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Axios
13 hours ago
- Axios
Denver leads 29 U.S. cities in homicide decline, report finds
Denver logged the steepest drop in homicides among 29 U.S. cities in the first half of 2025, according to a new report from the Council on Criminal Justice. Why it matters: It's another datapoint suggesting Denver is getting safer — especially when it comes to violent crime. The city's homicide rate has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade. By the numbers: Homicides in Denver fell 45% in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, per CCJ, a nonpartisan think tank. Since January 2019, killings are down 31%. Other major crimes also fell year-over-year: Carjackings: -27%. Car theft: -46%. Robbery: -20%. Residential burglary: -19%. Non-residential burglary: -36%. Yes, but: Not every trend is positive. Drug offenses rose 5%, and shoplifting ticked up 12%. The big picture: CCJ's report analyzed monthly crime data from 42 cities going back to 2019. It found that most criminal activity has fallen below pre-pandemic levels — a major narrative reversal from the COVID-era crime spikes.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Should You Buy, Sell or Hold CCJ Stock Before Q2 Earnings Release?
Cameco Corporation CCJ is scheduled to report second-quarter 2025 results on July 31, before the opening bell. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Cameco's second-quarter revenues is $630.7 million, indicating 44.3% growth from the year-ago quarter's actual. The consensus mark for CCJ's earnings for the quarter is pegged at 36 cents per share. It indicates a significant improvement of 260% from the prior-year quarter's reported figure of 10%. Over the past 60 days, the estimate has moved up 50%. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Cameco's Earnings Surprise History Over the trailing four quarters, Cameco's earnings missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate thrice and surpassed the same once. CCJ has an average trailing four-quarter negative earnings surprise of 48.50%. The trend is shown in the chart below. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research What the Zacks Model Unveils for CCJ Our proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for Cameco this time around. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. But that is not the case here. You can uncover the best stocks before they are reported with our Earnings ESP Filter. Earnings ESP: The Earnings ESP for Cameco is +18.69%. Zacks Rank: CCJ currently carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank stocks here. Factors Likely to Have Shaped Cameco's Q2 Performance CCJ has a 69.8% stake in the McArthur River mine and 83% in the Key Lake mill — the world's largest high-grade uranium mine and mill. Cameco has a 54.5% interest in Cigar Lake, which is the world's highest-grade uranium 2025, the McArthur River/Key Lake and Cigar Lake operations are each expected to produce 18 million pounds of uranium. Cameco's attributable share of this total is projected at 22.4 million pounds, down slightly from 23.4 million pounds in company has guided to uranium sales between 31 million and 34 million pounds in 2025 compared with 33.6 million pounds sold in the previous the first quarter of 2025, Cameco's share of uranium production reached 6 million pounds, marking a 3% year-over-year increase. The impact on production of the planned maintenance shutdown at the Key Lake mill during the second quarter is expected to have been offset by improved mill availability at Cigar Lake. As a result, second-quarter production is likely to exceed the 6.2 million pounds recorded in the same period last year. Fuel services (which include UF6 conversion, UO2 and heavy water reactor fuel bundles) production for 2025 is expected to be in the band of 13-14 million kgU. The company had produced 13.5 million kgU in 2024. Production volume in the second quarter of 2024 was 2.9 kgU and sales volume was 2.9 kgU. We expect the second-quarter 2025 numbers to be higher than these levels and likely to have positively influenced CCJ's second-quarter performance. Uranium prices have under pressure this year due to oversupply and uncertain demand. Prices have averaged $72.59 per pound during the second quarter, down 17% year over year. However, Cameco's second-quarter revenues are likely to reflect the impact of fixed-price contracts on the portfolio. Meanwhile, the average unit cost of production at McArthur River/Key Lake is expected to have been higher, while the average unit production cost at Cigar Lake is expected to have trended down with increased planned production. The company has been lowering its debt levels, which is likely to have led to lower interest expenses, thereby boosting earnings. Cameco has been progressing to lower administration, exploration and operating costs, which is likely to have helped offset the impacts of elevated costs on its earnings. Cameco, in June, announced that it expects an increase of $170 million in its 49% equity share of Westinghouse Electric Company's (Westinghouse) 2025 second-quarter and annual adjusted EBITDA. This is tied to Westinghouse's participation in the construction project for two nuclear reactors at the Dukovany power plant in the Czech Republic. This is expected to aid Cameco's second-quarter results as well. CCJ's Price Performance & Valuation Cameco shares have appreciated 75.3% in the past three months, outpacing the industry's return of 5.5%. In comparison, the Zacks Basic Materials sector and the S&P 500 have gained 8.3% and 15.2%, respectively. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Meanwhile, the company's peer Energy Fuels UUUU has surged 125% in the past three months while Uranium Energy UEC has gained 67.8%. Cameco stock is trading at a forward price-to-sales ratio of 13.31 compared with the industry's 1.24. It is also above its five-year median of 6.60. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The company is, however, cheaper than peer Energy Fuels' and Uranium Energy's price-to-sales ratios of 21.91 and 50.78, respectively. Investment Thesis on Cameco Geopolitical events, energy security concerns and the global focus on the climate crisis amid rising low-carbon energy demand have created tailwinds for the nuclear power industry. Given CCJ's high-grade assets and diversified portfolio spanning the nuclear fuel cycle, it is well-poised to capitalize on these trends. Cameco accounted for 16% of global uranium production in 2024. Supported by a strong balance sheet, CCJ is making investments to boost its capacity. However, the current decline in uranium prices is concerning. Also, changes to the Mineral Extraction Tax for uranium in Kazakhstan will impact its earnings. Should You Buy CCJ Stock Now? Cameco is likely to deliver improved results in the second quarter, supported by higher sales volumes and contributions from the Fuel services segment and Westinghouse. However, an earnings beat seems unlikely in the quarter. Considering CCJ's stretched valuation, steering clear of the stock for now seems prudent. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Cameco Corporation (CCJ) : Free Stock Analysis Report Energy Fuels Inc (UUUU) : Free Stock Analysis Report Uranium Energy Corp. (UEC) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research
Sunday World
5 days ago
- Sunday World
Mum burned with blowtorch during three-hour torture by eight-man gang slams ‘animals'
'so cruel' | 'I was beaten, stabbed and burnt – tortured to confess to something I knew nothing about,' she said. During a three hour period in September last year in which she was put through 'unimaginable trauma', the woman was beaten to the head and body with metal poles. She was burned with a makeshift blow torch and a heated hammer head, cut with a knife, kicked and punched, had her hair cut off and was threatened with rape, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard. The men took running jumps at her during the assault in a one bedroom flat at Henrietta House, Dublin 7, threatened to make her drink ammonia and also threatened to rape her teenage daughter. She was terrified throughout and thought she was going to die, Caroline Cummings BL, prosecuting, told the sentence hearing today. Left to right: Sean Conroy (21), Mark McMahon (55), Mark Keogh (33), Kian Walshe (22), Braxton Rice (20). All five admitted to falsely imprisoning and assaulting the woman at Henrietta House in Bolton Street, Dublin 7, on September 26, 2024. News in 90 Seconds - July 25th The assault only ended when gardaí entered the flat with a search warrant, the court heard. All of the men, who have between one and 124 previous convictions respectively, were on bail at the time of the offence. In text messages read out in court, one of the men boasted to a friend during the incident that they had a 'hostage' and had 'cut her up', to which this unidentified man replied: 'quality'. Phone video footage taken inside the flat that day was also played in court, which showed the woman bloodied and distressed and a hammer being heated up on a hob. Read more The woman was left with a broken eye socket, broken cheekbone, broken nasal bone, broken elbow, burns, dislocated teeth, bruising and lacerations across her head and scalp among other injuries. She required skin grafts, staples to her scalp and later had surgery to remove a disc in her back, the court heard. She spent three weeks in hospital in the immediate aftermath of the assault. Five of the eight men present that day entered guilty pleas, while another man and a juvenile are still before the courts. The eighth person is not before the courts. Sean Conroy, from Silloge Road, Ballymun, Dublin pictured at the Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ) on Parkgate Street. Photo: Mark Keogh (33), Mark McMahon (55) and Braxton Rice (21), all of Henrietta House, Henrietta Place, Dublin 7, along with Sean Conroy (21) of Sillogue Road, Ballymun and Kian Walshe (22) of Constitution Hill, Dublin 7, all pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and assault causing harm to the woman at Henrietta House on September 26, 2024. A number of other counts against each man relating to the production of articles in the course of an offence, were taken into consideration. In her victim impact statement, which was read out by the investigating officer, the 38-year-old woman said she was 'petrified' in the flat. 'If police didn't come in through that door that day, I was sure I was dead,' she said, describing the men as 'animals'. 'I was beaten, stabbed and burnt – tortured to confess to something I knew nothing about,' she said. '...The smell of my skin burning, I will never get that smell out of my mind again,' she said, adding that she was 'completely helpless' and outnumbered by the eight men. 'I never knew humanity could be so cruel,' she said. Detective Garda Peter Guyett told the court that at the time of the incident, the woman and her then partner were staying with one of the men whose case is still before the court. While there, the woman became aware this man was holding drugs in his house. On the day in question, this man and another person approached the woman in the house and told her: 'Come on, we've to go', before she was put into an Audi containing two other men and driven to Henrietta House. There were eight men in the flat and a 'baby-faced' man, who later emerged to be Rice, started interrogating her about a €90k batch of cocaine that had gone missing from the home she was staying in. Rice accessed the woman's Facebook account and demanded her mother's address, threatening to rape her teenage daughter who was staying there. He started hitting her across the head with a metal pole before he 'lost control' and started hitting her all over her body, the court heard. An older man, later identified as McMahon, whose flat it was, held a hatchet up to her face while his son Keogh, referred to in court as 'Sparky' hit her across the head with a pole. Conroy kicked her face. 'Every person there hit her,' Ms Cummings said. 'Not one of them didn't get involved'. She said the men would walk into the next room so they had more space in order to run at the woman with speed while assaulting her. While she was being hit and kicked, Braxton heated the head of a hammer up and pressed it 'over and over' against her bare legs, the court heard. They cut her hair which the woman later described as 'the ultimate humiliation'. At one point, she heard the men on the phone to their 'boss' who said: 'Strip her off and get her into bed and bugger her.' They didn't do this but they told her a 'black man' was coming to rape her, the court heard. The man whose house she was staying in was told by the others to get involved and he cut her legs with some sort of blade. They used an aerosol can and a lighter as a makeshift blowtorch to burn her. The woman thought the incident lasted for an hour and a half, but CCTV footage showed she was in the flat for three hours before gardaí entered, the court heard. The woman was visibly bloodied and bruised, extremely distressed and there was blood on the chair under her as well as clumps of hair scattered around the flat. The men tried to pretend that she had been injured outside by a third party and they were helping to clean her up, but the woman was taken to another room where she disclosed that they had been torturing her. 'I was being beaten to a pulp by all these men for absolutely no reason,' she later told gardaí. 'They used steel poles, hammers, makeshift blowtorches and lighters to torture me.' The woman was present in court for the sentence hearing and after lunch, Ms Cummings informed Judge Pauline Codd that it was suspected that someone in court had been recording her. A device had been seized, the court heard. Prosecution counsel said people had been staring at the woman and moving closer to her in court. Judge Codd ordered that there be no recording in court, reminding those in the public gallery that this is in contempt of court. In her victim impact statement, the woman said that the men had tortured her family information out of her and the threat of rape against her daughter had destroyed her. She said she now isolates herself from her family so they will never be in danger again. She said the torture she endured was the longest three hours of her life and she continues to suffer from flashbacks, constant headaches, pain all over her body 'from all the hits I took that day'. She is still waiting on a psychological appointment, she said. 'What happened to me is something I will never forget,' she said. 'I will never forgive those sick human beings for what they have done to me.' Concluding her statement, she said: 'To the people who did this to me: I hope you can sleep well at night, because I most certainly can't.' Judge Codd thanked the woman for attending court. 'She has been through unimaginable trauma,' she said. The court heard McMahon has 27 previous convictions, including drug dealing and possession, burglary, robbery and malicious damage. Keogh has 124 previous convictions, including drug dealing and possession, possession of knives, assault causing harm and escaping custody. Conroy has 89 previous convictions including drug dealing and possession, burglary and possession of knives. Rice has 12 previous convictions including drug dealing and possession while Walshe has one previous conviction. The maximum sentences for false imprisonment and assault causing harm are life and 10 years respectively. Judge Codd adjourned the case to next Wednesday, when defence counsel will give their pleas of mitigation.
Sunday World
18-07-2025
- Sunday World
Face of man who sexually abused his three-year-old cousin as he's jailed
UNMASKED | The court heard that Dowling was Mr Murphy's older cousin and would babysit him and his brother. Darren Dowling pictured at the Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ) on Parkgate Street in Dublin. Photo: Paddy Cummins Darren Dowling (48) of Palace Flats, Palace Close, St Saviour, Jersey, UK, was found guilty of eight counts of oral rape and three counts of indecent assault that took place at a Clondalkin address between 1990 and 1993 against his cousin Alan Murphy following a Central Criminal Court trial in July 2024. Mr Murphy has waived his anonymity to have Dowling named. Dowling has three previous convictions, all from Jersey in the UK. The court heard that one of the convictions involved him engaging in messages with an undercover police officer in which he sent a picture of himself holding a 10-month-old child on his knee, and referring to how excited he was and that there was a bulge in his pants. He was sentenced to 9 months for this offence. At a previous hearing, Justice Paul Burns said the crimes had an adverse effect on Mr Murphy, leading to him having behavioural problems and abusing alcohol and drugs as a teenager to block out the memory of the abuse. The birth of his own children helped him to come to terms with his addictions. Darren Dowling pictured at the Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ) on Parkgate Street in Dublin. Photo: Paddy Cummins Today's News in 90 Seconds - July 18th 'He is rightly proud of himself for seeing it (the trial process) through, and the court hopes that with further intervention and support from his loving family, he will continue to recover,' Mr Justice Burns said. He set a headline sentence of 13 years for the oral rapes and eight years for the sexual assault, given that the victim was a very young boy at the time of the offending, and his cousin had been placed in a position of trust. He also acknowledged that the abuse had happened in the victim's home, a place which 'ought to have been a place of safety', Mr Justice Burns said. He reduced the headline sentences to six and a half years and four years respectively, given that Dowling was a juvenile at the time of the offending. Read more Mr Justice Burns then imposed concurrent sentences of five years and three years before he suspended the final 12 months of the five-year term on strict conditions, including that Dowling engage with the Probation Supervision upon his release. The case was adjourned for mention to allow for the hearing of a case in the Supreme Court in relation to the naming of juvenile accused persons when they reach adulthood, and therefore could not be reported until now. At the previous hearing, Detective Garda Sharon Duncan told Grainne O'Neill, BL, prosecuting, that on July 12 of this year, a jury found Dowling guilty of 11 counts. The court heard that Dowling was Mr Murphy's older cousin and would babysit him and his brother. The court heard that while Dowling was babysitting, he would bring Mr Murphy upstairs to the bathroom and place his penis into Mr Murphy's mouth and move his head back and forward. Mr Murphy stated in his evidence that the door would be closed and the offending would last between 10 and 15 minutes. Mr Murphy's brother was outside the bathroom or on the stairs while this was happening. The court heard that the abuse would take place 'on each and every occasion' that Dowling would babysit. Mr Murphy described how he would scream and hold onto his mother's leg when she was going out. Mr Murphy was aged between three and six at the time of the offending, and Dowling was aged between 13 and 16. Mr Murphy's mother gave evidence during the trial, in which she said that Dowling had begun babysitting her sons around the time of Italia 1990. She said that her son disclosed the abuse to her when he was 15 years old. Mr Murphy's brother gave evidence that Dowling would bring his brother to the bathroom. He said the door was closed and possibly locked, as he had tried to enter the bathroom once but could not. He said that when his brother came out of the bathroom, he would be upset and crying. The Director of Public Prosecutions placed the offences in the 10-15 year band. The court was told that the maximum sentence available for section 4 rape is life in prison and 10 years for each of the indecent assault counts. Detective Garda Duncan read Mr Murphy's victim impact statement to the court, which said: 'I never understood the effect the abuse had on me until I gave up drinking and drugs. I was always acting up and misbehaving. I turned to drink and drugs as an early teen to block out the abuse. No one knew why I was so moody.' He said I was so embarrassed and ashamed of people finding out. 'I was just a little boy; why would he do that to me? It makes me feel sick. I want my boys to know never to be afraid to tell the truth.' He concluded by saying: 'I am so grateful for the results of the trial.' Det Gda Duncan agreed with Hugh Hartnett, SC, defending, that his client met with gardai in Jersey on a voluntary basis and did not contest this extradition from Jersey. Mr Hartnett said his client was a child at the time of the offending. He said it is 34 years since these offences took place, and his client had set up a life for himself in Jersey. Counsel said Dowling was first told that no prosecution would take place, and then that decision was reversed. He said that there was one 'blemish' on his client's record for which he received a nine-month sentence. Mr Hartnett handed letters of testimonial into the court, which described Dowling as a helpful and kind person to his friends. He asked the court to take into account the very serious factors that distinguished this case from others; he outlined that his client was a child at the time of the offending. He said there was no use of violence except for the act itself, and no threat was made.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Virginia Lottery Pick 3 Night, Pick 3 Day results for July 13, 2025
The Virginia Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here's a look at July 13, 2025, results for each game: DAY drawing at 1:59 p.m. NIGHT drawing at 11 p.m. each day. Night: 5-8-6, FB: 1 Day: 6-0-7, FB: 9 Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here. DAY drawing at 1:59 p.m. NIGHT drawing at 11 p.m. each day. Night: 5-4-1-1, FB: 3 Day: 3-1-2-7, FB: 1 Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here. DAY drawing at 1:59 p.m. NIGHT drawing at 11 p.m. each day. Night: 0-0-6-2-5, FB: 6 Day: 0-7-2-3-5, FB: 5 Check Pick 5 payouts and previous drawings here. Drawing everyday at 9 p.m. 01-13-21-30-31, Cash Ball: 03 Check Cash4Life payouts and previous drawings here. Drawing times: Coffee Break 9 a.m.; Lunch Break 12 p.m.; Rush Hour 5 p.m.; Prime Time 9 p.m.; After Hours 11:59 p.m. Coffee Break: 08 Prime Time: 07 Rush Hour: 15 Lunch Break: 15 Check Cash Pop payouts and previous drawings here. Drawing every day at 11 p.m. 05-18-28-42-43 Check Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here. Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Center for Community Journalism (CCJ) editor. You can send feedback using this form. This article originally appeared on Staunton News Leader: Virginia Lottery Pick 3 Night, Pick 3 Day results for July 13, 2025
