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Starbucks beats sales forecasts as China recovers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:04 GMT

Starbucks posted stronger-than-expected sales in its fiscal second quarter as demand in China began to recover, but the company said that sales growth could moderate as the year progresses.The Seattle coffee giant said Tuesday that its net revenue jumped 14% in the January-March period to $8.72 billion. That was better than the $8.41 billion Wall Street had forecast, according to analysts polled by FactSet.Same-store sales — or sales at stores open at least a year — rose 11% as traffic picked up in stores. That also beat analysts’ forecast of a 7.3% increase.Same-store sales in China were up 3%, reversing a 29% decline the company saw in its October-December period due to a spike in COVID infections. It was the first time Starbucks had seen positive same-store sales in China since 2021.Starbucks Chief Financial Officer Rachel Ruggeri said traffic is strong in the afternoons and on weekends at stores in China. But the company is still uncertain about post-pandemic customer patt...

Late winner by Alba moves Barcelona closer to league title

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:04 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Barcelona kept wasting its chances against 10-man Osasuna at Camp Nou.Its top attackers all squandered good opportunities to break the deadlock, with Ansu Fati, Pedri, Ousmane Dembélé and Robert Lewandowski failing to find the target despite clear chances.It took a veteran defender to come through and move the Catalan club a step closer to its first Spanish league title in four years.Jordi Alba scored an 85th-minute winner not long after coming off the bench to give Barcelona a hard-fought 1-0 win against 10-man Osasuna on Tuesday.The victory gave Barcelona a 14-point lead over second-place Real Madrid, which later lost 2-0 at Real Sociedad. The combination of results means that the Catalan club can clinch the title as early as next weekend.“It was a very big step for us, but we suffered too much, wasted too many clear chances to score,” Barcelona coach Xavi said.Both Madrid and Osasuna are focused on Saturday’s Copa del Rey final between the clubs in Seville. Madrid i...

Escaped Mississippi prisoner found dead in New Orleans

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:04 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man who escaped from a Mississippi jail on April 22 has been found dead at a truck stop in New Orleans, authorities announced Tuesday.A security guard patrolling the truck stop Sunday morning found Casey Grayson, 34, unresponsive in a white pickup over one week after he and three other inmates escaped from the Raymond Detention Center near Jackson, Mississippi’s capital, Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said.Grayson is the third escaped prisoner to be found in a multi-agency hunt. Dylan Arrington died after barricading himself in a central Mississippi home and setting it on fire during an armed standoff with deputies on April 26. He is suspected of killing 61-year-old Anthony Watts and stealing his truck after the escape. Jerry Raynes was arrested on April 27 after allegedly stealing a public works vehicle and fleeing to Texas. Investigators recovered drug paraphernalia in the truck where Grayson was found. But his cause of death will not be determined until ...

Family of dead bride urges drivers not to drive drunk

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:04 GMT

The mother of the bride had just unwound with a change of clothes and a glass of wine on her short-term rental’s balcony when the sound of sirens gave the first impression that her daughter’s wedding night had gone awry.Within minutes, Lisa Miller was riding with her new in-laws to the South Carolina beach road where authorities say a woman driving under the influence at twice the speed limit slammed into the golf cart escorting a happy couple away from their sparkler-filled goodbye at a reception overlooking the Atlantic shoreline.A day that had begun blissfully with charcuterie and mimosas along the beach ended with hours spent in agony outside a hospital where she had wrongly been told her daughter had been taken. Then, Lisa Miller said she learned that the bride’s father had identified the body back at the crash site.Samantha Miller, 34, died Friday in Folly Beach, South Carolina, while still wearing her wedding dress. The groom, Aric Hutchinson, is recovering ...

Rockies pitcher Germán Márquez needs Tommy John surgery

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:04 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Rockies right-hander Germán Márquez will have Tommy John surgery and miss the remainder of the season, the pitcher told reporters on Tuesday.The surgery has not been scheduled as of yet.Márquez left last Wednesday’s start at Cleveland after feeling a sharp pain in his elbow in the bottom of the fourth inning on his 58th pitch of the game. He was making his first start since April 10, when he left an outing against St. Louis with right forearm tightness and went on the 15-day injured list the next day.An MRI after the team returned from Cleveland did not reveal any structural damage but more testing showed he needs surgery.“I was hoping for the best but instinctively I knew,” manager Bud Black said.Márquez is 2-2 with a 4.95 ERA in four starts this season and is two strikeouts shy of tying Jorge De La Rosa for Colorado’s franchise record of 985.He was an NL All-Star in 2021 when the game was played at Coors Field in Denver. He pitched the fourth inning of that ...

Too many patients, too few nurses a problem in Prince George’s Co.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:04 GMT

Too few nurses are caring for too few patients at local hospitals — that’s the concern of the Prince George’s County, Maryland, council.On Tuesday, members passed a resolution that would allow the county’s health board to study nurse-to-patient ratios.“They’re overworked,” Council Vice Chair Wala Blegay said. “When a family member comes and says, ‘I took my mother to the Capitol Regional Hospital, and then I didn’t see the nurse and nobody came,’ and all that. That’s because of nurses overwhelmed.”Blegay sponsored the resolution for the health board to collect empirical data that involves nurse and support staff ratio, and how it would also affect patient care within the county.“Where will the nurses come from to implement the goal of this resolution?” Council member Calvin Hawkins said before voting for the resolution. “And is there a risk this could result in fewer health care services for Prince George’s County residents if st...

Extra paid sick leave for COVID-19 to end soon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:04 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The public health emergency is coming to an end, and so is a benefit that helps workers get paid through a case of COVID-19.Colorado has required paid sick leave for all employees since 2021, when the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act took effect. The law also requires up to 80 hours of additional paid sick leave during a public health emergency, like the COVID-19 pandemic.But that stage is coming to a close in the U.S., with the federal public health emergency to end on May 11. Colorado's emergency declaration will also end, the governor's office has said. So what does that mean for workers who need to use PHE leave for a COVID-related absence? Why you need to slow down to 20 mph on some Denver roads PHE leave applies not only to confirmed COVID cases but to related needs like testing, vaccination or caring for a family member. When the PHE ends, the benefit will not disappear right away.Employees can still use PHE leave for another four weeks after bot...

Embiid tops Jokic to win 1st MVP trophy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:04 GMT

Philadelphia 76ers center and league-scoring champion Joel Embiid earned his first NBA MVP trophy Tuesday night, topping two-time winner Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets.The 29-year-old from Yaoundé, Cameroon, averaged 33.1 points to win his second straight scoring title, averaged 10.2 rebounds and tied a career-high with 4.2 assists per game. Embiid played in 66 games, the second-highest total of his career, but again has been hit with injuries in the playoffs. Embiid has been sidelined with a sprained right knee that cost him one game of the playoff sweep against Brooklyn and the opening game of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Boston, which was won by Philadelphia on Monday night. Broncos add to defense in 2023 NFL Draft Jokic finished runner-up and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks was third. Embiid received 73 first-place votes. Jokic received 15 first-place votes, and Antetokounmpo got 12.“It's been a long time coming,” Embiid said. “A lot of hard work....

Arvada Police SRO busts a move at senior prom

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:04 GMT

ARVADA, Colo. (KDVR) -- Senior prom season is in full swing and kids across the state are showing off their best dance moves.That includes Arvada Senior High School, where a school resource officer was recently caught on camera line dancing with the students."Yes, school resource officers attend prom. Some, like Officer Albino Guerrero, are also pretty good dancers. Thank you, Arvada Senior High, for sharing the dance floor," the Arvada Police Department shared on Twitter. Denver’s oldest restaurant has been around for 130 years In the video, you can see Officer Guerrero dancing, twisting and having a good time with other students on the dance floor.

Joe’s Stone Crab hosts Boys & Girls Club Annual Claws for Kids

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:04 GMT

A special event had people eating crabs for a cause and giving back the Boys & Girls Club.The Boys & Girls Club of Miami-Dade held its 12th annual Claws for Kids hosted by Joe’s Stone Crabs.Attendees got the chance to enjoy Joe’s legendary stone crabs all in the name of positive programming for kids in our community.7News anchor Belkys Nerey had the honor of emceeing the program and handed out raffle prizes.“The beginning of summer and the time of greatest need for kids in our community,” said Sunbeam Television CEO Andy Ansin. “The Girls & Boys Club really needs the funds and is working to keep the kids involved and engaged.”“We provide, from recreational to educational to learning experiences, field trips, Everglades trips. The idea is for kids to have different experiences for them to grow and develop,” said Alex Rodriguez, President of Boys & Girls Club Miami-Dade.This year’s event was held in memory of Judy K...