Home

United Insurance: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:41:09 GMT

SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — United Insurance Holdings Corp. (UIHC) on Thursday reported profit of $18.2 million in its second quarter.The Saint Petersburg, Florida-based company said it had profit of 42 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and to account for discontinued operations, were 65 cents per share.The property and casualty insurance company posted revenue of $79.3 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $85.9 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on UIHC at https://www.zacks.com/ap/UIHCSource

Adtalem: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:41:09 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — CHICAGO (AP) — Adtalem Global Education Inc. (ATGE) on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $22.2 million.On a per-share basis, the Chicago-based company said it had profit of 50 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.03 per share.The for-profit education company posted revenue of $364.6 million in the period.For the year, the company reported profit of $93.4 million, or $2.05 per share. Revenue was reported as $1.45 billion.Adtalem expects full-year earnings in the range of $4.20 to $4.40 per share, with revenue in the range of $1.46 billion to $1.52 billion.Adtalem shares have increased 24% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $43.94, a rise of 13% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on ATGE at https://www.zacks.com/ap/ATGESource

5.3 magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey wounding at least 23 people and damaging buildings

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:41:09 GMT

ISTANBUL (AP) — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook southern Turkey on Thursday, causing damage to buildings and wounding 23 people, Turkish officials said.At least 23 were injured as a result of Thursday’s quake, which was centered in the town of Yesilyurt in Malatya province and felt in Adiyaman, both provinces hit by the devastating earthquakes in February, which killed at least 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria.Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a social media post that the injuries sustained in Malatya and Adiyaman consisted of falls and people throwing themselves off buildings to avoid being crushed under a collapsed building.Private broadcaster NTV reported that some damage could be seen in buildings as a result of Thursday’s earthquake.Source

Maui wildfires: 53 killed by deadliest US blaze in years

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:41:09 GMT

WAILUKU, Hawaii (NEXSTAR) — The search of the wildfire wreckage on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities as firefighters battled the stubborn blaze that has already claimed 53 lives, making it the deadliest in the U.S. in recent years.Fueled by a dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane, the fire started Tuesday and took the island by surprise, racing through parched growth and neighborhoods in the historic town of Lahaina, a tourist destination that dates to the 1700s and is the biggest community on the island's west side. PHOTOS: Intensifying fires wreak havoc on Maui Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Wednesday that 53 had died, making it the deadliest U.S. blaze since the 2018 Camp Fire in California, which killed at least 85 people and laid waste to the town of Paradise. The death toll will likely rise, though, as rescuers reach parts of the island that had been unreachable due to ...

‘I definitely don’t feel safe’: Vandals smash over a dozen car windows in Midtown parking garage amid string of break-ins

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:41:09 GMT

A Miami neighborhood has become a target for trouble, as residents of one apartment complex sound the alarm about car vandals breaking windows in their parking garage.Over the past two weeks, there have been multiple calls for service made to City of Miami Police from residents at Eve at The District, located along the 3600 block of Northeast First Avenue in Midtown.Residents who spoke with 7News on Thursday said the situation is getting worse.“Our gates are broken half the time. We’re hearing that these people are getting more organized, they’re coming more and more, in groups of them,” said resident Eddie Fernandez. Cellphone video recorded by a resident captured a car’s smashed driver’s side window and glass on the ground.“Look at this. This is insane. This is unsafe building,” the resident is heard saying in the video.As for the motive, the victims said they’re drawing a blank, because the window whackers are not grabbing any valua...

West African bloc activates standby force for possible use against Niger junta

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:41:09 GMT

The Economic Community of West African States on Thursday ordered the activation of a standby force to possibly use against the military junta that orchestrated a coup in Niger last month, deposing democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum.“No option is taken off the table, including the use of force as a last resort,” said Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, the chair of the ECOWAS bloc, after a summit of its leaders on Thursday in his country’s capital Abuja. According to reports, the standby force would likely take at least several weeks to assemble.ECOWAS, a bloc of 15 West African countries, had threatened to use military force against the coup leaders if they failed by August 6 to free and reinstate Bazoum — a key ally of the EU and especially France, which has strong ties to Niger. Paris had reportedly deployed about 1,500 French soldiers in the country under a bilateral military agreement aimed at fighting terrorism, and Niger is a crucial supplier of ura...

Visiting gymnastics coach denies voyeurism charge in Vermont

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:41:09 GMT

BARRE, Vt. (AP) — A visiting coach at a Vermont gymnastics center pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of voyeurism, accusing him of video recording people using a bathroom at the facility.Jonathan Girard, 39, of North Adams, Massachusetts, was working as a visiting coach at the Central Vermont Gymnastics Academy in Waterbury, officials said. Vermont State Police said they received a report on July 15 of video recordings said to have come from the bathroom at the center. Police seized a computer from Girard and found evidence of voyeurism, they said.Court documents accuse Girard of having a flash memory card on his computer containing video of children changing and using the bathroom at the academy, WCAX-TV reported. Girard owns J-Star Gymnastics gym in North Adams, Massachusetts, police said.A phone message was left for Girard’s attorney seeking comment.

MBTA speaks on continuing worker shortage, safety progress

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:41:09 GMT

The T has seen a surge of hiring in 2023, MBTA officials said at a Board of Directors subcommittee meeting Thursday morning, but not enough of a spike to quell the ongoing worker shortage.The agency has hired 782 new workers and lost 407 since the start of the year, Chief Workforce Officer Ahmad Barnes reported in a presentation to the board. The staffing count overall is still around 6,600, Barnes said, well short of the 7,600 positions budgeted for fiscal year 2024.But hiring in the new fiscal year starting July 1 is “off to a great start,” Barnes said, with an increase of 57 employees in just the last month.The agency has seen the most turnover in bus operator positions by far, Barnes said. Fifty-two have voluntarily departed, and another 102 were fired during the year.The agency signed off a new $55 million union contract with its workers at the start of August, raising pay 18% over four years and creates a number of new incentives in an effort to boost the workforce...

Red Sox notebook: Rafael Devers took Triston Casas under his wing, helped rookie turn season around

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:41:09 GMT

Triston Casas’ rookie season got off to a rough start. At times the 23-year-old seemed overmatched by big league pitching, and by the end of April he was batting .133 with a .283 on-base percentage and .293 slugging percentage, hardly the production the club had envisioned from their former top prospect.Luckily for Casas, he didn’t have to look hard to find another left-handed power hitter in the clubhouse he could turn to for advice.Through a series of conversations, meals and interactions around the ballpark, Rafael Devers took Casas under his wing and helped the talented first baseman adjust to the major leagues. The results have been undeniable, and now for three and a half months Casas has been among the most impactful hitters in baseball.“I think Raffy really got through him in his own way as a leader in the group,” said Red Sox hitting coach Peter Fatse. “It was really cool for Raffy to go out and push the envelop.”Devers said Casas approac...

Pot boss O’Brien apologizes as Massachusetts weed sales hit all-time high

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:41:09 GMT

Cannabis board boss Shannon O’Brien is apologizing for her recent outburst saying she was too blunt in saying the state’s legal weed rollout was in a “crisis.”It came on the same day the commission announced the Bay State has hit a new one-month high in legal weed sales — $136 million in July.The previous record was set in June when 150 marijuana retailers sold $132.9 million in gummies, pre-rolls, drinks and other assorted THC-infused products.“I want to begin by apologizing to my fellow commissioners regarding the way I made an announcement before I left our July 28th meeting. I know I caught you off guard and I know that there was some concern about that,” she said Thursday.“At the time,” she added, “I believed I was alerting you to an important eventuality that I only discovered the day before.”The $181,722-a-year chair of the commission went on to say: “I was not graceful in doing it. I apologize for what I did.”O’Brien explained ...