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Business Highlights: September hiring points to strong job market; UAW stops strike expansion

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:20 GMT

___A surge of hiring in September defies predictions, pointing to US job market’s enduring resilienceWASHINGTON (AP) — An unforeseen burst of hiring last month has lifted hopes that the economy will prove durable once again, even as an array of threats lie ahead. Businesses across the U.S. economy ramped up their hiring in September, defying surging interest rates, financial market turmoil, the ongoing threat of a government shutdown and an uncertain outlook to add the most jobs in any month since January. The hiring binge confounded expectations for a slowdown and added one more layer of complexity to the Federal Reserve’s high-wire effort to defeat inflation without causing a recession. The 336,000 jobs that were added in September raised the average gain for the past three months to a robust 266,000.___Auto workers stop expanding strikes against Detroit Three after GM makes battery plant concessionDETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it will not expand its strikes ag...

Sancet scores in Athletic Bilbao’s 3-0 win over last-place Almeria on day of 1st call-up with Spain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:20 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Oihan Sancet celebrated his first call-up to Spain’s national team by scoring in Athletic Bilbao’s 3-0 win over last-place Almeria in the Spanish league on Friday.Gorka Guruzeta and Dani García also scored for Athletic as it ended its brief winless run and moved into the top four in the standings with the victory at San Mames Stadium.The 23-year-old Sancet earlier Friday was included in the squad by Spain coach Luis de la Fuente for upcoming European Championship qualifiers.The midfielder sealed Athletic’s victory in the 81st minute after Guruzeta scored in the 10th and García in the 63rd. Athletic was coming off two disappointing setbacks — it conceded a late equalizer in a 2-2 draw against Getafe at home and lost 3-0 at Real Sociedad in the Basque Country derby. The win moved Athletic two points behind third-place Girona and one point ahead of fifth-place Atletico Madrid, which has two games in hand. Almeria, which had only one shot on target, remai...

France routs Italy 60-7 to reach Rugby World Cup quarterfinals in style

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:20 GMT

LYON, France (AP) — Damian Penaud extended his try-scoring streak to seven matches as Rugby World Cup host France blew apart Italy 60-7 to reach the quarterfinals in style on Friday.France topped Pool A ahead of New Zealand and will likely meet defending champion South Africa in the last quarterfinal next weekend. New Zealand will probably have to play top-ranked Ireland.How Pool B shakes out depends on the Ireland-Scotland match on Saturday at Stade de France.Italy was smashed by New Zealand 96-17 last week and was pumped up to rebound against its neighbor. But France, even without injured linchpin Antoine Dupont, was ready after a two-week break and took less than two minutes to score the first of its eight tries in a hugely impressive performance.Les Tricolores equalled their highest score against Italy from 1967 and achieved the greatest margin ever. Only eight months ago in the Six Nations, France won 29-24.Of course, Penaud got the first try, off his wing. Following pick-and-g...

Hunter Biden informa al juez que buscará desestimar los cargos de posesión de armas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:20 GMT

(CNN) — Hunter Biden pedirá a un juez que desestime la acusación federal en su contra por cargos relacionados con armas, informaron sus abogados en documento judicial presentado la noche de este jueves.La defensa indicó que pedirá que se desestime el caso porque, en su opinión, al fiscal especial David Weiss se le prohibió presentar la acusación de un acuerdo previo.“Hunter Biden sostiene que sigue vigente el Acuerdo de Desvío ‘independiente’ y ‘bilateral’ que ambas partes firmaron, y buscará desestimar la acusación en su contra en conformidad con las disposiciones de inmunidad de ese Acuerdo”, escribió el abogado de Biden, Abbe Lowell, en el documento.El miércoles, Weiss dijo en un documento que el “Acuerdo de Desvío propuesto” no fue firmado por un funcionario judicial como se requiere y, por lo tanto, “no entró en vigor”. Las dos partes han estado discutiendo durante los últimos dos meses sobre si el acuerdo para resolver el delito de armas sig...

Corte: empresas de Trump podrán funcionar en NY, pero no se suspenderá el juicio civil

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:20 GMT

NUEVA YORK – Una corte de apelaciones de Nueva York falló este viernes a favor de que se impida que se aplique el fallo de un juez que revoca las licencias de negocios de Donald Trump y deja sus empresas a cargo de un síndico designado por la corte.A su vez, el tribunal de apelaciones determinó que no suspenderá el juicio civil por fraude en Manhattan. Los abogados del exmandatario habían pedido a la corte estatal intermedia de apelaciones que suspenda la demanda de la fiscal general de Nueva York, Letitia James, e impidan que se aplique el fallo del juez Arthur Engoron. Abogados de Trump piden aplazar juicio por documentos secretos hasta después de elecciones Abogados de Trump buscan desestimar caso en DC por “inmunidad presidencial” Engoron “evidentemente no comprende la magnitud del caos ocasionado por (su) decisión”, escribieron los abogados Clifford Robert, Michael Farina y Michael Madaio en un escrito de apelación de ...

Prince George’s Co. is ready to crack down on owners of abandoned properties, but it has to find them

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:20 GMT

There are thousands of blighted, abandoned and vacant properties all over Prince George’s County, Maryland. But exactly how many there are, and where they are, isn’t known by the county. And the agency tasked with enforcing upkeep of those thousands has all of four people to handle it all.That’s some of the information that came out of a county council committee hearing Thursday, as county lawmakers discussed a bill to help crack down on the eyesore properties.The legislation being pushed by council member Krystal Oriadha starts with the creation of a registry of all the vacant properties around the county. It was assumed there was one, but there isn’t.Leaders in the county’s Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE) said they were aware of about 4,500 properties that would make that list, if one existed, but there’s no organized list.“When we talk about development in our communities, making sure that we tackle this vacan...

Broncos trade benched pass rusher Randy Gregory to 49ers in deal including swap of 2024 draft picks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:20 GMT

The Broncos on Friday traded benched pass rusher Randy Gregory to the San Francisco 49ers in a deal that also includes the exchange of 2024 draft picks, with Denver sending over a seventh-round selection for a sixth-round choice.Broncos coach Sean Payton confirmed the trade following Friday’s practice. Earlier in the week, he said the team felt it was best to give more playing time to younger players.As part of the deal, the Broncos (1-3) are picking up the bulk of the $10.9 million remaining on Gregory’s salary this season.The Broncos decided this week to move on from Gregory 18 months after signing him to a five-year, $70 million contract. He ended up playing in 10 of a possible 21 games for Denver, collecting three sacks and undergoing two surgeries. He was benched last week at Chicago in favor of second-year outside linebacker Nik Bonitto, who had 2½ sacks, including a strip-sack of Justin Fields that led to the tying touchdown in the fourth quarter of Denver’s 31-28 comeb...

Vermont’s flood-damaged capital is slowly rebuilding. And it’s asking tourists and residents to help

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:20 GMT

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Nearly three months after severe flooding inundated Vermont’s capital city, Montpelier businesses launched an event Friday to celebrate how much they’ve rebuilt — and remind the public not to forget them as they struggle to make a complete comeback.The small city of about 8,000 is celebrating its ongoing recovery with food trucks, music and street performers in hopes of drawing visitors downtown and giving shops a chance to sell their merchandise in sidewalk sales. “It’s really a way to acknowledge our progress,” said Katie Trautz, executive director of Montpelier Alive, a group that holds events and promotes city businesses. “It’s a symbolic kind of reopening celebration, like we’re turning a page here. …. Businesses are reopening every week.”Rain will likely fall at times during the two-day event, although Trautz said a weather forecaster has assured organizers that heavy rains will likely be west of the city. Trautz said ...

Frente frío traerá cambios de temperaturas durante el fin de semana en el DMV

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:20 GMT

Es momento de sacar los abrigos y las camisetas manga larga porque un frente frío dejará lluvia y temperaturas bajas este fin de semana en el área de Washington DC.“Este sistema frontal nos traerá un descenso bastante marcado en temperaturas a partir del sábado”, explicó el meteorólogo de Telemundo 44, Joseph Martínez. Se espera que la lluvia pase entre la noche del viernes y temprano en la mañana del sábado, según el experto. “Me parece que el sábado después del mediodía lo podremos aprovechar”, afirmó.Sin embargo, la mañana del domingo y lunes lucen considerablemente frías debido a que el termómetro podría marcar los 48 grados. La temperatura máxima para ambos días se mantendrá en los bajos 60 grados. Esto surge después de experimentar temperaturas atípicas para el otoño durante esta semana las cuales permanecieron en los medios 80 grados, según Martínez. Mantente en sintonía de Telemundo 44 para un pronóstico actualizado.Source

Stock market today: Wall Street leaps after eventually finding things to like in nuanced jobs report

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:20 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied in a whipsaw Friday and erased its morning losses after looking deeper into the nuances of a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. job market. The S&P 500 climbed 1.2% after charging back from an earlier drop of 0.9%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 288 points, or 0.9%, and the Nasdaq composite flipped to a gain of 1.6%. Stocks initially tumbled after a report showed U.S. employers added nearly twice as many jobs last month as economists expected. The strength raised worries that a too-hot job market could keep upward pressure on inflation, which in turn could push the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates higher than investors want. Treasury yields leaped following the release of the report, and the yield on the 10-year Treasury again soared to its highest level since 2007. It was at 4.78%, up from 4.72% late Thursday. Wall Street hates high interest rates because they knock down prices for all kinds of investments. And even though th...