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Almaden Minerals: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:54:21 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Almaden Minerals Ltd. (AAU) on Thursday reported a loss of $583,000 in its second quarter.On a per-share basis, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company said it had a loss of 1 cent.The company’s shares closed at 13 cents. A year ago, they were trading at 24 cents._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on AAU at https://www.zacks.com/ap/AAUSource

Lauderhill apartment fire injures infant, hospitalizes mother

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:54:21 GMT

An infant suffered minor injuries and a mother was hospitalized after a fire broke out on the fourth floor of an apartment building. On Thursday, just after 8:30 p.m., Lauderhill Fire Rescue responded to the scene of a structure fire in the area of 2600 NW 56th Ave. A two-fire alarm went off when the blaze started in an apartment, according to fire officials. The fire department’s Public Information Officer said an infant suffered minor burns on its arm and did not need to be transported. The infant’s mother suffered second-degree burns as she was carrying the child to prevent them from further harm; the mother was transported to Broward Health Medical Center. Firefighters managed to contain the fire to one apartment and has since been extinguished but the water from putting out the fire caused damage to the apartment below. The American Red Cross assisted six people in the apartment that caught fire, six adults in another unit, and four adults with eight children in ano...

Barnstable Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff arrested on assault charge

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:54:21 GMT

A Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff is facing criminal charges in connection with an incident involving a motorist, according to a statement the Office posted online.The Sheriff’s Office employee was pulled over by a state trooper on Route 28 in Bourne at about 2:45 p.m. on July 29 after the police received a call from a motorist, according to the statement.The employee was then arrested on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon and threatening to commit a crime. They have been placed on paid administrative leave.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Patriots fall to Texans in preseason opener in Bailey Zappe’s extended look [+gallery]

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:54:21 GMT

FOXBORO — The Zappe fever was mild on Thursday night at Gillette Stadium.The Patriots gave backup quarterback Bailey Zappe a surprisingly long look in their preseason opener against the Houston Texans, trotting out the second-year pro for the entire first half and the first series of the third quarter before he gave way to third-stringer Trace McSorley as starter Mac Jones dressed but took the night off.New England Patriots quarterback Malik Cunningham dashes toward the end zone for a touchdown against the Houston Texans during the second half of an NFL preseason game Thursday at Gillette Stadium. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)The New England Patriots cheerleaders perform during the second quarter of the NFL preseason game against the Houston Texans at Gillette Stadium on Thursday in Foxboro, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) August 10, 2023The New England Patriots cheerleaders perform during the second quarter of the NFL preseason game against the Houston Texans at Gillette Stadium on Thur...

Malaysia organizer seeks $2.7 million from British band whose gay kiss got a music festival canceled

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:54:21 GMT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The organizer of a Malaysian music festival is seeking 12.3 million ringgit ($2.7 million) in losses from British band The 1975, after its lead singer’s on-stage protest of the country’s anti-gay laws prompted authorities to shut down the festival, the company’s lawyer said Friday.Future Sound Asia sent a letter to the band on Monday demanding compensation over a breach of contract, said FSA lawyer David Dinesh Mathew.During the July 21 performance, Matty Healy used profanities in his speech criticizing the Malaysian government’s stance against homosexuality, before kissing bassist Ross MacDonald during the opening show at the Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur. Footage of the performance was posted on social media and sparked backlash in the predominantly Muslim country. In Malaysia, homosexuality is a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison and caning.The government slammed Healy’s conduct, blacklist the band from the cou...

EU climate chief Frans Timmermans is set to lead the center-left bloc into Dutch general elections

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:54:21 GMT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans is the only candidate to lead a merged campaign between two left-leaning parties in the Dutch general election in November, the parties announced Friday.Timmermans, a former Dutch foreign minister who is now the European Union’s climate chief, is set to be confirmed as leader of the Labor Party and Green Left campaign Aug. 22 after a vote by members.In a message Friday on X, formerly known as Twitter, the parties lauded Timmermans as a leader “who gives direction to a green and social course” for the Netherlands. “Who knows how to bridge differences, who wants to restore confidence and who has a clear vision for the future of our country.”Members of the two parties agreed last month to go into the Nov. 22 election with a shared manifesto and one list of candidates in an effort to unite the center-left vote in the splintered Dutch political landscape.The last four ruling Dutch coalitions have been...

Doctors in England walk off job again as pay dispute with UK government shows no progress

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:54:21 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of doctors in England walked off the job Friday for another four-day stretch, with growing concerns that their bitter pay dispute with the British government will drag on into the winter.The fifth round of strikes by doctors at the early stages of their careers is set to last until 7 a.m. Tuesday morning. Some of the junior doctors on strike started their first jobs in the state-funded National Health Service only days ago.The action by junior doctors, who do much of the routine work in hospitals and who work very long hours, will inevitably add to the backlog at the embattled health service. According to the NHS, the number of procedures and appointments being canceled or rearranged is set to hit 1 million by the time the doctors return to work, at a cost of 1 billion pounds ($1.27 billion).The British Medical Association, which represents the approximately 75,000 junior doctors, has been asking for a 35% pay bump to get pay back to 2008 levels once ...

China detains a military group worker suspected of spying for the CIA

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:54:21 GMT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has detained a worker from a military industrial group on suspicion of spying for the CIA, national security authorities said Friday, adding to the list of public accusations of espionage between Beijing and Washington.The Ministry of State Security, the country’s civilian spy agency, said in a statement that a military industrial worker surnamed Zeng had been providing military secrets to the CIA in exchange for large sums of money.The 52-year-old suspect had been sent to Italy to study by his employer. There, he met “an official with the U.S. embassy,” who later turned out to be a CIA agent, the ministry claimed.“Zeng gradually developed a psychological dependence on (the U.S. official), who took the opportunity to indoctrinate him with Western values,” the statement, posted on the ministry’s WeChat page, read.It added that the U.S. official promised the Chinese suspect large amounts of money and to help his family emigrate to the United States in excha...

Family of US publishing exec killed in Italy boat incident urges full investigation, accountability

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:54:21 GMT

ROME (AP) — The family of a U.S. publishing executive killed in a boating incident in southern Italy is urging Italian authorities to fully investigate the death and hold accountable anyone responsible.“We are cooperating with the Italian authorities in their investigations, and will continue to do so until they conclude,” said the statement late Thursday to The Associated Press by Mike White, husband of Adrienne Vaughan, on behalf of their family.Vaughan, the 45-year-old president of Bloomsbury Publishing’s U.S. branch, was killed Aug. 3 when the rented motorboat her family had hired slammed into a chartered sailboat off the Amalfi Coast.The motorboat’s skipper is under investigation for suspected manslaughter and causing a shipwreck, prosecutors have said. No charges have yet been announced.Salerno Prosecutor Giuseppe Borrelli said Aug. 5 that Vaughan was sunning herself on the boat’s bow and bounced into the water at the moment of impact. Two doctors who were among the pass...

A local train hits a truck at a crossing in central Poland, injuring 22 people

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:54:21 GMT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A local train hit a truck at a railway crossing in central Poland, leaving 22 people injured, firefighters said Friday. Four of those injured in the crash near Dalanowek were hospitalized, one in very serious condition who was taken by air ambulance, according to Janusz Majewski, deputy head of the regional firefighters. The firefighters posted photos on their Facebook showing the single-carriage local train with a damaged nose and the almost untouched cabin of the otherwise mangled truck, at a small crossing among fields. It was unclear whether anyone was injured in the truck, but train passengers and the driver were among those hurt.Accidents caused by trucks forcing priority at rural railway crossings are not infrequent in Poland. The Associated Press