condiciones de financiación extremadamente volátiles para algunos bancos estadounidenses expuestos al riesgo de salidas de depósitos no asegurados”.La medida se produce después de que las acciones de los bancos regionales sufrieran un varapalo el lunes, incluso después de que el Gobierno federal interviniera con una intervención masiva destinada a prevenir a los depositantes y evitar nuevas corridas bancarias. Las acciones de los b...

Emerald Holding: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Emerald Holding, Inc. (EEX) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $22.4 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.The New York-based company said it had net income of 6 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense, came to 7 cents per share.The company posted revenue of $93.6 million in the period.For the year, the company reported net income of $130.8 million, or 46 cents per share, swinging to a profit in the period. Revenue was reported as $325.9 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on EEX at https://www.zacks.com/ap/EEXSource