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Lamb Weston: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:44:52 GMT

EAGLE, Idaho (AP) — EAGLE, Idaho (AP) — Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. (LW) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $215 million.On a per-share basis, the Eagle, Idaho-based company said it had net income of $1.48. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were $1.45 per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.40 per share.The frozen foods supplier posted revenue of $1.73 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.7 billion.Lamb Weston expects full-year earnings in the range of $5.70 to $6.15 per share, with revenue in the range of $6.8 billion to $7 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on LW at https://www.zacks.com/ap/LWSource

Extreme cold leaves thousands without power in Nordic countries as floods persist in Germany

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:44:52 GMT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Extremely cold temperatures compounded by gale-force winds and snow wreaked havoc across the Nordic region Thursday, leaving thousands without power while others braved the cold for hours stuck in their cars along clogged highways. Heavy rains in Germany, France and the Netherlands again caused floods in regions that have seen persistent flooding in the last two weeks. One death was reported in France.The deep freeze disrupted transportation throughout the Nordic region amid reports of traffic chaos following closures of sections of highways and major roads. Problems with rail service have also been reported.Electricity was cut to some 4,000 homes in Arctic Sweden where temperatures plummeted to minus 38 degrees Celsius (minus 36.4 degrees Fahrenheit), according to Swedish public radio. In the southern part of the country, motorists were stuck in their cars or evacuated to a nearby sporting complex where they spent the night. In neighboring Denmark, police...

Cattle to stop traffic near Union Station for stock show

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:44:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) —If you're driving near Union Station on Thursday, you may need to find an alternative route as you will experience some unusual traffic through 17th and 18th Street.The National Western Stock Show kicks off with the more than 100-year-old tradition of cattle parading through the streets of Denver. First-timer’s guide to the National Western Stock Show The annual 16-day event starts with the Stock Show Kick-Off Parade on Jan. 4 at noon with former Denver Broncos linebacker Randy Gradishar leading 30 Longhorn cattle down 17th Street.From the morning hours on Thursday through the afternoon, don't plan on getting through the heart of downtown - unless you are cattle.2024 stock show parade route. (Courtesy of the National Western Stock Show)The parade starts at Union Station along Wynkoop Street and heads down 17th Street and into the Central Business District. The parade then turns at Glenarm Place and onto 18th Street before returning to Wynkoop Street a...

Shooting reported at Iowa high school

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:44:52 GMT

PERRY, Iowa (WHO) -- Multiple law enforcement agencies were responding to an Iowa high school on reports of a shooting Thursday morning.Nexstar's WHO reported that police and Iowa State Troopers blocked off the streets surrounding Perry High School, where multiple ambulances were seen entering and leaving. Some students were also seen having tearful reunions with parents near the area of the high school.Officials have not released any information on the incident.This is a developing story and we'll bring you more information as it becomes available.

3 Denver Broncos players named 2024 Pro Bowl starters

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:44:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — While the Denver Broncos may not be heading to the playoffs this year, three players are ending the season on a high note. The NFL announced on Wednesday that cornerback Pat Surtain II, safety Justin Simmons and wide receiver Marvin Mims Jr. were all named starters in the 2024 Pro Bowl.The trio received an invitation to the league's annual all-star festivities. The event will take place on Feb. 1 and Feb. 4 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.This is the second time Surtain and Simmons have been invited to the Pro Bowl and the first for Mims. Mims is the first Broncos rookie to be named to the Pro Bowl since Phillip Lindsay in 2018. Broncos’ playoff drought now at 8 years, but they have a shot at first winning season since ’16 Surtain is the second Broncos cornerback to be chosen for two Pro Bowls in his first three seasons. He is also among good company alongside Brown, Broncos Ring of Famer Louis Wright, Pro Football Ha...

Police say there has been a shooting at a high school in Perry, Iowa; extent of injuries unclear

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:44:52 GMT

PERRY, Iowa (AP) — Police in Perry, Iowa, say there was a shooting Thursday at the city’s high school.A woman who answered the Perry Police Department phone confirmed the shooting at Perry High School but did not provide any further information.The high school is part of the 1,785-student Perry Community School District. Thursday was the first day back in school for students following the holiday break.Perry is about 40 miles (64.37 kilometers) miles northwest of Des Moines.

72-year-old Florida man charged with threatening to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:44:52 GMT

(CNN) — A Florida man, 72, was arrested Wednesday and charged with threatening to kill Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell and his children in several voicemail messages allegedly left at the lawmaker’s office in Washington, DC.Michael Shapiro called Swalwell’s office the evening of December 19 from his home in Greenacres, according to court records, and left five threatening voicemail messages. The member is not identified in the court documents, but Swalwell confirmed that he and his family were the target of Shapiro’s threats.“I’m gonna come after you and kill you,” Shapiro said in one message, according to court records.“I’m gonna kill your children,” Shapiro threatened in another voice message, investigators said in the court records.In some of the expletive-filled messages Shapiro called Shapiro “a Chinese spy” and a “greaseball,” the records stated.An investigator with the US Capitol Police Investigations Division, Threat Assessment Section, wrote in the court documents that p...

Scaffolding collapse at construction site in Fort Lauderdale injures 3, officials say

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:44:52 GMT

Fort Lauderdale Fire rescue confirmed that a scaffolding collapse at a construction site has injured three people. Emergency responders arrived at the construction site, located at 475 SW 27th Ave., and immediately transported the individuals. According to officials, two patients are in critical condition while the other is in stable condition. Live footage showed scaffolding equipment and wooden planks scattered on the ground.It is unclear if the injured individuals are construction workers. Construction on the site has been temporarily stopped as investigations continue. Authorities have been contacted for more details on this incident. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

‘Beyond crazy’: The liberal jew mugged by a post-10/7 world

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:44:52 GMT

SAINT-JEAN-CAP-FERRAT, France — “If I had been given one dollar for each time someone told me that ‘the antisemitism you experience in France would never happen in America,’ I would be super rich now.”Delphine Horvilleur stops — “not that Jews care about money…,” she starts to say — and laughs wearily. She resumes her argument: The Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and Israeli war in Gaza have brought out on American campuses and in public debates what she recognizes from France’s recent history.Horvilleur is a French rabbi who is a fixture in the media and public debates in her home country. She is passionate, learned and, even when conversation turns dark, funny. The weariness is recent. She is politically a woman of the left, a not shy critic of Israel’s government and a feminist. But now she finds herself soundinglike her ideological sparring partners when it comes to Israel and the threat of antisemitism. In the past three months, her world was turned “upside down,” and she is struggl...

Flood risk in Germany reignites coalition fight over debt rules

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:44:52 GMT

BERLIN — A widespread risk of floods in Germany has prompted renewed infighting within the country’s tripartite ruling coalition over calls to relax strict debt rules to provide aid to those affected.Rising water levels across large swaths of Germany in recent weeks have led to calls among members of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Greens for increased federal aid. Rolf Mützenich, the SPD’s parliamentary group chair, has called for new spending on flood aid to be counted outside Germany’s regular budget in order to circumvent the country’s constitutional debt brake, which restricts the federal deficit to 0.35 percent of GDP except in emergencies.“It is not a question of doing the calculations, but of the political will for the federal government to contribute to managing the damage,” Mützenich was quoted as saying on X, formerly Twitter.Leaders of the fiscally conservative Free Democrats (FDP) — a party in the ruling coalition with the SPD and Greens — ...