The transformation of Tulsi Gabbard from former Democratic congresswoman and presidential candidate to Donald Trump supporter has confounded many. But statements in the past month from Mikki Willis, an infamous conspiracy filmmaker who claims to have been a close friend of Gabbard for over a decade, may help explain how the Hawaiian National Guard veteran has gone from being a supporter of Bernie Sanders to being Trump’s pick to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Willis shot to fame in 2020 when he released the hugely influential and widely debunked pseudo-documentary Plandemic, which suggested Covid-19 was released to profit those in positions of authority and that vaccines were ineffectual. He has since become a leading figure in the anti-vaccine movement while expanding his reach to other areas, including politics. In the wake of Trump’s victory last month, Wilis described how Gabbard, who at the time had recently bowed out of her bid to win the Democratic presidential nomination, called him after seeing the film. “I remember when my friend @TulsiGabbard was facing her own political awakening,” Willis wrote on X. “She called me shortly after I released the first Plandemic documentary in 2020. Having recently come off her presidential campaign tour, she was feeling disillusioned with the Democratic Party. She wanted to hear my reasons for walking away. We spoke for 90 minutes. Well, I spoke for 90 minutes while she listened—she’s a great listener.” In an appearance in late November on a conspiracy podcast called The Missing Link , which broadcasts on Rumble, Willis expanded on his relationship with Gabbard. He claimed that they have been friends for 11 years and worked together on numerous projects. He traveled with her when she was running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, he said, and produced a video series for X in recent months called “Tulsi Truths.” He also revealed that he is “doing a documentary with her right now about the border, the San Diego border.” Willis made a similar claim in an X Space in October, according to reporting from Media Matters . Willis—whose extremist worldview, to go by what he said on The Missing Link , has expanded beyond Covid to incorporate QAnon conspiracy theories and claims that the Biden administration could trigger World War III to prevent Trump from being inaugurated—appears to now be trying to leverage his relationship with Gabbard into a more central role in Trump’s new administration. And it seems to be working, at least in his telling. “Many of his new appointees are personal friends of mine,” Willis posted on X on November 14. “They are truly incredible human beings who are risking it all to save our country. I’m privy to private conversations taking place behind the scenes, and what I’m hearing is profoundly inspiring!” The post on X was accompanied by a picture of Willis and his wife at Mar-a-Lago alongside Elon Musk and Trump’s former wife Marla Maples, who describes him as “a dear friend.” Willis was also at Trump’s resort on election night, reporting live from the scene for Alex Jones’ Infowars show. One supporter responded enthusiastically to WIllis’ X post, saying they were delighted that Willis and Del Bigtree—a prominent anti-vaccine activist who worked as communications director for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign—were part of the Trump team. “Rolling up my sleeves to work,” Willis wrote back. “Willis’ claim that he is ‘privy to private conversations’ with Trump’s transition team about public health policy and vaccines is extremely alarming, as he was behind one of the most viral and harmful pieces of social media misinformation during a pandemic that killed millions of Americans, and now, according to Willis, Trump is allegedly ‘waking up’ and ‘now believes the vaccines were dangerous,’” Alex Kaplan, a senior researcher at Media Matters, tells WIRED. Trump transition spokesperson Alexa Henning told WIRED that Gabbard had visited the border but did not respond to a question about whether she is producing a documentary with Willis. She also refused to comment on Willis’ claims of insider access to discussions among members of Trump's new administration. Gabbard and Willis did not respond to requests for comment. Willis is a former model and actor whose biggest claim to fame before he produced Plandemic was a short clip he posted to social media in 2015 showing his ecstatic reaction to his son’s decision to buy a Little Mermaid doll—a video he has since deleted. Willis claims on The Missing Link that he first met Gabbard 11 years ago, though he does not explain how the pair met. At the time, Gabbard was living in Hawaii and had just been elected to the US House of Representatives, while Willis was living in California and producing low-budget films like Neurons to Nirvana: Understanding Psychedelic Medicines . Both Gabbard and Willis were supporters of Bernie Sanders in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election. Willis told The Missing Link that it was while he was on the road with the Sanders campaign that he began to wake up, and that he called Gabbard to tell her what he had learned. “Do you know the history of the Democratic Party?” Willis claims he asked Gabbard. “Because I didn't know it. I didn't know they fought for slavery. I didn't know the Republican Party fought against slavery. That's something they've kept from me here in California my whole life.” Willis added that he sent Gabbard links to content to read on the topic. Four years later, as Gabbard was failing to secure the Democratic presidential nomination, Willis was going viral. The first installment of the Plandemic series was a 26-minute conspiracy film released during the Covid lockdowns. It centered on an interview with discredited virologist Judy Mikovits and made a number of false claims, including that Mikovits was jailed without charges as part of a conspiracy led by US public health authorities, that wearing masks “literally activates your own virus,” and that flu vaccines increase the chances of contracting Covid. In all the pseudo-documentary intimated that the pandemic was the creation of sinister forces that sought to profit from it, including a vaccine industry pushing a product that “causes medical harm.” The slickly-produced film’s claims were quickly and exhaustively debunked and it was removed from social media platforms like YouTube and Facebook—but not before it was seen by tens of millions of people. Willis quickly used that notoriety to claim the bans were part of a grand conspiracy to silence truth tellers like him from informing people about what was really happening in the world. Part of the reason the film was so successful is because it was so well produced. “He’s a good filmmaker,” Erin Gallagher, a disinformation researcher, told WIRED. “Skillwise, his work is well executed; the editing is tight. His films look good, and that gives them more legitimacy and makes for stickier media content.” The subjects he chooses to make films about, she says, are “batshit conspiracies but because the films look slick, they've got legs.” Over the course of the four years after Plandemic ’s initial release, Willis leveraged his new-found fame to become one of the more prominent anti-vaccine voices on the right, producing three more films in the Plandemic series and most recently releasing Plandemic: The Musical . Willis, who in 2020 was looking into establishing a secure enclave and “eco-resort” constructed on Austin’s Lake Travis—a tax forfeiture filing in February of this year suggests the enterprise never got off the ground—has also become a fixture on the alternative far-right speaking circuit that emerged in the wake of the Covid lockdowns and Trump’s election loss in 2020. Willis claimed on The Missing Link that he was contacted by someone close to Donald Trump Jr. who wanted to speak to Willis in order to help convince the then president that he was wrong about vaccines. (The Trump transition team did not respond to a request for comment about this claim.) While that conversation never happened, Willis said, he believes that Trump is now coming around to a more negative view of vaccines. “He was dead wrong [in 2020],” Willis said on The Missing Link . “He was led to believe by a lot of people around him—people he thought he could trust—that he was right, and then he just became very bullheaded and not willing to admit that he had done harm when he thought he had saved lives.” Throughout this time Willis appears to have maintained his relationship with Gabbard and in the run up to the 2024 election, he says, he helped produce a series of short, pro-Trump videos featuring the Hawaii native paid for by the Make America Healthy Again Alliance, a super PAC “dedicated to inspiring the supporters of Robert Kennedy Jr. to vote for Donald J. Trump.” (The CEO of the organization is Bigtree, the anti-vaccine figure and Kennedy aide.) About a week after his election victory, Trump announced Gabbard as his pick to be director of national intelligence—a role that, if confirmed by the Senate, will see Gabbard oversee 18 different intelligence agencies, including the CIA and the NSA. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence was created in the wake of 9/11 attacks to facilitate better intelligence-sharing between the different agencies, but it has never achieved the level of control initially envisioned for the role. Trump may seek to change that, however, based on suggestions contained in Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a second Trump presidency. In the chapter on the intelligence community, the document suggests that the ODNI should be the only agency drafting the daily intelligence briefing for Trump and should have full oversight of the entire intelligence community’s budget. Since Gabbard was announced as the ODNI nominee, many Democratic lawmakers have criticized the decision, pointing out Gabbard’s lack of experience in the intelligence community and her questionable views on Russia and Syria. Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, a member of the House Intelligence Committee from Virginia, wrote on X she was "appalled at the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard,” adding: “Not only is she ill-prepared and unqualified, but she traffics in conspiracy theories and cozies up to dictators like Bashar-al Assad and Vladimir Putin.” Gabbard has a long history of embracing controversial viewpoints on foreign policy as well as being connected to conspiracy theories. Gabbard has been linked for years with an extremist offshoot of Hare Krishna, called the Science of Identity Foundation. The group, which some former members have described as a cult , is led by Chris Butler, who is worshipped by some of his followers as a deity and whom Gabbard has described as her “guru.” She gained a level of national notoriety in 2017 when she met in person with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad during what her office called a “fact-finding” mission to the Middle East. She later raised doubts about the US intelligence agencies’ assessment that the Assad regime had used chemical weapons against civilians, and called US airstrikes against Syrian targets in response to the chemical attacks "reckless and short-sighted.” Upon leaving the Democratic Party in 2022, she criticized it using phrasing reminiscent of the coded language used by followers of QAnon, labeling her former party an “elitist cabal of warmongers” driven by “cowardly wokeness.” In 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, Gabbard made comments that some interpreted as justifying Putin’s decision, claiming that if the US “had simply acknowledged Russia’s legitimate security concerns” in relation to Ukraine seeking to join NATO, the war could have been avoided. She also made comments that were used to fuel the Russian-backed conspiracy theory that US-funded biolabs in Ukraine would be used to launch biological weapons. When Trump announced that Gabbard was his pick for DNI, Russian state TV presenters celebrated the news. In 2022 Gabbard also campaigned for Kari Lake in her failed gubernatorial race in Arizona. Lake was at that point one of the most vocal proponents of election denial conspiracy theories about Trump’s election loss in 2020 and would spend years claiming, without evidence, that her own loss in 2022 was caused by election fraud. Gabbard did not respond to repeated requests for comment about her links to Willis, but in an interview last April, she did mention the fact that she was visiting the border and making a documentary—though she did not mention Willis’ involvement. “I just got back last night from a few days on the border in California. It's a part of the border in our country that just hasn't gotten much attention,” Gabbard told the Kelsi Sheren Perspective podcast. “I'm putting together a short documentary. I went there and brought my husband, who's a cinematographer, and a few cameras specifically, because most people in America don't know what's happening.”gal sport betting 。

NoneIf you're not already a Denton Record-Chronicle subscriber, you can subscribe now for just $1 a month over the next six months and read all of our stories throughout high school football season. Argyle senior Jordyn Moore, Aubrey senior Kynadi Hall and Ponder junior Makaylee Ruiz were among 77 players from across Texas selected Sunday to their respective 2024 UIL Volleyball State All-Tournament teams. Moore earned the honor in 5A Division II, while Hall received it in 4A Division II and Ruiz in 3A Division I. Argyle's Jordyn Moore was among three local volleyball players selected Sunday to their respective all-state tournament teams. Moore helped lead Argyle to its first state semifinal appearance at the 5A level, where it dropped a tight five-set match to eventual 5A DII state champion Frisco Wakeland. The senior Colgate commit, who was also named District 6-5A's Co-Most Valuable Player this fall, was crucial to the Lady Eagles winning a district title and reaching their first state semifinal since 2017. Hall helped lead Aubrey to its second state semifinal in the last three years, where it fell to eventual 4A DII state runner-up Canyon Randall in a five-set bout. The senior Southeastern Oklahoma State commit was also named District 9-4A's Most Valuable Player after playing a crucial part in Aubrey's district title and deep playoff run. Aubrey's Kynadi Hall was among three local volleyball players selected Sunday to their respective all-state tournament teams. Ruiz helped lead Ponder to its first state semifinal appearance in program history, where it fell to eventual 3A DI state champion Bushland. The junior Wofford pledge was named District 10-3A's Defensive Player of the Year this fall and was at the heart of the Lady Lions' success in winning their second outright district title ever and making their deepest playoff run. Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. Error! There was an error processing your request. Get the scoop on all the thrilling victories, nail-biting games and standout performances — straight from the sidelines of Denton-area high schools. Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. Error! There was an error processing your request.New Valley Waters councillor ready to learn 'as I grow'

MILAN — Shoppers laden with bags from Fendi, Loewe, Prada and other designer labels clog the narrow sidewalks of Milan's swankiest shopping street, bringing joy to the purveyors of high-end luxury goods this, and every, holiday season. There's even more to celebrate this year: a commercial real estate company crowned Via MonteNapoleone as the world's most expensive retail destination, displacing New York's Fifth Avenue. The latest version of American firm Cushman & Wakefield's annual global index, which ranks shopping areas based on the rent prices they command, is a sign of Via MonteNapoleone's desirability as an address for luxury ready-to-wear, jewelry and even pastry brands. A man walks past a shop Dec. 12 in Monte Napoleone street in Milan, Italy. The average rent on the Milan street surged to $2,047 per square foot, compared with $2,000 per square foot on an 11-block stretch of upper Fifth Avenue. Via MonteNapoleone's small size — less than a quarter-mile long — and walking distance to services and top cultural sites are among the street's key advantages, according to Guglielmo Miani, president of the MonteNapoleone District association. "Not everything can fit, which is a benefit," since the limited space makes the street even more exclusive and dynamic, said Miani, whose group also represents businesses on the intersecting side streets that together with Via MonteNapoleone form an area known as Milan's Fashion Quadrilateral. Women look a shop Dec. 12 in Monte Napoleone street in Milan, Italy. The biggest brands on the street make 50 million euros to 100 million euros in annual sales, Miani said, which goes a long way to paying the rent. Tiffany & Co. is preparing to take up residence on Via Montenapoleone, and longtime tenant Fendi is expanding. The MonteNapoleone District says 11 million people visited the area this year through November, but there's no way to say how many were big spenders vs. window shoppers. The average shopper on Via MonteNapoleone spent 2,500 euros per purchase between August and November — the highest average receipt in the world, according to the tax-free shopping firm Global Blue. The street is a magnet for holiday shoppers who arrive in Maseratis, Porsches and even Ferraris, the sports car's limited trunk space notwithstanding. A mannequin is seen Dec. 12 in a shop in Monte Napoleone street in Milan, Italy. Lights twinkle overhead, boutique windows feature mannequins engaged in warm scenes of holiday fun, and passersby snap photos of expertly decorated cakes in pastry shop displays. A visitor from China, Chen Xinghan, waited for a taxi with a half-dozen shopping bags lined up next to him on the sidewalk. He said he paid half the price for a luxury Fendi coat that he purchased in Milan than he would have at home. "I got a lot," Chen acknowledged. "It's a fantastic place, a good place for shopping." A man waits for a taxi Dec. 12 in Monte Napoleon street in Milan, Italy. A few store windows down, Franca Da Rold, who was visiting Milan from Belluno, an Italian city in the Dolomites mountain range, marveled at a chunky, yardslong knit scarf priced at 980 euros. "I could knit that in one hour, using 12-gauge knitting needles as thick as my fingers, and thick wool. Maximum two hours," Da Rold said, but acknowledged the brand appeal. Buildings are decorated Dec. 12 in Monte Napoleone street in Milan, Italy. Despite upper Fifth Avenue getting bumped to the No. 2 spot on the Cushman & Wakefield list, the organization that serves as the Manhattan street's guardian and chief promoter had praise for MonteNapoleone's achievement. "Milan's investment in its public realm is paying off, which is a win for their shoppers, businesses and city as a whole," said Madelyn Wils, interim president of the Fifth Avenue Association. She also expressed confidence that with new investments and a record year for sales on Fifth Avenue, "we'll be back on top in no time." The holiday season feels a little less jolly considering the amount of waste generated by gift-giving. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates the amount of household garbage in the U.S. increases by 25% between Thanksgiving and New Year's. After the decorations come down, all that waste heads to landfills, producing a significant contributor to climate change: methane gas. "Greening" the holidays is essential, and one simple tip is to think more about how sustainable the materials are in your decorations, decor, and, of course, gifts. Instead of plastics, you could opt for items that can be reused, are made of renewable materials or natural fibers that boast a smaller environmental impact in both production and durability. Due to consumers' desires for more eco-friendly goods, sustainable materials are among the biggest trends in home decor. Fortunately, there are plenty of affordable—and earth-conscious—home goods that make perfect holiday gifts. Made Trade rounded up a list of sustainable home decor trends in 2025 that offer dozens of creative options for holiday gift-giving. Each trend includes examples of great gifts for the home and advice for ensuring items are sustainably produced or can help create a more eco-friendly space. In the depths of winter's gray days, it's a real gift to see a little green, which is why indoor gardening gifts are a wonderful idea. Not only are they eco-friendly and promote sustainability—the more food you can grow yourself, the less you have to buy—they also foster an appreciation of nature and bring the natural world indoors to enjoy. Sprouting kits and microgreens require minimal amounts of space and sunlight, but a sunny, south-facing window will permit a small herb garden or leafy greens for salads. If you're not sure what kind of light your recipient has access to, go with gifting indoor grow lamps along with the plants, or pick a hardy, low-water houseplant—some can act as natural air purifiers too. When buying gifts for the home, consider what materials the items are made from and how far away they come from—not only are natural materials like rattan, jute, palm leaves, clay, organic cotton and linen, and ceramics more sustainable, but if they are being used by a local craftsperson, gifters are also saving on fossil fuels for the transportation. Plus, you're helping the local economy by supporting local craftspeople, so it's a win-win. Natural fiber pillows, sheets, blankets, and even doormats offer comfort and consideration of the environment. The most sustainable and eco-friendly gift is one you already have, so get creative about reusing materials already in or around your home (raid the recycling bin, find nice pieces of wood outside, wash out and reuse glass jars) to fashion them into new, thoughtful goods. Similarly, think vintage and secondhand—what items can you give a second life to by passing them along to someone who will find new meaning in them? Some of the most thoughtful gifts are small heirlooms—pieces of jewelry or a beloved ceramic dish—passed along to the next generation that will appreciate them. Green technology offers ways to reduce our carbon footprint in everyday life, and smart thermostats, solar lights, smart sprinklers, and smart plugs all make great gifts, saving people money and conserving our valuable resources. For those looking into home renovations or updating decor, try a new light fixture paired with smart blubs, or a new window treatment with smart shades. Even something as simple as a rain barrel can reduce energy use—and while the technology for that isn't very sophisticated, it certainly is, like composting, "smart." Integrated outdoor living is the ultimate gift, allowing us to bring the natural world into our homes. However, doing so sustainably takes a little more effort than simply leaving the doors to the deck open all the time. First, find eco-friendly and sustainable outdoor furniture, perhaps thrifting it or buying it used and fixing it up for a one-of-a-kind gift. If you can't go secondhand, choose furniture made of sustainable materials such as reclaimed wood, recycled plastic (great for outdoor rugs), or bamboo. For smaller gifts, consider solar lights, a water feature that recycles water, a rain barrel, or even a set of handmade wind chimes made from seashells. Story editing by Carren Jao. Additional editing by Kelly Glass. Copy editing by Paris Close. Photo selection by Clarese Moller. This story originally appeared on Made Trade and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio. The business news you need Get the latest local business news delivered FREE to your inbox weekly.Warner Bros Discovery re-enters the spin zone

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors moved Monday to dismiss the criminal charges against President-elect Donald Trump that accused him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election and to abandon the classified documents case against him, citing longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution. The decision by special counsel Jack Smith , who had fiercely sought to hold Trump criminally accountable for his efforts to subvert the 2020 election, represented the end of the federal effort against the former president following his election victory this month despite the election-related cases and multiple other unrelated criminal charges against him and is headed back to the White House. The decision, revealed in court filings, also amounts to a predictable but nonetheless stunning conclusion to criminal cases that had been seen as the most perilous of the multiple legal threats Trump has faced. It reflects the practical consequences of Trump ’s victory, ensuring he enters office free from scrutiny over his hoarding of top secret documents and his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. Smith ’s team emphasized that the move to abandon the prosecutions, in federal courts in Washington and Florida, was not a reflection of their view on the merits of the cases but rather a reflection of their commitment to longstanding department policy. “That prohibition is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government’s proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Government stands fully behind,” the prosecutors wrote in Monday’s court filing in the election interference case. The decision was expected after Smith ’s team began assessing how to wind down both the 2020 election interference case and the separate classified documents case in the wake of Trump ’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. The Justice Department believes Trump can no longer be tried in accordance with longstanding policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted. Trump has cast both cases as politically motivated, and he had vowed to fire Smith as soon as he takes office in January. The 2020 election case brought last year was once seen as one of the most serious legal threats facing the Republican as he vied to reclaim the White House. But it quickly stalled amid legal fighting over Trump’s sweeping claims of immunity from prosecution for acts he took while in the White House. The U.S. Supreme Court in July ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, and sent the case back to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to determine which allegations in the indictment, if any, could proceed to trial. The case was just beginning to pick up steam again in the trial court in the weeks leading up this year’s election. Smith’s team in October filed a lengthy brief laying out new evidence they planned to use against him at trial, accusing him of using “ resorting to crimes ” in an increasingly desperate effort to overturn the will over voters after he lost to President Joe Biden. Associated Press writer Colleen Long contributed to this story.

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The Dallas Cowboys ruled out right guard Zack Martin and cornerback Trevon Diggs with injuries on Saturday, one day prior to a road game against the Washington Commanders. Martin has been dealing with ankle and shoulder injuries and didn't practice at all this week before initially being listed as doubtful to play on Friday. He also physically struggled during Monday night's loss to the Houston Texans. Martin, who turned 34 on Wednesday, has started all 162 games played in 11 seasons with the Cowboys. He's a nine-time Pro Bowl selection and a seven-time first-team All-Pro. Diggs has been dealing with groin and knee injuries. He was listed as questionable on Friday before being downgraded Saturday. Diggs, 26, has 37 tackles and two interceptions in 10 games this season. The two-time Pro Bowl pick led the NFL with 11 picks in 2021 and has 20 in 57 games. The Cowboys elected not to activate receiver Brandin Cooks (knee) for the game. He returned to practice earlier this week and he was listed as questionable on Friday. Dallas activated offensive tackle Chuma Edoga (toe) and defensive end Marshawn Kneeland (knee) off injured reserve Saturday, placed safety Markquese Bell (shoulder) on IR and released defensive end KJ Henry. Tight end Jake Ferguson (concussion) was previously ruled out. Tight end Princeton Fant was elevated from the practice squad to replace him. Cornerback Kemon Hall also was elevated from the practice squad. --Field Level MediaNigeria needs to invest in artificial intelligence literacy — Expert

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NEW YORK (AP) — Remember what you searched for in 2024? Google does. Google released its annual “Year in Search” on Tuesday, rounding up the top trending queries entered into its namesake search engine in 2024. The results show terms that saw the highest spike in traffic compared to last year — ranging from key news events, notably global elections , to the most popular songs, athletes and unforgettable pop-culture moments that people looked up worldwide. Sports — particularly soccer and cricket — dominated Google's overall trending searches in 2024. Copa América topped those search trends globally, followed by the UEFA European Championship and ICC Men's T20 World Cup . Meanwhile, the U.S. election led news-specific searches worldwide. Queries about excessive heat and this year's Olympic Games followed. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump topped searches in Google's people category this year — followed by Catherine, Princess of Wales , U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif , who also led athlete-specific searches. Meanwhile, the late Liam Payne , Toby Keith and O.J. Simpson led search trends among notable individuals who died in 2024. In the world of entertainment, Disney and Pixar's “Inside Out 2” was the top trending movie of the year, while Netflix's “Baby Reindeer” led TV show trends. And Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” dominated song trends. That's just the tip of the iceberg. Queries for the Olympic village's chocolate muffin , made famous by Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen over the summer games, led Google's global recipe trends this year. The New York Times' “Connections” puzzle topped game searches. And in the U.S., country-specific data shows, many people asked Google about online trends like the word “demure” and “ mob wife aesthetic .” You can find more country-specific lists, and trends from years past , through Google’s “Year in Search” data published online . The California company said it collected 2024 search results from Jan. 1 through Nov. 23 of this year. Google isn't the only one to publish an annual recap or top trends as 2024 draws to a close. Spotify Wrapped , for example, as well as Collins Dictionary and Merriam-Webster’s words of the year, have offered additional reflections for 2024.

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NoneAston Villa's Ross Barkley (right) celebrates after scoring his team's third, winning goal. LEIPZIG, Germany - Aston Villa substitutes Jhon Duran and Ross Barkley bagged second-half goals to salvage a 3-2 victory over RB Leipzig on Dec 10 in a Champions League match marked by a stunning error from keeper Emi Martinez that gifted Leipzig a goal. With 13 points after six games, Unai Emery’s men are just a win away from booking their berth in the Champions League last 16. John McGinn put Villa on the scoresheet inside three minutes when he fired in Ollie Watkins’s header past Peter Gulacsi. But Lois Openda levelled against the run of play in the 27th minute when Martinez ventured well out of his net but misjudged the bounce of the ball, allowing Openda to nudge it past him and score. Duran put the visitors up in the 52nd minute when he latched on to a pass from Youri Tielemans before unleashing a blistering shot from nearly 30 metres out. The home side levelled 10 minutes later when Openda floated the ball to the back post for Christoph Baumgartner to steer in with a volley. But, two minutes after he entered the game, Barkley bagged the winner in the 85th when his long shot took a big deflection off defender Lukas Klostermann and went in. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you. Read 3 articles and stand to win rewards Spin the wheel now