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There's nothing quite like a wide receiver vs. cornerback beef in the NFL. Pittsburgh's George Pickens and Cleveland's Greg Newsome II are quickly putting themselves in a head-to-head rivalry smack in the middle of their squads' AFC North rivalry, each with some choice words about one another on Friday. The Steelers and Browns are set to face off for the second time this season in Week 14, and Pickens and Newsome had some heated moments in their last meeting. Now, it's extending to the second edition of the rivalry matchup. What's causing the feud between Pickens and Newsome? Here's what to know about the beef between the two players. NFL HQ: Live NFL scores | Updated NFL standings | Full NFL schedule George Pickens vs. Greg Newsome II beef, explained During a snowy meeting between the Steelers and Browns a few weeks ago, Pickens and Newsome got into a brawl on the final play of Cleveland's 24-19 win. As Pittsburgh tossed a Hail Mary attempt, the two kept running past the end zone, pushing and shoving one another. George Pickens fighting Greg Newsome during the Hail Mary LMFAO pic.twitter.com/1QT1sN1w5o After the game, Pickens said the Browns "aren't a good team at all." Newsome, meanwhile, took to social media to call Pickens a "fake tough guy." MORE: Week 14 NFL playoff picture Week 14 NFL Power Rankings Week 14 NFL picks Week 14 NFL picks against the spread Fake tough guy 😂😂😂 The bad blood from the Week 12 matchup has now seeped into their teams' second meeting this season. Pickens, asked about Newsome ahead of Browns vs. Steelers on Sunday, deflected the question by saying "I don't even know who that is." George Pickens dropping a, "I don't know who that is", on Greg Newsome @gnewsii ahead of Sunday is classically entertaining #Steelers #NFL pic.twitter.com/TSB37xKnN3 Of course, Newsome also had something to say, adding fuel to the fire by telling reporters that Pickens is "a guy that cares more so about himself" than his team, and "you can see that in the penalties he causes." Browns CB Greg Newsome responds to Steelers WR George Pickens’ comments: “Obviously he’s a guy who cares more so about himself and you see that in the penalties he causes.” https://t.co/d2aTXerxZE pic.twitter.com/2idInzybix MORE NFL DRAFT NEWS: SN's Latest 2025 NFL Mock Draft NFL Draft Top 100 Big Board Updated NFL Draft order after Week 13 Just for good measures, Newsome took to social media once again on Friday to show that Pickens had messaged him back in 2019. 😂🤡 https://t.co/ET5ObZNVjV pic.twitter.com/027W1zMoKF Steelers vs. Browns is already an NFL rivalry between two divisional opponents, but now, there's a one-on-one matchup to keep an eye out for on Sunday: Pickens vs. Newsome.

Supporters of organisations tied to BNP in a standoff with cops outside the Indian high commission in Dhaka on Sunday DHAKA: Three organisations tied to former PM Khaleda Zia 's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) staged Sunday a protest march in Dhaka, condemning a recent attack on the country's diplomatic mission in Agartala, the desecration of their national flag in Kolkata, and what they described as attempts to incite communal unrest in Bangladesh. The groups - Jubo Dal , Swechchhasebak Dal , and Chhatra Dal - submitted a memorandum to the Indian high commission in Dhaka. While a large procession initially headed towards the high commission, police intervened and allowed only a small delegation to submit the memorandum. Senior BNP member Ruhul Kabir Rizvi issued a stern warning during the demonstration. "We are not helpless, we also know how to use the highest technology. To protect the country, we are ready to resist Delhi's aggression with the power we have in every place - sky, land, water," he said. Meanwhile, the Bangladesh home ministry has issued a circular instructing foreign nationals residing and working without proper documentation to legalise their status. "Foreigners will not be allowed to stay and work illegally in Bangladesh," home affairs adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said Sunday. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , and Mini Crossword .Global reaction to Assad's sudden ouster from Syria ranges from jubilation to alarmHow Brazilian police say Bolsonaro plotted a coup to stay in office

Transcript: Conway Gittens: I’m Conway Gittens reporting from the New York Stock Exchange. Here’s what we’re watching on TheStreet today. Stocks rallied into Friday’s close as investors continued to position for a Trump administration. Consumers are also preparing for a change in the White House. Consumer sentiment inched up in November to its highest level since April. Republican consumers were more upbeat, while Democrats were more downbeat. Turning to next week’s holiday-shortened calendar, the big number comes from the PCE index, which is the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge. Related: McDonald’s pulls beloved menu items due to major issue Speaking of inflation, McDonald’s is still trying to find the right menu in a world where eaters are fed up with high prices. The fast-food giant is introducing what it is calling the McValue menu. A $5 budget deal that’s already available will continue at least through the summer. The $5 bundle includes a small drink and fries, 4-piece Chicken McNuggets, and either a McDouble cheeseburger or McChicken sandwich. In addition, its “Buy One, Add One for $1” offerings will be expanded to breakfast time. McDonald’s will also roll-out special deals in local markets and for app users. McDonald’s USA President Joe Erlinger said in a web statement, “When it comes to value, we know there’s no one-size-fits all. We’ve worked closely with our franchisees to create a new platform that will let our customers define value on their own terms.” The McValue menu fully kicks-in in January 2025, in response to Mickey D’s first back-to-back drop in quarterly sales since the pandemic. Eating at McDonald’s is now roughly 40 percent more expensive than it was 5 years ago. That’ll do it for your Daily Briefing. From the New York Stock Exchange, I’m Conway Gittens with TheStreet. Watch ICYMI This Week:Mohonasen grad Swan named USCAA Honorable Mention All-American — College RoundupMartensville-Warman Early Years Family Resource Centre opens

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California was under a rare and brief tsunami warning alert Thursday that tested local emergency notification systems after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook part of the state. The National Weather Service canceled its alert after roughly an hour and before the tsunami was expected to arrive. In that hour, some cities and counties ordered evacuations while others relied on social media and text messages to inform people of the warning. Some people headed for higher ground, while others drove to the beach to get a better view.

The Times view on chaos in France and Germany: Reversal of FortuneDaily Post Nigeria CBN’s interest rate hike will worsen imbalances in real sectors — CPPE Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Business CBN’s interest rate hike will worsen imbalances in real sectors — CPPE Published on November 26, 2024 By Ogaga Ariemu The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, CPPE, said the continued hawkish stance of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, by further tightening the interest rate to 27.75 per cent will worsen imbalances in the country’s real sectors. The director of CPPE, Muda Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. This comes as DAILY POST reports that the CBN Monetary Policy Committee raised interest by 25 basis points to 27.50 per cent. Reacting, CPPE stated that the CBN’s decision to further raise the interest rate is troubling amid the declining growth recorded in the country’s critical sectors of the economy. CPPE noted that Nigeria’s 3.46 per cent growth in domestic product in the third quarter of 2024 showed a clear disconnect between the financial services sector and the real economy. This comes as CPPE said that manufacturing, agriculture, real estate, air transport, and textile sectors need monetary and fiscal support, not interest rate hikes. “It is troubling that despite the declining growth performance of many critical sectors of the economy as evidenced in the third quarter GDP report, the MPC still continued its tightening stance. “The GDP sectoral performance report also revealed a glaring disconnect between the financial services sector and the real economy. “The financial services sector recorded a growth of 32 per cent, while agriculture and manufacturing grew by 1.14 per cent and 0.92 per cent. This hawkish disposition would deepen these distortions. “Meanwhile strategic economic sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing and real estate recorded declines in growth in the third quarter. Air transport and textile remained in recession. These sectors need monetary and fiscal support, not a further tightening of monetary conditions. “In the meantime, we urge the CBN to upscale its support for development finance institutions to make up for the financing challenges created by the sustained tight monetary policy regime,” he stated. Related Topics: CBN CPPE Don't Miss NFIU extends AML/FT to $200bn yearly illicit wildlife trade You may like CBN raises Nigeria’s interest rate Recapitalization: CBN approves deadline extension for BDCs – ABCON CBN holds MPC meeting to decide Nigeria’s interest rate NCC to resolve telecoms, banks’ USSD debt issue with CBN Nigeria’s AuGF uncovers N197.72bn contract fraud in CBN, REA, NBET, other MDAs Hardship: Hope not a strategy – Moghalu tells Tinubu’s govt Advertise About Us Contact Us Privacy-Policy Terms Copyright © Daily Post Media LtdDave & Buster's (NASDAQ:PLAY) Misses Q3 Sales Targets, Stock DropsIn northern Gaza, families are still fleeing what is left of their homes. “They told us to leave immediately,” said one woman, who stopped briefly to tell a VOA cameraman what is going on. Families behind her streamed down the bombed-out street, carrying belongings in backpacks and plastic sacks, and other items, such as pans and buckets, in their hands. “We have nothing else to lose. We lost our children. We lost everything,” she said, as a male family member urged her to keep moving. The United Nations said the Israeli military is “subjecting an entire population to bombing, siege and risk of starvation.” And in the next two months, the situation could get immeasurably worse, added Roger Hearn, director of relief and social services for UNRWA, the U.N.’s agency for Palestinian refugees. Over the objections of much of the international community, Israeli laws that would essentially halt UNRWA operations in the Gaza Strip are expected to take effect in late January. “People are facing catastrophic hunger in Gaza,” said Hearn in a phone interview from an airport on his way home from Gaza. “People are struggling to get the basics, such as water. Most people in Gaza are displaced. ... So, to actually take that one step further and say, ‘OK, UNRWA is forbidden from working in Gaza,’ would be a very cruel addition to a situation where people are already in dire need.” Israel accuses UNRWA of having Hamas members among its staff in Gaza, including participants of the October 7, 2023, terror attack that sparked the war when Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped more than 250 others. The United States, Britain and other Western countries designate Hamas as a terror group. In a letter to the U.N. early this month, Israel withdrew from the 1967 agreement recognizing UNRWA, according to The Times of Israel . “UNRWA — the organization whose employees participated in the October 7th massacre and many of whose employees are Hamas operatives — is part of the problem in the Gaza Strip and not part of the solution,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, according to the news site. And while UNRWA disputes these allegations, Hearn said the most urgent issue on their agenda is trying to convince Israel not to implement the new laws. People in Gaza are now starving, even as trucks containing enough food to feed the Strip for months languish across the border in Egypt. Aid that gets in is hard to distribute amid ongoing battles, bombings and looting. Aid workers in Gaza say they still have hope that the laws will not go into force. “We hope that the active parties in the international community will intervene and prevent this disaster,” said Abu Sharaf Jadallah, a local leader and relief worker who helps distribute UNRWA aid in Gaza. “It is the only party now that is providing aid to all Palestinians, to 2 million displaced people.” Long-term losses Further south, in Khan Younis and Deir Albalah, Gaza, where conditions for displaced families are marginally better than in the north, humanitarian aid is not nearly enough to feed the people. They are malnourished and increasingly sick. Soon, many also may face starvation. Families here say they fear that if UNRWA stops working in Gaza, they will have even less access to food and clean water. However, the long-term consequences of an UNRWA ban could be even more devastating, they say. Before the current war, UNRWA was providing education for 350,000 children in Gaza. Palestinians in general, and Gaza specifically, have one of the world’s highest literacy rates. But that status is already in jeopardy as children here face a second year without classes. UNRWA schools now mostly serve as crowded and undersupplied emergency shelters. But locals say that to cripple the future education system at this time would be a massive blow. “It will be a terrible thing,” said Rasheed Abu Eida, a 50-year-old father of six. “A country deprived of education.” Now, his children are just trying to survive, he said. Besides trauma from constant bombings, they have suffered from severe weight loss and other illnesses. “My children are destroyed,” Eida said. New law controversy The international community has widely objected to the laws, with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saying, “It would be a catastrophe in what is already an unmitigated disaster.” The laws were approved by Israel’s parliament in late October and would bar UNRWA from operating in Israel, which controls all access to Gaza, and curtail the agency’s activities inside the Strip. Israel has said that more than 10% of the UNRWA staff of about 13,000 people in Gaza has ties to Hamas, and that 12 employees participated in the October 7 attack. UNRWA has fired nine employees in response to these allegations and says it has seen no evidence to support the claim that more than 1,400 other staff members have ties to Hamas. Israel says other organizations and U.N. agencies can take up the work of UNRWA, but the U.N. says it would be virtually impossible to replace UNRWA’s complex systems on the ground during war time. Locals say the potential loss of the organization, which has been helping Palestinians since 1950, is unthinkable. The organization serves Palestinian communities in Gaza, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. “A ban on UNRWA would mean no care for refugees,” said Fatma Alzahraa Sharqawy, a displaced mother of four. “And not only the refugees who left their villages and cities in the past, but all of Palestine. So, if the United Nations and UNRWA is banned, it means the international community has abandoned the Palestinian cause.” Said Kilany contributed to this report.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addresses President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter in the first briefing since the move. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was bombarded with questions from reporters in the first televised press briefing since President Biden pardoned son Hunter Biden. She also spoke to reporters earlier this week from Air Force One. "The statement that he put out on Sunday when he made this decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, it's in his own voice," Jean-Pierre said after she was asked about Hunter Biden’s pardon by an Associated Press reporter. "I think it takes you through his thinking. And he did. He wrestled with this. He wrestled with this, and again, he said in his statement, in his own voice, that he made that decision this past weekend." TRUMP ASKS ABOUT ‘J-6’ HOSTAGES IN RESPONSE TO BIDEN'S PARDON OF HUNTER: ‘SUCH AN ABUSE’ The president and Jean-Pierre said unequivocally when asked over the summer that the president would not pardon his son. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Jean-Pierre insisted "circumstances have changed." "Republicans said they weren't going to let up, weren't going to stop," she said. "Recently announced Trump appointees for law enforcement have said on the campaign that they were out for retribution, and I think we should believe their words, right? We should believe what they say." She added that the president said in his statement that Hunter and the Biden family had been through "enough." "And he wrestled with these circumstances, the change in circumstances, ultimately, and the combination of that ... certainly led to the president changing his mind and issuing this pardon," she explained. But reporters continued to press her on the issue, asking whether the American people were owed an apology. Jean-Pierre appeared to evade the question, instead urging people to read the president’s statement. HUNTER BIDEN SAYS HIS MISTAKES WERE ‘EXPLOITED’ FOR POLITICAL SPORT, SAYS HE WON'T TAKE PARDON FOR GRANTED "He wrestled with it," she reiterated. "He wrestled with it and made this decision. That's what I can tell the American people. Hunter Biden, right, son of President Biden, watches as the president gestures to his "Team USA" jacket on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, D.C., July 26, 2024 (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images) "I think the American people understand, and I think they understand how difficult this decision would be. And I would actually add, and I think it's important to note here, as you're asking me these questions — important questions to ask — that there was a poll, a U.S. Gov poll that came out that, some of you all reported on it. "And it said 64% of the American people agree with the pardon — 64% of the American people. So, we get a sense of where the American people are on this. Obviously, it's one poll, but it gives you a little bit of insight. Sixty-four percent is nothing to sneeze at." She noted that some legal experts have said "no one would be criminally prosecuted with felony offenses with these facts," claiming Hunter Biden was politically targeted. Hunter Biden was convicted on three felony charges related to illegally owning a gun while being a drug user. He also pleaded guilty in a federal tax case. Hunter Biden (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) She was also asked if the president has concerns about his credibility regarding the pardon and about allegations he "misled the public." "Virtually no one would be criminally prosecuted with family offenses, with these facts. Whether it's absent aggravated factors, similar charges are rarely brought," she said, again pointing to Biden's statement. One reporter also noted that Biden has received " swift criticism" from members of his own party who call it a "setback," worrying that President-elect Trump and Republicans could use the pardon against them in the future. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "He's going to focus on the American people," Jean-Pierre responded when asked if he felt the need to respond to Democratic criticism.Former Nebraska swimmer Gabby Baratta now leading Lincoln East's swimming program

California’s card rooms lost a costly legislative fight this year as they sought to kill a bill that would allow their competitors, tribal casinos, to sue them. But that didn’t stop the gambling halls from punishing a handful of lawmakers for their votes after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the gambling bill into law. In an extraordinary display of political retribution, California’s card room industry spent more than $3 million in the lead up to the November election to oppose four lawmakers who played key roles in the bill’s passage. Three of the candidates targeted by the card rooms ended up losing, including the rare defeat of an incumbent Democratic senator. “We really don’t want to be the sort of, you know, the Rodney Dangerfield of industries. We want to be respected,” said Keith Sharp, a lawyer for the Hawaiian Gardens Casino, a card room in Los Angeles County. “We (will) work hard to continue to gain respect and protect our employees, protect our cities, protect our businesses.” To the card rooms, the three defeats were a sign their money was well spent, even if the cash went to purely punitive purposes. Case in point: Two of the lawmakers who lost their races were vacating their Assembly seats and were running in non-legislative races. Had they won, it’s unlikely they’d deal very often with card room related issues. Tribes have long outspent card rooms in state politics. Tribes have given candidates for state office more than $23.5 million since 2014. That’s more than double what oil companies have given the state’s politicians during the same years. Card rooms have spent only a fraction as much. More recently, tribes have contributed $6.3 million to candidates since January 2023 while card rooms have donated at least $1.3 million. Those funds don’t include the $3 million the card rooms spent targeting the four candidates this fall. The cash the card rooms poured into the four races sends a message to lawmakers that they’re also capable of spending big, including on political vengeance, said former Democratic Assemblymember Mike Gatto. “Any time you have a group essentially announcing to the world that they are going to do vengeance spending, it does cause lawmakers to pay attention,” he said. The bill Newsom signed, Senate Bill 549 , gives tribes the ability to ask a judge to decide whether card rooms are allowed to operate table games such as black jack and pai gow poker. The tribes, which will be able to sue beginning Jan. 1, say California voters gave them exclusive rights to host those games, but they’ve been unable to sue the state’s 80 or so card rooms because tribes are sovereign governments. The stakes are high since some cities receive nearly half of their budgets from taxes on card rooms, meaning a tribal victory in court could jeopardize money for police, firefighters and other local services. The card rooms insist their games are legal, but they also worry the cost of court fights could force them out of business. Facing what they saw as an existential threat, card rooms responded to the bill’s introduction last year with a massive lobbying blitz. Hawaiian Gardens Casino alone spent $9.1 million on lobbying, the second highest amount reported to state regulators last year. Only the international oil giant, Chevron Corp., spent more. Despite losing the legislative battle, card rooms spent more than $3 million on attack ads, text messages, mailers and other outreach to voters targeting the four candidates. The card rooms also bought ads supporting candidates running against them. The ads came from independent expenditure committees funded by the card rooms. Under state and federal election rules, organizations not affiliated with a candidate can spend unlimited amounts of money supporting or opposing candidates through advertisements and other tactics as long as the actions are not coordinated with the candidate’s campaign. Only one candidate, Laurie Davies , a Republican from Oceanside, won her race for reelection despite the card room’s cash onslaught. And just barely. Only 3,870 out of 230,546 total votes separated her from her Democratic challenger, Chris Duncan. The card rooms spent at least $1.3 million on outreach boosting Duncan and slamming Davies, according to state campaign finance reports. One mailer said she was aligned with “anti-choice radicals,” “MAGA extremists” and “Big Oil.” Davies infuriated card rooms when she cast a vote that let the gambling bill advance out of a committee this summer, despite having a cardroom in her district. Outgoing Democratic Assemblymember Evan Low of Cupertino faced similar attacks in his failed congressional bid. Low sat on the same Assembly committee as Davies and voted this summer for the gambling bill. Low also had a major cardroom in his Assembly district. Low’s campaign didn’t return a message seeking comment. The card rooms spent at least $500,000 on ads attacking Low, according to the card rooms. The card rooms also went after termed-out Democratic Assemblymember Brian Maienschein in his failed bid for San Diego city attorney. The card rooms spent at least $443,000 opposing Maienschein. He got on the card rooms’ bad side when he cast a key vote that let the bill advance from the Assembly Judiciary Committee, which Maienschein chaired. Sharp, the lawyer for Hawaiian Gardens, said Maienschein also refused to meet with him and other card room representatives before the vote. Maienschein didn’t return messages. A TV ad from the card rooms attacked Maienschein for his voting record before he switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat in 2019. Fullerton Democratic Sen. Josh Newman, the lead author of the gambling bill , wasn’t spared even though he represented a competitive district that was important to the Democratic Party. The card rooms spent at least $900,000 in that race that paid for ads and mailers opposing Newman and supporting his Republican opponent, Steven Choi, according to the card rooms and campaign finance reports. Newman, the state’s most vulnerable senator who’d been recalled from office once before, ended up losing to Choi by 6,075 votes out of the 458,615 cast in the race. It was the first time since 1980 that a Republican flipped a Democratic senate seat in a presidential election. Newman had a $6 million fundraising advantage over Choi. Choi raised just $856,000. In one card-room funded TV ad, Newman was portrayed as being soft on crime, and it attacked him for voting to give benefits to “illegal immigrants” In an interview with CalMatters, Newman said he didn’t think the card room ads made as much of an impact on the race as another independent expenditure committee that opposed him with more than $1 million from a prominent public employee union . But Newman acknowledged the card rooms probably did send at least some voters to Choi. “The margins probably matter in a race as close as mine,” Newman said. Still, Newman told CalMatters he has no regrets about introducing the bill despite the blowback and the possible impact the card rooms had in his senate race. Newman said he believes the tribes deserve their day in court. But he said he doesn’t see the logic in the card rooms spending so much money on races after they already lost their fight in the Legislature. “The question really is: If you shut the barn door after the horse is out, who are you really punishing?” he said. CalMatters data reporter Jeremia Kimelman contributed to this story.

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From Jude Chinedu, Enugu The Governor of Enugu State, Chief Peter Mbah, has commended the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for championing unity and cohesion among Nigerians. Speaking during the recently concluded National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Christian body, held in Enugu for the first time, Mbah noted that CAN has consistently promoted harmony among different faiths in the country. The President of CAN, His Eminence, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, stated that Nigerians expect collaboration between the government and critical stakeholders to improve the well-being of the people. He said: “Nigerians expect to see impactful collaboration with the government and other critical stakeholders to combine synergy in strengthening the institutions of government and agencies established to improve the livelihood of people. “Christians should also be reassured that we are ever ready to defend the Christian faith in such a way that we do not oppress others but collaborate to ensure that Nigeria works for the benefit of all. “The NEC meeting is where we discuss issues of national unity and national concern. We seek ways to positively impact the lives of Nigerians regardless of one’s religion, political affiliation, or ethnic background. “We are in Enugu State because we decided to rotate our meetings to leverage them to impact the lives of our members and the general public, especially those at the grassroots level. “This happens to be the first time we are rotating the meeting from Abuja, and we are happy with the way our brothers in Enugu received us. We thank the Governor, Dr Peter Mbah, for the hospitality extended to us since yesterday.” The Chairman of CAN in Enugu State, Reverend Emmanuel Edeh, added that Christians, as critical stakeholders in Nigeria, cannot afford to neglect praying for and supporting the government, emphasising that this aligns with God’s instructions. The event was attended by delegates from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

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