Новости за 07.03.2024

MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — Duluth Holdings Inc. (DLTH) on Thursday reported earnings of $7 million in its fiscal fourth quarter.

ORLANDO, Fla. — While many artist residency programs are geared toward visual artists, a unique opportunity based at Canaveral National Seashore is designed specifically with sound artists in mind.

Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park encompasses an impressive range of stunning mountain environments, including everything from forests and tundra to crystal-clear alpine lakes.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — There are nearly 3,000 moose in Colorado — undoubtedly one of the state's truly magnificent creatures to spot in the wild. Tracking down moose can be a fun warm weather activity, however, it's important to keep some things in mind for safety's sake and in order to protect the animal.

SHANGHAI (AP) — SHANGHAI (AP) — Bilibili Inc. (BILI) on Thursday reported a loss of $179.9 million in its fourth quarter.

The United Nations office in Nigeria says at least 200 people, mostly women and children displaced by violence in northeastern Nigeria, were abducted by Islamic extremists while they were searching for firewood near the border with Chad. The victims were taken hostage after leaving several displacement camps to look for firewood in Borno state’s Gamboru Ngala council area. Locals are blaming the attack on the Islamic extremist rebels who launched an insurgency in Borno in 2009 seeking to establish their radical interpretation of Islamic law... Читать дальше...

Apple is opening small cracks in the iPhone’s digital fortress as part of a regulatory clampdown in Europe that’s striving to give consumers more choices. But it's coming at the risk of creating new avenues for hackers to steal personal and financial information stored on the devices. The overhaul rolling out Thursday only in the Europe represents the biggest changes to the iPhone’s App Store since Apple introduced the concept in 2008. Among other things, people in Europe can download iPhone apps... Читать дальше...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first official visit to Kashmir’s main city since India stripped the disputed region of semi-autonomy in 2019. Speaking in Srinagar on Thursday, Modi announced development projects and said previous governments had misled people over the region’s now-scrapped special status. Thousands of armed paramilitary troops and police in flak jackets maintained extra vigilance across the Kashmir Valley, the heartland of the rebellion against Indian rule. The 2019 move by... Читать дальше...

Egyptian officials said Thursday that negotiations over a cease-fire in Gaza are at an impasse as Hamas insists on a process to end to the war. After nearly five months of war, much of Gaza is in ruins, and international pressure is growing for Israel and Hamas to reach a deal that would halt the fighting and release the remaining Israeli hostages held by Hamas. The U.S., Egypt and Qatar have been trying to broker an agreement that would stop the fighting for six weeks, and include the release of... Читать дальше...

A United flight from Houston to Fort Myers, Texas, was forced turn around Monday after one of the plane’s engines caught fire. KTRK-TV reports that several of the 167 passengers aboard the Boeing 737 took video showing a line of flames shooting out of the engine. FlightAware shows Flight 1118 taking off from George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 6:40 p.m. It turned around at 6:52 p.m. The plane landed back at Bush Airport at 7:13 p.m., just 33 minutes after takeoff.

Global shares are trading mostly lower after Wall Street recovered some losses from the day before. Benchmarks fell in early Thursday trading in France, Germany and Britain. U.S. futures are also slipping. Japan's benchmark Nikkei momentarily reached a new record high in early trading but later finished lower. Shares also declined in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said again that cuts interest rates may be coming later this year, but the Fed needs more data showing inflation is cooling. Читать дальше...

The Nation's Weather for Thursday, March 7, 2024

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NATIONAL SUMMARY

As a storm exits by way of the Atlantic Ocean, the heaviest

rain will end for many in the Northeast today. However,

clouds, spotty showers and pockets of drizzle will linger

from eastern North Carolina to Maine. The rest of the

Southeast of the Southeast is forecast to be free of rain.

As a storm takes shape over the South Central states,

showers and severe thunderstorms... Читать дальше...

DALLAS -- Every morning before school, 8-year-old Coraline sleepily walks to her parents’ bedroom for snuggles. She’ll burrow beneath the covers until her mom hurries her along to get dressed.

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LONDON (AP) — Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used.

Joe Biden wins the Democratic presidential caucuses in Hawaii.

As Japan prepares to mark the 13th anniversary of its worst-ever nuclear disaster, the man in charge of cleaning it up says his team is fighting to bring a sample out of the heart of the site’s radioactive debris. A decades-long project to clean up the remains of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is preparing to remove damaged fuel debris from the plant’s reactors, but much about what's inside them is still a mystery. The key to unlocking that mystery — and figuring out how to clean it up ... Читать дальше...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - James Stefan scored twice as the Portland Winterhawks downed Kamloops Blazers.

Corruption is a key issue in Portugal's early general election on Sunday. Portugal’s center-left Socialist Party and center-right Social Democratic Party have alternated in power for decades and are expected to collect most of the 10.8 million potential votes this time. But both are tainted by charges of graft and cronyism. The election is taking place because Socialist leader António Costa resigned after eight years as prime minister amid a corruption investigation last year, though he hasn’t been accused of any crime. Читать дальше...

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Millions of Americans who have used new obesity drugs like Wegovy to lose weight and improve health are wondering what happens if they stop taking them. Experts say the medications were designed and tested to be taken indefinitely to treat the disease of obesity. Some patients are experimenting with stretching out doses, taking the drugs intermittently or stopping and starting again only if needed. Doctors warn that the symptoms typically roar back even stronger, with more food cravings, hunger and weight regain. Читать дальше...

Robert Card, an Army reservist who shot and killed 18 people in Maine last year, had significant evidence of traumatic brain injuries. That's according to a brain tissue analysis by researchers from Boston University that was released by Card's family Wednesday. Card had been an instructor at an Army hand grenade training range, where it is believed he was exposed to thousands of low-level blasts. Army officials will testify Thursday before a special commission investigating the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history.

Criticizing laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone for sedition in Hong Kong, an appeal court ruled Thursday in a landmark case brought under a colonial-era law increasingly used to crush dissent. Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal upheld a 40-month sentence for pro-democracy activist Tam Tak-chi, the first person tried under the city’s sedition law since Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997. am’s lawyers had argued that his conviction should be overturned because the... Читать дальше...

It was a heart-pounding moment far out in the disputed South China Sea: One of at least five Chinese coast guard ships aggressively approached and sideswiped a Philippine patrol ship, creating a loud, jarring noise that sent its Filipino crew scrambling to lower rubber fenders to cushion the boat's hull. Two other Chinese coast guard ships used water cannons against a supply boat carrying a Filipino admiral. Tuesday’s hostilities off the Philippine-occupied Second Thomas Shoal were witnessed by two... Читать дальше...