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Police settling into massive manhunt, evidence gathering operations with Mainers still under lockdown

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:16:50 GMT

LEWISTON, Maine — Thousands of Mainers were still under lockdown orders Friday as law enforcement entered their second full day searching for a 40-year-old man suspected of committing a pair of mass shootings here.As people kept to their homes, investigators and search teams made clear early in the day that they were settling into an expansive evidence gathering and manhunt operation that included hundreds of law enforcement personnel from across the country.Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for eight counts of murder for Robert Card, the man they said allegedly entered Sparetime Recreation and Schemengees Bar and Grille Restaurant Wednesday and killed 18 people and injured 13 others.Maine Public Safety Department Commissioner Michael Sauschuck said investigators have already received 530 tips and leads and planned Friday to have a team of divers search the Androscoggin River near a boat launch where a vehicle associated with Card was found.“We’re going to be all over the pl...

VIDEO: Abandoned boat washes up on Torrey Pines State Beach

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:16:50 GMT

SAN DIEGO — An abandoned boat was seen drifting ashore on Torrey Pines State Beach Friday morning.The empty vessel was floating just north of the south parking lot shortly before 7 a.m., FOX 5 confirmed at the scene. A video can be viewed at the top of this article.The San Diego Police Department said life jackets were found near the boat, however, no people were discovered. SDPD also said U.S. Border Patrol has been advised and is investigating the incident. Surfers find body floating near La Jolla Shores Beach; man identified An abandoned boat was seen drifting ashore on Torrey Pines State Beach Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.(KSWB)FOX 5 has reached out to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for comment on the matter. No further information is available at this time. Please check back for updates.

Imperial Oil earns $1.6 billion in third quarter of 2023

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:16:50 GMT

CALGARY — Imperial Oil Ltd. says it earned $1.6 billion in the third quarter of 2023, down from $2.0 billion in the prior year’s quarter.The Calgary-based oil company says its profit worked out to $2.76 per share, compared with $3.24 per share in the same three-month period of 2022.Imperial reported upstream production in the third quarter of 423,000 gross oil-equivalent barrels per day on average. The company’s Kearl oilsands site reported its highest-ever quarterly production at 295,000 total gross oil-equivalent barrels per day.Refinery throughput in the quarter averaged 416,000 barrels per day with refinery capacity utilization of 96 per cent.Imperial says its quarterly cash flow from operating activities was $2.4 billion.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 27, 2023.Companies in this story: (TSX:IMO)The Canadian Press

2024 GOP hopefuls will defend Israel, seek donors at big Republican Jewish Coalition gathering

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:16:50 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The GOP presidential candidates will compete for donors and offer their strong support for Israel in its war with Hamas as they address the annual gathering of a major Republican Jewish group this weekend.The Republican Jewish Coalition’s gathering in Las Vegas has for years been a key stop for GOP candidates as they seek not only to court Jewish voters but also to present themselves as stalwart allies of Israel, a key priority for many in the party’s base, particularly Christian evangelicals. This year’s summit, underway Friday, comes with Israel in crisis after the Oct. 7 attack from Gaza by Hamas. The conflict has threatened to spread across the region and has roiled tensions over the war in the U.S., particularly on college campuses. In the wake of the attack, the Republican National Committee announced that the Republican Jewish Coalition will be co-sponsoring the third GOP presidential debate, scheduled for Nov. 8 in Miami.For Republican White House hopefuls, ...

Coast Guard ends search for 3 Georgia fishermen missing at sea for nearly 2 weeks

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:16:50 GMT

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Families of three fishermen still missing at sea since their boat departed the Georgia coast nearly two weeks ago say they are not giving up hope, even as the U.S. Coast Guard ended its search after scouring ocean waters from northern Florida to Virginia.The Coast Guard announced it was suspending search efforts Thursday night after boats and planes wrapped up a seventh day of looking with no sign of the commercial fishing vessel. It said crews had searched a total of 94,000 square miles (243,459 square kilometers).“Despite the unwavering dedication of our crews, regrettably, we have not been able to uncover any traces of the vessel and have made the difficult decision to suspend the search for three beloved family members,” Capt. Frank DelRosso, commander of the Coast Guard sector based in Charleston, South Carolina, said in a statement.The 31-foot (9.4-meter) fishing boat Carol Ann departed the port city of Brunswick on Oct. 14 with its captain, Dalton Conway...

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies at his fraud trial

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:16:50 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried began testifying at his fraud trial on Friday, saying the innovative business he hoped would move the cryptocurrency ecosystem forward ended up doing the opposite and hurting customers.The onetime cryptocurrency golden boy lost his businesses and his reputation as a pioneering entrepreneur in an emerging facet of finance when a rush of customers withdrew their money last year, exposing that billions of dollars were missing.Bankman-Fried, 31, acknowledged some of his failures early in his testimony, saying he made mistakes, large and small.“We thought we might be able to build the best product on the market,” he said.The goal was to move the cryptocurrency ecosystem forward, he added.“It turned out basically the opposite of that,” and a lot of customers and others got hurt, Bankman-Fried said. Asked by his lawyer, Mark Cohen, if he defrauded anyone or took customers’ funds, Bankman-Fried answered, “No I did not.”The California...

The strike has dimmed the spotlight on the fall’s best performances. Here’s 13 you shouldn’t miss

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:16:50 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The fallout from the actors strike, now past 100 days, has been widespread throughout the film industry. Movies large and small have postponed. Sound stages remain shuttered. Adjacent industries have been devastated.Another effect is that some great performances haven’t gotten the attention they deserve. For most movies, actors haven’t been able to promote their work.As the strike pushes into Hollywood’s awards season, it’s increasingly muting the reception for some of the best performances of the year. With so many out of work due to the strike, no one should cry for muzzled Oscar campaigns. But actors deserve the chance to take a much-deserved bow.Interim agreements have permitted some of the fall’s standouts – among them Sandra Hüller in “Anatomy of a Fall” and Cailee Spaeny in “Priscilla” – to hit red carpets and bask in standing ovations. And two of the year’s biggest hits – “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” both likely to be Academy Awards heavyweights — debuted as a...

In the Kentucky governor’s race, the gun policy debate is both personal and political

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:16:50 GMT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Struck by tragedy when one of his closest friends died in a mass shooting, Kentucky’s Democratic governor supports a proposal meant to keep firearms away from people deemed as threats to themselves or others. His Republican challenger offers condolences for his rival’s loss but opposes the measure.In one of the most personal exchanges of their campaign for governor, Gov. Andy Beshear and GOP Attorney General Daniel Cameron staked out their stands on gun policy during a recent debate in Louisville. It’s a wrenching issue in Kentucky’s largest city, which has recorded at least 100 homicides in each of the last four years including 2023, with a high mark of 174 killings in 2021, and has struggled to come to terms with gun violence.The hometown of boxing great and global humanitarian Muhammad Ali has coped with tragedy repeatedly in recent years, notably when Breonna Taylor was fatally shot in 2020 during a botched police raid at her home. ...

Family, birth certificate raise questions about Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Indigenous claim

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:16:50 GMT

CBC says legendary musician Buffy Sainte-Marie’s birth certificate, other documents and details from family members contradict the singer’s claim that she is Indigenous.Sainte-Marie said Thursday ahead of the report that she doesn’t know who her birth parents are or where she’s from.She called herself “a proud member of the Native community with deep roots in Canada.”CBC located her birth certificate, which says Sainte-Marie was born in 1941 in Stoneham, Mass., and the document lists the baby and parents as white.CBC says Sainte-Marie’s marriage certificate, a life insurance policy and a United States census corroborate the information on the birth certificate.Family members in the U.S., including Sainte-Marie’s younger sister, told the public broadcaster that Sainte-Marie was not adopted and does not have Indigenous ancestry.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 27, 2023.The Canadian Press

US consumers keep spending briskly even in the face of persistent inflation and high interest rates

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:16:50 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve showed price increases remained elevated in September amid brisk consumer spending and strong economic growth.Friday’s report from the Commerce Department showed that prices rose 0.4% from August to September, the same as the previous month. And compared with 12 months earlier, inflation was unchanged at 3.4%.Taken as a whole, the figures the government issued Friday show a still-surprisingly resilient consumer, willing to spend briskly enough to power the economy even in the face of persistent inflation and high interest rates. Spread across the economy, the strength of that spending is itself helping to fuel inflation.In a cautionary note, consumers relied increasingly on savings to fuel their shopping last month. Income growth slowed. Adjusted for inflation, income actually fell slightly. Yet spending jumped 0.4%, after adjusting for inflation. The saving rate fell to 3.4%, down from the 6%-plus...