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TransAlta: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:17 GMT

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — TransAlta Corp. (TAC) on Friday reported first-quarter earnings of $217.4 million.On a per-share basis, the Calgary, Alberta-based company said it had profit of 81 cents.The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 29 cents per share.The power generation and marketing company posted revenue of $805.4 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on TAC at https://www.zacks.com/ap/TACSource

Where is the best margarita in the Denver metro area?

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:17 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Whether you like your margarita with salt and a lime or frozen with sugar, there are plenty of places across the Denver metro area to get one that fits your style.Friday is Cinco de Mayo and if you are looking for the best margarita to help you celebrate, we have you covered. Senior says she’s not allowed to wear sash with Mexican flag at graduation What does social media say?We asked FOX31 viewers on social media where the best margaritas are in the Denver metro area. Here are some of the responses we received:Rio Grande Mexican RestaurantHacienda ColoradoLa LomaCostere Mexican RestaurantBar TacoAgave Taco BarSi SenorsLos Dos PotrillosD’CorazonEl Dorado Mexican RestaurantEl Jardin Mexican RestaurantWhat do reviews say?Here is a look at the 10 highest rated places for margaritas in the Denver metro area according to Google reviews. Each place on this list had at least 4.5 stars and 1,000 or more reviews:D’Corazon Mexican Restaurant- 4.7 stars for 1,833 reviewsAdel...

Closing arguments near in stepmom's murder trial in Colorado

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:17 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Closing arguments are expected Friday in the trial of a woman accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson in Colorado, putting his body in a suitcase and then dumping it over a bridge in Florida.Authorities allege Letecia Stauch killed Gannon Stauch by stabbing and shooting him a few hours before reporting him missing on Jan. 27, 2020, while his father was on a National Guard deployment.Stauch was charged with first-degree murder, tampering with a deceased human body and tampering with physical evidence. Aspiring Colorado model falls to her death from hotel roof, boyfriend arrested Attorneys for Stauch, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, countered that by claiming she suffered a “major psychotic crack” as a result of childhood trauma when she killed Gannon.The state mental hospital concluded that Stauch was sane at the time Gannon was killed, The Gazette reported. Under Colorado law, that means understanding the difference between right and wrong and be...

Crash involving truck causes fatality on SB Turnpike; lanes blocked causing heavy traffic

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:17 GMT

Police officers blocked off the highway on the southbound lanes of the Turnpike after a crash involving a truck led to a fatality. The collision occurred around 5 a.m., near the exit to Griffin Road, and blocked two right lanes as authorities investigated the scene, Friday morning. Drivers are urged to avoid the area as crews work to clear the scene. A good alternative for morning commuters would be South Interstate 95.

Jordan Neely, the man killed in chokehold on NYC subway, is remembered as an entertainer shattered by his mother’s murder

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:17 GMT

(CNN) — Before Jordan Neely was killed on a New York City subway car this week, he was known for his swift Michael Jackson dance moves that entertained many — yet he struggled with the trauma his mother’s murder had left him with at an early age.“He told me about how much his mother’s passing impacted him. He disclosed that she was murdered, and her body was put in a suitcase,” Moses Harper, an artist who knew Neely, told CNN.Harper and Neely became friends quickly after they met in 2009. When she took him under her wing, Neely opened up to her about how hard it was losing his mother as a young teenager.“It traumatized him. He was not expecting that, the brutal way she was taken. That had a big impact on him. The brutality behind that, that traumatized him,” Harper told CNN. “This kid has cried in front of me. That hurt him in his heart.”On Monday afternoon, Neely was killed after being held in a chokehold by a Marine v...

3 takeaways from the Chicago Cubs’ 1-6 road trip, including Jameson Taillon’s return and Miguel Amaya’s impressive debut

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:17 GMT

The one-run losses keep piling up for the Chicago Cubs.The Cubs are tied for the second-best run differential in the National League, but wasted scoring chances thwarted a 1-6 trip to Miami and Washington, where they suffered five one-run losses. Their 4-3 defeat to the Nationals on Thursday included one hit — on a ball lost in the sun — through seven innings against the struggling Patrick Corbin. An three-run rally in the eight inning to tie the game did not last long. Nationals outfielder Alex Call hit a walk-off home run on the first pitch right-hander Brad Boxberger threw in the bottom of the ninth to drop the Cubs to 15-16.“It’s going to happen during the course of the season,” Ian Happ said. “That’s obviously frustrating for everybody, but it’s part of it. I don’t think as an offense we’re pressing individually and just understanding that it’ll come, you just have to keep going about it.”The return to Wrig...

Temperature Check: Injured Yankees far from where they want to be entering Rays series

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:17 GMT

After a little more than a month of baseball, the Yankees have some serious concerns as the last place club begins a three-game weekend road series with the division-leading Rays.The Bombers are coming off two straight wins over the Guardians at Yankee Stadium, but those victories were hardly easy following a four-game losing streak and a 2-5 road trip to Minnesota and Texas. With a 17-15 overall record, an injured list in the double-digits, three inconsistent replacement starters, and a middle-of-the-pack offense dependent on fill-ins, the Yankees are far from where they want or expected to be entering their showdown with Tampa Bay, which is an major league-best 26-6 after starting the year 13-0.“It doesn’t change the urgency of the day if they were .500 or 30 games ahead,” Aaron Boone said of the Rays earlier this week. “We gotta play well. If we play well over the long haul of the season, we’ll be in a good place at the end.”Brian Cashman deliv...

Karen Read defense: Problematic investigation into John O’Keefe’s death grabs federal attention

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:17 GMT

Among the many fireworks at the most recent hearing in the case of Karen Read, charged with killing her boyfriend John O’Keefe last year, is the defense’s claim that the investigation is so troubled that the federal government has opened up a case to look into it.“It’s been reported that federal authorities have now gotten involved in the circumstances surrounding this case and have impaneled a grand jury, federal grand jury, to investigate some of these circumstances,” defense attorney Alan Jackson said in Norfolk Superior Court Wednesday afternoon.“But Karen Read should not have to wait for the feds to figure out which heads should roll.”A day later, the feds didn’t have much to say to clarify the matter. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s office said: “We do not confirm or deny investigations.” The FBI had the same answer, “as a matter of longstanding policy.”The case has brought about significant public attention — from both sides — which filled the second-f...

Statistics Canada says economy added 41,000 jobs in April, unemployment rate 5.0%

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:17 GMT

Statistics Canada says the economy added 41,000 jobs last month, all in part-time work.According to its latest labour force survey, the unemployment rate held steady at 5.0 per cent for the fifth consecutive month.That’s just above the all-time low of 4.9 per cent reached last summer.The job gains in April were led by the wholesale and retail trade industry, while the largest losses occurred in business, building and other support services.With the labour market remaining relatively tight, average hourly wages were up 5.2 per cent compared with a year ago, growing faster than inflation.The Bank of Canada has been warning that a tight labour market will make it more difficult to get inflation back to two per cent, as higher wages could put upward pressure on prices.

US adds a strong 253,000 jobs despite Fed’s rate hikes

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:17 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a robust 253,000 jobs in April, evidence of a labor market that still shows surprising strength despite rising interest rates, chronically high inflation and a banking crisis that could weaken the economy.The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.4%, matching a 54-year low. Last month’s hiring gain compared with 165,000 in March and 248,000 in February, and is at a level considered vigorous by historical standards.The job market has remained strong despite the Federal Reserve’s aggressive campaign of interest rate hikes over the past year to fight inflation. Layoffs are still relatively low, job openings comparatively high. Still, the ever-higher borrowing costs the Fed has engineered have weakened some key sectors of the economy, notably the housing market.Since hitting a four-decade high last year, inflation has steadily eased yet is still well above the Fed’s 2% target level. Fed Chair Jerome Powell himself sounded somewhat mystified this ...