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Cowboys have won 11 straight at home. They’ll again host a New York team coming off a QB injury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys are about to go 2 for 2 this season on hosting a New York team a week after the visitor lost its starting quarterback to a long-term injury.Tommy DeVito is set to be the first rookie free agent to start at QB for the Giants (2-7) in the common draft era, not counting a strike-replacement game in 1987. He’s replacing the injured Daniel Jones, who wasn’t much help in the first meeting, a 40-0 Dallas victory in the opener.The Week 10 rematch Sunday has the Cowboys (5-3) looking for their 12th consecutive victory at AT&T Stadium, which would be their longest home winning streak since an 18-game run at now-demolished Texas Stadium from 1979-81.Jones tore the ACL in his right knee in last week’s 30-6 loss at Las Vegas.A day after the Cowboys shut out the Giants in Week 1, Aaron Rodgers tore his left Achilles tendon four snaps into his debut for the New York Jets, who had to go back to previous starter Zach Wilson in a 30-10 ...

2 men accused of assaulting offers with flag pole, wasp spray during Capitol riot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

INIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two men in Indiana and Illinois were arrested this week and accused of separately assaulting peace officers with a flag pole and wasp spray during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.Troy Allen Koen, 53, of Brownsburg, Indiana, faces federal felony charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, destruction of government property and obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, the District of Columbia U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release. Koen also faces four additional misdemeanor charges in connection with the riot. No attorney was listed for Koen in federal court records, and he declined to comment when reached by phone Thursday evening. He was arrested Thursday in Indianapolis and was expected to make an appearance in the Southern District Court of Indiana that day, the attorney’s office said.Separately, 57-year-old William Lewis of Burbank, Illinois, faces federal felony c...

Aeglea: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Aeglea Biotherapeutics Inc. (AGLE) on Thursday reported a loss of $40.1 million in its third quarter.On a per-share basis, the Austin, Texas-based company said it had a loss of $9.34. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $3.43 per share.Aeglea shares have declined 16% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $9.47, a decrease of 71% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on AGLE at https://www.zacks.com/ap/AGLESource

Purple Innovation: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

LEHI, Utah (AP) — LEHI, Utah (AP) — Purple Innovation, Inc. (PRPL) on Thursday reported a loss of $36 million in its third quarter.On a per-share basis, the Lehi, Utah-based company said it had a loss of 34 cents. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 18 cents per share.The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 2 cents per share.The company posted revenue of $140 million in the period, which also missed Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $160.4 million.Purple Innovation expects full-year revenue in the range of $510 million to $520 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on PRPL at https://www.zacks.com/ap/PRPLSource

Consumer Portfolio Services: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — LAS VEGAS (AP) — Consumer Portfolio Services Inc. (CPSS) on Thursday reported profit of $10.4 million in its third quarter.On a per-share basis, the Las Vegas-based company said it had profit of 41 cents.The auto lender posted revenue of $92.1 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 CPSS at https://www.zacks.com/ap/CPSSSource

Drought and abnormally dry conditions worsen in parts of Colorado

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — While the Denver metro remains drought-free, the latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows a 3.74% increase in drought or abnormally dry conditions across Colorado compared to last week. At the start of August, dry conditions were reported in southwestern Colorado. Just under 27% of Colorado reported abnormally dry conditions, with 4.58% of the state in moderate (D1) drought. Just three weeks later, drought concerns worsened in southwestern Colorado, with some areas in southern Colorado near Alamosa reaching severe drought. By the end of September, drought concerns continued to spread through southwest Colorado. The drought monitor released on Sept. 28 also revealed that parts of far eastern Colorado were falling to abnormally dry levels. The start of November revealed that while the I-25 corridor remains free of drought concerns, dry conditions continued to expand in both eastern and western Colorado. Despite a round of showers that moved through Colorado, ...

Uninvited guest: Woman discovers stranger living in North Miami-Dade rental property

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

A South Florida woman came to check on her rental property to find a mess that wasn’t hers, and police said the reason behind it was an uninvited guest who was taken into custody. Shocking cellphone video footage captured the moments Miami-Dade Police officers confronted a man living inside a Kristina Santa’s vacant property in North Miami-Dade, turning a routine property check into a disturbing discovery.In the video, an officer can be heard instructing the man to “get on the ground, get on the [expletive] ground,” after police responded to a call from homeowner Kristina Santa.Speaking with 7News on Thursday, Santa said she grew suspicious after finding her rental property in disarray following a business trip earlier this week.“I didn’t do anything about it then; I was like maybe it was one of the workers or something at the house, because I have construction going on,” she said.Upon returning the next day, Santa said, she found door unlo...

Jill Stein announces 2024 bid under Green Party line

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

(CNN) — Two-time Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein announced Thursday she plans to seek the party’s nomination for the White House in 2024.“The political system is broken. The two Wall Street parties are bought and paid for,” Stein said in a video posted on social media announcing her candidacy.“The Democrats have betrayed their promises for working people, youth and the climate again and again, while Republicans don’t even make such promises in the first place,” she said.Stein was the Green Party nominee for president in 2012 and 2016. Her 2016 candidacy drew the ire of Democrats, who blamed her for drawing traditionally Democratic voters away from their presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, in key swing states.Stein’s announcement comes amid growing questions about the strength of President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. A recent CNN poll showed former President Donald Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 GOP nomination, na...

Suspicious letters sent to election offices being investigated by federal law enforcement

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

(CNN) — Federal law enforcement officials are investigating reports of suspicious letters sent to election offices, a Justice Department spokesperson said Thursday.“We are aware of the reports and the FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating this matter,” the department spokesperson said in response to an inquiry from CNN. The official said the DOJ would not comment further.Election officials in Georgia, Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington state reported receiving suspicious mail.In a statement Thursday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Fulton County, Georgia – which includes large swaths of Atlanta – had been among the election offices in multiple states targeted with suspicious letters.Officials in Georgia said the letter received by Fulton County was suspected to contain fentanyl.“We’re working with our state and federal partners to determine if any additional Georgia officials are being targeted,” Raffensperger said. “Domestic terrori...

Fraternity and bar sued over 2021 death of University of New Hampshire student

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The mother of a University of New Hampshire student who died in an icy swamp two years ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against the Durham bar and fraternity her son visited that night.Vincenzo Lirosi, 22, was found dead Dec. 5, 2021, partially submerged in a small body of water in the woods. An autopsy concluded the sophomore’s cause of death was drowning and acute intoxication.Robin Lirosi, of Whitman, Massachusetts, filed the lawsuit against Scorpion’s Bar & Grill, the UNH chapter of Sigma Chi and its national organization, and several individual members of the fraternity.“Scorpion’s, the frat, and the frat brothers have gone on with life as if nothing has changed, but Vinny’s family have been robbed of that luxury,” attorney Leah Cole Durst said in a statement.The lawsuit alleges the bar served Vincenzo Lirosi “in a matter that was so continuous and excessive” that it created a risk of death, and that the fraternity violated numerous...