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GM to invest more than $1 billion in two Flint, Michigan, plants

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:25 GMT

FLINT, Michigan (AP) — General Motors plans to invest more than $1 billion in two Flint, Michigan manufacturing plants for the production of the next-generation internal combustion engine heavy-duty trucks. Gerald Johnson, executive vice president, Global Manufacturing and Sustainability, said Monday that the company will build internal combustion vehicles throughout this decade, in addition to making electric vehicles.GM has a goal of building only electric passenger vehicles in the United States by 2035.The Detroit automaker reported a 38% year-over-year increase in heavy-duty pickup sales last year, with nearly 288,000 trucks sold. GM will invest $788 million in the Flint assembly plant, with updates including a body shop building expansion, general assembly conveyor expansion, and new tooling and equipment.The company will invest $233 million in the Flint metal center for new stamping dies to support production of its next-generation ICE heavy-duty trucks, as well as press refur...

Michael Keaton dice que el director Tim Burton y él están haciendo ‘Beetlejuice 2’ “exactamente como hicimos la primera película”

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:25 GMT

(CNN) — La mayoría está de acuerdo con que la película de 1988 “Beetlejuice” es un clásico. Y dos de las principales fuerzas creativas detrás de la macabra y cómica película —la estrella titular Michael Keaton y el visionario director Tim Burton— dicen que planean apegarse estrechamente a la icónica cinta cuando aborden su largamente esperada secuela.Keaton, nominado al Oscar, habló el fin de semana con la revista de cine británica Empire sobre los planes de Burton y él para realizar la secuela, que lleva décadas provocando a los seguidores de Hollywood.“Los dos estamos de acuerdo en que, si pasa, tiene que ser lo más parecida a la primera”, dijo Keaton, señalando la importancia de utilizar efectos prácticos e “improvisar y hacer riffs, pero literalmente cosas hechas a mano, como gente creando cosas con sus manos y construyendo algo”.Keaton añadió que hacer la secuela es “lo más divertido que he trabajado en una película en no sé cuánt...

Jabeur defeats Pera in straight sets to reach French Open quarterfinals, next plays Haddad Maia

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:25 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Bernarda Pera could not win a single game on her serve Monday as she was eliminated in straight sets in the fourth round of the French Open.Facing seventh-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, the unseeded American was broken eight times on Court Philippe Chatrier and lost 6-3, 6-1. Jabeur won 15 of 16 points on Pera’s second serve.Jabeur, the runner-up at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open last year, advanced to the quarterfinals at Roland Garros for the first time in her career.Jabeur also struggled with her serve but managed to save eight of the 12 break points she faced.“She put a lot of pressure on my service,” Jabeur said. “I’m pleased that I was able to win my service games when I needed to. … Hopefully, I’ll return well and serve better in my next match.”Pera looked frustrated and tried to shorten rallies, but the strategy did not work. She ended up making 33 unforced errors in total.Back from a calf injury that hampered her preparations for the t...

Push to make new genomic testing more available, affordable to improve cancer care

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:25 GMT

Endometrial (Uterine) cancer awareness: Photomicrograph of uterine biopsy showing Endometrial cancer or Endometrial carcinoma.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Md Saiful Islam Khan) Endometrial (Uterine) cancer awareness: Photomicrograph of uterine biopsy showing Endometrial cancer or Endometrial carcinoma.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Md Saiful Islam Khan) Personalized treatment is revolutionizing cancer care, with new targeted therapies tailored for a patient’s particular cancer mutation. The key that unlocks the knowledge about that cancer is genomic sequencing, which is also called Next Generation Sequencing.“Thirty years ago, we received a breast cancer diagnosis or a lung cancer diagnosis — and it was just t...

Wembanyama could made summer league debut in Sacramento, not Vegas, after NBA draft

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:25 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Victor Wembanyama’s next couple of weeks are now set: He’ll be playing in the French league finals starting this weekend, and then the San Antonio Spurs will almost certainly make him the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft on June 22.And if that means the French star’s summer league debut comes in Sacramento instead of Las Vegas in early July, the league is fine with that.NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league doesn’t have a preference regarding the site of Wembanyama’s first game with the Spurs. While the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas is the biggest — all 30 teams attend — and commands the most attention, there are smaller summer leagues that precede the Vegas event by a few days. Sacramento plays host to one of those events, and the Spurs are one of six teams headed there this year.“All summer leagues are NBA Summer Leagues,” Silver told The Associated Press. “I’m very supportive of the Sacramento summer league. I remember when (Kings owner Vivek Ranadive) first came...

Douglas County park closes after 4 dogs die

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Douglas County park is closed after four dogs died shortly after visiting the park. Newlin Meadows Park in Parker has been closed since May 26 after FOX31 learned four dogs died suddenly after reportedly playing in the park just days before their deaths.According to the Douglas County Public Health Department, the Newlin Meadows HOA immediately closed the park after the deaths were reported. Fort Collins flooding strands hotel guests, damages cars DCPHD worked with the HOA to determine if there was a naturally occurring substance growing in the park that could be harmful to dogs if it was ingested. They were also looking into if the dogs were exposed to something man-made.So far, DCPHD has not said if they found anything that could have led to the dogs' deaths but they do say they have done everything they can to prevent other dogs from getting sick or dying. The HOA has not said when it expects the park to reopen.

Supreme Court to hear ‘Trump too small’ trademark case; man wants to trademark phrase mocking Trump

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:25 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a case in which a man tried to trademark a phrase mocking former President Donald Trump as “too small.”The Justice Department is supporting President Joe Biden’s once and possibly future rival in urging the court to deny a trademark for the suggestive phrase “Trump too small” that a California man wants to put on T-shirts.The case will be argued in the fall, one of two disputes on the court’s upcoming agenda that involve Trump or one of his businesses. Government officials said the phrase “Trump too small” could still be used, just not trademarked because Trump had not consented to its use. But a federal appeals court said refusing trademark registration violated free speech rights.The high court has considered a raft of Trump-related cases in recent years. The justices have dealt with cases about Trump’s claims of fraud in the 2000 election and with his efforts to shield his tax records from Congress and to keep oth...

Florida man faces charges after confronting driver with gun for backing up into driveway

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:25 GMT

PALM COAST. Fla (WSVN) – A Florida man is facing charges after he allegedly pointed a gun at a driver who backed into his driveway.Terry Vestch, 60, from Palm Coast was seen on surveillance video running out of his house to confront a driver who was already across the street.“Keep your piece of sh*t out of my *f***ing driveway,” Vestch is heard saying on video. Vestch said the driver was the aggressor, but deputies said the footage showed that the driver was never on his property.“We’ve seen many many times where the anger gets a hold of somebody and they lose control about what they’re supposed to do, the unfortunate thing is sometimes it ends in death,” said a Flagler County Sheriff. No one was hurt.Vestch was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

The next big threat hovering over the US economy

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:25 GMT

As the federal government strives to contain financial market turmoil, the next risk looming over the nation’s banks is in plain sight: the $20 trillion commercial real estate market.Some $1.5 trillion in mortgages will come due in the next two years, a potential time bomb as higher interest rates and spiraling office vacancies push down property values.And because 70 percent of bank-held commercial mortgages sit on the balance sheets of regional and smaller lenders, a write-down in commercial loans could spell big trouble for the financial system and spill over into the larger economy just as the 2024 presidential campaign gets underway.With the country careening toward a possible recession, the financial system is especially vulnerable to shocks as the turbulence sparked by the collapse of three regional banks showed. Adding a commercial real estate market slide to the mix would be particularly perilous. It’s a concern that’s top of mind for policymakers in Washington — even as th...

Totally ducked up! Dutch celebrate Dead Duck Day

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:25 GMT

It was the splat heard round the world.On the afternoon of June 5, 1995, an unfortunate male mallard met his untimely end after flying into the newly inaugurated glass façade of Rotterdam’s Natural History Museum.While the duck’s death was unremarkable — billions of birds die flying into windows and other reflective glass surfaces around the world every year — what happened next guaranteed his spot in the history books: Seconds after his corpse hit the ground, another male duck appeared, mounted the deceased waterfowl and proceeded to have sex with it for an impressive 75 minutes.The entire episode was observed by biologist Kees Moeliker, who quickly realized he was witnessing a unique event: The first documented case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard.“I’d never seen anything like this before,” said Moeliker, who currently serves as the director of the museum. “Ducks are notoriously aggressive while reproducing and rape is part of their str...