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UPS reaches tentative contract with unionized workers, may dodge strike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:32 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — UPS has reached a contract agreement with its 340,000-person strong union Tuesday, averting a strike that had the potential to disrupt logistics nationwide for businesses and households alike. The agreement was announced after UPS and the Teamsters came back to the negotiating table Tuesday to talk over remaining sticking points in the largest private-sector contract in North America. Both sides had already reached tentative agreement on a host of issues but remained at odds on things like pay for part-time workers who make up more than half of the UPS employees represented by the union. Colorado ranks 4th in nation for attracting high earners The Teamsters called the tentative agreement “historic” and “overwhelmingly lucrative” in a prepared statement. It includes, among other benefits, higher wages and air conditioning in delivery trucks. “Together we reached a win-win-win agreement on the issues that are important to Teamsters leadership, our employees and to U...

Rocky Mountain goat kid unexpectedly dies at Denver Zoo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:32 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver Zoo is mourning the unexpected loss of Salix, a Rocky Mountain goat kid.Salix died on Saturday, July 22, just a few days shy of turning 2 months old. He was born on May 30 to first-time parents Elbert and Magnolia.The Denver Zoo said animal care specialists noticed the kid behaving abnormally on Friday. Salix was chewing repetitively and was lethargic. After assessing Salix, he immediately started a supportive treatment while the team at the zoo waited for test results to determine what was wrong. Salix passed the next morning. Take a look inside the new Wild Animal Refuge in southern Colorado The zoo said it conducted a postmortem exam to determine Salix's cause of death, but the initial findings were nonspecific. A variety of other disease screening tests will be done to further understand what happened to the kid. Salix, a Rocky Mountain goat kid at the Denver Zoo, passed away unexpectedly on July 22. (Denver Zoo)Salix, a Rocky Mountain goat kid at th...

Denver-area rents down this summer from last year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:32 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Rents are climbing month-over-month in the Denver metro, but they're still below the levels from last year.The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metro area is still one of the more expensive rental markets in the U.S. Median rent is $1,984 for apartments, including studios, one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms, according to the June report from Realtor.com. It ranks between Seattle and Sacramento in terms of rental expense. 2023 is set to be the deadliest year on water "June 2023 marks the second year-over-year rent decline in a row for 0-2 bedroom properties (-1.0% Y/Y) observed since trend data began in 2020," the report reads. "The median asking rent in the 50 largest metros increased to $1,745, up by $7 from last month and down $31 from its July 2022 peak. Rent for one-bedrooms saw its first year-over-year decline in our data history, while smaller units saw rents increase."Denver's rent is among those that have declined most in the last year, dropping 2.9% since last summe...

Biden designates new national monument to honor Emmett Till, Mamie Till-Mobley

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:32 GMT

President Biden on Tuesday signed a proclamation creating a national monument in honor of Mamie Till Mobley and her son Emmett Till, the 14-year-old whose brutal killing in Mississippi helped galvanize the civil rights movement. The monument, spread over three sites in Illinois and Mississippi, will tell the story of Till’s murder in 1955, and of his mother's efforts to ensure it would never been forgotten. “I can't fathom what it must have been like,” Biden said Tuesday — on what would have bill Emmett Till's 82nd birthday. “It's hard to believe I was 12 years old. I know no matter how much time has passed, how many birthdays, how many events, how many anniversaries, it's hard to relive this.”Till was lynched for allegedly making comments toward a white woman in Mississippi while on a trip from Chicago. His mother held an open-casket funeral to show the horrors of what happened to her son. Till’s disfigured face – barely recognizable – was memorialized and syndicated in photos. For...

Far-right group burns Quran in Copenhagen

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:32 GMT

A group of far-right protesters set fire to copies of the Quran in Copenhagen on Tuesday in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in an anti-Islam demonstration, following a string of Quran burnings in Denmark and Sweden in the past week.Turkey and Iraq condemned the burning of Islam’s holy book while in other Muslim-majority countries like Yemen, people took to the streets to protest. Hundreds of protesters in Baghdad stormed the Swedish embassy last week in response and tried to reach the Danish embassy but were stopped by security forces.Tuesday’s protest in Copenhagen was organized by a far-right group who call themselves “Danish Patriots.” The group orchestrated the Quran burnings on Monday and Friday, which they live-streamed on Facebook in front of the Iraqi embassy. Quran burnings have increased in the two Scandinavian countries as Swedish and Danish laws allow them to continue under freedom of expression and right to protest laws. Turkey condemned ...

Aaron Hernandez brother faces new charges amid concerns over threats, visits to UConn, Brown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:32 GMT

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The older brother of late New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is behind bars after a woman close to him told police she was worried he was planning a school shooting.Dennis Hernandez, a former football player at UConn, was shocked with a stun gun and arrested by police July 18 after he threatened to kill officers who had gone to his home in Bristol, Connecticut, then emerged from the house yelling “shoot me, shoot me,” according to police.On the way to the hospital, Hernandez, who went by DJ while playing quarterback and wide receiver for the Huskies in the mid-2000s, said he planned to kill anyone who had profited off his younger brother, police said in an arrest report.Bristol police officers went to Hernandez’s home after speaking with two women about what they described as his deteriorating mental health.Hernandez, 37, was originally arrested in March after police say he threw a bag containing a brick and a note over a fence ...

Former US Marine who was released by Russia in prisoner swap injured while fighting in Ukraine, source says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:32 GMT

(CNN) — Trevor Reed, the former US Marine who was wrongfully detained in Russia for nearly three years before being released in a prisoner swap, was injured while fighting in Ukraine, a source familiar with the matter told CNN Tuesday.Reed, who was freed in a prisoner swap in April 2022, was transported to a hospital in Kyiv and was evacuated to Germany for medical care, the source said.The circumstances around Reed’s injury in combat were not immediately clear.The Messenger was first to report the news.Jonathan Franks, a spokesperson for the Reed family, declined to comment.Reed is the latest American to be injured while fighting for Ukraine in its war in against Russia. The US State Department has repeatedly warned Americans against traveling to the country.Reed was arrested in Moscow in the summer of 2019 for intoxication, and was sentenced to nine years in prison in July 2020 for endangering the “life and health” of Russian police officers in an altercation. ...

Mass. Lottery Posts Record Profits

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:32 GMT

In the fiscal year that ended June 30, the Massachusetts Lottery brought in more revenue than ever before, paid out more in prizes than any previous year, and expects to return a record high profit of $1.176 billion for the state to dole out to all 351 communities as local aid, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg and the Lottery Commission announced Tuesday.Fiscal year 2023 saw the Lottery haul in $6.131 billion in sales revenue, surpassing the $6 billion mark for the first time in the Lottery’s 51-year existence and topping the previous record of $5.863 billion set in fiscal 2022 by about $268 million. Contributing to that pile were record-high scratch ticket sales ($4.043 billion) and record-high Keno sales ($1.226 billion).After accounting for an estimated $4.483 billion in prizes, which bested the previous high of $4.309 billion paid out in fiscal 2022, paying a record high $350 million in commissions and bonuses to retailers, and covering administrative costs that equaled about 2 ...

7 renovations that can impact your home insurance

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:32 GMT

Cate Deventer | Bankrate (TNS)Homeowners might choose to renovate to create more living space, update their home’s design or even put in a pool. Whatever the reason, homeowners may want to consider if their renovations could impact their home insurance policy. Some renovations may prompt you to adjust your coverage types or limits, while others may actually save you money on your insurance premium. Bankrate’s insurance editorial team explores how seven popular home renovations may impact your home insurance rates.Renovations that increase home insurance ratesA home renovation may increase the value of your home, but it can also drive up the cost of your home insurance. In addition to the expense of the renovation, you may see higher premiums if your renovation pushes you to increase your coverage limits or exposes you to greater liability.1. Building a swimming poolIn certain locations, adding a pool to your home can increase its value and offer an incentive to would-be buyers. Howe...

UPS reaches tentative contract with 340,000 unionized workers potentially dodging calamitous strike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:32 GMT

By HALELUYA HADERO (AP Business Writer)NEW YORK (AP) — UPS has reached a tentative contract agreement with its 340,000-person strong union, potentially averting a strike that threatened to disrupt logistics nationwide for businesses and households alike. The agreement was announced after UPS and the Teamsters came back to the negotiating table Tuesday to talk over remaining sticking points in the largest private-sector contract in North America. Negotiators had already reached tentative agreements on a host of issues but remained at odds on contentious issues like pay for part-time workers who make up more than half of the UPS employees represented by the union. The Teamsters called the tentative agreement “historic” and “overwhelmingly lucrative” in a prepared statement. Under the tentative agreement, existing full- and part-time UPS union workers will get $2.75 more per hour in 2023, and $7.50 more per hour over the length of the five-year contract. T...