By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions. 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Biden said converting their punishments to life imprisonment was consistent with the moratorium imposed on federal executions in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder. “Joe Biden just commuted the Death Sentence on 37 of the worst killers in our Country,” he wrote on his social media site. “When you hear the acts of each, you won’t believe that he did this. Makes no sense. Relatives and friends are further devastated. They can’t believe this is happening!” Presidents historically have no involvement in dictating or recommending the punishments that federal prosecutors seek for defendants in criminal cases, though Trump has long sought more direct control over the Justice Department’s operations. The president-elect wrote that he would direct the department to pursue the death penalty “as soon as I am inaugurated,” but was vague on what specific actions he may take and said they would be in cases of “violent rapists, murderers, and monsters.” He highlighted the cases of two men who were on federal death row for slaying a woman and a girl, had admitted to killing more and had their sentences commuted by Biden. Is it a plan in motion or more rhetoric? On the campaign trail, Trump often called for expanding the federal death penalty — including for those who kill police officers, those convicted of drug and human trafficking, and migrants who kill U.S. citizens. “Trump has been fairly consistent in wanting to sort of say that he thinks the death penalty is an important tool and he wants to use it,” said Douglas Berman, an expert on sentencing at Ohio State University’s law school. “But whether practically any of that can happen, either under existing law or other laws, is a heavy lift.” Berman said Trump’s statement at this point seems to be just a response to Biden’s commutation. “I’m inclined to think it’s still in sort of more the rhetoric phase. Just, ‘don’t worry. The new sheriff is coming. I like the death penalty,’” he said. Most Americans have historically supported the death penalty for people convicted of murder, according to decades of annual polling by Gallup, but support has declined over the past few decades. About half of Americans were in favor in an October poll, while roughly 7 in 10 Americans backed capital punishment for murderers in 2007. Death row inmates are mostly sentenced by states Before Biden’s commutation, there were 40 federal death row inmates compared with more than 2,000 who have been sentenced to death by states. “The reality is all of these crimes are typically handled by the states,” Berman said. A question is whether the Trump administration would try to take over some state murder cases, such as those related to drug trafficking or smuggling. He could also attempt to take cases from states that have abolished the death penalty. Could rape now be punishable by death? Berman said Trump’s statement, along with some recent actions by states, may present an effort to get the Supreme Court to reconsider a precedent that considers the death penalty disproportionate punishment for rape. “That would literally take decades to unfold. It’s not something that is going to happen overnight,” Berman said. Before one of Trump’s rallies on Aug. 20, his prepared remarks released to the media said he would announce he would ask for the death penalty for child rapists and child traffickers. But Trump never delivered the line. What were the cases highlighted by Trump? One of the men Trump highlighted on Tuesday was ex-Marine Jorge Avila Torrez, who was sentenced to death for killing a sailor in Virginia and later pleaded guilty to the fatal stabbing of an 8-year-old and a 9-year-old girl in a suburban Chicago park several years before. The other man, Thomas Steven Sanders, was sentenced to death for the kidnapping and slaying of a 12-year-old girl in Louisiana, days after shooting the girl’s mother in a wildlife park in Arizona. Court records show he admitted to both killings. Some families of victims expressed anger with Biden’s decision, but the president had faced pressure from advocacy groups urging him to make it more difficult for Trump to increase the use of capital punishment for federal inmates. The ACLU and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops were some of the groups that applauded the decision. Biden left three federal inmates to face execution. They are Dylann Roof, who carried out the 2015 racist slayings of nine Black members of Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina; 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ; and Robert Bowers, who fatally shot 11 congregants at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018 , the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S history. Associated Press writers Jill Colvin, Michelle L. Price and Eric Tucker contributed to this report.LG Electronics’ India arm files for IPO amid strong consumer durables demand
Mumbai: The University of Mumbai on Sunday conducted the rescheduled PET and LLM entrance exams for students who were affected by technical glitches at the Surekha Infotech centre in Dombivli on November 17th. As many as 1,071 registered students had suffered due to the technical glitches at the Dombivli centres out of them, 824 candidates appeared for the retests, while 247 students were absent for the examination that has been marred by delays and technical glitches. On November 17, the university had conducted the PhD Entrance Test (PET) and LLM Entrance Exam at 21 different centres. The exams on last Sunday, in which 3,462 students had appeared out of a total of 5,028 registered candidates, were held after the university had delayed the examinations which were originally scheduled for November 10, citing clash with the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF) CO/PO exams which were scheduled for November 7 to 14. It is worth noting that this year’s entrance exams to PET and LLM courses were already delayed as MU announced the dates of the entrance exams almost after five months of the academic year start, leaving many candidates in distress. The rescheduled exams on Sunday were conducted at alternative centres — Father C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology in Vashi and Shah and Anchor Engineering College in Chembur — and the university said it took necessary measures to provide a conducive environment for the students. “To maintain strict supervision and prevent any further disruptions, the university deployed a dedicated team of examiners at both centres,” the University said. Dr. Pooja Raundal, Director of the Examination and Evaluation Board, confirmed the smooth conduct of the exams. “I commended the university's efforts in addressing the technical issues and ensuring a fair and efficient exam process for all the students,” she said. Some candidates, however, expressed anxiety due to the “delays” in the conduct of the entrance examinations. “The academic session was supposed to commence in November, but due to delays and this technical glitch, now the entrance exams have only finally concluded in November. I don’t know when the results will be declared, there is no clarity on that. Are the sessions for the 2024 batch students going to commence in 2025 now,” asked a candidate. As candidates eagerly await for the results of these exams eagerly, they hope for the university to release the official notification regarding the declaration of results in the coming days.
The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train used a shirt to fan the flames, a prosecutor said at his arraignment on murder charges. Sebastian Zapeta, 33, who federal immigration officials said is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the US illegally, was not required to enter a plea and did not speak at the hearing in Brooklyn criminal court. He will remain jailed at the city’s Rikers Island complex and is due back in court on Friday. His lawyer did not ask for bail. Zapeta is charged with two counts of murder, accusing him of intentionally killing the woman and killing her while committing arson. He is also charged with one count of arson. The top charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez called the attack a “gruesome and senseless act of violence” and said it would be “met with the most serious consequences.” The apparently random attack occurred Sunday morning on a train stopped at the Coney Island station. The victim’s identification is still pending. Authorities say Zapeta approached the woman, who may have been sleeping in the train, and set her clothing on fire with a lighter. Zapeta then fanned the flames with a shirt, engulfing her in fire, Assistant District Attorney Ari Rottenberg said in court Tuesday. Zapeta sat on a bench on the subway platform and watched, Rottenberg said. According to Rottenberg, Zapeta told detectives that he didn’t know what happened but identified himself in images of the attack. Zapeta’s lawyer, public defender Andrew Friedman, did not speak to reporters after the arraignment. Video on social media appears to show some people looking on from the platform and at least one police officer walking by while the woman is on fire inside the train. NYPD Transit Chief Joseph Gulotta said Sunday that several officers responded to the fire and one stayed to keep the crime scene “the way it’s supposed to be” while the others went to get fire extinguishers and transit workers. “Officers who were on patrol on an upper level of that station smelled and saw smoke and went to investigate. What they saw was a person standing inside the train car fully engulfed in flames,” Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. They eventually put the fire out, but “unfortunately, it was too late,” Tisch said, and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Zapeta was taken into custody Sunday afternoon while riding a train on the same subway line after teenagers recognised him from images circulated by the police. A Brooklyn address for Zapeta released by police matches a shelter that provides housing and substance abuse support. Federal immigration officials said Zapeta was deported in 2018 but later reentered the US illegally. The crime deepened a growing sense of unease among some New Yorkers about the safety of the subway system, amplified by graphic video of the attack that ricocheted across social media. Overall, crime is down in the transit system compared to last year. But murders are up, with nine killings this year through to November compared to five during the same period last year. There have also been several high-profile incidents, including one in September where police inadvertently shot two bystanders and a fellow officer when they opened fire on a man holding a knife in front of a train. Earlier this month, a Manhattan jury acquitted former Marine Daniel Penny in the chokehold death last year of an agitated subway rider. The case became a flashpoint in debates over safety, homelessness and mental illness on the system.(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Nov. 23 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 3:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL Playoffs: Adelaide at Brisbane, Preliminary Final AUTO RACING 12:55 a.m. (Sunday) ESPN — Formula 1: The Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix, Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Las Vegas COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Noon FS2 — St. Francis (Pa.) at Georgetown 5 p.m. FS2 — N. Illinois at DePaul COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 4 p.m. NBC — Notre Dame at Southern Cal PEACOCK — Notre Dame at Southern Cal COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY (MEN’S and WOMEN’S) 9:30 a.m. ESPNU — NCAA Championships: From Verona, Wis. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Noon ABC — Mississippi at Florida ACCN — UConn at Syracuse BTN — Iowa at Maryland CBSSN — Sam Houston St. at Jacksonville St. CW — North Carolina at Boston College ESPN — Wake Forest at Miami ESPN2 — SMU at Virginia ESPNU — Yale at Harvard FOX — Indiana at Ohio St. PEACOCK — Illinois at Rutgers 12:45 p.m. SECN — UMass at Georgia 3:30 p.m. ABC — Kentucky at Texas ACCN — Stanford at California BTN — Wisconsin at Nebraska CBS — Penn St. at Minnesota CBSSN — San Diego St. at Utah St. CW — The Citadel at Clemson ESPN — BYU at Arizona St. ESPNU — UCF at West Virginia FOX — Colorado at Kansas FS1 — Northwestern at Michigan 4 p.m. ESPN2 — Pittsburgh at Louisville 4:15 p.m. SECN — Missouri at Mississippi St. 7 p.m. CBSSN — Boise St. at Wyoming CW — Washington St. at Oregon St. FS1 — Baylor at Houston NBC — Army vs. Notre Dame, New York PEACOCK — Army vs. Notre Dame, New York 7:30 p.m. ABC — Alabama at Oklahoma ESPN — Texas A&M at Auburn ESPNU — Marshall at Old Dominion FOX — Iowa St. at Utah 7:45 p.m. SECN — Vanderbilt at LSU 8 p.m. ACCN — Virginia Tech at Duke ESPN2 — Cincinnati at Kansas St. 10:15 p.m. NBC — Southern Cal at UCLA 10:30 p.m. CBSSN — Colorado St. at Fresno St. FS1 — Air Force at Nevada 11 p.m. ESPNU — Florida A&M at Bethune-Cookman (Taped) COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S) 8 p.m. BTN — Wisconsin at Nebraska GOLF 1 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: The RSM Classic, Third Round, Sea Island Golf Club - Seaside Course, Sea Island, Ga. 4 p.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: The CME Group Tour Championship, Third Round, Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, Fla. (Taped) 9:30 p.m. GOLF — DP World Tour: The BMW Australian PGA Championship, Final Round, Royal Queensland Golf Club, Brisbane, Australia 1 a.m. (Saturday) GOLF — Asian Tour: The LINK Hong Kong Open, Final Round, Hong Kong Golf Club, Hong Kong HORSE RACING 11:30 a.m. FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races 3:30 p.m. FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races 1 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — The Japan Cup: From Tokyo Racecourse, Tokyo NBA BASKETBALL 5 p.m. NBATV — New York at Utah 8 p.m. NBATV — Memphis at Chicago 10:30 p.m. NBATV — Denver at L.A. Lakers NHL HOCKEY 1 p.m. NHLN — Chicago at Philadelphia 7 p.m. NHLN — Vegas at Montreal SAILING 5 a.m. CBSSN — Sail GP: The Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix - Day 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 5 a.m. (Sunday) CBSSN — Sail GP: The Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix - Day 2, Dubai, United Arab Emirates SOCCER (MEN’S) 7:30 a.m. USA — Premier League: Chelsea at Leicester City 9 a.m. CBSSN — Serie A: Inter Milan at Hellas Verona 10 a.m. USA — Premier League: Brighton & Hove Albion at Bournemouth Noon CBS — USL Championship: Rhode Island at Colorado Springs, Final 12:30 p.m. NBC — Premier League: Tottenham Hotspur at Manchester City 7 p.m. FS2 — Saudi Pro League: Al Hilal at Al Khaleej (Taped) SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 8 p.m. CBS — NWSL Playoffs: Orlando vs. Washington, Final, Kansas City, Mo. TENNIS 7 a.m. TENNIS — Davis Cup Finals Semifinal The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive TV listings provided by LiveSportsOnTV . (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, Nov. 24 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 10:30 a.m. ESPNU — ESPN2 — Myrtle Beach Invitational: TBD, Seventh-Place Game, Conway, S.C. 11 a.m. CBSSN — St. John’s vs. Georgia, Nassau, Bahamas 1 p.m. CBSSN — Rutgers at Kennesaw St. ESPN — Villanova vs. Maryland, Newark, N.J. ESPN2 — Myrtle Beach Invitational: TBD, Third-Place Game, Conway, S.C. 3 p.m. CBSSN — Greenbrier Tip-Off: TBD, Third-Place Game, West White Sulphur Springs, W.V. ESPN — Charleston Classic: TBD, Third-Place Game, Charleston, S.C. 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Florida St. vs. UMass, Uncasville, Conn. 5:30 p.m. CBSSN — Greenbrier Tip-Off: TBD, Championship, West White Sulphur Springs, W.V. ESPN — Myrtle Beach Invitational: TBD, Championship, Conway, S.C. 6 p.m. ESPN2 — Charleston Classic: TBD, Fifth-Place Game, Charleston, S.C. ESPNU — Yale vs. Delaware, Uncasville, Conn. 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Myrtle Beach Invitational: TBD, Fifth-Place Game, Conway, S.C. 8:30 p.m. ESPN — Charleston Classic: TBD, Championship, Charleston, S.C. COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 1 p.m. PEACOCK — South Florida vs. Louisville, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 4 p.m. ACCN — Bethune-Cookman at Virginia BTN — Washington St. at Iowa FS1 — South Carolina at UCLA COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY 1:30 p.m. ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Championship, Ann Arbor, Mich. COLLEGE FOOTBALL 12:30 p.m. ESPNU — FCS Football Selection Show COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S) Noon ACCN — Stanford at North Carolina 2 p.m. ACCN — California at Duke SECN — South Carolina at Tennessee 3:30 p.m. ESPNU — Southwestern Athletic Tournament: TBD, Championship, Grambling, La. 4 p.m. SECN — Arkansas at Kentucky 6 p.m. SECN — Auburn vs. Oklahoma 7:30 p.m. BTN — Indiana at Ohio St. 8:30 p.m. ESPNU — Mid-Eastern Athletic Tournament: TBD, Championship, Dover, Del. FIGURE SKATING 4 p.m. NBC — ISU: The 2024 Cup of China, Chongqing, China GOLF 1 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: The RSM Classic, Final Round, Sea Island Golf Club - Seaside Course, Sea Island, Ga. NBC — LPGA Tour: The CME Group Tour Championship, Final Round, Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, Fla. HORSE RACING Noon FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races 4 p.m. FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races NBA G-LEAGUE BASKETBALL 1 p.m. NBATV — Capital City at Maine NFL FOOTBALL 1 p.m. CBS — Regional Coverage: New England at Miami, Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants, Kansas City at Carolina, Tennessee at Houston FOX — Regional Coverage: Minnesota at Chicago, Detroit at Indianapolis, Dallas at Washington 4:05 p.m. CBS — Denver at Las Vegas 4:25 p.m. FOX — Regional Coverage: San Francisco at Green Bay, Arizona at Seattle 8:20 p.m. NBC — Philadelphia at L.A. Rams PEACOCK — Philadelphia at L.A. Rams NHL HOCKEY 7 p.m. NHLN — Utah at Toronto SAILING 5 a.m. CBSSN — Sail GP: The Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix - Day 2, Dubai, United Arab Emirates SOCCER (MEN’S) 9 a.m. USA — Premier League: Liverpool at Southampton 11:30 a.m. USA — Premier League: Manchester United at Ipswich Town 11:45 a.m. FS2 — Saudi Pro League: Al Fateh at Al Ittihad Noon ABC — Spanish Primera Division: Real Madrid at CD Leganés 6 p.m. FS1 — MLS Cup Western Conference Semifinal: Minnesota at L.A. Galaxy TENNIS 10 a.m. TENNIS — Davis Cup Finals Championship The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive TV listings provided by LiveSportsOnTV .
What's New New footage widely circulating online on Thursday appears to show a Chinese advanced stealth fighter flying for the first time, which could be a major step forward for Beijing's air force if confirmed. Newsweek has reached out via email to China's Defense Ministry for comment. Why It Matters China has been modernizing all aspects of its military, including its air force. The Pentagon said earlier this month that the Chinese air force and naval aviation together made up the "largest aviation force in the Indo-Pacific region." The Pentagon has also described China and "its increasingly capable military as the department's top pacing challenge." Earlier this month, a senior Defense Department official said China's air force, "with respect to its modernization and indigenization of its unmanned aerial systems, is quickly approaching U.S. standards." What To Know On Thursday, open-source intelligence accounts shared videos and photos of an unidentified fighter jet. Several accounts, including one on X (formerly Twitter ) by Justin Bronk, a senior research fellow for airpower and military technology at the London-based Royal United Services Institute think tank, floated the idea that the footage could show a prototype sixth-generation fighter jet. It is "fascinating" that the Chinese military has "chosen to fly this prototype in daylight now," Bronk said, although he cautioned that the footage could actually show a fifth-generation jet known as JH-XX. The footage shows a Chengdu J-20S fighter, a twin-engine all-weather stealth jet, accompanying the unidentified jet, according to The War Zone, a defense news website. The purported sixth-generation jet took off from the headquarters of the Chengdu Aircraft Corp. in Sichuan province, the site said. Multiple countries are developing sixth-generation fighter jets. U.S. fifth-generation fighters like the F-35 are widely flown, and militaries have for years looked for the next jet waiting in the wings. The U.S. Air Force is in the midst of its Next Generation Air Dominance program, designed to replace the F-22 Raptor stealth jet in the next decade, although the future of the program has been cast in doubt. The U.K., Italy and Japan are working together to make a sixth-generation, crewed aircraft under a project called the Global Combat Air Program. In the British Royal Air Force, the aircraft is referred to as Tempest, which is expected to replace the Typhoon jet in 2035, although London is deep in a strategic defense review of the country's military that could affect the sixth-generation program. Russia has said its fifth-generation Su-57 stealth jet can be fitted with sixth-generation features. What Happens Next While it is not clear whether this is a confirmed first sighting of a Chinese sixth-generation fighter, further information and footage will likely come out in the next months.
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Damien Duff doesn’t see the point of slapping booze bans on his Shelbourne players - and his captain reckons it’s a masterstroke. Shels had to fight for their right to party since claiming the title on a dramatic final day of the season and Mark Coyle admits the champions milked the celebrations. But he makes no apologies for rinsing every last ounce out of team bonding nights - whether it’s before, during or after the season. If the play hard, party hard mentality was good enough for Roy Keane’s Manchester United-led team back in the day, Coyle believes it’s good enough for the Reds. Read More: League of Ireland's key transfers so far ahead of eagerly awaited 2025 season Read More: The good, the bad and the ugly of Ireland's international year In an era where footballers’ every move is monitored and policed by an army of sports scientists, and where other codes impose rigorous alcohol bans, Shels cut loose. They were celebrating the end of an 18-year trophy drought after all, with Duff waking the sleeping giant of Drumcondra. Coyle said: “I was listening to Brian O’Driscoll’s autobiography and they all emphasise how important those bonds are. You have training sessions where it’s tough and it’s hard and you get each other through. But on a night out, people start to open up a bit more and you get to know them on a deeper level and that matters massively. “And especially when it came to the end of last season when the going got tough, because we all know each other so. You want to stand up for the man next to you and that was seen in the last three games when it really mattered - we all stood up for each other and did the job. I definitely think it’s a load of nonsense if you ever have a drinking ban to be honest with you.” But Coyle accepts that players have to be smart about their socialising, as the era of weekly team sessions in the pub belongs to a bygone era. It’s a case of picking and choosing the right moments and Coyle said: “It’s not about getting drunk, it’s about bonding and getting to know your team-mates. “We pick the right times. It’s never going out on a Wednesday, that’s not allowed. It might be a weekend where we don’t have another game for seven or eight days. We have a thing where if you don’t have a genuine excuse to come out, you have to pay a fine because we know how important it is, and that’s the way it is. “If you go out, the alcohol is out of your system after a day or two and when we do (go out) you know the next training session is always tough. You’re nearly coming in on Monday going ‘I wish I didn’t now’ because you know how tough it’s going to be, the way the manager is. We know it’s about your standards. You can enjoy yourself but you’ve got standards that he expects from us. To me, it’s so important to the game.” Donegal man Coyle continued: “We work extremely hard and that allows us (have nights out). It’s not at stupid times, but when we do it, we make sure we party hard as well . You look at all the great teams, or you listen to The Overlap now and you’d hear Roy Keane and them about United and their bonding sessions. It’s probably proved over the test of time that these things are important.” But the pints have been parked since December 16 as that's the day Shelbourne returned to pre-season training ahead of their title defence in 2025. Duff has been busy bolstering his squad of late with Mipo Odubeko, Daniel Kelly, Ellis Chapman and Ryan O’Kane already through the door as new signings. If some League of Ireland fans felt Duff might have burned himself out by now, they are wrong as he faces into his fourth season at Shels. “His standards will go through the roof again next season, and he has warned us already that it will be tough,” said midfielder Coyle. “That's why it's exciting, it’s a new challenge. He had a glittering career in England and this is what he’s done his whole life, so I don't see him burning out any time soon. “Even though he loves us lads and loves Shelbourne, he gives everything for the league and he cares about Irish football as a whole. He knows that for the national team to improve, the league has to improve and a lot of his stuff is to improve the league, get it the recognition it deserves. “That's one of the best things about him, he actually cares a lot about Irish football and I don't get why he gets so much criticism from people outside of Shels. He has brought so much recognition to the league, to us as a club and to us as players.” Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email alerts .
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NoneBSS recently dropped a video for “Teleparty.” The theme was about taking back one’s youth, with the video showing BSS as politicians leading the charge. Crowds held up banners in support of their “party.” Jeans represented the slogan “ youth is now ,” which forms an acrostic for “ jeans ” in Korean. “Voters” gathered for the big rally hosted by BSS. While the theme had already been planned since earlier in 2024, it seemed to have some parallels with recent politcal strife in South Korea with the president being impeached. Protests went on in December to call for the president’s impeachment. This resulted in BSS’s video including an unexpected disclaimer! They reiterated that the video had been planned in the first half of 2024, and was unrelated to any events. The coincidence did not fly over fans’ heads. this is so funny because it immediately opens with a political type rally and dk saying "is your youth hard" after weeks of protest by sk youth https://t.co/8BGEWCCygg — 🌸7 (@minimincheeki) December 26, 2024 Many were proud that the boys stuck to their plans. so glad that bss decided to push through with this concept 😭💖 https://t.co/EwRK5Yh8By — ❄️🐣💎 (@flyingaaaahgase) December 26, 2024 Although the timing is unfortunate, the boys dealt with it in the perfect way! They really didn't want to get cancelled today bsbsbsbs https://t.co/WUDxOTYTsd — || ANCU || MET SVT x2 AB6IX AHS & DIGNITY || (@Ancu___) December 26, 2024 You can watch it below. They really didn't want to get cancelled today bsbsbsbs https://t.co/WUDxOTYTsd — || ANCU || MET SVT x2 AB6IX AHS & DIGNITY || (@Ancu___) December 26, 2024 SEVENTEEN The Handsome Rising Actor Who Makes SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu Look “Small” SEVENTEEN Goes Viral For Their Reaction To BIGBANG SEVENTEEN’s Comments Leave Their Translator In Tears Fan Unexpectedly Gets A Private Shopping Experience With SEVENTEEN’s Dino See more SEVENTEENDamien Duff doesn’t see the point of slapping booze bans on his Shelbourne players - and his captain reckons it’s a masterstroke. Shels had to fight for their right to party since claiming the title on a dramatic final day of the season and Mark Coyle admits the champions milked the celebrations. But he makes no apologies for rinsing every last ounce out of team bonding nights - whether it’s before, during or after the season. If the play hard, party hard mentality was good enough for Roy Keane’s Manchester United-led team back in the day, Coyle believes it’s good enough for the Reds. Read More: League of Ireland's key transfers so far ahead of eagerly awaited 2025 season Read More: The good, the bad and the ugly of Ireland's international year In an era where footballers’ every move is monitored and policed by an army of sports scientists, and where other codes impose rigorous alcohol bans, Shels cut loose. They were celebrating the end of an 18-year trophy drought after all, with Duff waking the sleeping giant of Drumcondra. Coyle said: “I was listening to Brian O’Driscoll’s autobiography and they all emphasise how important those bonds are. You have training sessions where it’s tough and it’s hard and you get each other through. But on a night out, people start to open up a bit more and you get to know them on a deeper level and that matters massively. “And especially when it came to the end of last season when the going got tough, because we all know each other so. You want to stand up for the man next to you and that was seen in the last three games when it really mattered - we all stood up for each other and did the job. I definitely think it’s a load of nonsense if you ever have a drinking ban to be honest with you.” But Coyle accepts that players have to be smart about their socialising, as the era of weekly team sessions in the pub belongs to a bygone era. It’s a case of picking and choosing the right moments and Coyle said: “It’s not about getting drunk, it’s about bonding and getting to know your team-mates. “We pick the right times. It’s never going out on a Wednesday, that’s not allowed. It might be a weekend where we don’t have another game for seven or eight days. We have a thing where if you don’t have a genuine excuse to come out, you have to pay a fine because we know how important it is, and that’s the way it is. “If you go out, the alcohol is out of your system after a day or two and when we do (go out) you know the next training session is always tough. You’re nearly coming in on Monday going ‘I wish I didn’t now’ because you know how tough it’s going to be, the way the manager is. We know it’s about your standards. You can enjoy yourself but you’ve got standards that he expects from us. To me, it’s so important to the game.” Donegal man Coyle continued: “We work extremely hard and that allows us (have nights out). It’s not at stupid times, but when we do it, we make sure we party hard as well . You look at all the great teams, or you listen to The Overlap now and you’d hear Roy Keane and them about United and their bonding sessions. It’s probably proved over the test of time that these things are important.” But the pints have been parked since December 16 as that's the day Shelbourne returned to pre-season training ahead of their title defence in 2025. Duff has been busy bolstering his squad of late with Mipo Odubeko, Daniel Kelly, Ellis Chapman and Ryan O’Kane already through the door as new signings. If some League of Ireland fans felt Duff might have burned himself out by now, they are wrong as he faces into his fourth season at Shels. “His standards will go through the roof again next season, and he has warned us already that it will be tough,” said midfielder Coyle. “That's why it's exciting, it’s a new challenge. He had a glittering career in England and this is what he’s done his whole life, so I don't see him burning out any time soon. “Even though he loves us lads and loves Shelbourne, he gives everything for the league and he cares about Irish football as a whole. He knows that for the national team to improve, the league has to improve and a lot of his stuff is to improve the league, get it the recognition it deserves. “That's one of the best things about him, he actually cares a lot about Irish football and I don't get why he gets so much criticism from people outside of Shels. He has brought so much recognition to the league, to us as a club and to us as players.” Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email alerts .
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is on the rise when it comes to accessing public services in New Jersey — part of an effort that state officials hope will gain traction in other areas of the country. The state’s new AI translation services for applicants seeking unemployment assistance is showing good results, according to Gillian Gutierrez, senior adviser and director of New Jersey’s unemployment insurance modernization. Before officials deployed that tool, one of every 120 applications were made in Spanish. That figure has increased to an estimated one of every 44, she told . The work is part of a broader effort to bring more “ ” into the state’s — a larger trend in government technology that focuses on platform improvements centered around how people really use websites. More than one-third of New Jersey residents speak Spanish at home, , so focusing on that language was a no-brainer. But there are older ways of achieving that goal and newer ways. “We decided that the experience should be naturally bilingual, and not dependent on automated translation services,” Gutierrez said, adding that better translation for state services advances the goal of . The state, which has a relatively active , and a chief AI strategist, used support from Google and the nonprofit to produce materials and tools to create cutting-edge AI “translation assistants,” according to a describing the effort. The materials rely on large language models for training and “off-the-shelf generative AI models” to help widen access to services for people more comfortable with Spanish than English. New Jersey has now made those training materials available to officials in other states. “With these training materials, government agencies across our state and the nation can begin leveraging the transformative potential of generative AI to make services more efficient, accessible, and responsive to the needs of all residents — regardless of what language they speak,” said New Jersey Chief AI Strategist Beth Simone Noveck in the statement. This way of combining and translation can “teach” websites to grasp the difference between, say, “laid off” and “fired,” according to Gutierrez — vital distinctions for those seeking unemployment pay and associated benefits. The tool also can help the state — and, presumably, other agencies — deal with a dearth of human translators, who are often called upon for more tasks than they can reasonably complete during a normal work day. “There are only so many people who can speak Spanish in our call centers,” she said, and that goes even more for the other . “There are only so many people who can speak Haitian Creole.” The training materials from New Jersey can reduce costs when compared to similar services offered by software vendors, state officials boast in the statement. Those materials also can save other public agencies from signing “long-term contracts that lack flexibility and adaptability over time,” according to the statement. Backers of this effort have big hopes for what it could lead to — hopes that come as other states are leaning on AI to . “These training materials will enable any government to easily create their own AI translation assistant for unemployment insurance and other benefit programs,” said Marcie Chin, product delivery manager for U.S. Digital Response, in the statement. “It’s a prime example of how we can democratize generative AI for the public good by inviting people with lived experience navigating public benefits to participate in the design process."Custom Apparel Market to grow by USD 2.17 Billion from 2024-2028, driven by internet and smartphone adoption, Report on AI-driven market evolution - Technavio