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Focus on Fentanyl: KRON4's special coverage

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:21:50 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- They're prescribed to treat pain, but addiction to opioids causes a different kind of suffering, not just for the drug's users, but for their loved ones, and for communities as well.Over the coming months, KRON4 is putting The Focus on Fentanyl. It's a drug that claims tens of thousands of American lives each year. Watch the video above as KRON4's Sara Stinson breaks down some of the numbers here in the Bay Area.

Ghislaine Maxwell's brother believes Jeffrey Epstein was murdered

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:21:50 GMT

(KRON) -- Convicted sex trafficker, one-time British socialite and former girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence in a low-security prison. Maxwell, 61, is now appealing her high-profile case. Ian Maxwell, Ghislaine’s brother, spoke to KRON4’s Vicki Liviakis from London about where things stand in the appeal process. Ghislaine Maxwell was at the center of an international sex scandal involving Epstein. “She wishes she had never met Jeff Epstein, and because the havoc that relationship has caused, not just Ghislaine, but really everybody that came in touch with him,” said Ian Maxwell.Businessman Ian Maxwell, brother of Ghislaine Maxwell gestures during an interview at his office in London, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Maxwell is serving 20 at a Tallahassee federal prison for her role in sex trafficking underage victims. In her recently filed appeal, she says she did not receive a fair trial.“...

Groupon: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:21:50 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — CHICAGO (AP) — Groupon Inc. (GRPN) on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $55.3 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.On a per-share basis, the Chicago-based company said it had a loss of $1.82. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 38 cents per share.The online daily deal service posted revenue of $148.2 million in the period.For the year, the company reported a loss of $237.6 million, or $7.88 per share, swinging to a loss in the period. Revenue was reported as $599.1 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on GRPN at https://www.zacks.com/ap/GRPNSource

GoHealth: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:21:50 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — CHICAGO (AP) — GoHealth, Inc. A (GOCO) on Thursday reported a loss of $61.4 million in its fourth quarter.The Chicago-based company said it had a loss of $7 per share.The company posted revenue of $69.4 million in the period.For the year, the company reported that its loss narrowed to $148.7 million, or $17.72 per share. Revenue was reported as $631.7 million.GoHealth expects full-year revenue in the range of $750 million to $850 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on GOCO at https://www.zacks.com/ap/GOCOSource

Potent offense powering Utah’s historic season

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:21:50 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is hungry to take a historic season one step further. The No. 2 Utes have a powerful enough offense to make big things happen in March.Utah boasts the nation’s fourth best scoring team, averaging 83.5 points on 48.5% shooting per game, and ranks in the top 10 nationally in five major statistical categories. That efficient and potent attack helped the Utes clinch a share of their first Pac-12 title with a victory over Stanford in their regular season finale.“It was just a moment where we proved to ourselves that we could really just do what we put our mind to, because that was one of our biggest goals starting the season out, and we accomplished that,” junior forward Alissa Pili said.Utah (25-4) will put its offense to the test in the first round against No. 15 seed Gardner-Webb (29-4) on Friday. Seventh-seeded North Carolina State (20-11) faces No. 10 seed Princeton (23-5) in the other first-round game in Salt Lake City.Pili helped spearhead Utah’s evoluti...

GOP congressmen: Halt offshore wind, probe whale deaths

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:21:50 GMT

WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Republican congressmen called Thursday for a halt to all offshore wind power projects amid a spate of whale deaths on the U.S. East Coast in what was likely the beginning of an expected investigation by the GOP-controlled House into the Biden administration’s clean energy plans.Reps. Jeff Van Drew and Christopher Smith, of New Jersey; Andy Harris, of Maryland; and Scott Perry, of Pennsylvania, held a hearing on the boardwalk in Wildwood near where New Jersey has authorized three offshore wind farms, with more to come. The hearing came as 29 whales have died on the East Coast since Dec. 1.Opponents of offshore wind, elected officials — most of them Republicans — and several community groups say they believe that preparatory work on the ocean floor has been responsible for the whale deaths, even though three federal and one state agency say there is no evidence that the two are related.Van Drew said that because President Joe Biden, New Jersey Gov. Phil Mur...

Student robbed at gunpoint outside DC high school

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:21:50 GMT

A Northwest D.C. high school student was robbed at gunpoint on his way into school Thursday morning, triggering a lockdown at the school and two others nearby. The District’s public schools chancellor was visiting the school when the lockdown occurred.At a news conference, the Metropolitan Police Department said that just before 10 a.m. Thursday, suspects in a Black Infiniti SUV pulled up in front of Coolidge High School on 5th Street NW.More Local NewsMore DC News“The driver of that suspect vehicle got out armed with a firearm, approached the student and demanded his property. The student did comply by turning over his property,” said D.C. police Cmdr. Carlos Heraud.When the suspects returned to the vehicle, one of them allegedly fired a shot toward the ground, then fled the scene, according to a news release from MPD. Police said they are still investigating those reports.“We did get several calls from the gunshots. We are still reviewing video and speaking...

Eiger BioPharma: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:21:50 GMT

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Inc. (EIGR) on Thursday reported a loss of $25.1 million in its fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the Palo Alto, California-based company said it had a loss of 57 cents.The biopharmaceutical company posted revenue of $2.7 million in the period.For the year, the company reported that its loss widened to $96.8 million, or $2.32 per share. Revenue was reported as $13.5 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on EIGR at https://www.zacks.com/ap/EIGRSource

First look at United's $2 million virtual deicing control room at DIA

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:21:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — FOX31 got the first look at a virtual deicing control hub that you’ll only find at United’s Denver International Airport hub.Thursday at DIA, as spring breakers met classic Colorado spring weather, conditions called for deicing.“Somebody once asked me what the best way to describe this,” United Airline's Move Team and Deice Operations Manager Melissa McNamara said. “I would say it's like a beautiful ballet.”McNamara runs the intricate deicing dance for United at DIA. She can now pull all of the strings virtually in their new $2 million deicing control room.“This control room allows us to cross utilize our pads a little bit better, more efficiently and in more safe manner, ultimately getting our customers to their destinations quicker,” McNamara said. Finally, Denver has its 1st measurable snow of March McNamara knows the importance of customer satisfaction closely. She started her career in aviation back in 2007 in Buffalo, New York with a customer service position...

Sobriety advocates call for substance-free seating at events

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:21:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — When most people think about seats for a sporting event or concert, they are typically looking for the best bang for their buck. For one group, finding seats that accommodate them while they are having fun can be a struggle.A group of advocates wants to make sure large venues in Colorado have seats that are free of drugs and alcohol while they navigate sobriety. Abortion bills advance in committee Duke Rumley is the executive director of Sober A.F. Entertainment."A.F. can stand for a lot of things. Sober A.F. can stand for sober and fun, it can stand for sober alcohol-free or we try to make it edgy," Rumley said.Rumley has been in sobriety for 33 years. He said a sober support group of Dead Heads helped him realize he could still enjoy shows sober."That helped me figure out that being sober could be tolerable. If I could, you know, still be able to go out see Grateful Dead shows and be around a community of people having fun at dead concerts, then I was like, wow, ...