top.646 Tella’s Goal Ends Bayern Munich’s German Cup CampaignAlongside a sweet ongoing Amazon all-time low on the 16GB/512GB M4 Mac mini as well as up to $300 off M4 Pro MacBook Pro models , we have a fresh batch of deals today. Best Buy has now launched a giant New Year sale with up to $400 off M3 MacBooks, iPad offers, and more, but Amazon also landed today with the return of all-time low prices on select M2 iPad Air configurations at up to $149 off alongside a SanDisk storage sale and all five colors of the 2024 Beats Pill at Black Friday pricing. But perhaps most notable of all, Nomad is giving folks one last chance to save on some of the best accessories for all of the Apple gear you might have just scored for the holidays – all of the details you need are right here and everything else is down below. Apple’s M2 iPad Air Wi-Fi + Cell models are now $149 off at Amazon, plus deals from $499 Apple’s latest M2 iPad Air delivers some of the better value in the lineup if you ask me – it’s not nearly as pricey as the M4 iPad Pro but not a whole lot more expensive than the far less powerful iPad mini 7. You can land the entry-level 11-inch and 13-inch 128GB models at $100 off right now, or $499 and $699 , respectively. But we are also now tracking $149 price drops across various colors on the 128GB 13-inch Wi-Fi + Cell models for folks looking for an always connected solution. All but the Starlight variant are now down at $799.97 shipped , which is $149 off the regular $949 price tag to deliver the lowest price we can find. Nomad Holiday Hangover sale now live: Apple Watch bands and chargers, steel pen, iPhone cases, more from $24 All of the eligible items are right here and you’ll find a host of favorites highlighted below – just remember to apply code HOLIDAY20 at checkout. Traditional Leather iPhone Case $48 (Reg. $60) Steel Pen $40 (Reg. $50) 25W USB-C Slim Power Adapters $24 (Reg. $30) 65W Power Adapter with Apple Watch charger $80 (Reg. $20) Stand One MagSafe Charger (2nd Gen) $88 (Reg. $110) Apple Watch Ultra Orange Sport Band $48 (Reg. $60) As you might know, Nomad has launched its notable Hangover Holiday sale to deliver 20% off a range of its wonderful Apple gear accessories. One of the highlights in the sale for me personally is the brand’s Active Band Pro Apple Watch band . I recently had a chance to go wrist-on with this sweet hybrid leather and rubber band, coming away genuinely impressed with the leather presentation and rubber functionality. Now down at one of the lowest prices we have tracked all year using code HOLIDAY20 at checkout, if you’re looking for a band that delivers full-grain leather on the outside and a comfortable sporty feel on the inside, the Active Band Pro should be on your radar. Regularly $80, you can now land Nomad’s Active Band Pro down at $64 using code HOLIDAY20 at checkout. This includes both the black and brown leather treatments and your choice of Natural or black hardware. Score this rare deal on Apple’s Magic Mouse for your new Mac mini down at $60 New Beats Pill speaker with Apple Find My still at $100 Black Friday pricing (All 5 colorways) Best Buy launches giant New Year sale: MacBooks up to $400 off, iPad, LEGO sets 30% off, appliances + $300 gift card, more Amazon SanDisk storage sale now live at up to 52% off! Memory cards, SSDs, flash drives, more from just $15 Apple’s elevated 16GB/512GB M4 Mac mini just hit the Amazon all-time low at $100 off for the holidays Apple’s new M4 Mac mini has been a popular new release this year among 9to5Toys readers and staffers, to say the least. While the entry-level model has been mostly out of stock at Amazon – it’s back now but at only $19 off, the upgraded configuration with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB internal SSD has now dropped to a new Amazon all-time low at $699 shipped . Regularly $799, this is $100 off the going rate, $44 under our previous mention, and the best price we have tracked to date. The deals on the entry-level model have been some of the more popular Apple offers we have covered in the last half of the year. The new M4 Mac mini is a long-awaited upgrade over the previous-generation M2 machines, delivering one of the best values in the Apple Mac family as the most affordable current-generation model in the lineup that is now even more so after Apple upped the entry-level RAM configurations to 16GB. We have put together a giant collection of all the best iOS games and apps now on sale for the holidays [Updated] Apple’s M4 Pro MacBook Pro just hit the best price ever at $300 off in Best Buy’s surprise last-minute Doorbusters Update: Amazon has now price matched at $1,699 . Hello! Best Buy just dropped a massive new Doorbuster on Apple’s 14-inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro with 24GB of RAM and the 512GB SSD at $1,699 shipped . You’re looking at a regular $1,999 configuration that is now seeing a straight up $300 price drop with no strings attached here folks – this is a new all-time low. As of right now, Amazon’s listing is still siting up at $1,749, although we are expecting a price match at some point today. 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro 16GB/512GB from $1,399 (Reg. $1,599) 16-inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro 24GB/512GB from $2,249 (Reg. $2,499 16-inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro 48GB/512GB from $2,699 (Reg. $2,899) 14-inch M4 Max MacBook Pro 36GB/1TB from $2,899 (Reg. $3,199) 16-inch M4 Max MacBook Pro 48GB/1TB from $3,664 (Reg. $3,999) Today’s best accessory and charging deals: LG’s brilliant 55-inch C4 OLED smart TV at $1,047 ($750 under the 2024 launch price) UGREEN’s new MagFlow Qi2 2-in-1 charging stand hits $35 Reclaim desk space with this vertical 2-slot laptop stand at only $12 Don’t let a few cables kill your vibe with this 34-inch cord cover kit at $6 ESR’s Qi2 MagSafe car chargers at $24.50 (Save 20%) Score a new iPad Pro, M2 Air, or mini 7 for the holidays? Apple Pencil Pro with Find My back at $99 Black Friday price For those who might have scored a new 2024 iPad for the holidays, the official Black Friday pricing on Apple Pencil Pro has returned. Amazon’s listing is now back in stock at $99 and Best Buy is also joining the party at the same price . Amazon’s listing has been going in and out of stock constantly over the last month or more, but you can land it there on sale right now and if you have some bonus Best Buy credit or gift cards in your pocket you can score an even better deal there today. Save up to $200 on the new M4 iMac today courtesy of Amazon, deals from $1,199 While the entry-level 2-port, 8-core model is now starting at $1,199 ($100 off), or $50 above the lowest we have tracked, there are some of the more affordable 4-port, 10-core M4 iMac configs seeing notable price drops today. Regularly $1,499, you can land the 10-core model with 16GB of RAM and the 256GB SSD starting from $1,369 shipped . That’s $130 off and the lowest price we can find, coming within $20 of the all-time low we spotted previously only on select colorways. M4 iMac 8-core 16GB RAM/256GB SSD $1,199 (Reg. $1,299) M4 iMac 10-core 16GB RAM/256GB SSD $1,369 (Reg. $1,499) Or with nano-texture glass at $1,499 (Reg. $1,699) M4 iMac 10-core 16GB RAM/512GB SSD $1,467 (Reg. $1,699) Apple’s 4-pack of AirTags drops to Doorbuster pricing today at $70 just in time for the holidays (Reg. $99) Update: Amazon has now price matched at $69.99 shipped with holiday delivery. Best Buy’s final blast of holiday Doorbuster deals are now live for everyone and that means you can now score the 4-pack of Apple’s AirTags down at $69.99 shipped to come within $1 of the lowest we have tracked all year long. Regularly $99, this is nearly 30% off the going rate and the lowest price we can find on the 4-pack. 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USC QB Miller Moss enters transfer portal after losing starting job to Jayden MaiavaNEW YORK and AMSTERDAM , Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices ("S&P DJI"), the world's leading index provider, today announced the results of the annual Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) rebalancing and reconstitution. The DJSI are float-adjusted market capitalization weighted indices that measure the performance of companies selected using environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. The DJSI, including the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), were launched in 1999 as the pioneering series of global sustainability benchmarks available in the market. The index family is comprised of global, regional and country benchmarks. As a result of this year's review, the following top three largest companies based on free-float market capitalization have been added to and deleted from the DJSI World. All changes are effective on Monday, December 23, 2024 . Additions: Airbus SE, Schlumberger Ltd, BAE Systems Plc Deletions: Alphabet Inc 1 , UnitedHealth Group Inc, ASML Holding NV 2 The full results and list of DJSI constituents will be available as of Monday, December 23 2024 , at https://www.spglobal.com/esg/csa/djsi-annual-review S&P Dow Jones Indices will be renaming a number of its sustainability and ESG-related indices (see Index Announcement ). As part of this update, the family of Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) will be renamed Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices. The changes will become effective on Monday, February 10, 2025 . The S&P Global CSA Scores will continue to be a key factor in selecting constituents for the DJSI when they are renamed Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices in February 2025 . For more information about the DJSI methodology, please visit: www.spglobal.com/spdji . ABOUT S&P DOW JONES INDICES S&P Dow Jones Indices is the largest global resource for essential index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More assets are invested in products based on our indices than products based on indices from any other provider in the world. Since Charles Dow invented the first index in 1884, S&P DJI has been innovating and developing indices across the spectrum of asset classes helping to define the way investors measure and trade the markets. S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies, and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit: www.spglobal.com/spdji . 1 Still member of DJSI World Enlarged and DJSI North America 2 Still member of DJSI World Enlarged S&P DJI MEDIA CONTACTS: spdji.comms@spglobal.com View original content: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sp-dow-jones-indices-announces-dow-jones-sustainability-indices-2024-review-results-302331745.html SOURCE S&P Dow Jones Indices

The state government is installing a mobile PFAS treatment system to remove "forever chemicals" from the Blue Mountains water supply. or signup to continue reading Installation of the multi-million dollar technology at the Cascade Water Filtration Plant in Katoomba is already underway and it is expected to be operational by the end of 2024. Treatment results will be available in early 2025, providing critical data as Sydney Water prepares for the anticipated reduction in PFAS limits as proposed by "It is important that communities are confident in the knowledge that they have access to safe and secure water, and this new technology will help us in those efforts," said NSW Water Minister, Rose Jackson. "We will continue to support our water authorities across the state to deliver the highest quality drinking water to every home and business." Sydney Water's managing director, Roch Cheroux, said the latest initiative "reinforces Sydney Water's promise to deliver safe, clean, and reliable water to all our customers". "While PFAS treatment is still an evolving field, we are leading the way with new ideas, such as this one, to ensure the continued delivery of world-class drinking water across the Sydney Water network." Member for Blue Mountains, Trish Doyle, welcomed the new treatment system, saying she was "heartened to know that a whole-of-government agency approach is focused on stringent testing and safeguarding delivery of safe water to the Blue Mountains". Medlow Dam and nearby Greaves Creek Dam, which supply the Cascade filtration plant, were both 2024 after higher levels of the PFAS chemicals were found in samples. Blue Mountains campaigners, led by Katoomba resident and environmentalist Jon Dee, He welcomed the latest development. "This is a good win for the Blue Mountains community," he said. "We said all along that our drinking water was not safe. The government's decision to install PFAS removal equipment shows that action had to be taken to make our drinking water safe again." Mr Dee thanked the volunteers of the for their work on the issue. Advertisement Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date. We care about the protection of your data. Read our . AdvertisementUK's first surrogate interrogated during labour and forced to 'abandon' child

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Police Use Tear Gas On Khan Supporters Marching Toward IslamabadAs Alquist 3D continues to make progress on the Hope Springs community, the company maintains that it is on track to deliver 79 jobs, the number promised when its move to Greeley was announced last year. Alquist representatives updated the Greeley City Council on the company’s work at a council work session on Tuesday. Discussing the designs for a curb system with integrated drainage — which was set to be the company’s first project with the city — Alquist 3D CEO Patrick Callahan acknowledged the company is behind the schedule officials had anticipated. Alquist remains in the prototype phase of the design process. “I think there is a collective frustration that we haven’t gone faster,” he said, adding they would begin printing products “very, very soon.” Prototypes will be delivered to the public works department in January, according to Callahan. Similarly, Alquist expects to deliver planters that will aid with water retention in 2025. Greeley’s Economic Development and Urban Revitalization Department began working with Alquist in 2023. Along with Aims Community College and the state of Colorado, Alquist 3D and the city of Greeley partnered with the goal of making Greeley the center of 3D technology growth in the state, with the city and state collectively awarding more than $4 million in incentives. Alquist 3D’s first homes in the area are being built in partnership with the Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity for the nonprofit’s Hope Springs project. Hope Springs will include 174 homes, some of which will be 3D-printed — another benefit of the company’s relocation that was touted by officials announcing Alquist’s relocation last year. The first duplex, however, is only now in the final stages of reaching completion, Callahan said Tuesday. “Again, I know another frustrating subject,” he added. Temperature control of the printing material in the area’s colder climate has been a learning process, Callahan reported, one he said no one else in the world had tackled. Although it’s taken longer to print the home while solving this issue, he expressed confidence they’ll be able to move much faster moving forward. Habitat CEO Cheri-Witt Brown told the Tribune Alquist’s work on the duplex is about 75% completed. Once Alquist finishes printing the walls, Habitat will go in and finish the two units of the duplex, including trusses, roofing, frame interior walls, electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation and air conditioning and all the interior finishes. “Thanks to the continuous support from the city of Greeley, Alquist 3D has rapidly become the 3D concrete printing industry thought leader in commercial, residential and municipal projects,” Callahan said after announcing their recent success in completing the country’s largest 3D-printed commercial structure in Athens, Tennessee. “Alquist looks forward to advancing its capabilities alongside the city of Greeley.” From 2023-24, the city has provided Alquist 3D with $2.85 million in financing. The majority of this financing was in the form of a $2 million construction grant for a new 25,000-square-foot facility on the Aims campus for Alquist 3D research and design. Callahan also shared with council the company’s recent success with their 3D-printing certificate program with Aims that the city’s funding helped develop. The online course has a total of 50 students, and Alquist 3D founder and chairman Zachary Mannheimer anticipates even more in the next semester. Alquist 3D is in the process of developing an in-person workshop that will focus on design and coding, material science, robotics and kinematic motion as a supplement to the online course for the 2025 spring semester. “It has been a very, very positive relationship with the city of Greeley over the last 12 months,” Callahan said. As of January, Alquist has moved its headquarters to Greeley and is now employing a total of 22 full-time employees, 12 of whom are Greeley residents, with the expectation of hiring eight more by the end of January. Council members asked Callahan and Mannheimer to clarify whether that meant they were on track to meet their goal of providing 79 new jobs to Greeley. The Greeley Director of Economic Development John Hall answered that the company is on track to meet its goals. Mannheimer confirmed they plan to have 50 total employees by the end of 2025. “As long as we’re making money,” Callahan said.No. 23 Alabama women beat Alabama State 83-33 at Emerald Coast Classic

--Saturday Los Angeles Chargers (9-6) at New England Patriots (3-12), 1 p.m. ET, NFL Network No. 1 in the NFL in scoring defense at 18.3 points per game, the Chargers have yet to give up more than 20 points in a road game this season. That's been accomplished only by five teams in league history, most recently the 2010 Chicago Bears and 2001 Philadelphia Eagles. Turnovers have been a challenge for New England. The Patriots have lost five straight games while breaking in rookie quarterback Drake Maye (14 touchdowns, 10 interceptions). Maye has thrown a touchdown pass in seven straight games to tie Jim Plunkett (1971) for the longest streak by a rookie in franchise history. He has completed 67.6 percent of his passes, just behind the rookie record set by Dak Prescott (67.8) of the Dallas Cowboys in 2016. He also has a pick in seven consecutive games. Chargers QB Justin Herbert has only three interceptions -- 18 touchdowns -- this season, but two of them came in the past two games. New England is 12-2 all-time as the home team in this matchup. Denver Broncos (9-6) at Cincinnati Bengals (7-8), 4:30 p.m. ET, NFL Network Everything is at stake for the Broncos as the finish line to a surprising season approaches. Denver lost the inside track to the wild-card berth to the Chargers last week. But the franchise can still land a playoff berth and 10-win season for the first time since 2015, when Peyton Manning piloted the Super Bowl 50 champions. Denver leads the NFL with 51 sacks and rookie QB Bo Nix has six games with two or more TD passes and no interceptions this season. That's an impressive feat but Bengals QB Joe Burrow is setting the bar far higher. He leads the NFL with 4,229 passing yards and 39 touchdown passes. He's the fourth player with 4,000 passing yards and 30 touchdown passes in three of his first five seasons (Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Dan Marino). Burrow's consistency is to be commended. He's the first player ever to record 250 passing yards and three touchdown passes in seven consecutive games, a streak he can stretch to eight on Saturday. WR Ja'Marr Chase leads the NFL with 108 receptions for 1,510 yards and 16 touchdowns, giving him 45 in his career. Only Randy Moss (53) and Jerry Rice (49) had more in their first four NFL seasons. Arizona Cardinals (7-8) at Los Angeles Rams (9-6), 8 p.m. ET, NFL Network Beat the Cardinals and the Rams can celebrate a sixth season with double-digit wins under Sean McVay. But to reach the playoffs for the fourth time in the past five seasons, Los Angeles has to wait for Week 18 and a matchup with the Seahawks. The Rams are cooking defensively, a credit to the production of their young front seven. WR Puka Nacua leads the NFL with 57 receptions since Week 10, with five-plus receptions and 50-plus receiving yards in each of his seven games during the span. The Cardinals lost in OT at Carolina last week to take themselves out of the mix for the postseason. It was Arizona's third loss in a row on the road, and the Rams beat the Cardinals 26-9 in Los Angeles last season. The Rams have won eight of 10 games since their bye week, when they were 1-4. Kyren Williams has provided support for quarterback Matthew Stafford during the Rams' 4-0 run in December. Williams, a Pro Bowl selection last season, has a career-high 1,243 yards and 13 rushing touchdowns on 303 carries following his 122-yard game against the Jets last week. --Sunday New York Jets (4-11) at Buffalo Bills (12-3), 1 p.m. ET, CBS The Bills are hoping to get wide receiver Amari Cooper going. Acquired from the Cleveland Browns in October, Cooper has 17 receptions for 241 yards and one touchdown in seven games with Buffalo. He had just one catch for 10 yards last week against the Patriots. Buffalo needs a win to finish 8-0 at home -- the Chiefs are also undefeated at home -- for the third time in franchise history (1988, 1990). Bills QB Josh Allen has 75 career regular-season wins, tied with Russell Wilson for the most regular-season wins by a quarterback in his first seven seasons in NFL history. There are big numbers on the line for the Jets, but none of them relate to the playoffs. Aaron Rodgers has 499 regular-season TD passes. He's one away from joining the 500 Club of Tom Brady (649), Drew Brees (571), Peyton Manning (539) and Brett Favre (508). Manning (244 games) is the only player to reach 500 in fewer than 250 career games; Rodgers is playing No. 247 on Sunday. The Jets are 1-5 over their past six games and lost the first matchup between these teams 23-20 in Week 6. Carolina Panthers (4-11) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-7), 1 p.m. ET, CBS Carolina put up 36 points and took down the Cardinals last week. The Panthers are playing inspired ball and would be thrilled to continue in the spoiler role by bumping Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers out of the top spot in the NFC South. Mayfield, who started for Carolina to open the 2022 season, found his Pro Bowl form under current Panthers coach Dave Canales, Tampa's offensive coordinator last season. Mayfield has five games with at least 300 passing yards and multiple TD passes this season. That's the bar Panthers QB Bryce Young aspires to, but he's content letting RB Chuba Hubbard carry the offense when necessary. Hubbard has career highs in yards from scrimmage (1,366), rushing yards (1,195) and rushing TDs (10) in 2024. The Buccaneers are trying to bounce back from a costly loss at Dallas. Down two late in the fourth quarter, Buccaneers RB Rachaad White lost a fumble that ended the potential game-winning drive. Mayfield is adamant he wants WR Mike Evans to get to 1,000 yards for the 11th consecutive season. Evans needs 182 yards and has owned Carolina with an average of 140.5 yards in his past four home games against the Panthers. Dallas Cowboys (7-8) at Philadelphia Eagles (12-3), 1 p.m. ET, FOX RB Saquon Barkley could carry the load this week with QB concerns for the Eagles. Jalen Hurts (concussion) and Kenny Pickett (ribs) were both hurt in the 36-33 loss to the Washington Commanders last Sunday. That's only part of what's different since Dallas was whipped 34-6 by the Eagles on Nov. 10. Even with the Cowboys working their way back toward .500, Dallas subtracted another peak playmaker in WR CeeDee Lamb. Second in the NFL with 101 receptions, Lamb is on the shelf for the rest of the season right alongside QB Dak Prescott. The Eagles are primed to lean on their constant threat in Barkley, who leads the NFL in yards from scrimmage (2,114) and rushing (1,838). With Lamb out, life becomes more difficult for QB Cooper Rush at the controls of the Cowboys' offense. Rush has guided Dallas to wins in four of the last five games, throwing nine touchdown passes and just one interception. The Eagles' defense had five takeaways at Washington last week but has a minus-10 turnover margin (28 turnovers, 18 takeaways) while the Cowboys are tied for fifth in the NFL at plus-10 (26 takeaways, 16 turnovers). Indianapolis Colts (7-8) at New York Giants (2-13), 1 p.m. ET, FOX Indianapolis is mathematically alive in the playoff hunt but trails the Los Angeles Chargers and Denver Broncos by two games with two contests left. The Chargers and Broncos both have games on Saturday. If both nine-win clubs win, the Colts will be eliminated and miss the playoffs for the fourth straight season. Colts QB Anthony Richardson might be held out if there's no spoils on the line for Indy, as he's battling foot and back injuries. A heavier workload suits Jonathan Taylor, who rushed for 218 yards and three scores on 29 carries during last weekend's 38-30 home win over the Tennessee Titans. New York is in danger of losing an 11th consecutive game behind an offense putting up only 14.3 points per game this season. The Giants are starting Drew Lock at quarterback for the fourth time in the past five games. Lock underwent an MRI on his passing shoulder Monday but no damage was found. He hurt it during Sunday's 34-7 road loss against the Atlanta Falcons. Lock is 0-3 as a starter this season and has completed just 52.7 percent of his passes. He has one touchdown and four interceptions in 129 attempts. Tennessee Titans (3-12) at Jacksonville Jaguars (3-12), 1 p.m. ET, CBS For the second time in 21 days, the Titans and Jaguars square off with a spot in the AFC South cellar -- and near the top of the NFL draft order -- hanging in the balance. It could be argued that the loser will come out ahead in the long run. After all, that team would enhance its chances to earn the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Mason Rudolph, who threw for 252 yards and two touchdowns in last Sunday's 38-30 loss at Indianapolis, gets the start over Will Levis for the Titans this week. Rudolph also threw three interceptions, adding to the team's NFL-high total of 32 turnovers. The Titans' offensive line has permitted 47 sacks this season -- 40 with Levis at the helm. Levis also has thrown 12 interceptions and lost two fumbles, while Rudolph has thrown eight picks and lost a fumble. When the teams met on Dec. 8 in Nashville, Jacksonville notched a 10-6 win, holding Tennessee to 272 total yards and limiting Levis to 168 yards passing. It's the Jaguars' only road win of the season. Jacksonville is coming off a 19-14 loss last week in Las Vegas, another three-win team. The defeat moved Jacksonville up to the projected No. 3 overall pick, one spot ahead of the Titans. The Jaguars could be without as many as six usual starters on offense this week. Las Vegas Raiders (3-12) at New Orleans Saints (5-10), 1 p.m. ET, FOX Las Vegas hired Antonio Pierce as head coach after the team had an encouraging 5-4 record during his stint as interim head coach last season. Still, the disappointing 2024 season leaves Pierce's future in question. New Orleans is 3-3 under interim head coach Darren Rizzi, who was promoted when Dennis Allen was fired after a seven-game losing streak this season. The Raiders are expected to start second-year quarterback Aidan O'Connell, who has shared that role with Gardner Minshew and Desmond Ridder. Rizzi earned victories in his first two games in charge and three of the first four, but the team had by far its worst performance under him in a 34-0 road loss to the Green Bay Packers on Monday night. Former Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, who is in his second season in New Orleans, is trying to return from an injury to his left (non-throwing) hand. Rookie fifth-round pick Spencer Rattler, who is 0-4 as a starter and played poorly against the Packers, is more likely to start Sunday. Las Vegas ended a 10-game losing streak by beating the visiting Jacksonville Jaguars 19-14 last week. Miami Dolphins (7-8) at Cleveland Browns (3-12), 4:05 p.m. ET, CBS Saturday's NFL slate could determine whether the Dolphins are playing for more than pride. Miami hopes to have a chance at the playoffs, while the only thing Cleveland can do is find a rare winning feeling in a disappointing season. Expected to contend for a second straight playoff berth, the Browns instead have an outside chance to earn the No. 1 overall pick in April's NFL Draft. A third starting quarterback of the year, second-year pro Dorian Thompson-Robinson, gets the call with Jameis Winston (shoulder) ailing and Deshaun Watson (Achilles) out for the season. In a 24-6 road loss to the Cincinnati Bengals last week, Thompson-Robinson finished 20 of 34 for 157 yards while tossing two interceptions and absorbing five sacks. Thompson-Robinson, who was limited in practice on Thursday because of a quad issue, wants to do a better job avoiding those outcomes. The Dolphins' defense could help in that matter as they entered the weekend 26th in sacks (31) and tied for 22nd in interceptions (eight). Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said he won't rest players even if the Chargers and Broncos push Miami out of the playoffs on Saturday. Green Bay (11-4) at Minnesota Vikings (13-2), 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX There is still a lot on the line for the Vikings and Packers, who are behind the Detroit Lions in the NFC North but competing for playoff position. Free agent signee Sam Darnold is the first quarterback to win 13-plus games in his first season with a team since Dak Prescott with the Cowboys in 2016 and first non-rookie since Peyton Manning with the Broncos in 2012. He's had immense production from former Packers RB Aaron Jones and All-Pro WR Justin Jefferson (92 receptions for 1,387 yards, 10 TDs). Head coach Kevin O'Connell has 13 wins in two of his first three years with the Vikings -- only current Packers coach Matt LaFleur and former 49ers coach George Seifert have done that. Green Bay also has a playoff spot clinched for the fifth time in six seasons under LaFleur. Powered by Jones' replacement Josh Jacobs (career-high 13 rushing TDs) and QB Jordan Love, the Packers fell short of a furious comeback in the Week 4 meeting. Love had 389 yards and four TDs but was intercepted three times. He also had four total TDs in last season's win at Minnesota on New Year's Eve. Atlanta Falcons (8-7) at Washington Commanders (10-5), 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC A matchup of top-10 draft picks headlines the "Sunday Night Football" showdown in Week 17. With only one career start under his belt, Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr., the No. 8 overall selection in the 2024 NFL Draft, attempts to boost Atlanta's playoff chances against Commanders QB Jayden Daniels, the No. 2 pick. The Commanders are hunting their first playoff berth since 2020. Washington could have a playoff spot wrapped up if the Panthers beat the Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon. If Tampa Bay wins, Washington can clinch with a win over Atlanta. Atlanta is searching for its third straight victory while Washington has won three in a row and could get to 11 wins for the first time since 1991. Penix won his debut start at home last week, completing 18 of 27 passes (66.7 percent) for 202 yards with an interception and led the Falcons to four scoring drives in a 34-7 home win against the Giants. Daniels is coming off a five-touchdown performance, including the game-winner with six seconds remaining, to lead Washington to an upset win over the visiting Eagles. He passed for 258 yards and ran for 81. Daniels has rushed for a team-high 737 yards along with six touchdowns. Washington entered Week 17 third in rushing (152.7 yards per game) and 16th in passing (220.9 yards per game). --Field Level MediaDec 2 - Art Cashin, UBS' director of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange who spent more than 60 years on Wall Street, has died aged 83. "It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of the passing of Arthur Cashin, Jr., a true giant in our industry, highly regarded market pundit," Bill Carroll, head of sales and development at UBS Wealth Management USA, said in a memo to employees which was seen by Reuters on Monday. Cashin, dubbed 'Wall Street's version of Walter Cronkite' by The Washington Post, was a regular on CNBC, delivering stock market commentary and analysis to the business news channel's viewers for more than 25 years. He began his business career at Thomson McKinnon in 1959. In 1964, at age 23, he became a member of the NYSE and a partner of P.R. Herzig & Co. In 1980, Cashin joined investment bank PaineWebber and managed their floor operation. PaineWebber was acquired by UBS in 2000. At that time, the NYSE floor was the hub for the vast majority of all trading activity in the United States. Cashin was one of three senior executive floor governors and also served as a member of the Bond Club of New York. He was also part of the high-IQ society Mensa. In addition to his role at UBS, he is renowned for his daily newsletter, Cashin's Comments, which has been published for over 25 years and reaches more than 100,000 readers daily. He has also been a regular on CNBC's Art Cashin on the Markets, a segment airing several times a week, for more than two decades. "It's fair to say that over this time, Art Cashin became a household name for investors across the country, who benefited from his savvy insight on the markets, good humor and wit, while being one of UBS's strongest brand ambassadors," the memo said. Cashin was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1941, according to CNBC, which first reported on his death. CNBC did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Cashin's family could not be reached for comment. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.

Jack Smith asked the court to drop election intereference charge against Donald Trump before his inauguration on January 20. Special counsel Jack Smith Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss the four charges against President-elect Donald Trump of plotting to overturn the 2020 election before his inauguration on January 20. Smith cited longstanding Justice Department policy shielding presidents from prosecution while in office as he moved the motion. In court papers. prosecutors said the Justice Department's position "is that the Constitution requires that this case be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated.” “It has long been the position of the Department of Justice that the United States Constitution forbids the federal indictment and subsequent criminal prosecution of a sitting President,” Smith’s team wrote in a filing. IPL 2025 mega auction IPL Auction 2025: Who went where and for how much IPL 2025: Complete list of players of each franchise Donald Trump reacted to the legal victory and called for an immediate end to the weaponization of the justice system. "The American People re-elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate to Make America Great Again. Today's decision by the DoJ ends the unconstitutional federal cases against President Trump, and is a major victory for the rule of law. The American People and President Trump want an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and we look forward to uniting out country," Trump's communications director Steven Cheung said. The decision was expected after Smith's team began assessing how to wind down both the 2020 election interference case and the separate classified documents case in the wake of Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. The Justice Department believes Trump can no longer be tried going by the longstanding policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted. The 2020 election case brought last year was once seen as one of the most serious legal threats facing the Republican as he vied to reclaim the White House. But it quickly stalled amid legal fighting over Trump’s sweeping claims of immunity from prosecution for acts he took while in the White House. The US Supreme Court in July ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, and sent the case back to US District Judge Tanya Chutkan to determine which allegations in the indictment, if any, could proceed to trial. The case was just beginning to pick up steam again in the trial court in the weeks leading up to the November 4 election. Smith’s team in October filed a lengthy brief laying out new evidence they planned to use against him at trial, accusing him of using “resorting to crimes” in an increasingly desperate effort to overturn the will over voters after he lost to President Joe Biden. (With agency inputs)

Some tech industry leaders are pushing the incoming Trump administration to increase visas for highly skilled workers from other nations. Related Articles National Politics | Trump threat to immigrant health care tempered by economic hopes National Politics | In states that ban abortion, social safety net programs often fail families National Politics | Court rules Georgia lawmakers can subpoena Fani Willis for information related to her Trump case National Politics | New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns National Politics | Trump has pressed for voting changes. GOP majorities in Congress will try to make that happen The heart of the argument is, for America to remain competitive, the country needs to expand the number of skilled visas it gives out. The previous Trump administration did not increase the skilled visa program, instead clamping down on visas for students and educated workers, increasing denial rates. Not everyone in corporate America thinks the skilled worker program is great. Former workers at IT company Cognizant recently won a federal class-action lawsuit that said the company favored Indian employees over Americans from 2013 to 2022. A Bloomberg investigation found Cognizant, and other similar outsourcing companies, mainly used its skilled work visas for lower-level positions. Workers alleged Cognizant preferred Indian workers because they could be paid less and were more willing to accept inconvenient or less-favorable assignments. Question: Should the U.S. increase immigration levels for highly skilled workers? Caroline Freund, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy YES: Innovation is our superpower and it relies on people. Sourcing talent from 8 billion people in the world instead of 330 million here makes sense. Nearly half our Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or their children. Growing them also relies on expanding our skilled workforce. The cap on skilled-worker visas has hardly changed since the computer age started. With AI on the horizon, attracting and building talent is more important than ever. Kelly Cunningham, San Diego Institute for Economic Research YES: After years of openly allowing millions of undocumented entrants into the country, why is there controversy over legally increasing somewhat the number having desirable skills? Undocumented immigration significantly impacts lower skill level jobs and wages competing with domestic workers at every skill level. Why should special cases be made against those having higher skills? Could they just not walk across the border anyway, why make it more inconvenient to those with desirable skills? James Hamilton, UC San Diego YES: Knowledge and technology are key drivers of the U.S. economy. Students come from all over the world to learn at U.S. universities, and their spending contributed $50 billion to U.S. exports last year. Technological advantage is what keeps us ahead of the rest of the world. Highly skilled immigrants contribute much more in taxes than they receive in public benefits. The skills immigrants bring to America can make us all better off. Norm Miller, University of San Diego YES: According to Forbes, the majority of billion-dollar startups were founded by foreigners. I’ve interviewed dozens of data analysts and programmers from Berkeley, UCSD, USD and a few other schools and 75% of them are foreign. There simply are not enough American graduates to fill the AI and data mining related jobs now exploding in the U.S. If we wish to remain a competitive economy, we need highly skilled and bright immigrants to come here and stay. David Ely, San Diego State University YES: Being able to employ highly skilled workers from a larger pool of candidates would strengthen the competitiveness of U.S. companies by increasing their capacity to perform research and innovate. This would boost the country’s economic output. Skilled workers from other nations that cannot remain in the U.S. will find jobs working for foreign rivals. The demand for H-1B visas far exceeds the current cap of 85,000, demonstrating a need to modify this program. Phil Blair, Manpower YES: Every country needs skilled workers, at all levels, to grow its economy. We should take advantage of the opportunity these workers provide our employers who need these skills. It should be blended into our immigration policies allowing for both short and long term visas. Gary London, London Moeder Advisors YES: San Diego is a premiere example of how highly skilled workers from around the globe enrich a community and its regional economy. Of course Visa levels need to be increased. But let’s go further. Tie visas and immigration with a provision that those who are admitted and educated at a U.S. university be incentivized, or even required, to be employed in the U.S. in exchange for their admittance. Bob Rauch, R.A. Rauch & Associates NO: While attracting high-skilled immigrants can fill critical gaps in sectors like technology, health care and advanced manufacturing, increasing high-skilled immigration could displace American workers and drive down wages in certain industries. There are already many qualified American workers available for some of these jobs. We should balance the need for specialized skills with the impact on the domestic workforce. I believe we can begin to increase the number of visas after a careful review of abuse. Austin Neudecker, Weave Growth YES: We should expand skilled visas to drive innovation and economic growth. Individuals who perform high-skilled work in labor-restricted industries or graduate from respected colleges with relevant degrees should be prioritized for naturalization. We depend on immigration for GDP growth, tax revenue, research, and so much more. Despite the abhorrent rhetoric and curtailing of visas in the first term, I hope the incoming administration can be persuaded to enact positive changes to a clearly flawed system. Chris Van Gorder, Scripps Health YES: But it should be based upon need, not politics. There are several industries that have or could have skilled workforce shortages, especially if the next administration tightens immigration as promised and expected. Over the years, there have been nursing shortages that have been met partially by trained and skilled nurses from other countries. The physician shortage is expected to get worse in the years to come. So, this visa program may very well be needed. Jamie Moraga, Franklin Revere NO: While skilled immigration could boost our economy and competitiveness, the U.S. should prioritize developing our domestic workforce. Hiring foreign nationals in sensitive industries or government-related work, especially in advanced technology or defense, raises security concerns. A balanced approach could involve targeted increases in non-sensitive high-demand fields coupled with investment in domestic STEM education and training programs. This could address immediate needs while strengthening the long-term STEM capabilities of the American workforce. Not participating this week: Alan Gin, University of San DiegoHaney Hong, San Diego County Taxpayers AssociationRay Major, economist Have an idea for an Econometer question? Email me at phillip.molnar@sduniontribune.com . Follow me on Threads: @phillip020CMLC sells land east of Central Library for a pair of residential towers

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picked up right at the start of the school year when it returned with season three, similar to how season one began. But this year, the girls are now sophomores. Over the summer, Leighton (Reneé Rapp) and Alicia ( ) traveled across Europe with Leighton’s dad, Kimberly ( ) worked, Whitney ( ) was in Washington D.C., with her senator mother (played by Sherri Shepherd), and Bela ( ) and Leighton visited Whitney and even had dinner with Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff. When season three picks up, Kimberly and Whitney are still at odds, not having spoken all summer because Kimberly lied to Whitney about kissing her ex, Canaan (Christopher Meyer), at the end of last year. And Bela’s efforts to transfer out of Essex College after hitting rock bottom are thwarted when a counselor, played by Rose Abdoo, tells her that her 1.8 GPA is too low to transfer to any school. So, she decides to turn over a new leaf: No more comedy or leading with her sexuality. Elsewhere, the first episode also set up from the show to pursue a career in music full-time. Alicia tells her girlfriend that she’s leaving college for a job working for the newly elected mayor of Boston. Leighton, being Leighton, assumes this means their relationship is over, but Alicia tells her she loves her and has no desire to break up with her. So, they agree to take things one day at a time. When the incredibly advanced math class Leighton signs up for doesn’t have enough people taking it and gets canceled, the professor suggests that she take a long bus ride to a local grad school and take classes there. But, after one day of commuting, Leighton tells the professor that she will never do that again. So, he offers to speak to a friend at MIT, who may be able to accommodate a transfer, which makes way for Leighton and Alicia to ride off into the Boston sunset together. “Really, the only thing that could happen was that she would transfer to a different school,” co-showrunner Justin Noble tells of Rapp’s impending departure. “But as we started talking about it, [co-showrunner] Mindy [Kaling] and I were chatting, we’re like, ‘This is Leighton Murray we’re talking about. The only thing Leighton Murray does is win.’ There’s no world where she would leave other than to take a massive step towards what would be her best, most powerful life moving forward.” Below, Noble teases what’s to come over the next nine episodes, talks about the introduction of two new characters who become a part of the core group and how much longer he sees the show running. *** This season is so interesting, because sophomore year is a really unique time in the college experience. You come into school as a first-year, and you don’t know anything at all, and you’re shell-shocked. Three months ago, you had to call your parents to pick you up at the mall because you got a Wetzel’s Pretzels with your friend and you needed a ride home. And now you’re like, “I’m a full-blown adult,” and life smacks you in the face. Then, sophomore year, you have the same thing happen but in a different way because it’s like, “Oh, I know everything about college. I’ve been here for a full year. Oh, you’re a first-year. You need to know how this works.” Meanwhile, based on when your birthday is, you are like six months older than these people. It’s fun to see our girls start to interact with the class underneath them. It’s fun to see the world getting bigger. That’s what happens in college, in my experience, and in the writers’ experiences that we talked about so much. Your first year, you hang on to the people in your life so close, because you’re in it together, and you’re like, “This is my close circle of friends.” And then as you get more comfortable, you’re joining clubs, and you’re meeting more people; your world just gets bigger and bigger. I think we start to see that a little bit in the first episode. But obviously, we have a lot to accomplish between season two cliffhangers and switching up the cast a little bit. So we’re just starting to meet some people who we’ll interact with more. The thing about trios is that Bela has told us that is asymmetrical, and it’s not gonna work. So I don’t know. I feel like we won’t be in a trio for long. No, it’s just so not the DNA of the show. We’re not really interested in doing girl-on-girl warfare. I think that if we had done that, the audience would be like, “What’s happening? Like, why?” We want to be a show that people enjoy watching. We’re not . We’re not trying to produce anxiety-driving episodes of TV. At the same time, I want to make sure that we aren’t making falsehoods about perfect lives and people who never have any conflict whatsoever. I think it’s important to show that moment in friendships that happens regardless of gender, where it’s like, “Oh, there’s a little bit of messiness between someone liking someone, especially when everyone’s in close quarters.” But we wanted to quickly get by it and wrap things up and have our group back together. We have 10 short episodes to tell in a season. I don’t want multiple of them to have a fractured group. I think they would have been able to if Kimberly hadn’t lied. The lie is the thing. That felt true to the Kimberly character, to all of us, that she would lie about it. That was very intentional that we did it that way, because she’s so terrified to let people that she loves down. She tried to cover up her tracks as she figured out where she’s at with Canaan. Little did she know, Whitney witnessed the thing that she was not being truthful about. But, that being said, to answer your question more directly, Whitney and Canaan were done. Lila [Ilia Isorelýs Paulino] has a very fun run on that in the premiere. I think if Kimberly had just been honest and said she had a crush on Canaan and sort of done the girl code thing of being like, “I’m gonna gut check with you and ask how you feel about this,” I think Whitney Chase would have been like, “Yeah, sure, I’m good.” Even if she was harboring some feelings that were unresolved for him or anything, I think she still would have said it because you can’t just claim people forever. Some people absolutely do, but you have to see where your friends land on it. That’s part of being in a friendship, seeing what’s going to bum them out. It’s interesting. The show is called . It’s a lot about their relationships with their significant others, but the show is a love story about the friendships, and so anything that bumps on the friendship stories is gonna have to go away. The friendship stories are what’s front and center. So Kimberly couldn’t have stayed with Canaan if it was gonna bum Whitney out — and we chose a way to do it that would have — so they couldn’t be together. Also, there’s something interesting to me about crushing on someone and then being like, “It’s not quite right.” I made out with my best friend in college, who was a woman, and we look back on it, and we’re like, “What were we both going through? What was happening where we, in a million years, thought that that would have been right?” Then, it just has led to such funny moments the rest of our lives. She officiated my wedding to my husband. I fainted at her wedding. I was her bridesman, and I fainted, and everyone was like, “Oh my God, he’s still in love with her.” And I was like, “No, I just stayed up making a gift for her.” But I think it is true that sometimes you don’t quite know what those feelings are, and you’re like, “I think I like them, like them.” And then you’re like, “Oh no, I don’t. I don’t.” I think that she, over 20 episodes, had chosen a bunch of pretty selfish behaviors. We’re trying to tell a story about ambition, where a lot of people, especially in entertainment — and Bela pursues that — are so driven and ambitious, and they know how much of a rat race it is and how hard it is, and sometimes you end up stepping on people on your way up. Bela started doing that in college because she’s so pop-culture obsessed that she knows that’s what it is and that’s what it takes to survive. Meanwhile, she did not need to start that as a first-year student at a comedy magazine, and so I think she just had to learn that lesson, that that’s not the best way to collaborate with people. And I like that she has a bit of a redemption arc, and we’ll see where it leads. I think it might lead to some good character development for her. I love her season that’s coming ahead. But I mean, she brought herself to rock bottom for sure. Poor Eric. Look what she did to Eric [Mekki Leeper]. She had to sleep with John Reynolds! I linger in the blue sky stage of what a season of TV can be for a bit. I’m not one of those showrunners who’s like, “I want to talk about it for five days, and then we’re going to dig in on what episode one is in detail.” We spend a bit in the writers room talking about the full season arc and putting up fence posts literally surrounding all four walls with different girls and what the start of their season is, the middle of their season, the late middle of their season, where we think they might end, and then we start to overlap them. So that it’s not like, “OK, well, if Kimberly’s learning this important lesson in the middle, maybe that’s not when Bela should be learning this thing, because it’ll feel too similar.” So we really plan it all out, and then Mindy sits in the room with us, and I pitch it all out, and she has very smart reactions to it all. And we go from there and switch things up. But we really take our time at those early stages. So to start with , [who] we get a taste for [in the premiere], Taylor is absolutely going to be a complicated thorn in Bela’s side for a good bulk of the season. It’s just so fun and delicious for me because Bela is like the thirstiest character in television history. No one is more dehydrated than Bela Malhotra, and the idea that she would briefly have status and be like, “I’m an upperclassman over all you first years.” And then there’s this girl who’s like, “No, I refuse to give you my status,” and Bela having to suffer and be like, “But I do have status?” and then the girl being like, “Sorry, I’m just not going to give it to you.” It’s just a fun, interesting dynamic for them to have comedically. Taylor will have a lot of vulnerability that we’ll learn a little bit more about very soon, and we’ll get a sense of what her dating life looks like and her past. And she’s just performed so well and funny, and she’s an interesting flavor to the show that we haven’t had before. She’s very British dry, which I just love, too. I love British comedy, so it’s fun to have an actual funny British girl on the show. Gracie, who we’ll meet in episode three, is so incredible this season. When we started talking about new characters that would be the same year as our girls — because Gracie’s character will be the same year, she’s a transfer student — the writers and I had like 800 ideas for what that character might end up being. Gracie’s character started as a card that said “girly girl,” because that’s not a flavor that we’ve had on the show before, and it prompted a super interesting convo with the writers, where they were like, “Would Kimberly be friends with a girly girl?” And then we’re like, “Would Whitney be friends with a girly girl?” Then we’d be like, “But it’s not bad. It’s not a bad thing to be a girly girl. It’s just a different thing than we had on the show.” So she kind of feels like a lot of people that we, in the writers room, knew in college, or our friends, or frankly, some of the writers were in college. But she’ll be around our girls quite a bit. She’ll have a lot of interesting events in her romantic world, and we’ll see Gracie Lawrence — who is an incredible, stunning singer in real life — have a little bit of a musical theater, girly journey. We honestly didn’t. We kind of landed on this pretty quickly. I mean, when you start to think about ways that college students leave, you’re pretty limited. It’s not like Reneé’s character was gonna go on a hike, and then Kimberly’s like, “You mean the rocky, dangerous hike near the cliff?” And then, she falls off or something. Really, the only thing that could happen was that she would transfer to a different school. But as we started talking about it, Mindy and I were chatting, we’re like, “This is Leighton Murray we’re talking about. The only thing Leighton Murray does is win.” So there’s no world where she would leave other than to take a massive step towards what would be her best, most powerful life moving forward. The interesting thing is I very rarely think about the ending zone for the girls. I think about the chapters we’re in. I don’t really think beyond the season too much. Then, as we knew we were writing toward an ending for Leighton, I started to just see what the rest of her life would look like. It’s almost like I was allowed to think it because I had shut off that valve because I knew more was to come. But once I knew it was the end, it kind of felt like an appropriate tee-up to a future where Leighton just wins because we want the best for our girlies. We don’t want them to make too many mistakes. We want funny mistakes. We want Bela to have a horrific, ill-advised dating story. But we want them to land in good zones for their lives. So, yeah, we kind of thought that she would just pursue her own best life. The other side of it is the Alicia side, which I am just team Leilicia and always will be. I cringe whenever anyone’s like “Tatum!” [Gracie Dzienny], and I’m like, “No! Why are you shipping pretty blonde girl with pretty blonde girl? It was a joke that she was attracted to herself.” I think we just did too good of a job in terms of shipping Tatum, but Alicia was fundamentally important in the life of Leighton. She changed her as a person through the women’s center, and I like to think of them together. It looks busier, frankly. It’s really interesting to say that about someone leaving, especially someone who was fundamentals of the first 22 episodes of the show. But we have more mouths to feed than ever. I’ve said before in press, but the sweetest criticisms we ever got in season two were people being like, “Longer episodes!” Then, as we introduced these new characters, frankly, I was like, “How are we going to produce episodes that have this many stories in them and serve as all these people?” Ilia is incredible, and we want to spend more time with Lila and Canaan and Willow [Renika Williams] and all these people. So, the scripts are longer. There’s more to do. We have five main girlies moving forward. So, it grows. The show grows and gets fuller and faster. It’s already so fast, but that’s just what the show is. I think that their loss is something that we really talked a lot about. It actually is fundamental in how we approached Leighton transferring, too. My first year of college, one of my best friends called over the summer and was like, “I’m not coming back.” And I remember being like, “What do you mean? You’re my social circle. What do you mean you’re not coming back?” I like that in the wake of her absence, these other girls need to figure out what that means for them, so as they have maybe a new roommate thrown their way, they’ll have to learn whether or not to embrace someone right out of the gate. But our girls are always a welcoming crowd, and we’ll see how it goes with all these new people in their lives. This is a 34-season television show. We have it all figured out. Thirty-three is, like, a real toughie. We’re still working out what happens in season 33, and then it wraps up in season 34. ( ) The only thing I’ll say is I think that this show is about college. I think that I don’t see a world where we would warp them out of college. I think college is such an interesting, fundamental time that we hadn’t seen much of on TV before. That’s the reason why we tried to pursue it creatively. It’s also why we’ve slowed it down and why two seasons got us through one year. There’s a lot of lessons to learn in college. Our show takes place in college, and we’ll see them through. *** Sex Lives of College Girls THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day More from The Hollywood ReporterBy ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official said Friday. Biden administration officials said this month that at least eight telecommunications companies , as well as dozens of nations, had been affected by the Chinese hacking blitz known as Salt Typhoon. But Anne Neuberger, the deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies, told reporters Friday that a ninth victim had been identified after the administration released guidance to companies about how to hunt for Chinese culprits in their networks. The update from Neuberger is the latest development in a massive hacking operation that has alarmed national security officials, exposed cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the private sector and laid bare China’s hacking sophistication. The hackers compromised the networks of telecommunications companies to obtain customer call records and gain access to the private communications of “a limited number of individuals.” Though the FBI has not publicly identified any of the victims, officials believe senior U.S. government officials and prominent political figures are among those whose whose communications were accessed. Related Articles National News | Court rules Georgia lawmakers can subpoena Fani Willis for information related to her Trump case National News | US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people National News | Most Americans blame insurance profits and denials alongside the killer in UHC CEO death, poll finds National News | Another jackpot surpasses $1 billion. Is this the new normal? National News | Man indicted in burning death of woman inside a New York City subway train, prosecutors say Neuberger said officials did not yet have a precise sense how many Americans overall were affected by Salt Typhoon, in part because the Chinese were careful about their techniques, but a “large number” were in the Washington-Virginia area. Officials believe the goal of the hackers was to identify who owned the phones and, if they were “government targets of interest,” spy on their texts and phone calls, she said. The FBI said most of the people targeted by the hackers are “primarily involved in government or political activity.” Neuberger said the episode highlighted the need for required cybersecurity practices in the telecommunications industry, something the Federal Communications Commission is to take up at a meeting next month. “We know that voluntary cyber security practices are inadequate to protect against China, Russia and Iran hacking of our critical infrastructure,” she said. The Chinese government has denied responsibility for the hacking.MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Connecticut couple has been charged in Minnesota with being part of a shoplifting ring suspected of stealing around $1 million in goods across the country from the upscale athletic wear retailer Lululemon. Jadion Anthony Richards, 44, and Akwele Nickeisha Lawes-Richards, 45, both of Danbury, Connecticut, were charged this month with one felony count of organized retail theft. Both went free last week after posting bail bonds of $100,000 for him and $30,000 for her, court records show. They're due back in Ramsey County District Court in St. Paul on Dec. 16. According to the criminal complaints, a Lululemon investigator had been tracking the pair even before police first confronted them on Nov. 14 at a store in suburban Roseville. The investigator told police the couple were responsible for hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses across the country, the complaints said. They would steal items and make fraudulent returns, it said. Police found suitcases containing more than $50,000 worth of Lululemon clothing when they searched the couple's hotel room in Bloomington, the complaint said. According to the investigator, they were also suspected in thefts from Lululemon stores in Colorado, Utah, New York and Connecticut, the complaint said. Within Minnesota, they were also accused of thefts at stores in Minneapolis and the suburbs of Woodbury, Edina and Minnetonka. The investigator said the two were part of a group that would usually travel to a city and hit Lululemon stores there for two days, return to the East Coast to exchange the items without receipts for new items, take back the new items with the return receipts for credit card refunds, then head back out to commit more thefts, the complaint said. In at least some of the thefts, it said, Richards would enter the store first and buy one or two cheap items. He'd then return to the sales floor where, with help from Lawes-Richards, they would remove a security sensor from another item and put it on one of the items he had just purchased. Lawes-Richards and another woman would then conceal leggings under their clothing. They would then leave together. When the security sensors at the door went off, he would offer staff the bag with the items he had bought, while the women would keep walking out, fooling the staff into thinking it was his sensor that had set off the alarm, the complaint said. Richards' attorney declined comment. Lawes-Richards' public defender did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday. “This outcome continues to underscore our ongoing collaboration with law enforcement and our investments in advanced technology, team training and investigative capabilities to combat retail crime and hold offenders accountable,” Tristen Shields, Lululemon's vice president of asset protection, said in a statement. "We remain dedicated to continuing these efforts to address and prevent this industrywide issue.” The two are being prosecuted under a state law enacted last year that seeks to crack down on organized retail theft. One of its chief authors, Sen. Ron Latz, of St. Louis Park, said 34 states already had organized retail crime laws on their books. “I am glad to see it is working as intended to bring down criminal operations," Latz said in a statement. "This type of theft harms retailers in myriad ways, including lost economic activity, job loss, and threats to worker safety when crime goes unaddressed. It also harms consumers through rising costs and compromised products being resold online.” Two Minnesota women were also charged under the new law in August. They were accused of targeting a Lululemon store in Minneapolis.

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