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Apaches tell court copper mine would harm sacred sites

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:20:55 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — A Native American group that’s trying to stop an effort to build one of the largest copper mines in the United States told a full federal appeals court panel Tuesday that the project would prevent Apaches from exercising their religion by destroying land they consider sacred. U.S. federal government plans for a land swap that will allow Resolution Copper to build the mine will destroy the land in eastern Arizona known as Oak Flat, “barring the Apaches from ever accessing it again and ending their core religious practices forever,” said attorney Luke Goodrich, arguing for the group Apache Stronghold. “We asked the court today to recognize the obvious — that when the government destroys a sacred site, religious liberty law has something to say about it,” Goodrich, vice president and senior counsel at the nonprofit legal institution Becket Law, said in a prepared statement distributed after the hearing in Pasadena, California. “A win for Apache Stronghold wil...

HealthEquity: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:20:55 GMT

DRAPER, Utah (AP) — DRAPER, Utah (AP) — HealthEquity Inc. (HQY) on Tuesday reported a loss of $209,000 in its fiscal fourth quarter.The Draper, Utah-based company said it had a loss of less than 1 cent on a per-share basis. Earnings, adjusted for pretax expenses and stock option expense, came to 37 cents per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 34 cents per share.The provider of services for managing health care accounts posted revenue of $233.8 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $229.4 million.For the year, the company reported that its loss narrowed to $26.1 million, or 31 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $861.7 million.HealthEquity expects full-year earnings in the range of $1.74 to $1.87 per share, with revenue in the range of $960 million to $975 million._____This story was generated by Automated ...

Oklahoma top court rules women have a right to abortion when pregnancy risks their health, not just in medical emergency

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:20:55 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma top court rules women have a right to abortion when pregnancy risks their health, not just in medical emergency.Source

Littleton police searching for armed robbery suspect

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:20:55 GMT

LITTLETON, Colo. (KDVR) -- Police in Littleton are searching for an armed robbery suspect and temporarily had two nearby schools on secure perimeter. According to LPD's tweets, the robbery occurred at Promise Park near the intersection of South Bannock Street and West Powers Place. Rapidly spreading deadly fungus already in Colorado, presents ‘urgent’ threat LPD said the suspects ran away after the robbery.Little High School and Littleton Prep were on secure perimeter but were cleared for dismissal around 3:45 p.m.People who live nearby are asked to shelter in place.A suspect description was not posted by LPD on Twitter and it's not clear what type of weapon the suspect was armed with.

Pueblo mom shot twice, survived attempted carjacking

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:20:55 GMT

PUEBLO, Colo. (KDVR) -- A mother of two is thankful to be alive after she said she was the target of a carjacking turned shooting outside her home. “They blocked me in. Then another car came up and they blocked me in,” said Chanise Sena. Sena said she was leaving for work a little after 8:30 in the morning back on Feb. 28. "The boy jumps out of the passenger side, he has a mask on and told me to give him my keys," Sena said. Terrified Sena said she walked back towards her front door with her car keys in hand. “I turned my back for one second. They didn’t even hesitate — I heard the two shots — the next thing I was on the floor," Sena. The group fled the scene without her car. Sena said she screamed for help. “I said, 'Call 911 I just got shot, I can’t move my legs,'" Sena said. Sena was shot twice. One of the bullets entered her back, just missing her spine. The other bullet went through her glute into her bladder and then shattered the femur in one of her legs. She is now...

Family waiting for a heart transplant for 20-month-old has car stolen with baby's belongings inside

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:20:55 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- The hits just keep coming for the Griego family.They are from New Mexico, but they are staying in Aurora while their baby waits for a heart transplant at Children's Hospital Colorado.Twenty-month-old Crystal was born with multiple heart defects and was transferred to the hospital in December. The family is staying at Brent's Place near Colfax and Peoria in Aurora. It's a long-term housing option for families with sick children. Moving trailer with $100K in family’s belongings stolen in Northfield Overnight, the mother's grey Kia Sorento was stolen from the Brent's Place parking lot with Crystal's belongings inside."We come out this morning and my car is missing and it was just like traumatizing because what more could happen during such a difficult time already," said Debra Griego, Crystal's mom.Surveillance video showed the suspects walking up to the building and then stealing the car. Griego says the car is insured, and she doesn't care about the car...

Denver's bicycle-related crashes half what they were 5 years ago

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:20:55 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Deadly car crashes and those with serious injuries are up in Colorado and Denver, but there is a piece of positive growth on the side. The capital city's plan to protect bicyclists with hundreds of miles of their own special lanes seems to be working.Bicycle-related crashes in Denver are at their second-lowest levels in the last ten years, according to traffic accident records kept by the Denver Police Department. Rapidly spreading deadly fungus already in Colorado, presents ‘urgent’ threat This trend has been years in the making. Bicycle-related crashes in Denver reached their highest levels in 2015 and in 2018. After 2018, the annual number has fallen. The last three years were the three lowest in the last ten years. Denver had the fewest bicycle-related crashes in a decade in 2021, with 161 throughout the year. They rose slightly in 2022, with 171. Overall, the number of bicycle-related crashes has been falling since 2018. Between 2013 and 2018, there were...

Police searching for 3 shooters in Hallandale Beach after at least 2 people shot

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:20:55 GMT

Shots rang out in Hallandale Beach, striking several people, and now police are actively looking for three shooters they say fled from the scene on foot. Police arrived to the scene, in the area of South Dixie Highway, north of the county line, around 4 p.m., Tuesday. A neighbor said he heard four shots.According to reports, multiple people were shot in the area and two of them reportedly drove themselves to Aventura Hospital.7Skyforce hovered over the scene as police investigated the shooting. A perimeter has been established in the area as law enforcement search for the suspected gunmen described as wearing black hoodies K-9 units are also on the scene for the search. The conditions of those that were shot remain unknown. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Threat of EU trade war would not push UK government to override Northern Irish concerns

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:20:55 GMT

The threat of a trade war with Europe would not give the British government cause to overrule unionist objections to future EU trade laws in Northern Ireland, a senior U.K. minister has pledged.Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris made the commitment Tuesday to the Commons EU scrutiny committee, on the eve of a parliamentary vote to approve regulations governing the so-called Stormont Brake.The “brake” is a key part of the Windsor Framework, the wider U.K.-EU agreement on making post-Brexit trade rules work in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland remains the only part of the U.K. still bound to EU goods regulations. The new laws published Monday offer unionists in the Northern Ireland Assembly the power to object to future EU laws governing goods standards — but also gives London ill-defined wiggle room to disregard such a unionist petition if U.K. ministers cite “exceptional circumstances.”Democratic Unionist MP Gavin Robinson told Heaton-Harris the Stormont Brake was there...

3 students taken to hospital after ingesting edibles at school in Dorchester

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:20:55 GMT

Three students were taken to the hospital Tuesday after eating what appeared to be cannabis edibles at a school in Dorchester, officials said. Boston school officials said students were taken to the hospital as a precaution, with EMS crews responding shortly after 12 p.m. Police later confirmed an investigation was ongoing as of Tuesday afternoon.The incident happened at the Henderson Upper School in Dorchester, where the school’s interim head of school sent a letter to school community members discussing the situation. Interim Head of School Stephanie Sibley said school staff notified Boston Public Schools Safety Services and Boston Police as well as the school nurse and the families of all students involved. Sibley said Boston EMS was also notified. Sibley noted that drugs and paraphernalia are banned on school grounds, adding that school staff will conduct searches if needed. Students who bring or distribute illegal substances will also face disciplinary action und...