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‘Phenomenal’: DC-area drivers notice gas prices have dropped 10 straight weeks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:34:04 GMT

Pumping gas on a blustery day with temperatures below freezing isn’t fun, but paying less for the gasoline makes the experience a bit more tolerable.For the 10th straight week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has dropped to $3.21 per gallon, according to GasBuddy.“Yeah, I’ve actually noticed that gas prices have gone down, specifically in this area,” said one driver, while filling his tank at a Sheetz, in Chantilly, Virginia. “It’s phenomenal.”He said he lives an hour away, but has recently chosen to buy gas in Loudoun County.“I’m actually traveling to get gas,” he said. “So, when it’s convenient on my way to work, it’s actually pretty nice.”GasBuddy said the national average for a gallon of gas is down 26 cents from a month ago, and 30 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.“The timing couldn’t be better as Americans head into the holidays leaving them with more in their wal...

Tiger Woods returns to play in the Bahamas. European tour splits time in Australia and South Africa

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:34:04 GMT

PGA TOURHERO WORLD CHALLENGESite: Nassau, Bahamas.Course: Albany GC. Yardage: 7,449. Par: 72.Prize money: $3.5 million. Winner’s share: $1 million.Television: Thursday-Friday, 1:30-4:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, noon to 2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-5 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 1:30-4:30 p.m. (NBC).Defending champion: Viktor Hovland.FedEx Cup champion: Viktor Hovland.Notes: Tiger Woods returns to competition for the first time since fusion surgery on his right ankle in April. Woods last played at the Masters but withdrew after making the cut. … This will be the first time Woods plays his holiday event since 2019. … The tournament has a 20-man field and is sanctioned by the PGA Tour, though it is unofficial. It receives world ranking points because of criteria that everyone be ranked inside the top 50. … There is an exemption for the tournament host (Woods). … Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele withdrew from the ...

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts in early trading as November’s momentum fades

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:34:04 GMT

Stocks are listless in early trading on Wall Street as the market’s big November rally continues to stall. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% in the early going Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed and the Nasdaq composite was down 0.1%. Treasury yields were holding relatively steady and crude oil prices were slightly higher. Several companies are set to report their latest quarterly results after the closing bell, incluing TurboTax parent company Intuit, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and tech company NetApp. A report on consumer confidence is due out later Tuesday morning. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.Premarket trading is muted ahead of an inflation report and a survey of how American consumers are feeling about the economy.Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were essentially flat before the bell Tuesday. The Conference Board will publish an update on consumer confidence, which has been in decline for ...

Sunday’s attacks on Sierra Leone barracks and prisons were failed coup, official says, as 13 military officers arrested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:34:04 GMT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Sunday’s attacks on Sierra Leone barracks and prisons were failed coup, official says, as 13 military officers arrested.Source

Indian rescuers reach 41 workers trapped in collapsed tunnel for 17 days, start pulling them out

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:34:04 GMT

UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — The Press Trust of India news agency says rescuers have reached workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel and have started pulling them out. One worker has been rescued so far, the report said. The rescue mission has grabbed the country’s attention for 17 days. The laborers are being pulled out through a passageway made of welded pipes which rescuers previously pushed through dirt and rocks.They got trapped on Nov. 12, when a landslide caused a portion of the 4.5-kilometer (2.8-mile) tunnel they were building in Uttarakhand state to collapse about 200 meters (650 feet) from the entrance.The workers, who survived on food and oxygen supplied through narrow steel pipes, will be taken to a makeshift health center inside the 13-meter (42.6 feet) wide tunnel, officials said. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — Rescuers in India were on the verge Tuesday of reaching 41 construction workers trapped in ...

The Press Trust of India says rescuers have reached workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel, have pulled one out

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:34:04 GMT

UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — The Press Trust of India says rescuers have reached workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel, have pulled one out.Source

Con música clásica y la presencia de Jimmy Carter honrarán a Rosalynn Carter en Atlanta

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:34:04 GMT

Con música clásica, himnos y versos de la Biblia se realizará el martes un homenaje a la exprimera dama estadounidense Rosalynn Carter que incluirá una inusual reunión de todas las primeras damas con vida y varios presidentes, incluyendo su esposo Jimmy Carter, quien tiene 99 años.La ceremonia en la Glenn Memorial Church en Atlanta tendrá lugar en el segundo de tres días de tributos a la ex primera dama y activista humanitaria que falleció el 19 de noviembre en su hogar en Plains, Georgia, a los 96 años.La asistencia de Jimmy Carter en el evento estuvo en duda hasta el último momento: El exmandatario está en cuidados de hospicio desde hace 10 meses. El Centro Carter confirmó sus planes de asistir al servicio del martes. Será su primera aparición pública desde septiembre, cuando junto con su esposa participó en un desfile por Plains, pero solo en un vehículo del Servicio Secreto. Cientos de personas honran a Rosalynn Carter mientras la familia comienza tres días de hom...

El legado de Macri en Boca Juniors: su presidencia, lo que ganó, polémicas y más

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:34:04 GMT

(CNN Español) — Mauricio Macri fue presidente de Boca Juniors por poco más de 12 años. Con 36 años, llegó al más alto cargo del club xeneize en 1995, y terminó su mandato con 49 años, en 2008.Dieciséis años después, Mauricio Macri vuelve a la arena política del club xeneize, en este caso con la intención de volver al poder. El expresidente de Argentina va como candidato a vicepresidente primero del club, en la lista que encabeza Andrés Ibarra, que fue gerente general de Boca con Macri como presidente y también lo acompañó en la incursión política de Macri como jefe de Gobierno porteño.El radio de acción de Mauricio Macri como figura influyente en Boca Juniors se extiende hasta 2019. Tras dejar el sillón de presidente, lo siguieron Pedro Pompilio (2008), Jorge Amor Ameal (2008 -2011) y Daniel Angelici (2011-2019). O sea, fueron 24 años de macrismo, interrumpido por la presidencia de quien fuera oficialismo, Jorge Amor Ameal, pero que se unió al ídolo máximo de Boca Juniors, Jua...

Homes cost below $500K in these Colorado counties

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:34:04 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Buying a home gets more expensive every year. In Denver, a home costs twice as much as it did 10 years ago. However, Colorado still has houses for sale that won't cost you over $500,000. Although, they're not going to be in the Denver metro area.The average cost of a home in America is estimated to be $430,300, according to The Motley Fool. Denver homes are 120% more expensive than 10 years ago Some homes in Colorado can average as high as $7 million. While Denver's home price is much lower, it's not necessarily cheap.As of October 2023, Denver County's median sales price of a single-family home is $663,000. Not all of Colorado's single-family homes are over half a million. In fact, the majority of them are below $500,000.Out of Colorado's 64 counties, 38 of them have homes for $500,000 or less. Colorado counties with homes $500K or underCountiesMedian sales priceHomes for saleWeld County$500,0001,003Teller County$492,500225El Paso County$485,0002,180Saguache Count...

Tribute service set for former first lady Rosalynn Carter

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:34:04 GMT

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — A tribute service honoring the life of first lady Rosalynn Carter will take place Tuesday at Emory University in Atlanta.Among those expected to attend the service is her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, who is currently in hospice care."The fact that everything they did, they did together in such a collective way of being supportive of each other is just indicative of a 77-year marriage," said Paige Alexander, CEO of the Carter Center."She's not just his wife, but she's a force to be reckoned with herself."President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are also set to be among the guests attending the service."The president and the first lady certainly look forward to being there and to offering, you know, offering their condolences," said White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.All of the living former first ladies — Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, and Melania Trump — are set to attend.Carter died on Nov. 19 at the age of 96.Three d...