NEW YORK (AP) — Technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record amid a mixed Monday of trading. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% from its all-time high set on Friday to post a record for the 54th time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 128 points, or 0.3%, while the Nasdaq composite gained 1%. Super Micro Computer, a stock that’s been on an AI-driven roller coaster, soared 28.7% to lead the market. Following allegations of misconduct and the resignation of its public auditor , the maker of servers used in artificial-intelligence technology said an investigation found no evidence of misconduct by its management or by the company’s board. It also said that it doesn’t expect to restate its past financials and that it will find a new chief financial officer, appoint a general counsel and make other moves to strengthen its governance. Big Tech stocks also helped prop up the market. Gains of 1.8% for Microsoft and 3.2% for Meta Platforms were the two strongest forces pushing upward on the S&P 500. Intel was another propellant during the morning, but it lost an early gain to fall 0.5% after the chip company said CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired and stepped down from the board. Intel is looking for Gelsinger’s replacement, and its chair said it’s “committed to restoring investor confidence.” Intel recently lost its spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average to Nvidia, which has skyrocketed in Wall Street’s frenzy around AI. Stellantis, meanwhile, skidded following the announcement of its CEO’s departure . Carlos Tavares steps down after nearly four years in the top spot of the automaker, which owns car brands like Jeep, Citroën and Ram, amid an ongoing struggle with slumping sales and an inventory backlog at dealerships. The world’s fourth-largest automaker’s stock fell 6.3% in Milan. The majority of stocks in the S&P 500 likewise fell, including California utility PG&E. It dropped 5% after saying it would sell $2.4 billion of stock and preferred shares to raise cash. Retailers were mixed amid what’s expected to be the best Cyber Monday on record and coming off Black Friday . Target, which recently gave a forecast for the holiday season that left investors discouraged , fell 1.2%. Walmart , which gave a more optimistic forecast, rose 0.2%. Amazon, which looks to benefit from online sales from Cyber Monday, climbed 1.4%. All told, the S&P 500 added 14.77 points to 6,047.15. The Dow fell 128.65 to 44,782.00, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 185.78 to 19,403.95. The stock market largely took Donald Trump’s latest threat on tariffs in stride. The president-elect on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a group of developing economies if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. Trump said he wants the group, headlined by Brazil, Russia, India and China, to promise it won’t create a new currency or otherwise try to undercut the U.S. dollar. The dollar has long been the currency of choice for global trade. Speculation has also been around a long time that other currencies could knock it off its mantle, but no contender has come close. The U.S. dollar’s value rose Monday against several other currencies, but one of its strongest moves likely had less to do with the tariff threats. The euro fell amid a political battle in Paris over the French government’s budget . The euro sank 0.7% against the U.S. dollar and broke below $1.05. In the bond market, Treasury yields gave up early gains to hold relatively steady. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed above 4.23% during the morning before falling back to 4.19%. That was just above its level of 4.18% late Friday. A report in the morning showed the U.S. manufacturing sector contracted again last month, but not by as much as economists expected. This upcoming week will bring several big updates on the job market, including the October job openings report, weekly unemployment benefits data and the all-important November jobs report. They could steer the next moves for Federal Reserve, which recently began pulling interest rates lower to give support to the economy. Economists expect Friday’s headliner report to show U.S. employers accelerated their hiring in November, coming off October’s lackluster growth that was hampered by damaging hurricanes and strikes. “We now find ourselves in the middle of this Goldilocks zone, where economic health supports earnings growth while remaining weak enough to justify potential Fed rate cuts,” according to Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide. In financial markets abroad, Chinese stocks led gains worldwide as monthly surveys showed improving conditions for manufacturing, partly driven by a surge in orders ahead of Trump’s inauguration next month. Both official and private sector surveys of factory managers showed strong new orders and export orders, possibly partly linked to efforts by importers in the U.S. to beat potential tariff hikes by Trump once he takes office. Indexes rose 0.7% in Hong Kong and 1.1% in Shanghai. AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.Serena Williams Faces Skin-Bleaching Accusations As Fans Question New Videoaajili casino online 。

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Tagovailoa carves up Pats with 4 TDs, Dolphins win 3rd straight game with 34-15 rout of New EnglandNoneDenver Broncos star cornerback Riley Moss appears to have sustained a knee injury in today's matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders, per Parker Gabriel. He has apparently left the medical tent and has made his way to the locker room under his own power, but the severity of the situation is currently unclear. He is currently being reported as questionable to return in the second half. Riley Moss is out of the blue medical tent and walking to the locker room with #Broncos training staff. More News: Broncos Quietly Sign Star LB to $60 Million Extension, Leading to Browning Trade Moss was forced to leave the game after helping tackle tight end Brock Bowers. He was assisted off the field and briefly examined in the blue medical tent before being escorted to the locker room just before halftime. The Broncos report that Moss is dealing with a knee injury and is listed as questionable to return. In Moss's absence, Levi Wallace took over as the No. 2 outside cornerback, lined up across from Pat Surtain, while Ja'Quan McMillian continued to handle duties in the slot. With Kris Abrams-Draine inactive, the Broncos' remaining backup cornerbacks for the matchup against the Raiders are Tremon Smith and Damarri Mathis. Moss was drafted by the Broncos in the third round (83rd overall) 2023 NFL Draft. The CB was a standout defensive player at Iowa and earned First-team All-Big Ten honors in 2022. His strong performance, particularly in coverage and creating turnovers, made him one of the top cornerback prospects heading into the draft. Moss was selected by the Broncos in the third round, 83rd overall, and played 14 games in his rookie year. Before exiting the game, Moss recorded four tackles and a pass breakup. He has become a key contributor to the Broncos' secondary this season, with a total of seven pass breakups and one interception heading into Week 12. More News: Broncos HC Shades Panthers After Being Accused of Running Up the Score It is currently unknown how Moss's injury status might affect the Broncos in the coming weeks, but they are already making headlines for the future. The team agreed to move their Week 16 road game against the Los Angeles Chargers from Sunday to Thursday night. This decision will make the Broncos the first team in 98 years to play two road Thursday night games following a Sunday contest, according to the Associated Press. The last team to do so was the 1926 Los Angeles Buccaneers, who split their Thursday games and finished the season with a 6-3-1 record. While the NFL typically avoids scheduling two short-week road games for the same team in a season, Denver had the option to decline the flex. However, despite the potential challenges, the Broncos—who won their first Thursday night game of the season in Week 7 against the Saints—agreed to the schedule change. For more on the NFL , head to Newsweek Sports .

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The 30 players in the Super Eagles B camp ahead of the 2024 CHAN qualifiers double header against Ghana are expected to be reduced anytime soon as the team intensifies preparations for the crucial matches, The PUNCH reports. Co-handler of the team and Rangers International coach Fidelis Ilechukwu confirmed this to our correspondent on Tuesday. The Nigeria Football Federation has announced a list of 30 stars in the Nigeria Premier Football League for the assignment. “We have 29 players in camp already apart from Ossy Martins who sustained an injury in an accident on his way to the camp,” Ilechukwu told our correspondent. When asked about the possibility of replacing the injured Martins, the coach revealed that it is subject to the pruning exercise which will be done after a series of test games. Related News CHAN qualifiers: Three players absent as Eagles intensify training CHAN qualifiers: Eguavoen invites 30 home-based players for Ghana clash CHAN qualifiers: Eagles to know foes Wednesday “We are looking at what we are going to do. We want to reduce the players and if we are okay with the attacking players, we may not replace or wait for him to be fit. By the weekend, we will know what to do.” The team played one friendly game against Grassrunners FC on Sunday, which they won 1-0. “We have played one, we have one on Wednesday (today) and we will play more this week,” Ilechukwu added. The eighth edition of the continental championship – reserved exclusively for footballers plying their trade with clubs in their country’s domestic leagues and possessing standard contracts – is scheduled to run the length of February 2025 in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Nigeria has never won the tournament, having finished third at the 2014 edition in South Africa before losing the final against hosts Morocco four years later.Cathedral Home aims to launch Crisis Text Line for Wyoming

By Molly Farrar A two-year federal investigation into the Worcester Police Department found the department committed multiple civil rights violations, including sexually assaulting women and escalating minor incidents with force. The Justice Department, which launched a civil investigation into the department in 2022, said it dug into Worcester police data from 2017 to 2022 and interviewed community members, officers, and city employees. The investigation did not name any individual officers serving the state’s second largest city, but noted that the department failed to supervise officers and enforce policies. “WPD’s inadequate policies, training, supervision, investigations, and discipline fostered these unlawful patterns or practices,” the DOJ allege. “We spent a lot of time in the Worcester community,” U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy said during an online webinar about the investigation Monday night. “In total, our team spoke to about 150 different community members and local organizations including many residents who experienced misconduct by the Worcester police. ... we thank you all for sharing with us.” Brian T. Kelly, a lawyer representing the city and the department, said in a statement to The Boston Globe that the report was “an unfair, inaccurate, and biased report which unfairly smears the entire Worcester police force.” “Instead of identifying individual officers who could — and should — be prosecuted if these serious allegations were true, DOJ has prepared a report by civil lawyers with no prosecutorial experience which makes incredibly broad allegations but fails to identify a single corrupt officer,” Kelly said, according to the Globe . “The report is riddled with factual inaccuracies and ignores information provided by the city which debunks many of the anonymous claims.” Deputy U.S. Attorney Mary Murrane clarified the difference between their investigation and one that would result in criminal charges at the webinar Monday. “This was a civil pattern or practice investigation, and that is different and separate from criminal investigations,” Murrane said. “This investigation was not examining the behavior of any one particular officer or looking at potential criminal penalties, but instead was looking at the department as a whole.” Worcester police and the City of Worcester did not reply to a request for comment. The Justice Department’s findings included that the department “engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force.” The DOJ said members of the department unreasonably stunned people with tasers and struck people on the head or face, particularly those who had behavioral health disabilities or were in crisis. Officers allowed their police dogs to bite, particularly when people being detained are already under control, the DOJ said. The investigation reviewed 87 taser incidents from 2018 through 2022 and found that department members tase people who don’t immediately comply with officers’ demands but aren’t actively resisting or posting a threat. In one example, a Worcester teen was tased twice while slowly walking backwards with his hands up, despite the teen not matching the description of the original call regarding a group of “kids causing mischief.” Worcester police officers also hit multiple people before attempting any other measures. Officers punched and pepper sprayed a shoplifter repeatedly, and officers also escalated a welfare check of an unarmed man “exhibiting mental health-related symptoms” by punching him multiple times in the face, prosecutors found. Their use of force overall was also not adequately supervised, the investigation found. “This investigation uncovered several officer narratives that were inconsistent with other documentation describing the same use of force, yet no supervisor reconciled these inconsistencies or otherwise inquired about them,” the 43-page report said. Some officers “sexually assaulted women under threat of arrest and engaged in other problematic sexual conduct,” the report said. The department allegedly allowed officers to engage in sexual contact with women suspected of being sex workers, which had no legitimate law enforcement purpose, the DOJ said. “Despite being on notice of these issues, WPD failed to establish the policies, training, and supervision needed to ensure officers are not violating women’s constitutional rights, instead allowing a problematic culture and unlawful conduct to continue unchecked,” the report said. “ The DOJ interviewed members of WPD’s Vice Unit, which handles sex- and drug-related crimes, as well as women who allegedly had personal experiences with officer sexual misconduct. Many of the instances involved an officer touching or asking to be touched before arresting the woman. The investigation found that officers have allegedly sexually assaulted women and demanded sex acts in exchange for police assistance, the DOJ said. In one instance, an officer allegedly identified himself, flashed his gun and showed a woman a bag of drugs before threatening to arrest her if she did not perform oral sex. “He gave her $40 and remarked that she was lucky to receive any money at all,” the report said. “According to the woman, on at least two additional occasions the same officer picked her up in different rental cars and forced her to perform oral sex.” The report also said officers paid women for sex outside of their official capacity, revealing “a culture at WPD where officers can freely engage in illegal acts with women – without consequence.” The report found that the department’s investigations into sexual assault are lacking, and while not unconstitutional, gender bias may interfere with its handling of those investigations. The investigation found that Hispanic and Black adults and youth were more likely to face a traffic stop ending with an arrest, written warning, citation, or criminal complaint from Worcester police. Those groups were also more likely to be arrested for minor misdemeanors and treated with excessive force. “Currently, Worcester does not have a policy requiring officers to document all stops, nor does it track the reason for staff and Worcester also almost never documents whether a search was conducted,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory Dorchak said Monday night. The report said that those racial disparities don’t necessarily reflect unlawful discrimination, but the data “plainly show a disproportionate effect on people of color.” Prosecutors laid out remedies to improve the department, including new and revised policies, training, and supervision practices. “While the findings announced in today’s report are serious and sobering, today we start a new chapter,” Levy said. “We look forward to working with the City of Worcester and the new leadership of the Worcester Police Department to implement reforms that will prevent these kinds of incidents from reoccurring.” Worcester City Manager Eric Batista said in a statement Tuesday that many of the recommendations in the report have either been implemented or are in progress. “We have already begun improving our data collection and demographic analytics, and a significant amount of data, including Use of Force incidents and Bureau of Professional Standards investigations, is currently accessible on our open data portal Informing Worcester ,” Batista said. He plans to present a Civilian Review Board proposal to the City Council, he said. “In the meantime, the members of the Worcester Police Department, who overwhelmingly serve our community with integrity and compassion, will continue their ongoing community outreach to build relationships and trust while continuing to refine and improve Department policies,” his statement read. Etel Haxhiaj, a Worcester city councilor, said she was “frustrated” by the outside counsel Kelly and his comments on the investigation. “I am sick over how he was allowed to undermine and dismiss this report. This is not how we move in a direction of accountability,” Haxhiaj wrote on X . “Let me make clear. He doesn’t speak for me. I don’t know why he’s allowed to speak for the City, the City Manager or the Interim Chief of Police.” Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty told the Worcester Telegram & Gazette that “while I question some of the statements made, I can only fully process the report with the investigative materials from the DOJ.” “I want to ensure that this process shows compassion and empathy to those who have been impacted, including members of the BIPOC community and survivors of the commercial sex trade,” Petty wrote, according to the T&G. Molly Farrar Molly Farrar is a general assignment reporter for Boston.com, focusing on education, politics, crime, and more. Boston.com Today Sign up to receive the latest headlines in your inbox each morning. Be civil. Be kind.3 Studs, 3 duds from Celtics clutch 107-105 win over Timberwolves - Hardwood Houdini

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