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The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here . MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ben Nau had 18 points in St. Thomas-Minnesota’s 91-65 win over Portland State on Saturday. Nau went 7 of 10 from the field (4 for 7 from 3-point range) for the Tommies (4-3). Kendall Blue scored 11 points while shooting 5 for 11, including 1 for 4 from beyond the arc and added five rebounds. Miles Barnstable shot 3 of 6 from the field and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 11 points. Cole Farrell finished with 12 points for the Vikings (2-3). Isaiah Johnson added 10 points and seven rebounds for Portland State. Shane Nowell had 10 points and six rebounds. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .GOP senator claims woman in Pete Hegseth sex assault allegation ‘was the aggressor’Seibert, who missed the previous two games with a right hip injury, was wide left on the point-after attempt following a low snap. Thomas then took the kick back 43 yards as the Cowboys (4-7) ended their losing streak at five in improbable fashion. Part of that was the play of backup Cooper Rush, who threw for 247 yards and two TDs in his third start in place of starter Dak Prescott. Part was also the defense forcing two turnovers, as Chauncey Golston ripped the ball out of Brian Robinson Jr.’s hands for what was called an interception of Daniels in the second quarter, and Donovan Wilson stripped John Bates midway through the fourth. KaVonte Turpin provided the fireworks with a spinning, 99-yard kickoff return TD seconds after Daniels found Zach Ertz in the end zone and scored on a 2-point conversion to cut the deficit to three with 3:02 left. In the final three minutes alone, the Commanders (7-5) scored 10 points and allowed Thomas’ TD. All that after the score was 10-9 through three quarters before madness ensued. CHIEFS 30, PANTHERS 27 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 269 yards and three touchdowns , Spencer Shrader kicked a 31-yard field goal as time expired and Kansas City beat Carolina to reach double-digit wins for the 10th straight season. Noah Gray caught two TD passes as the Chiefs (10-1) bounced back from last week’s 30-21 loss at Buffalo and won at the buzzer yet again in a season of narrow escapes. DeAndre Hopkins also had a touchdown catch for the two-time defending Super Bowl champions, who scored on their first five possessions. Bryce Young finished 21 of 35 for 262 yards and a touchdown for the Panthers (3-8), who had their two-game winning streak snapped. David Moore had six receptions for 80 yards and a touchdown. Trailing 27-19, Young completed a fourth-down pass to Adam Thielen to move the chains, then went deep for the veteran receiver, who drew a pass-interference penalty on Chamarri Conner. That set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Chuba Hubbard. LIONS 24, COLTS 6 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jahmyr Gibbs rushed for two scores and David Montgomery added a third touchdown run, leading Detroit to a victory over Indianapolis. Gibbs finished with 21 carries for 90 yards as the Lions (10-1) extended their league-high winning streak to nine straight. Detroit has its been 11-game record since the franchise’s inaugural season in 1934. Jared Goff continued his sensational season, too, completing 26 of 36 throws for 269 yards. The Colts (5-7) lost their second straight home game and for the fourth time in their past five games. Anthony Richardson was 11 of 28 with 172 yards while rushing 10 times for 61 yards. While Indy managed to hold the NFL’s highest-scoring offense largely in check Sunday, it was doomed by its inability to finish drives with touchdowns. BUCCANEERS 30, GIANTS 7 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Baker Mayfield catapulted into the end zone on a spectacular 10-yard scramble for one of Tampa Bay’s four rushing touchdowns, and the Buccaneers beat the Giants and new starting quarterback Tommy DeVito, snapping a four-game losing streak and extending New York’s skid to six. The Giants’ decisions this week to bench and then release quarterback Daniel Jones did nothing to help the NFL’s lowest-scoring offense. DeVito threw for 189 yards, mostly in the second half with New York well on its way to its sixth straight loss at home, where it is winless. Meanwhile, the Buccaneers dominated in every phase in a near-perfect perfect performance that featured TD runs of 1 yard by Sean Tucker, 6 yards by Bucky Irving and 1 yard by Rachaad White. After recent losses to the Ravens, 49ers and Chiefs, Tampa Bay (5-6) moved within one game of idle Atlanta in the NFC South. Tampa Bay scored on five of its on first six possessions to open a 30-0 lead, and none was more exciting than Mayfield’s TD run with 12 seconds left in the first half. On a second-and-goal from the 10, he avoided pressure and went for the end zone. He was hit by Cor’Dale Flott low and Dru Phillips high around the 2-yard line, and he was airborne when he crossed the goal line. The ball came loose when he hit the turf but he jumped up and flexed — seemingly mocking DeVito’s go-to celebration — as the Bucs took a 23-0 lead. DOLPHINS 34, PATRIOTS 15 MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa threw for 317 yards and four touchdowns, including two scores to running back De’Von Achane, and Miami routed New England. The Dolphins (5-6) have a thin margin for error the rest of the season but have kept themselves afloat with a three-game winning streak. With their win at New England (3-9) in Week 5, the Dolphins have swept their division rivals in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1999-2000. Tagovailoa, who moved to 7-0 in his career against New England, entered the game with a league-high 73.4% completion rate and went 29 for 40. Backup Skylar Thompson replaced Tagovailoa with about 11 minutes left in what was already a blowout, but a bad handoff on his first play resulted in a fumble that was recovered by cornerback Christian Gonzalez and returned 63 yards for a touchdown. It cut New England’s deficit to 31-15, and Tagovailoa returned the next drive. TITANS 32, TEXANS 27 HOUSTON (AP) — Will Levis threw for 278 yards and his 70-yard touchdown pass to Chig Okonkwo put Tennessee on top in the fourth quarter and the Titans held on for a win over the Texans. Okonkwo grabbed a short pass and rumbled for the touchdown to put the Titans (3-8) up 30-27 with 91⁄2 minutes remaining. Safety Eric Murray missed a tackle that would have stopped him near midfield. The Texans (7-5) had a chance to tie it with less than two minutes remaining, but Ka’imi Fairbairn’s 28-yard field-goal attempt sailed wide left. He fell to the ground after the miss before getting up and slamming his helmet on the field. Titans coach Brian Callahan held both hands in the air and smiled after watching the miss that allowed his team to win on a day it had three turnovers. The Texans forced a three-and-out, but couldn’t move the ball after that and Harold Landry sacked C.J. Stroud in the end zone for a safety to make it 32-27 and allow Tennessee to snap a two-game skid. VIKINGS 30, BEARS 27, OT CHICAGO (AP) — Sam Darnold threw for 90 of his 330 yards in overtime to set up Parker Romo’s game-ending 29-yard field goal , and Minnesota outlasted Chicago after giving up 11 points in the final 22 seconds of regulation. Darnold threw two touchdown passes, Jordan Addison caught eight passes for a career-high 162 yards and a touchdown, and T.J. Hockenson had 114 yards receiving for the Vikings (9-2), who remained one game behind Detroit in the rugged NFC North. Caleb Williams threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns for the Bears (4-7), who lost their fifth straight. Minnesota appeared to have the game in hand, leading 27-16 with 1:56 left after Romo kicked a 26-yard field goal. But the Bears weren’t finished. Deandre Carter made up for a muffed punt that led to a touchdown in the third quarter with a 55-yard kickoff return to the 40. Williams took it from there, capping an eight-play drive with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Keenan Allen. A 2-point conversion pass to DJ Moore made it 27-24 with 22 seconds remaining. The Bears recovered the onside kick and Williams hit Moore over the middle for a 27-yard gain to the 30 before spiking the ball. Cairo Santos made a 48-yard field goal as time expired.
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The BBC announced last week that Lineker will leave his role as host, which he has held since 1999, at the end of the current football season. Saturday’s episode of the football highlights programme opened with pundit Alan Shearer, Lineker’s fellow former England striker, saying direct to the camera: “All good things must come to an end.” Lineker then appeared, and said: “Yes Alan – Lee Carsley’s England reign is over. It’s back to business in the Premier League.” Despite his exit, the 63-year-old will remain with the BBC after both parties agreed to a contract extension through to the 2026 World Cup. Lineker will host BBC Sport’s coverage of the FA Cup in the 2025-26 campaign and continue presenting the Match Of The Day: Top 10 podcast for BBC Sounds, which will also host The Rest Is Football podcast, produced by Lineker’s Goalhanger Podcasts, with one episode released on the platform each week. The BBC has said future plans for Match Of The Day would be “announced in due course” with Mark Chapman, Alex Scott, Kelly Cates and Gabby Logan among those being tipped as candidates to replace him. Following the announcement, Lineker said it “has been an absolute joy and privilege to present such an iconic show for the BBC, but all things have to come to an end” on his podcast, The Rest Is Football. He added: “I bowed out in my football career when I felt it was the right time. I feel this is now the right time. “I think the next contract they’re looking to do Match Of The Day slightly differently, so I think it makes sense for someone else to take the helm.” Lineker has hosted Match Of The Day since 1999 and will have presented the show for more than a quarter of a century when he leaves in May 2025.
Daily Post Nigeria Kotu ta soke hukuncin da ya hana jihar Ribas kudadenta Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Hausa Kotu ta soke hukuncin da ya hana jihar Ribas kudadenta Published on December 13, 2024 By Kabeer Bello Kotun daukaka kara da ke Abuja ta soke umarnin da aka bayar wanda ya hana Babban Bankin Najeriya (CBN) da Akanta Janar na Tarayya tura kudade ga gwamnatin jihar Ribas. Alkalan uku, karkashin jagorancin Mai Shari’a Hamman Barka, ya yanke hukuncin cewa batun kudaden shiga na jiha ba ya cikin hurumin kotun da ta bayar da umarnin farko. Kotun ta kuma tabbatar da daukaka karar da gwamnatin Jljihar Ribas ta shigar, inda ta soke umarnin da Mai Shari’a Joyce Abdulmalik ta bayar a baya. Kotun ta bayyana umarni a matsayin wanda baya bisa doka ba, kuma ya tauye hakkin gwamnatin ihar Ribas na samun damar amfani da kudaden ta daga asusun hadaka na tarayya. Haka kuma, kotun daukaka kara ta zargi kotun baya da ketare iyaka, tana mai cewa ba ta da hurumin sauraren wannan batu. Daily Post Hausa ta ruwaito cewa a watan Oktoba, Mai Shari’a Abdulmalik ta babbar kotun tarayya da ke Abuja ta yanke hukunci cewa karba da rabon kudaden jihar da vwamna Siminalayi Fubara, ya ke yi tun daga watan Janairu ya saba wa tanadin doka. Mai shari’ar ta kuma bayyana gabatar da kasafin kudin 2024 da gwamnan ya yi a gaban ‘yan majalisar dokokin jihar Ribas guda hudu a matsayin abinda ya saba wa kundin tsarin mulkin 1999. Bayan haka, Mai Shari’a Abdulmalik ta bayar da umarnin hana CBN, Akanta Janar na Tarayya, bankin Zenith, da Bankin Access ba wa Fubara damar amfani da kudade daga Asusun Tarayya, Sai dai yanzu kotun daukaka Karar ta soke wadannan hukunce hukunce. Related Topics: Kotu rivers Don't Miss Mataimakin shugaban kasa, Shettima ya tashi zuwa Dubai You may like Rivers court sets date for judgment in murder trial of man accused of killing minor Fubara promises less tax on residents, businesses in Rivers Kotun Borno ta yanke wa Mama Boko Haram da wasu hukuncin shekaru 5 a kurkuku Nigerian Navy trails owners of illegal storage of stolen crude oil in Rivers Police nab suspected fraudsters in Rivers, reject $17,000 bribe Leadership crisis: Court refuses Rivers PDP faction’s ex parte motion Advertise About Us Contact Us Privacy-Policy Terms Copyright © Daily Post Media Ltd
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A Japanese sake maker is going where no sake maker has gone before: space. Asahi Shuzo, the company behind the popular Japanese sake brand Dassai, plans to blast sake ingredients to the International Space Station (ISS) to ferment a very special brew. Related video above: The dark energy pushing our universe apart may not be what it seems, scientists say If it works, just one 100ml bottle will be offered for sale on Earth at 100 million yen, or about $653,000. A standard serve is 80ml, making it one very expensive drink. “There is no guarantee of 100% success for the fermentation tests,” said Souya Uetsuki, the brewer in charge of the project at Asahi Shuzo. He said the difference in gravity could affect how heat transfers in fluid, causing a different fermentation process in space than on Earth. The company has paid the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency for access to the Kibo experiment module, part of the ISS developed by Japan, where tests can be conducted in a “special microgravity environment.” The national space agency said they would not comment on the privately paid project. Sake is made of Japanese rice, water, yeast and koji (a type of mold). It traditionally takes about two months to make through a series of precise steps that involve steaming, stirring and fermenting. The drink is sipped from a glass at many Japanese cultural occasions — from weddings to meals at pub-like izakaya restaurants — and last week landed a spot on UNESCO’s list of the “intangible cultural heritage of humanity.” Dassai — meaning “otter festival” in Japanese — is one of the most popular sake brands on the market. However, its maker is also behind premium products that are popular with collectors, some willing to spend up to thousands of dollars for a bottle. Asahi Shuzo’s foray into space is more than just another attempt to make another rare sake, according to the brewer. Uetsuki said the company hoped the project would offer insights into how fermentation works in space, so perhaps one day they can make sake on the moon. “In a future where humans can freely travel between the moon and Earth, some will visit the moon as tourists. This project aims to create sake that can be enjoyed on the moon, allowing visitors to have delightful moments there,” he said. He hopes the technology will also benefit future space tourists who have a penchant for other types of fermented food. “Many Japanese foods, such as natto and miso, are fermented, and this technology could expand into these areas,” Uetsuki said. The company is developing space brewing equipment, with a planned launch date later in 2025.The Huskies bounced back from an upset loss at the hands of Seattle U that snapped a 19-game win streak against the cross-town rival. Osobor opened the game with a three-point play in the first minute and followed it with a layup and the Huskies raced to a 20-point lead by intermission, 46-26. Washington's bench saw plenty of playing time with four players scoring at least nine points. Diallo led the bench effort with 12 points, five assists and a pair of steals. Wilhelm Briedenbach finished with 10 points and five rebounds. Sebastian Robinson was 5 of 22 from the field, including 0-for-4 from distance, but led the Highlanders (2-12) with 16 points. Tim Moore Jr. added 14 points and Ari Fulton contributed 11. The Huskies will look look for their first Big Ten Conference victory after an 0-2 start when they play host to Maryland on Thursday and No. 24 Illinois on Sunday. NJIT returns home to host Medgar Evers on Saturday. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball
Vermillion, S.D. There was the famous “The Pitch” in 1985 semifinals that sent North Dakota State on its way to a Division II national football championship. On Saturday, the Bison had “The Drive,” taking almost an entire quarter for an apparent game-winning score and a Missouri Valley Football Conference championship all to themselves. ADVERTISEMENT Then came “The Meltdown.” What transpired in the final four minutes at the Fargodome was a hard lesson for the Bison, a 29-28 loss that seemed almost over, but it wasn’t. “No. 1, there should be no one crying in there,” said head coach Tim Polasek, pointing at the locker room. “This isn’t time to cry. It’s time to be really upset and angry and reflect on yourself what you could have done better.” Polasek called USD’s two touchdowns in the last four minutes poor fundamentals, first allowing Jack Martens to get behind the Bison secondary for a 40-yard touchdown reception with 3:22 remaining. That cut NDSU’s lead to 28-23 after a failed two-point conversion. But on the ensuing kickoff, with NDSU having its “hands” team on the field in anticipation of some sort of squib kick, instead the Coyotes booted it deep and NDSU returner RaJa Nelson was forced to track it down. It took the perfect bounce for USD, and Nelson was forced out of bounds at his 2-yard line. “I’ve struggled with that my whole career,” Polasek said. “It’s the 50-50 gamble. I couldn’t really get a pulse, the kid really turned the laces hard, even on normal kickoffs. When they turn it hard, it usually means a squib. We have to handle it better and unfortunately for us it took a helluva bounce.” ADVERTISEMENT He also would have liked to have seen Nelson play a little deeper in that situation. Regardless, the Bison got one first down when quarterback Cam Miller gained three yards on third-and-3 to the 12. But three plays got three yards and NDSU punted. USD took over at its 42-yard line with 1:14 remaining and six plays later the DakotaDome was erupting in a rally party. The Bison have done that rally trick a few times over the years to other teams, but those last four minutes were a rare sight. Almost hard to believe, rare. Receiver Javion Phelps was so wide open on the game-winning 25-yard pass with 12 seconds remaining that it looked like busted coverage. Polasek, when asked if he would have done anything different in the last two minutes, said he would have taken a time out before the last touchdown pass. “The book tells you not to, but just to regroup our defense and make sure our pass rush was ready to go,” he said. Ultimately, it was a collection of big plays that did in the Bison. Trailing 28-17 and facing fourth-and-10, USD quarterback Aidan Bouman hit Phelps for 37 yards to the NDSU 40-yard line. The touchdown to Martens came two plays later. That drive took 48 seconds. ADVERTISEMENT “We beat ourselves, that’s all it is,” said Bison defensive lineman Will Mostaert. “I thought we didn’t play great, we have to play better. We have to be ready for those situations where we have to get stops. Not going to win games if you don’t get stops.” It seemed over when the Bison went on a monstrous 20-play, 99-yard drive that took most of the fourth quarter. It took 10:53 and started on a four-yard run by Marty Brown on the last play of the third quarter. NDSU converted two fourth-and-ones, with Miller picking up the first on a three-yard run at his own 37-yard line. His 16-yard run picked up the other. The drive appeared stalled and Griffin Crosa booted a 30-yard field goal, but USD was called for a personal foul for leaping over the line of scrimmage. Brown bulled in from the 1 and it was 28-17 with 4:10 left. Then Bouman took over. He was on the verge of being sacked on a couple of the big completions but didn’t go down. “He completed the right throws, had some really good balls and we had some breakdowns,” Mostaert said. It was probably a long bus ride back to Fargo for all involved with the team. NDSU still claimed a share of the conference title, although it certainly didn’t feel like it. ADVERTISEMENT “That loss belongs to both sides of the ball,” Polasek said. “We talk a lot about ending games on our terms and we had a chance to do that offensively.”SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Even when Penn State quarterback Drew Allar gets some praise, it's usually a backhanded compliment. They say he's a good game manager and stays within himself, or that he doesn't try to do too much. They mention he might not be flashy, but he gives the team a chance to win. And here's the thing about Penn State since Allar stepped under center: The Nittany Lions have won games. A lot of them. Sometimes that's hard to remember considering the lukewarm reception he often gets from fans. “I get it — we have a really passionate fan base and they're a huge part of our success,” Allar said Sunday at College Football Playoff quarterfinals media day. “For us, we always want to go out there every drive and end with a touchdown, so when we don't do that, there's nobody more frustrated than us.” The polarizing Allar is having a solid season by just about any standard, completing more than 68% of his passes for 3,021 yards, 21 touchdowns and seven interceptions while leading the sixth-seeded Nittany Lions to a 12-2 record and a spot in the Fiesta Bowl for Tuesday's game against No. 3 seed Boise State. But in a college football world filled with high-scoring, explosive offenses, Allar's no-frills performances often are the object of ire. The Penn State offense is a run-first bunch , led by the talented combo of Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen. “If we had a nickel for every time there was a Monday morning quarterback saying some BS stuff, we'd all be pretty rich,” offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki said. “I think part of being a quarterback, especially at Penn State but really anywhere, is how you respond to and manage criticism.” The 20-year-old Allar has made strides in that department after a trying 2023 season that finished with a 10-3 record. He says that's largely because once fall camp started back in August, he logged off the social media platform X. Allar said negative online experiences wore on him last year, and his phone number was leaked a few times, which added to the stress. He finally realized that controlling outside narratives was impossible, so the best course of action was to eliminate a needless distraction. “I’ve been more mentally free, as much as that sounds crazy,” Allar said. “I think that’s been a huge difference for me this year.” The biggest criticism of Allar — and really Penn State as a whole during the 11-year James Franklin era — is that he isn't capable of winning the big games. He's 0-2 against rival Ohio State and threw a late interception against Oregon in the Big Ten title game earlier this month, which sealed the Ducks' 45-37 victory . He wasn't great in the CFP's first round, either, completing just 13 of 22 passes for 127 yards as Penn State muscled past SMU 38-10 on a cold, blustery day to advance to the Fiesta Bowl. But the quarterback is confident a better performance — aided by a game that will be played in comfortable temperatures in a domed stadium — is coming. “For me, I just have to execute those (easy) throws early in the game and get our guys into rhythm,” Allar said. “Get them involved early as much as I can and that allows us to stay on the field longer, call more plays and open up our offense more. That will help us a ton, building the momentum throughout the game.” Allar might be a favorite punching bag for a section of the Penn State fan base, but that's not the case in his own locker room. Star tight end Tyler Warren praised his quarterback's ability to avoid sacks, saying that the 6-foot-5, 238-pounder brings a toughness that resonates with teammates. “He’s a football player,” Warren said. “He plays quarterback, but when you watch him play and the energy he brings and the way he runs the ball, he’s just a football player and that fires up our offense.” Now Allar and Penn State have a chance to silence critics who say that the Nittany Lions don't show up in big games. Not that he's worried about what other people think. “I think it's a skill at the end of the day — blocking out the outside noise," Allar said. "Focusing on you and the process and being honest with yourself, both good and bad.” Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballIt was a day of celebration as Riverside Elementary in Coral Springs unveiled a much-anticipated renovation to the school library, showing it was finally getting some return from the decade-old $800 million bond referendum. The media center now had new paint, flooring and furniture. Colorful tables and cushioned chairs replaced the old wooden furniture that had been there since the school opened in 1987. The renovation was part of an overall $2 million investment in the school that also included restroom renovations, air conditioning and roofing upgrades and a new fire alarm system. “Media centers are often the heart of a school and serve as a hub for learning,” School Board Chairwoman Debbi Hixon said at the Dec. 12 ribbon-cutting. “Within these walls, incredible, exceptional, educational experiences will be able to take place.” But Hixon and others attending the Riverside event told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that as excited as they were about the renovation, it highlighted a problem. A modest renovation that was planned to cost $1 million and be complete in 2020 cost twice that and forced students and parents to wait for years. “There were a lot of questions from parents,” said Lisa Ivanik-Geller, the longtime media specialist at Riverside. “It’s been many years since they said it was going to happen. But it finally did.” It’s a story that’s far from unique to Riverside. Broward school officials poorly managed the $800 million bond referendum that voters approved in November 2014 to provide much-needed upgrades to schools, forcing many students to learn in leaky, moldy and uncomfortable conditions for years, according to audits, investigations and a statewide grand jury report. While the bond program has produced some nice libraries, culinary labs, weight rooms, art and music rooms and classroom additions, those have often been overshadowed by years of long delays in addressing the basics, such as roofs, air conditioners and perennial flooding. Broward schools are now planning to end the program next year, while still finishing any work that was promised. “I think it’s pretty clear the program didn’t work the way it was supposed to,” said School Board member Sarah Leonardi, who was first elected in 2020. “Obviously, it has done a severe amount of damage to public trust, and I think it’s going to take a long time to repair.” The district’s bond-related work is known as the SMART program for its focus on safety, music and art, athletics, renovations and technology. It was supposed to be completed by 2021 at a cost of $1 billion (including some non-bond funding). Instead, the program has now reached the 10-year mark with less than half the work complete and a price tag of $1.7 billion, a 70% increase. Even when the work is finally complete, the district will have still have billions of capital needs, officials said. “We overpromised and underdelivered, we poorly planned how to do the work and we poorly executed the poorly planned work,” School Board member Allen Zeman, who was elected in 2022, told the Sun Sentinel. “All three of those made it end up with the unfortunate fact the SMART bond was anything but smart.” The SMART program was the focus of a statewide grand jury report, completed in 2021 and released in 2022, that concluded school administrators had mismanaged the program and misled the public for years. The same grand jury indicted three school district administrators, including then-Superintendent Robert Runcie, who was charged with perjury . He was accused of lying not about the substance of the bond but whether he was prepped about a technology contract that was partially bond funded. He has pleaded not guilty, and his case is set for trial in June. He could not be reached for comment, despite attempts by phone. Issues with the bond program also led the grand jury to recommend that Gov. Ron DeSantis remove Runcie’s allies on the School Board. DeSantis removed four board members and replaced them in August 2022. The state Department of Education forced Runcie’s successor, Vickie Cartwright, to fire three administrators named negatively in the report. The School Board later fired Cartwright, in part due to what some board members felt was a lack of urgency to fix issues identified by the grand jury. (Cartwright’s firing later was rescinded , and she agreed to a mutual separation from the district.) Now many in the school district want the stench of the SMART program gone. They’ve set an official end date for the program of Oct. 31, 2025, even though they acknowledge the work won’t all be finished by then. The unfinished projects will just move over to the district’s regular capital budget. Related Articles Zeman, who asked the School Board in May 2023 to set the completion date, told the Sun Sentinel recently that imposing a deadline is getting better results. “We’ve had some systemic improvements,” he said. “It used to take 12 months on average to get a change order approved. Now it’s being done in 10 working days.” Howard Hepburn, who started as superintendent in April, said his staff is working hard to get bond projects finished. He has made what many see as an overly aggressive prediction that all but 25 of the 172 projects now under construction will be complete by Oct. 31. The remaining 25 are scheduled to be finished in 2026. “We’re an administration of high expectations,” Hepburn told the Sun Sentinel. “We know the impact of what we do every day, how it impacts our students and impacts our learning environments. We’re trying to close out 10 to 12 projects per month, minimum.” That’s a completion rate the school district has yet to come anywhere close to achieving. A Sun Sentinel analysis of Bond Oversight Reports from the past two years show that the district has closed out an average of 3.5 schools per month. The most recent report shows that for the months of July through September, the district finished five new projects, an average of 1.7 per month. “Based on that analysis, it doesn’t look good. They’ve got to really step up,” Stephen Hillberg, an engineer who chairs the Bond Oversight Committee, told the Sun Sentinel. Kimberly Burke-Mohorne, who chairs the Facilities Task Force, another district oversight committee, responded “absolutely not,” when asked whether it was realistic for the district to finish 147 projects in less than a year. School Board member Nora Rupert, whose northeast district includes many projects that are still waiting to be finished, said, “Obviously it’s not going to get done by October.” While she voted last year to support the Oct. 31, 2025, deadline, she called the decision to move unfinished projects from the SMART bond budget to the regular capital budget a “shell game.” Rupert is the only current School Board member who was on the board when the bond passed in 2014. However, the grand jury didn’t recommend she be removed, saying she had “diligently attempted to hold the superintendent and the rest of the district accountable.” Hixon, who was first elected in 2020, said the decision to end the program next year is a good one. The $800 million bond money ran out two years ago, so the district is already using other funds to pay for these projects. The district will no longer pay for a program manager, a function now handled by the consulting firm AECOM. She said it’s time to move on from the SMART program. “We won’t be stuck in the whole bond place when that’s not where the funds are coming from anymore,” she said. “We’ve still committed to finishing the projects.” The school district’s bond fatigue is a far cry from a decade ago when Runcie campaigned to put the bond referendum on the November 2014 ballot and to sell it to the public. The district had a long history of problems in its facilities department outlined by previous grand juries, and two School Board members had been arrested on ethics and corruption issues in 2009 and 2010. One pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges , while another was convicted of a state charge of misconduct in office . In a news conference in 2014, Runcie said the problems were in the past. “This is a different School Board,” Runcie said at the time. “Over the past 2 1⁄2 years, this school district and administration have worked hard to show our commitment to spend taxpayer dollars responsibly and continue to build and restore public trust and confidence in us.” What was not widely known at that time was that the district made a number of key blunders that year that it struggled to overcome. Instead of focusing the bond program on the oldest schools with the most dire needs, the district spread the program out countywide to improve its chance of passing, the grand jury report said. It resulted in newer schools like Cypress Bay in Weston and Falcon Cove Middle in Weston getting new buildings to relieve crowding, while numerous older schools got less visible improvements, like roofs and air conditioners. Instead of fully using a professional firm to survey schools to assess needs, the district decided to save money by using its own staff, many of whom lacked the skills or training to assess the condition of schools, the statewide grand jury found. The needs assessment also grossly underestimated the cost of roofs, putting them at $6 to $8 per square foot, about half of what the district had paid seven years prior. “It is difficult for us to overstate the ridiculousness of this amount,” the grand jury report stated. “That needs assessment just got everyone off on the wrong foot,” Bob Nave, senior vice president for Florida TaxWatch, a government accountability group, said in a recent interview. TaxWatch provided quarterly feedback to the Bond Oversight Committee from 2015 until it dropped out earlier this year, citing a lack of funding. The 2018 tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland brought intense scrutiny on the district, including the bond program. Media reports, including one published in The Hill based on the research of a high school journalist, revealed that the district was far behind on promised safety projects, including single points of entry to control visitor access to schools and fire alarm systems. Shortly after taking office in 2019, DeSantis commissioned a grand jury to look at safety issues as well as how districts managed voter-approved bonds. Broward quickly became the primary focus. “This is not normal. BCPS is not the first local school district to undertake a construction project of this scale. In fact, all three school districts in South Florida are currently involved in similar projects,” but without similar issues, the grand jury report stated. Since the grand jury report was released in 2022, the district has had three permanent and two temporary superintendents. There has been progress, district officials and observers said. The district has made changes to its inspections department that enabled reviews to be completed faster. The School Board now allows the superintendent to approve smaller change orders instead of them having to get on a board agenda. Some delays produced better results, school officials say. Northeast High in Oakland Park was only set to get a renovation, but after community pressure, the School Board approved a new classroom building. Stranahan High in Fort Lauderdale is getting a cafeteria that wasn’t planned. C. Robert Markham Elementary in Deerfield Beach is being rebuilt instead of just renovated. Rickards Middle in Oakland Park is also being rebuilt but that’s due to a major roof collapse related to a structural failure when the school was built in the late 1960s. Zeman said the upgrades have resulted in the public getting 18% more in scope than what they approved. However, the cost increase has been about 70%. School Board members are now pondering the idea of asking voters for another bond in the future. They said they’re correcting mistakes from the past. They’ve enlisted a firm to conduct the thorough assessments of school conditions that should have been done in 2014. They’ve also entered into contracts with companies to assess roofs and structural conditions. Zeman said he wants to “beg forgiveness” from the public and ask them to give the district another chance, estimating there are still $5 billion to $6 billion in capital needs in the district. He said the district’s recent A grade is already helping to restore confidence. “I think the public will be convinced of the overwhelming need to build great schools, and we can point to systemic improvements we’ve made,” Zeman told the Sun Sentinel. He said the district should have the needed data to go to voters as soon as 2026, although he doesn’t know if other decision-makers will be ready that soon. Hixon said the district still has a lot of work to do to ensure before it can consider another bond referendum. She noted the district is in a multiyear effort to close or repurpose schools, which could affect what type of renovations are needed. “I think we would have to finish out all the (2014 bond) projects that were supposed to be done and show with different leadership, there’s a commitment to doing it right,” she said. “I would say it would be a few years before we could do that.”
Artificial intelligence. Abortion. Guns. Marijuana. Minimum wages. Name a hot topic, and chances are good there’s a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another. Many of the laws launching in January are a result of legislation passed this year. Others stem from ballot measures approved by voters. Some face legal challenges. Here’s a look at some of the most notable laws taking effect in various states: California, home to Hollywood and some of the largest technology companies, is seeking to rein in the artificial intelligence industry and put some parameters around social media stars. New laws seek to prevent the use of digital replicas of Hollywood actors and performers without permission and to allow the estates of dead performers to sue over unauthorized AI use. Parents who profit from social media posts featuring their children will be required to set aside some earnings for their young influencers. A new law also allows children to sue their parents for failing to do so. New social media restrictions in several states face court challenges. A Florida law bans children under 14 from having social media accounts and requires parental consent for 14- and 15-year-olds. But enforcement has been delayed due to a lawsuit filed by two associations for online companies, with a hearing scheduled for late February. A new Tennessee law also requires parental consent for minors to open accounts on social media. NetChoice, an industry group for online businesses, is challenging the law. Another new state law requires porn websites to verify that visitors are at least 18 years old. But the Free Speech Coalition, a trade association for the adult entertainment industry, has filed a challenge. Several new California measures aimed at combating political deep fakes are also being challenged, including one requiring large social media platforms to remove deceptive content related to elections and another allowing any individual to sue for damages over the use of AI to create fabricated images or videos in political ads. In a first nationally, California will start enforcing a law prohibiting school districts from adopting policies that require staff to notify parents whose children change their gender identification at school. The law was a priority for Democratic lawmakers who wanted to halt such policies, which were passed by several districts. Many states have passed laws limiting or protecting abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a nationwide right to the procedure in 2022. One of the latest comes in the Democratic-led state of Delaware. A law there will require the state employee health plan and Medicaid plans for lower-income residents to cover abortions with no deductible, co-payment or other cost-sharing requirement. A new Minnesota law prohibits guns with “binary triggers” that allow for more-rapid firing by causing a weapon to fire one round when the trigger is pulled and another when it is released. In Delaware, a law adds colleges and universities to a list of school zones where guns are prohibited, with exceptions for those working in their official capacity such as law officers and commissioned security guards. Kentucky is becoming the latest state to let people use marijuana for medical purposes. To apply for a state medical cannabis card, people must get written certification from a medical provider of a qualifying condition, such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, epilepsy, chronic nausea or post-traumatic stress disorder. Nearly four-fifths of U.S. states have now legalized medical marijuana. Minimum wage workers in more than 20 states are due to receive raises in January. The highest minimum wages will be in Washington, California and Connecticut, all of which will top $16 an hour after modest increases. The largest increases are scheduled in Delaware, where the minimum wage will rise by $1.75 to $15 an hour, and in Nebraska, where a ballot measure approved by voters in 2022 will add $1.50 to the current minimum of $12 an hour. Twenty other states still follow the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. In Oregon, using drugs on public transit will be considered a misdemeanor crime of interfering with public transportation. While the measure worked its way through the Legislature, multiple transportation officials said drug use on buses and trains, and at transit stops and stations, was making passengers and drivers feel less safe. In Missouri, law enforcement officers have spent the last 16 months issuing warnings to motorists that handheld cellphone use is illegal. Starting with the new year, penalties will kick in: a $150 fine for the first violation, progressing to $500 for third and subsequent offenses and up to 15 years in prison if a driver using a cellphone causes an injury or death. But police must notice a primary violation, such as speeding or weaving across lanes, to cite motorists for violating the cellphone law. Montana is the only state that hasn’t banned texting while driving, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Tenants in Arizona will no longer have to pay tax on their monthly rent, thanks to the repeal of a law that had allowed cities and towns to impose such taxes. While a victory for renters, the new law is a financial loss for governments. An analysis by Arizona’s nonpartisan Joint Legislative Budget Committee estimated that $230 million would be lost in municipal tax revenue during the first full fiscal year of implementation. Meanwhile Alabama will offer tax credits to businesses that help employees with child care costs. Kansas is eliminating its 2% sales tax on groceries. It also is cutting individual income taxes by dropping the top tax rate, increasing a credit for child-care expenses and exempting all Social Security income from taxes, among other things. Taxpayers are expected to save about $320 million a year going forward. An Oklahoma law expands voting privileges to people who have been convicted of felonies but had their sentences discharged or commuted, including commutations for crimes that have been reclassified from felonies to misdemeanors. Former state Sen. George Young, an Oklahoma City Democrat, carried the bill in the Senate. “I think it’s very important [for] people who have gone through trials and tribulations in their life, that we have a system that brings them back and allows them to participate as contributing citizens,” Young said. Lieb writes for the Associated Press. 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Gary Lineker jokes about his Match Of The Day exit as he returns to showRussian President Vladimir Putin says the missile fired at Ukraine on Thursday was not an intercontinental ballistic missile, as initially claimed by Ukrainian officials, but a new type of “intermediate” range weapon which could be turned against Ukraine’s allies in the future. According to the Russian president, the missile strike came in response to the use of U.S.- and British-made arms by the Ukrainian military against targets in Russia earlier this week. Russia has claimed it shot down those missiles. “In combat conditions, one of the newest Russian medium-range missile systems was tested, among other things. In this case, with a ballistic missile in a nuclear-free hypersonic equipment,” Putin said during a national television address. Putin said that in the future his use of such missiles would be announced in advance so that civilians can evacuate the target area and proclaimed that U.S. air defense systems are incapable of stopping the weapons. He was explicit in saying nation’s supporting Ukraine’s defense are viable targets. U.S. officials also pushed back on claims from Kyiv that Russia fired an ICBM at Ukraine, according to reporting . According to initial reports from Ukrainian officials, the world entered a new era of warfare after the Russian military apparently used an intercontinental ballistic missile, which would represent the first time such a weapon was used as an act of war in human history. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that his “insane neighbor” is once again showing the world its true nature, “its disdain for dignity, freedom, and human life itself. And, most of all, its fear.” “Fear so overwhelming that it unleashes missile after missile, scouring the globe for more weapons — whether from Iran or North Korea. Today, it was a new Russian missile. Its speed and altitude suggest intercontinental ballistic capabilities. Investigations are ongoing,” he Thursday morning. In a statement offered in the afternoon, Zelenskyy seemed to concur with the assessment of international observers that the weapons used was not an ICBM, but a shorter range ballistic device. “Today, Putin admitted to taking a second step this year toward escalating and expanding this war. A new ballistic missile was used. Putin struck our city of Dnipro, one of Ukraine’s largest cities. This is a clear and severe escalation in the scale and brutality of this war—a cynical violation of the UN Charter by Russia,” he said . The White House responded to the attack by announcing a new round of sanctions against dozens of Russian financial institutions and “50 other persons and entities operating in the Russian financial sector.” In a statement shared by the Biden Administration, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the sanctions aim to “further degrade Russia’s ability to use the international financial system to fund and prosecute its brutal war against the people of Ukraine.” “These targets include Gazprombank, Russia’s largest remaining bank not sanctioned by the United States,” Sullivan said. U.S. officials explained after the attack that the missile launched at Dnipro was technically not an intercontinental ballistic missile — which generally have an effective range of more than 3,400 miles — but a new type of shorter range ballistic missile of which Russia has a short supply. The launch comes not long after President Joe Biden’s outgoing administration loosened the rules around the use of foreign military coalition provided long-range precision arms against targets on Russia’s side of the border. Ukraine was quick to take action under the new ground rules, and began using coalition provided weaponry against targets in Russia just days later. Russian President Vladimir Putin responded by lowering the threshold under which the Russian military might be ordered to use nuclear weapons. On Wednesday, the U.S. announced a 70th, $275 million military aid package would be sent to Ukraine, including a large supply of land mines. Regardless of the technical definition surrounding the Russian fired rocket, its use demonstrates that Russia is more than capable of firing on other European nations, according to Zelenskyy. “Putin must feel the cost of his deranged ambitions. Response is needed. Pressure is needed. Russia must be forced into real peace, which can only be achieved through strength. Otherwise, there will be endless Russian strikes, threats, and destabilization—not just against Ukraine,” he said Thursday. U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, told the Herald that Putin’s latest provocation is a “notable development, but not a cause for alarm.” “He is trying to scare the West,” Moulton said, while adding that Russia’s tactics are counterproductive. “Putin should not play games with nuclear bluster. Using a potentially nuclear-armed weapon to sow confusion about whether or not Russia intends to take this conflict nuclear is irresponsible and reckless,” Moulton said. Herald wire services contributed.
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