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How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 11/17/2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

Wall Street edged higher in quiet trading, closing out a third straight winning week and keeping November on track to be its biggest month of the year. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% Friday, near its highest level in three months. The Dow was little changed, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.1%. Several retailers reported better results for the latest quarter, joining a long list of companies in what’s been a stronger earnings reporting season than hoped. But the main reason for this week’s leap for stocks was rising hope that the Federal Reserve is done hiking interest rates and may turn to cutting them next year.On Friday:The S&P 500 rose 5.78 points, or 0.1%, to 4,514.02.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.81 points, or less than 0.1%, to 34,947.28.The Nasdaq composite rose 11.81 points, or 0.1%, to 14,125.48.The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 24.01 points, or 1.4% to 1,797.77.For the week:The S&P 500 is up 98.78 points, or 2.2%.The Dow is up 664.18 points, or ...

Larkspur shelter in place for escaped inmate

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Parts of Larkspur near Fox Farm and Spruce Mountain are under a shelter-in-place while police search for an escaped inmate.According to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, the county's SWAT team is in the area looking for Luis Fernando Certa-Regaldo.The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said he is considered armed and dangerous. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox Certa-Regaldo was arrested Wednesday in Weld County for suspicion of possession of a motor vehicle, obstruction and attempting to influence law enforcement. While in custody, he was taken to the Northern Colorado Medical Center in Greeley for medical clearance before being booked into the county jail.Around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night, Certa-Regaldo escaped from the hospital on foot.Certa-Regaldo is a white 27-year-old man, around 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing 200 pounds. He has brown eyes and when he was in custody he had black hair and a short beard. He also has a tatt...

Minnesota Vikings vs. Denver Broncos: TV channel, time, what to know

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Can the Denver Broncos continue their winning streak when the Minnesota Vikings come to Empower Field at Mile High Stadium this weekend?The 4-5 Broncos have strung together three wins in a row, including an upset over the Kansas City Chiefs on Oct. 12 and a nailbiter victory against the Buffalo Bills last weekend. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get Broncos, Nuggets, Rockies and more sports news The Vikings currently sit at 6-4 and are in playoff contention at this point.Tickets for Vikings vs. BroncosThere are plenty of seats available for this game, but getting through the gates is going to cost you. There are tickets available in nearly every section on the primary market, with the most affordable seats starting at $110.If you go to the secondary market, SeatGeek and StubHub both have tickets available starting at $101 per seat.How to watch Vikings vs. Broncos on TV and streamingThe NFL schedule makers got a lot of heat early in the season for giving the Broncos ...

2 Denver men sentenced for using the postal service, bus for narcotics distribution

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Two Denver men have been sentenced to prison after investigators determined they were using the U.S. Postal Service and commercial bus lines to distribute significant quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine from Arizona into the Denver metro area.Robert "Chicago" Ross, 42, and Jeremy Ford Moore, 39, were sentenced on Nov. 9 to serve 103 months (8.6 years) and 96 months (eight years), respectively, for narcotics distribution and possession. Colorado plastic surgeon sentenced in patient’s death after anesthesia mishap According to plea agreements and facts determined by the judge at sentencing, the pair possessed and distributed "significant" quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine. To do this, the two traveled to Arizona where they sourced the drugs. To transport the narcotics into Colorado they used the U.S. Postal Service and commercial bus lines. According to the District of Colorado's U.S. Attorney's Office, a proactive investigation resulted in agents sei...

Highlands Ranch woman sentenced to 40 years for newborn's death

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify the criminal charge in the plea.DENVER (KDVR) — A Highlands Ranch woman has been sentenced to 40 years in the Department of Corrections for the death of her newborn, whose body was found in a bathroom cabinet at her home.The matter came to light when the woman, Peyton M. Green, now 22, went to the UCHealth Highlands Ranch emergency room on Sept. 26, 2020. She consented to a Sexual Assault Nurses Examination and medical staff found injuries consistent with childbirth. Blood work and other tests also confirmed Green was pregnant. However, she denied ever having intercourse or birthing a child. 6 more officers charged in death of Christian Glass The case was reported to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office and deputies investigated Green's home. With her father's permission, deputies searched the house and found the newborn baby's body wrapped and hidden beneath a bathroom sink.Deputies also reached out to an ex-boyfriend of Green'...

Greenwood Village murder suspect arrested by Denver police

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — UPDATE: Denver police arrested murder suspect Justin Kautz on Friday, Nov. 17 after he was located by a task force.Kautz, 39, is suspected of first-degree murder in connection with an incident in a Greenwood Village retail parking lot on Oct. 19. A 39-year-old woman with Kautz at the time died in the incident. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox Kautz stands 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs around 180 pounds, police said. He has brown eyes, closely-cropped hair and a distinctive goatee. He was last seen driving a 2008 black Chevrolet Impala LTZ.Police said he is possibly armed and considered dangerous.Justin Kautz (Credit: Greenwood Village Police Department)“The further it goes from the original crime date, statistically, the harder it is to get that crime solved,” said Danny Young, Metro Denver Crime Stoppers co-president.Metro Denver Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information that leads to an arrest.“Normall...

Fire erupts at apartment building in Hialeah

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

Crews are battling fierce flames in a Hialeah neighborhood after a fire erupted at an apartment building. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene, located in the area of East Fifth Ave and 23rd Street, at around 5:45 p.m., Friday.Firefighters were seen attempting to put out the massive blaze. It remains unclear whether or not anyone was injured.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

South Florida firefighter gives father a second chance at life after donating kidney

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

A South Florida firefighter is used to risking his life to safely rescue others, but now his lifesaving donation is giving his neighbor a shot at a longer life. Karen Hensel has our 7Spotlight.For Bruno Ferretti, family is the light of his life, but a few months ago, he feared his time with them was running out.Bruno Ferretti, diagnosed with chronic kidney disease: “I was actually speaking to a dermatologist. He recommended, ‘Hey, let’s just get some quick blood work.’ Two weeks later, he calls me, and he leaves me a voice message, and he’s like, ‘Hey, you need to go to the hospital immediately. Something’s very wrong with you.'”At 35 years old, Bruno was diagnosed with Stage 4 chronic kidney disease.Bruno Ferretti: “Mine were so far gone that by the time that I found out, my only two options were going to be dialysis for the rest of my life or a transplant.”Bruno has hypertension, which is one of the most common causes of ...

Car crashes into beauty salon in North Miami; no injuries reported

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

A car crashed into a beauty salon in North Miami, officials said.North Miami Police and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to the scene, located at the intersection of Northwest Seventh Ave and 119th Street, just after 4:45 p.m., Friday.7Skyforce hovered above the scene where a sedan could be seen completely inside the business surrounded by broken glass from the storefront. No injuries have been reported.Officials said there is no structural damage to the building, as they continue to investigate.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Germany has ‘psychology of guilt’ when it comes to Holocaust, Israel, Erdoğan says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan traded barbs with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz over the Israel-Hamas war during a tense press conference on Friday evening, at one point suggesting Germany won’t criticize Israel because of the Holocaust. “Since we’re in a kind of psychology of guilt here, you can’t judge it that way, but we have no debt to Israel. If that were the case, then perhaps we wouldn’t be able to talk so easily. Nor have we gone through the history of the Holocaust,” the Turkish president said via an official German translator. Erdoğan, who paid an expectedly difficult visit to Berlin, used the joint press conference with Scholz to harshly criticize Israel for its daily airstrikes and ground operation in densely-populated Gaza, which has killed more than 11,500 Palestinians, including more than 4,500 children, according to separate counts from both the Palestinian Authority and the Hamas-run government’s media office in Gaza....