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Quality early education can be expensive or hard to find. Home visits bring it to more families 05/29/2024 09:57am • PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Standing in her living room, Isabel Valencia sets up her makeshift tennis serve with the materials on hand: a green balloon for a ball and a ruler affixed to a paper plate for a racket. She bats the balloon to her home visitor, Mayra Ocampo, and they pass it back and forth, c A Jewish veteran from London prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings 05/29/2024 08:49am • LONDON (AP) — Even as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy, Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by his commanding officer and threatened with arrest. Why, the officer demanded, had Kersh refused to eat his army rations of canned beef and vegetables, subsisting only on canned peaches? National Bank of Canada: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 05/29/2024 08:31am • MONTREAL (AP) — MONTREAL (AP) — National Bank of Canada (NTIOF) on Wednesday reported net income of $668.1 million in its fiscal second quarter. The bank, based in Montreal, said it had earnings of $1.87 per share. The bank posted revenue of $2.03 billion in the period. Its revenue net of intere Abercrombie: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/29/2024 07:37am • NEW ALBANY, Ohio (AP) — NEW ALBANY, Ohio (AP) — Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $113.9 million. The New Albany, Ohio-based company said it had net income of $2.14 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estim DC's MET Fest aims to help connect kids with careers in gaming 05/29/2024 07:35am • This Saturday, an event taking place at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Southeast D.C. hopes to not only entertain young gamers but also show them how they can make a career out of their passion. It's called MET FEST 2024, and this year’s event will be hosted by radio and TV personality Ja A woman will likely be Mexico's next president. But in some Indigenous villages, men hold the power 05/29/2024 07:25am • PLAN DE AYALA, Mexico (AP) — At 4:30 a.m., girls and women begin to appear in the dark streets of this village of Tojolabal people in southern Mexico. They walk in silence. Some head to grind corn to make their family’s tortillas. Others fetch firewood to carry home, on their backs or with the h A woman will likely be Mexico's next president. But in some Indigenous villages, men hold the power 05/29/2024 07:24am • PLAN DE AYALA, Mexico (AP) — At 4:30 a.m., the girls and women begin to appear in the dark streets of this rural village of Tojolabal people in southern Mexico. They walk in silence. Some are headed to grind corn to make their family’s tortillas. Others fetch firewood to carry home, on their bac Chewy: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/29/2024 07:13am • PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) — PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) — Chewy Inc. (CHWY) on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $66.9 million. On a per-share basis, the Plantation, Florida-based company said it had net income of 15 cents. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and non-recurring cost MediWound: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/29/2024 07:11am • YAVNE, Israel (AP) — YAVNE, Israel (AP) — MediWound Ltd. (MDWD) on Wednesday reported a loss of $9.7 million in its first quarter. The Yavne, Israel-based company said it had a loss of $1.05 per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 39 cents per share. The results beat Wall Stree Dick's: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/29/2024 07:07am • CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) — CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) — Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. (DKS) on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $275.3 million. The Coraopolis, Pennsylvania-based company said it had net income of $3.30 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The averag Thermon Group: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 05/29/2024 07:03am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Thermon Group Holdings Inc. (THR) on Wednesday reported profit of $10.1 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Austin, Texas-based company said it had profit of 29 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 3 OpenAI to start using news content from News Corp. as part of a multiyear deal 05/29/2024 07:01am • Joining news organizations that have chosen to collaborate rather than fight with the best-known artificial intelligence company, News Corp. has struck a multiyear deal to share news content with OpenAI for both training purposes and to answer questions from users. As part of the deal, OpenAI will h Columbus McKinnon: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 05/29/2024 06:47am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Columbus McKinnon Corp. (CMCO) on Wednesday reported net income of $11.8 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based company said it had profit of 41 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were Advance Auto Parts: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/29/2024 06:34am • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Advance Auto Parts Inc. (AAP) on Wednesday reported first-quarter profit of $40 million. On a per-share basis, the Raleigh, North Carolina-based company said it had profit of 67 cents. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of Most AAPI adults think the history of racism should be taught in schools, an AP-NORC poll finds 05/29/2024 06:28am • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. schools should teach about issues related to race, most Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders believe. They also oppose efforts to restrict what subjects can be discussed in the classroom, according to a new poll. In the survey from AAPI Data and The Assoc