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(The Center Square) – Christians helped push President-elect Donald Trump across the finish line on Election Day, a survey found. Trump received the majority of the Christian vote, while Vice President Kamala Harris received the majority of the non-Christian vote. This is according to a report from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University, which surveyed 2,000 voting-age adults nationally. The election was a historic comeback for Republicans on many fronts, with Trump being the first Republican to win the popular vote vote in over two decades. Among self-identified Christians, Trump also received 56% of their votes, compared to the 60% Harris received from non-Christians. Yet, because the majority of voters still identify as Christians, Trump had a larger share of the vote. “Although Harris won a larger share of the non-Christian vote than Trump’s share of the Christian votes, Christians outnumbered non-Christian voters by more than a 5 to 2 margin – delivering the decisive Nov. 5 victory to President Trump,” the report said. “Not only did most of Trump’s votes come from Christians, but they gave him a 17 million vote cushion over Harris, which proved to be an insurmountable lead.” Christians represented 72% of the voters who turned out. The report also found that Catholics had record-high turnout, despite overall voter and Christian voter turnout being well below what it was in 2020. While voter turnout was lower than 2020 in most of the Christian subgroups polled, 70% of Catholics reported voting compared to 2020’s 67%. Voters with a “biblical worldview” also voted at a higher percentage, up to 67% in 2024 from 2020’s 64%. Just days before the election, Trump predicted that Harris would struggle with the Catholic vote on Election Day. “Kamala Harris has finally lost the Catholic vote,” he said on social media on Oct. 25. “Her and the Democrats persecution of the Catholic Church is unprecedented! Her poll numbers have dropped like a rock, both with Catholics, and otherwise.” While many politicos expressed concerns that Trump’s moderate pro-life stance would disenfranchise Christian and anti-abortion voters, it seems to have much less of an impact than expected. In fact, Trump pointed to Harris’ abortion stance as pushing Catholics toward voting for him. “Kamala is demanding late-term abortion, in months seven, eight, and nine, and even execution after birth, and people aren’t buying it – and they never will,” the former president said . The report found that 20% of Christians selected abortion as the most-consequential issue this election, with inflation (38%) and immigration (34%) receiving even higher percentages. Yet, potentially even more impactful on the election than the increase in the Catholic vote was the significant drop in non-Christian turnout, even higher than those reported in Christian subgroups. The report found that adults “associated with a faith other than Christianity” and “adults who have no religious faith” had a massive drop in turnout from 2020, dropping 12% and 9% respectively. With both of these groups historically supporting Democratic candidates, this cratering in support likely had a significant impact on Harris’ chances of winning. George Barna, who serves as the director of research at the Cultural Research Center and led the survey, said Trump’s boost with Christians was just too much for Harris. “Americans forget that two-thirds of adults in this nation consider themselves to be Christians,” Barna said . “Donald Trump, for all of his perceived and ridiculed faults, did a better job than did Kamala Harris of representing hallowed Christian characteristics such as the importance and support of family, the rule of law, limited government authority, financial responsibility, and the like.”

Even with technology taking over much of our day-to-day lives, board games still offer quality entertainment that can’t be beaten. Of course, the popular board games of today are a far cry from the games your parents grew up playing. Board games are perfect for encouraging your family to work together or for bringing your group of friends around the table for an evening. If you’d like to start up a weekly game night, let this helpful list of the most popular board games be your guide. Utter Nonsense Ages 8+ This game will have every player rolling in stitches with each ridiculous phrase that’s uttered. Combine crazy accents and hilarious phrases to impress the Nonsense Judge and win the round. The player with the highest number of wins ultimately wins the game, but the true fun of this card game is listening to your fellow players trying to say some of the most entertaining phrases of all time. This game is perfect for game nights or parties. Speak Out Ages 8+ This hilarious game is perfect if you have teenagers or are hosting a party with all adults. To play, you insert a mouthpiece that alters the sound of your speech, making every word sound silly. Set the timer and read one of the phrases on the cards and try to help your teammate guess what you’re saying. Speak Out easily provides hours of fun that even grandparents will love. Escape Room in a Box Ages 13+ What’s the next best thing to trying to break out of a room? Escape Room in a Box, of course. This thrilling, immersive game involves solving 2D and 3D puzzles in order to prevent a mad scientist from turning you and your friends or family into werewolves. Work together to escape your fate and use Amazon Alexa to enhance the experience. Codenames Ages 14+ This fun strategy game is perfect for anyone with teenagers. Form two teams and select a spymaster on each team. Using clues, spymasters try to help their teammates find all 25 of the agents they’re in contact with, hopefully without selecting the other team’s agents or running into the deadly assassin. This innovative game offers a challenging and rewarding time working together. ​​​​​​​Harry Potter Clue Ages 9+ Excite your kids on game night with this modern twist on a classic. Play as six recognizable Hogwarts characters — Harry, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Ginny or Neville — to solve the mystery behind a fellow student’s disappearance. It’s up to you to figure out who attacked the student, what bewitching spell they used and where it occurred. Watch out for the Dark Mark, moving staircases and secret passages as you travel along in this magical family game. ​​​​​​​Pandemic Ages 8+ If you’ve ever wanted to save humanity from a deadly outbreak, you’ll love spending an hour playing Pandemic. You and your teammates must fight to contain four deadly diseases threatening the human race. Players must learn to work with their teammates to control outbreak hotspots and treat diseases. Win the game by curing all diseases without wiping out humanity first. ​​​​​​​ Catan Ages 10+ This tactical 60-minute game will push your imagination to its limits as you embark on a journey across Catan. Acquire crucial resources as you travel, build roads, buildings, and cities, and be wary of the ruthless robber and other players halting you on your own road. Through careful trading and clever decisions, you can lead your travelers to victory in this role-playing game of limitless possibilities. Play again and again. Every game is different. Ticket to Ride Ages 8+ Train lovers will enjoy this innovative board game which has won numerous awards. This cross-country train adventure game mimics the concept of traveling around the world in 80 days. Collect train cars and claim railways across the country. Players earn the most points by establishing long train routes and connecting distant cities. Each game takes roughly 30 to 40 minutes to complete, and every adventure is different. ​​​​​​​5 Second Rule Ages 10+ This quick-paced game gives each player five seconds to name items on a certain topic. Although the topics are objectively easy —“Name 3 Mountains,” “Name 3 Types of Hats” or “Name 3 Super Heroes,” the pressure of the time crunch is likely to put you on edge. Race the clock and remain composed to win this game. You can even make up your own topics if you prefer. Half the fun is just hearing what other people blurt out, whether it’s relevant to the topic or not. Prices listed reflect time and date of publication and are subject to change. Check out our Daily Deals for the best products at the best prices and sign up here to receive the BestReviews weekly newsletter full of shopping inspo and sales. BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers. BestReviews and its newspaper partners may earn a commission if you purchase a product through one of our links.

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game killer An Indian think tank has described Starlink, a satellite internet service provider which recently entered the Zimbabwean market, as a because its biggest customer is the American government intelligence and military. The Kutniti Foundation, a think tank based in New Delhi, says Starlink is an American military and intelligence tool whose dual-use technology enables it to push its own narrative and purpose to be an altruistic one, as a provider of the internet for the underserved populations and regions. “However, its biggest customer and promoter is the American government intelligence and military,” Kutniti says. “In addition, it is well known that the owner of Starlink, Elon Musk, is close to various private intelligence companies, and is a highly politically exposed person in the US, including but not limited to Palantir Technologies USA, and the Trump Election 2024,” the think tank says. Trump won the US elections two weeks ago and will be sworn in in January. He has appointed Musk to his cabinet together with Vivek Ramaswamy to run the Department of Government Efficiency. Starlink and its parent company SpaceX got a lot of business contracts from the United States government during Trump’s first term from 2017-2021 and continued to get support from the Biden administration. Starlink is planning to introduce its services to India, the world’s most populous country with an estimated 1.45 billion people. India is also the world’s fifth-largest economy after the United States, China, Japan and Germany. In their paper entitled: published in the in September this year, Yan Jiajie and Yu Nanping say Starlink will pose new threats to the national defence and security of other countries. “As a low-orbit satellite internet communication system, Starlink can provide global, dead zone-free, informatised military reconnaissance and communication services to support the operational plans of the army, navy, and air force,” they say. “With the space battlefield becoming an increasingly important arena of competition between major powers, core satellite internet technology can be used to threaten the strategic security of other countries and gain the upper hand in future wars.” Citing examples, they say: “On January 3, 2020, the United States used a UAV to take out Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani. “On November 27 of the same year, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head of Iran’s nuclear program and its chief nuclear scientist was assassinated near Tehran. “These actions were made possible by the global high-speed communication and space-air coordination capabilities achieved via satellite networks. If the Starlink project is applied on a large scale in the military field in the future, it will further enhance the US military’s satellite communication and unmanned combat capabilities.” UAV stands for unmanned aerial vehicle.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in downtown Barcelona on Saturday to protest the skyrocketing cost of renting an apartment in the popular tourist destination. Protesters cut off traffic on main avenues in the city center, holding up homemade signs in Spanish reading “Fewer apartments for investing and more homes for living" and “The people without homes uphold their rights.” The lack of affordable housing has become one of the leading concerns for the southern European Union country, mirroring the housing crunch across many parts of the world, including the United States . Organizers said that over 100,000 had turned out, while Barcelona’s police said they estimated some 22,000 marched. Either way, the throngs of people clogging the streets recalled the massive separatist rallies at the height of the previous decade’s Catalan independence movement. Now, social concerns led by housing have displaced political crusades. That is because the average rent for Spain has doubled in last 10 years. The price per square meter has risen from 7.2 euros ($7.5) in 2014 to 13 euros this year, according to the popular online real estate website Idealista. The growth is even more acute in cities like Barcelona and Madrid. Incomes meanwhile have failed to keep up, especially for younger people in a country with chronically high unemployment. Protestor Samuel Saintot said he is “frustrated and scared” after being told by the owners of the apartment he has rented for the past 15 years in Barcelona’s city center that he must vacate the premises. He suspects that the owners want him out so they can renovate it and boost the price. “Even looking in a 20- or 30-kilometer radius outside town, I can’t even find anything within the price range I can afford,” he told The Associated Press. “And I consider myself a very fortunate person, because I earn a decent salary. And even in my case, I may be forced to leave town.” A report by the Bank of Spain indicates that nearly 40% of Spaniards who rent dedicate an average of 40% of their income to paying rents and utilities, compared to the European Union average of 27% of renters who do so. “We are talking about a housing emergency. It means people having many difficulties both in accessing and staying in their homes,” said Ignasi Martí, professor for Esade business school and head of its Dignified Housing Observatory. The rise in rents is causing significant pain in Spain, where traditionally people seek to own their homes. Rental prices have also been driven up by short-term renters including tourists. Many migrants to Spain are also disproportionately hit by the high rents because they often do not have enough savings. Spain is near the bottom end of OECD countries with under 2% of all housing available being public housing for rent. The OECD average is 7%. Spain is far behind France, with 14%, Britain with 16%, and the Netherlands with 34%. Carme Arcarazo, spokesperson for Barcelona’s Tenants Union which helped organize the protest, said that renters should consider a “rent strike” and cease paying their monthly rents in a mass protest movement. “I think we the tenants have understood that this depends on us. That we can’t keep asking and making demands to the authorities and waiting for an answer. We must take the reins of the situation,” Arcarazo told the AP. “So, if they (the owners) won’t lower the rent, then we will force them to do it." The Barcelona protest came a month after tens of thousands rallied against high rents in Madrid. The rising discontent over housing is putting pressure on Spain’s governing Socialist party, which leads a coalition on the national level and is in charge of Catalonia’s regional government and Barcelona’s city hall. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presided over what the government termed a “housing summit” including government officials and real estate developers last month. But the Barcelona’s Tenants Union boycotted the event, saying it was like calling a summit for curing cancer and inviting tobacco companies to participate. The leading government measure has been a rent cap mechanism that the central government has offered to regional authorities based on a price index established by the housing ministry. Rent controls can be applied to areas deemed to be “highly stressed” by high rental prices. Catalonia was the first region to apply those caps, which are in place in downtown Barcelona. Many locals blame the million of tourists who visit Barcelona, and the rest of Spain, each year for the high prices. Barcelona’s town hall has pledged to completely eliminate the city’s 10,000 so called “tourist apartments,” or dwellings with permits for short-term rents, by 2028.

Steelers film room: How trust and discipline play into defense's issues against the runOn April 27, the pope will utter the Latin word "discernimus," meaning "we recognize it," in regard to the . And thus, Acutis—who died in 2006 from leukemia at age 15—will become the first millennial saint. At the , Linda Kinstler plays off this to provide a fascinating deep dive into how the Vatican determines just who gets to be called a saint. The process is a secretive one handled by the centuries-old Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. "We are a very peculiar court," Father Angelo Romano tells Kinstler. For example, "there is no point when a Cause will be dismissed, and there is no statute of limitations," he says. The court first examines the spiritual bona fides of a prospective saint in life, and, if it passes muster, moves on to the more controversial phase of verifying two miracles. And all of this unfolds in a process Kinstler likens to a political campaign. "Who gets to be a saint is not just about holiness; it is about identity, politics, economics and geography," she writes. Canonization "has long been a way for the Catholic church to shape its image, and the Vatican has an incentive to approve candidates with useful profiles." Much of the piece deals with the modern difficulty of verifying medical miracles—every one since 1950 has been a "physical act of healing"—as science advances and provides the ability to explain what was once inexplicable. Of course, for the faithful, to "truly believe in miracles is to require no proof of their occurrence, and to know that one may transpire at any moment," observes Kinstler. Read the , which notes that Acutis is the first prospective saint to be buried in branded clothes—Nikes and a North Sails sweater. (Or read other .)Yale defeats Vermont 65-50As I was leaving my sister’s house the last time I visited, with one foot out the door, she exclaimed, “The spatula! Mayonnaise!” I knew just what she meant. She was asking about one of my favorite spatulas (yes, I have favorite spatulas), the one that is long and narrow and can reach inside of a jar to scrape out every last bit. This got me thinking about small items that have a big impact in my kitchen, making my cooking life so much easier. I realized I have a list worth sharing, items well-suited for stocking stuffers, Hanukkah gifts, or even a basket full of trinkets for someone’s first apartment. I adore all the spatulas from Tovolo, and the 5-piece spatula set is pretty awesome, but you can also just buy the jar scraper . Personally, I like green, but it comes in many colors, and you can opt for a wood, stainless steel or silicone handle. We were visiting one of our children some time ago when my son pulled out this little lemon squeezer made by Trudeau. I got right online to order it. According to Amazon, I’ve bought this four times, so I’ve given it as a gift more than once! I love that it strains the seeds and has measurements on the side of the cup. To be honest, I’ve never used the domed cover, because I’ve never not fully juiced a lemon half, but I suppose that has its purpose if you only use a spritz of lemon and you want to save the half lemon to spritz more later. When I wrote my column about fried chicken , I know I mentioned how helpful it is to have an instant-read thermometer, and the ThermoWorks brand is top-notch. But many of their products are pricey. Not so when it comes to the ThermoPop 2 ! (I have the old version, in the photo.) This is easy to use and reliable, not only to check on meat temperature but also to see if the center of a casserole has become hot enough or to check the water temperature when making homemade bread. It comes in a rainbow of colors, and I bought five of them at once to give to each of our kids as gifts at Passover (because in our house, everyone gets an afikomen prize) — and I kept one for myself. OXO is known for sturdy, durable kitchen products, many of which would be kitchen tools most people already have — a can opener, a whisk, and so forth. I usually hesitate to buy single-use gadgets, but I love the corn prep peeler . Though it’s not the season for it, I use mine all the time in the summer. We almost always buy more fresh corn than we will eat, and I cut the kernels from the extra ears and freeze them to add a bit of sunshine in our winter meals. And when I learned that one of my daughters-in-law loves to put corn on her salads, I sent her one of these immediately. Another OXO product, one of my favorite kitchen gadgets, is the mini angled measuring cup . It has markings for 1/2 tablespoon, 1 tablespoon, and 2 tablespoons, and saves me from having to hold a measuring spoon carefully over a bowl or pot. I have three of them so if I’m arranging mise en place, I can ready a small amount of a few ingredients. When I first showed this to my stepson, he went right online and ordered one. I told him to order two, and I think he kind of rolled his eyes. And then, of course, when he saw how useful it was, he bought another! Speaking of measuring tools, the best set of measuring spoons I have are King Arthur Baking's spice measuring spoons , so named because the scoops are elongated and narrow to fit into a spice jar. I love that this set has 1/2 tablespoon (i.e., 1 1/2 teaspoons) and 3/4 teaspoon measures, which are less commonly found in most sets. There are two items I love for which I have no particular brand to suggest, but can be sourced easily. One is a cookie dough scoop , but I mostly use it for making meatballs. These come in various sizes, and my preferred size has a capacity of 2 tablespoons. I cannot believe that using this gadget never even occurred to me during all those years when my boys were young and ate what seemed like a gazillion meatballs every week. I hated rolling the meatballs in my hands, so much so that I never ate any so I wouldn’t have to make another batch as soon! Now I make them for my granddaughters, and between the scoop and kitchen prep gloves, it’s so much easier! I’ve offered two different meatball versions in my columns, one with Asian flavors and the other with raisins and pine nuts, although I omit the nuts and raisins for the babies. The last gadget I’ll suggest here, one that I’ve mentioned in pretty much every pasta column I’ve written, is a spider strainer . My preferred technique is to remove pasta directly from the water into the sauce, and when it’s a shape, a spider strainer is the best tool. I had used a strainer previously, but the loop on the rim made it hard to get into the bottom edge of the pot. I probably use my spider at least a few times every week. (When cooking a strand pasta, I use tongs, but I think most people already have at least one set!) For something totally different, but still for the culinarian in your life, consider buying a jar of special spices or herbs , perhaps an interesting blend. A few of the companies I like are Penzey’s , Curio Spice Co. , and Burlap & Barrel . All three offer the Middle Eastern blend za’atar , which is an essential ingredient in my recent column for lemon za’atar chicken . You could even write out the recipe and attach it to the jar. From Penzey’s, one of my lazy hacks when making any dessert that calls for spices, rather than measure out cinnamon and nutmeg and so on, I just use their Pie Spice blend , which is also great in recipes using winter squash or sweet potatoes. Now that I’ve shared some of my faves, I’d love to hear what gadgets you can’t live without, or what fun, unique ingredients you’ve enjoyed! Have a happy and delicious holiday season!

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As the news of Assad's asylum in Moscow continues to reverberate, the international community faces a dilemma about how to respond to this latest development. While some may see it as a necessary measure to bring stability to Syria, others view it as a dangerous escalation that could prolong the conflict and entrench authoritarian rule in the country.Moreover, the issuance of these special national bonds will also create new investment opportunities for domestic and international investors. As the Chinese economy continues to grow and diversify, investors are increasingly looking for long-term, stable investment options. The ultra-long-term nature of these bonds, combined with the government's support for key development projects, make them an attractive investment choice for those seeking to contribute to China's economic growth and development.

Tencent Video, one of China's leading online video platforms, recently made an announcement regarding adjustments to its VIP device sharing benefits. The company stated that starting from July 1st, 2021, the number of devices that VIP members can share their benefits with will be limited to three devices, down from the previous unlimited sharing policy. However, Tencent Video assured existing VIP members that their current benefits will remain unchanged despite the adjustment.

The recent crackdown by the State Administration of Radio and Television (SART) on the "Zheng Huan Brings a Gun" trend and the rampant AI-generated parodies has sparked a heated debate on the boundaries of humor and creativity in the digital age.

Joining Vardy in midfield is a star-studded cast of players who excelled in Round 15. Their creativity, vision, and technical ability were instrumental in shaping the outcome of their respective matches. Their ability to control the tempo of the game and create scoring opportunities for their teammates set them apart as top performers in this round.

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Mikaela Shiffrin's bid for a milestone 100th alpine World Cup victory was on hold after the US superstar crashed out of the Killington giant slalom won by Sweden's Sara Hector on Saturday. Shiffrin, already the owner of the most World Cup victories in history, was poised to claim a once unimaginable century after topping the first-run times. She looked on course for the win when she crashed heavily in the second leg and Sweden's Olympic gold medaallist Hector emerged with the victory with a total of 1min 53.08sec. Shiffrin, whose mistake rounding a turn caused her to lose her balance and slide through a gate, lost one ski and careened into the catch-fencing. She was taken from the course on a sled, offering a wave to fans on her way. The extent of any possible injuries she might have suffered was not immediately known. "Mikaela took the sled down and is currently being evaluated," USA Ski & Snowboard said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter. "More info to come, but take solace in the fact that she asked about her splits." Shiffrin, 29, already has 13 more World Cup wins than the most successful man, Ingemar Stenmark, and 17 more than the second woman, compatriot Lindsey Vonn. Needing three wins to hit 100 to start the season, she bagged her 98th and 99th career titles with back-to-back slalom wins in Levi, Finland, and Gurgl, Austria. That gave her a chance to complete her century in front of home fans in Killington, not far from where she attended Burke Mountain Academy as a youngster. Shiffrin -- who has won six slaloms at Killington but never a giant slalom -- was greeted by ecstatic cheers as she crossed the finish line of the first leg atop the times. She was 17-hundredths of a second ahead of Hector after the second sector of her second run. But her day ended not in celebration but in the 21st "Did Not Finish" in her 274 career starts. Vonn, who has just announced plans to come out of retirement, posted on social media: "Hope @MikaelaShiffrin is OK." Hector was delighted with her win, while sympathetic to Shiffrin. "I'm very happy, after going through a difficult period," she said. "Obviously, I'm very sad for Mikaela who was skiing so well. "I saw her fall. My heart goes out to her," she added. Croatia's Zrinka Ljutic finished second, 54-hundredths of a second behind Hector, and Switzerland's Camille Rast was third, 1.05 seconds back. The women are scheduled to race a slalom on Sunday. bbArticle content Spotify has its annual Wrapped lists, but Paige Spiranac’s version is closer to Unwrapped. Recommended Videos The popular golf influencer put her own playful twist on the music streaming service’s yearly recaps by posting her four favourite selfies from 2024 — and they did not disappoint her fans. Spiranac, who boasts more than five million followers across her social media platforms, can be seen modeling a white crop top and matching leggings in the first shot, while making a cheeky turn to the mirror. Another snap features her rocking a magenta workout set and a third in a dark blue tank top and white pleated skirt. She also posted a bathroom selfie while clad in a strapless black dress — a look she sported in May to celebrate the release of the 2024 edition of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit , in which she was featured. The post had received more than 34,000 likes by Monday afternoon and put many followers at a loss for words. “Beautiful,” “Lovely,” and “Gorgeous,” were just a few of the many one-word replies to Spiranac’s post. It all started with a seemingly innocuous post on X by a user with the handle @beverlychillls. “Heard we were doing a mirror selfie wrapped? is this true,” they posted last week. heard we were doing a mirror selfie wrapped? is this true It has since garnered more than 33 million views – one of which obviously was by Spiranac. “I’ll join in,” the blonde bombshell wrote while reposting the tweet with four sultry self-taken snaps. I’ll join in https://t.co/3GgxMhGMKk pic.twitter.com/6FHRe99pAg Spotify Wrapped lists recap user’s most listened-to artists and songs of the past year and are often shared far and wide by users on social media. Spiranac, 31, was one of several SI Swimsuit alums that was featured as a “legend,” on the cover of this year’s edition. Last week, she also was named as a member of the PGA Tour’s Creator Council, which is comprised of top golf influencers in an aim to grow the sport through content on social media — something that Spiranac has excelled in. “In 2015 I went viral and that catapulted my social media journey. At that time there was no such thing as golf content creators on social media. Over these past 9 years it’s been amazing to share my love for this incredible game with so many people,” Spiranac wrote on X. In 2015 I went viral and that catapulted my social media journey. At that time there was no such thing as golf content creators on social media. Over these past 9 years it’s been amazing to share my love for this incredible game with so many people. I’m proud of the path I paved... https://t.co/HarNfiGWtg “I’m proud of the path I paved for myself in golf and how far this industry has grown with so many talented creators who share a common goal. To be on the Creator Council is an honor and I’m very excited to continue to do my part to grow the game!” Spiranac hasn’t been shy about standing up for herself against those critical of her for embracing her sexuality. She recently fired back at critics for the double-standard and selective support of women. Spiranac reposted a tweet about Sabrina Carpenter from September which complimented the pop singer for embracing her sexuality while reaching a mainly female audience. “Sabrina Carpenter is genius for how she embraces her sexuality but still keeps women as her target audience,” read the tweet by another X user named Paige. “Like how is she performing in lingerie and I still feel like it’s not for men at all? I can’t comprehend it, but I love it.” Spiranac, who aims more for a male audience with her social-media content, replied: “I dislike how women pick and choose when it’s okay to support other women for embracing their sexuality depending on if it appears to be for the female or male gaze. “Women should be able to embrace their sexuality if that’s what makes them feel empowered,” she continued. “One shouldn’t be called a genius while the other is called an attention whore for doing the same exact thing.” I dislike how women pick and choose when it’s okay to support other women for embracing their sexuality depending on if it appears to be for the female or male gaze. Women should be able to embrace their sexuality if that’s what makes them feel empowered. One shouldn’t be called... https://t.co/5SKyeeLl4A In response to complimentary reply to the post, Spiranac added that her statement was about more than just own experience. “This isn’t really even about me. 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By JOHN ZENOR College football’s conference shakeup left concerns about two super conferences dominating the playoff field. They weren’t totally unfounded or 100% borne out, either. The Big Ten, not the Southeastern Conference, was the biggest winner on Sunday. The ACC scored, too. The Big Ten led the initial 12-team playoff field with four programs making the cut, led by a No. 1 Oregon (13-0) team that was part of the Pac-12 exodus. Then came the SEC — and one notable omission. ACC runner-up SMU got the nod over college football blue-blood Alabama, another blemish in Kalen DeBoer’s first season as Nick Saban’s championship-or-bust successor. Another ego blow: The Mustangs are led by Rhett Lashlee, a former offensive coordinator at rival Auburn. The Big Ten also got in No. 6 seed Penn State (11-2), No. 8 seed Ohio State (10-2) and No. 10 seed Indiana (11-1). The SEC represented well too: No. 2 seed Georgia (11-2), No. 5 seed Texas (11-2) and No. 9 seed Tennessee (10-2). But the ACC proved it wasn’t a one-bid league. Clemson (10-3) — the final No. 12 seed with an overall No. 16 CFP ranking — earned the ACC’s automatic bid with a 34-31 win in the title game over No. 11 seed SMU (11-2), which was close enough to impress the playoff committee and help the Mustangs edge out the Crimson Tide. The odd man out among Power Four leagues: The Big 12, which unsurprisingly only advanced its champion, Arizona State (11-2) — ranked No. 12 overall by the CFP but awarded the No. 4 seed as the league title winner. The SEC was left with Alabama, South Carolina and Mississippi on the wrong side of the bubble. Mountain West Conference champion Boise State (12-1) got a No. 3 seed and first-round bye. No. 7 seed Notre Dame (11-1), an independent, had no chance to grab a bye despite a No. 5 final CFP ranking. The Fighting Irish at least get to host a first-round game against the in-state Hoosiers.

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MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Marcus Adams Jr.'s 25 points helped CSU Northridge defeat Utah Tech 89-79 on Sunday night at the Stew Morrill Classic. Adams added five rebounds for the Matadors (4-1). Keonte Jones added 23 points while shooting 8 of 15 from the field and 5 for 10 from the line while they also had nine rebounds and three blocks. Scotty Washington had 19 points and went 7 of 14 from the field (3 for 6 from 3-point range). Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.Oklahoma residents on Sunday mourned the death of former Democratic U.S. Sen. Fred Harris , a trailblazer in progressive politics in the state who ran an unsuccessful presidential bid in 1976. Harris died on Saturday at 94. Democratic Party members across Oklahoma remembered Harris for his commitment to economic and social justice during the 1960s — a period of historical turbulence. Harris chaired the Democratic National Committee from 1969 to 1970 and helped unify the party after its tumultuous national convention in 1968 when protesters and police clashed in Chicago. “Fred Harris showed us what is possible when we lead with both heart and principle. He worked to ensure everyone had a voice and a seat at the table,” said Alicia Andrews, chair of the Oklahoma Democratic Party. Harris appeared at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago earlier this year as a guest speaker for the Oklahoma delegation, where he reflected on progress and unity. “Standing alongside him in Chicago this summer was a reminder of how his legacy continues to inspire,” Andrews said. Kalyn Free, a member of the Choctaw nation of Oklahoma and the DNC, said that there is no one else in public service whom she admired more than the former senator. RELATED COVERAGE Fred Harris, former US senator from Oklahoma and presidential hopeful, dies at 94 “He was a friend, a mentor, a hero and my True North. Oklahoma and America have lost a powerful advocate and voice,” Free said in a statement. “His work for Indian Country will always be remembered.” “Senator Harris truly was an Oklahoma treasure and was ahead of his time in so many ways,” said Jeff Berrong, whose grandfather served in the state Senate with Harris. “He never forgot where he came from and he always remained focused on building a society that would provide equality of opportunity for all.” Harris served eight years in the state Senate before he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served another eight years before his 1976 presidential campaign. State party leaders commemorated his work on the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, or the Kerner Commission, to investigate the 1960s riots. Harris was the last surviving member of the commission. Shortly after his presidential campaign, Harris left politics and moved to New Mexico and became a political science professor at the University of New Mexico. —- Lathan is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.Gone, and now forgotten, is the Miami Dolphins’ three-game winning streak against losing teams. Throw it and the accompanying swagger away with the Thanksgiving cranberries. Here’s the way it still works against good teams for the Dolphins: It doesn’t. A muffed punt. An offense that can’t close. A defense that forgets how to tackle. A full team that played down to its emotional concerns. “We played soft,’’ linebacker Jordyn Brooks said, citing the elements and the moment after the Dolphins’ 30-17 loss at Green Bay on Thursday night. Competitiveness? They fell behind 27-3 before showing a pulse when the train was five miles down the track. Fundamentals? They were back to the team that couldn’t get out of its own way, even getting two delay-of-game penalties. Toughness? The Dolphins couldn’t score on three plays from the 1-yard line, trying to pass twice, with a chance to pull themselves back into the game in the fourth quarter. “The operation wasn’t our style of football,’’ quarterback Tua Tagovailoa said. So, the odometer rolls over again on these nattering nabobs of narratives: 3-16 against playoff teams in the Mike McDaniel era; 0-12 on the road against playoff teams the past three years; and 0-12 against teams since 2017 in weather below 39 degrees. “That’s the thing with narratives,’’ McDaniel said. “There’s one way to change them and so my expectation would be those who, the naysayers, you prove them right, they’ll be louder. That’s part of the territory. You carry that until you do something about it, and unfortunately, we didn’t tonight.” They are who we feared they are. That’s the epitaph being chiseled about these Dolphins. A good team against bad teams. A good offense against bad defenses. A bully that can run up a winning streak against losing teams in the Rams, Raiders and Patriots, but then can’t find its way against a good team like the Packers. This was the second time the Dolphins defense played a top-10 scoring offense. Buffalo, the first, came away with 30 and 24 points. It wasn’t the Packers points this night as much as the tone-setting efficiency of 102 rushing yards in the first half and the poor tackling by the Dolphins. This was the second time the Dolphins offense played a top-10 scoring defense after Buffalo, too. The Packers are tied for 10th. You can look at Tagovailoa completing 37 of 46 passes for 365 yards and two touchdowns and say he did his job. But no one did their job right. This offense put up three points in the first half. It couldn’t answer the Packers’ strong start. It can dink-and-dunk down the field all day against bad defenses, especially before friendly crowds at home. But try to do that every drive on the road against a good defense in unpleasant weather and breakdowns are likely to happen. Five sacks. Thirty-nine yards rushing. Two pre-snap penalties on their opening, seven-play drive. Those kinds of breakdowns. “Bad offensive lines don’t travel,’’ is a line inside the NFL. The Dolphins don’t have a bad line. But its value has been overstated on its best days this season. Thursday was perhaps its worst day. The Packers, like even the bad defenses, have figured how to shut down one of the league’s best home-run threats in Tyreek Hill. He had three catches for 16 yards in the first three quarters when the night was decided. He finished with six catches for 83 yards after some borderline garbage time at the end. Bottom-line: The Dolphins met a good opponent in the cold of Green Bay and it sent a shiver of reality up the spine of a Dolphins fans base starved for good news. It wasn’t just the fans who put a lot of stock into this game, either. The Dolphins players and coaches saw this as a measuring-stick game and statement-to-be of who they really were. “I’m excited to kill some narratives,’’ Tagovailoa said leading into the game. No narratives were killed. The Dolphins season wasn’t, either. It’s on oxygen and mathematical formulas. Some feelgood of another bad team at home is coming next week in the New York Jets. But until further notice, it’s less narrative than fact about these Dolphins: They’re good against bad teams. They’re bad against good teams. They’re still the team everyone feared they are. ©2024 South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Visit sun-sentinel.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

NoneNSW Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. Followed categories will be added to My News. A Mid-North Coast marine rescue commander was enjoying an afternoon at the markets when he saw a yacht smash into busy Forster-Tuncurry Bridge. Marine Rescue NSW Forster Tuncurry unit commander Geoff Anderson said he was out and about at the Tuncurry markets, a weekly fundraiser for the volunteer organisation, on Saturday The yacht struck the bridge on the ocean side of Wallis Lake just before 1pm. The yacht crashes into the bridge at Forster on Sunday (looking across to Tuncurry). The bar entrance from the ocean can be treacherous and strong winds resulted in difficult conditions on Saturday. Bureau of Meteorology wind gauges in the area clocked speeds of between 39-44km/h. Marine Rescue NSW Forster Tuncurry rescue boat FO30 was called into action. However, two NSW Maritime vessels, assisted by a jet ski rider, helped guide the yacht to a mooring at Cape Hawke Harbour. A Marine Rescue Forster Tuncurry spokesperson said Maritime NSW talked to the skipper of the yacht “and all persons on-board were safe and sound”. “Consequently, our rescue vessel and crew were stood down and returned to berth with no further incident,” they said. Forster Tuncurry FO 30 responded after the yacht crashed into the Forster Tuncurry Bridge on November 23, but Maritime NSW took charge. In late July, fishermen leapt into action to rescue a yacht which came perilously close to hitting the same bridge. That vessel’s skipper made an urgent call to the Marine Rescue NSW unit late in the afternoon, battling wild weather and strong tides. Anglers help rescue a yacht pulled from its mooring at Forster. The incident at the bridge connecting the twin towns of Forster and Tuncurry captured attention in the community and sparked discussion on social media. Michael Brittain quipped on Facebook: “Ya’ can’t park there buddy.” Many praised first responders, Mr Anderson said the bridge strike was a timely reminder for boaties to obtain information on bar conditions and to log trips with Marine Rescue NSW. He said it was “very quick and easy to download our free Marine Rescue app”. Boaties can also radio in using VHF channel 16, or phone 5556 1600. Got a news tip? Email: janine.watson@news.com.au More Coverage ‘The cleaner’ faces family of murder victim he dumped in creek Janine Watson ‘Ouch!’: Cruiser crashes into bridge in northern NSW Janine Watson Originally published as Marine rescue unit commander warns boaties to check conditions after yacht hit Forster-Tuncurry Bridge Join the conversation Add your comment to this story To join the conversation, please log in. Don't have an account? Register Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout More related stories QLD News Family’s heartache: Every day we look back and think ‘why us?’ One family has opened up on their living nightmare, as it’s revealed Aussie school students are among the most bullied in the world. Read more NSW New $29m Aquatic Centre to make a splash before Christmas Residents and visitors in the Clarence are set to receive an early Christmas present as workers push through hundreds on millimetres of rain to get a new public pool opened. Read moreElfaine Tan remembers when bras with metal underwires were a staple in many women’s wardrobes. The founder of Singapore lingerie brand I’m In was in her teens then, and recalled how uncomfortable the bras were. “Back then, a lot of times, the bras were purchased by our mums. I don’t remember questioning my mum about it,” the 36-year-old laughed. In fact, Tan said that she wore these wired bras to death – even when the underwires, as a result of wear and tear, began to poke out through the fabric into her flesh. She thought this was “normal” and would just push the wires back in. Sometimes, at work, when fidgeting with her bra would be unsightly, she would ignore the discomfort. The protruding wires caused redness and abrasions. What she did not expect was that over time, they developed into a brownish discoloration, she told CNA Women. This was why in 2015, the former director at SingPost decided to launch her own lingerie brand, I’m In . The Singaporean believes that no woman should ever have to put up with uncomfortable bras. However, although Tan’s vision was to make comfortable wireless bras, she was a newbie in the business. The minimum order quantity required by factories was very high and bras are complicated to make – a standard bra features 30 to 50 parts – including the mould, various layers that go into the cup, padding, sidebands, hooks and straps. Then just 26 years old, Tan decided to sell underwear first to buy herself time to learn the ropes about bras. Two years later in 2017, she launched her first wireless bra. Tan’s first bras were ready-made wireless designs sourced from China, with slight modifications to the straps, hooks and colours. She started with 12 designs. It was a steep learning curve. “ I paid a lot for the ‘lessons’. There was one time, the bras that came looked okay, but when you wore them, they became deformed,” she recalled. The factory used cheaper, less dense foam, she discovered. However, after many hurdles and speed bumps, she has since successfully launched a sizeable collection of wireless bras, growing from an e-commerce brand to four stores in Singapore. Another challenge she had was convincing women to switch from underwire bras to wireless ones. “A lot of people might think that only a wired bra is supportive – that is the usual misconception,” Tan said. “We share with customers that just because you wear a wireless bra doesn’t mean that your boobs have become saggy and you will have no support.” A wireless bra features more layers than wired bras to give breast support, Tan said. However, these extra layers won’t make you sweat a lot more – most are around the bra cup, not underneath or in between the breasts, which are prone to sweating. Bra cups feature “different meshes and different density of foams between the outer and inner fabric. Sometimes... we use plastic at the side to give the bra shape,” she explained. Because of this, I’m In wireless bras provide support for larger breasts, and run up to size 4XL or 44E, said Tan. They also come in different designs, from halter to low necklines, and have built-in or removable sponges that can range from 0.5cm to 4cm in thickness for a push-up effect. Tip: If you’re going for more cleavage, look for padding at the side of the bra cup to push the breasts inwards. For rounder breasts, look for padding that extends to the bottom of the cup to push the breast up, Tan said. However, one wireless design she felt was not up to par were strapless bras. As women perspire, existing wireless strapless bras tend to shift, slip and look mishappen in tight-fitting clothing, requiring women to constantly adjust their bras throughout the day, she said. Many brands also use silicone along the under band of the bra and in the bra cups to help the bra stick to the skin. This, Tan felt, was uncomfortable in Singapore’s hot and humid weather. In 2018, Tan decided to design her own bra – the 100% Non-Slip Strapless Bra . Silicone-free, the bra has rubber at the top and bottom, as well as a piece of non-slip fabric at the side band to prevent it from slipping and sliding. This bra’s design has been refined five times over the years, and remains one of the brand’s bestsellers. “Customers tell me that when they run for the bus, it won’t drop. We have a lot of customers who are OLs (office ladies). When they go from meeting to meeting, it stays up. So there is no need to do this ugly thing where they keep pulling and shifting,” she said. The pandemic catalysed a shift towards comfort-focused design and wireless bras. And I’m In rode this trend. “During COVID-19, a lot of frontliners wore our bras. Because when they wear PPE ( personal protective equipment) , it is so hot and humid. Our Air-ee bra range absorbs and dispels sweat very well,” Tan said. What Tan wanted to improve was the fabric. “It gets loose very quickly. And because the fabric is so smooth and soft, when you scratch it, linting (unsightly textile fibre and fluff) appears,” she said. She worked with a factory in China to create her own – a “very long, daunting process”, Tan said. Her team would send the fabrics they liked to the laboratory to find out their composition, and then went about adjusting the composition, such as the spandex percentage, for better stretch recovery (the ability of a material to return to its original size after being stretched). Once the factory had created samples of the new fabrics, they would test it. “For example, they would throw it into their industrial washer and wash for 30 cycles. Did it shrink or they become bigger?” she said. Tan’s team would do their own testing as well. It took six to nine months for Tan to create the perfect fabric, one that was soft, smooth, sweat-wicking and absorbent, with good stretch recovery and linting resistance. It is now incorporated in many of the brand’s bras. She said that regardless of design, comfort is key in all intimate wear. “It is a very basic requirement... a wireless bra is game-changing.” Tan is now working on launching a machine-washable organic cotton range, featuring 12 per cent spandex and 88 per cent cotton instead of nylon in November. CNA Women is a section on CNA Lifestyle that seeks to inform, empower and inspire the modern woman. If you have women-related news, issues and ideas to share with us, email CNAWomen [at] mediacorp.com.sg .

LONDON — Britain is making a fresh pitch to become a global crypto hub , but faces a tough road ahead amid criticism from local entrepreneurs and U.S. competition under President-elect Donald Trump. Britain's Labour government has committed to making the country an accommodative environment for businesses engaged in crypto and blockchain-related activities. In a recent speech, U.K. Economic Secretary to the Treasury Tulip Siddiq said the government aims to engage firms on draft legal provisions for digital assets including stablecoins — tokens pegged to the value of sovereign currencies — "as early as possible next year." She also said the government wouldn't approach crypto staking services, which offer rewards on users' token holdings, as collective investment schemes. Crypto industry insiders had worried such a treatment would have created burdensome regulatory requirements. "This is a sector with enormous potential and a sector that's already playing a central role in the U.K.'s vibrant tech landscape," Poppy Gustafsson, Britain's investment minister, said last week at an event organized by the U.K. division of Coinbase -backed advocacy group Stand With Crypto. Gustafsson said the government is "committed to fostering and embracing blockchain" and is "already taking decisive steps to support this sector and ensure that we remain at the forefront of this global innovation." One example she cited was the launch of the Digital Securities Sandbox , a testbed for developing new distributed ledger technology-based solutions for the issuance, trading and settlement of securities in a live regulated environment. Another example is the " digital gilt " pilot launched last month, which looks to issue U.K. government bonds on the blockchain. While Britain is pushing forward a number of regulatory proposals on crypto, not everyone's convinced it can become a globally significant place for the technology. "I don't know whether we have the policymakers, the government, the risk appetite, the pro-entrepreneurship attitude to really capitalize on this generational opportunity," Steven Bartlett, a British entrepreneur famous for his "Diary of a CEO" podcast series, said in a fireside discussion at the Stand with Crypto event. Bartlett said that spending time at both the San Francisco and London offices of his blockchain startup Thirdweb makes him think "it's really unfair to try and build a company here compared to being there." Data from the U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority suggests there's growing demand for crypto products in the country — the average value of crypto held by Brits rose to £1,842 ($2,33 7 ) this year from £1,595 a year ago, according to a survey released by the regulator last month. The FCA also published a roadmap detailing its plan to implement regulation for the crypto industry. The watchdog will launch discussion papers on stablecoins, trading platforms, lending, and staking over the next two years, with a full regulatory regime slated to go live by 2026 . Tom Duff Gordon, Coinbase's vice president of international policy, told CNBC that the U.K. shouldn't let regulatory momentum on crypto slow down, following Trump's election win. The Republican politician ran on a notoriously pro-crypto policy platform, vowing he wouldn't sell bitcoin seized by the federal government and that he'd replace incumbent Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, who took an aggressive enforcement approach against various crypto firms while heading the agency. Last month, Gensler announced he intends to step down as SEC chair on Jan. 20, the date of Trump's upcoming inauguration. "The U.K. has done a lot of work," Coinbase's Gordon told CNBC in an interview on the sidelines of the event. "There's a huge opportunity for the U.K. to be really successful in this area, but we do need to have regulatory clarity." "We'd like to see secondary legislation on staking and stablecoins," Gordon added. "The city minister referred to that — so we're hoping to see that as well." While Britain now has a regulatory roadmap in place, crypto industry executives fear that waiting until 2026 to launch a full regime could push the country behind its transatlantic peers. Coinbase's chief policy officer, Faryar Shirzad, told CNBC in a recent interview that he now sees the U.S. being on track to approve federal crypto legislation "fairly quickly" — potentially as soon as 2025. Meanwhile, in the EU, a comprehensive piece of legislation known as the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation is set to come into force in full later this month. George McDonaugh, CEO of KR1 , a publicly-traded digital asset investment firm that specializes in blockchain technology, said that outdated rules in the U.K. are making it difficult for crypto-focused investment businesses like his to become more widely known publicly-traded names. KR1 is currently listed on the Acquis Stock Exchange, a trading venue for high-growth firms. McDonaugh said that KR1 has been trying for years to trade on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, but that it's blocked by a 2018 rule barring tokens like bitcoin and ether from being allowed in publicly-listed vehicles. "Time's moved on from then," McDonaugh said. "We believe that we can unlock a tsunami of capital into the British markets by removing that restriction." As the FCA tries to figure out how to develop and implement a regulatory crypto framework, experts are hoping it will encourage and foster innovation — not stifle it. Irfan Baluch, a crypto lawyer at Cripps, said he hopes the U.K. takes inspiration from the EU, which has already taken a "leading position" on crypto regulation with MiCA. "Applying 20 th century law to 21st century technology ... will only stifle innovation and drive crypto businesses offshore," Baluch said, adding the FCA's crypto regulation roadmap seems to be "a nod in the direction of addressing this issue" — for now, at least. "The U.K. has this unbelievable opportunity in this moment to act really decisively ... in the direction of innovation," Bartlett said. "If we do that in a way that the United States seems to naturally do, we won't find ourselves being the residual beneficiary of the blockchain or AI technology — we can play a really meaningful role in making sure the value of these technologies accrues to this country. But it has to be radical," he added.

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SEATTLE , Nov. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) today reported third quarter net earnings of $46 million , or earnings per diluted share ("EPS") of $0.27 , and earnings before interest and taxes ("EBIT") of $83 million . Excluding a charge related to accelerated technology depreciation, the Company reported adjusted EBIT of $97 million and adjusted EPS of $0.33 .[1] For the third quarter ended November 2, 2024, net sales increased 4.6 percent versus the same period in fiscal 2023, and total Company comparable sales increased 4.0 percent. Gross merchandise value ("GMV") increased 5.3 percent. Anniversary Sale timing, with one week shifting from the third quarter to the second quarter, had a negative impact of approximately 100 basis points on net sales compared with 2023. During the quarter, Nordstrom banner net sales increased 1.3 percent and comparable sales increased 4.0 percent. Net sales for Nordstrom Rack increased 10.6 percent and comparable sales increased 3.9 percent. "The continued sales growth across the company and strong gross margin in the third quarter indicate our team's focus and efforts are working," said Erik Nordstrom , chief executive officer of Nordstrom, Inc. "Our customers have a lot of choices, and our results give us encouragement that we're on the right path. Looking ahead, we'll continue to improve our shopping experience as we strive to maintain the positive momentum we've worked towards all year." In the third quarter, women's apparel and active had double-digit growth, and shoes, men's apparel and kids were up mid to high single-digits, versus 2023. Growth in women's apparel, shoes and men's apparel accelerated sequentially from the second quarter. "Our third quarter results demonstrate that our strategic focus on curating a compelling brand assortment is resonating with customers," said Pete Nordstrom , president of Nordstrom, Inc. "Our actions throughout this year have led to this moment, and we feel well-positioned for a successful holiday season and look forward to helping our customers celebrate the moments that matter. I'm grateful to our dedicated team for consistently delivering the high level of service our customers have come to expect from Nordstrom." As previously announced, the board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per share, payable on December 18, 2024, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 3, 2024. THIRD QUARTER 2024 SUMMARY STORES UPDATE To date in fiscal 2024, the Company has opened 23 stores: City Location Square Footage (000s) Timing of Opening Nordstrom Rack Pinole, CA Pinole Vista Crossing 23 March 7, 2024 Snellville, GA Presidential Markets 35 March 7, 2024 Kennesaw, GA Barrett Place 25 March 21, 2024 Macedonia, OH Macedonia Gateway 28 April 11, 2024 Gilroy, CA Gilroy Crossing 25 April 25, 2024 Jacksonville Beach, FL South Beach Regional 30 May 2, 2024 Queen Creek, AZ Queen Creek Marketplace 28 May 16, 2024 Elk Grove, CA The Ridge Elk Grove 25 May 30, 2024 Wheaton, IL Danada Square East 29 May 30, 2024 Oceanside, CA Pacific Coast Plaza 32 June 6, 2024 Bay Shore, NY Gardiner Manor Mall 24 June 13, 2024 San Antonio, TX Bandera Pointe 24 September 5, 2024 Franklin, TN Cool Springs Market 24 September 5, 2024 San Mateo, CA Bridgepointe Shopping Center 36 September 12, 2024 San Diego, CA Clairemont Town Square 25 September 19, 2024 Mooresville, NC Mooresville Crossing 28 September 26, 2024 Houston, TX Meyerland Plaza 34 September 26, 2024 Mason, OH Deerfield Towne Center 30 October 3, 2024 Raleigh, NC Triangle Town Place 32 October 10, 2024 Fort Myers, FL Bell Tower 31 October 17, 2024 Noblesville, IN Hamilton Town Center 25 October 17, 2024 Omaha, NE Village Pointe 30 October 24, 2024 Tarzana, CA Village Walk 25 November 1, 2024 The Company has also announced plans to open the following stores: City Location Square Footage (000s) Timing of Opening Nordstrom Rack Davis, CA The Davis Collection 25 Spring 2025 Matthews, NC Sycamore Commons 25 Spring 2025 Geneva, IL Randall Square 25 Spring 2025 Manalapan Township, NJ Manalapan Commons 26 Spring 2025 Apple Valley, MN Fischer Marketplace 30 Spring 2025 Houston, TX Westchase Shopping Center 30 Spring 2025 Morrisville, NC Park West Village 25 Spring 2025 Coral Springs, FL Pine Ridge Square 31 Fall 2025 Surprise, AZ Prasada North 26 Fall 2025 Holbrook, NY The Shops at SunVet 27 Fall 2025 Hyannis, MA The Landing at Hyannis 25 Fall 2025 Prosper, TX The Gates of Prosper 26 Fall 2025 Melbourne, FL The Avenue Viera 24 Fall 2025 Meridian, ID The Village at Meridian 25 Fall 2025 Lakeland, FL Lakeside Village 30 Fall 2025 Sarasota, FL Sarasota Pavilion 27 Spring 2026 The Company had the following store counts as of quarter-end: November 2, 2024 October 28, 2023 Nordstrom Nordstrom 93 93 Nordstrom Local service hubs 6 6 ASOS | Nordstrom — 1 Nordstrom Rack Nordstrom Rack 280 258 Last Chance clearance stores 2 2 Total 381 360 Gross store square footage 26,874,000 26,305,000 During the third quarter, the Company closed one Nordstrom Rack store. FISCAL YEAR 2024 OUTLOOK The Company updated its financial outlook for fiscal 2024, which reflects the estimated accelerated technology depreciation impacts expected in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024: CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION The Company's senior management will host a conference call to provide a business update and to discuss third quarter 2024 financial results and fiscal 2024 outlook at 4:45 p.m. EST today. To listen to the live call online and view the speakers' prepared remarks and the conference call slides, visit the Investor Relations section of the Company's corporate website at investor. nordstrom .com . An archived webcast with the speakers' prepared remarks and the conference call slides will be available in the Quarterly Results section for one year. Interested parties may also dial 201-689-8354. A telephone replay will be available beginning approximately three hours after the conclusion of the call by dialing 877-660-6853 or 201-612-7415 and entering Conference ID 13750079, until the close of business on December 3, 2024. ABOUT NORDSTROM At Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN), we exist to help our customers feel good and look their best. Since starting as a shoe store in 1901, how to best serve customers has been at the center of every decision we make. This heritage of service is the foundation we're building on as we provide convenience and true connection for our customers. Our interconnected model enables us to serve customers when, where and how they want to shop – whether that's in-store at more than 350 Nordstrom, Nordstrom Local and Nordstrom Rack locations or digitally through our Nordstrom and Rack apps and websites. Through it all, we remain committed to leaving the world better than we found it. Certain statements in this press release contain or may suggest "forward-looking" information (as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that involves risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different from expectations. The words "will," "may," "designed to," "outlook," "believes," "should," "targets," "anticipates," "assumptions," "plans," "expects" or "expectations," "intends," "estimates," "forecasts," "guidance" and similar expressions identify certain of these forward-looking statements. The Company also may provide forward-looking statements in oral statements or other written materials released to the public. All statements contained or incorporated in this press release or in any other public statements that address such future events or expectations are forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements are detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2024, our Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 4, 2024 , our Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 3, 2024 and our Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended November 2, 2024 , to be filed with the SEC on or about December 5, 2024 . In addition, forward-looking statements contained in this release may be impacted by the actual outcome of events or occurrences related to the Company's announcement of the exploration of possible avenues to enhance shareholder value, including consideration by a special committee of the board of directors of a proposal brought forward by members of the Nordstrom family to take the Company private. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date made, and, except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events, new information or future circumstances. In addition, the actual timing, price, manner and amounts of future share repurchases, if any, will be subject to the discretion of our board of directors, contractual commitments, market and economic conditions and applicable Securities and Exchange Commission rules. This earnings release includes references to websites, website addresses and additional materials, including reports and blogs, found on those websites. 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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (unaudited; amounts in millions, except per share amounts) Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended November 2, 2024 October 28, 2023 November 2, 2024 October 28, 2023 Net sales $3,347 $3,200 $10,353 $9,926 Credit card revenues, net 117 120 339 347 Total revenues 3,464 3,320 10,692 10,273 Cost of sales and related buying and occupancy costs (2,156) (2,080) (6,760) (6,488) Selling, general and administrative expenses (1,225) (1,163) (3,680) (3,466) Canada wind-down costs — 25 — (284) Earnings before interest and income taxes 83 102 252 35 Interest expense, net (26) (24) (79) (78) Earnings (loss) before income taxes 57 78 173 (43) Income tax (expense) benefit (11) (11) (45) 43 Net earnings $46 $67 $128 $— Earnings per share: Basic $0.28 $0.41 $0.78 $— Diluted $0.27 $0.41 $0.76 $— Weighted-average shares outstanding: Basic 164.6 162.0 164.0 161.5 Diluted 169.8 163.6 168.1 161.5 Percent of net sales: Gross profit 35.6 % 35.0 % 34.7 % 34.6 % Selling, general and administrative expenses 36.6 % 36.3 % 35.5 % 34.9 % Earnings before interest and income taxes 2.5 % 3.2 % 2.4 % 0.4 % NORDSTROM, INC. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (unaudited; amounts in millions) November 2, 2024 February 3, 2024 October 28, 2023 Assets Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $397 $628 $375 Accounts receivable, net 544 334 322 Merchandise inventories 2,780 1,888 2,626 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 311 286 392 Total current assets 4,032

Minnesota firearms deer harvest remains above 2023 after third weekend, DNR saysNominations Open for 2025 Defense IT Summit Flywheel AwardsNEW YORK , Dec. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Report on how AI is driving market transformation - The global sports technology market size is estimated to grow by USD 37.85 billion from 2024-2028, according to Technavio. The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 23.96% during the forecast period. Rising number of sports technology events is driving market growth, with a trend towards increasing incorporation of smart stadiums and venue technologies. However, increasing number of fatalities in hard adventure sports activities poses a challenge. Key market players include Active Network LLC, Agile Sports Technologies Inc., Athlete Intelligence, CAM Solutions Ltd., Catapult Group International Ltd., Chetu Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Epicor Software Corp., Garmin Ltd., International Business Machines Corp., Jonas Club Software, Kinexon GmbH, Orreco, PlaySight Interactive Ltd., Salesforce Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., SAP SE, SPay Inc., Sportradar Group AG, Upper Hand Inc.,Stats Perform group of companies, Apple, Inc.; ChyronHego Corp.; HCL Technologies Ltd.; Infosys Ltd.; Modern Times Group MTG; Oracle; Panasonic Corporation.; Sony Corporation; Stats LLC; Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson; Amazon Web Services Inc.; DELTATRE; Ernst & Young Global Limited; Genius Sports Group; Microsoft Corporation; SAS Institute Inc.; Sportradar AG; Synergy Sports; CBS Sports Digital; Draft Kings, Inc; Dream 11 (Sporta Technologies Pvt. Ltd.); Dream Sports Group; FanDuel Group. Key insights into market evolution with AI-powered analysis. Explore trends, segmentation, and growth drivers- View Free Sample PDF Market Driver The sports technology market is experiencing significant growth, driven by the integration of advanced technologies into sports arenas. Fans now demand and interactive experiences, leading to the adoption of innovations like smart lighting, connected seating, and digital signage. Key technologies include on-field and off-field analytics, Opta Vision, AI, ML, and data analysis, enhancing athletic performance and team analysis. Additionally, VR, Unreal Engine, wearable tech, and high-density Wi-Fi are transforming outdoor sports like football, rugby, and tennis, as well as indoor activities such as badminton, chess, swimming, and esports. Request Sample of our comprehensive report now to stay ahead in the AI-driven market evolution! Market Challenges The sports technology market encompasses various advanced technologies, including stadiums equipped with high-density Wi-Fi, digital signage, and location-based services. Esports technology, Virtual Reality (VR), Unreal Engine, and hardware-software integrations are transforming fan engagement and virtual entertainment. Wearable technology, sports analytics, player and team performance analysis, health assessment, and data interpretation are crucial for athlete optimization. Artificial intelligence, Opta services, and data analytics platforms facilitate smart stadium management, football clubs, and cricket operations. Integrated security systems ensure audience safety and entertainment activities. Discover how AI is revolutionizing market trends- Get your access now! Segment Overview This sports technology market report extensively covers market segmentation by 1.1 Sports association 1.2 Clubs 1.3 leagues 2.1 Artificial intelligence/machine learning 2.2 Internet of Things (IoT) 2.3 Augmented reality/virtual reality 3.1 Europe 3.2 North America 3.3 APAC 3.4 South America 3.5 Middle East and Africa 1.1 Sports association- The global sports technology market is experiencing significant growth, driven by the adoption of advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in various sports domains. Sports associations are leveraging AI and ML for data analysis in soccer, cricket, rugby, tennis, golf, badminton, chess, swimming, and other indoor and outdoor sports activities. AI-powered on-field and off-field analytics from Opta Vision and similar solutions enable coaches to make informed decisions and improve athletic performance. Wearable devices, including smartwatches and fitness trackers, are transforming the way fans monitor their favorite players' statistics in real-time. Esports and virtual entertainment are attracting massive audiences, with streaming platforms and digital fan-engagement platforms providing experiences. Ticket management, Wi-Fi networks, food ordering, smart lighting, and integrated security systems are essential components of modern sports infrastructure. The English Football League and other sports clubs are investing in these technologies to enhance fan experiences and boost revenue. The integration of AI, ML, data analysis, and smart cameras in sports technology is revolutionizing the industry and setting new standards for innovation. Download a Sample of our comprehensive report today to discover how AI-driven innovations are reshaping competitive dynamics Research Analysis The Sports Technology Market is experiencing significant growth, driven by advancements in Esports technology, High-density Wi-Fi, Location-based services, Digital signage, and Wearable technology. These innovations enhance the fan experience at Stadiums and Arenas/stadiums, transforming Sports events into immersive, interactive experiences. Unreal Engine and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies bring Esports and Indoor sports activities to life, providing Athletic performance analysis through Data analytics and Opta services. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Wearable devices are revolutionizing the way we monitor and improve Athletic performance in sports such as Badminton, Chess, Swimming, Tennis, Golf, and more. The integration of these technologies is fueling the Digital transformation of the Sports industry, offering new opportunities for Entertainment activities and Games. Market Research Overview The Sports Technology Market encompasses various innovative technologies designed to enhance athletic performance and fan experience. Esports (sports) and tech (technology) convergence is driving significant growth in this sector. Technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are transforming the way sports are played and consumed. Wearable technology, including smartwatches and fitness trackers, are popular tools for athletes to monitor their performance and health metrics. Digital signage and analytics are used by teams and leagues to engage fans and optimize stadium operations. Sports technology companies are also leveraging data and analytics to provide personalized training programs and fan experiences. The market is expected to continue growing as technology continues to revolutionize the sports industry. Table of Contents: 1 Executive Summary 2 Market Landscape 3 Market Sizing 4 Historic Market Size 5 Five Forces Analysis 6 Market Segmentation End-user Sports Association Clubs Leagues Technology Artificial Intelligence/machine Learning Internet Of Things (IoT) Augmented Reality/virtual Reality Geography Europe North America APAC South America Middle East And Africa Type Sports 7 Customer Landscape 8 Geographic Landscape 9 Drivers, Challenges, and Trends 10 Company Landscape 11 Company Analysis 12 Appendix About Technavio Technavio is a leading global technology research and advisory company. Their research and analysis focuses on emerging market trends and provides actionable insights to help businesses identify market opportunities and develop effective strategies to optimize their market positions. With over 500 specialized analysts, Technavio's report library consists of more than 17,000 reports and counting, covering 800 technologies, spanning across 50 countries. Their client base consists of enterprises of all sizes, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies. This growing client base relies on Technavio's comprehensive coverage, extensive research, and actionable market insights to identify opportunities in existing and potential markets and assess their competitive positions within changing market scenarios. Contacts Technavio Research Jesse Maida Media & Marketing Executive US: +1 844 364 1100 UK: +44 203 893 3200 Email: [email protected] Website: www.technavio.com/ SOURCE Technavio

google memory game The Football Championship Subdivision playoffs near. Idaho edge rusher Keyshawn James-Newby could add to the season’s accolades as he became a Buck Buchanan Award finalist, the school announced Wednesday. The award is presented annually to the FCS Defensive Player of the Year. James-Newby, a senior from Helena, Montana, anchors No. 7 Idaho’s defense as he leads the Big Sky Conference with nine sacks. His 13 tackles for loss rank fourth in the conference. Idaho head coach Jason Eck congratulates defensive lineman Keyshawn James-Newby (1) on a play during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Oregon, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. James-Newby became a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award, the school announced Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Lydia Ely) He also boasts 10 quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles in 11 games. James-Newby joins 33 other players on the finalist list, including Montana State’s Brody Grebe and UC Davis’ David Meyer. The winner will be announced Jan. 4 in Frisco, Texas, at the Stats Perform FCS National Awards Banquet. Idaho (9-3 overall, 6-2 Big Sky) earned the No. 8 seed in the FCS playoffs and will host the winner of No. 9 Richmond/Lehigh at 6 p.m. Dec. 7 in the FCS Second Round. This marks the Vandals’ third straight playoff appearance in head coach Jason Eck’s third season. Your story lives in the Magic Valley, and our new mobile app is designed to make sure you don’t miss breaking news, the latest scores, the weather forecast and more. From easy navigation with the swipe of a finger to personalized content based on your preferences to customized text sizes, the Times-News app is built for you and your life. Don’t have the app? Download it today from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Get local news delivered to your inbox!

Video game ends ‘collaboration’ with Conor McGregorIt took far longer than anyone in the organization preferred, but the Utica Comets finally ended its winless streak. The Comets notched a 4-3 win Friday at the Syracuse Crunch — eventual American Hockey League Player of the Week Mike Hardman scored the game-winner with 73 seconds remaining — and then showed an opportunistic side less than 24 hours later in a 5-1 road victory over the Rochester Americans. Both Isaac Poulter (26 saves Friday) and Nico Daws (35 saves Saturday) were sharp in earning their first wins of the season. The results snapped the team-record 13-winless streak to start the season (technically 14, dating to the 23-24 season finale). The wins give the Comets a 2-10-2-1 overall record, getting them a step closer to no longer having the worst record in the 32-team league. Saturday's five goals were a season-best. Notably, the team totaled nine goals over the two wins which constitutes 30% of the total goals this season. The offensive outburst is a positive step for the Comets, who were averaging 1.6 goals per game entering the weekend. Hardman earns honor For his play on the weekend, Hardman was named Player of the Week on Monday. It is the first time the 25-year-old winger has earned the AHL's weekly award. Hardman totaled four points, including the eventual game-winners on Friday and Saturday. Hardman, returning from a three-game injury absence, had an assist to help give Utica a two-goal lead on Friday, before scoring two go-ahead goals in the third period, the second one coming with 1:13 remaining to help Utica get the win. Hardman, a fourth-year pro from Massachusetts, has four goals and one assist in seven games with the Comets this season. He signed as a free agent with the parent New Jersey Devils in the offseason. He's is the first Comets player to be named AHL Player of the Week since Dec. 25, 2022 (Graeme Clarke). Hardman is the eighth Comets player to earn the weekly honor since 2013. Holding off Syracuse Comets' captain Ryan Schmelzer ended two other droughts with the game's opening goal in the first period Friday in Syracuse. It was his first goal of the season and it snapped a stretch of 138 minutes the team had gone without a goal over parts or all of four games. While on the power play, Schmelzer circled into the left faceoff dot and took a snap pass from rookie defenseman Seamus Casey and one-timed a rocket past sprawling goaltender Matt Tomkins. The Comets had not scored in a 2-0 loss at home the previous weekend. Utica;s lead doubled when Beckman got his second point of the night, 2:41 into the second period. When the puck came out from along the boards in the offensive zone, Hardman took a shot from far out as Beckman drove the net and tipped it in over Tomkins' glove. It was Beckman's third goal of the season and Hardman's first assist. Syracuse cashed on two power plays in the second and third period to tie the game. Hardman grabbed the lead back with his second goal of the season with just under 10 minutes left in regulation. The puck was pushed to him on a rebound, and he ripped a shot from the right faceoff circle that hit the back of the net, putting the Comets up 3-2. The Crunch's Conor Sheary then tied the game with 4:40 left in regulation. However, a second power-play tally for the Comets was the goal that finally ended the winless streak. Hardman sent a rebound off his own initial shot past Tomkins. After work on special teams leading into the game, Utica finished 2-for-3 on the power play. Though, the penalty kill finished 1-for-3. It was the first AHL coaching win for interim coach Ryan Parent. Rolling past Rochester While it wasn't the prettiest of outings — Utica had six total shots through 26 minutes of game time, for example — Utica was opportunistic Saturday in Rochester. It snapped a three-game winless streak vs. the Amerks. It helped Utica's power play also scored twice, including the first goal of the game 8:44 into the opening period by Brian Halonen. He scored through a mess of bodies in front after a short pass from Xavier Parent. Utica's three-goal second period helped give the team a 4-0 lead and Comets came within 10.8 seconds of shutting out the Amerks before Brendan Warren scored the Amerks' only goal in the 5-1 loss. Utica extended the lead to 4-0 over a less than nine-minute span with goals from Hardman (from the bottom of the right circle), Halonen (one-timer from the left circle on the power play) and Nathan Légaré tapping in the puck on feed from Topias Vilen on the rush. That goal ended Felix Sandstrom’s night (11 saves on 15 shots). Schmelzer scored from the top of the right circle near the midpoint of the third. It was the sixth loss in seven games for Rochester. Casey, points leader Casey, playing in his 11th game with Utica, finished with back-to-back two-point games. He leads the team 13 points, including a team-best 12 assists. His points are tied for seventh among all AHL rookies. Upcoming The Comets have their final home game of November at 7 p.m. Wednesday against Providence. It is the first of two visits for Boston's AHL affiliate. Utica then heads to Springfield for a 4:05 p.m. game Friday in Massachusetts. Then, Utica meets Providence again at 7 p.m. Saturday in Rhode Island to close November.

NoneCOLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Tafara Gapare scored 19 points, freshman Derik Queen had 15 points and eight rebounds and Maryland beat Bucknell 91-67 on Wednesday night. Maryland opened the game on a 15-2 run, extended it to 25-7 with 10:38 left and led 51-28 at the break. The Terrapins led by at least 16 points the entire second half, which included runs of 12-0 and 9-0. Gapare scored the 10 straight points during the second-half run. Gapare threw down a highlight dunk while being fouled with 2:08 remaining to give Maryland an 89-62 lead. He was called for a technical foul after stepping over Patrick O’Brien, who was attempting to take a charge. Jayden Williams made the two free throws for Bucknell and Gapare missed his free-throw attempt that would have tied his career high of 20 points. Maryland (6-1) has won 20 consecutive home games against unranked nonconference foes with its last loss coming on Dec. 1, 2021, against Virginia Tech in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Julian Reese added 14 points and Selton Miguel scored 13 for Maryland. Gapare, a Georgia Tech transfer, reached double-figure scoring as a Terp for the first time. The Terrapins shot 50% from the field with three 3-pointers apiece by Gapare and Miguel. Ruot Bijiek led Bucknell (4-4) with 20 points and Josh Bascoe added 10. The Bison turned it over 20 times leading to 22 Maryland points. Maryland stays at home to play Alcorn State on Sunday. Bucknell returns home to play Siena on Saturday. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Reserve Jahni Summers led Indiana State past St. Louis Pharmacy on Saturday with 22 points in a 101-53 win. Summers went 8 of 11 from the field (6 for 9 from 3-point range) for the Sycamores (8-4, 2-0 Missouri Valley Conference). Markus Harding finished 6 of 7 from the field to add 13 points. Samage Teel shot 5 of 8 from the field and 2 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 12 points. The Eutectics were led in scoring by Ahian Barnett, who finished with 12 points. St. Louis Pharmacy also got 10 points from Moctar Keita. Bryant Odunayo also put up 10 points. Indiana State took the lead with 19:49 left in the first half and never looked back. Summers led their team in scoring with 14 points in the first half to help put them up 56-19 at the break. Indiana State pulled away with a 13-3 run in the second half to extend a 39-point lead to 49 points. Indiana State visits Ohio State in its next matchup on December 29. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

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NoneDonald Trump has taken to insulting the military as too "woke" and too focused on diversity — and even going so far as to blame that for the military's inability to build a stable democracy in Afghanistan. This is nonsense, conservative columnist Max Boot wrote for The Washington Post. All of this comes as Trump has put forward Pete Hegseth, a Fox News personality who has criticized the practice of women serving in combat roles, to head up the Department of Defense — and as that nomination faces turmoil over a police report detailing a sexual assault allegation against him was revealed. "These criticisms might resonate with at least a portion of the public fed up with the costly futility of America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — and conditioned by relentless right-wing criticism into thinking that the armed forces have been hijacked by social justice activists," wrote Boot. But they have no merit, he said. "It was America’s political leaders who gave the armed forces the thankless task of transforming Afghanistan and Iraq into Western-style democracies. That was probably a mission impossible, especially given the limited commitment Washington was willing to make in both countries," Boot said. ALSO READ: A giant middle finger from a tiny craven man When it comes to the people leading the military today, wrote Boot, Trump is way off base to call them weak. "I would say that Gen. David H. Petraeus, Gen. Jim Mattis, the late Gen. Ray Odierno, Gen. Lloyd Austin, Adm. James G. Stavridis, Adm. William H. McRaven, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster and other outstanding military leaders of recent decades are every bit the equal of any group of generals and admirals in U.S. history — and that includes Gens. George S. Patton and Douglas MacArthur, two deeply flawed historical figures whom Trump appears to venerate ," he said. As for the idea the military is too obsessed with diversity, he wrote, " some diversity training is important in a very diverse force full of women and ethnic minorities. It’s important to make the military a welcoming destination for recruits of all backgrounds — not just White men." And the military's current recruitment crisis has nothing to do with diversity, he noted — it's due to the fact that young people increasingly view the military as a poor career path that isn't worth the danger. Indeed, he concluded, the "far bigger threat" to America's military readiness is Trump's impending plan to use the armed forces in mass deportations around the country — and to purge any generals who may object to this. "Either undertaking would be a major distraction from preparing to fight China , Russia , Iran , North Korea and other potential foes," Boot said.PM wants monitoring of sugar mills

Chargers RB J.K. Dobbins unlikely to play against Falcons because of knee injuryNEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied bail on Wednesday as he awaits a May sex trafficking trial by a judge who cited evidence showing him to be a serious risk of witness tampering and proof that he has violated regulations in jail. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian made the decision in a written ruling following a bail hearing last week, when lawyers for the hip-hop mogul argued that a $50 million bail package they proposed would be sufficient to ensure Combs doesn’t flee and doesn’t try to intimidate prospective trial witnesses. Two other judges previously had been persuaded by prosecutors’ arguments that the Bad Boy Records founder was a danger to the community if he is not behind bars. Lawyers did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment on the decision. Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to for years, aided by associates and employees. An indictment alleges that he silenced victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings. A federal appeals court judge last month denied Combs’ immediate release while a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan considers his bail request. Prosecutors have insisted that no bail conditions would be sufficient to protect the public and prevent the “I’ll Be Missing You” singer from fleeing. They say that even in a federal lockup in Brooklyn, Combs has orchestrated social media campaigns designed to influence prospective jurors and tried to publicly leak materials he thinks can help his case. They say he also has contacted potential witnesses through third parties. Lawyers for Combs say any alleged sexual abuse described in the indictment occurred during consensual relations between adults and that new evidence refutes allegations that Combs used his to induce into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances with male sex workers known as “Freak Offs.” Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press

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Chicago is set to have its warmest year on record, beating the previous benchmark set in 2012, according to the National Weather Service. Based on preliminary data, Chicago’s average temperature for 2024 is on track to be between 54.8 and 55.0 degrees, breaking the previous record of an average of 54.5 degrees in 2012, the weather service said. Prior to that, the previous year average record was 54.4 degrees set in 1921. Official numbers for 2024 will be released on or just after Jan. 1. National Weather Service meteorologist Gino Izzi cited climate change and a fall drought as factors behind the high temps, which allowed for greater temperature fluctuations. Air is easier to heat and cool than water, so less moisture meant bigger jumps in temperature throughout the day. This also exacerbated Chicago’s higher night temperatures caused by heat dissipating off the “concrete jungle,” Izzi said. “It’s a very unique situation,” Izzi said. “When conditions are really dry, temperatures more quickly fluctuate. ... That allowed temperature swings to be more drastic.” Five months of the year were in the top 10 warmest on record ; February set a new record with an average of 39.5 degrees — beating the previous 1882 record of 39 degrees — and September was the second warmest on record, averaging 70.6 degrees, less than a degree shy of the 1931 record. And Chicago isn’t alone. Rockford is also set to have one of its top five warmest years on record, ending with an average between 52 and 53.1 degrees. If temperatures close out the year higher, it could beat records set in 1921 and 1931, and on the lower end would beat a 2021 record. The pattern extends beyond months, as the last several years have also seen record-breaking averages, which Izzi said is more attributable to climate change than single-year outliers, which can be influenced by things like droughts. “That’s a 152-year period of record, and in the last 11 years, five of them have been the top 10 warmest,” Izzi said. Looking at the year ahead, Izzi said another record year of tornadoes wouldn’t be surprising — it has been broken two years in a row — but that was more due to advancements in technology that allows them to retroactively document tornadoes. The tornadoes seen in and near the city have had longer paths though, which is a change caused by climate factors. For the near future, Izzi said Chicagoans can expect a drier January with a possibility for “closer to or below average” temperatures, though snow may spring up toward the end of the month. “There will still be cold periods mixed in,” Izzi said. “But on the whole, climate change is making it easier for warmer conditions to happen more often.”

Aston Villa denied last-gasp winner in Juventus stalemateLandmark lawsuit brought on behalf of thousands of survivors of child sexual abuse images and videos (CSAM) traded on Apple platforms CUPERTINO, Calif. , Dec. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- This weekend, a class action lawsuit was filed against Apple on behalf of thousands of survivors of child sexual abuse for knowingly allowing the storage of images and videos documenting their abuse on iCloud and the company's defectively designed products. The lawsuit alleges that Apple has known about this content for years, but has refused to act to detect or remove it, despite developing advanced technology to do so. The plaintiffs are being represented by Marsh Law Firm. Additionally, Heat Initiative is providing some support for this lawsuit as part of the organization's broader Ignite program , which provides legal and advocacy support for victims of child sexual abuse through referrals, research, and funding to empower them to use their voices and hold technology companies accountable. The images and videos of the plaintiffs' childhood sexual abuse, which have been stored thousands of times, would have been identified and removed had Apple implemented its 2021 "CSAM Detection" technology. However, Apple terminated the program after its announcement. Other leading technology providers have been proactively detecting and reporting illegal child sex abuse images and videos for more than a decade. Apple's belated efforts, and subsequent cancellation, leave it among the very few major platforms that do not engage in proactive detection and removal. The full complaint, as well as a fact sheet and other supporting materials, can be found HERE . "The knowledge that images of my abuse are still out there is a never-ending nightmare – Apple could have stopped this, but has chosen not to act," said Jane Doe , a plaintiff in the lawsuit. "Apple has the technology to stop this from continuing, yet they knowingly turn a blind eye. This isn't just about my story – it's about standing up for every survivor who deserves safety and dignity. Apple has a responsibility to protect us, and I'm here to demand that they fulfill it." "Today, thousands of brave survivors are coming forward to demand accountability from one of the most successful technology companies on the planet. Apple has not only rejected helping these victims, it has advertised the fact that it does not detect child sex abuse material on its platform or devices thereby exponentially increasing the ongoing harm caused to these victims," said Margaret E. Mabie , Partner at Marsh Law Firm, representing the plaintiffs. "Our clients have endured unimaginable abuse, and yet Apple's top executives continue to ignore their pleas, fully aware that this illegal contraband remains on their platform. By abandoning their state-of-the-art detection program without offering an alternative, Apple has chosen to prioritize its own corporate agenda over the lives and dignity of survivors. This lawsuit is a call for justice and a demand for Apple to finally take responsibility and protect these victims." "Apple wants people to think they are the 'responsible' tech company, and this lawsuit demonstrates clearly that, on this issue, they are not," said Sarah Gardner , Founder and CEO of the Heat Initiative, an organization dedicated to encouraging leading technology companies to combat child sex abuse on their platforms. "The plaintiffs and countless other survivors of child sexual abuse are forced to relive the worst moments imaginable because Apple refuses to implement common sense practices that are standard across the tech industry. They will argue that this is a privacy issue, but they are failing to acknowledge the privacy and basic humanity of the children being raped and sexually assaulted in the videos and images Apple stores on iCloud." In August 2021 , Apple announced it would implement a new "CSAM Detection" feature, which would have identified known child sexual abuse material in iCloud using NeuralHash, a type of hashing technology that Apple developed. However, after the program was announced, Apple executives reversed their decision and ultimately killed the implementation of the program . At the same time, in 2023, five major tech companies collectively reported more than 32 million pieces of child sexual abuse images and videos on their platforms– Apple reported only 267 . The lawsuit is seeking injunctive relief for Apple to implement basic child safety measures on behalf of the plaintiffs. The claim of negligence and failing to fulfill their duty of care resulting in harms to the plaintiffs stems from two main factors: Marsh Law Firm focuses its legal practice exclusively on representing survivors of sexual abuse and online exploitation. They are a survivor-focused, trauma-informed, and justice-oriented law firm that advocates for clients both in and out of the courtroom to secure justice and hold perpetrators and the institutions that enable abuse accountable. Heat Initiative is a collective effort of concerned child safety experts and advocates encouraging leading technology companies to combat child sexual abuse on their platforms. Heat Initiative sees a future where children's safety is at the forefront of any existing and future technological developments. The Heat Initiative's Ignite program catalyzes impact litigation to hold technology companies accountable to their duty to prevent and address the sexual exploitation of children on their platforms. Contact: press@heatinitiative.org View original content: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apple-sued-for-knowingly-hosting-child-sexual-abuse-material-on-its-products-failing-to-protect-survivors-302325571.html SOURCE Heat Initiative

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Northeastern defeats Old Dominion 75-71Cellular traffic congestion in chronic diseases suggests new therapeutic targets November 27, 2024 Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Chronic diseases such as diabetes are on the rise and are costly and challenging to treat. Scientists have discovered a common denominator driving these diverse diseases, which may prove to be a promising therapeutic target: proteolethargy, or reduced protein mobility, in the presence of oxidative stress. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIN Email Chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes and inflammatory disorders have a huge impact on humanity. They are a leading cause of disease burden and deaths around the globe, are physically and economically taxing, and the number of people with such diseases is growing. Treating chronic disease has proven difficult because there is not one simple cause, like a single gene mutation, that a treatment could target. At least, that's how it has appeared to scientists. However, research from Whitehead Institute Member Richard Young and colleagues, published in the journal Cell on November 27, reveals that many chronic diseases have a common denominator that could be driving their dysfunction: reduced protein mobility. What this means is that around half of all proteins active in cells slow their movement when cells are in a chronic disease state, reducing the proteins' functions. The researchers' findings suggest that protein mobility may be a linchpin for decreased cellular function in chronic disease, making it a promising therapeutic target. In this paper, Young and colleagues in his lab, including postdoc Alessandra Dall'Agnese, graduate students Shannon Moreno and Ming Zheng, and research scientist Tong Ihn Lee, describe their discovery of this common mobility defect, which they call proteolethargy; explain what causes the defect and how it leads to dysfunction in cells; and propose a new therapeutic hypothesis for treating chronic diseases. "I'm excited about what this work could mean for patients," says Dall'Agnese. "My hope is that this will lead to a new class of drugs that restore protein mobility, which could help people with many different diseases that all have this mechanism as a common denominator." "This work was a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort that brought together biologists, physicists, chemists, computer scientists and physician-scientists," Lee says. "Combining that expertise is a strength of the Young lab. Studying the problem from different viewpoints really helped us think about how this mechanism might work and how it could change our understanding of the pathology of chronic disease." Commuter delays cause work stoppages in the cell How do proteins moving more slowly through a cell lead to widespread and significant cellular dysfunction? Dall'Agnese explains that every cell is like a tiny city, with proteins as the workers who keep everything running. Proteins have to commute in dense traffic in the cell, traveling from where they are created to where they work. The faster their commute, the more work they get done. Now, imagine a city that starts experiencing traffic jams along all the roads. Stores don't open on time, groceries are stuck in transit, meetings are postponed. Essentially all operations in the city are slowed. The slow down of operations in cells experiencing reduced protein mobility follows a similar progression. Normally, most proteins zip around the cell bumping into other molecules until they locate the molecule they work with or act on. The slower a protein moves, the fewer other molecules it will reach, and so the less likely it will be able to do its job. Young and colleagues found that such protein slow-downs lead to measurable reductions in the functional output of the proteins. When many proteins fail to get their jobs done in time, cells begin to experience a variety of problems -- as they are known to do in chronic diseases. Discovering the protein mobility problem Young and colleagues first suspected that cells affected in chronic disease might have a protein mobility problem after observing changes in the behavior of the insulin receptor, a signaling protein that reacts to the presence of insulin and causes cells to take in sugar from blood. In people with diabetes, cells become less responsive to insulin -- a state called insulin resistance -- causing too much sugar to remain in the blood. In researchpublished on insulin receptors in Nature Communications in 2022, Young and colleagues reported that insulin receptor mobility might be relevant to diabetes. Knowing that many cellular functions are altered in diabetes, the researchers considered the possibility that altered protein mobility might somehow affect many proteins in cells. To test this hypothesis, they studied proteins involved in a broad range of cellular functions, including MED1, a protein involved in gene expression; HP1α, a protein involved in gene silencing; FIB1, a protein involved in production of ribosomes; and SRSF2, a protein involved in splicing of messenger RNA. They used single-molecule tracking and other methods to measure how each of those proteins moves in healthy cells and in cells in disease states. All but one of the proteins showed reduced mobility (about 20-35%) in the disease cells. "I'm excited that we were able to transfer physics-based insight and methodology, which are commonly used to understand the single-molecule processes like gene transcription in normal cells, to a disease context and show that they can be used to uncover unexpected mechanisms of disease," Zheng says. "This work shows how the random walk of proteins in cells is linked to disease pathology." Moreno concurs: "In school, we're taught to consider changes in protein structure or DNA sequences when looking for causes of disease, but we've demonstrated that those are not the only contributing factors. If you only consider a static picture of a protein or a cell, you miss out on discovering these changes that only appear when molecules are in motion." Can't commute across the cell, I'm all tied up right now Next, the researchers needed to determine what was causing the proteins to slow down. They suspected that the defect had to do with an increase in cells of the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS), molecules that are highly prone to interfering with other molecules and their chemical reactions. Many types of chronic-disease-associated triggers, such as higher sugar or fat levels, certain toxins, and inflammatory signals, lead to an increase in ROS, also known as an increase in oxidative stress. The researchers measured the mobility of the proteins again, in cells that had high levels of ROS and were not otherwise in a disease state, and saw comparable mobility defects, suggesting that oxidative stress was to blame for the protein mobility defect. The final part of the puzzle was why some, but not all, proteins slow down in the presence of ROS. SRSF2 was the only one of the proteins that was unaffected in the experiments, and it had one clear difference from the others: its surface did not contain any cysteines, an amino acid building block of many proteins. Cysteines are especially susceptible to interference from ROS because it will cause them to bond to other cysteines. When this bonding occurs between two protein molecules, it slows them down because the two proteins cannot move through the cell as quickly as either protein alone. About half of the proteins in our cells contain surface cysteines, so this single protein mobility defect can impact many different cellular pathways. This makes sense when one considers the diversity of dysfunctions that appear in cells of people with chronic diseases: dysfunctions in cell signaling, metabolic processes, gene expression and gene silencing, and more. All of these processes rely on the efficient functioning of proteins -- including the diverse proteins studied by the researchers. Young and colleagues performed several experiments to confirm that decreased protein mobility does in fact decrease a protein's function. For example, they found that when an insulin receptor experiences decreased mobility, it acts less efficiently on IRS1, a molecule to which it usually adds a phosphate group. From understanding a mechanism to treating a disease Discovering that decreased protein mobility in the presence of oxidative stress could be driving many of the symptoms of chronic disease provides opportunities to develop therapies to rescue protein mobility. In the course of their experiments, the researchers treated cells with an antioxidant drug -- something that reduces ROS -- called N-acetyl cysteine and saw that this partially restored protein mobility. The researchers are pursuing a variety of follow ups to this work, including the search for drugs that safely and efficiently reduce ROS and restore protein mobility. They developed an assay that can be used to screen drugs to see if they restore protein mobility by comparing each drug's effect on a simple biomarker with surface cysteines to one without. They are also looking into other diseases that may involve protein mobility, and are exploring the role of reduced protein mobility in aging. "The complex biology of chronic diseases has made it challenging to come up with effective therapeutic hypotheses," says Young, who is also a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "The discovery that diverse disease-associated stimuli all induce a common feature, proteolethargy, and that this feature could contribute to much of the dysregulation that we see in chronic disease, is something that I hope will be a real game changer for developing drugs that work across the spectrum of chronic diseases." Story Source: Materials provided by Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research . Original written by Greta Friar. Note: Content may be edited for style and length. Journal Reference : Cite This Page :Districts around California are pursuing the idea of building rent-restricted housing to help hire and retain employees amid a worsening housing crisis.Kelum Sujith Perera, the visionary founder of the Dubai-based Sri Lions, is on a mission to transform Sri Lankan rugby and sports. Fresh off the Sri Lions’ historic triumph at the Dubai Sevens Men’s International Open, Sri Lions founder Kelum Sujith Perera Perera is doubling down on his commitment to nurture talent, unite the rugby community, and create a global platform for Sri Lankan athletes. Reflecting on the team’s groundbreaking achievement, Perera expressed immense pride: “No Sri Lankan team has ever participated in the Open Men’s International category in the history of the Dubai Sevens. We started by winning the Gulf Men’s Open in 2019 and 2020, but we knew it was time to aim higher. After earning a spot in the Open Men’s International category, we worked tirelessly for three years, culminating in last year’s Plate Championship. This year, we went one step further, defeating Spain’s Esperanza in the final and bringing home the Cup. To achieve this in front of 70,000 spectators was truly remarkable.” Perera detailed how the team combined local talent with international expertise: “We blended young Sri Lankan players with world-class internationals from Fiji, South Africa, Tonga, and Australia. Players like Cecil Afrika, Branco du Preez, and Osea Kolinisau have played pivotal roles in our journey, but this year we wanted to give even more opportunities to Sri Lankan players.” Sri Lions’ qualification for the A-Division in Sri Lanka has sparked debate, with critics questioning their legitimacy. Perera tackled these concerns head-on: “We didn’t take shortcuts. Instead of paying a fee to join the A-Division directly, we competed in the B-Division and won fairly. Our victory was recognised by officials, and the tournament was conducted under a functioning Sri Lanka Rugby Union. Allegations about the tournament’s validity or disciplinary issues are baseless. We followed every protocol, and if the tournament wasn’t legitimate, why did union officials present us with the trophy?” On accusations of poaching players, Perera was clear: “Every club brings in players, but we’ve focused on creating opportunities for those who were sidelined. Players like Kevin Kutty and Tuan Zayan Sabar have found a platform with us. We even supported Sabar when CR & FC requested him for the Clifford Cup, showing that we prioritise the sport’s growth over rivalries.” A former Lumbini and Sri Lanka Under 19 player, Perera’s focus on nurturing young players is central to Sri Lions’ ethos: “Every year, over 100 players graduate from Sri Lankan schools, but most stop playing rugby. We’re changing that by providing a pathway for school leavers to develop their skills. Players like Dulaj Navodya have thrived alongside international stars, building confidence and raising their game. This exposure not only benefits them but elevates the standard of Sri Lankan rugby.” His ambitions extend far beyond rugby:“Our dream is to create a global Sri Lankan sports franchise. Beyond rugby, we’re promoting Sri Lankan sports tourism and developing multiple sports like volleyball, netball, and golf. We’re working on establishing a partnership with Fingara to give members access to world-class facilities, and we’re bringing foreign investors to build a multi-sport complex in Sri Lanka. If the government lets us maintain underutilised facilities like Sugathadasa or Diyagama, we’ll transform them into thriving hubs for rugby, football, athletics, and more.” An internationally respected referee, Perera is also exploring international opportunities: “We’re in discussions to acquire an upcoming South African club and bring it under the Sri Lions banner. This will give Sri Lankan players a chance to compete in Super Rugby and other top-tier tournaments. Imagine a Sri Lankan team playing against the Sharks or the Crusaders – that’s the level we’re aiming for.” Perera underscored the need for collaboration within Sri Lanka’s rugby community: “Rugby is bigger than any one club or individual. We need to put aside politics and personal interests and focus on building the sport together. On the field, we compete; off the field, we must unite. Some clubs didn’t release players for the national team, and that contributed to Sri Lanka’s loss to the Philippines. Imagine what we could achieve if we worked together.” For Perera, the Sri Lions are more than a team – they are a symbol of what Sri Lanka can achieve through vision and determination: “I’m not here to criticise or seek power. My goal is to elevate Sri Lankan sports and create opportunities for our players. If someone opposes us in the A-Division, we’ll find other ways to make an impact. Rugby is a beautiful game, and it has the power to unite us. Together, we can take Sri Lankan rugby to new heights.” With a clear vision and a relentless commitment to building Sri Lankan rugby, Kelum Sujith Perera is paving the way for a brighter future, both on and off the field. The Sri Lions’ success at the Dubai Sevens is just the beginning of a journey that promises to inspire generations to come.

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Published 23:57 IST, November 27th 2024 A 75-year-old retired ship captain from Mumbai has fallen victim to a cyber fraud scheme falsely promising lucrative returns on stock market investments, losing a staggering Rs 11.16 crore between August and November this year. Mumbai : A 75-year-old retired ship captain from Mumbai has fallen victim to a cyber fraud scheme falsely promising lucrative returns on stock market investments, losing a staggering Rs 11.16 crore between August and November this year, police said on Wednesday. Police arrested one Kaif Ibrahim Mansuri, a history-sheeter, and found 33 debit cards and 12 chequebooks belonging to different banks in his possession in connection with the cyber fraud case, an official said. The victim, who had a keen interest in stock market investments, was lured by fraudsters with promises of hefty returns on investments in stocks. Initially, the victim saw profits in his online investment account. However, when he attempted to withdraw his earnings, he was told to pay a 20 per cent service tax fee. Realising he had been scammed, the victim lodged a complaint with the South Cyber Police Station, the official said. "Between August to November this year the victim was duped of a staggering Rs 11.16 crore," police stated. During the investigation, authorities uncovered that the fraudsters had used multiple bank accounts to siphon off the funds. The victim had made 22 transactions, transferring money to these accounts. Upon tracking two accounts, the police discovered a withdrawal of Rs 6 lakh via cheque by a woman who had provided a PAN card for KYC verification. The woman, when questioned, admitted to withdrawing the money on the instructions of Kaif Ibrahim Mansuri. Police arrested Mansuri in South Mumbai, finding him in possession of 33 debit cards linked to 12 different bank accounts, which had been used to transfer Rs 44 lakh from the victim’s funds. Further investigations are underway, officials said. Get Current Updates on India News , Entertainment News along with Latest News and Top Headlines from India and around the world. 23:57 IST, November 27th 2024