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Nearly half of Americans are letting gift cards go unused, report finds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:09 GMT

Check your junk drawers: There’s a chance you have almost $200 sitting somewhere in your home that you may have forgotten about.Bankrate found that nearly half of U.S. adults have at least one unused gift card, voucher or store credit.Senior industry analyst Ted Rossman said 47% of Americans have unused money in those forms, and he said now is good time to plan on using them.“This is really a good inflation buster I think,” said Rossman.In the survey, Rossman said Bankrate discovered the average value of available gift card money is $187. Considering how many Americans may have that much sitting around, the total adds up to $23 billion.“We can be our own worst enemies, sometimes where we forget about it, it’s out of sight out of mind, we lose it, the store goes out of business, a lot of people lose value, unfortunately,” Rossman said.Most likely to have gift cards go unused are Millennials (52%) and Gen Zers (47%.) Gen Xers (45%) and Baby Boomers (47%) are not far behind...

Carolina Hurricanes sign defenseman Tony DeAngelo to a 1-year deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:09 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have signed defenseman Tony DeAngelo to a one-year deal, bringing him back to the team for the second time in three seasons.The deal announced Monday will pay $1.675 million to the 27-year-old DeAngelo, who spent the 2021-22 season with Carolina as an offensive threat on the blue line. DeAngelo had 10 goals and 41 assists in 64 games with the Hurricanes, then had one goal and nine assists in 14 playoff games that season.Carolina traded him to Philadelphia last summer for a fourth-round pick, and DeAngelo had 11 goals with 31 assists in 70 games last season. The Flyers had signed him to a two-year, $10 million deal after acquiring him, but they placed him on unconditional waivers earlier this month.___AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Los adultos con depresión tienen mayor riesgo de sufrir demencia, descubre un nuevo estudio

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:09 GMT

(CNN) —  Un diagnóstico de depresión en la edad adulta podría más que duplicar el riesgo de desarrollar demencia en la vejez, descubrió un nuevo estudio.La investigación, publicada este lunes en la revista académica JAMA Neurology, utilizó datos de más de 1,4 millones de ciudadanos daneses que fueron seguidos desde 1977 hasta 2018, dijo la autora principal del estudio, la Dra. Holly Elser, epidemióloga y médica residente en neurología de la Universidad de Pensilvania.Casi 1 de cada 5 adultos estadounidenses fue diagnosticado con depresión y la prevalencia varía drásticamente según el estado, de acuerdo con los CDCSe identificó a las personas que tenían o no un diagnóstico de depresión y se les hizo un seguimiento a lo largo de los años para ver quién desarrollaba demencia posteriormente, según el estudio. Los investigadores tuvieron en cuenta factores como la educación, los ingresos, las enfermedades cardiovasculares, la diabetes, los trastornos por consumo de sustancias y el ...

CNBC: las 10 mejores ciudades para jubilados; y la primera no está en Florida

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:09 GMT

Muchas ciudades de Florida siguen siendo destinos populares para jubilarse, pero una ciudad de Pensilvania es el mejor lugar para pasar los años posteriores al trabajo.Lancaster, Pensilvania, es la ciudad número 1 para jubilarse, según el reciente informe “Best Places to Retire in the U.S.” de US News & World Report.US News & World Report evaluó las 150 áreas metropolitanas más grandes de EEUU, incluido Puerto Rico, utilizando datos de una variedad de fuentes, incluidas la Oficina del Censo y Tax Foundation. El informe asigna a cada ciudad un puntaje general de jubilación basado en seis factores:Asequibilidad de la viviendaAtractivoFelicidadCalidad de la atención de la saludImpuestos de jubiladosMercado de trabajoLos investigadores encuestaron a 3,100 personas de 45 años o más sobre cuáles de esas categorías serían más importantes para ellos en la jubilación y asignaron pesos a esas categorías en consecuencia. ¿Cómo renegociar tu salario? Así lo pue...

City council votes to extend emergency declaration for homelessness

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:09 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Members of Denver's city council voted on some key items related to the city's unhoused community. One of the first items on Monday's agenda was related to the move Mayor Mike Johnston made on his second day in office last week, declaring a state of emergency for homelessness in the city. Members voted to extend the declaration but it did not come without objection.Every member of the city council agreed -- homelessness in Denver is a crisis that deserves urgent action. The issue Monday was how the city should go about solving it.The council voted 11 to 1 to extend the emergency declaration the mayor just filed last Tuesday.Without the extension, the declaration would have only lasted a week. Denver mayor activates emergency operations to combat homelessness The one "no" vote was cast by District 5 Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer who said there had not been enough time or communication between councilmembers and the mayor's office about details of the declaration for h...

These are the only venomous snakes in Colorado, according to CPW

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:09 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Most snakes in Colorado are harmless to humans, but there are three kinds that can be dangerous.Not only are most harmless, but even beneficial to humans thanks to their appetite for rodents and insects. Watch: Rattlesnake coils, rattles as hiker nearly steps on it Rattlesnakes usually avoid humans, but a new study found that they are more social than previously thought. About 8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States each year, with 10 to 15 deaths, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, if you see these kinds of rattlesnakes, you should "simply back off."Prairie rattlesnakeWhile it typically enjoys open grasslands, it can be found in forested areas. According to CPW, it often seeks spots where it can hide and can be found in thick grass or shaded badlands.Prairie rattlesnakes can grow up to 5 feet long and are identifiable with features like a triangular head with heat-sensing pits ...

School bus aide accused of sexual assault on a child

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:09 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A Cherry Creek School District employee has been accused of sexually assaulting a child on a school bus, a Greenwood Village Police Department offense report said. Wayne Smith, 77, was arrested on July 6 on charges of felony sex assault on an at-risk child and two counts of tampering with evidence, according to the district. Greenwood Village Police were told by a district middle school principal on Feb. 1 about the alleged "inappropriate touching" of a disabled student, the report said. Smith was fired on Feb. 2, according to the district. Wayne Lee Smith, 77, arrested for felony sexual assault of an at-risk child and two counts of tampering with evidence (Photo credit: Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office)The alleged incident that occurred on Jan. 12 came to light after bus video surveillance was reviewed. The report said the video showed the 12-year-old child playing with a cell phone that Smith allegedly gave to her. He then moved next to her and allegedly touched t...

‘Shit happens’: Margrethe Vestager responds to French fuss over US hire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:09 GMT

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s antitrust chief was trying to do the right thing in picking a renowned U.S. professor as a top EU competition economist.“I just wanted to find the right person and do it in the right fashion and then, shit happens,” Margrethe Vestager told a POLITICO reporter on Friday at the Unamido Japanese ramen restaurant near Flagey square in Brussels. The Danish commissioner, who has faced off against at least one shouting Big Tech executive and U.S. presidential venom, endured a potentially damaging setback last week over her choice of Fiona Scott Morton, who has been described as one of the “best economists in the world” in her field, for the influential EU chief competition advisory role.The shit, or rather la merde, came pretty much from one direction — when French President Emmanuel Macron joined other French politicians in criticizing the European Commission for choosing an American for the senior EU post. Macron said neither the U.S. nor ...

Orioles earn dramatic 3-2 win over Phillies powered by Colton Cowser’s ninth-inning RBI double, Dean Kremer’s pitching

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:09 GMT

In the city that popularized “The Process” in the NBA, the Orioles displayed Monday night the continued success of their rebuild.Dean Kremer, acquired in the 2018 trade that sent Manny Machado to the Los Angeles Dodgers, pitched brilliantly. Jordan Westburg, drafted in the first round of the 2020 MLB draft, hit his first career home run. And, most pivotally, Colton Cowser — picked in the first round of the 2021 draft — hit a ninth-inning double to score 2019 second-round selection Gunnar Henderson.The Orioles beat the Phillies, 3-2, improving to an American League-best 62-38 and moving 2.5 games ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East.The Philadelphia 76ers became synonymous with a rebuild when the pro basketball team suffered through several losing seasons in the 2010s, but collected draft picks and have put together six straight playoff appearances — although they’ve yet to reach the conference finals in that span.The Orioles similarly endure...

Strong typhoon blows closer to northern Philippines, forcing evacuations and halting sea travel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:09 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful typhoon blew closer to the northern Philippines on Tuesday, forcing thousands of evacuations and a halt to sea travel ahead of torrential rains and tidal surges up to 3 meters (nearly 10 feet).The strongest winds at the storm’s center are expected to remain offshore as Typhoon Doksuri barrels northwest off Cagayan and Batanes provinces, but they may hit outlying islands in the archipelago. The typhoon’s 680-kilometer- (420-mile-) wide rainband could cause flash floods and set off landslides in northern provinces, the country’s weather bureau said.Doksuri was last tracked 310 kilometers (193 miles) east of Tuguegarao city in Cagayan province with sustained winds of 185 kilometers (115 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 230 kph (143 mph), government forecasters said. The typhoon would also enhance seasonal monsoon rains in central and northern provinces. It was forecast to continue moving northwest on a track south of Taiwan that would...