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Jason Momoa hosts Discovery’s ‘Shark Week,’ featuring feeding frenzies and junkie sharks

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:02:39 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Discovery Channel has landed the perfect host this year for “Shark Week,” none other than a huge fan of all ocean creatures — Aquaman.Jason Momoa, who in real life dreamed of a career as a marine biologist before Hollywood anointed him an ocean god, is going back to his roots to celebrate all things shark. “My heart is in the ocean,” Momoa told The Associated Press from Tahiti, moments before taking a trip to swim with some of the apex predators. “Doing ‘Shark Week’ is a no brainer.”Momoa will be the week’s recurring master of ceremonies, dipping in and out of the channel’s roughly 20 new hours of programs that start Sunday. Episode encores run most nights, too.Viewers will get to see rare sharks off the coast of South Africa, examine deadly shark attacks off the posh beaches of Egypt’s Red Sea and investigate whether sharks in Florida waters are getting high on cocaine.The week kicks off with a sort of nautical nod to “Jackass.” Researchers in the show “Belly ...

Outgoing Commanders owner Dan Snyder fined $60M, sexually harassed employee; team deliberately hid money, probe finds

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:02:39 GMT

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Outgoing Commanders owner Dan Snyder fined $60M, sexually harassed employee; team deliberately hid money, probe finds.Source

Investar: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:02:39 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Investar Holding Corp. (ISTR) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $6.5 million.The bank, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, said it had earnings of 67 cents per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 37 cents per share.The holding company for Investar Bank posted revenue of $34.5 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $20.5 million, falling short of Street forecasts._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on ISTR at https://www.zacks.com/ap/ISTRSource

Hate speech posted on economics website is traced to leading universities, research finds

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:02:39 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Anonymous comments with racist, sexist and abusive messages that were posted for years on a jobs-related website for economists originated from numerous leading U.S. universities, according to research released Thursday. Some economists have long condemned the website, Economics Job Market Rumors, for its toxic content. The site, known by its acronym EJMR, is run by an anonymous individual and is not connected to a university or other institution. That fact had fed speculation that those who posted hateful messages on it were mostly online cranks who might not be economists. Yet the new research indicates that users of the website include individuals at top-tier colleges and universities, including Harvard, Stanford and the University of Chicago, and many others.“Our analysis reveals that the users who post on EJMR are predominantly economists, including those working in the upper echelons of academia, government, and the private sector,” the paper concluded. It wa...

Former Trump State Department official convicted for attacking police during Capitol riot

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:02:39 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who worked as a politically appointed State Department official in former President Donald Trump’s administration was convicted Thursday of charges that he attacked police officers during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. District Judge Judge Trevor McFadden heard testimony without a jury before he convicted the former official, Federico Guillermo Klein, and a co-defendant, Steven Cappuccio, of assault charges and other felony offenses stemming from the riot at the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters.Klein and Cappuccio were among nine co-defendants charged with crimes related to one of the most violent and pivotal episodes of the Jan. 6 siege: brutal waves of hand-to-hand combat between rioters and police officers in a tunnel leading to a Capitol entrance on the Lower West Terrace.Klein and Cappuccio converged on the tunnel as outnumbered police officers struggled for hours to hold back the mob of rioters, prosecutors said in a court filing....

Par-5 18th causes havoc at British Open as Fowler and Thomas run up card-wrecking scores

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:02:39 GMT

HOYLAKE, England (AP) — For all the concern over the new par-3 17th at Royal Liverpool, the real headache was No. 18.The par-5 finishing hole featuring a rare internal out-of-bounds running the entire right side and five bunkers surrounding the front of the green brought some of the world’s best players to their knees at the British Open on Thursday.Literally in the case of Rory McIlroy.The tournament favorite’s first round ended with the improbable sight of him standing with his right leg inside a bunker and his left knee on the downward slope beside it, before he splashed out to rescue par in his level-par 71. Moments earlier, up against the face of the bunker, he’d failed to hit the ball out sideways.Justin Thomas could only dream of making par.The two-time major champion drove out-of-bounds and later sent his ball from one greenside bunker to another, before blasting out through the green and winding up making 9 for an 11-over 82 — his highest round in a major....

Done deal: NFL owners OK Commanders’ record-breaking sale

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:02:39 GMT

LISTEN LIVE: WTOP has live coverage of the historic sale of the Commanders.NFL owners Thursday unanimously approved the sale of the Washington Commanders to a group led by Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris, clearing the way for the record-breaking deal — and putting the final nail in Dan Snyder’s reign as owner of the franchise.At $6 billion, the Commanders sale is the largest for a North American professional sports franchise.“Congratulations to Josh Harris and his impressive group of partners. Josh will be a great addition to the NFL. He has a remarkable record in business, sports, and in his communities. The diverse group that Josh has put together is outstanding,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement.The vote came after a lengthy closed-door meeting in Minneapolis that lasted nearly three hours, fueling fan anticipation. The meeting began at about 2 p.m. In order to be approved, at least 24 of the 32 owners had to OK the sale.“I think the...

British Open at a glance

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:02:39 GMT

HOYLAKE, England (AP) — A brief look at the opening round Thursday in the British Open at Royal Liverpool:LEADING: Tommy Fleetwood, Emiliano Grillo and Christo Lamprecht at 66.CHASING: Brian Harman, Antoine Rozner and Adrian Otaegui at 67.CONTENDING: Among the 31 players who broke par were Jordan Spieth (69), Scottie Scheffler (70), Brooks Koepka (70) and Xander Schauffele (70).SURVIVING: Rory McIlroy was 2 over through 12 holes and his 10-foot par putt on the 18th after taking two shots to get out of bunker allowed him to finish with a 71.STRUGGLING: Jon Rahm made only one birdie in his round of 74.SHOT OF THE DAY: Emiliano Grillo holed a 50-foot birdie putt on the 18th to tie for the lead.AMATEUR HOUR: Christo Lamprecht is the first amateur to share the 18-hole lead at the British Open since Tom Lewis in 2011 at Royal St. George’s.SHANK OF THE DAY: Jordan Spieth with an 8-iron from an awkward lie at No. 8. The ball was lost and he scrambled for double bogey.KEY STATISTIC: There we...

Denver weather: Pinpoint Weather Alert Day for evening thunderstorms

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:02:39 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Pinpoint Weather Alert Day has been issued for strong to severe thunderstorms that could produce large hail, heavy rainfall and damaging wind gusts alongside abundant strikes of lightning. These storms storms will stay in Denver's weather forecast through early Thursday evening, with the greatest risk for severe storms in the Eastern Plains through 10 p.m. Because of the threat of strong to severe storms, a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 9 p.m. This watch covers most of the eastern half of Colorado, including the Denver metro. Weather tonight: Storms clearingThunderstorms will continue to move out Thursday evening. This will leave behind a mainly cloudy sky, and temperatures will fall to the upper 50s. Weather tomorrow: Morning sun, afternoon thunderstormsFriday will start off with a mostly sunny sky. As high temperatures climb to the mid 80s, clouds will build in followed by a few afternoon thunderstorms. Looking ahead: Sunshine and heat return this ...

Accused teen had been in contact with hate preacher charged with terrorism

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:02:39 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Castle Rock 18-year-old charged with supporting a terrorist organization had been in contact with a known Muslim extremist, who himself was just arrested for suspicion of a terrorism offense.That detail was released at a Thursday bond hearing for Davin Daniel Meyer, who has been charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Colorado’s paid sick leave law will expand in August Meyer was arrested Friday, July 14, at Denver International Airport, steps away from boarding a plane to Turkey where he thought he would meet up with Islamic State group facilitators who would smuggle him into Iraq.Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa Hindman told Magistrate Reid Neureiter that Meyer had been in contact with a man recently arrested in the United Kingdom for a terrorism offense, and who had already served time related to terrorism.That describes Pakistani-British hate preacher Anjem Choudary, who was detained Monday morning on suspicion ...