Noneph live casino 。

Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet.Conor McGregor must pay woman $257,000 in sexual assault civil case

Kevin Durant hits back at Clippers fan who mocked Victor Wembanyama and Karl-Anthony TownsTen tennis players from the Center State Conference earned all-star honors for the 2024 fall season. Sauquoit Valley and Westmoreland led the selections with three players each. The selections were announced by the conference. Brynn Weaver, Ryleigh Ostrosky and AnnaBelle Johnson were selected from Sauquoit Valley. According to stats posted to High School Sports Stats website, Weaver finished with a 12-7 overall record as a junior. Ostrosky, also a junior, compiled a 15-1 individual record this season. Johnson, a junior, finished with a 13-2 individual mark. Ostrosky and Johnson were CSC champs in second and third singles, respectively. Sauquoit Valley finished 10-0 in the CSC as a team and 10-2 overall. The Red Hawks were the CSC league and tournament champs. Kirsten Tynatishon, Ariana Malerba and Julianna Acee were the Westmoreland selections. Tynatishon, a senior, finished with a 13-3 singles record. Tynatishon was the CSC’s first singles champion. Malerba, a senior, compiled an 11-6 mark as a single player. Acee, a sophomore, finished 10-5 as a third singles player, according to HSSS. The all-star team also includes Little Falls senior Lucy Johns (6-6 singles record, 2-0 doubles) and classmate Curnin Wallace-Eaton (6-5 singles mark, 2-0 doubles) as well as Clinton’s Charlotte Gale (5-5 singles, 1-0 doubles) and Canastota’s Ava Rizzo (6-6, 0-1).

Letter: Let change come organically, not by force

North Dakota regulators OK underground storage for proposed Midwest carbon dioxide pipelineTennessee used discredited experts to defend its trans healthcare ban at SCOTUS. Here's what they got wrong.

mcw live casino JERUSALEM — Israel approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon's Hezbollah on Tuesday, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 months of fighting linked to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. In the hours leading up to the Cabinet meeting, Israel carried out its most intense wave of strikes in Beirut and its southern suburbs and issued a record number of evacuation warnings. At least 24 people were killed in strikes across the country, according to local authorities, as Israel signaled it aims to keep pummeling Hezbollah in the final hours before any ceasefire takes hold. Israel's security Cabinet approved the ceasefire agreement late Tuesday after it was presented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his office said. U.S. President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington, called the agreement “good news” and said his administration would make a renewed push for a ceasefire in Gaza. An Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire would mark the first major step toward ending the regionwide unrest triggered by Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. But it does not address the devastating war in Gaza. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to bring peace to the Middle East, but neither he nor Netanyahu have proposed a postwar solution for the Palestinian territory, where Hamas is still holding dozens of hostages and the conflict is more intractable. Still, any halt to the fighting in Lebanon is expected to reduce the likelihood of war between Israel and Iran, which backs both Hezbollah and Hamas and exchanged direct fire with Israel on two occasions earlier this year. Israel says it will ‘attack with might’ if Hezbollah breaks truce Netanyahu presented the ceasefire proposal to Cabinet ministers after a televised address in which he listed a series of accomplishments against Israel’s enemies across the region. He said a ceasefire with Hezbollah would further isolate Hamas in Gaza and allow Israel to focus on its main enemy, Iran, which backs both groups. “If Hezbollah breaks the agreement and tries to rearm, we will attack,” he said. “For every violation, we will attack with might.” Netanyahu's office later said Israel appreciated the U.S. efforts in securing the deal but "reserves the right to act against every threat to its security.” It was not immediately clear when the ceasefire would go into effect, and the exact terms of the deal were not released. The deal calls for a two-month initial halt in fighting and would require Hezbollah to end its armed presence in a broad swath of southern Lebanon, while Israeli troops would return to their side of the border. Thousands of additional Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers would deploy in the south, and an international panel headed by the United States would monitor all sides’ compliance. But implementation remains a major question mark. Israel has demanded the right to act should Hezbollah violate its obligations. Lebanese officials have rejected writing that into the proposal. Biden said Israel reserved the right to quickly resume operations in Lebanon if Hezbollah breaks the terms of the truce, but that the deal "was designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities.” Hezbollah has said it accepts the proposal, but a senior official with the group said Tuesday that it had not seen the agreement in its final form. “After reviewing the agreement signed by the enemy government, we will see if there is a match between what we stated and what was agreed upon by the Lebanese officials,” Mahmoud Qamati, deputy chair of Hezbollah’s political council, told the Al Jazeera news network. “We want an end to the aggression, of course, but not at the expense of the sovereignty of the state” of Lebanon, he said. “Any violation of sovereignty is refused.” Warplanes bombard Beirut and its southern suburbs Even as Israeli, U.S, Lebanese and international officials have expressed growing optimism over a ceasefire, Israel has continued its campaign in Lebanon, which it says aims to cripple Hezbollah’s military capabilities. An Israeli strike on Tuesday leveled a residential building in the central Beirut district of Basta — the second time in recent days warplanes have hit the crowded area near the city’s downtown. At least seven people were killed and 37 wounded, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry. Strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs killed at least one person and wounded 13, it said. Three people were killed in a separate strike in Beirut and three in a strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon. Lebanese state media said another 10 people were killed in the eastern Baalbek province. Israel says it targets Hezbollah fighters and their infrastructure. Israel also struck a building in Beirut's bustling commercial district of Hamra for the first time, hitting a site that is around 400 meters (yards) from Lebanon’s Central Bank. There were no reports of casualties. The Israeli military said it struck targets in Beirut and other areas linked to Hezbollah's financial arm. The evacuation warnings covered many areas, including parts of Beirut that previously have not been targeted. The warnings, coupled with fear that Israel was ratcheting up attacks before a ceasefire, sent residents fleeing. Traffic was gridlocked, and some cars had mattresses tied to them. Dozens of people, some wearing their pajamas, gathered in a central square, huddling under blankets or standing around fires as Israeli drones buzzed loudly overhead. Hezbollah, meanwhile, kept up its rocket fire, triggering air raid sirens across northern Israel. Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee issued evacuation warnings for 20 buildings in Beirut's southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has a major presence, as well as a warning for the southern town of Naqoura where the U.N. peacekeeping mission, UNIFIL, is headquartered. UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti told The Associated Press that peacekeepers will not evacuate. Israeli forces reach Litani River in southern Lebanon The Israeli military also said its ground troops clashed with Hezbollah forces and destroyed rocket launchers in the Slouqi area on the eastern end of the Litani River, a few kilometers (miles) from the Israeli border. Under the ceasefire deal, Hezbollah would be required to move its forces north of the Litani, which in some places is about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of the border. Hezbollah began firing into northern Israel, saying it was showing support for the Palestinians, a day after Hamas carried out its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel, triggering the Gaza war. Israel returned fire on Hezbollah, and the two sides have been exchanging barrages ever since. Israel escalated its campaign of bombardment in mid-September and later sent troops into Lebanon, vowing to put an end to Hezbollah fire so tens of thousands of evacuated Israelis could return to their homes. More than 3,760 people have been killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon the past 13 months, many of them civilians, according to Lebanese health officials. The bombardment has driven 1.2 million people from their homes. Israel says it has killed more than 2,000 Hezbollah members. Hezbollah fire has forced some 50,000 Israelis to evacuate in the country’s north, and its rockets have reached as far south in Israel as Tel Aviv. At least 75 people have been killed, more than half of them civilians. More than 50 Israeli soldiers have died in the ground offensive in Lebanon. Chehayeb and Mroue reported from Beirut. Associated Press reporters Lujain Jo and Sally Abou AlJoud in Beirut contributed.

OpenAI releases Sora AI video generator to publicEmmerdale fans were left shocked during the latest episode as "creepy" Tom King escalated his abusive behaviour. In Tuesday's trip to the Dales (November 26), Belle, Tom's estranged wife, tried to maintain her composure after learning that Tom, who is currently under investigation, was behaving as if nothing had occurred. Belle was further upset when she found out that some of her village friends still supported him despite the abuse she suffered during their marriage. Despite her family's pleas for her to stay calm, Belle feared that the investigation might not proceed as smoothly as she had hoped and worried that the villain might escape justice for his terrible actions. Tom's behaviour took viewers by surprise Read More Related Articles Emmerdale Peter's true identity 'revealed' in Tate DNA twist - and Kim is in a for shock Read More Related Articles BBC Breakfast's Sally Nugent apologises to co-star as she asks 'are you alright?' Later in the episode, upon learning that Belle had returned to the village after a stint in a mental health facility, Tom's obsession intensified. He broke into Jacob's Fold, where Belle was staying, and prowled around the house while Belle was upstairs taking a bath, reports Leeds Live . Rummaging through her suitcase on the living room floor, Tom selected Belle's blue jumper. He held it close to his face and deeply inhaled its scent. When he thought Belle might be coming downstairs, he quickly hid with the blue jumper. Unaware of Tom's presence in the house, Belle went to the suitcase to get a towel. Tom's obsessive nature came out in the latest episode of Emmerdale (Image: ITV) Later, Tom encountered Belle on Main Street and proceeded to verbally abuse her, claiming her attempts to bring him down would be unsuccessful. Tom then gave Belle's blue jumper to Amelia as a gift, a move that sparked outrage among fans, who took to social media platform X to express their disgust. One viewer commented: "OMG, Tom stealing Belle's top and encouraging Amelia to wear it reminded me of Nish abusing Suki in # EastEnders at the beginning. This is going beyond abuse now for Belle it's turning into a creepy and sinister obsession. At least Tom gets charged this week." Belle had no idea that Tom was in the house (Image: ITV) Another wrote: "Just finished watching tonight's episode # Emmerdale . Tom you are a creep!! Can't wait for him too get charged." They added: "Nice too see belle back can't wait for her too get justice soon." A third viewer posted: "Tom, you absolute creep." A fourth fan chimed in, saying: "Nicking Belle's top and giving it to Amelia so she can smell like Belle." Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV1.Syrian President Bashar al-Assad oversaw a merciless crackdown on a pro-democracy revolt that morphed into one of the bloodiest wars of the century. After facing down nationwide protests demanding his ouster and an armed rebellion that he all but crushed, he had until this month taken back control of much of Syria in the civil war that began in 2011. Quiet in his demeanour, Assad is a political survivor who for years excelled in his alliance-building with Russia and Iran, and who knew just how to present himself as Syria's only viable leader in the face of the Islamist threat. But since November 27, an Islamist-led rebel offensive has wrested from Assad's control city after city, including Aleppo and Hama for the first time since 2011, leaving his grip on power severely under threat. Assad has cast himself as the protector of Syria's minorities, a bulwark against extremism and the sole possible purveyor of stability for the war-ravaged country. In multiple votes held over the years, conducted solely on government-held territory, he has taken the vast majority of the ballots, amid accusations from Western countries that the wartime elections were neither free nor fair. In appearance, whether in person or in the many portraits of him in the capital Damascus, Assad has typically eschewed military garb, opting instead for a sharp-cut business suit and sober tie. In official meetings, during interviews and even on the frontlines, the 59-year-old ophthalmologist by training conducts himself calmly and can almost appear timid. Behind the facade, however, is an astonishing ability to hold onto power amid multiple waves of violence and transformative change in Syria and the wider region. One journalist, who met with Assad on several occasions before and after war broke out in 2011, told AFP the president is a "unique and complex figure". "Each time I met him he was calm... even during the most difficult moments of the war," said the journalist, who declined to be named. Assad has "the same qualities" as his father, Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria for nearly three decades until his death in 2000, the journalist said. "In politics, it's important to know how to shuffle cards, not just how to arrange them," he added. "Assad has mastered the shuffling game." Hafez al-Assad, head of the Syrian Baath Party, imposed in the country a secretive, paranoid regime where even the slightest suspicion of dissent could land one in jail or worse. Bashar al-Assad was never meant to become president, but his life changed radically when his older brother Bassel, who was being groomed to inherit power, was killed in a road accident in 1994. Bashar quit his studies in ophthalmology and left London, where he had met his wife, Asma, a British-Syrian and Sunni Muslim who worked for financial services firm JP Morgan. Back home, he took a course in military studies and was tutored in politics by his father. When the latter died, Bashar became president by referendum, running unopposed, then winning a second term in 2007. Sworn in at the age of 34, Assad was widely seen by Syrians pining for freedoms as a reformer, who could do away with years of repression and introduce economic liberalisation. In the early days, Assad would be seen driving his own car or having dinner at restaurants with his wife. He relaxed some of the heavy restrictions that existed under his father. But his initial image as a reformer quickly evaporated as authorities arrested and jailed academics, intellectuals and other members of what was then known as the Damascus Spring movement. When the Arab Spring reached Syria in March 2011, peaceful demonstrations broke out calling for change. Assad, who is also commander-in-chief of the armed forces, responded by ordering a brutal crackdown on the protesters and civil war swiftly ensued. Throughout the war, which has killed more than 500,000 people and displaced half the population, Assad's position has not changed. He has been the subject of countless cartoons by dissident artists depicting him as a killer, not least in the aftermath of the 2013 chemical attacks on rebel bastions around Damascus. A Syrian researcher in Damascus, who asked to speak anonymously over security concerns, said: "Assad's personality played an undeniable role in his survival." His "persistence and rigour" were especially important in helping him "consolidate decision-making powers, and secure the army's full support", he added. Throughout the war, Assad has enjoyed military backing from staunch allies Iran and Russia, who helped him score a string of military victories. Since the start of the Islamist-led rebel offensive on November 27, Assad has echoed his long-held stance that the conflict in Syria is machinated from abroad. "The terrorist escalation reflects the far-reaching goals of dividing the region and fragmenting the countries in it and redraw the map in line with the objectives of the United States and the West," Assad said on Monday. He is the father of three children. His wife, Asma, was dubbed a "rose in the desert" by Vogue magazine before the revolt. bur/ser/jhb Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, sports, arts & entertainment, state legislature, CFD news, and more.

The Latest: Police believe gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO has left New York City The gunman who stalked and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fled New York City by bus, police officials told CNN on Friday. Canadian Press Dec 6, 2024 12:49 PM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Members of the New York police crime scene unit pick up cups marking the spots where bullets lie as they investigate the scene outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan where Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah) The gunman who stalked and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fled New York City by bus, police officials told CNN on Friday. Video of the suspected shooter leaving the scene of the shooting Wednesday showed him riding a bicycle to Central Park and later taking a taxi cab to a bus depot, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told CNN. Here's the latest: Police believe gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO has left New York City The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer may have fled the city on a bus, New York City police officials told CNN on Friday. Video of the suspected shooter leaving the scene of the shooting Wednesday showed him riding a bicycle to Central Park and later taking a taxi cab to a bus depot, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told CNN. “We have reason to believe that the person in question has left New York City,” Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Gunman’s steps after killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO give police new clues The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer made sure to wear a mask during the shooting yet left a trail of evidence in view of the nation’s biggest city and its network of security cameras that have aided authorities piecing together his movements and his identity. A law enforcement official said Friday that new surveillance footage shows the suspect riding the subway and visiting establishments in Manhattan and provided more clues about his actions in the days before he ambushed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson . The gunman’s whereabouts and identity remain unknown Friday, as did the reason for Wednesday’s killing. New York City police say evidence firmly points to it being a targeted attack . ▶ Read more about the search for the gunman For many companies, investor meetings are seen as a risk In many companies, investor meetings like the one UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was walking to when he was fatally shot are viewed as very risky because details on the location and who will be speaking are highly publicized. “It gives people an opportunity to arrive well in advance and take a look at the room, take a look at how people would probably come and go out of a location,” said Dave Komendat, president of DSKomendat Risk Management Services, which is based in the greater Seattle area. Some firms respond by beefing up security. For example, tech companies routinely require everyone attending a major event, such as Apple’s annual unveiling of the next iPhone or a shareholder meeting, to go through airport-style security checkpoints before entering. Others forgo in-person meetings with shareholders. ▶ Read more about how companies protect their leaders Police have obtained other surveillance images of the person wanted for questioning Those images include New York’s subway system, a law enforcement official said. In establishments where the person was captured on camera, he always appeared to pay with cash, the official said. The official wasn’t authorized to discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. — Mike Balsamo Another health insurer taking precautions after the shooting Medica, a Minnesota-based nonprofit health care firm that serves 1.5 million customers in 12 states, said it’s temporarily closing all six locations. The firm has offices in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska and North Dakota, and employs about 3,000 people. Employees will work from home, Medica spokesman Greg Bury said in an email Friday. “The safety of Medica employees is our top priority and we have increased security both for all of our employees,” a statement from Medica said. “Although we have received no specific threats related to our campuses, our office buildings will be temporarily closed out of an abundance of caution.” Bury also said biographical information on the company’s executives was taken down from its website as a precaution. Government health insurance provider Centene Corp. says its Investor Day will now be virtual The insurer cited the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in its announcement about the Dec. 12 event. “All of us at Centene are deeply saddened by Brian Thompson’s death and want to express our support for all of those affected. Health insurance is a big industry and a small community; many members of the CenTeam crossed paths with Brian during their careers,” Centene CEO Sarah M. London said in a news release. “He was a person with a deep sense of empathy and clear passion for improving access to care. Our hearts are with his family and his colleagues during this difficult time.” Centene Corp. has grown in recent years to become the largest insurer in Medicaid, the state- and federally funded program that covers care for people with low incomes. Insurers manage Medicaid coverage for states, and Centene has more than 13 million people enrolled in that coverage. UnitedHealth Group says it’s focused on supporting Brian Thompson’s family The insurance company also said it’s focused on ensuring the safety of employees and assisting investigators. “While our hearts are broken, we have been touched by the huge outpouring of kindness and support in the hours since this horrific crime took place,” the company said. NY Mayor Eric Adams provided no new information on investigation’s progress during interviews But he said Friday that he’s confident police will arrest the shooter. “We are on the right road to apprehend him and bring him to justice,” Adams said on TV station WPIX. Hours after the shooting, UnitedHealthcare removed photographs of its executives from its website Later, it removed their names and biographies entirely. Investigators believe the suspect may have traveled to NY last month on a bus that originated in Atlanta Police and federal agents have been collecting information from Greyhound in an attempt to identify the suspect and are working to determine whether he purchased the ticket to New York in late November, a law enforcement official said. Investigators were also trying to obtain additional information from a cellphone recovered from a pedestrian plaza through which the shooter fled. Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO spotlights complex challenge companies face in protecting top brass The fatal shooting of Brian Thompson while walking alone on a New York City sidewalk has put a spotlight on the widely varied approaches companies take to protect their leaders against threats. Experts say today’s political, economic and technological climate is only going to make the job of evaluating threats against executives and taking action to protect them even more difficult, experts say. Some organizations have a protective intelligence group that uses digital tools such as machine learning or artificial intelligence to comb through online comments to detect threats not only on social media platforms such as X but also on the dark web, says Komendat. They look for what’s being said about the company, its employees and its leadership to uncover risks. ▶ Read more about the steps companies take to protect their leadership Police test DNA and fingerprints on discarded bottle as they hunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killer Police said Thursday they found a water bottle and protein bar wrapper from a trash can near the scene of the ambush and think the suspect bought them from a Starbucks minutes before the shooting. The items were being tested by the city’s medical examiner. The Associated Press See a typo/mistake? Have a story/tip? This has been shared 0 times 0 Shares Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Get your daily Victoria news briefing Email Sign Up More Health Police believe gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO has left New York City Dec 6, 2024 12:49 PM USDA orders nationwide testing of milk for bird flu to halt the virus Dec 6, 2024 12:30 PM Mexico study's surprising finding: Killer heat hit harder for the young than the elderly Dec 6, 2024 11:13 AMBOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Nyla Harris had 14 points and Jayda Curry scored 10 of her 14 points in the fourth quarter to help No. 24 Louisville get past Colorado 79-71 on Saturday. The Cardinals led 56-55 after three quarters before pulling away in the fourth by scoring 16 unanswered points, capped by a fast-break layup by Curry, before Colorado made its first field goal of the frame with 2:48 left. Colorado scored the next six points to get within single digits at 72-63, but freshman Tajianna Roberts banked in a jumper in the lane at the other end. Izela Arenas sealed it on two free throws with 24.9 seconds left for a nine-point lead. Roberts finished with 13 and Arenas had 11 for Louisville (5-2). Frida Formann scored 25 points for Colorado (6-2). Jade Masogayo added 12 points, Nyamer Diew scored 10 and Kindyll Wetta matched her career-high with 10 assists. Formann went on a personal 8-0 run to give Colorado a 43-37 lead with 7:38 left in the third. She reached 20 points during the run, while no other player had scored in double figures. Louisville plays No. 8 Oklahoma on Wednesday in the SEC/ACC Challenge. Colorado continues a five-game homestand against Tennesse Tech on Tuesday. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball

None

Former Medellin cartel boss Fabio Ochoa deported to Colombia, released upon arrival747.9 live casino 。

MEMPHIS, Tenn. , Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- uLab Systems ® announces an exciting new strategic collaboration with Voxel Dental and LuxCreo, Inc., two other leaders in the orthodontic industry, aimed at advancing the use of direct print aligner technology. All three companies share the vision of transforming the landscape of in-office manufacturing capabilities for orthodontists. Together they will streamline the overall workflow for direct print appliances and further the adoption of this promising technology. "We could not be happier to team up with Voxel and LuxCreo," said Charlie Wen, Co-founder and President of uLab Systems. "This collaboration will enable us to deliver needed advancements in direct print technology workflow, ultimately benefiting our customers and their patients with fast, precise, and cost-effective solutions." Mark Bacino , Vice President of Orthodontic Solutions at Voxel, added, "We're thrilled about the future of direct print aligners with the LuxCreo system. Previously, we were concerned about the lengthy digital workflow, but now, with the integration of uLab's uDesign platform and LuxCreo FastTrack AI, setting up direct print cases is much easier. The reduction in labor time is invaluable, eliminating the need for physically blocking out, thermoforming, cutting, and trimming in-office aligners." Mike Yang , CEO of LuxCreo, commented, "We are excited to partner with Voxel and uLab, uniting our shared commitment to enhance patient care through disruptive solutions. Together, we are advancing the frontier of digital dentistry, empowering doctors with elegant solutions and the ability to create lasting value for their business and patients. This collaboration underscores our collective vision to shape a brighter, more connected future." uLab's uDesign software has been the established leader in digital aligner treatment planning platforms since its commercial launch in 2019. Since then, the company has been focused on creating flexible workflows to empower orthodontists, giving them greater control over their treatment plans and aligner manufacturing. uLab recently enabled direct print capabilities for the uDesign software application and is working with LuxCreo on integrations that will save time for users. Register for an upcoming event to learn more: Hands-On with 3D Printed Aligners: From Treatment Planning to Finished Aligner 1/31/25 | 2/28/25 | 3/21/25 LuxCreo, Inc., Headquarters – Chicago, IL Register Now! https://voxeldental.com/products/luxdemo Digital Workflows for In-office Printing with uLab 3/7/25 Voxel Dental Headquarters – Houston, TX Register Now! https://ulabsystems.swoogo.com/ulabvoxel About uLab Systems uLab's mission is to advance the orthodontic industry with aligner products and digital treatment planning software that let orthodontists take back control of their treatment plans to provide the best outcomes for their patients. uLab sustainably manufactures uSmile aligners in Memphis, Tennessee , recycling over 80% of manufacturing mold materials. uSmile clear aligners, the uAssist concierge service, and the uDesign software are available to orthodontic practices in the USA . To learn more, visit www.ulabsystems.com. Contact: Johanna Beckmen , pr@ulabsystems.com . About Voxel Dental Voxel Dental is the #1 provider of digital orthodontic workflow solutions, offering the industry's top brands along with decades of combined experience in dental technologies. The Voxel team field tests every digital technology we provide to recommend the highest quality tailored solutions for our customers across a comprehensive product line. Focusing on a high-tech, high-touch philosophy, we specialize in 3D printers, intraoral scanners, digital X-ray, laser welding, thermoforming plastics, and wire-bending robotics with an emphasis on providing unmatched education, training, and technical support. For more information, please visit our website at voxeldental.com or call us at 281.789.7270. Contact: Chris Koch , marketing@voxeldental.com . About LuxCreo, Inc. LuxCreo, Inc., is the leading platform for personalized medical and dental devices, dedicated to transforming patient care through innovation, speed, and customer success. We empower doctors to design, create, and deliver same-day treatments that enhance smiles, health, and well-being for a wider variety of patients. Our unique ecosystem supports dental and medical professionals with onsite, scalable solutions and flexible production with laboratory design and production services. LuxCreo helps doctors grow their practices and improve patient care by delivering more customized and effective treatments with convenience and precision. For more information, visit LuxCreo.com © 2024 uLab Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. uSmile and Reva are trademarks and uLab, uLab Systems, uAssist and uDesign are registered trademarks of uLab Systems, Inc. MAR-0001792 Rev 1 View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ulab-announces-strategic-collaboration-with-voxel-and-luxcreo-to-revolutionize-direct-print-aligner-technology-302330747.html SOURCE uLab Systems, Inc.

By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) — Even through a year of nonstop news about elections, climate change, protests and the price of eggs, there was still time to read books. Related Articles Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81 Percival Everett, 2024 National Book Award winner, rereads one book often Gift books for 2024: What to give, and what to receive, for all kinds of readers Our critic’s picks: Best mystery fiction books of 2024 10 best books of 2024: The surprising reads that stuck U.S. sales held steady according to Circana, which tracks around 85% of the print market, with many choosing the relief of romance, fantasy and romantasy. Some picked up Taylor Swift’s tie-in book to her blockbuster tour, while others sought out literary fiction, celebrity memoirs, political exposes and a close and painful look at a generation hooked on smartphones. Here are 10 notable books published in 2024, in no particular order. Asking about the year’s hottest reads would basically yield a list of the biggest hits in romantasy, the blend of fantasy and romance that has proved so irresistible fans were snapping up expensive “special editions” with decorative covers and sprayed edges. Of the 25 top sellers of 2024, as compiled by Circana, six were by romantasy favorite Sarah J. Maas, including “House of Flame and Shadow,” the third of her “Crescent City” series. Millions read her latest installment about Bryce Quinlan and Hunter Athalar and traced the ever-growing ties of “Maasverse,” the overlapping worlds of “Crescent City” and her other series, “Throne of Glass” and “A Court of Thorns and Roses.” If romantasy is for escape, other books demand we confront. In the bestselling “The Anxious Generation,” social psychologist Jonathan Haidt looks into studies finding that the mental health of young people began to deteriorate in the 2010s, after decades of progress. According to Haidt, the main culprit is right before us: digital screens that have drawn kids away from “play-based” to “phone-based” childhoods. Although some critics challenged his findings, “The Anxious Generation” became a talking point and a catchphrase. Admirers ranged from Oprah Winfrey to Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee, who in a letter to state legislators advocated such “commonsense recommendations” from the book as banning phones in schools and keeping kids off social media until age 16. Bob Woodward books have been an election tradition for decades. “War,” the latest of his highly sourced Washington insider accounts, made news with its allegations that Donald Trump had been in frequent contact with Russian leader Vladimir Putin even while out of office and, while president, had sent Putin sophisticated COVID-19 test machines. Among Woodward’s other scoops: Putin seriously considered using nuclear weapons against Ukraine, and President Joe Biden blamed former President Barack Obama, under whom he served as vice president, for some of the problems with Russia. “Barack never took Putin seriously,” Woodward quoted Biden as saying. Former (and future) first lady Melania Trump, who gives few interviews and rarely discusses her private life, unexpectedly announced she was publishing a memoir: “Melania.” The publisher was unlikely for a former first lady — not one of the major New York houses, but Skyhorse, where authors include such controversial public figures as Woody Allen and Trump cabinet nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And its success was at least a minor surprise. Melania Trump did little publicity for the book, and offered few revelations beyond posting a video expressing support for abortion rights — a break from one of the cornerstones of GOP policy. But “Melania” still sold hundreds of thousands of copies, many in the days following her husband’s election. Taylor Swift was more than a music story in 2024. Like “Melania,” the news about Taylor Swift’s self-published tie-in to her global tour isn’t so much the book itself, but that it exists. And how well it sold. As she did with the “Eras” concert film, Swift bypassed the established industry and worked directly with a distributor: Target offered “The Eras Tour Book” exclusively. According to Circana, the “Eras” book sold more than 800,000 copies just in its opening week, an astonishing number for a publication unavailable through Amazon.com and other traditional retailers. No new book in 2024 had a better debut. Midnight book parties are supposed to be for “Harry Potter” and other fantasy series, but this fall, more than 100 stores stayed open late to welcome one of the year’s literary events: Sally Rooney’s “Intermezzo.” The Irish author’s fourth novel centers on two brothers, their grief over the death of their father, their very different career paths and their very unsettled love lives. “Intermezzo” was also a book about chess: “You have to read a lot of opening theory — that’s the beginning of a game, the first moves,” one of the brothers explains. “And you’re learning all this for what? Just to get an okay position in the middle game and try to play some decent chess. Which most of the time I can’t do anyway.” Lisa Marie Presley had been working on a memoir at the time of her death , in 2023, and daughter Riley Keough had agreed to help her complete it. “From Here to the Great Unknown” is Lisa Marie’s account of her father, Elvis Presley, and the sagas of of her adult life, notably her marriage to Michael Jackson and the death of son Benjamin Keough. To the end, she was haunted by the loss of Elvis, just 42 when he collapsed and died at his Graceland home while young Lisa Marie was asleep. “She would listen to his music alone, if she was drunk, and cry,” Keough, during an interview with Winfrey, said of her mother. Meanwhile, Cher released the first of two planned memoirs titled “Cher” — no further introduction required. Covering her life from birth to the end of the 1970s, she focuses on her ill-fated marriage to Sonny Bono, remembering him as a gifted entertainer and businessman who helped her believe in herself while turning out to be unfaithful, erratic, controlling and so greedy that he kept all the couple’s earnings for himself. Unsure of whether to leave or stay, she consulted a very famous divorcee, Lucille Ball, who reportedly encouraged her: “F— him, you’re the one with the talent.” A trend in recent years is to take famous novels from the past, and remove words or passages that might offend modern readers; an edition of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” cuts the racist language from Mark Twain’s original text. In the most celebrated literary work of 2024, Percival Everett found a different way to take on Twain’s classic — write it from the perspective of the enslaved Jim. “James,” winner of the National Book Award, is a recasting in many ways. Everett suggests to us that the real Jim was nothing like the deferential figure known to millions of readers, but a savvy and learned man who concealed his intelligence from the whites around him, and even from Twain himself. Salman Rushdie’s first National Book Award nomination was for a memoir he wished he had no reason to write. In “Knife,” he recounts in full detail the horrifying attempt on his life in 2022, when an attendee rushed the stage during a literary event in western New York and stabbed him repeatedly, leaving with him a blinded eye and lasting nerve damage, but with a spirit surprisingly intact. “If you had told me that this was going to happen and how would I deal with it, I would not have been very optimistic about my chances,” he told The Associated Press last spring. “I’m still myself, you know, and I don’t feel other than myself. But there’s a little iron in the soul, I think.”Article content Hyundai Canada is recalling more than 34,000 newer electric vehicles from its Ioniq and Genesis lines over a battery-charging issue that could result in a loss of power. The safety campaign is actually an expansion of one launched earlier this year, that covered over 26,000 vehicles in Canada —the same models now facing recalling again. That prior recall was announced in March of 2024, and besides the 26,188 Hyundai, Genesis, and Kia models affected in Canada also covered some 147,110 in the U.S. The new recall expands its scope to now cover some 34,529 vehicles in Canada, as well as over 145,000 in the U.S. And, yes, cars that were recalled before will have to go back for further repairs. The specific namplates affected include the Hyundai Ioniq 5 hatchbacks from model years 2022 to 2024 and Ioniq 6 sedans from model years 2023 to 2025; as well as Genesis GV60 and GV80 sport-utilities from model years 2023 and 2024 and GV70 sport-utilities from model years 2023 through 2025. On some of these affected vehicles, “ the integrated charging control unit (ICCU) could become damaged,” reports Transport Canada, and “as a result, the 12 V battery will not charge and could cause the vehicle to enter a reduced power mode.” This could potentially cause a loss of power to the wheels while driving, though you will see a warning light and messages before that happens. Hyundai spokespeople say a remedy is already being rolled out to dealerships, and the fix should be quick. While there were rumours of halting sales of affected new models, the speed with which this repair can be affected means that won’t be necessary, and instead customers waiting to take delivery of their new Hyundai and Genesis EVs might just see a few days’ delay before it shows up in their driveway. The defect at the center of this recall was first made note of in June 2023, when the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation into reports of Hyundai and Genesis EVs losing power . That eventually developed into that first recall earlier this year . The internal code for the new recall is R0272 ; and the Transport Canada code is 2024-701. Sign up for our newsletter Blind-Spot Monitor and follow our social channels on X , Tiktok and LinkedIn to stay up to date on the latest automotive news, reviews, car culture, and vehicle shopping advice.

Jiuzi Holdings and Shenzhen Maigesong Terminate Negotiations to Focus on Future Growth

William M . Coli: Reality check

Seyond Announces Plan to Go Public via De-SPAC Transaction on Hong Kong Stock Exchange

WISE, Va., Nov. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wrap Technologies, Inc. WRAP ("Wrap" or the "Company"), a global leader in public safety solutions, announced today the relocation of its manufacturing and distribution facility to Virginia, citing Virginia's strategic location and commitment to invest in public safety innovation as key factors in its decision. This move underscores Wrap's commitment to delivering comprehensive tools and training for law enforcement. It also highlights Wrap's dedication to expanding "Made-in-America" partnerships with state and federal policymakers across the United States, with the goal to drive nationwide adoption of its solutions. "This facility is a major step forward in our mission to equip every officer with cutting-edge tools and training that prioritize the safety of both officers and the communities they serve," said Scot Cohen, Chief Executive Officer of Wrap. "We also believe that critical infrastructure in the United States needs to be made in the United States to promote security and reliability for our public safety partners. Virginia provides an ideal location and environment to advance this mission." Wrap's new state-of-the-art 20,000-square-foot facility is the cornerstone of its next-generation strategy for end-to-end public safety solutions , with a dedicated professional services division at its core. This division will focus on training, talent development, and customer support to promote seamless integration, large-scale implementation, and ongoing service excellence for law enforcement agencies nationwide. Strategically located in an emerging global hub for law enforcement talent and expertise, the facility will centralize the production of the BolaWrap®, the first major innovation on the police tool belt in over 30 years, and Wrap RealityTM, an immersive virtual reality training platform that integrates the latest in de-escalation tactics, defensive techniques, and evidence-based law enforcement practices. It will also house advanced research and development (R&D) zones dedicated to creating cutting-edge solutions in augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and integrated public safety devices, reflecting Wrap's commitment to driving innovation in policing technology. This initiative is supported by Governor Youngkin and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) as part of a $4.1 million project and underscores the region's emerging status as a global hub for law enforcement expertise. With over 40 partner agencies in Virginia, including the Virginia Department of Corrections, Fairfax County Police Department, Richmond Police Department, and Virginia Commonwealth University, this initiative allows Wrap to leverage the region's talent pool and professional services capabilities to enhance public safety outcomes while adding over 120 new jobs to the state and local economy. Expanding Leadership in Public Safety Solutions The new facility marks a pivotal expansion for Wrap as the Company positions itself to be the leading "Made-in-America" supplier for public safety. Wrap is committed to offering end-to-end solutions that include evidence-based tools, hardware, software, cameras, and training programs to meet the evolving needs of law enforcement. "Virginia's support for public safety innovation aligns perfectly with Wrap's vision of creating safer communities," Mr. Cohen continued. "Our enhanced training curriculum focuses on de-escalation tactics, which is supported by evidence-based practices, and enables officers to be better prepared for real-world challenges." About Wrap Wrap Technologies, Inc. WRAP is a leading global provider of advanced public safety solutions, integrating ultramodern technology, cutting-edge tools, and comprehensive services to address the complex, modern day challenges facing public safety organizations around the world. Guided by a no-harm principle, Wrap is dedicated to developing groundbreaking solutions that empower public safety agencies to safeguard the communities they serve in a manner that fosters stronger relationships, driving safer outcomes, empowering public safety and communities to move forward together. Wrap's BolaWrap ® solution encompasses an innovative and patented hand-held remote restraint device, strategically engineered with Wrap's no-harm guiding principle to proactively deter escalation by deploying a Kevlar ® tether that safely restrains individuals from a distance. Combined with BolaWrap ® training, certified by the esteemed International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST), Wrap enables officers from over 1000 agencies across the U.S. and 60 countries around the world, with the expertise to effectively use BolaWrap ® as an early intervention measure, mitigating potential risks and injuries, averting tragic outcomes, with the goal to save lives with each wrap. Wrap RealityTM, the Company's advanced virtual reality training system, is a fully immersive training simulator and comprehensive public safety training platform that equips first responders with the discipline and practice to prevent escalation, de-escalate conflicts, and apply appropriate tactical use-of-force measures to better perform in the field. By offering a growing range of real-life scenarios, Wrap RealityTM addresses the dynamic nature of modern law enforcement situations for positive public safety outcomes, building safer communities one decision at a time. Wrap's Intrensic solution is a comprehensive, secure and efficient body worn camera and evidence collection and management solution designed with innovative technology to quickly capture, safely handle, securely store, and seamlessly track evidence, all while maintaining full transparency throughout the process. With meticulous consolidation and professional management of evidence, confidence in law enforcement and the justice system soars, fostering trust and reliability in court outcomes. Intrensic's efficient system streamlines the entire process seamlessly, empowering all public safety providers to focus on what matters, expediting justice with integrity. Connect with Wrap: Wrap on Facebook Wrap on Twitter Wrap on LinkedIn Trademark Information Wrap, the Wrap logo, BolaWrap ® , Wrap RealityTM and Wrap Training Academy are trademarks of Wrap Technologies, Inc., some of which are registered in the U.S. and abroad. All other trade names used herein are either trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective holders. Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements – Safe Harbor Statement This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "expect," "anticipate," "should", "believe", "target", "project", "goals", "estimate", "potential", "predict", "may", "will", "could", "intend", and variations of these terms or the negative of these terms and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Moreover, forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors or circumstances that are beyond the Company's control. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including but not limited to: the Company's ability to maintain compliance with the Nasdaq Capital Market's listing standards; the Company's ability to successfully implement training programs for the use of its products; the Company's ability to manufacture and produce products for its customers; the Company's ability to develop sales for its products; the market acceptance of existing and future products; the availability of funding to continue to finance operations; the complexity, expense and time associated with sales to law enforcement and government entities; the lengthy evaluation and sales cycle for the Company's product solutions; product defects; litigation risks from alleged product-related injuries; risks of government regulations; the business impact of health crises or outbreaks of disease, such as epidemics or pandemics; the impact resulting from geopolitical conflicts and any resulting sanctions; the ability to obtain export licenses for counties outside of the United States; the ability to obtain patents and defend intellectual property against competitors; the impact of competitive products and solutions; and the Company's ability to maintain and enhance its brand, as well as other risk factors mentioned in the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K, subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this release and were based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections as well as the beliefs and assumptions of management. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no duty or obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or changes in its expectations. Investor Relations Contact: 800.583.2652 ir@wrap.com © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.New Delhi, December 24: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday issued a detailed clarification addressing concerns raised by Congress regarding voter turnout discrepancies and electoral roll irregularities in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections held on November 20, 2024. The Commission reaffirmed its commitment to transparency, accuracy, and adherence to rules in the electoral process. Voter turnout clarification The ECI strongly refuted Congress’ claims about discrepancies in voter turnout. It explained that comparing turnout data at 5 p.m. with the final tally at 11:45 p.m. is misleading, as voter turnout naturally increases during the data aggregation process. The final turnout figures are compiled from Form 17C, an official record of votes cast at each polling station. This form, made available to authorised agents of candidates at the close of polls, ensures that the data is both accurate and transparent. ‘No Arbitrary Addition, Deletion in Voters List in Maharashtra’: ECI Clears Misconceptions on Assembly Poll Voter Turnout Amidst Congress’ Concerns . The Commission assured that the data cannot be manipulated after the polling booths close, as Form 17C serves as an immutable source of information. On allegations of electoral roll “irregularities” The Congress party had raised concerns about the addition of 50,000 electors across 50 constituencies between July and November 2024, with claims that 47 of these constituencies were won by the Mahayuti alliance. The ECI dismissed these allegations as misleading, clarifying that only six constituencies saw an increase of more than 50,000 electors during this period. The Commission pointed out that these figures did not substantiate the Congress’ claim that the results in 47 constituencies were influenced by these additions. The ECI also provided a detailed explanation of the process behind electoral roll preparation. It emphasised that any changes, including additions or deletions, are carried out strictly in accordance with the rules, with full involvement of political parties. Deletions are made based on valid reasons such as deaths, relocations, or duplicate entries, and Congress was involved in the electoral roll updation process. ECI Clears Misconceptions on M'rasthra Assembly Poll Voter Turnout Amidst Congress' Concerns . The ECI reiterated its commitment to a transparent and participatory electoral process. It highlighted the active involvement of political parties, candidates, and the public in the preparation and finalisation of the electoral rolls. The Commission also pointed out that detailed electoral data, including Form 20, is publicly available on the Chief Electoral Officer's website, accessible to all stakeholders. No irregularities in deletions Addressing concerns about bulk deletions, the ECI clarified that there were no irregularities. The average number of deletions per constituency was 2,779 electors, with legitimate reasons such as deaths, relocations, and duplicate entries. The deletions process followed the established procedures, with Congress representatives participating to ensure fairness. (The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Dec 24, 2024 11:56 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com ).Watch video as Nigerian man shows off magnificent mansion

Top-25 teams will take the court across four games on Friday’s college basketball slate. That includes the Oklahoma Sooners squaring off against the UNLV Rebels at Thomas & Mack Center. Watch women’s college basketball, other live sports and more on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. Use our link to sign up for a free trial. No. 21 Nebraska Cornhuskers at Creighton Bluejays Lafayette Leopards at No. 13 West Virginia Mountaineers Oregon State Beavers at No. 22 Illinois Fighting Illini No. 9 Oklahoma Sooners at UNLV Rebels Catch tons of live women’s college basketball , plus original programming, with ESPN+ or the Disney Bundle.Daily Post Nigeria Bill to establish FUTA Teaching Hospital passes second reading Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport News Bill to establish FUTA Teaching Hospital passes second reading Published on December 11, 2024 By Kayode Lawal A bill for an act to establish the Federal University of Technology, Akure Teaching Hospital, has passed the second reading in the Senate. The passage followed the presentation of the general principles of the bill by its sponsor, Senator Adeniyi Adegbonmire (APC, Ondo Central) during Wednesday’s plenary. Adegbonmire noted that “In 2010, the National University Commission, NUC, gave final approval for the commencement of a course in Medicine and Surgery, MBBS programme, by the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, with effect from the 2020-2021 academic session.” He further said that the students of FUTA, which runs a medical and surgery programme, are now approaching the clinical years, which they have to spend in a teaching hospital, a facility that the institution did not have. According to him, the university is presently in the process of signing a memorandum of understanding, MOU, with the Ondo State Government to allow its students to temporarily use the state’s General Hospital in Akure. The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, after the bill was read the second time, referred it to the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, for further legislative inputs. He directed that the bill be returned to plenary in four weeks. Related Topics: FUTA Teaching Hospital senate Don't Miss Nigeria cannot fully develop without maximising potential of mining sector – Ebonyi commissioner You may like Bill to establish vocational, technical institute in Benue passes second reading in Senate Senate committee recalls horror of slave trade, insists on restitution Ogun Govt to establish cocoa enclave in 3 senatorial districts Bauchi Forum rejects Tax Reform Bills, urges Senate to demand withdrawal Senate orders reinstatement of sacked NRC worker, payment of entitlements Bill to establish new varsity in Bayelsa passes second reading in Senate Advertise About Us Contact Us Privacy-Policy Terms Copyright © Daily Post Media Ltdcgebet live casino 。

NEW YORK (AP) — A number of President-elect Donald Trump 's most prominent Cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and “swatting attacks," Trump's transition team said Wednesday. The FBI said it was investigating. “Last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them," Trump transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. The attacks ranged from bomb threats to swatting, in which attackers initiate an emergency law enforcement response against a target victim under false pretenses, she said. The tactic has become a popular one in recent years. Leavitt said law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted and Trump and his transition team are grateful. Among those targeted were New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick to serve as the next ambassador to the United Nations ; Matt Gaetz, Trump’s initial pick to serve as attorney general ; Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, whom Trump chose to lead the Department of Labor , and former New York congressman Lee Zeldin, who has been tapped to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Law enforcement officials are also looking into whether Susie Wiles, Trump’s incoming chief of staff, and Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general whom Trump has chosen as Gaetz’s replacement, and other incoming administration officials were also victims — as well as how each was targeted, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity as the investigation continues. Wiles and Bondi did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The FBI said in a statement that it was “aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees" and was investigating with its law enforcement partners. White House spokesperson Saloni Sharma said President Joe Biden had been briefed and the White House is in touch with federal law enforcement and Trump's transition team. Biden “continues to monitor the situation closely," Sharma said, adding the president and his administration “condemn threats of political violence.” Stefanik's office said that, on Wednesday morning, she, her husband, and their 3-year-old son were driving home from Washington for Thanksgiving when they were informed of a bomb threat to their residence in Saratoga County. Police swept Stefanik’s home on Wednesday morning in response to the bomb threat but did not locate any explosive devices, New York State Police said. Zeldin said in a social media post that he and his family had also been threatened. “A pipe bomb threat targeting me and my family at our home today was sent in with a pro-Palestinian themed message,” he wrote on X . “My family and I were not home at the time and are safe." In Florida, the Okaloosa County sheriff’s office said on Facebook that it “received notification of a bomb threat referencing former Congressman Matt Gaetz’s supposed mailbox at a home in the Niceville area" Wednesday. While a family member resides at the address, the office said, Gaetz “is NOT a resident.” No threatening devices were found. Gaetz was Trump’s initial pick to serve as attorney general, but he withdrew from consideration after allegations that he paid women for sex and slept with underage women. Gaetz has vehemently denied any wrongdoing, and a Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations ended with no charges against him. The threats follow a political campaign marked by disturbing and unprecedented violence. In July, a gunman opened fire at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, grazing the then-candidate in the ear with a bullet and killing one of his supporters. The Secret Service later thwarted a subsequent assassination attempt at Trump's West Palm Beach, Florida, golf course when an agent spotted the barrel of a gun poking through a perimeter fence while Trump was golfing. Trump was also the subject of an Iranian murder-for-hire plot , with a man saying he had been tasked with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect. Also this week, authorities arrested a man they say posted videos on social media threatening to kill Trump, according to court documents. In one video posted on Nov. 13, Manuel Tamayo-Torres threatened to shoot the former president while holding what appeared to be an AR-15 style rifle, authorities said Among the other videos he posted was one from an arena in Glendale, Arizona on Aug. 23, the same day Trump held a campaign rally there, according to court papers. An attorney for Tamayo-Torres did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. Public figures across the political spectrum have been targeted in recent years by hoax bomb threats and false reports of shootings at their homes. About a year ago the FBI responded to an uptick in such incidents at the homes of public officials, state capitols and courthouses across the country around the holidays. Many were locked down and evacuated in early January after receiving bomb threats. No explosives were found and no one was hurt. Some of those targeted last year were Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. The judges overseeing the civil fraud case against Trump in New York and the criminal election interference case against him in Washington were both targeted earlier this year. Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, who recently abandoned the two criminal cases he brought against Trump, was also the subject of a fake emergency call on Christmas Day last year. Earlier this year, schools, government buildings and the homes of city officials in Springfield, Ohio, received a string of hoax bomb threats after Trump falsely accused members of Springfield’s Haitian community of abducting and eating cats and dogs. And in 2022, a slew of historically Black colleges and universities nationwide were targeted with dozens of bomb threats, with the vast majority arriving during the celebration of Black History Month. The U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement Wednesday that anytime a member of Congress is the victim of a swatting' incident, “we work closely with our local and federal law enforcement partners.” The force declined to provide further details, in part to “minimize the risk of copy-cats.” Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson called the threats “dangerous and unhinged.” “This year, there was not just one but TWO assassination attempts on President Trump," he wrote on X . “Now some of his Cabinet nominees and their families are facing bomb threats.” He added: “It is not who we are in America.” ___ Richer reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Colleen Long and Eric Tucker in Washington, Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin, and Anthony Izaguirre in Albany, New York, contributed to this report.Bettor wagers $52,500 on Browns-Steelers total as number plummets

APPALACHIAN STATE 66, SAM HOUSTON 63

New York Giants (2-9) at Dallas (4-7) Thursday, 4:30 p.m. EST, Fox BetMGM NFL Odds: Cowboys by 4. Against the spread: Giants 3-8; Cowboys 3-8. Series record: Cowboys lead 76-47-2. Last meeting: Cowboys beat Giants 20-15 on Sept. 26, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Last week: Giants lost to Buccaneers 30-7; Cowboys beat Commanders 34-26. Giants offense: overall (24), rush (19), pass (28), scoring (32) Giants defense: overall (19), rush (30), pass (7), scoring (17) Cowboys offense: overall (21), rush (31), pass (8), scoring (T22) Cowboys defense: overall (27), rush (31), pass (21), scoring (31) Turnover differential: Giants minus-6; Cowboys minus-9. WR Malik Nabers. The No. 6 overall pick in the draft had a team-high six receptions for 64 yards despite not being targeted in the first half as the Giants fell behind the Bucs 23-0. Coach Brian Daboll said he is not going to let that happen again. Against Dallas in Week 4, Nabers had a season-high 12 catches for 115 yards, with a long of 39 yards. He was targeted 15 times by Daniel Jones. He sustained a concussion on the last attempt and missed the next two games. RB Rico Dowdle just had his second game of at least 85 yards, finishing with 86 on the road against the Commanders. The undrafted fifth-year player who has taken over as the lead back is looking to sustain momentum for the first time. After finishing with 87 yards in a victory at Pittsburgh, Dowdle came home and was held to a season-low 25 yards in a 47-9 loss to Detroit. Dallas' 31st-ranked run game has been marked by that kind of inconsistency, or worse, all season. Giants DL Dexter Lawrence vs. Cowboys OL. Lawrence is tied for sixth in the NFL with a career-high nine sacks, and the Dallas offensive front has been in flux most of the season. Injuries and youth have kept the Cowboys from establishing a rushing attack in most games. Dallas is coming off an effective showing on the ground and Cooper Rush's best performance in three starts filling in for injured star QB Dak Prescott. Lawrence will test the Cowboys' ability to get the run game going and protect Rush. Giants QB Tommy DeVito emerged with a sore throwing arm from his first start replacing the benched and subsequently released Jones. Daboll said it was uncertain whether DeVito would play and that Drew Lock would get extra reps in practice just in case. ... OLB Azeez Ojulari, who has six sacks and 10 QB hits, was placed on injured reserve with a toe injury. ... LT Jermaine Eluemunor, who started the first 11 games, was ruled out with a quad injury. ... DL Armon Watts won't play because of a shoulder issue. ... The Cowboys could be without perennial All-Pro RG Zack Martin and CB Trevon Diggs, a 2021 All-Pro, for a second consecutive game. Martin is dealing with ankle and shoulder injuries, while Diggs has groin and knee issues. ... LG Tyler Smith, who injured an ankle about the same time Martin did late in the game against Houston on Nov. 18, says he will play after missing the Washington game. ... TE Jake Ferguson was still in concussion protocol to start the week after being sidelined early against the Texans. ... WR Brandin Cooks is close to a return from a knee issue. He hasn't played since the first meeting with the Giants. The Cowboys have won 14 of the past 15 meetings with the Giants. Matching seven-game winning streaks for Dallas are separated by a New York victory in the 2020 season finale. ... This is the second Thanksgiving meeting in three seasons for the NFC East rivals. There had been just one before that, a 30-3 Dallas victory in 1992. The Cowboys won 28-20 two years ago. The Giants are 0-4 on the holiday since a 13-6 win at Detroit in 1982. The 16 combined losses for New York and Dallas are the most going into a Cowboys Thanksgiving game, according to Sportradar. The previous high was 14 three times, most recently in 2020 when Washington beat Dallas 41-16 in a matchup of seven-loss teams. Washington made the playoffs that season as the NFC East champ at 7-9. ... The first Dallas-New York meeting also was on Thursday. That happened last season with Green Bay and Detroit. The previous — and only other — time was 1923 with the Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals. ... The Giants' six-game losing streak is their longest since a nine-game skid, the franchise record, in 2019. ... The Cowboys ended a five-game losing streak with the victory at Washington but are 0-5 at home. It’s the worst home start since Dallas lost all eight games at old Texas Stadium while finishing 1-15 in 1989, the year owner Jerry Jones bought the team. The home losing streak is six going back to a wild-card loss to Green Bay in January. Before losing to the Packers, the Cowboys had won 16 in a row at AT&T Stadium. ... DeVito was 21 of 31 for 189 yards in his first action this season against the Buccaneers. He was sacked four times. ... WR Wan’Dale Robinson has 61 catches, surpassing his career high of 60 in 2023. ... Nabers has 67 catches, the most by a player in his first nine games. Puka Nacua of the Rams set the record of 64 last season. ... WR Darius Slayton had his streak of catching a pass snapped at 26 games against Tampa Bay. ... New York has gone 11 consecutive games without a positive turnover differential, extending the longest single-season streak in franchise history. ... The Giants have not intercepted a pass in 10 consecutive games, tying the NFL record held by the 1976-77 San Francisco 49ers and the 2017 Oakland Raiders. ... New York has one sack in the past three games after getting an NFL-high 35 through the first eight games. ... The Giants have the fewest points in the league (163) and they have played seven games without scoring a first-half touchdown. ... Rookie S Tyler Nubin has led New York with 12 tackles each of the past two games. ... Rush had his highest passer rating as the Dallas starter at 117.6 against the Commanders. He threw for two touchdowns with no interceptions. Rush beat the Giants for one of his victories when he went 4-1 filling in for Prescott early in 2022. He had a TD with no picks in a 23-16 win. ... WR CeeDee Lamb leads the NFL with 77 catches. He and Jarvis Landry are the only players in league history with at least 70 catches in each of their first five seasons. Lamb led the NFL last season with a career-high 135 grabs. ... Star pass rusher Micah Parsons had two sacks against the Commanders and has a sack in each of his three Thanksgiving games. ... WR/KR KaVontae Turpin, who returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown against Washington, is the fifth player since the 1970 merger to have TDs on punt and kickoff returns along with a scoring catch of at least 60 yards. The most recent was Chicago's Devin Hester in 2007. Lamb has averaged 91 yards receiving per game against the Giants in his career, but without a bunch of touchdowns (four). While the Giants lag in most team statistical categories, they do have the seventh-best pass defense in the NFL. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflNone

The 26-year-old man charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO appeared in a Pennsylvania courtroom on Tuesday, where he was denied bail and his lawyer said he’d fight extradition to New York City, where the attack happened. Luigi Nicholas Mangione was arrested Monday in the Dec. 4 attack on Brian Thompson after they say a worker at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, alerted authorities to a customer who resembled the suspected gunman. When arrested, Mangione had on him a gun that investigators believe was used in the attack and writings expressing anger at corporate America, police said. As Mangione arrived at the courthouse Tuesday, he struggled with officers and shouted something that was partly unintelligible but referred to an “insult to the intelligence of the American people.” Mangione is being held on Pennsylvania charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police. Manhattan prosecutors have charged him with five counts, including murder, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a forged instrument. Here are some of the latest developments: Wearing an orange jumpsuit, Mangione mostly stared straight ahead during the hearing, occasionally consulting papers, rocking in his chair, or looking back at the gallery. At one point, he began to speak to respond to the court discussion but was quieted by his lawyer. Judge David Consiglio denied bail to Mangione, whose attorney, Thomas Dickey, told the court that his client did not agree to extradition and wants a hearing on the matter. Blair County (Pennsylvania) District Attorney Peter Weeks said that although Mangione’s fighting extradition will create “extra hoops” for law enforcement to jump through, it won’t be a substantial barrier to sending him to New York. In addition to a three-page, handwritten document that suggests he harbored “ill will toward corporate America,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Monday that Mangione also had a ghost gun, a type of weapon that can be assembled at home and is difficult to trace. Officers questioned Mangione, who was acting suspiciously and carrying multiple fraudulent IDs, as well as a U.S. passport, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Officers also found a sound suppressor, or silencer, “consistent with the weapon used in the murder,” she said. He had clothing and a mask similar to those worn by the shooter and a fraudulent New Jersey ID matching one the suspect used to check into a New York City hostel before the shooting, the commissioner said. Kenny said Mangione was born and raised in Maryland, has ties to San Francisco and that his last known address is in Honolulu. Mangione, who was valedictorian of his Maryland prep school, earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a university spokesman told The Associated Press on Monday. Mangione comes from a prominent Maryland family. His grandfather Nick Mangione, who died in 2008, was a successful real estate developer. Mangione likely was motivated by his anger with what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed, said a law enforcement bulletin obtained by The Associated Press. He wrote that the U.S. has the most expensive health care system in the world and that the profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not, according to the bulletin, which was based on a review of the suspect’s hand-written notes and social media postings. The defendant appeared to view the targeted killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO as a symbolic takedown and may have been inspired by “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski, whom he called a “political revolutionary,” the document said. Police said the person who killed Thompson left a hostel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side at 5:41 a.m. on Dec. 4. Eleven minutes later, he was seen on surveillance video walking back and forth in front of the New York Hilton Midtown, wearing a distinctive backpack. At 6:44 a.m., he shot Thompson at a side entrance to the hotel, fled on foot, then climbed aboard a bicycle and within four minutes had entered Central Park, according to police. Another security camera recorded the gunman leaving the park near the American Museum of Natural History at 6:56 a.m. still on the bicycle but without the backpack, police said. After getting in a taxi, he headed north to a bus terminal near the George Washington Bridge, arriving at about 7:30 a.m. From there, the trail of video evidence ran cold. Police did not see video of the suspect exiting the building, leading them to believe he likely took a bus out of town. Police said they are still investigating the path the suspect took to Pennsylvania. “We’ll be working, backtracking his steps from New York to Altoona, Pennsylvania,” Kenny said.Sportscaster Greg Gumbel dies from cancer at age 78

Young Boys players pay tribute to teammate Meschack Elia in Champions League game after his son diedTrump says Microsoft’s Bill Gates wants to meet

Trump asks Supreme Court to pause TikTok ban, while Biden admin says app poses ‘grave’ threat

NEW YORK (AP) — A number of President-elect Donald Trump 's most prominent Cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and “swatting attacks," Trump's transition team said Wednesday. The FBI said it was investigating. “Last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them," Trump transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. The attacks ranged from bomb threats to swatting, in which attackers initiate an emergency law enforcement response against a target victim under false pretenses, she said. The tactic has become a popular one in recent years. Leavitt said law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted and Trump and his transition team are grateful. Among those targeted were New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick to serve as the next ambassador to the United Nations ; Matt Gaetz, Trump’s initial pick to serve as attorney general ; Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, whom Trump chose to lead the Department of Labor , and former New York congressman Lee Zeldin, who has been tapped to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Law enforcement officials are also looking into whether Susie Wiles, Trump’s incoming chief of staff, and Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general whom Trump has chosen as Gaetz’s replacement, and other incoming administration officials were also victims — as well as how each was targeted, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity as the investigation continues. Wiles and Bondi did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The FBI said in a statement that it was “aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees" and was investigating with its law enforcement partners. White House spokesperson Saloni Sharma said President Joe Biden had been briefed and the White House is in touch with federal law enforcement and Trump's transition team. Biden “continues to monitor the situation closely," Sharma said, adding the president and his administration “condemn threats of political violence.” Stefanik's office said that, on Wednesday morning, she, her husband, and their 3-year-old son were driving home from Washington for Thanksgiving when they were informed of a bomb threat to their residence in Saratoga County. Police swept Stefanik’s home on Wednesday morning in response to the bomb threat but did not locate any explosive devices, New York State Police said. Zeldin said in a social media post that he and his family had also been threatened. “A pipe bomb threat targeting me and my family at our home today was sent in with a pro-Palestinian themed message,” he wrote on X . “My family and I were not home at the time and are safe." In Florida, the Okaloosa County sheriff’s office said on Facebook that it “received notification of a bomb threat referencing former Congressman Matt Gaetz’s supposed mailbox at a home in the Niceville area" Wednesday. While a family member resides at the address, the office said, Gaetz “is NOT a resident.” No threatening devices were found. Gaetz was Trump’s initial pick to serve as attorney general, but he withdrew from consideration after allegations that he paid women for sex and slept with underage women. Gaetz has vehemently denied any wrongdoing, and a Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations ended with no charges against him. The threats follow a political campaign marked by disturbing and unprecedented violence. In July, a gunman opened fire at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, grazing the then-candidate in the ear with a bullet and killing one of his supporters. The Secret Service later thwarted a subsequent assassination attempt at Trump's West Palm Beach, Florida, golf course when an agent spotted the barrel of a gun poking through a perimeter fence while Trump was golfing. Trump was also the subject of an Iranian murder-for-hire plot , with a man saying he had been tasked with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect. Also this week, authorities arrested a man they say posted videos on social media threatening to kill Trump, according to court documents. In one video posted on Nov. 13, Manuel Tamayo-Torres threatened to shoot the former president while holding what appeared to be an AR-15 style rifle, authorities said Among the other videos he posted was one from an arena in Glendale, Arizona on Aug. 23, the same day Trump held a campaign rally there, according to court papers. An attorney for Tamayo-Torres did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. Public figures across the political spectrum have been targeted in recent years by hoax bomb threats and false reports of shootings at their homes. About a year ago the FBI responded to an uptick in such incidents at the homes of public officials, state capitols and courthouses across the country around the holidays. Many were locked down and evacuated in early January after receiving bomb threats. No explosives were found and no one was hurt. Some of those targeted last year were Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. The judges overseeing the civil fraud case against Trump in New York and the criminal election interference case against him in Washington were both targeted earlier this year. Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, who recently abandoned the two criminal cases he brought against Trump, was also the subject of a fake emergency call on Christmas Day last year. Earlier this year, schools, government buildings and the homes of city officials in Springfield, Ohio, received a string of hoax bomb threats after Trump falsely accused members of Springfield’s Haitian community of abducting and eating cats and dogs. And in 2022, a slew of historically Black colleges and universities nationwide were targeted with dozens of bomb threats, with the vast majority arriving during the celebration of Black History Month. The U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement Wednesday that anytime a member of Congress is the victim of a swatting' incident, “we work closely with our local and federal law enforcement partners.” The force declined to provide further details, in part to “minimize the risk of copy-cats.” Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson called the threats “dangerous and unhinged.” “This year, there was not just one but TWO assassination attempts on President Trump," he wrote on X . “Now some of his Cabinet nominees and their families are facing bomb threats.” He added: “It is not who we are in America.” ___ Richer reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Colleen Long and Eric Tucker in Washington, Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin, and Anthony Izaguirre in Albany, New York, contributed to this report.

The Angels still need help in the rotation, the bullpen and the lineup, but adding to the infield depth chart would seem to be one of their more pressing needs.Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia on Tuesday voted not to confirm President Joe Biden ‘s re-nomination of Lauren McFerran as member of the National Labor Relations Board. The nays from the pair of independents, who both declined to run for reelection in 2024, will block continued control of the labor regulator by Democrats — their former party, which they’ve still caucused with — and paves the way for President-elect Donald Trump ‘s next administration to strip worker rights while pursuing an anti-union agenda. McFerran is the current chair and one of three Democrats serving on the NLRB, which enforces labor law as a federal agency. Ordinarily, the board has five members, each nominated to a five-year term by the sitting president, but there are only four at the moment, including one Republican. Cutting McFerran’s tenure short allows the GOP to gain a three-member majority instead of preserving a Democratic advantage through 2026. Sinema, who hadn’t cast a vote in the Senate since before Thanksgiving, apparently showed up specifically to side with Republicans against McFerran’s appointment, with Manchin then arriving late to deliver the tie-breaking blow for a final tally of 49 in favor and 50 against. Had he not turned up, Vice President Kamala Harris would have presumably voted to keep McFerran on track for another term on the NLRB. Democrats in the chamber and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders had urged outgoing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to do everything he could to ensure Democrats retained the balance of power on the board. It’s hardly the first time Manchin and Sinema have aligned to thwart Democratic plans in the Senate. Most infamously, in 2022, they joined Republicans in voting down a proposed one-time change to the filibuster that would have cleared the way for two major voting rights bills . The legislation was aimed at ensuring free and fair elections after Trump’s lies about the 2020 election being stolen led to GOP politicians and officials cracking down on voter access across the country. Editor’s picks The 100 Best TV Episodes of All Time The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time Both senators also have a record of failing to support workers’ rights and deferring to corporate interests. Manchin, who has made millions from his family’s coal waste brokerage company Enersystems over the years, previously allied with Republicans to kill a progressive labor reform that would have held huge companies like McDonald’s liable for the labor conditions imposed by their franchisees or subcontractors. He also effectively killed the Build Back Better Act, which had a provision to penalized companies that prevent employees from unionizing. Sinema opposed it as well , and once made a spectacle of voting against an increase to the minimum wage . It’s unclear what Manchin plans to do after his term ends in January, but he served as president of Enersystems before entering politics and could return to the energy business. He will be succeeded on the hill by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican. Sinema, set to be replaced by Democrat Ruben Gallego, once allegedly told Sen. Mitt Romney that she could “do anything” once she left office, explaining, “I can go on any board I want to. I can be a college president.” An aide to Sinema suggested that this personal conversation, reported in a 2023 political biography of Romney , had been “misconstrued.” Nevertheless, the political stances they took in the Senate have positioned Sinema and Manchin to cash in on corporate opportunities, like many former conservative Democratic lawmakers who acted as a thorn in the side of their party before becoming lobbyists or consultants. After all, both senators have done plenty to protect rich executives’ profits — while ensuring they can continue to exploit low-wage workers.

www betcaster live casino login

Lamar defeats Ragin' Cajuns 74-45LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Max Brooks' 26 points helped UMass-Lowell defeat Dartmouth 92-83 on Saturday. Brooks added nine rebounds and four steals for the River Hawks (8-4). Quinton Mincey added 20 points while going 7 of 10 from the floor, including 3 for 5 from 3-point range, and 3 for 4 from the line while he also had six assists. Martin Somerville shot 3 for 10 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 4 of 7 from the free-throw line to finish with 12 points, while adding six rebounds. The Big Green (4-6) were led by Connor Amundsen, who posted 28 points and six assists. Cade Haskins added 16 points for Dartmouth. Jayden Williams also recorded 11 points. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

Saudi Arabia scored a major win in its campaign to attract major sports events to the kingdom when it was formally appointed as the 2034 World Cup host on Wednesday. Still, many questions remain about the tournament as well as the 2030 World Cup, which will be co-hosted by Spain, Portugal and Morocco, with three games in South America. Here are some of the key issues that need to be answered over the next decade: Saudi Arabia proposes 15 stadiums — eight still on paper — in five cities: Eight in the capital Riyadh, four in the Red Sea port city Jeddah, and one each in Abha, Al Khobar and Neom, the planned futuristic mega-project. Each would have at least 40,000 seats for World Cup games. The opening game and final are set for a 92,000-seat venue planned in Riyadh. Some designs are vivid. In Neom, the stadium is planned 350 meters above street level and one near Riyadh is designed to be atop a 200-meter cliff with a retractable wall of LED screens. Saudi Arabia aims to host all 104 games, though there has been speculation that some games could be played in neighboring or nearby countries. Surely not in the traditional World Cup period of June-July, when temperatures in Saudi Arabia routinely exceed 40 Celsius (104 degrees). FIFA moved the Qatar-hosted World Cup to November-December 2022, though those dates were not loved by most European clubs and leagues whose seasons were interrupted. Also, that slot is complicated in 2034 by the holy month of Ramadan through mid-December and Riyadh hosting the multi-sport Asian Games. January 2034 could be a possibility even though that would be just before the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. The International Olympic Committee has signaled it won’t be opposed to back-to-back major events. In an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, Saudi World Cup bid official Hammad Albalawi said the precise dates of the tournament are up the world soccer body. “That’s a decision by FIFA. We stand ready to be part of this conversation. But ultimately it’s a FIFA decision together with the confederations,” Albalawi said. Giving more rights and freedoms to women in a traditionally conservative society is fundamental to Saudi messaging around the modernization program known as Vision 2030. The kingdom decided in 2017 to let women attend sports events, initially in major cities and in family zones separate from men-only sections. By 2034, at the promised pace of social reforms, female fans should not be restricted. Saudi Arabia launched a women’s professional soccer league in 2022 with players joining from clubs in Europe. They face no restrictions playing in shorts and with hair uncovered. The Saudi prohibition of alcohol is clear and understood before FIFA signs any sponsor deals for 2034. But will there be any exceptions? The alcohol issue was problematic for the World Cup in Qatar because the expectation was created that beer sales would be allowed at stadiums even before Qatar won its bid in 2010. One year later, FIFA extended a long-time deal to have Budweiser as the official World Cup beer through 2022. Qatar then backtracked on that promise three days before the first game, causing confusion and the sense of a promise broken. In Qatar, alcohol was served only at luxury suites at the stadiums. Visitors could also have a drink in some hotel bars. But Saudi Arabia has even stricter rules on alcohol — and there is no indication that will change. Albalawi noted that Saudi Arabia has successfully hosted dozens of sports events where alcohol wasn't served. “We’re creating a safe and secure family environment for fans to bring their families into our stadiums,” he said. Saudi promises to reform and enforce labor laws, and fully respect migrant workers, have been accepted by FIFA but face broad skepticism from rights groups and trade unions. A formal complaint is being investigated by the U.N.-backed International Labor Organization. Protecting the migrant workers needed to build stadiums and other tournament projects — a decade after it was a defining issue for Qatar — looms as a signature challenge for Saudi Arabia. Saudi-Israeli relations had been improving when FIFA all but gave the 2034 World Cup to the kingdom on Oct. 4 last year. Three days later Hamas attacked Israel and diplomacy got more complicated. Any soccer federation bidding to host a FIFA tournament accepts a basic principle that whichever team qualifies is welcome. That did not stop Indonesia putting up barriers last year to Israel coming for the men’s Under-20 World Cup. Indonesia does not have formal diplomatic relations with Israel which had qualified through a European tournament nine months before the issue flared. FIFA moved the entire tournament to Argentina and the Israeli team reached the semifinals. Israel played at the 1970 World Cup but has never advanced through qualifying in Europe, where it has been a member of UEFA for 30 years. Europe should have 16 places in the 48-team World Cup in Saudi Arabia. Most of the attention at the FIFA Congress on Wednesday was on the Saudi decision, but the soccer body and its members also formally approved the hosts of the 2030 World Cup — the most spread out and longest ever. One game each in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, the original host in 1930, will be played from June 8-9. The tournament resumes four days later for the other 101 games shared between Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Six countries, three continents, multiple languages and currencies. Fans traveling on planes, trains, automobiles and boats across about 14 kilometers (10 miles) of water between Spain and Morocco. The final is due on July 21, 2030 and a decision on where it will be played could cause some tension between the host countries. Morocco wants it in the world’s biggest soccer venue — the planned 115,000-seat King Hassan II Stadium in Casablanca. Spain, meanwhile, has proposed to host the final in either of the remodeled home stadiums of club giants Real Madrid or Barcelona. Associated Press writer Baraa Anwer in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, contributed to this report.

747 5 live casino

Commercial banks are increasingly focusing on strengthening their personal pension business marketing to cater to the growing demand for retirement planning solutions. As people are living longer and saving less, the importance of preparing for retirement is becoming more apparent. In response to this trend, commercial banks are ramping up their efforts to offer personalized and comprehensive pension products and services to meet the diverse needs of their customers.Gray Television, Inc. ( NYSE:GTN.A – Get Free Report )’s stock price fell 4.7% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as $6.85 and last traded at $6.85. 167 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 98% from the average session volume of 7,349 shares. The stock had previously closed at $7.19. Gray Television Stock Performance The firm has a market capitalization of $675.74 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.52 and a beta of 1.22. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $7.21 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $7.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.76, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a current ratio of 1.13. Gray Television Announces Dividend The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be paid a $0.08 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.72%. Gray Television’s dividend payout ratio is currently 21.33%. About Gray Television Gray Television, Inc, a television broadcast company, owns and operates television stations and digital assets in the United States. As of February 28, 2019, it owned and operated television stations in 91 television markets broadcasting approximately 400 program streams, including approximately 150 channels affiliated with the CBS Network, the NBC Network, the ABC Network, and the FOX Network. See Also Receive News & Ratings for Gray Television Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Gray Television and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .The airstrikes in Syria were conducted in accordance with international law and with the support of regional allies. The United States coordinated closely with the governments of Syria and other countries in the region to ensure the necessary intelligence and targeting information for the strikes.

Tens of thousands of Spaniards protest housing crunch and high rents in BarcelonaIn response to the investigation, Nvidia has stated that it will fully cooperate with Chinese authorities and provide all necessary information to facilitate the inquiry. The company has also affirmed its commitment to complying with all relevant laws and regulations in China and other jurisdictions where it operates.

Invesco BulletShares 2025 Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:BSCP) Sees Strong Trading Volume – Should You Buy?When Mrs. Wang questioned the guide about the deviation from the original plan, she was met with vague explanations and reassurances. As the day wore on, Mrs. Wang's suspicions grew, especially when the bus made an unscheduled stop at a rundown roadside market instead of the advertised tourist attraction. Feeling uneasy, Mrs. Wang voiced her concerns to the guide, only to be dismissed with false promises of a change in the itinerary later in the day.

(The Center Square) – The latest federal numbers show the U.S. deficit is soaring as President Joe Biden heads out of office. The U.S. Congressional Budget Office released its monthly budget review on Monday, which showed that in the first two months of this fiscal year, the federal government has run up a deficit of $622 billion. “That amount is $242 billion more than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year,” CBO said in its report . That figure means the deficit is nearly 40% higher than this time last year. “The most alarming turkey in November was the federal government’s inability to live within its means,” Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said in a statement. “We are only two months into the fiscal year, and we have already borrowed a staggering $622 billion, with $365 billion in the month of November alone." Deficits never surpassed one trillion dollars before the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, they remain well above one trillion and for this next fiscal year are well beyond the pace to surpass $1 trillion. The deficit last fiscal year was about $1.8 trillion. Billionaire Elon Musk, now an advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, lamented the debt, which is about $36 trillion, on X Monday. “If we don’t fix the deficit, everything will suffer, including essential spending like DoD, Medicare & Social Security,” Musk said. “It’s not optional.” CBO did explain that some of the increase is from accounting changes. From CBO: The change in the deficit was influenced by the timing of outlays and revenues alike. Outlays in October 2023 were reduced by shifts in the timing of certain federal payments that otherwise would have been due on October 1, 2023, which fell on a Sunday. (Those payments were made in September 2023.) Outlays in November 2024 were boosted by the shift to that month of payments due December 1, 2024, a Saturday. If not for those shifts, the deficit thus far in fiscal year 2025 would have been $541 billion, or $88 billion more than the shortfall at this point last year, and outlays would have been $38 billion more.”"Final Destination 6" is slated for release in theaters worldwide on October 31st, just in time for Halloween. The timing of the release date has only added to the excitement surrounding the film, as horror fans prepare for a spine-tingling experience that promises to deliver all the thrills and chills they have come to expect from the franchise.

Lastly, Beike China must prioritize sustainability and social responsibility in its business practices. As a leader in the industry, Beike China has a unique opportunity to drive positive change and make a meaningful impact on society and the environment. By promoting sustainable practices, green initiatives, and community engagement, Beike China can not only differentiate itself in the market but also contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive future for all.As the news of He Miao's expulsion spreads, it serves as a wake-up call for other officials to uphold integrity and ethical conduct in their roles. It highlights the importance of accountability and transparency in public office, and the need for strict adherence to party discipline and state laws.With the massive growth in cryptocurrency adoption, the environmental impact of blockchain technology has become a pressing issue. Many popular blockchain networks, particularly those that use proof-of-work (PoW) mechanisms like Bitcoin, consume significant amounts of electricity, contributing to a large carbon footprint. Sustainable crypto wallet solutions have emerged as a response to this challenge, aiming to reduce the ecological impact of digital finance. Crypto wallets are essential tools for holding, sending, and receiving digital assets, so developing wallets with sustainability in mind can play a major role in reducing the crypto industry’s environmental impact. What Makes a Good Crypto Wallet The top wallet to store crypto is one that prioritizes user control and security, offering users full custody of their funds without relying on third-party access. Features like strong encryption, two-factor authentication, and multi-signature capabilities are essential to protect assets from unauthorized access. A non-custodial wallet, where only the user holds the keys, ensures that no external entity can freeze or limit access to funds, enhancing user autonomy and privacy. In addition to security, versatility is a key factor in a quality wallet. A good crypto wallet supports a wide range of cryptocurrencies across multiple blockchain networks, allowing users to manage diverse portfolios in one place. Furthermore, features such as easy-to-navigate interfaces, integrated access to decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, and compatibility with trusted third-party payment providers make the user experience smooth and accessible for both beginners and seasoned investors. Exploring Eco-Friendly Wallet Technologies Technological advancements are paving the way for more eco-friendly crypto wallets. Many wallet providers are moving away from energy-intensive PoW blockchains toward networks that use proof-of-stake (PoS) mechanisms. PoS networks, such as Ethereum 2.0, Cardano, and Solana, require far less energy than PoW systems. Ethereum’s recent transition to PoS significantly reduced its energy consumption and provided a model for other blockchain projects. Wallets that integrate with PoS networks, or with other low-energy protocols, are helping to make crypto transactions less energy-intensive and more sustainable. Additionally, some wallets are exploring partnerships with green energy providers to offset their environmental impact. Adopting Green Standards in Wallet Development To achieve a sustainable future for digital finance, wallet developers are increasingly adopting green standards in their applications which is the equivalent of construction using eco-friendly building materials. For instance, lightweight wallet applications are designed to use minimal processing power and require less data storage, reducing the energy consumption on the user’s device as well as on the network. By implementing streamlined code and efficient data practices, these wallets aim to minimize their carbon footprint without sacrificing user experience or security. Some wallet providers are also adding carbon tracking features, giving users visibility into the environmental impact of their transactions. Green standards like these are making crypto wallets more sustainable while maintaining essential functionality. Education and Awareness for Sustainable Wallet Use Educating users about the environmental impact of cryptocurrency transactions is an essential part of promoting sustainable crypto wallet use. Many users are unaware of the energy costs associated with certain types of blockchain transactions. Wallet providers have an opportunity to raise awareness by integrating educational resources into their platforms, helping users make environmentally conscious decisions. For example, some wallets are beginning to show carbon emissions data for each transaction, allowing users to see the impact of their actions. Transparency around transaction emissions enables users to adopt greener practices, such as using blockchains with lower environmental impact or reducing the frequency of their transactions. By embedding sustainability information directly into the wallet experience, providers can foster a more eco-conscious approach to crypto usage. Challenges in Developing Sustainable Wallet Solutions Despite advancements in green technology, creating sustainable crypto wallets remains a challenging endeavor. One significant obstacle is that the most widely used cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, still rely on energy-intensive PoW mechanisms . This means that wallets supporting these popular currencies face limitations in achieving full sustainability. Additionally, transitioning wallet infrastructure to eco-friendly standards can be resource-intensive, requiring continuous updates to ensure security and efficiency. Balancing energy efficiency with robust security features is another complex challenge for wallet providers. Moreover, the rapid pace of innovation in the blockchain space requires wallet developers to adapt constantly, making it difficult to maintain a consistent standard of sustainability. Addressing these challenges will require ongoing dedication, innovation, and collaboration across the industry. Carbon Offsetting Initiatives and Partnerships To address the environmental impact of crypto wallets, many providers are turning to carbon offset initiatives. Carbon offsets involve investing in environmental projects that reduce carbon emissions, such as reforestation or renewable energy initiatives, to balance out the emissions generated by wallet operations. Some wallet providers are implementing these programs to offset the carbon footprint of transactions processed through their platforms. By participating in carbon offsetting, wallet providers can take an active role in supporting sustainability initiatives. This approach not only helps reduce the ecological impact of digital finance but also raises awareness among users, encouraging them to consider their own environmental impact. Carbon offset programs provide a practical, accessible way for wallets to promote sustainability while still offering users access to a wide range of cryptocurrencies. Renewable Energy and Decentralised Wallets Another promising approach for sustainable crypto wallets is the use of renewable energy sources. Some wallets and blockchain networks are exploring ways to power their servers and data centers with renewable energy, such as wind, solar, and hydropower. This shift to green energy can significantly reduce the carbon footprint of wallets, particularly in high-transaction environments. Decentralized wallets, which operate through a distributed network rather than a central server, could benefit greatly from this approach. By adopting renewable energy at multiple nodes within their network, decentralized wallets could further reduce their environmental impact. As access to renewable energy grows, the adoption of these sustainable practices in the crypto wallet space will become even more feasible. Regulatory Support and Industry Standards Sustainability in crypto wallets is also gaining traction through regulatory support and the development of industry standards. Some governments and regulatory bodies are now introducing policies to encourage eco-friendly practices in the crypto industry. For example, certain regions are providing incentives like tax benefits or grants for companies that implement green practices, including crypto wallet providers. Clear regulatory guidelines for sustainability can help drive the industry towards greener practices. Moreover, industry standards that establish eco-friendly guidelines for wallet developers would create a unified approach, allowing the industry to work collectively toward reducing the environmental impact of cryptocurrency. With regulatory and industry support, sustainable crypto wallets could become a standard across the market. Consumer Demand for Sustainable Wallets Consumer interest in sustainability is growing, and the demand for eco-friendly crypto wallets is following this trend. Many users are increasingly aware of the ecological impact of their financial activities and want options that align with their values. Wallet providers that prioritize sustainability can attract environmentally conscious consumers by offering features like energy-efficient designs, carbon tracking, and renewable energy integrations. In response to this demand, some wallets are now marketing their green initiatives as a unique selling point. As users become more selective, wallets that can demonstrate a commitment to sustainability are likely to gain a competitive edge in the market. By meeting this consumer demand, wallet providers can support environmental goals while expanding their user base. The Role of Innovation in Sustainable Wallet Solutions Innovation is key to advancing sustainability within the crypto wallet industry. Emerging technologies, such as second-layer solutions, offer new possibilities for reducing the environmental impact of crypto transactions. Second-layer solutions , like the Lightning Network for Bitcoin, enable faster and more efficient transactions that consume less energy. This technology allows wallet providers to offer more sustainable options without compromising transaction speed or reliability. Additionally, research into green blockchain protocols and further improvements in PoS networks are likely to provide even more eco-friendly solutions for wallet developers. As the technology continues to evolve, innovation will remain central to creating truly sustainable crypto wallets. The Future of Sustainable Crypto Wallets The future of sustainable crypto wallets appears promising as developers, regulators, and users work together toward a greener crypto ecosystem. Technological innovations, such as energy-efficient blockchains, renewable energy adoption, and carbon offset programs, will continue to play a critical role in shaping the industry’s path to sustainability. Furthermore, collaboration between wallet providers, blockchain networks, and environmental organizations can strengthen the impact of these green initiatives, leading to more comprehensive eco-friendly solutions in the crypto space. As sustainability becomes a priority, wallets that integrate green practices without sacrificing security or performance will set a new standard for the industry. By adopting these sustainable practices, crypto wallets can contribute to global environmental efforts and help ensure a responsible future for digital finance. Conclusion Sustainability is an essential consideration for the future of cryptocurrency, and crypto wallets play a vital role in this journey. From adopting energy-efficient blockchain networks to investing in renewable energy and carbon offset programs, wallet providers have multiple avenues to reduce their environmental impact. As technology advances and consumer demand for eco-friendly solutions grows, crypto wallets that embrace sustainable practices will not only align with user values but also support a healthier planet. While challenges remain, ongoing innovation, regulatory support, and awareness-building can guide the crypto wallet industry toward a more sustainable future. By prioritizing sustainability, crypto wallets can help shape a greener, more responsible cryptocurrency ecosystem, benefiting both users and the global environment.

Iraq considers Syria intervention as rebels advancePolice arrested a 26-year-old man on Monday in the Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO after they say a Pennsylvania McDonald's worker alerted authorities to a customer who resembled the suspected gunman. The suspect, identified by police as Luigi Nicholas Mangione, had a gun believed to be the one used in Wednesday’s attack on Brian Thompson , as well as writings expressing anger at corporate America, police said. Here are some of the latest developments in the ongoing investigation: Where was the man captured? Mangione was taken into custody at around 9:15 a.m. after police received a tip that he was eating at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 85 miles (137 kilometers) east of Pittsburgh, police said. Mangione was being held in Pennsylvania on gun charges and will eventually be extradited to New York to face charges in connection with Thompson’s death, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny. What evidence did police find? In addition to a three-page, handwritten document that suggests he harbored “ill will toward corporate America,” Kenny said Mangione also had a ghost gun , a type of weapon that can be assembled at home and is difficult to trace. Officers questioned Mangione, who was acting suspiciously and carrying multiple fraudulent IDs, as well as a U.S. passport, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference. Officers also found a suppressor, “consistent with the weapon used in the murder,” the commissioner said. He had clothing and a mask similar to those worn by the shooter and a fraudulent New Jersey ID matching one the suspect used to check into a New York City hostel before the shooting, Tisch said. What do we know about Mangione? Kenny said Mangione was born and raised in Maryland, has ties to San Francisco and that his last known address is in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mangione, who was valedictorian of his Maryland prep school, earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a university spokesman told The Associated Press on Monday. He learned to code in high school and helped start a club at Penn for people interested in gaming and game design, according to a 2018 story in Penn Today, a campus publication. His social media posts also suggest that he belonged to the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi. They also show him taking part in a 2019 program at Stanford University, and in photos with family and friends at the Jersey Shore and in Hawaii, San Diego, Puerto Rico, and other destinations. The Gilman School, from which Mangione graduated in 2016, is one of Baltimore’s elite prep schools. Some of the city’s wealthiest and most prominent people, including Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr., have had children attend the school. Its alumni include sportswriter Frank Deford and former Arizona Gov. Fife Symington. In his valedictory speech, Luigi Mangione described his classmates’ “incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things,” according to a post on the school website. He praised their collective inventiveness and pioneering mindset. Mangione comes from a prominent Maryland family. His grandfather Nick Mangione, who died in 2008, was a successful real estate developer. One of his best-known projects was Turf Valley Resort, a sprawling luxury retreat and conference center outside Baltimore that he purchased in 1978. The father of 10 children, Nick Mangione prepared his five sons — including Luigi Mangione’s father, Louis Mangione — to help manage the family business, according to a 2003 Washington Post report. The Mangione family also purchased Hayfields Country Club north of Baltimore in 1986. On Monday, Baltimore County police officers blocked off an entrance to the property, which public records link to Luigi Mangione’s parents. A swarm of reporters and photographers gathered outside the entrance. Luigi Mangione is one of 37 grandchildren of Nick Mangione, according to his obituary. Luigi Mangione's grandparents donated to charities through the Mangione Family Foundation, according to a statement from Loyola University commemorating Nick Mangione’s wife’s death in 2023. They donated to various causes ranging from Catholic organizations to colleges and the arts. One of Luigi Mangione’s cousins is Republican Maryland state legislator Nino Mangione. A spokesman for the lawmaker's office confirmed the relationship Monday. The shooting and a quick escape Police said the person who killed Thompson left a hostel on Manhattan's Upper West Side at 5:41 a.m. on Wednesday. Just 11 minutes later, he was seen on surveillance video walking back and forth in front of the New York Hilton Midtown, wearing a distinctive backpack. At 6:44 a.m., he shot Thompson at a side entrance to the hotel, fled on foot, then climbed aboard a bicycle and within four minutes had entered Central Park. Another security camera recorded the gunman leaving the park near the American Museum of Natural History at 6:56 a.m. still on the bicycle but without the backpack. After getting in a taxi, he headed north to a bus terminal near the George Washington Bridge, arriving at around 7:30 a.m. From there, the trail of video evidence runs cold. Police have not located video of the suspected shooter exiting the building, leading them to believe he likely took a bus out of town. Police said they are still investigating the path the suspect took to Pennsylvania. “This just happened this morning," Kenny said. "We’ll be working, backtracking his steps from New York to Altoona, Pennsylvania,” Kenny said. ___ Associated Press reporters Lea Skene in Baltimore and Cedar Attanasio in New York contributed to this report. Sean Murphy And Maryclaire Dale, The Associated PressVictor Osimhen has tipped Nigerian-eligible forward, Tolu Arokodare, for greatness in a recent interview The combative Genk striker has continued to light up the Belgian Jupiler League with his flurry of goals Arokodare is reportedly on the radar of the Super Eagles, with interim coach Augustine Eguavoen recently speaking about him CHECK OUT: Don't let unemployment hold you back. Start your digital marketing journey today. Tolu Arokodare has continued to see his staggering form in Belgium catch the attention of many. The 24-year-old, who continues to light up the scenes with KRC Genk, once again produced a Player of the Match-worthy brace in the league fixture against Royal Antwerp. PAY ATTENTION: Follow us on Instagram - get the most important news directly in your favourite app! The former Amiens star, who is eligible to represent the Nigerian team, has now racked up 14 goals and four assists in his 22 appearances so far this season, according to data courtesy of FotMob . These impressive numbers have not only boosted his stock and increased transfer interest in him but have also earned him encomiums from marquee Nigerian forward, Victor Osimhen . Read also Gian Piero Gasperini names key reason behind Lookman’s success after CAF POTY success Victor Osimhen praises Arokodare In response to a post by Naija Footballers , Osimhen expressed his admiration for Genk star’s impressive form. The Napoli loanee shared his thoughts, saying: "To see him making a huge name for himself and for his team is something amazing. Knowing how he started, I know he will surely achieve greatness!" Arokodare, who joined Genk in the winter of 2023, has been in sensational form this season. The forward has continued to shine, amassing an impressive 31 goals and seven assists for the club. The 24-year-old was widely tipped for a call-up to the Nigerian national team during recent international windows. However, interim coach, Augustine Eguavoen, opted against selecting him, citing reasons why he believes it’s not yet the ideal time for Arokodare’s debut. Despite this, Eguavoen hinted that the Belgian league star remains a priority on the Super Eagles' scouting radar. Read also Ex-Napoli coach slams club president over Victor Osimhen's treatment Eguavoen speaks on coaching Nigeria Legit.ng earlier reported that interim coach, Eguavoen, discussed leading Nigeria through the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualification fixtures. The 59-year-old was asked about the possibility of continuing as interim manager, particularly given the NFF's slow progress in appointing a permanent head coach for the Super Eagles . Eguavoen, however, gave a diplomatic response to the question. Notably, the Nigerian team last had a permanent manager in June 2024. PAY ATTENTION: Сheck out news that is picked exactly for YOU ➡️ find the “Recommended for you” block on the home page and enjoy! Source: Legit.ng

O’Shea stands by decision to keep playing Collaros after QB was hurt in Grey CupTitle: "Woman Advised to Treat Root Canals in Addition to Suffering Toothache - Disparate Quotes Ranging from $300 to $5000"

Victor Osimhen has tipped Nigerian-eligible forward, Tolu Arokodare, for greatness in a recent interview The combative Genk striker has continued to light up the Belgian Jupiler League with his flurry of goals Arokodare is reportedly on the radar of the Super Eagles, with interim coach Augustine Eguavoen recently speaking about him CHECK OUT: Don't let unemployment hold you back. Start your digital marketing journey today. Tolu Arokodare has continued to see his staggering form in Belgium catch the attention of many. The 24-year-old, who continues to light up the scenes with KRC Genk, once again produced a Player of the Match-worthy brace in the league fixture against Royal Antwerp. PAY ATTENTION: Follow us on Instagram - get the most important news directly in your favourite app! The former Amiens star, who is eligible to represent the Nigerian team, has now racked up 14 goals and four assists in his 22 appearances so far this season, according to data courtesy of FotMob . These impressive numbers have not only boosted his stock and increased transfer interest in him but have also earned him encomiums from marquee Nigerian forward, Victor Osimhen . Read also Gian Piero Gasperini names key reason behind Lookman’s success after CAF POTY success Victor Osimhen praises Arokodare In response to a post by Naija Footballers , Osimhen expressed his admiration for Genk star’s impressive form. The Napoli loanee shared his thoughts, saying: "To see him making a huge name for himself and for his team is something amazing. Knowing how he started, I know he will surely achieve greatness!" Arokodare, who joined Genk in the winter of 2023, has been in sensational form this season. The forward has continued to shine, amassing an impressive 31 goals and seven assists for the club. The 24-year-old was widely tipped for a call-up to the Nigerian national team during recent international windows. However, interim coach, Augustine Eguavoen, opted against selecting him, citing reasons why he believes it’s not yet the ideal time for Arokodare’s debut. Despite this, Eguavoen hinted that the Belgian league star remains a priority on the Super Eagles' scouting radar. Read also Ex-Napoli coach slams club president over Victor Osimhen's treatment Eguavoen speaks on coaching Nigeria Legit.ng earlier reported that interim coach, Eguavoen, discussed leading Nigeria through the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualification fixtures. The 59-year-old was asked about the possibility of continuing as interim manager, particularly given the NFF's slow progress in appointing a permanent head coach for the Super Eagles . Eguavoen, however, gave a diplomatic response to the question. Notably, the Nigerian team last had a permanent manager in June 2024. PAY ATTENTION: Сheck out news that is picked exactly for YOU ➡️ find the “Recommended for you” block on the home page and enjoy! Source: Legit.ngNone

BANGKOK — Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan will attempt to merge and create the world's third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels. The two companies said they had signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday and that smaller Nissan alliance member Mitsubishi Motors also had agreed to join the talks on integrating their businesses. Honda will initially lead the new management, retaining the principles and brands of each company. Following is a quick look at what a combined Honda and Nissan would mean for the companies, and for the auto industry. Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida, left, and Honda Chief Executive Toshihiro Mibe, center, and Takao Kato CEO of Mitsubishi Motors, right, arrive to attend a joint news conference Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) The ascent of Chinese automakers is rattling the industry at a time when manufacturers are struggling to shift from fossil fuel-driven vehicles to electrics. Relatively inexpensive EVs from China's BYD, Great Wall and Nio are eating into the market shares of U.S. and Japanese car companies in China and elsewhere. Japanese automakers have lagged behind big rivals in EVs and are now trying to cut costs and make up for lost time. Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi announced in August that they will share components for electric vehicles like batteries and jointly research software for autonomous driving to adapt better to dramatic changes in the auto industry centered around electrification. A preliminary agreement between Honda, Japan's second-largest automaker, and Nissan, third largest, was announced in March. A merger could result in a behemoth worth about $55 billion based on the market capitalization of all three automakers. Joining forces would help the smaller Japanese automakers add scale to compete with Japan's market leader Toyota Motor Corp. and with Germany's Volkswagen AG. Toyota itself has technology partnerships with Japan's Mazda Motor Corp. and Subaru Corp. Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida, left, Honda Chief Executive Toshihiro Mibe, center, and Takao Kato, CEO of Mitsubishi Motors, right, pose for photographers during a joint news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Nissan has truck-based body-on-frame large SUVs such as the Armada and Infiniti QX80 that Honda doesn't have, with large towing capacities and good off-road performance, said Sam Fiorani, vice president of AutoForecast Solutions. Nissan also has years of experience building batteries and electric vehicles, and gas-electric hybird powertrains that could help Honda in developing its own EVs and next generation of hybrids, he said. "Nissan does have some product segments where Honda doesn't currently play," that a merger or partnership could help, said Sam Abuelsamid, a Detroit-area automotive industry analsyt. While Nissan's electric Leaf and Ariya haven't sold well in the U.S., they're solid vehicles, Fiorani said. "They haven't been resting on their laurels, and they have been developing this technology," he said. "They have new products coming that could provide a good platform for Honda for its next generation." Nissan said last month that it was slashing 9,000 jobs, or about 6% of its global work force, and reducing global production capacity by 20% after reporting a quarterly loss of 9.3 billion yen ($61 million). Earlier this month it reshuffled its management and its chief executive, Makoto Uchida, took a 50% pay cut to take responsibility for the financial woes, saying Nissan needed to become more efficient and respond better to market tastes, rising costs and other global changes. Fitch Ratings recently downgraded Nissan's credit outlook to "negative," citing worsening profitability, partly due to price cuts in the North American market. But it noted that it has a strong financial structure and solid cash reserves that amounted to 1.44 trillion yen ($9.4 billion). Nissan's share price has fallen to the point where it is considered something of a bargain. A report in the Japanese financial magazine Diamond said talks with Honda gained urgency after the Taiwan maker of iPhones Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., better known as Foxconn, began exploring a possible acquisition of Nissan as part of its push into the EV sector. The company has struggled for years following a scandal that began with the arrest of its former chairman Carlos Ghosn in late 2018 on charges of fraud and misuse of company assets, allegations that he denies. He eventually was released on bail and fled to Lebanon. Honda reported its profits slipped nearly 20% in the first half of the April-March fiscal year from a year earlier, as sales suffered in China. Toyota made 11.5 million vehicles in 2023, while Honda rolled out 4 million and Nissan produced 3.4 million. Mitsubishi Motors made just over 1 million. Even after a merger Toyota would remain the leading Japanese automaker. All the global automakers are facing potential shocks if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on threats to raise or impose tariffs on imports of foreign products, even from allies like Japan and neighboring countries like Canada and Mexico. Nissan is among the major car companies that have adjusted their supply chains to include vehicles assembled in Mexico. Meanwhile, analysts say there is an "affordability shift" taking place across the industry, led by people who feel they cannot afford to pay nearly $50,000 for a new vehicle. In American, a vital market for companies like Nissan, Honda and Toyota, that's forcing automakers to consider lower pricing, which will eat further into industry profits. ____ Airbags, advanced driver assistance features, and high-strength materials mean that the safest cars today are far better at protecting people from injuries than ever before. Although most new cars compare well to their predecessors, some stand above the rest. The safest cars for 2025 offer excellent occupant protection and also do a good job of preventing accidents from happening in the first place. Based on testing data from the , or IIHS, and the , or NHTSA, these are some of the safest cars available today. Ranging from inexpensive compact cars and mainstream midsize sedans to stylish station wagons, posh luxury cars, and sporty coupes and convertibles, shares a list that has something for just about everyone. For those who prefer a higher seating position and maybe some added practicality, Edmunds' list of is for you. The stylish Mazda 3 has a lot to offer compact-car shoppers, including great looks, a composed driving experience, and reasonable fuel economy from its base 2.0-liter engine. It's also one of the safest cars in its class, earning a perfect five stars in NHTSA crash testing and sterling crashworthiness and collision avoidance scores from the IIHS. Its standard features are forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, and lane departure prevention. With mature styling, a premium interior, and an efficient hybrid powertrain option, the 2025 Honda Civic is a great option if safety is a concern since it aces almost all of the IIHS' crash tests and earns a five-star safety rating from the federal government. It also comes standard with adaptive cruise control, lane departure prevention, and forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking. The Civic falls short slightly in the IIHS' updated moderate overlap front test, which now accounts for rear passenger safety, but even so, it's one of the safest cars in its class. Reflective of parent company BMW, today's Mini Cooper is well constructed and features premium safety features that belie its small size, including automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning. Although the Mini hasn't been tested by NHTSA, the IIHS gives the Cooper its highest score of Good in the original driver-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, and side-impact tests. That said, the IIHS doesn't place the Cooper on its Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ lists since it hasn't been evaluated on the updated battery of passenger-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, or side-impact tests. Expect the new-for-2025 Mini Cooper to earn decent crash ratings in those scenarios, especially since it shares its strong platform with the outgoing model. With its recent redesign, the Toyota Prius transformed from a frumpy little caterpillar to a stylish and efficient butterfly. It also became a very safe hybrid hatchback. Perfect scores in all of its government and IIHS crash tests, as well as a sophisticated system of collision avoidance technology, earn it top marks. It's also one of our favorite cars on the market, period, as evidenced by its status as a vehicle. The Honda Accord is among the safest midsize sedans on the market today thanks to excellent crashworthiness scores and a competent standard collision prevention system. It's a Top Safety Pick+, beating out rivals like the Hyundai Sonata, Kia K5, and Subaru Legacy, and the Accord also earns a perfect five-star rating from NHTSA. Honda's hybrid-intensive product planning is on full display here—all but the two lowest Accord trims have a hybrid powertrain—and it's also among the most spacious cars in its class. Like its Honda Accord rival, the Toyota Camry is also an IIHS Top Safety Pick+ with a five-star NHTSA rating. It also has a very impressive suite of driver assistance and safety technology, including lane departure prevention with active centering, full-speed adaptive cruise control, and automatic emergency braking. The Camry edges out the Accord in IIHS testing thanks to a more effective collision avoidance system, but both cars are remarkably well matched otherwise. The fully electric Hyundai Ioniq 6 offers excellent safety and collision prevention, with excellent scores across the entire line of IIHS tests. The Ioniq 6 hasn't been tested for rollover resistance by NHTSA, but it earned a four-star front safety rating and a five-star side-impact rating in government tests. Like most EVs, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 comes standard with forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, and lane departure prevention. It also offers up to 342 miles of all-electric driving in its longest-range trim level. The Acura Integra is a close mechanical cousin to the Honda Civic, so it's no surprise it does well in both the IIHS' and NHTSA's crash tests. The luxury hatchback is a Top Safety Pick+ and earns a perfect five stars in government testing. The AcuraWatch safety suite is standard on the Integra, bringing automatic emergency braking, lane centering, lane departure prevention, and adaptive cruise control. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a safe option in the popular small luxury sedan segment thanks to its good scores in IIHS crash testing. Mercedes' best-selling sedan also comes standard with automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning, which helps it earn a Top Safety Pick award. However, it hasn't been tested by the NHTSA. Both the Genesis G80 and the fully electric earn a Top Safety Pick+ score from the IIHS thanks to their good scores on the agency's crash tests, as well as a comprehensive suite of active safety features that avoided collisions with simulated pedestrians. The internal-combustion-engine G80 earned a perfect five-star safety rating from NHTSA, and although the Electrified G80 hasn't been tested by the feds just yet, it should likely excel in those tests too. The flagship Genesis G90 sedan competes with the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7 Series, and the South Korean automaker clearly hasn't skimped on safety in its fight against the establishment. Although it hasn't been subjected to the NHTSA array of tests, it aced almost all of its IIHS tests, and a long list of standard active safety and driver assistance features sets it apart from the stingy German makes that charge extra for them. With handsome styling and a well-finished interior, the Volvo V60 is a very appealing station wagon for those looking for such a thing. It's also quite safe, with good crashworthiness scores in the IIHS' original moderate overlap front and side-impact scores. Unfortunately, since it hasn't been tested with the updated versions of those tests, it didn't earn this year's Top Safety Pick award, but it was called a Top Safety Pick+ in 2022. NHTSA also gives the V60 a five-star safety rating. Although the Mercedes-Benz E 450 All-Terrain isn't a traditional wagon — it follows the lifted almost-crossover formula shared with the Audi A6 Allroad and Volvo V90 Cross Country — we'll take what we can get in this dwindling category. The All-Terrain hasn't been tested by the IIHS or NHTSA, but a previous-generation E-Class earned a 2023 Top Safety Pick+ award, and Mercedes isn't the kind of company that goes backward when it comes to safety. The E 450 All-Terrain comes standard with automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning, though, at this price, Benz should just make other active safety features standard. With a five-star NHTSA safety rating, standard forward collision warning and emergency braking, and excellent IIHS crashworthiness scores on its original tests, the Audi A6 Allroad does a good job protecting people (both passengers and pedestrians) from crashes. However, since the IIHS hasn't subjected the Allroad to its updated side and moderate front crash criteria, it lost its Top Safety Pick+ status in 2022. Still, it should be a fine option for luxury longroof shoppers. Both the Ford Mustang coupe and convertible perform well in crash testing. The coupe received a five-star safety rating from NHTSA, and both variants scored decently on all the IIHS tests they've undergone. They also come standard with forward collision warning, lane departure prevention, and automatic emergency braking. However, the IIHS needs to test both models on its updated criteria before it will rate them. Although the government hasn't tested it, the Toyota GR86 aced all of its IIHS crashworthiness tests when it was new for the 2022 model year. Unfortunately, since it hasn't been subjected to the IIHS' updated testing since then, it lost its Top Safety Pick+ status. Still, this is a fun-to-drive, sporty coupe that comes standard with a long list of active safety features, and it's reasonably priced to boot. Mechanically identical to the Toyota GR86, the 2025 Subaru BRZ achieves the same safety ratings—who would have thought? It likewise received a Top Safety Pick+ score in 2022 that lapsed when the IIHS updated its criteria for 2023, but like the Toyota, it has a long list of active safety features to go along with its lightweight, rip-roaring sports car attitude. The Audi A5 lost its traditional two-door coupe body style after 2024, but the five-door Sportback body style remains before it's replaced later in 2025. Although it hasn't seen the IIHS' more stringent test regimen, its original crashworthiness scores were good enough to earn it a Top Safety Pick award as recently as 2022. The Sportback is the only variant to be tested by the government, where it earned a five-star safety rating. Get the latest local business news delivered FREE to your inbox weekly.Throughout the journey of nurturing plants and greenery in one's living space, one might encounter numerous challenges and obstacles. From choosing the right type of plant for a specific environment to providing adequate care such as watering and sunlight exposure, each step plays a crucial role in the well-being of our botanical companions. However, one common dilemma that many plant enthusiasts face is the phenomenon of seasonal pruning and the unexpected outcomes that follow.Mrs. Wang, a retired school teacher in her late 70s, was excited to participate in a special 9.9 day tour package she had found advertised online. The package promised a luxurious day trip to a nearby scenic spot, complete with transportation, meals, and guided tours – all at an unbelievably low price. Eager to explore new destinations and enjoy a day of leisure, Mrs. Wang quickly booked the tour without conducting thorough research or verifying the credibility of the travel agency.

At the helm of a company with global influence and unparalleled market capitalization, Huang Renxun recognizes the importance of empowering employees at all levels. By breaking down hierarchical barriers and promoting open communication channels, he has created a culture of collaboration and creativity that has propelled the company to new heights.

For the prisoners themselves, the experience of being locked up in a prison in Syria must have been harrowing and traumatic. The conditions in Syrian detention centers are notoriously harsh, with reports of overcrowding, torture, and inhumane treatment being all too common. To emerge from such a dire situation and step into the sunlight as free individuals is truly a miraculous and life-changing moment.

747 live casino online WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been hospitalized after she “sustained an injury” during an official engagement in Luxembourg, according to a spokesman. Pelosi, 84, was in Europe with a bipartisan congressional delegation to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II . Her spokesman, Ian Krager, said in a statement that she is “currently receiving excellent treatment from doctors and medical professionals” and is unable to attend the remainder of events on her trip. He did not describe the nature of her injury or give any additional details, but a person familiar with the incident said that Pelosi tripped and fell while at an event with the other members of Congress. The person requested anonymity to discuss the fall because they were not authorized to speak about it publicly. Krager said that Pelosi “looks forward to returning home to the U.S. soon." Among the members on the trip was Rep. Michael McCaul , R-Texas, who posted on social media that he was “praying for a speedy recovery,” for Pelosi. The two lawmakers were captured holding hands in a group photo Friday at the U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg. “I’m disappointed Speaker Emerita Pelosi won’t be able to join the rest of our delegation’s events this weekend as I know how much she looked forward to honoring our veterans,” McCaul wrote on X. “But she is strong, and I am confident she will be back on her feet in no time.” The former leader's fall comes two years after her husband Paul was attacked by a man with a hammer at their San Francisco home. The man, who was sentenced in October to 30 years in federal prison, broke into their home looking for Pelosi. Pelosi, who was first elected in 1987 and served as speaker twice, stepped down from her leadership post two years ago but remained in Congress and was re-elected to represent her San Francisco district in November. She has remained active in the two years since she left the top job, working with Democrats in private and in public and attending official events. Last summer, she was instrumental in her party's behind the scenes push to urge President Joe Biden to leave the presidential ticket. She attended the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington last weekend and was on the Senate floor Monday to attend the swearing in of her former Democratic House colleagues, Adam Schiff of California and Andy Kim of New Jersey. Earlier this week, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell , 82, tripped and fell in the Senate , spraining his wrist and cutting his face. McConnell, who is stepping down from his leadership post at the end of the year, missed Senate votes on Thursday after experiencing some stiffness in his leg from the fall, his office said. Mary Clare Jalonick And Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press( MENAFN - Live Mint) US President-elect Donald trump has vowed 100% tariff on BRICS countries if they make any move to replace the US dollar and sought a commitment from the nine-member group that includes India, Russia, China, and Brazil. Formed in 2009, BRICS is the only major international group of which the United States is not a part. Over the past few years a few of its member countries, in particular Russia and China, are seeking an alternative to the US Dollar or create own BRICS currency . India has so far not been part of the move. On Saturday, in a post on Truth Social, a platform owned by him, Trump warned BRICS nations against such a move. “The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar while we stand by and watch is OVER,” the president-elect said. “We require a commitment from these Countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace the mighty US Dollar or, they will face 100% Tariffs and should expect to say goodbye to selling into the wonderful US Economy ,” Trump warned. “They can go find another 'sucker!' There is no chance that the BRICS will replace the US Dollar in International Trade, and any Country that tries should wave goodbye to America,” he said. During the 2023 summit, the BRICS nations resolved to explore the viability of a new shared currency. This initiative was proposed by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, addressing de-dollarization at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, clarified India's stance on the US dollar . He emphasized that India has no“malicious intent vis-a-vis the dollar” and does not target it through economic or strategic policies. However, challenges arise when trade partners lack dollars, prompting India to explore alternative settlements. Jaishankar noted that US policies sometimes complicate dollar-based trade, necessitating "workarounds" to sustain business. Reflecting on global economic shifts, he stated,“We spoke about rebalancing... obviously all of this is also going to reflect on currencies and economic needs,” underscoring India's pragmatic approach. MENAFN30112024007365015876ID1108942156 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.

TORONTO (AP) — Mark Scheifele scored a hat trick and an assist while Kyle Connor collected two goals and an assist to spark the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. The Jets enter the Christmas break with back-to-back wins, while the Maple Leafs dropped their second in a row at Scotiabank Arena without wounded captain Auston Matthews, out with an upper-body injury. Gabriel Vilardi added three assists. Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves. Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey had two assists to reach 30 for the season. John Tavares scored twice for the Maple Leafs, and Joseph Woll stopped 22 shots. Maple Leafs forward William Nylander extended his point streak to seven games with assists on both of Tavares' goals. Takeaways Toronto: Defender Chris Tanev missed his first game this year with a lower-body ailment after skating in the pre-game warmup. Winnipeg: As impressive as the Jets (25-10-1) have played before the break, they are only one point ahead of the 36-game pace of 23-9-4 set a year ago. Key moment After Jets defenseman Neal Pionk had his shot blocked, the puck bounded to Mitch Marner for a breakaway. Pionk hustled back to lift Marner’s stick to foil his shot attempt early in the second period to preserve Winnipeg’s 2-0 lead. Key stat The Maple Leafs have gone 7-4-0 with Matthews on the sidelines this season and 42-23-2 in his career. Up next Toronto returns to action after the holiday break on Friday, visiting the Detroit Red Wings. On Saturday, the Jets host the Ottawa Senators. AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Arkansas defensive end Landon Jackson was carted off the field and taken to a hospital with a neck injury late in the first half of Saturday's game at No. 24 Missouri. Jackson appeared to injure his neck while trying to tackle Missouri running back Jamal Roberts. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.Nov 22 - Chinese hackers are positioning themselves in U.S. critical infrastructure IT networks for a potential clash with the United States, a top American cybersecurity official said on Friday. Morgan Adamski, executive director of U.S. Cyber Command, said Chinese-linked cyber operations are aimed at gaining an advantage in case of a major conflict with the U.S. Officials have warned that China-linked hackers have compromised IT networks and taken steps to carrying out disruptive attacks in the event of a conflict. Adamski was speaking to researchers at the Cyberwarcon security conference in Arlington, Virginia. On Thursday, U.S. Senator Mark Warner told the Washington Post a suspected China-linked hack on U.S. telecommunications firms was the worst telecom hack in U.S. history. That cyber espionage operation, dubbed “Salt Typhoon,” has included stolen call records data, compromised communications of top officials of both major U.S. presidential campaigns before the Nov. 5 election , and telecommunications information related to U.S. law-enforcement requests, the FBI said recently. The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are providing technical assistance and information to potential targets, the bureau said. Adamski said on Friday the U.S. government has "executed globally synchronized activities, both offensively and defensively minded, that are laser-focused on degrading and disrupting PRC cyber operations worldwide." Public examples include exposing operations, sanctions, indictments, law-enforcement actions and cybersecurity advisories, with input from multiple countries, Adamski said. Beijing routinely denies cyber operations targeting U.S. entities. The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Sign up here. Reporting by A.J. Vicens in WashingtonEditing by Matthew Lewis and Rod Nickel Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab

spent immense money and energy helping Donald Trump retake the White House, but the Tesla CEO's new political influence may not do much to boost the fortunes of his carmaker, one of the company's longtime backers said. Ross Gerber, a Tesla bull and the president of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management, thinks the electric vehicle maker faces big challenges ahead, even as optimism about Musk's ties to Trump has excited investors and sparked a sharp rally in since the election. Traders are hopeful that Musk's close ties to the president-elect — which ultimately landed the Tesla CEO — could sway important policy decisions in favor of Tesla. But that doesn't solve the problems Tesla has been struggling with for years, Gerber said, pointing to concerns surrounding the success of Tesla's car business, and whether its new ride-hailing platform or artificial intelligence projects will amount to much. In Gerber's view, Tesla shares should be trading around $200, implying 40% downside from the stock's closing price of $338.23 on Tuesday. Gerber said his fund, which began cutting its stake in Tesla in late 2023, continues to sell the stock in small amounts, keeping Tesla's concentration in its portfolio to just 2%. The fund sold nearly 16,000 shares in the third quarter, though the total value of its remaining stake rose to $71 million, regulatory filings show. "We're still selling it," Gerber told Business Insider. "I used to have a 10%, 12%, even 20% stake in Tesla at some point in my life where it was like, Tesla was taking us to the moon kind of thing. And I just think its best days are behind it." It's worth noting that Tesla handily beat third-quarter earnings estimates, soothing some investor concerns after a tough start to the year. Countering Gerber's views, some also see Musk's new political influence as a big win for his companies. "The biggest winner from a Trump White House remains Tesla and Musk which made a strategic big bet on Trump that will pay major dividends for years to come," Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives wrote following the election. Skeptical of the tech Gerber believes Tesla's technology has plateaued in recent years, and Musk's ties to Washington won't help that. He pointed to issues with Tesla's technology, which he's been using nearly every day for the last three years. "So the ultimate reality for full self-driving is it doesn't work, and the precision isn't good. And vision-only systems have flaws that I don't think Elon wants to admit." Gerber thinks the tech issues will persist, partly because Musk looks poised to devote more of his time to his role in the Department of Government Efficiency. Beginning with the acquisition of X, Gerber, in recent years, has been a vocal critic of what he sees as Musk's neglect of his core companies, primarily . "He doesn't work at Tesla. I mean, let's be real, "Gerber said. We all know where Elon is right now, and he's at Mar-a-Lago. So he hasn't worked at Tesla for a long time." Gerber is also concerned about some of the projects within the company. He pointed to Tesla's platform, which will be competing with more established companies like Uber and Waymo. "Why does it deserve this premium?" he said of the stock. "I get that Elon is now vice president of the United States, but that doesn't necessarily help Tesla." Trump's transition team has signaled that it would end the $7,500 tax credit for EVs— —but even that's unlikely to be a bullish catalyst for the company, Gerber said. Musk has said that repealing the tax credit would be more harmful to Tesla's rivals, but Gerber's firm has estimated that Tesla sales could drop around 25% if the tax credit was no longer available. That would be "devastating" to Tesla's business, he said, given that the company has already slashed on some of its models in the face of uncertain EV demand in recent years. "If the EV tax credit goes, that would be an extreme negative I would have to react to," Gerber said, adding that it was his biggest concern at the moment. Previously, Gerber told BI he would consider completely closing his position in Tesla by the end of the year if its business didn't improve, or if Musk didn't refocus his attention on his companies. Gerber has since adjusted his view and said he would continue to hold Tesla as a small investment in his portfolio, mostly out of bullishness on EVs in general. "Certainly if you want to get out of Tesla, it's a great opportunity," Gerber said, later adding that he was in "wait-and-see" mode. "And if you're a buyer of Tesla, boy, you're paying a lot for hope." Tesla did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider. Read the original article onAgriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition Corporation Receives FIRB Approval In Connection with Previously Announced Business Combination

-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email The English carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a cumulative song, in which each verse builds upon the last, detailing the increasingly elaborate gifts that a "true love" has given to the singer. This popular holiday tune – known for its lords a-leaping and french hens – has many variations and refers to the real-life festive Christian season that celebrates the Nativity. Henry V of Shakespearean fame, hosted a feast that offered 40 different types of fish, including roast porpoise. For the month-long fast of Advent, Christians in medieval Europe would abstain from drink, meat and rich foods, denying themselves worldly comfort to seek God for life and sustenance. But beginning on Dec. 25, they would be amply rewarded for their temperance with 12 days of feasting , carousing and occasional hooliganism to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, a date unrecorded in the scripture but established by the early Church after centuries of scholarly wrangling. Contrary to popular myth, the designation of Dec. 25 was not just a lazy attempt to steal pagan fun from the Romans. Several treatises from the first millennia A.D. pinpointed the birth of Jesus to that date based on biblical inferences and calendrical math, long before writers like Dionysius Syrus suggested that Dec. 25 was chosen for more practical reasons. Syrus was among many scholars who might have believed Jan. 6 to be the true date of Jesus' birth — while they might have lost the debate, that day, known as Epiphany, came to mark the end of 12 festive days that are Christian in its foundation, and yet also bear heavy echoes from a pre-Christian past. Related When Hitler tried to redesign Christmas Read on to learn how to celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas as people would have many centuries ago, celebrating the universality of embracing light in the dead of winter with Jesus in their minds as the pivot of the world. Intemperate feasting Medieval Christians were supposed to fast all the way until Dec. 25, which would be heralded by a candlelit Midnight Mass. The degree of ensuing decadence would depend on one's social status, but everyone, in theory, benefited from festive largesse. Princes and the high nobility took the opportunity to gorge themselves and their courtiers on heaps of food that often included exotic and rarely consumed delicacies. In 1387, Richard II of England's kitchens prepared , among other ingredients, 84 pounds of salt venison, 210 geese, 1,200 pigeons and 11,000 eggs. Thirty years later, his second cousin, Henry V of Shakespearean fame, hosted a feast that offered 40 different types of fish, including roast porpoise (which is admittedly, in our modern scientific classification, a mammal). Meanwhile, peasants and poorer urban workers could expect to receive at least 12 days' worth of relief from the usual labors, which in itself may have been as much cause to celebrate as the birth of their savior. While they would not have feasted on porpoise, a goose or pig would have been heartily consumed in a time when meat was too expensive for most people to eat regularly. Alongside meat, people ate pies, puddings and frumenty – a sweet porridge made with wheat, eggs, milk and sugar. Sometimes, the manor lord or guild masters would provide at least one meal for all of their workers, a practice perhaps emulated by the modern-day workplace pizza party . Feasting did not relent after Christmas. On Dec. 27 lay the Feast of St. John, who was said to have drank a cup of poisoned wine without succumbing. Naturally, people commemorated this miracle by imbibing copious amounts of wine, or for the lower classes, beer or cider. Throughout the Twelve Days, people shared traditional mince pies with friends and family, eating a mixture within that contained 13 ingredients representing Christ and his apostles. Those ingredients typically included dried fruits, spices, meats and most importantly, chopped mutton to remember the shepherds who paid homage to Jesus in the cradle. While some people today might enjoy a Yule Log made from sponge cake and buttercream, the modern-day dessert is derived from a largely faded tradition of burning a huge, specially selected log of wood in a hearth to mark the winter solstice and symbolize the twigs the shepherds used to keep Jesus warm. In parts of Italy where the logs were particularly revered, households would decorate their ceppo di Natale and drizzle it with spices, wine or honey before setting a blaze that would be maintained until the Twelfth Night (Jan. 5 would make 12 nights including the night of the 24th), the evening before Epiphany, the last of the Twelve Days and a feast celebrating the visit of the Magi (three kings) to Jesus. One of the most important items of an English noble's Epiphany feast was the cooked head of a giant boar , the ferocious sovereign of the forest whose slaying in a hunt represented the triumph of Christ Child over sin. Not everyone could afford a boar's head or go hunting for one, of course, so lesser burghers had to make do with pies or cakes in the shape of one while the poorest didn't bother with it at all. Upending social hierarchies While monks and guild actors performed dramatic retellings of biblical stories year-round, the plays were most frequent during Christmastide. Plays performed on the Feast of the Holy Innocents (Dec. 28) invariably commemorated the story of King Herod ordering the execution of all male children in Bethlehem under two years old. One of the oldest of these plays was the "Ordo Rachelis" ("The Play of Rachel"), which centered on the titular matriarch of the Hebrews lamenting the children's death as a representation of all the Hebrew mothers of Bethlehem. Another, the "Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors," included the hauntingly mournful "Conventry Carol," a mother's lullaby to her doomed child. Other activities on the Feast of Innocents, varying in practice across Europe, were relatively less sedate. In Germany emerged so-called "Herod games" in which people would reportedly stage mock attacks on churches and assail bystanders with inflated animal bladders to ridicule the cruel absurdity of the Judean king. The more well-documented tradition of this day was the election of a choirboy by his peers to perform the duties of bishop, dressing in his vestments and conducting Church services in a reversal of hierarchy. (Sometimes, the boy bishop would hold "authority" from Dec. 6, Saint Nicholas' Day.) More than representing a kind of penance towards children, the tradition of the boy bishop also paid homage to the idea that God favored the poor and innocent — at the moment of deposuit potentes de sede ("he hath put down the mighty from their seat") in the liturgy, the bishop would step down, and the boy would take his place at et exaltavit humiles ("and hath exalted the humble and meek"). More voluntary role-swapping took place on the Feast of the Circumcision (Jan. 1), in which the sub-deacons, members of the lower clergy, would preside over the the day's observances and celebrate the biblical principle that “God chose what is foolish in the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise." By the 12th century, the day came to be known initially in southern France and later in other parts of Europe as the "Feast of the Fools," an occasion for much drinking, parades, dancing and disorderly merriment. The Lord of Misrule, normally a sub-deacon or a lay commoner, was appointed by lot to direct the entertainments, and like other Christmas traditions found close parallel to the Roman festival of Saturnalia , in which people enjoyed a day of drunken revelry and patricians served food to their slaves. This kind of sanctioned social revolution, of course, only marked the beginning of a year in which normal social hierarchies remained in place — but even this was too much for some rulers and church authorities, who tried by the 15th century were attempting to ban the practice with limited success. Exchanging gifts While Christmas trees were not widespread until the 16th century, churches and households sometimes hung branches of holly on their doors or apples on trees to commemorate Adam and Eve Day on Dec. 24. Wrapping gifts, placing them under trees and opening them on Christmas Day are a relatively modern invention — in early medieval times, some Christian rulers thought that the story of the three Magi bestowing gifts to their sovereign, Jesus the King of Kings, was a perfect justification to demand additional taxes and tribute from their own subjects. By the 12th century, however, the growing influence of the Church and its demands for secular rulers to abide by Christian virtues meant that gift-giving largely took the form of providing alms and food for the poor. Charity was encouraged throughout the year, and all but obliged on the Feast of St. Stephen (Dec. 26), on which the famously charitable St. Wenceslas, later immortalized in a Victorian carol , was said to have trekked through a blizzard to provide firewood for a poor man despite his own kingly status. Like other saints, he served as a lesson for good Christians to observe biblical principles that he represented in life — in this case, to love and care for the poor . The kind of gift-giving that most people are familiar with now — exchanges between friends and family — typically occurred among upper and middle class folk on New Year's Day, with a prince or lord typically receiving his own tribute in state, servants at hand to display them on sideboards after the presentation. This was an opportunity for subjects to please their lord with valuable and novel items, like the £30,000 gold cups that Cardinal Thomas Wolsey presented to Henry VIII of England almost annually, or, on at least one occasion, for a rebellious vassal to lull him into a false sense of security. Unfortunately for the Duke of Buckingham, his 1521 gift of a goblet engraved with the motto "With humble, true heart" did not do the trick, and he was executed the same year for high treason. Sometimes, Henry enjoyed receiving more personal gifts, like his daughter Lady Elizabeth's Latin translation of Queen Katherine Parr's "Prayers and Meditations." The future Queen Elizabeth I was 12 years old at the time — long past the age in which a ghastly crayon drawing of dad would suffice. Read more about this topic Heart of peppermint-barkness: I infiltrated Hallmark town, changing my view of its holiday movies Netflix's current Christmas slate has left us cold. What went wrong after its promising start? A new culture war is brewing — and Coca-Cola's AI Christmas ad is at the center By Nicholas Liu Nicholas (Nick) Liu is a News Fellow at Salon. He grew up in Hong Kong, earned a B.A. in History at the University of Chicago, and began writing for local publications like the Santa Barbara Independent and Straus News Manhattan. MORE FROM Nicholas Liu Related Topics ------------------------------------------ 12 Days Of Christmas Christmas Deep Dive History Holiday Middle Ages Related Articles Advertisement:Akins Ford is proud to announce valuable research pages for the upcoming 2025 Ford F-150 Raptor, including specs, features, and powertrain options. ATLANTA , Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akins Ford, a trusted name in the automotive industry near Atlanta , is proud to announce the release of new, extensive 2025 Ford F-150 Raptor specs on its website. This detailed research offers truck enthusiasts all the information they need to explore the thrilling power, design, and technology of the 2025 Ford F-150 Raptor. "We're incredibly excited to release our in-depth research pages detailing the all-new 2025 Ford F-150 Raptor! With its powerful engine options, including a twin-turbocharged V6 and a V8, and a starting price of $80,900 , this truck is poised to be a game-changer. We're confident that these detailed specs and features will help our customers make informed decisions and find the perfect Raptor for their needs," said Tanner Maloof . - Powertrain and Performance : Built for Speed, and Built Ford Tough The 2025 Ford F-150 Raptor continues to set the standard for off-road trucks with impressive performance capabilities. This model offers two robust engine options: a twin-turbocharged V6 and the powerful V8 in the Raptor R variant. With the V6 achieving a 0-60 time of 5.6 seconds and the V8 reaching 60 mph in just 3.6 seconds, this truck is built for speed and excitement. For more details on the Raptor's engine performance, Akins Ford provides a dedicated powertrain overview on its website. This research includes insights into how the Raptor balances power with advanced off-road features like the truck's revolutionary Terrain Management SystemTM . -Technology and Interior Designed for Comfort Inside, the Ford F-150 Raptor for sale offers a rugged yet refined interior designed for both adventure and daily driving. The SuperCrew body style ensures spacious seating for passengers, while the latest tech upgrades enhance connectivity. Features like a large infotainment screen, smartphone compatibility, and advanced safety tools make this truck as comfortable as it is capable. With new graphics , paint, and wheel options for 2025, the Raptor's design stands out both on and off the road. Customers can explore these features in greater depth by visiting Akins Ford's Raptor research page . -Visit Akins Ford for the 2025 Ford F-150 Raptor Expected to arrive in late 2024, the 2025 Ford F-150 Raptor offers a starting price of $80,900 and can exceed $112,725 depending on options. Truck shoppers can view the latest Raptor inventory at Akins Ford. Our team is excited to help drivers near Atlanta explore what makes the F-150 Raptor one of the most capable trucks on the market today. For more information on the 2025 Ford F-150 Raptor specs , contact Akins Ford or visit our website. Discover why the Raptor is the go-to truck for performance enthusiasts everywhere. -About Akins Ford Akins Ford is a leading automotive dealership located in Winder, Georgia . With a strong commitment to customer satisfaction and a wide selection of new and pre-owned Ford vehicles, Akins Ford has established itself as a trusted name in the automotive industry. Find out why Akins Ford is the leading Ford dealership in the greater Atlanta area and nationwide by visiting 220 West May Street, Winder, GA 30680, or by calling 770-867-9136. Find the dealership on the web at www.akinsford.com . SOURCE Akins FordNoneFive Below stock surges on raised guidance, new CEO

(The Center Square) – Legislators in Washington, D.C., have taken a number of steps over the past few days to push for insurance and pharmaceutical reforms to be passed before the end of the year. On Wednesday, a bicameral group of Republican and Democrat lawmakers held a press conference discussing the need for pharmacy benefit manager reform to protect small pharmacies across the country and “save lives.” “Whether you are a Republican, Democrat, or an independent, we all want the same thing. We want accessible, affordable, quality health care,” said Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga. “We’re not here today to just discuss one bill or to discuss just one patient’s story. We're here because there's broad, bipartisan pharmacy benefit manager, or PBM, reform that is needed to save lives.” Pharmacy benefit managers are the middlemen responsible for managing the drug prices covered by health insurance plans. According to the Harvard Political Review , the problem with pharmacy benefit managers is that they “have vertically integrated with pharmacy chains and health insurers through massive conglomerates.” That then allows them to abuse their power to cut out small pharmacies and increase prices. Carter also signed a letter that was released last week calling on the Department of Justice to dig into the role pharmacy benefit managers played in the opioid epidemic. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., Deborah Ross, D-N.C., and Cliff Benz, R-Ore., all joined him in signing that letter. “The opioid crisis has devastated communities in North Carolina and across the country, and PBMs may have fueled it by prioritizing profits over people,” Ross said on social media . “That’s why I joined a letter calling on the DOJ to investigate their role and hold these bad actors accountable.” The letter looked at recent reports on the largest pharmacy benefit managers, CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx which state that they “colluded and conspired to steer patients towards OxyContin in exchange for $400 million.” OxyContin is a trade name for the narcotic oxycodone hydrochloride, a painkiller available by prescription only. This and the general “lack of transparency” is just one of the many complaints that legislators aired on Wednesday. “My colleagues who are joining me today, Democrats and Republicans ... all recognize that PBMs are decreasing the accessibility, the affordability, and therefore the quality of health care in America,” Carter said. “We have an opportunity, right now, to advance bipartisan legislation that increases reporting requirements, which would heighten transparency and shine a light on the opaque practices of these PBMs.” Carter was also joined by Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., who is leading the effort to get legislation passed in the U.S. Senate. “This year, we're losing about one pharmacy a day in America,” Lankford said. “We want leadership to be able to take this up and to bring it up in the end-of-year package ... Stop holding up legislation that is bipartisan, bicameral, and solving a problem that Americans need solved.”

Barite Market to Grow by USD 353.88 Million (2024-2028), Report on AI Redefining Market Landscape and Boost from Oil & Gas Drilling - Technavio

None

Ellomay Capital Announces an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

jili live casino login register philippines At the beginning of the campaign, Barcelona seemed to have a significant edge over their rivals, displaying scintillating form and racking up wins with ease. Led by the prolific Lionel Messi and assisted by the likes of Antoine Griezmann and Frenkie de Jong, Barcelona appeared destined to reclaim the La Liga crown. However, football is a tumultuous game, and fortunes can change in the blink of an eye.

One area of focus for the antitrust investigation may be Nvidia's recent acquisitions, such as its proposed acquisition of Arm Holdings, a British semiconductor and software design company. The acquisition deal, valued at $40 billion, has raised concerns about Nvidia's potential control over critical technology and its impact on competitors in the industry.Dow ends at fresh record as oil prices pull back on ceasefire hopes

None

In a city known for its vibrant and diverse offerings, the troubling events at the bathhouse serve as a stark reminder of the importance of vigilance and transparency in upholding public health and safety standards. As the investigation progresses, all eyes are on the authorities and the bathhouse management to provide clear answers and take decisive action to address the concerns raised by this alarming turn of events.

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Kaden Metheny had 25 points in Liberty's 79-56 victory against UT Arlington on Saturday. Metheny added five assists for the Flames (12-1). Zach Cleveland scored 18 points and added 10 rebounds. Taelon Peter went 7 of 11 from the field (4 for 8 from 3-point range) to finish with 18 points. The Flames extended their winning streak to nine games. The Mavericks (6-7) were led in scoring by Lance Ware, who finished with 15 points, 11 rebounds and three steals. Raysean Seamster added 10 points and three steals for UT Arlington. Diante Smith had seven points. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Title: South Korea to Pass Resolution for the Swift Arrest of Yoon Suk-yeol, President Faces Pressure to Step DownTAMARA ABOALSAUD AND SULAFA ALKHUNAIZI RIYADH: A group of 15 Saudi and Italian chefs created a seven-course dinner titled “Italy meets KSA,” combining both cuisines at Ritz Carlton’s Azzuro Restaurant. Daniele Chiari, Italian chef and head of Dinner Incredible, the hosts of the event, told Arab News: “Tonight’s event in Riyadh is inspired by the shared love for storytelling and culture through cuisine. As a chef, I see food as a universal language that connects people, and Saudi Arabia’s culinary traditions are incredibly rich and diverse, just like Italy’s.” The event featured a culinary risotto competition between top Saudi chefs, which was won by Omar AlKhaldi, who received a scholarship fund from ALMA, the School of Italian Culinary Arts. The event also had a display of fresh mozzarella cheese for tasting, made in the Kingdom by Sana cheese company, which specializes in Italian cheeses. “This evening, we aim to create a bridge between these two cultures, highlighting how local Saudi ingredients and techniques can harmonize beautifully with Italian culinary artistry,” Chiari said. The evening concluded with a seven-course tasting dinner highlighting Italian and Saudi flavors. The menu included a pumpkin tart, cream of beans soup with shredded camel meat, a Red Sea grouper served with truffle, and a Saudi-coffee twist on the famous tiramisu. Highlighting similarities between Italian and Saudi cultures that can be sensed in their cuisines, Chiari said: “Both Italy and Saudi Arabia place great importance on hospitality, family, and the tradition of sharing meals. In terms of food, there’s a deep respect for natural, high-quality ingredients in both cuisines. Just as Italians value simplicity and the authentic taste of their produce, Saudis take pride in the purity and flavor of their spices, grains, and meats.” Chiari spoke about the ability of food to cross international borders and connect communities. “Food is one of the most powerful ways to build connections and foster understanding between cultures. It transcends language, politics, and borders, allowing people to experience something deeply personal yet universally relatable. By crossing international borders through food, we’re not just sharing recipes — we’re sharing history, values, and creativity.” The competition was organized by the Italian Embassy in Riyadh, the Italian Trade Agency, and ALMA, the School of Italian Culinary Arts, in collaboration with Sitaf and the Royal Protocol. Courtesy: arabnews

The unfolding scandal has exposed deep-seated corruption and nepotism within the highest levels of government, raising serious concerns about the integrity of the country's democratic institutions. The public outcry and demands for justice have put immense pressure on President Moon and the ruling party to address these issues and restore trust in the government.

Former Trump White House official Olivia Troye has issued a stark warning for women entering the incoming administration. “TheTrump White House’s chauvinistic male-dominated culture will be exacerbated by the presence of Elon Musk, JD Vance, Donald Trump Jr., Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, and other ‘bros’ in positions of authority or influence,” Troye, who served as former Vice President Mike Pence ’s national security adviser, wrote on her Substack on Thursday. “It will be an intimidating environment, but stay true to your values, even when it is uncomfortable or unpopular. Remember, you have only yourself to face in the mirror every day.” Since leaving the administration, Troye has become an outspoken critic of Trump and campaigned on behalf of his Democratic rival Kamala Harris in 2024. In her post, Troye also urged women to seek out female allies and warned that they would face the “male gaze” and “locker room talk” in the administration. The latter phrase is a reference to Donald Trump’s defense after the Access Hollywood tape, in which he said a recording of him bragging about groping women was exaggerated macho banter. “It’s beyond time for Olivia Troye to go back to doing whatever the hell she was doing before she threw her integrity in the toilet to get her face on liberal television because she clearly has no idea what she’s talking about,” Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told The Independent . “President Trump just selected the first female Chief of Staff in history and I’m greatly looking forward to serving as the youngest Press Secretary in history. He has also chosen several other women to serve in his Cabinet, and there will be thousands of strong, independent women who fill the ranks across his Administration. President Trump empowers women and anyone who has their head on straight can see that.” Multiple members of and nominees in the new administration have been accused of sexual misconduct towards women, including Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk, and since-withdrawn attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz. They have all denied wrongdoing and have not been charged with any crimes related to the allegations. A jury found Trump liable for sex abuse against former Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll.

No. 10 Georgia scores nearly at will, destroys UMass

Song Zhongping: Macron Faces Challenges Both at Home and Abroad, French Government has Become a "Lame Duck"As we say goodbye to this remarkable man, let us hold onto the lessons he taught us and the love he shared. For in the end, it is not the length of our lives that matters, but the impact we make and the love we leave behind.In conclusion, Jonathan David Greenwood's stunning start to life in Ligue 1 has been nothing short of phenomenal. His 10 goals in 14 matches have set him apart as one of the brightest young talents in world football, with only Ibrahimovic and Neymar achieving a similar feat in the 21st century. As Greenwood continues to light up the footballing world with his remarkable performances, fans can only wait in anticipation to see what other records he will shatter and milestones he will achieve in the years to come.

Why Is Bitcoin Performance Outstripping Lagging Ethereum?Upgrade Your Connectivity with ORICO Mini USB Hubs:Furthermore, the external environment remains complex and volatile, with ongoing trade tensions and geopolitical risks posing significant challenges to global economic stability. In this context, policymakers are likely to adopt a more accommodative stance to cushion the impact of external headwinds and mitigate risks to domestic growth.Where to Watch Anime Now? The Best AniWatch Alternatives!

Mitchell leads No. 18 Cincinnati in rout of Georgia Tech 81-58