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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black has been hospitalized after suffering a bleed on his brain and is expected to have a “smooth recovery,” his office said. Black, 76, suffered a subdural hematoma earlier this week and is at a local hospital and under the care of the Capitol’s physician, said Rev. Lisa Schultz, Black’s chief of staff. A subdural hematoma is when blood builds up between the skull and the surface of the brain, increasing pressure on the brain. A in the hallways of the Senate, Black has been the chaplain since 2003. He opens the proceedings each day with a prayer and counsels senators and staff through prayer groups and one-on-one meetings. He was previously the chief of the Navy’s chaplains. Black is well known for his booming voice and his often prescient and timely opening prayers in times of political tension. During an extended government shutdown in 2013, he prayed to “deliver us from the hypocrisy of attempting to sound reasonable while being unreasonable.” During former President Donald Trump’s in 2019, he asked in a prayer that “our senators not permit fatigue or cynicism to jeopardize friendships that have existed for years.” In the early morning of Jan. 7, 2021, after supporters of Trump had and Congress had certified Democrat Joe Biden’s victory, he closed a joint session in the middle of the night with a call for unity. “We deplore the desecration of the United States Capitol building, the shedding of innocent blood, the loss of life, and the quagmire of dysfunction that threaten our democracy,” he prayed. Associated Press medical writer Lauran Neergaard contributed to this report.

KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin said she suffered an abrasion on her left hip and that something “stabbed” her when she crashed during her second run of a World Cup giant slalom race Saturday, doing a flip and sliding into the protective fencing. Shiffrin stayed down on the edge of the course for quite some time as the ski patrol attended to her. She was taken off the hill on a sled and waved to the cheering crowd before going to a clinic for evaluation. “Not really too much cause for concern at this point, I just can’t move,” she said later in a video posted on social media . “I have a pretty good abrasion and something stabbed me. ... I’m so sorry to scare everybody. It looks like all scans so far are clear.” She plans to skip the slalom race Sunday, writing on Instagram she will be “cheering from the sideline.” The 29-year-old was leading after the first run of the GS and charging for her 100th World Cup win. She was within sight of the finish line, five gates onto Killington’s steep finish pitch, when she an outside edge. She hit a gate and did a somersault before sliding into another gate. The fencing slowed her momentum as she came to an abrupt stop. Reigning Olympic GS champion Sara Hector of Sweden won in a combined time of 1 minute, 53.08 seconds. Zrinka Ljutic of Croatia was second and Swiss racer Camille Rast took third. The Americans saw Paula Moltzan and Nina O’Brien finish fifth and sixth. “It’s just so sad, of course, to see Mikaela crash like that and skiing so well,” Hector said on the broadcast after her win. “It breaks my heart and everybody else here.” The crash was a surprise for everyone. Shiffrin rarely DNFs — ski racing parlance for “did not finish.” In 274 World Cup starts, she DNF'd only 18 times. The last time she DNF'd in GS was January 2018. Shiffrin also has not suffered any devastating injuries. In her 14-year career, she has rehabbed only two on-hill injuries: a torn medial collateral ligament and bone bruising in her right knee in December 2015 and a sprained MCL and tibiofibular ligament in her left knee after a downhill crash in January 2024. Neither knee injury required surgery, and both times, Shiffrin was back to racing within two months. Saturday was shaping up to be a banner day for Shiffrin, who skied flawlessly in the first run and held a 0.32-second lead as she chased after her 100th World Cup win. Shiffrin, who grew up in both New Hampshire and Colorado and sharpened her skills at nearby Burke Mountain Academy, has long been a fan favorite. Shiffrin is driven not so much by wins but by arcing the perfect run. She has shattered so many records along the way. She passed Lindsey Vonn’s women’s mark of 82 World Cup victories on Jan. 24, 2023, during a giant slalom in Kronplatz, Italy. That March, Shiffrin broke Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark’s Alpine mark for most World Cup wins when she captured her 87th career race. To date, she has earned five overall World Cup titles, two Olympic gold medals — along with a silver — and seven world championships. In other FIS Alpine World Cup news, the Tremblant World Cup — two women’s giant slaloms at Quebec’s Mont-Tremblant scheduled for next weekend — were canceled. Killington got 21 inches of snow on Thanksgiving Day, but Tremblant — five hours north of Killington — had to cancel its races because of a lack of snow. AP Sports Writer Pat Graham in Denver contributed to this report. More AP skiing: https://apnews.com/hub/alpine-skiing Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Get local news delivered to your inbox!Sanctuary Advisors LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Hillman Solutions Corp (NASDAQ:HLMN)

By Chad Finn, The Boston Globe Even in retirement, Dale Arnold remains a team player. It is, after all, what hockey people do. After 28 years at NESN — the first 12 as the Bruins’ play-by-play voice, the next 16 as a studio host — Arnold retired in April 2023. He and his wife Susan moved to his native Maine, where he stayed busy writing hockey books (his upcoming fourth, on coaches, is currently in the hands of his publisher), playing plenty of golf, and enjoying the way life should be. “A pretty normal life,’’ he said. When Brian Zechello, the coordinating producer for NESN’s Bruins broadcasts, called him approximately two weeks ago, Arnold figured it had something to do with last Sunday’s Centennial Game celebration of the 100th anniversary of the franchise’s first game. And it did. Just not in the way Arnold anticipated. “My assumption was that for the Centennial Game they were going to bring back all of these different people from across Bruins history, and that they wanted me to show up for that reason,’’ he said. “That’s what I thought it was.” Zechello and NESN did want Arnold back for that game — to host it from the studio, as well as upcoming broadcasts on an interim basis while Arnold’s successor as host, Sophia Jurksztowicz, remains on a personal leave of absence. Adam Pellerin had been handling hosting duties in her absence, but Arnold’s return gives him a breather while also freeing him up for in-game reporter duties, along with Andrew Raycroft. “When Brian asked if I would consider coming back and helping out and hosting the games again, I was shocked, but I said, ‘Yeah, absolutely I’ll help,’ ’’ said Arnold. “It was a pretty quick decision, though after we hung up, I did go talk to my wife and say, ‘I’m going to be away from home a bit here over the next little bit however long this goes.’ ” Arnold has an easy solution to circumventing the complicated logistics of commuting from midcoast Maine to TD Garden, a trip that would take about 2 hours 20 minutes on a good day. “My rule of thumb is: If I have two days off, I come home to Maine,’’ he said. “If I only have one day off, I will stay at one of our two daughters’ houses [one lives in Plymouth, and one in Thompson, Conn.]. I had to make sure they were still OK with Dad showing up on their doorstep from time to time, and they seem to be pretty fired up about it.” Arnold said that when he retired, he never considered the possibility that he might be back in the NESN studios and on air again someday. “As far as I was concerned, in my head, that was it,’’ he said. Arnold is quick to emphasize that he is doing it just until Jurksztowicz, who took her leave just before the start of the regular season, is ready to return. “I’m happy to help out as long as they need me,’’ he said, “and as I said the first segment of the pregame show last Sunday, that spot is Sophia’s. I’m just there to hold it down until she’s ready to come back and then I will gladly yield it back. I’m the placeholder for her.” Arnold said he was more nervous than he expected to be heading into the Centennial Game broadcast, which featured a two-hour pregame show. “I hadn’t done a game in 18 months and I didn’t want to go out there and look like a fool, especially on the occasion of the Centennial Game,’’ he said. “But after the first segment of the pregame was over with I kind of settled down a little bit and the nerves settled down a little bit.” It helped that he was working with analysts and longtime colleagues such as Raycroft, Billy Jaffe, and Barry Pederson — and, of course, given how adept hockey players are at chirping each other, they gave Arnold a good-natured hard time about his return. “Those guys are my best friends,’’ said Arnold. “And we give each other a pretty hard time anyway. But as I told Billy, ‘I’m retired, not expired.’ ” History might be different Tyler Kepner, the superb baseball writer for The Athletic/New York Times, wrote a thought-provoking column this past week on how many legendary moments in baseball history would have been altered, or never happened at all, had commissioner Rob Manfred’s gimmicky “Golden At-Bat” idea been in place. The “Golden At-Bat” would allow a manager to use a different hitter than the expected batter once per game. So, theoretically, Shohei Ohtani could bat twice in a row in a ninth-inning situation, and that sort of thing. Kepner’s piece made me think of all the famous broadcasting calls featuring unlikely heroes — such as Sean McDonough’s on obscure Braves catcher Francisco Cabrera’s winning hit in Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS — that probably never would have happened. And what’s better about baseball than an unlikely hero coming through, and being immortalized by a fantastic call? NFL getting animated On Monday, ESPN/Disney will premiere “The Simpsons Funday Football,” an animated real-time broadcast of the Cowboys-Bengals matchup that will use Sony’s Beyond Sports Technology to Simpsonize a special broadcast available on Disney+ and ESPN+. Drew Carter, who in his non-cartoon form is the Celtics’ play-by-play voice on NBC Sports Boston, will handle the play-by-play for the Simpsons version, the fourth animated alternate telecast he has been a part of for ESPN . . . Congratulations are in order for Cosmina Schulman, senior vice president of strategic broadcast and digital partnerships at NESN, who was named to Cablefax magazine’s 2024 Most Powerful Women list. Schulman was recognized as the Women’s Advancement champion for her work advancing and launching Women of NESN (WON), the network’s initiative dedicated to championing women’s sports coverage, commentary, and storytelling. Get the latest Boston sports news Receive updates on your favorite Boston teams, straight from our newsroom to your inbox. Be civil. Be kind.Chevron ( CVX -2.57% ) is already a free cash flow machine. The oil giant produced $5.7 billion in cash last quarter. Those funds and its strong balance sheet enabled the company to return a record $7.7 billion to shareholders via dividends and repurchases. The oil company aims to produce even more cash next year, which would give it more money to return to shareholders. Here's a look at Chevron's plans for the upcoming year. Drilling down into Chevron's 2025 plan Chevron recently revealed its 2025 capital spending plans. The oil giant expects organic capital expenditures to be between $14.5 billion and $15.5 billion. In addition, it anticipates capital spending at its affiliates to be in the range of $1.7 billion to $2 billion. Overall, these spending ranges represent a $2 billion decline from Chevron's capital spending in 2024. The oil company expects to allocate about $13 billion of that capital on upstream projects (oil and gas production), with two-thirds aimed at developing its U.S. resource portfolio. Chevron plans to reduce capital spending in the Permian Basin to between $4.5 billion and $5 billion. It's slowing production growth in favor of increasing its free cash flow. It will split the remaining money between the DJ Basin and the Gulf of Mexico, with the latter area on track to deliver several projects that will ramp its production in the Gulf by 300,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2026. Other notable investments include $1 billion on projects related to Gorgon LNG in Australia, $1.2 billion on downstream projects (refining), and $1.5 billion to lower its business's carbon intensity and grow its new energies businesses. Chevron is also investing capital in its Kazakhstan joint venture in a project that will start producing oil in the first half of next year and to expand its chemicals joint venture with Phillips 66 (CPChem). Cutting costs In addition to shaving its capital spending budget, Chevron is working to reduce some of its structural costs. The company previously set a goal to achieve $2 billion to $3 billion of cost savings by the end of 2026. To that end, the company expects to incur some near-term costs related to restructuring its business and selling non-core and higher-cost assets. It expects to record $700 million to $900 million in restructuring costs in the fourth quarter and $400 million to $600 million in impairments and other charges. Some of those costs relate to the company's portfolio optimization strategy. Chevron has agreed to sell its Canadian assets for $6.5 billion. It also agreed to sell assets in Congo and Alaska. These sales are part of a plan to divest $10 billion to $15 billion in higher-cost, higher-carbon assets by 2028. Those sales will enhance its financial flexibility. The company is also working to replace those assets with higher margins and lower carbon ones by acquiring Hess in a deal that could close next year. That needle-moving deal would enhance and extend its production and free cash flow growth outlook into the 2030s. The fuel to produce stronger free cash flow in 2025 and beyond Chevron's 2025 capital plan will exchange some production growth for greater free cash flow growth over the next year. The company is already producing a lot of cash. Its free cash flow after capital spending totaled $10.7 billion through the first nine months of this year. That has allowed it to return significant cash to shareholders while maintaining a strong balance sheet. Its leverage ratio was 11.9% at the end of the third quarter, well below its 20% to 25% target range. The company's strong free cash flow and balance sheet have allowed it to ramp up its cash returns to shareholders this year. It increased its dividend by 8%, accelerating from its roughly 6% annual pace in recent years. Chevron also repurchased $4.7 billion of its stock during the third quarter. That quarterly repurchase rate is toward the high end of its $10 billion to $20 billion annual target range for repurchases. With its spending falling and free cash flow likely to rise next year, Chevron should return even more cash to shareholders. It will undoubtedly increase its dividend (it has raised the payout for over 35 straight years) and could repurchase shares at or near the top end of its target range, especially if it acquires Hess. Poised for another strong year Chevron's low-cost operations produce a lot of cash. It expects to generate even more free cash next year by cutting capital spending and structural costs. That should allow the oil giant to return even more money to shareholders, which could give it the fuel to produce strong total returns. On top of that, Chevron has a massive upside catalyst from its pending deal to buy Hess, which could finally happen next year if it wins its arbitration case. These factors combine to make Chevron look like a very compelling oil stock to buy as we head into 2025.Scorpio Tankers Inc. Announces Commitments for New $500.0 Million Revolving Credit FacilityTrudeau told Trump Americans would also suffer if tariffs are imposed, a Canadian minister says

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The path ahead for is rocky, but analysts at are predicting a recovery in the stock’s valuation as they turn bullish on the outlook for the Canadian lender and name it a top pick for 2025. Analysts led by John Aiken upgraded Canada’s second-largest bank to buy from hold and raised their price target on the stock to $90. While Aiken doesn’t see a rebound in valuation happening in the near term, he expects it to improve as 2025 progresses. “The challenges are not insurmountable, and we anticipate that several questions will be answered over the next year and believe that TD’s multiple will recover some lost ground,” Aiken wrote in a note published Thursday. “We are already seeing TD’s valuation rebound as investors attempt to pick the bottom.” Toronto-Dominion has had a difficult 2024, with U.S. weighing on the stock. The company resolved those cases in October, pleading guilty to failing to prevent money laundering by drug cartels and other criminals. It also agreed to pay almost US$3.1 billion in fines and other penalties, and faces a cap on its American assets. The lender last week suspended medium-term financial targets amid a review of company strategy as the incoming chief executive officer, Raymond Chun, seeks to move past the settlement. Shares in Toronto-Dominion rose 0.4 per cent in Toronto on Thursday, extending gains for a fourth straight session. The stock now has six buy recommendations, seven holds and two sells among analysts tracked by Bloomberg. With 2024 drawing to a close, Toronto-Dominion is not only on track to end the year as the worst performer among , but the lender is also set to have its worst year since 2008. While anti-money-laundering issues and subsequent remediation are “damaging” to Toronto-Dominion’s reputation with regulators and investors, Aiken noted that — outside of incremental expenses and erosion of capital from the fines — it has not really disrupted operations on a client level. Furthermore, Aiken said the asset cap doesn’t necessarily preclude growth in the lender’s U.S. retail banking segment or affect the operations of its other subsidiaries. “We believe that the downside is limited,” Aiken said. “Admittedly, the growth of its U.S. retail banking platform has been somewhat constrained but there is no real structural change to TD’s operations.” Aiken sees Raymond Chun taking the helm as a “clean slate” for Toronto-Dominion. The subsequent release of a revised strategy should give investors a “catalyst for multiple recovery as some uncertainty is removed” on its outlook, he said. “While consensus earnings imply no growth in 2025, essentially in line with management’s statements and below the seven per cent average forecast for its peers, we believe the stage is being set for a better second half performance,” Aiken said.

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ( NYSE:JKS – Get Free Report ) shares dropped 3.1% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as $25.56 and last traded at $25.74. Approximately 133,909 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 88% from the average daily volume of 1,082,477 shares. The stock had previously closed at $26.57. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades Several brokerages recently commented on JKS. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price objective on shares of JinkoSolar from $21.00 to $18.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, September 3rd. StockNews.com upgraded JinkoSolar from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 18th. Roth Mkm lowered their target price on JinkoSolar from $25.00 to $20.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 4th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price target on JinkoSolar from $36.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, JinkoSolar has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $31.33. Read Our Latest Research Report on JinkoSolar JinkoSolar Price Performance Hedge Funds Weigh In On JinkoSolar Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Signaturefd LLC grew its holdings in JinkoSolar by 108.0% in the 3rd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,246 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 647 shares during the period. Barclays PLC increased its position in JinkoSolar by 30.2% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 2,318 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $62,000 after purchasing an additional 537 shares during the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC raised its stake in JinkoSolar by 607.7% during the second quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 4,048 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $84,000 after purchasing an additional 3,476 shares during the period. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise boosted its holdings in shares of JinkoSolar by 198.1% in the 3rd quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise now owns 7,923 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $212,000 after purchasing an additional 5,265 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of JinkoSolar by 15.8% during the 3rd quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 8,800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $236,000 after buying an additional 1,200 shares during the period. 35.82% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. About JinkoSolar ( Get Free Report ) JinkoSolar Holding Co, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, production, and marketing of photovoltaic products. The company offers solar modules, silicon wafers, solar cells, recovered silicon materials, and silicon ingots. It also provides solar system integration services; solar power generation and solar system EPC services; and energy storage system, as well as undertakes solar power projects. Featured Stories Receive News & Ratings for JinkoSolar Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for JinkoSolar and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

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