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Georgia vs. Texas: This college football prediction features our best bet of the game. AP Pat Sharyon | Special Correspondent No. 5 Georgia will face No. 2 Texas in the SEC Championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium tomorrow at 4 p.m. EST. This conference championship marks the second time these two programs face each other this year; their previous meeting on October 19th resulted in a decisive Georgia victory that remains the Longhorns’ only loss of the season. The stakes this time around are even higher — not only are bragging rights of being SEC champion on the line, a first-round bye for the College Football Playoff is also up for grabs. Our data model sees this heavyweight prizefight coming down to the wire, with plenty of points to be scored. Our best bet for tomorrow is Over 50 points (-110). In anticipation of this epic weekend of college football, the data analysts at Dimers have simulated the matchup 10,000 times, then compared the results to current college football betting odds to inform the data-driven betting preview below. Note: if you’re using this preview to bet on college football, you can claim huge betting bonuses with our brand new exclusive bet365 bonus code “SYRACUSE”, while all sports fans in New York State can take full advantage of our NBA League Pass FanDuel promo code. Additionally, bettors are encouraged to check out this exclusive promo offer from DraftKings and the latest deal from BetMGM. Georgia vs. Texas betting preview Explore the interactive widget below to see the latest spread, total, and moneyline odds and probabilities for the Georgia-Texas matchup at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. This prediction and best bet for Saturday’s college football matchup between Georgia and Texas is from Dimers.com , a dependable source for sports betting predictions. Check out all the important details on today’s game, as well as the best odds sourced from the top sportsbooks in the country. Game details Key information on the Georgia vs. Texas matchup, including where the game is and what time it kicks off. Teams: Georgia vs. Texas Date: Saturday, December 7, 2024 Kickoff: 4 p.m. EST Location: Mercedes-Benz Stadium NCAAF rankings: Updated AP Top 25 College football news: Check the latest updates from the official NCAA football news site Odds Odds for the key markets in the Georgia-Texas college football game. Spread: Georgia +2.5 (-102), Texas -2.5 (-120) Moneyline: Georgia +125, Texas -142 Total: Over/Under 50 (-110/-110) The odds and lines featured here are the best available from selected sports betting sites at the time of publication and are subject to change. Expert prediction: Georgia vs. Texas Leveraging advanced data analysis and advanced algorithms, the experts at Dimers have executed 10,000 simulations of Saturday’s Georgia vs. Texas game. According to Dimers’ famous predictive analytics model, Texas is more likely to defeat Georgia at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. This prediction is based on the model giving Texas a 56% chance of winning the game. Elsewhere on the betting board, Dimers predicts that the bookmakers have got it right and Georgia and Texas each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 50 points has a 56% chance of going over. These predictions and probabilities are accurate at the time of publication but are subject to change. Georgia vs. Texas best bet Our top pick for the Georgia vs. Texas game on Saturday is to bet on Over 50 points (-110) . This expert betting advice is based on detailed modeling and valuable betting intelligence, designed to assist you in making more informed decisions. Score prediction for Georgia vs. Texas Dimers’ projected final score for the Georgia vs. Texas game on Saturday has Texas winning 27-25. This expert prediction is based on each team’s average score following 10,000 game simulations, offering a glimpse into the potential outcome. College football Week 15: Georgia vs. Texas Get ready for Saturday’s college football game between Georgia and Texas at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. EST. We emphasize that all of the college football best bets and college football predictions in this preview are derived from 10,000 data-driven simulations of the Georgia vs. Texas game, and they are correct at the time of publishing. They aim to assist you make better decisions when placing bets at online sportsbooks . It is important to gamble responsibly and consult reputable sources for accurate and up-to-date information when making online betting decisions. 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Silence Must End: Justice and Accountability Need of Hour for Torture VictimsThe Fort William BIA has a very clear message for the City of Thunder Bay and its proposed temporary shelter village. “Stop this project and leave it to the experts,” said Aldo Ruberto, chairman of the Fort William BIA. The former councillor was joined by seven local business owners to address their opposition to the development of a temporary homeless village in the south core. City administration is recommending a Miles Street lot for 80 small housing units as an alternative for those living in tents at encampments in the city. Tony DiPaolo, owner of Armani’s and vice chairman of the BIA (business improvement area), explained how members of the BIA researched success numbers of similar villages in Peterborough and Kitchener — Ontario cities that Thunder Bay is modelling its village on. They found that in a period of four to six years of operating the villages, six people have transitioned into permanent housing in Kitchener and one person, of 50, transitioned in Peterborough. “As we looked into it more, we found a lot of holes in their modelling,” DiPaolo said. Ruberto says the success is not there. “If we’re going to have solutions, let’s have long-term solutions. Let’s do things that will take care of the people. And if you want to spend money, spend it on addiction centres and counselling. That’s where the real help is required — with mental health” he said. “The bottom line is the City is not an expert in this area. They need to leave it to the experts.” DiPaolo said the $40,000 allocation to the BIA from the City to offset security and revitalization concerns is “nice, and would help the BIA members. . . . But there’s a bigger issue and it’s not worth us taking $40,000 when this could be financially impacting on the whole area for years to come.” The BIA spent $40,000 on cleaning and security last year, according to DiPaolo. He also said the BIA asked how the City will get people to transition into long-term housing. “(The City) told us they’ll have metrics, they’ll look into it, they’ll analyze it,” he said. “But there isn’t really a plan yet. As business owners and area residents, the biggest concern is when you start bringing in an influx of more people, there are some side effects. There’s additional garbage on the street, there are additional encampments in lanes, and additional people and unfortunately, drug use. This scares area residents and businesses.” Ruberto said the BIA asked the City about other possible locations for the village and were told the City would keep those sites for future development. “With the millions of dollars we’re spending on revitalizing the downtown core, how does this attract new businesses, new opportunities for people that want to come in the core area? Is that what (the City) is telling the people and the businesses in the south core? That there is no future development down here?” Ruberto added that the District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board will receive $16.2 million a year for the next three years, thanks to the provincial and federal governments. They have created more shelter spaces for the demand that might come up in the winter. “It’s fantastic. That’s what happens with social services and most agencies — if there’s a demand, they’ll step up. The federal government and the provincial government will also step up.” Ruberto also called the City’s (proposed village) survey “flawed” because there was “no room on the survey for someone to object to the project.” “They said you have two choices: here or there — not another choice that says we don’t agree with the project or the location,” Ruberto pointed out. “Of the people that are impacted directly in the area, 100 per cent are against it, but people that live on the other side of the city or live outside the city fill out surveys online and say, ‘Yeah, we support it because it doesn’t affect us.’” He said council is in a jam and want a quick solution. “And I get that, and I understand that, because people are sympathetic, empathetic, and want these people (safely) off the streets.”
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war. The conflict is “entering a decisive phase,” Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Friday, and “taking on very dramatic dimensions.” Ukraine’s parliament canceled a session as security was tightened following Thursday’s Russian strike on a military facility in the city of Dnipro. In a stark warning to the West, President Vladimir Putin said in a nationally televised speech to his nation that the attack with the intermediate-range Oreshnik missile was retaliation for Kyiv’s use of U.S. and British longer-range missiles capable of striking deeper into Russian territory. Putin said Western air defense systems would be powerless to stop the new missile. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov kept up Russia’s bellicose tone on Friday, blaming “the reckless decisions and actions of Western countries” in supplying weapons to Ukraine to strike Russia. “The Russian side has clearly demonstrated its capabilities, and the contours of further retaliatory actions in the event that our concerns were not taken into account have also been quite clearly outlined,” he said. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, widely seen as having the warmest relations with the Kremlin in the European Union, echoed Moscow’s talking points, suggesting the use of U.S.-supplied weapons in Ukraine likely requires direct American involvement. “These are rockets that are fired and then guided to a target via an electronic system, which requires the world’s most advanced technology and satellite communications capability,” Orbán said on state radio. “There is a strong assumption ... that these missiles cannot be guided without the assistance of American personnel.” Orbán cautioned against underestimating Russia’s responses, emphasizing that the country’s recent modifications to its nuclear deployment doctrine should not be dismissed as a “bluff.” “It’s not a trick... there will be consequences,” he said. Separately in Kyiv, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský called Thursday’s missile strike an “escalatory step and an attempt of the Russian dictator to scare the population of Ukraine and to scare the population of Europe.” At a news conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Lipavský also expressed his full support for delivering the necessary additional air defense systems to protect Ukrainian civilians from the “heinous attacks.” He underlined that the Czech Republic will impose no limits on the use of its weapons and equipment given to Ukraine. Three lawmakers from Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, confirmed that Friday’s previously scheduled session was called off due to the ongoing threat of Russian missiles targeting government buildings in central Kyiv. In addition, there also was a recommendation to limit the work of all commercial offices and nongovernmental organizations “in that perimeter, and local residents were warned of the increased threat,” said lawmaker Mykyta Poturaiev, who added this is not the first time such a threat has been received. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office continued to work in compliance with standard security measures, a spokesperson said. Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate said the Oreshnik missile, whose name in Russian means “hazelnut tree,” was fired from the Kapustin Yar 4th Missile Test Range in Russia’s Astrakhan region, and flew 15 minutes before striking Dnipro. The missile had six nonnuclear warheads each carrying six submunitions and reached a spoeed of Mach 11, it said. Test launches of a similar missile were conducted in October 2023 and June 2024, the directorate said. The Pentagon confirmed the missile was a new, experimental type of intermediate-range missile based on its RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile. Thursday’s attack struck the Pivdenmash plant that built ICBMs when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. The military facility is located about 4 miles (6 1/2 kilometers) southwest of the center of Dnipro, a city of about 1 million that is Ukraine’s fourth-largest and a key hub for military supplies and humanitarian aid, and is home to one of the country’s largest hospitals for treating wounded soldiers from the front before their transfer to Kyiv or abroad. The stricken area was cordoned off and out of public view. With no fatalities reported from the attack, Dnipro residents resorted to dark humor on social media, mostly focused on the missile’s name, Oreshnik. Elsewhere in Ukraine, Russia struck a residential district of Sumy overnight with Iranian-designed Shahed drones, killing two people and injuring 13, the regional administration said.. Ukraine’s Suspilne media, quoting Sumy regional head Volodymyr Artiukh, said the drones were stuffed with shrapnel elements. “These weapons are used to destroy people, not to destroy objects,” said Artiukh, according to Suspilne. —— Associated Press journalists Lorne Cook in Brussels, Samya Kullab in Kyiv, Dasha Litvinova in Tallinn, Estonia, and Justin Spike in Budapest, Hungary, contributed. —— Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
ATLANTA (AP) — Deliberations are underway in Atlanta after a year of testimony in the gang and racketeering trial that originally included the rapper Young Thug. Jurors are considering whether to convict Shannon Stillwell and Deamonte Kendrick, who raps as Yak Gotti, on gang, murder, drug and gun charges. The original indictment charged 28 people with conspiring to violate Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Opening statements in the trial for six of those defendants happened a year ago . Four of them, including Young Thug, pleaded guilty last month. The rapper was freed on probation. Stillwell and Kendrick rejected plea deals after more than a week of negotiations, and their lawyers chose not to present evidence or witnesses. Both seemed to be in good spirits Tuesday morning after closings wrapped the previous night. Kendrick was chatting and laughing with Stillwell and his lawyers before the jury arrived for instructions. The jury started deliberating Tuesday afternoon and was dismissed at 5 p.m. Jurors are expected to resume deliberations Wednesday morning. If they don’t reach a verdict by 3 p.m. Wednesday, the judge will send them home for the Thanksgiving weekend and they will return Monday morning. Kendrick and Stillwell were charged in the 2015 killing of Donovan Thomas Jr., also known as “Big Nut,” in an Atlanta barbershop. Prosecutors painted Stillwell and Kendrick as members of a violent street gang called Young Slime Life, or YSL, co-founded in 2012 by Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams. During closings on Monday, they pointed to tattoos, song lyrics and social media posts they said proved members, including Stillwell, admitted to killing people in rival gangs. Prosecutors say Thomas was in a rival gang. Stillwell was also charged in the 2022 killing of Shymel Drinks, which prosecutors said was in retaliation for the killing of two YSL associates days earlier. Defense attorneys Doug Weinstein and Max Schardt said the state presented unreliable witnesses, weak evidence and cherry-picked lyrics and social media posts to push a false narrative about Stillwell, Kendrick and the members of YSL. Schardt, Stillwell's attorney, reminded the jury that alleged YSL affiliates said during the trial that they had lied to police. Law enforcement played a “sick game” by promising they would escape long prison sentences if they said what police wanted them to say, Schardt said. He theorized that one of those witnesses could have killed Thomas. The truth is that their clients were just trying to escape poverty through music, Schardt said. “As a whole, we know the struggles that these communities have had,” Schardt said. “A sad, tacit acceptance that it’s either rap, prison or death.” Young Thug’s record label is also known as YSL, an acronym of Young Stoner Life. Kendrick was featured on two popular songs from the label’s compilation album Slime Language 2, “Take It to Trial" and “Slatty," which prosecutors presented as evidence in the trial. Weinstein, Kendrick’s defense attorney, said during closings it was wrong for prosecutors to target the defendants for their music and lyrics. Prosecutor Simone Hylton disagreed, and said surveillance footage and phone evidence supported her case. “They have the audacity to think they can just brag about killing somebody and nobody’s gonna hold them accountable,” Hylton said. The trial had more than its fair share of delays. Jury selection took nearly 10 months , and Stillwell was stabbed last year at the Fulton County jail, which paused trial proceedings. Judge Paige Reese Whitaker took over after Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville was removed from the case in July because he had a meeting with prosecutors and a state witness without defense attorneys present. Whitaker often lost patience with prosecutors over moves such as not sharing evidence with defense attorneys, once accusing them of “poor lawyering.” But the trial sped up under her watch. In October, four defendants, including Young Thug , pleaded guilty, with the rapper entering a non-negotiated or “blind” plea, meaning he didn't have a deal worked out with prosecutors. Nine people charged in the indictment, including rapper Gunna , accepted plea deals before the trial began. Charges against 12 others are pending. Prosecutors dropped charges against one defendant after he was convicted of murder in an unrelated case. Kramon is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Kramon on X: @charlottekramonNextCure stock hits 52-week low at $1.00 amid market challenges
NEW YORK (AP) — The leaders of Kamala Harris' presidential campaign insist they simply didn't have enough time to execute a winning strategy against Donald Trump, pointing to "ferocious" political headwinds that were ultimately too much to overcome in the 107-day period after President Joe Biden stepped aside. Harris' leadership team, speaking on the "Pod Save America" podcast that aired on Tuesday, defended strategic decisions over the campaign's closing days, some of which have faced scrutiny in the weeks since Trump's decisive victory. Specifically, they defended Harris' outreach to Republican voters, her unwillingness to distance herself from Biden, her silence on Trump's attacks on her transgender policies and her inability to schedule an interview with popular podcaster Joe Rogan. "In a 107-day race, it is very difficult to do all the things you would normally do in a year and a half, two years," said Harris campaign senior adviser Jen O'Malley Dillon. David Plouffe, another senior adviser, added, "There was a price to be paid for the short campaign." The pointed reflections on Harris' loss came just before she declared she was "proud of the campaign we ran" during a conference call with supporters as the party begins a painful process of self-examination. Trump won every swing state and made gains among key voting groups traditionally aligned with Democrats — young voters and voters of color, among them. Backed by the resounding win, the Republican president-elect is claiming a mandate to enact his populist agenda as he prepares to return to the White House on Jan. 20. Harris acknowledged her defeat during the conference call, but praised the political organization her team built that featured more than 408,000 volunteers who knocked on nearly 20 million doors and made over 219 million phone calls. "What we did in 107 days was unprecedented," she said, noting that her campaign also raised more than $1.4 billion, which marks a record for U.S. presidential campaigns. Still, Harris' campaign finished the election in debt. And none of the Harris advisers acknowledged any mistakes during the wide-ranging podcast interview hosted by former Democratic operatives. Instead, they indicated that Harris had few options given the compressed timeframe and the broad anti-incumbent headwinds that have challenged elected officials across the world. They also gave Trump's team some credit. They specifically pointed to Trump's closing attack ad, which highlighted Harris' support for taxpayer-funded sex reassignment surgeries for transgender prisoners. "Obviously, it was a very effective ad at the end," said Harris deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks. "I think that it made her seem out of touch." The campaign tested several potential response ads but, in the end, decided it was best to avoid a specific rebuttal. "There's no easy answers to this," O'Malley Dillon said. Plouffe said he thought the Trump attack ad against "Bidenomics" was even more effective, but he acknowledged that the transgender attacks were not helpful. "She was on tape," he said. "Surgery for trans people who want to transition in prison was part of the Biden-Harris platform in 2020. It was part of what the administration did, right?" And while the campaign has faced lingering questions about its media strategy, Harris' team said she actually wanted to participate in a podcast with Rogan, who is among the world's most popular podcasters and ultimately endorsed Trump. Stephanie Cutter, another Harris senior adviser, said the campaign wasn't able to "find a date" to make it work. "We had discussions with Joe Rogan's team. They were great. They wanted us to come on. We wanted to come on," she said. "Will she do it sometime in the future? Maybe. Who knows. But it didn't ultimately impact the outcome one way or the other." Plouffe noted that the campaign offered to do the Rogan podcast on the road in Austin, Texas. Trump ultimately did his interview with Rogan in the podcaster's studio. Harris' campaign brass also defended her decision to court moderate Republicans in the campaign's closing days. The decision has drawn ire from some progressives, who believe Harris should have worked harder to turn out more traditional Democratic voters. "This political environment sucked, OK? We were dealing with ferocious headwinds," Plouffe said. "So we had a complicated puzzle to put together here in terms of the voters." He acknowledged some "drift" toward Trump among non-college-educated voters, particularly voters of color, which made Harris' outreach to moderate voters even more important. "Yes, of course, you have to maximize your turnout and your vote share amongst liberal voters if you're a Democrat. That was a huge focus," he said. He added, "You've got to couple that with dominating in the middle. Not just winning it a little. We have to dominate the moderate vote." Speaking on Tuesday's conference call, Harris' running mate Tim Walz described the election result as "incredibly disappointing" and "a bit scary." But he praised the campaign's effort. "There will be a day of reckoning when it will be asked, 'What did you do during the 2024 campaign?' Well, I know the people on this call can say, everything they possibly could," Walz said. "And for that, as an American, I'm incredibly grateful."
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Lynda Tabuya A complaint has been lodged at the Totogo Police Station in Suva regarding the circulation of an explicit video involving Lynda Tabuya. Police Chief of Operations ACP Livai Driu has confirmed this to FBC News. He said the case was being handled by the Cyber Crime Unit and was under investigation. The widely shared video on various platforms prompted Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka to dismiss Tabuya from her role as Minister for Women, Children, and Social Protection. Rabuka stated that her removal was in the best interest of the public Despite her removal from Cabinet, Tabuya retains her position as a Member of Parliament. However, calls for her resignation from Parliament have surfaced with critics citing the incident as damaging to public confidence. The People’s Alliance Party, of which Tabuya is a member has confirmed that she will face its Legal and Disciplinary Committee. The outcome of this internal party process may determine her political future. Tabuya, in a public statement, acknowledged the circulation of the video and its impact. While she has not commented on her future in Parliament, the controversy has added pressure to her political career. As investigations continue, the incident also raises broader questions about privacy, cyber security and the responsibilities of public figures.
Mexico City’s Palacio de Bellas Artes celebrates its 90th anniversaryA Connecticut couple has been charged in Minnesota with being part of a shoplifting ring suspected of stealing around $1 million in goods across the country from the upscale athletic wear retailer Lululemon. Jadion Anthony Richards, 44, and Akwele Nickeisha Lawes-Richards, 45, both of Danbury, Connecticut, were charged this month with one felony count of organized retail theft. Both went free last week after posting bail bonds of $100,000 for him and $30,000 for her, court records show. They're due back in Ramsey County District Court in St. Paul on Dec. 16. According to the criminal complaints, a Lululemon investigator had been tracking the pair even before police first confronted them on Nov. 14 at a store in suburban Roseville. The investigator told police the couple were responsible for hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses across the country, the complaints said. They would steal items and make fraudulent returns, it said. Police found suitcases containing more than $50,000 worth of Lululemon clothing when they searched the couple's hotel room in Bloomington, the complaint said. RELATED STORY | Florida social media influencer arrested for stealing from Target According to the investigator, they were also suspected in thefts from Lululemon stores in Colorado, Utah, New York and Connecticut, the complaint said. Within Minnesota, they were also accused of thefts at stores in Minneapolis and the suburbs of Woodbury, Edina and Minnetonka. The investigator said the two were part of a group that would usually travel to a city and hit Lululemon stores there for two days, return to the East Coast to exchange the items without receipts for new items, take back the new items with the return receipts for credit card refunds, then head back out to commit more thefts, the complaint said. In at least some of the thefts, it said, Richards would enter the store first and buy one or two cheap items. He'd then return to the sales floor where, with help from Lawes-Richards, they would remove a security sensor from another item and put it on one of the items he had just purchased. Lawes-Richards and another woman would then conceal leggings under their clothing. They would then leave together. When the security sensors at the door went off, he would offer staff the bag with the items he had bought, while the women would keep walking out, fooling the staff into thinking it was his sensor that had set off the alarm, the complaint said. Richards' attorney declined to comment. Lawes-Richards' public defender did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday. "This outcome continues to underscore our ongoing collaboration with law enforcement and our investments in advanced technology, team training and investigative capabilities to combat retail crime and hold offenders accountable," Tristen Shields, Lululemon's vice president of asset protection, said in a statement. "We remain dedicated to continuing these efforts to address and prevent this industrywide issue." The two are being prosecuted under a state law enacted last year that seeks to crack down on organized retail theft. One of its chief authors, Sen. Ron Latz, of St. Louis Park, said 34 states already had organized retail crime laws on their books. "I am glad to see it is working as intended to bring down criminal operations," Latz said in a statement. "This type of theft harms retailers in myriad ways, including lost economic activity, job loss, and threats to worker safety when crime goes unaddressed. It also harms consumers through rising costs and compromised products being resold online." Two Minnesota women were also charged under the new law in August. They were accused of targeting a Lululemon store in Minneapolis.
