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Hoops Hall of Famer Ray Allen receives degree from UConn

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:18:19 GMT

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Twenty-seven years after hitting his last jump shot in the building, Ray Allen walked back into Gampel Pavilion on Sunday wearing a cap and gown. The 47-year-old basketball Hall of Famer sat in the stands with other graduating students, under a banner commemorating the retirement of his UConn jersey, then took his place in the procession t o receive his bachelor’s degree in general studies.The two-time NBA champion was greeted with a loud ovation as he was handed his diploma and gave a thumbs up to his family.“It’s never too late to learn,” Allen told the Hartford Courant. “This day isn’t about me, it’s about the people that helped me along the way to finish this mission, be on this journey to graduate from college.”Allen, who averaged 19 points during his three seasons at UConn, left school early for the NBA. He began taking classes again during the second half of his 19-year pro career. He said he got serious about finishing his degree during the h...

Dianna Agron responde a una década de especulaciones sobre su relación con Taylor Swift

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:18:19 GMT

(CNN) — Hace más de una década se especuló que la estrella de “Glee” Dianna Agron y Taylor Swift podrían haber tenido una “Historia de Amor”.Ahora, Agron acaba de abordarlo.En una entrevista publicada recientemente en Rolling Stone, se le preguntó a la actriz por ser una supuesta inspiración para el single de Swift de 2012 “22” del álbum “Red”, ya que Agron aparece en las notas de acompañamiento.Agron respondió: “¿Yo? ¡Oh, ojalá!”.Taylor Swift y Joe Alwyn se separan después de seis años“Eso es más por una amistad que por ser la inspiración de la canción”, dijo. “Pero yo no sería la persona indicada para preguntar sobre eso. No puedo afirmarlo”.La pareja salió un poco entre 2011 y 2012 y la publicación también le preguntó acerca de ser “shipped”, es decir, retratada como si estuviera en una relación por algunos fans e informes.“Eso es muy interesante. Yo… quiero decir, hu...

L.S. Starrett: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:18:19 GMT

ATHOL, Mass. (AP) — ATHOL, Mass. (AP) — L.S. Starrett Co. (SCX) on Monday reported earnings of $7.5 million in its fiscal third quarter.The Athol, Massachusetts-based company said it had profit of 99 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for pretax gains, came to 35 cents per share.The measurment and cutting tool company posted revenue of $61.7 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on SCX at https://www.zacks.com/ap/SCXSource

These Colorado companies are planning mass layoffs, records show

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:18:19 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- As inflation continues to rise across the country, having concerns about money and job security are understandable.The good news is that there is a law the requires your employer to inform you if they are planning layoffs. Is your industry at risk for layoffs? According to the United States Department of Labor, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act is a law that requires employers to provide employees experiencing employment loss with a 60-day notice prior to a layoff. "The criteria are complex, but some basic levels are layoffs of 50 or more workers at a single site, where 50 is at least one-third of the total full-time workforce at that site, or any layoffs of 500 or more workers at a single site. Other times employers may publicly announce layoffs through the media," the U.S. DOL said about WARN notices. View active WARN notices in Colorado The company with the most layoffs so far in 2023 is Wanzek Construction, which laid off 666 employees in January.Whic...

Why flags will be flown at half-staff through Thursday

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:18:19 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Gov. Jared Polis has ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Thursday.Flags will be flown at half-staff on all public buildings in honor and remembrance of the mass shooting in Allen, Texas where eight people were killed at an outlet mall. A gunman stepped out of a silver sedan and started shooting people at the Dallas-area outlet mall Saturday, killing eight and wounding seven others — three critically — before being killed by a police officer who happened to be nearby, authorities said. ‘Then we heard people crying for help’: Witness of HVAC collapse feels lucky her family left unscathed Polis is lowering flags as proclaimed by President Joe Biden.As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on May 6, 2023, in Allen, Texas, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall b...

Far-right Israeli minister was going to an EU event — so they canceled it

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:18:19 GMT

The EU’s mission to Israel announced Monday it was canceling a reception it was hosting in Tel-Aviv after far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said he would attend and give a speech.“The EU Delegation to Israel is looking forward to celebrating Europe Day on May 9, as it does every year,” the mission said in a statement on Twitter.“Regrettably, this year we have decided to cancel the diplomatic reception, as we do not want to offer a platform to someone whose views contradict the values the European Union stands for,” the statement said.A member of parliament from the ultra-nationalist Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party, Ben-Gvir became minister last December, after his party entered a coalition with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud to form what has been described as Israel’s most right-wing government ever.Ben-Gvir is a notorious hard-liner on security issues, and known for controversial statements he has ma...

Attleboro police investigate early morning armed robbery at local business

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:18:19 GMT

Police in Attleboro are investigating an early morning armed robbery and are looking to identify the suspects involved.The police department said a business on Washington Street was targeted around 4 a.m. on Monday in South Attleboro.In a tweet, Attleboro PD provided images of what appeared to be a man with facial hair, a black hoodie and grey pants walking through the business’s front entrance, as well as a figure in a similar hoodie, black pants and a face covering that resembled a ski mask.Image provided by the Attleboro Police DepartmentNo other details were provided.The police department asks that anyone with information on the incident or the suspects contact Detective Lt Brian Kelley at 508-222-1212.https://twitter.com/AttleboroPolice/status/1655566601431687171

‘Stranger Things’ filming halted because of writers’ strike

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:18:19 GMT

(CNN) — Plans for filming the fifth and final season of “Stranger Things” has been paused due to the writers’ strike.Co-creators and co-showrunners Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer, known as the Duffer brothers, tweeted a statement over the weekend on the account for the Netflix show’s writers’ room.“Duffers here. Writing does not stop when filming begins,” the tweet reads. “While we’re excited to start production with our amazing cast and crew, it is not possible during this strike,” the Duffers wrote. “We hope a fair deal is reached soon so we can all get back to work. Until then — over and out. #wgastrong.”The Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike on May 2 in an effort to seek better compensation and other concessions from studios and streaming companies.

Over 50 dead, hundreds hospitalized and 23,000 displaced by ethnic violence in India’s Manipur

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:18:19 GMT

(CNN) — Ethnic violence in the Indian state of Manipur has killed more than 50 people, left hundreds hospitalized, and displaced 23,000, according to hospital officials and the Indian army.At least 55 people have been left dead and a further 260 hospitalized since violence broke out between members of the Kuki and Meitei ethnic groups earlier this week, hospital officials in the city of Imphal said on Sunday.The Indian military, meanwhile, said that 23,000 civilians had fled the fighting, with displaced people being housed on military bases and garrisons in the state.The two ethnic groups have been clashing in the streets of Imphal in India’s east and elsewhere.Gunshot wounds are the most common injury, according to officials at Imphal hospitals the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences and Churachandpur District Hospital.“Most of the patients are coming in with severe bullet injuries or having been hit...

More than 29,000 people are evacuated from communities throughout Alberta as wildfires rage in Canada

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:18:19 GMT

(CNN) — More than 100 wildfires raging across the Alberta region of Canada have forced more than 29,000 people to flee in what officials have called an “unprecedented situation” for the province.In the past 24 hours alone, 16 new fires have ignited in Alberta, Wildfire Information Unit Lead Christie Tucker said during a Sunday evening news conference.Firefighters across the province were battling 108 active wildfires, 31 of which were burning “out of control,” according to Tucker.This type of ferocious wildfire activity isn’t typical this early in the year, and firefighters don’t usually see such a large area burned, Tucker said Sunday morning.But bone-dry conditions, abnormally hot weather and high winds have converged to fuel this “really extreme wildfire activity,” Tucker said.“We could be sort of settling in for a long fight here,” she said.Wildfires have burned a total of 375,000 hectares, about 926,000...