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Multiple people have been shot at a high school in Perry, Iowa, police say

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:15 GMT

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI (Associated Press)PERRY, Iowa (AP) — Police in Perry, Iowa, say multiple people were shot at the city’s high school Thursday, early on students’ first day back in classes after their annual winter break.Two gunshot victims were taken by ambulance to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in the state capital of Des Moines, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southeast of Perry, a community of about 8,000 people. Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante said the shooting occurred before school was set to start, so there were few students and faculty in Perry High School.The shooting occurred in the backdrop of the Iowa caucuses and not far from where Republican presidential candidates were campaigning.An active shooter was reported at 7:37 a.m. Thursday morning and officers arrived seven minutes later, Infante said. He added during a news conference that officers located multiple people with injuries, but couldn’t confirm how many there were or their conditio...

Live coverage: Multiple gunshot victims at Perry High School, Sheriff says threat is over

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:15 GMT

PERRY, Iowa -- Multiple people were shot Thursday morning at Perry High School according to Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante.Law enforcement was notified about an active shooter at the school at 7:37 a.m. When emergency responders arrived on the scene they found multiple gunshot victims.At a news conference shortly after 10:00 a.m., Sheriff Infante said it's unclear how many victims were shot and the extent of their injuries at this time, but the threat is over and there is no danger to the public. NBC News is reporting the shooter is believed to be dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and may have been a student. At least three others were injured including two students and an administrator. WHO 13's Lindsey Burrell spoke with a representative for UnityPoint Health in Des Moines and confirmed they are treating two victims with gunshot wounds at Methodist Medical Center.Thursday was the first day back for students from the winter break and classes had not yet started...

Chilly conditions to continue in San Diego after storm drops rain, snow

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:15 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A fast-moving Pacific storm brought showers, high elevation snow and the coldest temperatures so far this season to San Diego County on Wednesday. While most of the rain exited the region in the afternoon, a few stray, isolated rain and snow showers will remain possible into Wednesday evening. Behind the cold front, thunderstorms are possible, but most of the precipitation tapers off by this evening.  First snow of winter in San Diego County blankets highest peaks As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, most coastal areas received about a quarter inch of rain with mountains receiving the highest amounts. Here are some 24 rainfall totals:-- Palomar Mtn: 1.07"-- Julian: 0.85"-- Pine Valley: 0.39"-- Alpine: 0.38"-- Imperial Beach: 0.33"-- Ramona: 0.30"-- Poway: 0:28"-- Santee: 0.24"-- Bonita: 0.23"-- Escondido: 0.21"-- San Marcos: 0.20"-- Point Loma: 0.19"-- Mission Valley: 0:17"-- San Diego International Airport: 0.11"-- Oceanside: 0.10"The storm also dropped the first snow o...

Rogers says cell phone prices are going up for customers not on contracts

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:15 GMT

TORONTO — Some cell phone customers with Rogers Communications Inc. will pay more for their plans starting later this month.The company says price hikes for customers who are not locked into a contract will range from under $7 on the low end to upwards of $9 per month, depending on their individual plan. The move will take effect on bills received after Jan. 17.Rogers spokesman Cam Gordon says the company is committed to delivering “the highest standard of quality and reliability” which includes more capacity, expansion of its network into more communities and improved customer service.He notes recent announcements by Rogers to increase affordability, such as the introduction of its discounted 5G plan for eligible low-income Canadians and a move in May of last year to halve the price per gigabyte of data on its most popular 5G plan.Following Rogers’ $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. last April, the company’s chief executive Tony Staffieri said ...

Barclays names Ryan Voegeli head of investment banking for Canada

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:15 GMT

TORONTO — Barclays says it has appointed Ryan Voegeli as its head of investment banking for Canada.Voegeli comes to the bank from CIBC Capital Markets where he was head of global diversified industries in the investment banking group.The British bank says Voegeli’s 20 years of banking experience includes advising Shaw Communications in connection with its sale to Rogers Communications, along with deals at Telus, Loblaw and GFL Environmental.In October, Barclays named Geoffrey Belsher as chairman and chief executive for Canada.Barclays global co-head of investment banking Taylor Wright says the bank is deeply committed to Canada and Canadian markets.The bank’s Canadian operations include investment banking, global markets and global research coverage. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 4, 2024.Companies in this story: (TSX:CM)The Canadian Press

Mexico’s president clarifies that 32 abducted migrants were freed, not rescued

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:15 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Migrants from several countries abducted from a bus and held by armed men for days near Mexico’s border with Texas were released by their captors, not rescued as initially reported by authorities, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday.“They decided to let them go,” López Obrador said during his morning press briefing. The 32 migrants — authorities corrected the initial number of 31 after discovering there was a baby among the group that had not been included because it hadn’t purchased a bus ticket — were from Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras and Mexico.The president said that the migrants had been left in the parking lot of a shopping center in Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, and that no arrests had been made.Armed and masked men on Saturday stopped the bus on the highway that connects the border cities of Reynosa and Matamoros, Federal Security Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez said Wednesday. They were taken away aboard five vehicles.Organized crime gro...

MetLife Stadium to remove 1,740 seats for 2026 World Cup, officials hoping to host final

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:15 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — MetLife Stadium officials plan to remove 1,740 seats to widen the field for World Cup matches as they hope to host the 2026 final but will retain a narrower surface for this year’s Copa América.The stadium in suburban East Rutherford, New Jersey, is among the contenders for the final of the expanded 48-nation, 104-game World Cup on July 19, 2026, along with AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.“I speak on behalf of New Jersey but also as our partner of New York City, do not underestimate how aggressive we’re prepared to be to get the best package of games possible,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said during a telephone interview last fall.FIFA has not set a date for announcing the sites of specific games and could not provide details on renovations at other stadiums, spokesman Lenny Santiago said. For the 1994 tournament, FIFA announced sites of specific games in June 1992, awarding the final to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.Heimo Schirgi, who replaced Colin Sm...

Kia EV9, Toyota Prius and Ford Super Duty pickup win 2024 North American SUV, car and truck awards

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:15 GMT

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The Kia EV9 large electric SUV won the 2024 North American Utility of the Year award, while the Toyota Prius hybrid took the top car honors, and Ford’s Super Duty pickup won the truck award.The honors, announced Thursday at a meeting of the Automotive Press Association in Detroit, are often used in advertising by automakers. About 50 automotive journalists from the U.S. and Canada tested and rated the vehicles based on how much they set new benchmarks for their segment of the automobile market. All of the SUV finalists this year have electric versions including the electrified GV70 small SUV from Genesis, Hyundai’s luxury brand, and the Hyundai Kona and Kona EV. In addition to the Prius and its plug-in version called the Prius Prime, car finalists included Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 EV and the redesigned Honda Accord midsize sedan.Truck finalists included General Motors’ redesigned Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup and the Chevy Silverado EV pickup.The...

Trump’s lawyers want special counsel Jack Smith held in contempt in 2020 election interference case

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:15 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Thursday pressed to have special counsel Jack Smith’s team held in contempt, saying the prosecutors had taken steps to advance the 2020 election interference case against him in violation of a judge’s order last month that temporarily put the case on hold.Citing “outrageous conduct,” the Republican presidential candidate’s attorneys told U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, D.C., that she should consider holding Smith and two of his prosecutors in contempt for turning over to the defense thousands of pages of evidence and an exhibit list while the case was paused and for filing more than a week later a motion that they said “teems with partisan rhetoric” and “false claims.”“In this manner, the prosecutors seek to weaponize the Stay to spread political propaganda, knowing that President Trump would not fully respond because the Court relieved him of the burdens of litigation during the Stay,”...

Russia and Ukraine exchange long-range attacks as their front-line forces remain bogged down

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:15 GMT

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that its air defenses shot down 10 Ukrainian air-launched missiles over Crimea, as both sides in the war pounded each other with long-range aerial strikes while fighting along the front line remained largely deadlocked.One person was wounded by the falling debris of a downed aerial target in Sevastopol, a major port and the largest city on the Russia-annexed Crimean Peninsula, regional Gov. Mikhail Razvozhayev said.Russian military bloggers posted video of air raid sirens wailing in Sevastopol during the day, and traffic was suspended on the bridge connecting the peninsula, which Moscow seized illegally a decade ago, with Russia’s Krasnodar region. The span is a key supply link for Russia.On Wednesday night, Russia fired two S-300 missiles at central Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, which in the past week has come under almost daily aerial attack, according to regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov.One person was killed in Russia’s morning...