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Home Depot: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:23:24 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — ATLANTA (AP) — The Home Depot Inc. (HD) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $3.87 billion.The Atlanta-based company said it had profit of $3.82 per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 15 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $3.80 per share.The home-improvement retailer posted revenue of $37.26 billion in the period, missing Street forecasts. Eleven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $38.45 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on HD at https://www.zacks.com/ap/HDSource

Denver weather: Sunshine returns with afternoon storms

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:23:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Sunny skies are back for Tuesday helping to dry out the Front Range, but there are chances for scattered afternoon showers and storms in the Denver weather forecast.Weather today: Sunny and 70s with afternoon showerSkies will be mostly sunny for the first half of the day Tuesday, helping highs climb into the middle 70s. Miller moths are here, and ‘they’re everywhere!’ Scattered storms and showers will pop up in the afternoon and clear through the evening hours. Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on May 16.Weather tonight: Clearing skiesClouds clear Tuesday night allowing for mild lows in the upper 40s. Winds will also become light, making it a nice start to Wednesday morning.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on May 16. Looking ahead: End of the week rain chancesWednesday is looking similar to Tuesday with morning sunshine, afternoon storm chances and highs in the middle 70s. Thursday starts off with some partly cloudy skies as highs reach the upper 60s. Showers a...

Martha Stewart lands ‘historic’ Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:23:24 GMT

(CNN) — Martha Stewart is among the cover models for the 2023 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.The lifestyle businesswoman, 81, is the oldest swimsuit model the magazine has featured, calling the fact “historic.”“I like that picture,” Stewart said of her cover shot as she revealed it on Monday’s “Today” show.Stewart posed in the Dominican Republic for the shoot and appears in a total of ten looks.“When I heard that I was going to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, I thought, ‘Oh, that’s pretty good, I’m going to be the oldest person I think ever on a cover of Sports Illustrated,’” Stewart said, adding, “And I don’t think about age very much, but I thought that this is kind of historic.”In a tweet, Sports Illustrated called the cover “epic.”“When we said this year was going to be epic, we meant it,” SI tweeted.Stewart’s career began as a model at age 15, before she worked as a Wall Street stockbroker and later started a catering business, which grew into a lifestyle med...

The Weeknd has reverted to his birth name on social media

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:23:24 GMT

(CNN) — The Weeknd is now officially known online by his real name — Abel Makkonen Tesfaye — after following through on plans to update his social media accounts.On Monday, the Canadian artist’s Twitter and Instagram accounts had updated to display his birth name rather than his artistic name.And the change is part of a wider plan to “kill The Weeknd,” Tesfaye told W Magazine in an interview published May 8.“I’m going through a cathartic path right now,” he said.“It’s getting to a place and a time where I’m getting ready to close the Weeknd chapter. I’ll still make music, maybe as Abel, maybe as The Weeknd. But I still want to kill The Weeknd. And I will. Eventually. I’m definitely trying to shed that skin and be reborn.”And Tesfaye revealed that his upcoming album might well be The Weeknd’s swansong.“The album I’m working on now is probably my last hurrah as The Weeknd,”...

Quieter and Warmer Tuesday

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:23:24 GMT

Following scattered showers and thunderstorms during the day Monday as we marked the start of rainy season, conditions are expected to be quieter and slightly warmer this Tuesday.A mid to upper level low that was over the area yesterday is now east of the Bahamas and is funneling in drier conditions.This drier air in place will allow for lower rain chances with only the risk for a few spotty showers and an isolated storm late today, especially across inland areas. Otherwise, the day will feature a mix of sun and clouds with highs ranging from the mid to upper 80s to up to 90F inland.Beginning tomorrow, our winds will shift from coming off the Atlantic Ocean to originating from the Gulf of Mexico, meaning a hotter, land breeze will be in place, lasting through Friday. This will lead to widespread highs into the low 90s along with the daily chance for isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Rain chances during this period will generally ...

Say hello to Turkey’s election kingmaker

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:23:24 GMT

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s presidential candidates suddenly want to talk to Sinan Oğan, a little-known nationalist politician who came third in Sunday’s election and has turned into a potential kingmaker overnight.Ahead of a second round on May 28, Oğan wants to secure a ministry, while President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu want the backing of his 2.8 million voters, who made up about 5.2 percent of Sunday’s vote. Kılıçdaroğlu’s team said Monday their early talks with Oğan suggested there was room to cooperate. Islamist populist Erdoğan won the first round of Turkey’s election on Sunday with 49.5 percent (27.1 million votes) but the race will now head into a runoff because he failed to secure the 50 percent needed for outright victory. His main rival Kılıçdaroğlu, who will face him in two weeks, won 44.9 percent (24.6 million).   This impending showdown has given a strong hand to Oğan and his “Ancestral Alliance,” as both Erdoğan and Kı...

ChatGPT’s chief to testify before Congress as concerns grow about artificial intelligence’s risks

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:23:24 GMT

The head of the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT is set to testify before Congress as lawmakers call for new rules to guide the rapid development of AI technology.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is scheduled to speak at a Senate hearing Tuesday.His San Francisco-based startup rocketed to public attention after its release late last year of ChatGPT, a free chatbot tool that answers questions with convincingly human-like responses.What started out as a panic among educators about ChatGPT’s use to cheat on homework assignments has expanded to broader concerns about the ability of the latest crop of “generative AI” tools to mislead people, spread falsehoods, violate copyright protections and upend some jobs.And while there’s no immediate sign that Congress will craft sweeping new AI rules, as European lawmakers are doing, the societal concerns brought Altman and other tech CEOs to the White House earlier this month and have led U.S....

Column: Has the Chicago Bulls core maxed out, or is there still time for a course correction?

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:23:24 GMT

After losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked what went wrong.Instead of talking around the subject or making excuses, Kerr conceded the Warriors were not a championship team this season and probably went as far as they deserved to go.“I’m more focused on what went right, to be honest with you,” Kerr said. “The way the season started, we were disjointed and had that 0-5 road trip and it felt like we were swimming upstream from the beginning.“I think we found ourselves down the stretch and in the first round of the playoffs. To be fair, I think this team probably, ultimately, maxed out.”It was refreshing to hear a coach give an honest, unvarnished opinion of his players — and it’s a cautionary tale for Chicago Bulls executive vice president Artūras Karnišovas as he goes about fixing his team for the 2023-24 season.Has this Bulls core maxed out afte...

Get to know Roschon Johnson: Q&A with the new Chicago Bears running back’s college coach

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:23:24 GMT

Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles said he was “shocked” running back Roschon Johnson was still on the board when the Bears drafted him in the fourth round last month. The Bears believe they are bringing in a player who can help them in many ways on and off the field.Texas running backs coach Tashard Choice saw all of the ways Johnson can affect a team as the senior totaled 93 carries for 554 yards and five touchdowns in 2022 as the backup to Bijan Robinson — the No. 8 pick in the draft.Choice spoke recently to the Tribune about what type of player and leader Johnson can be for the Bears. Here’s that interview, edited for clarity.Note: This is part of a series of conversations with the college position coaches of this year’s Bears draft picks.How would you describe Roschon as a player?Roschon is an old-school, old-fashioned, rough-and-tough football player. Just a pro in all the aspects of the game.We have heard a lot from the Bears about his lead...

Skeletons found in Pompeii ruins reveal deaths by eathquake, not just Vesuvius’ ancient eruption

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:23:24 GMT

MILAN (AP) — The discovery of two skeletons buried beneath a collapsed wall in the Pompeii archaeological site point to deaths by powerful earthquakes that accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the first century, experts said Tuesday, in addition to the victims of volcanic ash and gas.The two skeletons believed to be men at least 55 years old found in the insula of the Casti Amanti, beneath a wall that collapsed before the area was covered in volcanic material. The area was undergoing reconstruction work at the time of the eruption in A.D. 79, following an earthquake a few days earlier.“In recent years, we have realized there were violent, powerful seismic events that were happening at the time of the eruption,” said Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park. New archaeological techniques and methodology “allow us to understand better the inferno that in two days completely destroyed the city of Pompeii, killing many inhabitants...