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Yahoo
18-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Four hospitalized after Delaware County trench collapse
SUNBURY, Ohio (WCMH) — One man was buried up to his neck in dirt and mud after a trench collapse Monday at a Delaware County subdivision. According to BST&G Fire Chief Jeff Kovach, the crew was installing storm drains and waste management systems about 30 feet underground at a subdivision on Titleist Drive and Mill Stone Drive in Sunbury when the trench collapsed, trapping two men. Loved ones remember karaoke star killed at Buckeye Lake bar Kovach said one man was buried up to his neck in dirt and mud for more than two hours as about a dozen first responding agencies worked by hand to dig him out during a 'prolonged and meticulous operation' due to the danger of the trench collapsing even more. The wet dirt made the rescue efforts that much harder, the chief added. 'You have to be extremely careful,' Kovach said. 'It's one of the most hazardous rescues you can perform. Like the mayor had said, these typically end in tragedy, and the fact that both the victims survived is amazing in itself, but very labor intensive, a lot of equipment, a lot of personnel, especially with the heat and humidity.' The second man, according to a press release from BST&G Fire, was buried up to his waist; this man was rescued in a fairly short amount of time. Both men were taken to an area hospital for treatment. According to the press release, when first responders arrived at the scene, several people were in the trench trying to free the two men. American comfort food restaurant opens in downtown Reynoldsburg Kovach said that two other people were hospitalized due to injuries related to the heat after trying to rescue their coworkers. The conditions of those hospitalized have not been released. In addition to BST&G, other departments that responded to the scene include fire companies from Porter Kingdom, Genoa Township, Harlem Township, the City of Delaware, Berlin Township, Orange Township, Liberty Township, Monroe Township, and Columbus as well as Delaware County EMS, Sunbury Police, the Sunbury Service Department, and MedFlight. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
USA Today
17-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
52 days until Saints season opener: Every player to wear No. 52
A look through all the players that have worn No. 52 with the Saints. There are 52 days that separate us from the 2025 season opener for the New Orleans Saints. The Saints will open the year at home against the Arizona Cardinals to kick off their 59th NFL campaign and first under Kellen Moore as head coach. Linebacker D'Marco Jackson wears No. 52 at the moment for the Saints, as he looks to enter his fourth year in the NFL. Jackson is the 20th player to wear No. 52 for New Orleans in the regular season. Here is a look through all of them. Saints' History of No. 52 Harry Jacobs was the first to wear No. 52 for New Orleans, doing so for six games in 1970. He was followed by Frank Emanuel for three games in the number that same season. The first six players to wear 52 with the Saints through 1978 only did so for a combined 43 games. Dick Palmer and Skip Vanderbundt had 31 of those first player drafted by the Saints to wear 52 was Jim Kovach, a Round 4 choice in the 1979 NFL draft. Kovach played 83 games over seven years in New Orleans, the longest stretch of any to wear 52 for the franchise. He recorded 4 interceptions and 9.5 sacks with the team, all while simultaneously earning a medical degree at the University of Kentucky. Upon his retirement from the NFL, Dr. Kovach would also become an attorney and business owner. Mike Stonebreaker was the son of Steve Stonebreaker, star linebacker on the original Saints teams of 1967 and 1968. Mike didn't have nearly the same success as his father, playing only two games for the Saints in 1994. He was one of 10 of the 20 players who wore No. 52 with the franchise that did so for one season or less. Richard Harvey quietly had a solid career with bad New Orleans squads through the late 1990s. Harvey played 44 games with 34 starts in three years for the Saints, the longest stretch of any of six teams through a 11-year NFL career. Over his time with New Orleans, Harvey had 7 sacks with 4 forced fumbles and an Hodge had a similar career with the Saints in the early 2000s. A third round pick in the 2001 NFL draft, Hodge is the highest drafted player by the Saints to wear 52. He also did it for the third longest stretch, appearing in 63 games over five years in the only stop of his NFL career. Hodge didn't record an interception or sack, but broke up 11 passes and accumulated 211 total tackles as a Saint. Jeff Faine is the only offensive player to don 52 with New Orleans. He was the starting center for 30 of the first 32 games upon the arrival of Drew Brees and Sean Payton in 2006. Jonathan Casillas made Payton's squad as an undrafted rookie in 2009. Casillas earned a Super Bowl XLIV ring as a rookie, but his best of four years in New Orleans was with 3 sacks during the 2011 campaign. Craig Robertson arrived to the Saints as a free agent in 2016. Robertson played 78 games in five years with New Orleans, second only to Kovach as the longest tenure in No. 52. A terrific special teams player, Robertson also had 4 interceptions, 5 sacks, and 15 tackles for loss as a defender. D'Marco Jackson was a Round 5 choice in 2022 out of Appalachian State. He missed his rookie year with injury and has been a strong special teams contributor since. Jackson may need to show he can make a defensive contribution to make this year's roster. However, his physicality and open field athleticism could be an asset at linebacker as New Orleans employs a new defensive style in 2025.
CNBC
02-07-2025
- Business
- CNBC
Why Jim Cramer is not ready to blame AI for this year's Microsoft's layoffs
Microsoft on Wednesday announced its biggest round of layoffs this year — aimed at driving efficiencies and taking advantage of new technologies. Jim Cramer is not ready to blame AI for the job cuts. The software giant said it plans to reduce its global workforce by less than 4%, which translates to about 9,000 positions. It announced hundreds of job cuts in June and more than 6,000 in May . Roughly 1% of its workforce was eliminated in January based on performance. "The typical interview we have is how much of these layoffs are AI?" Jim noted on " Squawk on the Street " as the news was breaking. But he stressed that the real reasons for Microsoft's layoffs and others are that many companies have "too many people and they're trying to make the quarter." Microsoft did not directly explain its latest round of cuts, but a spokesperson told CNBC tech reporter Steve Kovach the tech giant continues to "implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company and teams for success in a dynamic marketplace." Kovach reported that Microsoft employees will be spending more time focusing on meaningful work by leveraging new technologies and capabilities. Kovach said that sentiment could be a reference to artificial intelligence or Copilot, the company's digital AI-powered assistant. D.A. Davison analyst Gil Luria said Microsoft is certainly trying to control costs. But he added that increases in productivity from the use of AI tools do put the company in a good position to comfortably make large job cuts in a short period. "Microsoft is managing its costs very carefully right now in order to balance investment with continued margin growth. The huge investment in data center capital expenditures is putting pressure on margins, and Microsoft has been able to offset that pressure by holding down personnel growth." Luria also told CNBC that "fortunately for Microsoft, they have been able to leverage new AI tools to increase productivity enough to be able to achieve higher output with less employees." On Wednesday, D.A. Davidson raised its Microsoft price target to $600 per share from $500 — implying 22% upside to Tuesday's close of $492, which was just shy of the stock's June 26 record-high close. Luria and his colleagues cited runway for growth in Microsoft's Azure cloud business and an expansion of its lead in AI. They were especially encouraged after an outstanding fiscal 2025 third quarter that quieted critics of its AI strategy and concerns about its fraying relationship with OpenAI. Microsoft shares have been soaring since their 52-week low of $344 on April 7 on tariff tensions. When President Donald Trump announced a pause in "reciprocal" levies two days later, Microsoft ripped 10% higher. Nearly two weeks later, shares nearly revisited those lows before climbing through the end of April, May, and June — hitting an all-time intraday high above $500 on Monday. On Tuesday evening's episode of "Mad Money," Jim included Microsoft, along with Club names Nvidia and Meta Platforms , in his newly revealed acronym, MNM. "Not FANG. Not 'Magnificent Seven.' Just M-N-Ms," Jim said on the show. There are the "sole survivors of a brutal quarter from what used to be the most captivating group in the market." (Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust is long MSFT, META, NVDA. See here for a full list of the stocks.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB. NO SPECIFIC OUTCOME OR PROFIT IS GUARANTEED.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Brunswick educators, land trust partner to revamp science curriculum
Jun. 12—Brunswick School Department elementary students are getting a hands-on look at local ecosystems with a new curriculum designed by their own teachers, along with educators from the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust. Kate Furbish and Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary Schools rolled out the new units in K-5 classrooms throughout the school year. Kids are doing "big, messy experiments" — as fifth grade HBS teacher Kate Kovach describes — digging in the garden, hunting for decomposers in the woods, tracking the sun's path and more. Lesson plans were designed over two years by BTLT's Cathance River Education Alliance and a team of BSD teachers to align with guidelines in the recently adopted Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) — which focus on actually doing science, rather than memorization. "Elementary teachers usually don't receive much extra training in science teaching; science kind of gets overlooked sometimes," said Sarah Rodgers, director of education for the land trust and education alliance. "As they were trying to figure out how to incorporate new federal science standards, they turned to us." The land trust partnered with Topsham-based Maine School Administrative District 75 a few years ago on a similar curriculum program, Rodgers said. BTLT educators provided teachers with ready-made experiment kits for each unit and cohesive guidelines on how to get students engaged in learning — by making claims, gathering evidence and drawing conclusions. "When they find evidence to support or refute their claim, they're building their own knowledge," Kovach said. Kovach's fifth graders got outside this school year to learn about cycles of matter in the ecosystem. Their experiments included making compost piles for the school garden and putting together terrariums. She said students have been so engaged in class that they're bringing science home. "I had kids bringing in photos of mycelium [fungus root structures] from when they were outside playing in the woods," Kovach said. "Or we're out in the playground and they hand me a rock and say, 'Here's some geosphere for you.'" "They're learning about the world they're living in now," Kovach added. Third graders harvest bean plants in the fall to learn about different traits and save the seed to plant in the spring — observing the life cycle in real time. "When they come back in fourth grade, they know the incoming third graders will start their year by harvesting the beans," Rodgers said. It's all about "taking the lesson out of a book and putting it in their hands," Rodgers said. "If you just learn about the life cycle in a book or diagram, it's not that exciting." Kate Furbish second-grade teacher Meredith Sciacca said the new curriculum has helped her kids "grow as students and learners." "Aligning our science curriculum with NGSS standards specifically through a local lens has greatly improved our ability to deliver quality science instruction that is directly connected to our students' lives," Sciacca said in an email. Copy the Story Link
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Market's New Hope for Apple (AAPL) ‘Super Cycle' After AI Dissappointment: iPhone Air
CNBC's Steve Kovach talked about a new Loop Capital take on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) which says tariffs could bode well for the company. Kovach said he does not 'buy' Loop's argument but highlighted another interesting element in their report: 'Let me tell you what is new and notable in this report here. Loop is saying they're increasing their expectations for the iPhone Air. Now this is that super thin model of the iPhone that's rumored to be coming this fall. Loop actually nearly doubled iPhone Air build estimates from 16 million to 33 million by the end of the year. That would be about 30% of all iPhone 17 models expected to be produced this year. And we're going to be talking a lot about this after Apple whiffed on artificial intelligence year and missed out on a super cycle surge in iPhone sales. The real question is: can Apple make cool smartphones again? We haven't really seen any major design changes since 2020 super cycle. From AI, of course, never happened, but design changes are actually proven to spur super cycles.' A wide view of an Apple store, showing the range of products the company offers. Sands Capital Select Growth Fund stated the following regarding Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) in its Q1 2025 investor letter: 'We exited Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) in March to fund what we view as compelling additions to existing holdings during the market selloff and to strengthen our cash position for future opportunities. Apple's inclusion in Select Growth was intended to provide stability to the portfolio. However, in the current market environment, we see greater upside potential in other businesses and view cash as a more effective tool for downside protection and opportunistic deployment. We remain positive on the potential for shorter replacement cycles for computers and mobile devices driven by Apple Intelligence. That said, the delayed rollout of AI features—and Apple's acknowledgment that some may be indefinitely postponed—could limit its ability to exceed earnings expectations. Apple remains a leading global technology business with a vast hardware and software ecosystem, strong customer lock-in, and powerful network effects. We will continue to monitor its progress and its potential fit within the Select Growth portfolio.' READ NEXT: and . Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
