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BBC Chairman Richard Sharp resigns after controversy about role in arranging loan for ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:50:08 GMT

LONDON (AP) — BBC Chairman Richard Sharp resigns after controversy about role in arranging loan for ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson.Source

Portland General Electric: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:50:08 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland General Electric Co. (POR) on Friday reported net income of $74 million in its first quarter.The Portland, Oregon-based company said it had net income of 80 cents per share.The electric utility posted revenue of $748 million in the period.Portland General Electric expects full-year earnings in the range of $2.60 to $2.75 per share._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on POR at https://www.zacks.com/ap/PORSource

TFS Financial: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:50:08 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — CLEVELAND (AP) — TFS Financial Corp. (TFSL) on Thursday reported earnings of $15.9 million in its fiscal second quarter.The Cleveland-based company said it had profit of 6 cents per share.The holding company for Third Federal Savings and Loan posted revenue of $152.9 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $74.6 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on TFSL at https://www.zacks.com/ap/TFSLSource

1 airlifted following wrong-way crash on Florida Turnpike near Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:50:08 GMT

A wrong-way crash on the Florida Turnpike near the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino has caused emergency responders to close down the roads in order to airlift a driver involved in the collision.According to Florida Highway Patrol, on Friday morning, a white Chevy Camaro traveled north on the southbound lanes of the highway, near the Southwest 199th Street exit, before it collided with a silver Toyota pickup truck.Live video footage showed the damage to the cars involved; the Chevy was completely demolished while the truck appeared to have stopped right in front of a concrete barrier. Officials said the driver of the Chevy was pinned inside. After he was removed, the man was airlifted to Ryder Trauma Center with serious injuries. The driver of the truck sustained minor injuries.As a result of this incident, both northbound and southbound lanes were closed off so authorities can land a rescue helicopter. The northbound lanes have since reopened, but the southbound Turnpike still has a coup...

You can make your Mercedes EV go faster for $60 a month

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:50:08 GMT

(CNN) — Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle owners in North America who want a little more power and speed can now buy 60 horsepower for just $60 a month or, on other models, 80 horsepower for $90 a month.They won’t have to visit a Mercedes dealer to get the upgrade either, or even leave their own driveway. The added power, which will provide a nearly one-second decrease in zero-to-60 acceleration, will be available through an over-the-air software patch.Buyers can bypass the monthly subscription completely, however, and opt for an annual subscription payment or simply pay a one-time flat fee. For instance, a buyer could take an all-wheel-drive Mercedes-Benz EQE 350 sedan from its standard 288 horsepower to 348 permanently for $1,950.These upgrades are a booming business for car companies. Mercedes is not alone in offering upgrades, or even new features, through over-the-air updates, similar the way software and capabilities can be added on phones. Tesla has offered additiona...

Look out, Putin: Ukraine says it’s ‘ready’ to attack

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:50:08 GMT

Ukraine is ready to launch a counter-offensive to recover parts of its territory invaded by Russia following months of planning, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Friday.“Preparations are coming to an end,” Reznikov told reporters in Kyiv, according to French newswire AFP.“Equipment has been promised, prepared and partially delivered. In a global sense, we’re ready,” he added.Kyiv has been preparing a major counteroffensive against Russian forces in the spring for months, pressing its Western allies to deliver ammunition and weapons to that effect.Although the details of the offensive remain unclear, it is likely to take place as early as mid-May or early June.Earlier on Friday, Russia launched 23 missiles targeting several Ukrainian cities, killing multiple people in the first massive air attack launched by Moscow in weeks.This is a developing story.

Brexiteers fume as UK dampens bonfire of EU laws

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:50:08 GMT

LONDON — The U.K. government has poured cold water on long-touted plans for a bonfire of laws inherited from the EU after Brexit — and some Conservative Euroskeptics aren’t happy.During a briefing Monday on the Retained EU Law Bill, Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch told senior Tory Brexiteers that by December 31 the government will only bin 800 — or one in four — of the estimated 3,200 pieces of EU legislation which were automatically added to the U.K. statute book after Brexit.The bill introduces a controversial “sunset clause” that will automatically scrub EU retained laws that have not been changed or repealed by the end of this year. Advocates see that cull as a key Brexit dividend as the U.K. goes its own way, but the policy has been criticized by business groups for creating regulatory uncertainty.Badenoch told the group of MPs that her officials had concluded it is not possible to remove thousands of laws, according to people in the room who confirmed a Daily Telegraph story....

Prosecutors: Brian Walshe, charged with killing wife Ana Walshe, suspected she was having an affair

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:50:08 GMT

The husband of a Massachusetts woman who has been missing since New Year’s Day suspected she was having an affair and persuaded his mother to hire a private investigator to prove it, according to prosecution documents released Thursday.In December, Brian Walshe “would repeatedly access the Instagram page” of one of Ana Walshe’s male friends from Washington, D.C., where she was working, prosecutors said. His mother hired the investigator on Dec. 26 “with his input and direction” to conduct surveillance and, the next day, his oldest child’s iPad was used for an internet search on “divorce.”Walshe, 47, has been charged with first-degree murder as well as misleading a police investigation/obstruction of justice and improper conveyance of a human body. A first-degree murder conviction in Massachusetts carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.Walshe is accused of killing Ana Walshe, dismembering her and disposing of her body. He pleaded not guilt...

Wet Weekend, But No Washout

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:50:08 GMT

You can leave the umbrella at home today, but don’t put it away as rain makes a return this weekend. That said, I want to stress that this weekend is not a complete washout. You’ll likely run into a shower at some point, but there will plenty of dry hours as well.We’re waking up to quite a bit of fog early this morning with many towns reporting visibility of a quarter mile or less! Once we burn the fog off, we’ll have sunshine for a few hours before clouds take over this afternoon. The clouds that move in will be those high level cirrus clouds so it’s just more of a filtered sunshine on tap for the afternoon. Temperatures will hit the 60s inland, but with an east wind, hold in the 50s on the coast.There are a lot more clouds on the way this weekend and unfortunately it will be a pretty gray weekend. There will also be scattered showers around, more so on Saturday than Sunday. Sunday is probably your better option for dry weather.Below are future radar s...

Michigan 7th grader safely brings full school bus to a stop after driver loses consciousness

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:50:08 GMT

(CNN) — A seventh grader in Michigan is being praised as a hero for preventing his school bus from crashing after his bus driver lost consciousness, according to a school official.Dillon Reeves, a student at Lois E. Carter Middle School in Warren, took immediate action on a bus ride after school Wednesday afternoon in “an extraordinary act of courage and maturity,” Warren Consolidated Schools Superintendent Robert D. Livernois said.The bus driver experienced “some dizziness” while driving and followed protocol by alerting ‘”home base” that she wasn’t feeling well and was going to pull over to allow the transportation department to dispatch someone to provide relief to her, Livernois said at a Thursday news conference.But the driver didn’t make it to where she planned to park, eventually passed out and couldn’t stop the bus, which started to veer into oncoming traffic, he said.Reeves, who was seated about fiv...