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Stock market today: Asian shares buoyed by Wall Street’s winning week as inflation eases

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:06 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares surged Friday after Wall Street’s winning streak barreled into a fourth day, buoyed by the latest signal that inflation may be easing. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.2% in morning trading to 32,493.82. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.9% to 7,309.50. South Korea’s Kospi jumped 1.1% to 2,620.10. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng edged up 0.5% to 19,443.13, while the Shanghai Composite added 0.3% to 3,245.15. “Positive sentiment within Asian equity markets gathered pace as investors welcomed the easing inflation momentum,” Anderson Alves at ActivTrades said in a commentary. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 rose 0.8% to 4,510.04, its highest close since April 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1% to 34,395.14, and the Nasdaq composite rallied 1.6% to 14,138.57 as Big Tech stocks led the way.The S&P 500 is on track for its seventh winning week in the last nine after more data raised hopes that inflation is cooling enough...

Online, ‘unalive’ means death or suicide. Experts say it might help kids discuss those things

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:06 GMT

When Emily Litman was in middle school, kids whose parents grounded them would blithely lament: “I just want to die.” Now she’s a middle school teacher in New Jersey, and when her students’ phones and TikTok access are taken away, their out-loud whining has a 21st-century digital twist: “I feel so unalive.”Litman, 46, teaches English as a second language to students in Jersey City. Her students don’t use — and perhaps have never even heard — English words like “suicide.” But they know “unalive.”“These are kids who’ve had to learn English and are now learning TikToklish,” Litman says.“Unalive” refers to death by suicide or homicide. It can function as adjective or verb and joins similar phrasing — like “mascara,” to mean sexual assault — coined by social media users as a workaround to fool algorithms on sites and apps that censor posts containing discussion of explicit or violent content.Language has always evolved. New words have always popped up. Teenagers have of...

North Korea’s ambassador blames US for regional tensions in a rare appearance at UN Security Council

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:06 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea’s U.N. ambassador defended his country’s recent long-range missile launch in a rare appearance at the U.N. Security Council on Thursday where he also accused the United States of driving the situation in northeast Asia “to the brink of nuclear war.” Kim Song told the council that Wednesday’s test-flight of the developmental Hwasong-18 missile was a legitimate exercise of the North’s right to self-defense. He said the United States was raising regional tensions with nuclear threats and deploying a nuclear-powered submarine to South Korea for the first time in 14 years.Kim said the missile launch had “no negative effect on the security of a neighboring country,” pointing to Japan’s announcement that the ICBM — which flew at a steep angle — landed in the North’s waters outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone.South Korea’s U.N. Ambassador Hwang Joon-kook countered, asking: “How can an ICBM launch ever make neighboring count...

GOP White House hopefuls face mounting pressure to stop Trump in Iowa

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:06 GMT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As the six-month sprint to the Iowa caucuses begins, the sprawling field of Republican presidential candidates is facing growing pressure to prove they can become serious challengers to former President Donald Trump.The urgency is particularly acute for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who entered the race in May with expectations that he would quickly become Trump’s top rival. For now, however, he has struggled to generate the level of enthusiasm that Trump commands from the GOP base, contributing to uncertainty that DeSantis will become the threat to the former president that he was once billed to be. “That’s what DeSantis wanted to be. It’s possible he may be that still,” said Gentry Collins, a seasoned Iowa and national Republican strategist who ran Mitt Romney’s 2008 caucus campaign. “But it sure doesn’t look like that to me — it’s become clear that there isn’t room for another alternative to Trump.”DeSantis is among six White House hopefuls who will be ...

NWS Storm Survey Team Confirms Wednesday's Tornadoes. More Showers & T-Storms in the forecast as drought condition improve

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:06 GMT

The NWS survey team working in Kane County confirms a tornado in Elgin with a maximum intensity EF-1 and maximum wind speed of 100 mph. The track roughly started east of Rt. 47 and ended near the railroad tracks west of Villa Olivia Golf Course. The Kane County team has confirmed a second tornado in Elgin just to the south of the first tornado track. This tornado had a max intensity of EF-0 with max wind speed of 85 mph. The tornado began close to McDonald Rd and ended along Hopps Road.The NWS survey team has completed the ground survey of the Burr Ridge to Stickney tornado. Preliminary rating of EF-1 with max winds near 110 mph, so far this is the strongest twister following NWS survey teams. In addition to numerous trees snapped and uprooted, several businesses saw significant damage, as well as a number of homes with mostly roof damage.NWS survey team confirmed an EF-0 with peak estimated winds of 85 mph tornado occurred in northeastern Oswego and eastern Boulder Hill Wednesday e...

All San Bernardino County students can enjoy free meals in the summer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:06 GMT

San Bernardino County students can now grab free meals during the summer at over 96 locations.The free summer meals program is being offered at 96 different locations in a partnership between the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools and the San Bernardino Department of Public Health.An interactive map was created by district officials to streamline all location information for parents and students interested in the meals.Eligible students can receive both breakfast and lunch. Sites where food will be distributed include parks, school campuses, libraries, community centers, churches, Boys & Girls Clubs and more.No paperwork or ID will be required for free meal pickups.Schools districts eligible for free meal pickups include:-Adelanto Elementary-Bear Valley Unified-Chino Valley Unified-Colton Joint Unified-Fontana Unified-Helendale-Hesperia Unified-Lucerne Valley Unified-Morongo Unified-Ontario-Montclair-Oro Grande-Redlands Unified-Rialto Unified-San Bernardino City Uni...

Bay Area counties open cooling centers as heat wave begins

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:06 GMT

(KRON) -- As temperatures begin to rise ahead of a hot weekend for the Bay Area, some counties will be opening several cooling centers to the public starting Thursday. Boy injured in shooting outside Oakland hospital Here is a list of Santa Clara County's cooling centers:Milpitas Community CenterThursday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Cupertino LibraryThursday from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.Gilroy LibraryThursday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Milpitas LibraryThursday from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.Milpitas Senior CenterThursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Milpitas Sports Cen...

Un socavón en Florida que mató a un hombre en 2013 vuelve a abrirse por tercera vez

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:06 GMT

(CNN) — En el centro-oeste de Florida se volvió a abrir un socavón que hace aproximadamente 10 años causó la muerte de un hombre cuando, precisamente, se abrió debajo de su dormitorio, dijeron esta semana las autoridades.Es la tercera vez que se abre el socavón en Seffner, a unos 24 kilómetros al este de Tampa.Después de que el agujero se cobrara la vida de Jeff Bush en 2013, cuando quedó sumergido decenas de metros bajo tierra, el condado de Hillsborough rellenó el agujero y compró la propiedad y la casa de al lado para asegurarse de que nadie viviera demasiado cerca. Luego, en 2015, el agujero volvió a abrirse —de unos 6 metros de ancho en ese momento— y se rellenó de nuevo. Nadie resultó herido en la reapertura de 2015.El lunes, funcionarios del condado fueron informados de que el socavón se había abierto de nuevo, dijo Jon-Paul Lavandeira, director de la división de aplicación de códigos del condado. Los funcionarios se aseguraron de que las comunidades circundantes no se ...

Today in History: July 14, Billy the Kid shot and killed by Pat Garrett

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:06 GMT

Today in History Today is Friday, July 14, the 195th day of 2023. There are 170 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 14, 2004, the Senate scuttled a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, with 48 senators voting to advance the measure — 12 short of the 60 needed — and 50 voting to block it. On this date: In 1789, in an event symbolizing the start of the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside. In 1798, Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the United States government. In 1881, outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias “Billy the Kid,” was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner in present-day New Mexico. In 1912, American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma.In 1933, all German political parties, except the Nazi Party, were outlawed. In 1945, Italy formally declared war on ...

5 outdoor things to do to stay cool in San Diego area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:06 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- With the summer already kicking off to a hot start in San Diego County, many people are looking for ways to stay cool.For some, staying out of the heat may mean staying indoors with the air conditioner running, but there are ways of enduring the scorching temperatures while being outside. Sonic the Hedgehog-themed pop-up restaurant opening in East Village FOX 5 compiled a list of five fun outdoor spots that will help you beat the heat:Visit a water park: Whether it's relaxing on the lazy river or the adrenaline rush of water slides, Sesame Place San Diego, Legoland Water Park and The Wave are water parks San Diego County has to offer.Picnic at a park under a tree: Pack a lunch and head to the more than 400 parks in San Diego County to picnic while finding a shady spot to sit under at parks like Olive Grove Park in Clairemont Mesa East, Civita Park in Mission Valley or Kate Session Parks in Pacific Beach.Hit up a beach: Spacious beaches like Coronado Beach will keep y...