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DALLAS (AP) — More than 60 years after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated , conspiracy theories still swirl and any new glimpse into the fateful day of Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas continues to fascinate . President-elect Donald Trump promised during his reelection campaign that he would declassify all of the remaining government records surrounding the assassination if he returned to office. He made a similar pledge during his first term, but ultimately bended to appeals from the CIA and FBI to keep some documents withheld. At this point, only a few thousand of the millions of governmental records related to the assassination have yet to be fully released, and those who have studied the records released so far say that even if the remaining files are declassified, the public shouldn't anticipate any earth-shattering revelations. “Anybody waiting for a smoking gun that’s going to turn this case upside down will be sorely disappointed,” said Gerald Posner, author of “Case Closed,” which concludes that assassin Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. Friday's 61st anniversary is expected to be marked with a moment of silence at 12:30 p.m. in Dealey Plaza, where Kennedy's motorcade was passing through when he was fatally shot. And throughout this week there have been events marking the anniversary. Nov. 22, 1963 When Air Force One carrying Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy touched down in Dallas , they were greeted by a clear sky and enthusiastic crowds. With a reelection campaign on the horizon the next year, they had gone to Texas on political fence-mending trip. But as the motorcade was finishing its parade route downtown, shots rang out from the Texas School Book Depository building. Police arrested 24-year-old Oswald and, two days later, nightclub owner Jack Ruby fatally shot Oswald during a jail transfer. A year after the assassination, the Warren Commission, which President Lyndon B. Johnson established to investigate the assassination, concluded that Oswald acted alone and there was no evidence of a conspiracy. But that hasn't quelled a web of alternative theories over the decades. The collection In the early 1990s, the federal government mandated that all assassination-related documents be housed in a single collection in the National Archives and Records Administration. The collection of over 5 million records was required to be opened by 2017, barring any exemptions designated by the president. Trump, who took office for his first term in 2017, had boasted that he'd allow the release of all of the remaining records but ended up holding some back because of what he called the potential harm to national security. And while files have continued to be released during President Joe Biden's administration, some still remain unseen. The documents released over the last few years offer details on the way intelligence services operated at the time, and include CIA cables and memos discussing visits by Oswald to the Soviet and Cuban embassies during a trip to Mexico City just weeks before the assassination. The former Marine had previously defected to the Soviet Union before returning home to Texas. Mark S. Zaid, a national security attorney in Washington, said what's been released so far has contributed to the understanding of the time period, giving “a great picture” of what was happening during the Cold War and the activities of the CIA. Withheld files Posner estimates that there are still about 3,000 to 4,000 documents in the collection that haven’t yet been fully released. Of those documents, some are still completely redacted while others just have small redactions, like someone's Social Security number. There are about 500 documents where all the information is redacted, Posner said, and those include Oswald's and Ruby’s tax returns. “If you have been following it, as I have and others have, you sort of are zeroed in on the pages you think might provide some additional information for history,” Posner said. Trump's transition team hasn’t responded to questions this week about his plans when he takes office. A continued fascination From the start, there were those who believed there had to be more to the story than just Oswald acting alone, said Stephen Fagin, curator of the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, which tells the story of the assassination from the building where Oswald made his sniper's perch. “People want to make sense of this and they want to find the solution that fits the crime," said Fagin, who said that while there are lingering questions, law enforcement made “a pretty compelling case” against Oswald. Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said his interest in the assassination dates back to the event itself, when he was a child. “It just seemed so fantastical that one very disturbed individual could end up pulling off the crime of the century," Sabato said. “But the more I studied it, the more I realized that is a very possible, maybe even probable in my view, hypothesis.”P. Gayatri Gopi Chand and Treesa Jolly take pride in being the only Indians in the prestigious BWF World Tour finals in China next month, and they are keen to prove a point by coming up with some special performances. “Honestly, the feeling of making it to the BWF Finals hasn’t sunk in yet. It is amazing for sure. Definitely, this was not on our charts at the start of the year. Couldn’t believe we made it,” a composed Gayatri said in an exclusive chat with The Hindu. For a doubles combination which started playing together post-Covid, both Gayatri and Tressa have been the silent performers. “Right now, our focus is on the coming Syed Modi International. We would love to take it event by event and not think too far ahead,” Treesa said. “The focus in all major events will be to minimise the mistakes, especially unforced errors,” she said. Gayatri believes playing in the BWF Finals will be a memorable experience. “Till now we have only seen the other big names in action there. So, playing there should be a huge motivation. And, we are determined to stay focussed and give our best,” she said. “Honestly, we don’t think there will be any pressure on us. We would love to treat the BWF Final also like any other Super Series. Our primary target is to perform consistently right through,” Gayatri said. “Missing the 2024 Paris Olympics qualification was disappointing. Now, it is time to prove ourselves at this level,” she said. Treesa said they will target improving their world rankings (now World No. 16) also in the coming weeks. “This (doubles performance) is the result of the kind of efforts we have put in over the years and also the support we got from coaches, especially Gopi Sir and Arun Vishnu Sir,” Treesa said. “We need to win a big Super Series title now. I feel that I mentally much stronger and positive,” Gayatri said. 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A UK-sponsored agricultural intervention project in Nigeria, Propcom+, has set an ambitious target of improving the income of four million Nigerians by 2030 This they hope to achieve through increased access to bio-fortified seeds, veterinary vaccination and strengthening of agribusinesses. The programme, which commenced in 2023 under the sponsorship of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, FCDO, has an initial funding of £95 million and hopes to leverage £122 million in private funding. Political Director and Country Representative of Propcom+, Dr Adiya Ode, disclosed this in Kano, on Thursday, at a one-day learning event, organised by Propcom+ for agribusiness owners, agricultural market actors, policymakers, and farmers on its interventions in Northern Nigeria. Ode noted that the objective of Propcom+ is to transform the rural economy, improve agricultural productivity and resilience of people who depend on agriculture for a livelihood, as well as reduce emissions and conflicts over natural resources. According to her, the organisation aims to achieve that objective by stimulating markets through its market systems development approach. She clarified that Propcom+ does not intervene directly with the markets but works with market actors and facilitates them, adding that Propcom+ thinks the approach is more sustainable. “We are implementing for eight years. We are in our second year and the program will close in 2030. “By the time the programme closes, we hope to have impacted the lives and improved the incomes of four million Nigerians. “That’s an ambitious target but we know that working with our partners, we can achieve this target. “We also have a financial target. We hope that the funding for Propcom+, which is £95 million, would leverage £122 million in private financing,” she said. Also speaking, the Kano State Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr Danjuma Yankatsari, said Propcom+’s achievements were evident as even independent evaluators can testify that the programme has benefited a lot of small scale farmers. Yankatsari noted that the focus on small-scale farmers and women tallies with programmes initiated by other organisations such as IFAD and Islamic Development Bank in the state. He noted that local farmers were exposed to environmental hazards, but efforts by Propcom+ programme, IFAD and Islamic Development Bank, in addition to the state’s own local programme, would help in achieving the desired result. According to him, the state has achieved a lot through the intervention of Propcom+ programme and other partners in crop production, crop protection, expanding irrigation facilities, spreading climate resilient seed, modern farming technics and provision of farming equipment, as well as creation of different cattle routes and provision of fodder. He further stated that because of its focus on women and small-scale farmers, the programme will reach the kind of vulnerable people more exposed to climate change. On his part, Propcom+’s Strategy Director, Mr Olamide Ojo, said the organisation has a robust basket of programmes to implement policies, regulations, laws, formal or informal, to work with business actors to make good use of the business environment. He said that in the past seven months, some partners have been working with Propcom+ to scale up the various models earlier implemented in its Makarfi project. He expressed hope that at the expiration of the project after 8 years, 4.1 million Nigerians would have been positively affected. Key agenda at the workshop were “Scaling last-mile delivery of vaccines through the Community Animal Health Worker and Veterinary Para-professional Model, Public-private partnership framework on routine vaccination, Scaling community seed multiplication models and Scaling rural seed promoters’ model.” A total of nine panelists x-rayed benefits, accessibility, and challenges around the models with emphasis on community engagement, public private sector partnership, and funding to ensure their successful implementation.

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The meeting will focus on programs in the company’s late-stage pipeline, the transformative value they could deliver to patients, and the market opportunities they represent. “We are focused on advancing our innovative pipeline and accelerating late-stage programs to deliver sustainable revenue growth to 2030 and beyond, building upon the strong momentum of our Growth and Launch Products,” said Christophe Weber, Takeda chief executive officer. “The first three Phase 3 programs will read out in 2025, initiating a cadence of potential filings across multiple indications over the next several years.” Eight Regulatory Filings in FY2025 – FY2029 The late-stage pipeline includes oveporexton (TAK-861), zasocitinib (TAK-279), rusfertide (TAK-121), mezagitamab (TAK-079), fazirsiran (TAK-999) and elritercept (TAK-226). Combined these programs have potential peak revenue 1 of $10B - $20B. Data from three Phase 3 programs is expected to read out in 2025: Filings for these three indications are expected in fiscal years 2025 and 2026. Five additional indication filings for late-stage programs are on pace for fiscal years 2027 through 2029: “Takeda has established an exciting, late-stage pipeline of transformative therapies that we believe will deliver value to our company and, most importantly, to the patients we serve around the world,” said Andy Plump, president of R&D at Takeda. “As we continue scaling our capabilities and maximizing R&D investment to deliver the late-stage pipeline, we are also progressing an exciting early-stage pipeline, supporting a cutting-edge research organization, and focusing on creative business development across our therapeutic areas to sustain Takeda’s future and continue to meet significant unmet patient needs.” 2024 R&D Day Agenda The meeting includes the following presentations and speakers: A Global, Innovation-Driven Biopharmaceutical Company Christophe Weber, President & CEO R&D Strategy and Pipeline Highlights Andy Plump, President, Research and Development Neuroscience: Deep-Dive on Orexin Franchise Sarah Sheikh, Head of Neuroscience Therapeutic Area Unit and Head of Global Development Ramona Sequeira, President of Global Portfolio Division Gastrointestinal and Inflammation: Deep-Dive on Zasocitinib, Rusfertide, Mezagitamab, Fazirsiran Chinwe Ukomadu, Head of Gastrointestinal and Inflammation Therapeutic Area Unit Ramona Sequeira, President of Global Portfolio Division Oncology: Deep-Dive on Elritercept – Newly Announced Business Development Deal Teresa Bitetti, President Global Oncology Business Unit P.K. Morrow, Head of Oncology Therapeutic Area Unit Webcast Details A live webcast of the meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. JST December 13 (6:30 p.m. EST December 12). Presentations are available on the Investor Relations section of Takeda’s website where a video replay will be available following the meeting. About Takeda Takeda is focused on creating better health for people and a brighter future for the world. We aim to discover and deliver life-transforming treatments in our core therapeutic and business areas, including gastrointestinal and inflammation, rare diseases, plasma-derived therapies, oncology, neuroscience and vaccines. Together with our partners, we aim to improve the patient experience and advance a new frontier of treatment options through our dynamic and diverse pipeline. As a leading values-based, R&D-driven biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan, we are guided by our commitment to patients, our people and the planet. 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View source version on businesswire.com : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241211148492/en/ CONTACT: Investor Relations Christopher O’Reilly Christopher.oreilly@takeda.com +81 (0) 90-6481-3412 Takeda Media Relations media_relations@takeda.com KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS UNITED STATES JAPAN NORTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ONCOLOGY HEALTH NEUROLOGY CLINICAL TRIALS PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY SOURCE: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Copyright Business Wire 2024. PUB: 12/12/2024 05:30 PM/DISC: 12/12/2024 05:30 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241211148492/en“Lev it on the Field” is back for Game 11. It’s the Star’s unique look at Arizona’s upcoming football matchup and other happenings around the Big 12 through the eyes of UA beat reporter-turned-columnist Michael Lev. Away we go ... Ten games into Brent Brennan’s tenure, we just might be there. Michael Lev is a senior writer/columnist for the Arizona Daily Star , Tucson.com and The Wildcaster . The Arizona Wildcats finally appear to have an identity. Brennan wanted to see something against Houston that he hadn’t seen often enough. He wants to see it this week against TCU, the following week against Arizona State and, he hopes, for many weeks and years to come. Arizona has to play harder than whomever it’s playing against. “You're always trying to elevate how hard you play,” Brennan said this week. “That's one of those things that can be an equalizer ... if you're playing a team that's better than you or somebody on the road. Always demanding great effort from our team is going to be an absolute staple of what we do.” Arizona defensive back Owen Goss, right, scoops up a Cougar fumble near the 1-yard line, ending a Houston scoring threat late in the fourth quarter on Nov. 15, 2024, at Arizona Stadium. All-out effort helped the Wildcats force three UH fumbles. Brennan saw the signs against the Cougars. Defenders hustled downfield to force fumbles. Superstar receiver Tetairoa McMillan sprinted downfield to ensure teammate Quali Conley reached the end zone. “You always want to have as many Arizona jerseys in the picture on the film at the end of the play as possible,” Brennan said. “We'll continue to push that and drive that,” he added. “And (if) the players will hold each other accountable to that high standard, then we will continue to get better.” That effort needs to be readily evident in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday. The Wildcats — and Brennan — cannot afford a repeat of their last road trip. They ventured to Orlando, Florida, to play UCF, but they basically didn’t show up. That can’t happen again. Even as the program was sputtering in Jedd Fisch’s first season (which he dubbed “Year Zero”), the team played with unrelenting effort — which inspired hope of the turnaround that eventually came. The Cats need to make it hard on the Horned Frogs by playing as hard as they possibly can. Anything less doesn’t bode well. Take that for data! Former UA offensive coordinator Sonny Dykes has been TCU’s head coach for three seasons. During that time, the Horned Frogs have authored three comebacks from deficits of at least 17 points. It happened twice during Dykes’ magical first season of 2022, when TCU improbably reached the national championship game. The latest such rally occurred on Oct. 26. TCU trailed Texas Tech 31-14 midway through the third quarter before storming back for a 35-34 victory. What’s remarkable about this TCU team — and emblematic of this Big 12 season — is that the Horned Frogs also squandered a lead of 17-plus points. TCU led UCF 31-13 with 5:03 left in the third quarter on Sept. 14. The Knights rallied to win 35-34, scoring the winning touchdown with 36 seconds remaining. (Rincon) Market report Going up: Spoilers You don’t want to face Lance Leipold and the Kansas Jayhawks right now. After a five-game losing streak — four decided by six or fewer points — Kansas has won three of its past four. That includes upsetting then-No. 17 Iowa State and handing then-No. 6 BYU its first defeat. Next up: Deion Sanders and No. 16 Colorado on Senior Day at Arrowhead Stadium. The Buffaloes will reach the Big 12 Championship Game if they win out. The Jayhawks are standing in their way and won’t give an inch of ground. Kansas safety Marvin Grant and linebacker Cornell Wheeler prevent BYU wide receiver Chase Roberts, left, from getting a first down on the final play of the game in the Jayhawks' upset of the Cougars on Nov. 16, 2024, in Provo, Utah. Going down: Multiple bids It was always a long shot. Now it’s all but impossible: The Big 12 won’t place more than one team in the College Football Playoff. The extremely narrow path to being a two-bid league went like this: BYU and Colorado win out; Buffs defeat Cougars in Big 12 title game; both advance to expanded CFP. BYU’s loss to Kansas killed that dream. For proof, look no further than how the CFP Selection Committee disrespected the Cougars , dropping them to 14th — one spot behind SMU, whom they defeated in Dallas. A question from my X “Wouldn’t it be more prudent to take the money they want to give Brennan for his buyout and put it into an NIL so that they can get better players to support him?” — @zona7378 via X/Twitter This question refers to the possibility of UA athletic director Desireé Reed-Francois deciding to move on from Brennan — whom she didn’t hire — after one season and raising the $11 million-plus necessary to satisfy his buyout. Regardless of whether that happens — the next two weeks will be telling — the question also leads to another one: What is the best way to allocate your money in the new era of college athletics? We know that revenue-sharing is coming . That could mitigate the impact of NIL — but it won’t eliminate it. The top players in football, men’s and women’s basketball and a handful of other sports still will be compensated above and beyond their rev-share pacts. Whether the money is coming from the institutions or private donations, does it still make sense to spend top dollar on coaches? Are you better off acquiring the best roster you can get in the transfer portal? Will facilities again become a differentiator? Interesting times ahead for Arizona and the college sports world at large. Threads Utah will don hand-painted 'Malama Lahaina' helmets for its final home game vs. Iowa State on Saturday. It’s been a rough year for Utah. But the Utes proudly will play their final home game in the most magnificent and meaningful helmets you’ve ever seen. This year’s hand-painted beauties have been dubbed “Malama Lahaina.” They pay tribute to the program’s Polynesian tradition while also honoring “the resilience and spirit of Maui in the wake of the devastating Lahaina fires of 2023,” per UNISWAG . The red helmets feature black Hawaiian tattoo art and an outline of Lahaina’s Front Street. They’re being paired with Utah’s black uniforms with red accents. The overall look is as good as it gets. What he said ... “TCU, I think, is the sixth- or seventh-best passing offense in the country. So that's kind of the biggest thing. ... Houston, I don't know if they were that great statistically. TCU is more explosive.” — UA safety Owen Goss on the differences between TCU’s offense and Houston’s What he meant ... “This is a completely different ballgame. We knew Houston was one-dimensional; if we could get the Cougars into third-and-long, they were cooked. This isn’t that. The Horned Frogs throw the ball all over the yard. They have a real quarterback. They have multiple receivers who can hurt you. We gotta rally and tackle these guys in space. If we don’t, it’s gonna be a long afternoon.” The other side Steven Johnson, via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram : It’s not often you face a receiver as gifted as Arizona’s Tetairoa McMillan. When the Horned Frogs face the Wildcats ... priority No. 1 for TCU will be finding a way to slow down a receiver that many think could change the outlook of one NFL franchise in the upcoming NFL Draft. Mock drafts project that McMillan will be at the top of the board with the likes of Colorado’s Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders and Miami’s Cam Ward. McMillan leads all Power Four receivers with 1,136 yards, and he also has seven touchdowns. Arizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan, left, steps through a trio of Houston defenders after snaring a catch over the middle in the third quarter of their Big 12 game on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, at Arizona Stadium. McMillan stands at 6-foot-5 and has more than enough speed to run away from defenders. TCU coach Sonny Dykes doesn’t see many flaws in his game. “He’s what you would get if you were going to design a receiver ... he’s long, he can run, he’s got a huge catch radius,” Dykes said Tuesday. “I really think that’s the strongest characteristic that he’s got. His ability to make competitive plays on the ball, adjust to the ball. Somebody with his size doesn’t typically have that type of body control.” Pick to click (aka #fadelev) Lots of home underdogs to choose from on this week’s Big 12 slate. Houston’s getting the most points (eight), but I can’t pick the Cougars no matter how sweet their “Houston Blue” uniforms are; they were just too inept last week. So the choice here is Utah, which is a seven-point ’dog against Iowa State. Do we really think a Kyle Whittingham-coached team is going to lose every conference home game it plays? As bad as their offense has been, the Utes’ defense is still one of the best in the league. I’m calling for an outright upset in Salt Lake City. (season record: 5-4-1) One last thing We’re in for a treat Saturday. The matchup in Fort Worth features two semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award honoring the nation’s best receiver: Arizona’s McMillan and TCU’s Jack Bech. They are two of three semifinalists from the Big 12, along with Colorado’s Travis Hunter. No other conference has more than two. I have no idea who’s going to win it. San Jose State’s Nick Nash has the most prolific numbers, but will the electorate vote for someone on a middling Mountain West team? Two-way phenom Hunter is the best player in college football and the favorite for the Heisman, but is he the best receiver? No one’s more talented or has more “wow” plays than McMillan, but is anyone outside of Tucson paying attention to Arizona football these days? It’s a really tough call this year. But we don’t have to worry about that Saturday. We can just sit back and enjoy the show. Contact sports reporter/columnist Michael Lev at mlev@tucson.com . 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Ottawa Senators (10-11-1, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Los Angeles Kings (13-8-3, in the Pacific Division) Los Angeles; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Kings -123, Senators +102; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Ottawa Senators visit the Los Angeles Kings after Adam Gaudette's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 4-3 win. Los Angeles has a 13-8-3 record overall and a 7-2-1 record in home games. The Kings have conceded 65 goals while scoring 71 for a +6 scoring differential. Ottawa is 10-11-1 overall and 4-6-0 on the road. The Senators have allowed 71 goals while scoring 70 for a -1 scoring differential. Saturday's game is the second time these teams meet this season. The Senators won the last meeting 8-7 in overtime. Gaudette scored two goals in the win. TOP PERFORMERS: Anze Kopitar has seven goals and 20 assists for the Kings. Adrian Kempe has six goals and five assists over the past 10 games. 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Trump said Thursday during an appearance at the New York Stock Exchange , where he was ringing the opening bell to kick off trading for the day, that he’s been “thinking about inviting certain people to the inauguration” without referring to any specific individuals. “And some people said, ‘Wow, that’s a little risky, isn’t it?’” Trump said. “And I said, ‘Maybe it is. We’ll see. We’ll see what happens.’ But we like to take little chances.” His comments came soon after his incoming White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed during a Thursday morning appearance on “Fox & Friends” that Trump had invited Xi and other world leaders to attend his inauguration. No head of state has previously made an official visit to the U.S. for the inauguration, according to State Department historical records. The unprecedented invitations come at a moment when much of the world is bracing for what comes next when Trump and his “America First” worldview return to the White House. The president-elect has vowed to levy massive tariffs against the United States' chief economic competitor, China, as well as neighbors Canada and Mexico unless those countries do more to reduce illegal immigration and the flow of illegal drugs such as fentanyl into the United States. Trump's also pledged to move quickly to end Russia's nearly three-year war in Ukraine and press NATO allies who are spending less than 2% of their GDP on defense to step up or risk the United States not coming to their defense, as required by the transatlantic alliance's treaty, should they come under attack. “We’ve been talking and discussing with President Xi some things, and others, other world leaders, and I think we’re going to do very well all around,” Trump said. “We’ve been abused as a country. We’ve been badly abused from an economic standpoint, I think, and even militarily, you know, we put up all the money, they put up nothing, and then they abuse us on the economy. And we just can’t let that happen.” Xi is likely to see the invitation as too risky to accept, and the gesture from Trump may have little bearing on the increasingly competitive ties between the two nations as the White House changes hands, experts say. Danny Russel, vice president for international security and diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute, said Xi would not allow himself to “be reduced to the status of a mere guest celebrating the triumph of a foreign leader — the U.S. president, no less.” Still, Leavitt saw it as a plus. “This is an example of President Trump creating an open dialogue with leaders of countries that are not just our allies, but our adversaries and our competitors, too,” she said on "Fox & Friends." “We saw this in his first term. He got a lot of criticism for it, but it led to peace around this world. He is willing to talk to anyone, and he will always put America’s interest first.” Asked at a Chinese Foreign Ministry briefing Thursday about Trump's invitation, spokesperson Mao Ning responded, “I have nothing to share at present.” Leavitt did not detail which leaders beyond Xi have been invited. But Trump's decision to invite Xi, in particular, squares with his belief that foreign policy — much like a business negotiation — should be carried out with carrots and sticks to get the United States' opponents to operate closer to his administration's preferred terms. Jim Bendat, a historian and author of “Democracy’s Big Day: The Inauguration of Our President,” said he was not aware of a previous U.S. inauguration attended by a foreign head of state. “It's not necessarily a bad thing to invite foreign leaders to attend,” Bendat said. “But it sure would make more sense to invite an ally before an adversary.” Edward Frantz, a presidential historian at the University of Indianapolis, said the invitation helps Trump burnish his “dealmaker and savvy businessman” brand. “I could see why he might like the optics," Frantz said. “But from the standpoint of American values, it seems shockingly cavalier." White House officials said it was up to Trump to decide whom he invites to the inauguration. “I would just say, without doubt, it's the single most consequential bilateral relationship that the United States has in the world,” White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said. “It is a relationship both fraught with peril and responsibility.” It's unclear which leaders, if any, might show. A top aide to Hungarian President Viktor Orban, one of Trump's most vocal supporters on the world stage, said Thursday that Orban isn't slated to attend the inauguration. “There is no such plan, at least for the time being," said Gergely Gulyás, Orban's chief of staff. The nationalist Hungarian leader is embraced by Trump but has faced isolation in Europe as he's sought to undermine the European Union's support for Ukraine, and routinely blocked, delayed or watered down the bloc’s efforts to provide weapons and funding and to sanction Moscow for its invasion. Orban recently met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Every country's chief of mission to the United States will also be invited, according to a Trump Inaugural Committee official who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Such invitations to diplomats stationed in Washington has been customary during past inaugurations. Xi, during a meeting with President Joe Biden last month in Peru, urged the United States not to start a trade war. “Make the wise choice,” Xi cautioned. “Keep exploring the right way for two major countries to get along well with each other.” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has also pushed back on Trump's threats, warning that such tariffs would be perilous for the U.S. economy as well. Trudeau earlier this week said Americans “are beginning to wake up to the real reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive” and said he will retaliate if Trump goes ahead with them. Trump responded by calling Canada a state and Trudeau the governor. In addition to the tariff dispute, U.S.-China relations are strained over other issues, including what U.S. officials see as Beijing's indirect support of Russia's war on Ukraine. The Biden administration says China has supported Russia with a surge in sales of dual-use components that help keep its military industrial base afloat. U.S. officials also have expressed frustration with Beijing for not doing more to rein in North Korea's support for the Russian war. China accounts for the vast majority of North Korea’s trade. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dispatched thousands of troops to Russia to help repel Ukrainian forces from the Kursk border region. The North Koreans also have provided Russia with artillery and other munitions, according to U.S. and South Korean intelligence officials. Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration is set to take place a day after the U.S. deadline for ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of social media giant TikTok, to sell the social media app or face a ban in the United States. Associated Press writers Didi Tang in Washington and Balint Domotor in Budapest, Hungary, contributed to this report.LENS, France (AP) — Pierre-Emile Højbjerg scored after VAR came to the rescue for Marseille to beat Lens 3-1 in the French league on Saturday. The Denmark midfielder struck in the 89th minute with a free kick awarded when Rémy Labeau-Lascary had what would have been a late equalizer ruled out for a foul by Angelo Fulgini in the buildup. The decision prompted a chorus of whistles from the home fans, who were further riled to see former Lens player Elye Wahi go on for the visitors. Valentin Rongier fired Marseille ahead early in the second half, set up by Neal Maupay, who had been played into the danger area by a good ball from Mason Greenwood. Brazilian forward Luis Henrique made it 2-0 on a counterattack in the 57th. Fulgini pulled one back from close range in the 80th after M’Bala Nzola had two efforts blocked on the line, and Labeau-Lascary thought he’d equalized in the 86th, only for Fulgini’s shove to prove decisive at the other end. The win helped Marseille consolidate third place after its third successive win away from home. Roberto De Zerbi’s team has failed to win any of its last three home games. Following a serious illness, former Lens president Gervais Martel kicked the ball in a symbolic gesture ahead of the actual kickoff. The 70-year-old was visibly moved by the reception he received from fans who displayed a giant banner thanking him for his leadership, and from players who lined up with his name on their jerseys. Lyon visited Reims later Saturday, after St. Etienne hosted fellow struggler Montpellier. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

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LOS ANGELES — After another loss, this one of the 37-20 variety to the Philadelphia Eagles , Rams head coach Sean McVay was once again asked about his offense’s third-down conversion rate. It’s been a recurring issue for the Rams (5-6) this season, especially in the previous three games in which the Rams failed to convert more than 25% of their attempts on third downs. But Sunday marked a new low, as the Rams went 0-for-8, their first time failing to convert a single third down all season. “There’s a lot of different reasons. It wasn’t one thing in particular,” McVay said. “But that hasn’t been successful enough. It’s been an area that we have to be better at, no doubt about it.” The Rams rank 31st in the NFL, ahead of only Cleveland, in third-down conversion percentage with a 31.71% mark. They are similarly 31st in estimated points added (EPA) on third downs at -0.287 per play. The Rams actually have a respectable success rate when running the ball on third down at 54.5%. But they aren’t getting into enough and-short situations to justify handoffs on third downs, as evidenced by Sunday’s performance. The Rams lined up for 11 third downs on Sunday, though three were nullified by penalty. They faced an average distance of 9.4 yards on those plays. This number is slightly inflated by two 10-yard penalties committed by the Rams on third downs; as far as what distance the Rams had earned through their work on first and second downs, the number is 7.9 yards. On their eight third-down plays that were allowed to stand, the Rams ran seven pass plays and one run, a white-flag handoff on third-and-13 that gained 8 yards. On the seven drop backs, quarterback Matthew Stafford completed 2 of 4 passes for 10 yards while being sacked three times, all on to-go distances of 9 or greater yards in which Philadelphia’s pass rushers knew what was coming. “We didn’t put ourselves in a lot of favorable ones today,” Stafford said. “You don’t do that against that defense, it’s going to be difficult. No doubt there are some that we can convert on, look back on but it takes great execution by everybody to convert on third down. We just gotta do a better job.” The Rams actually did move the sticks after one third down, a third-and-16, but did not get credit for it in the stat book because it came via a Philadelphia pass interference penalty. So then, what did the Rams do to put themselves in these unfavorable situations? Let’s take a look at the first and second downs in the second quarter or later, given the Rams did not reach third down until the second quarter. The Rams ran the ball 10 times and dialed up 24 drop backs on first and second downs after the first quarter; given the nature of the blowout loss, the imbalance in play calls is not surprising. On the 10 carries, the Rams managed 23 yards and allowed three tackles for loss. Stafford was also sacked twice while completing 14 of 22 attempts. And this is where inconsistent execution in the run game is hurting the Rams, a team that wants to power the ball down defenses’ throats using their big bodies on the line and duo blocking. The Rams have made a heavy investment in this aspect of the team over the last two years. The second-round pick spent on guard Steve Avila. Big contracts paid to interior linemen Kevin Dotson and Jonah Jackson. The addition of Blake Corum in the third round in April to take some of the load off starting back Kyren Williams. 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Unless something changes over the next 50-or-so days, Joe Biden will skulk out of the White House with a personal-record low job approval rating and Donald Trump will enter office with a record high. “The first post-election ... poll finds President-elect Donald Trump’s favorability rating at 54%, a six-point increase from his pre-election favorability of 48%,” pollster Emerson College reported Tuesday. Meanwhile, “Biden has a 36% job approval rating, a four-year low for the president in Emerson polls, while his disapproval rating remains steady at 52%.” Yes, despite four years of covering up Biden’s obvious mental and physical decline, despite four years of lying to the American public about the economy being in great shape, the border being secure, and the adults being in charge, the regime media not only failed to elect Kamala Harris, but they also failed to boost Biden’s approval ratings as he is sent out to pasture. WATCH — “This Is by Design”: Trump’s Border Czar “Pissed Off” by Biden’s Open Border: And then there’s this... Despite nearly a decade of relentless media attacks, smears, phony criminal indictments, phony guilty verdicts, an FBI raid on his house, two rigged impeachments, and non-stop smears as a RussianTraitorThreatToDemocracyHitlerFascistAuthoritarian, Trump’s 54 percent favorability rating means the president-elect will enter office with what was denied him in 2016 — the normal and customary honeymoon period every president has been granted since George Washington. This means the people are with Trump and want him to get a chance to implement the issues he campaigned on, and nothing the regime media, Deep State, or Democrats say will change that. Emerson also looked ahead to 2028 and found that Harris leads the presidential pack by a fairly wide margin. A plurality of 37 percent would like to see her run again. Only seven percent chose second-place California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Actually, “undecided” came in second with 35 percent. On the Republican side, Vice President-elect JD Vance leads the 2028 presidential pack with 30 percent support. Second place is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at five percent. A majority of 51 percent of Republicans are undecided. WATCH — Kamala Harris Gives Her Supporters a Pep Talk about “Power” After Losing to Trump: Thus far, four of Trump’s cabinet picks enjoy a plurality of support. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as Secretary of State is supported by 45 percent of those polled and opposed by only 32 percent. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Director of Health and Human Services enjoys 47 percent support. Only 40 percent oppose his nomination. Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence is supported by 40 percent, while only 33 percent oppose. Finally, Dr. Mehmet Oz as the head of Medicare and Medicaid wins 41 percent support and 37 percent opposition. The people are with Trump right now, and I have no doubt that faith will pay off in the short and long term. FREE-FREE-FREE for the holidays: an autographed bookplate if you purchase John Nolte’s first and last novel, BORROWED TIME, between now and December 20. After you’ve made the purchase, email your request to JJMNOLTE at HOTMAIL dot COM with an address and any personalization requests. For example, something like; “To Rachel Levine: The sexiest man alive.” Borrowed Time , is winning five-star raves from everyday readers. You can read an excerpt here and an in-depth review here . Also available in hardcover and on Kindle and Audiobook .

Tweet Facebook Mail Police are bracing for underworld retaliation as the search continues for two killers who gunned down a 30-year-old man in Sydney's CBD over the weekend. Emergency services were called to Baptist Street in Surry Hills, near Cleveland Street, following reports of shots fired about 7.45pm on Friday. Police said the man, identified as Nidal Acherkouk, was shot while sitting alone in his car at a BP service station nearby. READ MORE: Djokovic raises eyebrows with Australian Open coach pick Police are bracing for underworld retaliation as the search continues for two killers who gunned down a 30-year-old man in Sydney's CBD over the weekend. (Nine) CCTV shows the moment two armed shadowy figures ambush the man in his car. The victim then fled to Bathurst Street, but collapsed and died of his injuries in front of pub and restaurant patrons. Police believe the gunmen went to lengths to conceal their identity by wearing a mask, as well as a black ponchos to disguise their shape and figure. A man has died after a public place shooting in Sydney's inner city. (Nine) Former NSW Police officer Glenn Gorrick said it begs belief a member of the public wasn't injured in the attack. "It's an absolute miracle," he told Today . Gorrick said the shooting being carried out in a public place was not only brazen, but a warning to other members of organised crime. "I have good confidence that there's going to be more retaliatory behaviour by these criminal gangs," he said. "It's all over drug territory, it's all over family issues. It's just been going on for so long." Yesterday, police said the attack was "meticulously well-planned" with both men dressed head-to-toe in black with no skin showing The victim died from his injuries in front of pub and restaurant patrons. (Nine) Police also located a Porsche set alight at a nearby unit complex on Kensington Road in Kensington, and initial inquiries suggest the two incidents are linked. Superintendent Andrew Garner said the victim had linked to "organised crime entities". "This was an outrageous incident and it demonstrated a high level of reckless indifference to the public that were around that area at the time," Garner said. "We're working very hard to identify and arrest those involved ... we're coming for you."  DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP : Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the Apple App Store and Google Play .

Major stock indexes rose on Wall Street in afternoon trading Monday, after a choppy start to a holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 rose 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recovered from an early slide to gain 29 points, or 0.1% as of 3:40 p.m. Eastern time. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite rose 0.8%. Gains in technology and communications stocks helped outweigh losses in consumer goods companies and elsewhere in the market. Semiconductor giant Nvidia, whose enormous valuation gives it an outsize influence on indexes, rose 3.3%. Broadcom climbed 5.5% to also help support the broader market. Walmart fell 2% and PepsiCo slid 1.2%. Japanese automakers Honda Motor and Nissan said they are talking about combining in a deal that might also include Mitsubishi Motors. U.S.-listed shares in Honda jumped 13.4%, while Nissan slipped 0.2%. Eli Lilly rose 3.5% after announcing that regulators approved Zepbound as the first and only prescription medicine for adults with sleep apnea. Department store Nordstrom fell 1.6% after it agreed to be taken private by Nordstrom family members and a Mexican retail group in a $6.25 billion deal. The Conference Board said that consumer confidence slipped in December. Its consumer confidence index fell back to 104.7 from 112.8 in November. Wall Street was expecting a reading of 113.8. The unexpectedly weak consumer confidence update follows several generally strong economic reports last week. One report showed the overall economy grew at a 3.1% annualized rate during the summer, faster than earlier thought. The latest report on unemployment benefit applications showed that the job market remains solid. A report on Friday said a measure of inflation the Federal Reserve likes to use was slightly lower last month than economists expected. Worries about inflation edging higher again had been weighing on Wall Street and the Fed. The central bank just delivered its third cut to interest rates this year, but inflation has been hovering stubbornly above its target of 2%. It has signaled that it could deliver fewer cuts to interest rates next year than it earlier anticipated because of concerns over inflation. Expectations for more interest rate cuts have helped drive a roughly 25% gain for the S&P 500 in 2024. That drive included 57 all-time highs this year. Inflation concerns have added to uncertainties heading into 2025, which include the labor market's path ahead and shifting economic policies under an incoming President Donald Trump. "Put simply, much of the strong market performance prior to last week was driven by expectations that a best-case scenario was the base case for 2025," said Brent Schutte, chief investment officer at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company Treasury yields rose in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.59% from 4.53% late Friday. European markets were mostly lower, while markets in Asia gained ground. Wall Street has several other economic reports to look forward to this week. On Tuesday, the U.S. will release its November report for sales of newly constructed homes. A weekly update on unemployment benefits is expected on Thursday. Markets in the U.S. will close at 1 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday for Christmas Eve and will remain closed on Wednesday for Christmas.Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola admitted “in eight years we have never lived this kind of situation” after Tottenham won 4-0 at the Etihad to condemn the Premier League champions to a fifth straight defeat in all competitions. Watch selected NRL, AFL, SSN games plus every F1 qualifying session and race live in 4K on Kayo. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer. James Maddison marked his 28th birthday with two first-half goals before Pedro Porro scored against his former club, with Brennan Johnson completing the rout. Defeat meant the end of City’s 52-game unbeaten home run and left them on a losing streak unlike anything else Guardiola has experienced since arriving in Manchester in 2016. They also remain five points adrift of Premier League leaders Liverpool, with Arne Slot’s side facing bottom club Southampton on Sunday. City travel to Liverpool next weekend and Guardiola conceded their defence of the title is realistically over should they lose and fall 11 points behind the Reds. The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss only this week signed a two-year contract extension until 2027. But hopes that would bring the positivity needed to turn City’s fortunes around proved short-lived. “In eight years we have never lived this kind of situation,” said Guardiola, whose side face Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday. “Now we have to live it and break it winning the next games, especially the next one. Now we see things in one way, maybe in a few weeks we see it differently.” After a bright start, City collapsed when Maddison opened the scoring with virtually Tottenham’s first attack. Guardiola’s men have rewritten the record books of English football in recent years by winning four consecutive Premier League titles. But he recognised that they are stuck in a negative mental spiral after a series of unexpected defeats. MORE: Ange says stunning City win is ‘significant’. But there is still one flaw Spurs must ‘eradicate’ “We are a bit fragile right now, that is obvious for the fact that we struggled today to score goals. And after when they arrived, they scored,” he added. “We are playing a little bit in our thoughts, with a little bit of negativity, but it’s normal. Football is a sense of mood. And when you win a lot, there’s continuity that gives us self-confidence that you can do it. “When you lose three games in a row in the Premier League, that situation is always a little bit there.” Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville, meanwhile, said he had “not seen them as bad as this” in a damning assessment of City’s struggles. “He will have wanted that international break to come, thinking it would be a reset moment,” Neville said on Sky Sports . “But now here, it further entrenches the opinion this is a City side currently in decline. “It seems madness, when you think about what they’ve achieved. They’re easy to play against and teams are encouraged when playing them. The vulnerabilities are clear for everyone to see.” While injuries, most notably to Rodri, have taken their toll, Neville said it is “far more” than “just Rodri” and even went as far as to say winning the Premier League this season would be Guardiola’s greatest feat. “When you’re on the decline - and I hate to use the word decline, but it does feel like it - it’s a group of players with a number of things (going wrong),” he said on the Gary Neville Podcast. “The idea of growing slightly old together, the idea of playing the volume of games together, the physical and mental demands of that, and the third thing is how many times you can keep going. “I played for a manager and a club who kept going, but there were times when you just fall over. You’ve won the league three times on the bounce, twice, you’ve done doubles, you’ve won trebles, and you just can’t go any further. “Your shoulders just drop a bit, and it looks like that’s the kind of thing that’s happened here. “It’s a group of players who have run a million miles. They’ve been sensational. But they’ve become a little bit punch-drunk. Leggy, lacking in energy, they’ve lost players and a couple of vital players out through injury. “It’s a big game next week, Liverpool vs City, and there’s only a few points in it, there’s a long way to go, but it feels like today, if Man City were to win the title this season, I think it would be Pep’s greatest Premier League.” City defender Kyle Walker, meanwhile, said it was vital the team went “back to the basics and got a clean sheet”. He added: “If we concede four goals at home we have to score five. 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Raymond James & Associates grew its stake in Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF by 13.5% during the second quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 242,258 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,885,000 after purchasing an additional 28,902 shares during the period. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets bought a new stake in Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $233,000. Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF Stock Performance Shares of PPA opened at $121.04 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $3.77 billion, a PE ratio of 33.87 and a beta of 0.73. Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF has a 52-week low of $86.53 and a 52-week high of $124.89. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $116.76 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $109.83. 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BLOUNTVILLE – The Wynn blew at just the right time for David Crockett. Autumn Wynn connected on six points to open the fourth quarter to help the Pioneers pull away in a 51-41 non-conference win over West Ridge on Tuesday night at the Evelyn Rafalowski Athletic Complex. "We had a sluggish first half. I think for the game we missed 12 or 13 layups, which is uncharacteristic for us at the moment," David Crockett head coach Thomas Gouge said. "The girls responded. We talked about defense and they came out and responded in the second half. We held a very good offensive team to 12 points in the second half." Brylee Tullock led unbeaten David Crockett (8-0) with 21 points, including seven in the final period, as the Pioneers outscored the Wolves 16-6 in the final period. "Autumn had a great game," Gouge said. "Brylee was penetrating and she dumped it off to Autumn and Autumn made three big baskets that really sparked us." West Ridge (4-6) led 35-33 late in the third quarter before Aaliyah Story tied the score at 35-all going into the final period. Allie Reilly tied the score at 37-37 early in the fourth before Wynn connected on two more buckets, as the Pioneers pulled away from the cold-shooting Wolves. "I thought we did a very good job in the first half. The third quarter we had a chance to go up by even more and just missed opportunities and kept turning the ball over and gave them opportunities to get back in the ball game," West Ridge head coach Kristi Walling said. "We let them get back in it and in the fourth quarter we let it get away." Story had eight points for David Crockett, while Kayleigh Doner and Wynn had seven apiece. West Ridge was led by Millie Shelton, who went to the basket to finish with 12 points. "That is something that she can do, but she is one we have to tell to score," Walling said. "They weren't really guarding her so we told her she had to be more aggressive and she did a good job of getting to the basket." Carter Jones added 11 points and Reilly had eight for the Wolves. "I feel good about where we are at. I feel like we are getting there," Walling said. "There are still little mistakes that have got to fix. Our schedule has been tough, that was by design so we hope these games get you better and see what you need to improve on to get you ready for conference play." Stay Informed: Subscribe to Our Newsletter TodayBryce Thompson scored 17 points and achieved a milestone as Oklahoma State defeated Miami 80-74 on Friday afternoon in a Charleston Classic consolation game in Charleston, S.C. Thompson made 6-of-14 shots from the floor, surpassing 1,000 points for his career at Oklahoma State (4-1), which also got 15 points from Marchelus Avery. The Cowboys won in large part thanks to their impressive 3-point shooting (10-for-22, 45.5 percent). Oklahoma State backup guard Arturo Dean, a Miami native, posted eight points and one steal. He led the nation in steals last season while playing for Florida International. Miami (3-2) has lost two straight games in Charleston, failing to take a lead at any point. They will play on Sunday against either Nevada or VCU. The Hurricanes on Friday were led by Nijel Pack, who had a game-high 20 points. Brandon Johnson had a double-double for Miami with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Matthew Cleveland scored 11 points and Lynn Kidd and Paul Djobet added 10 points apiece for Miami. Miami, which fell behind 7-0 in Thursday's loss to Drake, got behind 9-0 on Friday as Abou Ousmane scored six of his eight points. Oklahoma State stretched its lead to 18 before settling for a 43-27 advantage at the break. Pack led all first-half scorers with 10 points, but Miami shot just 29.6 percent from the floor, including 3-of-13 on 3-pointers (23.1). Oklahoma State shot 48.4 percent, including 8-for-15 on 3-pointers (53.3 percent) before intermission. The Cowboys also had a 14-8 edge in paint points. In the second half, Miami closed its 20-point deficit to 55-42 with 12:12 left. Miami got a bit closer as two straight short jumpers by Kidd, trimming the deficit to 73-62 with 3:25 to play. The Hurricanes cut it to 77-70 on Pack's 3-pointer with 34 seconds remaining, but the Cowboys hit their free throws to close out the win. --Field Level Mediaslot machine online 。

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Let’s get the good news in Philadelphia out of the way first. The Eagles are riding a nine-game winning streak, Saquon Barkley is making a serious run at the NFL season rushing record and a playoff berth was clinched for the fourth straight year under coach Nick Sirianni. Now, about all that grumbling ... . Yes, Philly sports fans, media and social media doomsayers are usually the ones with a complaint even in the best of times for the pro teams. Perhaps it’s a bit unsettling around Philadelphia, then, that the grousing after a win over Carolina this weekend came from inside the locker room. Wide receivers DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown, and even Jalen Hurts, made public their complaints about the state of the (diminishing) passing game, putting the coaching staff on notice that enough was enough and it was time to rev up the engine on a pair of 1,000-yard receivers and get the offense humming headed into the postseason. Even Sirianni conceded that yes, it was fair to raise questions about an offense that allowed Smith and Brown to combine for only eight catches and 80 yards. The problem this week? “Being on the same page,” Smith said. Smith is coming off consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons and has yet to break 100 in a game this season. Brown has four 100-yard games, well off last season's run when he topped 100 yards in six straight games and seven times overall. Hurts threw for just 108 yards with two TDs passing and one rushing score. Should an offense getting on the same page develop into this much of a concern for the Eagles (11-2) after 13 games? “No. I just say no," Hurts said. There are reasons the numbers are down. The easy one, of course, is that the traditionally pass-happy Eagles have leaned on Barkley and his team-record 1,623 yards to steer the offense in his first season. Hurts also shoulders his share of the blame given his propensity for holding on to the ball. He was sacked four times and missed Smith and Brown the few times he did chuck the ball deep to open receivers on long routes. Hurts didn’t throw Brown the ball a couple of times when he was open, including on a TD pass to Smith. “Have to find a way to come together and come and sync as a unit and play complementary ball,” Hurts said. Hurts has topped 300 yards passing only once this season and his last three games are at 179-118-108. He does have only five interceptions and has thrown just one during the winning streak. The offensive woes start at the beginning. The Eagles have yet to score a touchdown on their opening possession through the first 13 games and average only 10.7 points in the first half. They had only 46 total yards in the first quarter. The slow starts are one reason why teams with losing records such as Carolina, Jacksonville and Cleveland are able to keep games close at the Linc and make last-gasp drives at an upset victory. The running game. That really only means one name: Barkley. Barkley rushed for 124 yards to break the Eagles' season record, and Eric Dickerson's NFL mark is in his sights. Barkley needed just 13 games to pass McCoy, who rushed for 1,607 yards in 2013. Barkley also maintained his pace to break Dickerson’s NFL single-season rushing record of 2,105 yards, set in 1984 with the Los Angeles Rams. Barkley is averaging 124.8 yards per game. At that pace and with one more game to play than Dickerson, he would become the top single-season rusher in NFL history. He needs 483 yards over the final four games to top Dickerson’s 40-year-old record. Barkley is one pace for 2,122 yards, just 17 yards beyond Dickerson’s 2,105 total. Linebackers Zack Baun and Nakobe Dean. Dean led the Eagles with 12 tackles while Baun had 11 tackles and a sack. They both had strong games in shutting down Carolina's — albeit banged-up — running game. Jake Elliott. Elliott was wide right on a 52-yard attempt in the third quarter and has missed all five attempts of 50-plus yards this season. Safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson was evaluated for a concussion and treated for an additional injury in the fourth quarter but had a game-changing interception. 9 — The Eagles won nine straight games only three other times, in the 2017, 2003 and 1960 seasons. The Eagles host cross-state rival Pittsburgh in a potential all-Pennsylvania Super Bowl preview. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflHouse Ethics Committee Accuses Gaetz of ‘Regularly’ Paying for Sex, Including With 17-Year-Old GirlMany Americans have come to rely on Chinese-made drones. Now lawmakers want to ban them

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PRINCETON, NJ, Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sonnet BioTherapeutics Holdings, Inc. (the "Company" or "Sonnet") (NASDAQ:SONN), a clinical-stage company developing targeted immunotherapeutic drugs, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with institutional investors for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 1,085,325 shares of its common stock (or common stock equivalents in lieu thereof) (the “Registered Direct Shares”) and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,085,325 shares of common stock (the “Registered Direct Warrants”), in a registered direct offering. Each share of common stock (or pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof) is being sold in the registered direct offering together with one common warrant at a combined offering price of $2.23, priced at-the-market under the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Registered Direct Warrants will have an exercise price of $2.10 per share, are immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the date of issuance. The Company has also entered into a definitive agreement with an existing investor, in a concurrent private placement, for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 673,000 shares of its common stock (or common stock equivalents in lieu thereof) (the “PIPE Shares”) and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 673,000 shares of common stock (the “PIPE Warrants”). Each share of common stock (or pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof) is being sold in the private placement offering together with one common warrant at a combined offering price of $2.23, priced at-the-market under the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. The PIPE Warrants will have an exercise price of $2.10 per share, are immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the date of issuance. The closing of the registered direct offering and the concurrent private placement is expected to occur on or about December 10, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Chardan is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the registered direct offering and the concurrent private placement. The gross proceeds to the Company from the registered direct offering and the concurrent private placement are expected to be approximately $3.9 million, before deducting the placement agent's fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds for research and development, including clinical trials, working capital and general corporate purposes. The Registered Direct Shares are being offered and sold by the Company in a registered direct offering pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-251406) that was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on December 22, 2023, and declared effective on January 4, 2024. The offering of such securities in the registered direct offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement that forms a part of the effective registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus relating to the registered direct offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov . Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus may also be obtained, when available, from Chardan Capital Markets, LLC, 17 State Street, Suite 2130, New York, New York 10004, at (646) 465-9000, or by email at vdealwis@chardan.com . The PIPE Shares, the PIPE Warrants and the Registered Direct Warrants and the shares underlying the PIPE Warrants and the Registered Direct Warrants described above are being offered in a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and Regulation D promulgated thereunder and have not been registered under the Act, or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the PIPE Shares, the PIPE Warrants, the Registered Direct Warrants and the shares of common stock underlying the PIPE Warrants and the Registered Direct Warrants may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Act and such applicable state securities laws. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. About Sonnet BioTherapeutics Holdings, Inc. Sonnet is an oncology-focused biotechnology company with a proprietary platform for innovating biologic drugs of single or bifunctional action. Known as F H AB (Fully Human Albumin Binding), the technology utilizes a fully human single chain antibody fragment (scFv) that binds to and "hitch-hikes" on human serum albumin (HSA) for transport to target tissues. Sonnet's F H AB was designed to specifically target tumor and lymphatic tissue, with an improved therapeutic window for optimizing the safety and efficacy of immune modulating biologic drugs. F H AB is the foundation of a modular, plug-and-play construct for potentiating a range of large molecule therapeutic classes, including cytokines, peptides, antibodies, and vaccines. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, as amended, including those relating to the closing of the registered direct offering and the concurrent private placement and the expected use of proceeds, the outcome of the Company’s clinical trials, the Company's cash runway, the Company's product development, clinical and regulatory timelines, market opportunity, competitive position, possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, potential growth opportunities and other statements that are predictive in nature. 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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said dealing with incoming president Donald Trump and his thundering on trade will be “a little more challenging” than the last time he was in the White House. Speaking at an event put on by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, Trudeau said that’s because Trump’s team is coming in with a much clearer set of ideas of what they want to do right away than after his first election win in 2016. Even still, Trudeau said the answer is not to panic and said Canada can rally together to address the tough scenario the nation will face following Trump’s inauguration in January. Trump has threatened 25 per cent tariffs against Canada and Mexico, if the two nations do not beef up their borders to his satisfaction. On the weekend, Trump appeared in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where the president-elect said he can’t guarantee the tariffs won’t raise prices for U.S. consumers but that eventually tariffs will “make us rich.” “All I want to do is I want to have a level, fast, but fair playing field,” he said. Trudeau warned that steep tariffs could be “devastating for the Canadian economy” and cause “just horrific losses in all of our communities,” and that Trump’s approach is to introduce “a bit of chaos” to destabilize his negotiating partners. But he also said that Canada exports a range of goods to the U.S., from steel and aluminum to crude oil and agricultural commodities, all of which would get more expensive and mean real hardship for Americans at the same time. “For years, Americans have been paying more for their homes than they should because of unjust tariffs on softwood lumber. Maybe this level of tariffs will actually have them realize that this is something they are doing to themselves,” Trudeau said. “Trump got elected on a commitment to make life better and more affordable for Americans, and I think people south of the border are beginning to wake up to the real reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive.” Experts, including Canada’s former top trade negotiator Steve Verheul, have warned the country needs to be ready to respond if Trump goes through with his tariff threats. The prime minister said his government is still mulling over “the right ways” to respond, referencing Canada’s calculated approach when Trump hit Canada with steel and aluminum tariffs. “It was the fact that we put tariffs on bourbon and Harley-Davidsons and playing cards and Heinz ketchup and cherries and a number of other things that were very carefully targeted because they were politically impactful to the president’s party and colleagues,” he said. That’s how Canada was able to “punch back in a way that was actually felt by Americans,” he added. Trudeau also said the country needs to rally together and work past its political differences. He offered up some rare words of praise for Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe — a frequent political thorn in his side and “no big fan of mine” — as one of Canada’s strongest voices during that tumultuous time period when NAFTA was under threat. “His voice with governors down south, his making the case for Canadian workers and Canadian trade in a way that complemented the arguments that we were making, did a better job of showing what Canadian unity was and (what) Canada’s negotiating position could be to a United States that has a political system that is incredibly fractured and fractious,” Trudeau said. On Sunday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said “every single Conservative would tell every single American” that tariffs on Canada would be a bad idea — and also took time to bill Trudeau as a weak leader. One member of his caucus, Conservative MP Jamil Jivani, said he had dinner with incoming vice-president JD Vance and British Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch over the weekend in Arlington, Va. He said it’s crucial right now to be building “strong relationships with our allies.” — With files from The Associated Press, Kelly Geraldine Malone and Rosa Saba in Toronto

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LOS ANGELES –– The Kings defeated one of the NHL’s hottest teams and turned in a perfect afternoon on special teams as they beat the Seattle Kraken 2-1 on Saturday at Crypto.com Arena. The Kings scored the game’s only power-play goal, reversing a troubling recent trend in the process, and were 3 for 3 on the penalty kill. They entered the match as losers of three of their last four games while Seattle had prevailed in five of its past six clashes. Adrian Kempe and Quinton Byfield, who was playing in his 200th career game, each found the net for the Kings. Anže Kopitar assisted on both goals. David Rittich stopped all 19 shots. Brandon Montour scored late for Seattle on an active night for the former Ducks defenseman. Joey Daccord made 19 saves. Two of the NHL’s 10 best teams defensively produced a predictably low-event first period – while the Kraken and Kings once combined for 17 goals in a game, they had only nine combined shots in the opening 20 minutes – but the Kings flipped the script with goals at the 4:19 and 6:03 marks of the middle frame. First, it was the vision of Alex Turcotte synergizing the finishing ability of Kempe, who scored his 10th goal of the season and his 11th point in his past 11 games. Turcotte received the puck behind the net, curled toward the right-wing boards and sold a play along the wall as he sucked in four Kraken defenders. His no-look pass hit Kempe in the slot, with Adam Larsson unable to close his gap and Daccord having little chance at Kempe’s searing short-side wrister. Then, two weights were lifted at once when the power play scored its first goal since Brandt Clarke’s Nov. 9 empty-netter and Byfield tallied for the first time since he scored in consecutive games Nov. 5 and Nov. 7. He scored his third goal of the year and the first for the newly configured top power-play unit with a kneeling one-timer from the right faceoff circle. The primary assist was Kevin Fiala’s first point in seven games and the secondary one, as it did on Kempe’s goal, went to Kopitar. The captain’s pair of helpers brought him to 14 points in his past 11 games, remaining a beacon of consistency even in lean offensive stretches for the team. The Kings had the opportunity to slam the door at the end of the period when a bizarre sequence during a Seattle power play left Byfield and Warren Foegele with a two-on-none shorthanded rush. After four passes across Daccord’s crease, Foegele’s eventual shot was negated by the handle of Daccord’s stick. Foegele would have another brush with glory in the third period, right after Montour had two of his own. His slap shot was saved by Rittich but his follow-up bid beat the big Czech, only to dent the right post just below the crossbar. Montour broke through 23 seconds after the Kings survived a six-on-four sequence, when his slap shot roared past Rittich with 1:34 to play, but Seattle drew no nearer.Editorial Roundup: United States

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — There's a lot of NFL football on over the next few days while the Steelers thankfully get a break from filling the airwaves. Nose tackle Keeanu Benton plans on watching some games, but first, he needs to spend time with his family in town for the holidays. They didn't exactly get the best version of Benton when he came home Wednesday from Acrisure Stadium after the Steelers' 29-10 loss to the Chiefs. "I was kind of grouchy on Christmas," Benton said. "I was the Grinch." All is not well in Whoville. The 6-foot-4, 309-pound Benton is somewhat of a jolly giant and he was trying to put a smile on in a solemn Steelers locker room the morning after their latest dismantling at the hands of the Chiefs. Most are trying to find the balance between consternation over a three-game losing skid and confidence that they can right the ship. Thursday afternoon on the South Side was nearly as quiet as Wednesday evening on the North Shore. Russell Wilson was there armed with his usual positivity. Hopefully, he was able to keep that disposition a little later in the day when the Steelers met as a team and turned on the film of their latest double-digit defeat. "I'm not even gonna want to watch the film right now," special teams captain Miles Killebrew said. "But you have to do things you don't want to do. Gotta get ahead on the Bengals, and that's what needs to be done." Killebrew did Christmas with his wife and kids Thursday before heading to the practice facility. The Broncos losing to the Bengals, the Chargers being upset by the Patriots or both would be a fantastic present for the Steelers to unwrap Saturday, but the reality is they've lost control of their playoff destination. They went 0-for in their three-game stretch over 11 days. Now they get 10 days off on the back end to regroup, fix their issues and prepare for the postseason. "No one likes to lose," Killebrew said. "We're on a little bit of a losing streak here, so just got to get in the lab and figure out a way to turn this ship around." Rookie right guard Mason McCormick is not accustomed to this kind of swoon late in a season. His South Dakota State teams won back-to-back national championships in his final two years there, doing so in dominant fashion. Because of those deep FCS playoff pushes into January, McCormick insists he doesn't feel any sort of rookie wall hitting him or vice versa. But he knows the Steelers aren't peaking at the right time. "Obviously, we're frustrated," McCormick said. "You want to be playing your best football right now, and we've got some stuff to clean up. I feel like we're ready to go attack this process and get better. But, obviously, it's got to be quick." McCormick and the offense are a relatively inexperienced unit with a few veterans to lean on, mostly Wilson. The star-laden defense is the group pounding the table for accountability, trusting each other and intestinal fortitude. Communication, tough conversations and honesty might need to come to the forefront in that Chiefs film session. But to go back to the Grinch, Benton is adamant that their hearts aren't three sizes too small to still make a run. "I think guys are still hungry, to be honest," Benton said. "We've still got ball to play, so we can't do nothing but be hungry. We've got to go out there and get it."Prasar Bharati’s OTT Platform WAVES To Provide ‘Clean Family Entertainment’

AP Sports SummaryBrief at 5:33 p.m. ESTFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Blake Horvath set a Navy record with a 95-yard touchdown run and then scored a go-ahead 6-yarder with 4:34 left as the Midshipmen overcame an early two-touchdown deficit and stopped a late 2-point conversion attempt to beat Oklahoma 21-20 in the Armed Forces Bowl on Friday. The Sooners (6-7) got a 10-yard touchdown pass from Michael Hawkins Jr. to Jake Roberts with six seconds left. They then went for the win, but Hawkins was sacked by Justin Reed on the conversion try. “It was a great play that I was able to make,” Reed said, quickly crediting the rest of the defense. “We just made sure that we stayed composed after them just getting that touchdown.” Just two weeks after a dominating win over Army for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, the Midshipmen (10-3) reached 10 wins for the sixth time. The last 10-win season had been in 2019, which had been their last winning season. “Well, it’s the perfect ending,” second-year Navy head coach Brian Newberry said. “You’re down 14-0, I think it kind of symbolizes everything that these guys have been through, especially the seniors, symbolizes how things started. Things looked bleak, things weren’t going great, adversity and they kept scratching and clawing and fighting.” Horvath's record run on a sprint down the middle of the field tied the game at 14 late in third quarter. He then put Navy ahead for the first time on his 6-yard TD run, one play after he converted a fourth-and-3 with a 16-yard pass to Eli Heidenrich. “I thought if we go score right there, that might be the difference in the game. And it was,” Newberry said of going for it on fourth down in that 12-play, 66-yard drive that took 7 1/2 minutes. Horvath ran 18 times for 155 yards, and completed 7 of 12 passes for 92 yards. Alex Tecza had an 11-yard TD run for the Midshipmen. Oklahoma went up after Gavin Sawchuk’s 21-yard TD on the opening drive, when he had 37 yards after only 61 in his other eight games this season. It was 14-0 with 5:56 left in the first quarter after Hawkins rolled left, reversed field and got almost to the other side of the field before throwing to Zion Kearney for a 56-yard catch-and-run TD. “Came out pretty strong, but second quarter I think we got a little relaxed ... we weren't together as a team,” Hawkins said. “We got back on track after that, but going into a game like this, you have to stay on track the whole game.” Oklahoma wrapped up its first season in the Southeastern Conference with their second 6-7 record in coach Brent Venables' three seasons. The Sooners had a much different-looking roster than the regular season. More than two dozen players went into the transfer portal, and the Sooners were also without standout linebacker Danny Stutsman and safety Billy Bowman, who bypassed playing to begin preparation for the NFL draft. “Obviously not the year we wanted to have, but although there’s a lot of disappointment, there’s been a ton of growth,” Sooners hometown tight end Jake Roberts said. “You learn how to fight through adversity.” Oklahoma: While the Sooners played in a bowl for the 26th consecutive season, they had 23 winning seasons in a row before Venables took over as head coach. ... Hawkins was hampered by at least six dropped passes while throwing to a group whose only scholarship receivers were freshmen. Navy: The Midshipmen are 2-0 against Oklahoma, the only other meeting a 10-0 win at Norman in 1965. They beat an SEC team for the first time since a 21-0 win over Mississippi in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day 1955. Oklahoma opens Venables’ fourth season at home Aug. 30 against FCS team Illinois State. Venables has a 22-17 record. Navy returns Horvath and all of its offensive skill starters next season, which begins Aug. 30 at home against VMI. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

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Share this Story : AT THE QUARTER MARK: Ottawa Senators remain confident Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Breadcrumb Trail Links Ottawa Senators Sports Hockey Senators Extra AT THE QUARTER MARK: Ottawa Senators remain confident General manager Steve Staios wants the answers to come from within, but, if it doesn't happen, maybe it's time to make a significant trade. Author of the article: Bruce Garrioch Published Nov 23, 2024 • 8 minute read Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here . Or sign-in if you have an account. Linus Ullmark's play in net has been up and down for the Ottawa Senators so far this season. Photo by Chris Tanouye/Freestyle Photo / Getty Images Article content It’s not about how you start, it’s about how you finish. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team . AT THE QUARTER MARK: Ottawa Senators remain confident Back to video We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team . Play Video But, as the Ottawa Senators arrived at the quarter-mark of the National Hockey League schedule on Saturday with Game No. 20 of the season against the Vancouver Canucks at the Canadian Tire Centre, there was a lot of concern about their 8-10-1 record in 19 games. They’re trying to make the playoffs for the first time in eight years, but the results thus far have been similar to what has led the Senators to miss the post-season in the recent past. Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Elizabeth Payne, David Pugliese, Andrew Duffy, Bruce Deachman and others. 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To a man they swear that, with the roster assembled by Steve Staios, the team’s president of hockey operations and general manager, and head coach Travis Green behind the bench, this time it’s different and they’re making strides that will lead to success. “We’ve had our ups and downs already,” centre Shane Pinto told Postmedia on Saturday before faceoff against the Canucks. “We can’t get caught up in the trap of this is the same as the last couple of years. “We’re playing better hockey than the last couple of years and the results haven’t shown, but I don’t think we’ve been playing bad. It’s a results-driven business, and we have to do better than that aspect. I don’t think it’s been as bad as it seems, but we have to win, so there are no excuses.” Senators forward Shane Pinto says veterans on the team have been stressing the need to stick together in order to produce better results. Photo by Melissa Majchrzak / AP What feels different about this? “Just the way we’re handling it,” Pinto said. “The older guys in the room are really emphasizing that we’ve got to stick together through this, rather than distancing ourselves from each other. “You can tell on a day like today. We’re in a good mood, we’re together, and that’s the only way we’re going to get out of this. It’s up to us, and the people are in this room.” Advertisement 3 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The margin between winning and losing in the NHL is small. Pinto noted it was about those “little inches, and I just don’t feel like we’ve gotten the bounces, but we have to better in certain areas as well.” The Senators are trying desperately not to look at the big picture. They woke up on Saturday in 15th place in the NHL’s Eastern Conference and four points out of the final playoff spot. “It’s corny to say, but (Green) has emphasized sticking with that process,” Pinto said. “We can’t worry about the results because, if we play our game, the results will take care of themselves. If we look at the standings, that will just be a distraction the whole year. “If we play process-driven hockey ... You see the talent in this room. We’ll score, and it’s just a matter of defending a bit better to clean up those mistakes. We just have to be better at keeping an even keel because there are going to be momentum switches in games. “We go up and down a bit too much. Our biggest challenge is to stay even. We have good players. It’s all mental for us. The fans want better from us. If we can go on a little winning streak, everybody will be happy.” Sports Get the latest sport headlines and breaking news. There was an error, please provide a valid email address. Sign Up By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Thanks for signing up! A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sports will soon be in your inbox. We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again Article content Advertisement 4 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content This Senators club is built around the core that includes Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, Thomas Chabot, Drake Batherson, Josh Norris, Ridly Greig, Jake Sanderson and Pinto. The additions of Michael Amadio, Nick Jensen, David Perron and Linus Ullmark haven’t had the desired effect thus far. THREE TAKEAWAYS LINUS ULLMARK’S STRUGGLES The Senators paid a big price to acquire Ullmark from the Boston Bruins only hours before Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final in June. They sent goaltender Joonas Korpisalo, centre Mark Kastelic and a first-round pick (No. 25 overall) to the Bruins for Ullmark, who had split duties in Boston with Jeremy Swayman. Two years removed from winning the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goalie, Ullmark was brought to Ottawa to stabilize the situation in net. He was then a year away from unrestricted free agency, but Staios opted to sign Ullmark to a four-year, $33 million U.S. extension that will kick in at $8.25 million per season. So far, Ullmark hasn’t performed up to expectations, though. He went into the game against the Canucks with a 4-6-1 record, a 3.00 goals-against average and a save percentage of .887. Those numbers just aren’t good enough, and, if they don’t improve, the Senators have no chance of making the post-season. Advertisement 5 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content “His track record proves that he gets this turned around,” Staios said. “He’s a quality goaltender with a long track record of being a quality goaltender. There are times in a season where a player isn’t at his best and it gets magnified when you’re a goaltender. “We have full belief that Linus will get back to form. There is a lot that has been put on this player in particular. Every player has things they have to deal with when they come in. But a trade, a new contract and an emotional game in Boston. I haven’t talked to Linus about this, but we know he’s going to settle in.” Backup Anton Forsberg hasn’t been a whole lot better, but he has recorded two shutouts in his eight appearances and he’s ahead of Ullmark with his 3-4-0 record, 2.76 goals-against average and .903 save percentage. It’s paramount that Ullmark gets back to form, which was why he started against the Canucks, with the Senators trying to help him dig his way out of this. DEFENSIVE WOES Social media has been alive and kicking with the decision by Green to sit defenceman Jacob Bernard-Docker regularly. Bernard-Docker was back in the press box against the Canucks because the Senators wanted veteran Travis Hamonic back in the lineup. It was the third pairing on defence, which wouldn’t make a big difference in the grand scheme of things. Advertisement 6 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content It should be noted Jensen, acquired from the Washington Capitals in the deal for Jakob Chychrun last summer, has been solid with Chabot. Ottawa Senators defenceman Jake Sanderson keeps the puck from going into the empty net late in the third period of Thursday’s home game against the Vegas Golden Knights. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press What’s most concerning is the play of top defenceman Jake Sanderson, whose struggles have been real. The 22-year-old Sanderson started Saturday’s game against the Canucks with a plus/minus rating of minus-12. He has yet to be on the ice for an even-strength goal by the Senators. Making $8.05 million as the Senators’ defenceman with the highest salary-cap hit, Sanderson’s one goal and 10 assists have all come on special teams. He plays an average of 24 minutes 22 seconds per game for a club that needs more offence from its defencemen. The Senators only have three goals from their blue-line group, though, tied for the fewest in the 32-team league. Chychrun has outscored Ottawa’s defence by himself this season, with five goals for the Capitals. Trying to make the roster for the United States at the Four Nation’s tournament in Montreal and Boston in February, Sanderson has looked like someone who is feeling the weight of the pressure to impress U.S. team general manager Bill Guerin. Advertisement 7 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content TIME FOR A TRADE? One thing we’ve learned about Staios is that he’s patient and leaves no stone unturned before making a move. NHL executives told Postmedia on Saturday that Staios was kicking tires to see if there were any upgrades he could make to the Senators roster. That’s part of his responsibility. “Every general manager is doing their job by looking and seeing if there’s anything they can do,” Staios said. “But I can’t see one major area with this group because they’ve shown how they can play in a majority of the games this year that need to be addressed.” Ideally, Staios would like the answers to come from within. But people around the league wonder if Staios will make a move to get the players’ attention. He doesn’t want to make a change but, if this group doesn’t get its act together, he might have to do something. We’re getting to the point where many believe the time has come for Staios to strike at the core of the Senators. Let’s get this out of the way immediately, though: The Senators won’t trade Tkachuk because they’re trying to build this team around him. Other candidates in the core could be moved, however. Advertisement 8 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Many fans want Chabot dealt, but that wouldn’t happen without Ottawa eating part of his $10-million salary this season — it’s a charge of $8 million against the salary cap — and he has improved while playing with Jensen. Ottawa Senators centre Josh Norris (left) celebrates with Claude Giroux after scoring against the Toronto Maple Leafs during a game on Nov. 12. Photo by Chris Young / The Canadian Press NHL executives say one name to keep an eye on is that of Norris. He’s off to a strong start this season with eight goals and five assists for 13 points going into the gamea against the Canucks. He was moved to play with Perron and Amadio on the third line because Green felt Norris might be able to help those two players produce more offensively. With a cap hit of $7.95 million through the 2027-28 campaign, Norris has struggled to stay healthy and is coming off a third shoulder surgery. Before he had surgery last season, there was talk he may be moved and that chatter has surfaced again. “His lack of durability and his contract make sense that he would be a guy that they may think about moving,” a league executive said Saturday. If Pinto continues to progress and makes the strides the organization expects, he’ll want a healthy raise from the $3.75 million he will make next season. That means the Senators may have to get another big contract off the books. Advertisement 9 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content We’ve learned through 20 games that Greig isn’t ready to be a top-six forward. Maybe the answer is to use him as the third-line centre with Norris on the wing. Anything is possible and there’s a lot of hockey left to be played. Staios is confident that, if he stays the course, this ship will steady itself, and he has to hope that’s indeed the case. SEVEN YEARS OF STRUGGLES The Senators’ record after 20 games in the past seven seasons they’ve missed the playoffs. 2017-18: 8-6-6 for 22 points 2018-19: 9-8-3 for 21 points 2019-20: 8-11-1 for 17 points 2020-21: 5-14-1 for 11 points 2021-22: 4-15-1 for nine points 2022-23: 7-12-1 for 15 points 2023-24: 10-10-0 for 20 points bgarrioch@postmedia.com Article content Share this article in your social network Share this Story : AT THE QUARTER MARK: Ottawa Senators remain confident Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Comments You must be logged in to join the discussion or read more comments. Create an Account Sign in Join the Conversation Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion. Please keep comments relevant and respectful. Comments may take up to an hour to appear on the site. You will receive an email if there is a reply to your comment, an update to a thread you follow or if a user you follow comments. 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LISTED fast food group, Simbisa Brands has seen customer counts increasing by 12% as new stores roll out across the country. Presenting a trading update for the first quarter ended September 30 2024, Simbisa Group Chief Executive Officer, Basil Dioniso said the period was marked by significant customer count growth. “Revenue grew by 4% in Q1 FY 2024 versus prior year, driven by a 12% year-on-year increase in customer counts, with 12.1 million customers served in Q1 FY 2025. The company expanded its market share through new store openings, adding a net total of 47 new counters between 30 September 2023 and 30 September 2024,” he said. During the period, Simbisa Zimbabwe’s energy costs more than doubled year-on-year in Q1 FY 2025, driven by a 54% increase in electricity tariffs and worsening power outages. The company is intensifying cost-containment measures to protect margins and improve profitability. Despite facing operational challenges, the group successfully expanded its market share through the opening of new stores and achieved top-line growth during the period under review. In Zimbabwe, operations were impacted by currency devaluation and power outages due to insufficient national power generation. In Kenya, after recovering in February 2024, the Kenyan Shilling remained stable against the US Dollar, benefiting Simbisa Kenya’s operations. However, trade in Kenya was affected by protests, reflecting ongoing socio-political instability. “The Group’s revenue grew by 6% year-on-year, with customer counts rising 7% versus prior year whilst real Average spending fell 1%. In Zimbabwe, revenue increased by 4% year-on-year, supported by higher customer counts driven by new store openings. “Regional operations saw a 12% year-on-year Revenue increase. Between 30 September 2023 and 30 September 2024, the Group opened a net total of 57 new company-operated counters, including 5 in the quarter under review. “Additionally, one new counter was added in franchised markets over the same period. As of 30 September 2024, the Group’s total store count stands at 720, comprising 606 company-operated counters and 114 franchised outlets,” he added.Brandon Ingram Injury Status – Pelicans vs. Warriors Injury Report November 22Princely Umanmielen’s Return to the Swamp Ends With a Loss and a Police Escort

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Blake Horvath set a Navy record with a 95-yard touchdown run and then scored a go-ahead 6-yarder with 4:34 left as the Midshipmen overcame an early two-touchdown deficit and stopped a late 2-point conversion attempt to beat Oklahoma 21-20 in the Armed Forces Bowl on Friday. The Sooners (6-7) got a 10-yard touchdown pass from Michael Hawkins Jr. to Jake Roberts with six seconds left. They then went for the win, but Hawkins was sacked by Justin Reed on the conversion try. “It was a great play that I was able to make,” Reed said, quickly crediting the rest of the defense. “We just made sure that we stayed composed after them just getting that touchdown.” Just two weeks after a dominating win over Army for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, the Midshipmen (10-3) reached 10 wins for the sixth time. The last 10-win season had been in 2019, which had been their last winning season. “Well, it’s the perfect ending,” second-year Navy head coach Brian Newberry said. “You’re down 14-0, I think it kind of symbolizes everything that these guys have been through, especially the seniors, symbolizes how things started. Things looked bleak, things weren’t going great, adversity and they kept scratching and clawing and fighting.” Horvath's record run on a sprint down the middle of the field tied the game at 14 late in third quarter. He then put Navy ahead for the first time on his 6-yard TD run, one play after he converted a fourth-and-3 with a 16-yard pass to Eli Heidenrich. “I thought if we go score right there, that might be the difference in the game. And it was,” Newberry said of going for it on fourth down in that 12-play, 66-yard drive that took 7 1/2 minutes. Horvath ran 18 times for 155 yards, and completed 7 of 12 passes for 92 yards. Alex Tecza had an 11-yard TD run for the Midshipmen. Oklahoma went up after Gavin Sawchuk’s 21-yard TD on the opening drive, when he had 37 yards after only 61 in his other eight games this season. It was 14-0 with 5:56 left in the first quarter after Hawkins rolled left, reversed field and got almost to the other side of the field before throwing to Zion Kearney for a 56-yard catch-and-run TD. “Came out pretty strong, but second quarter I think we got a little relaxed ... we weren't together as a team,” Hawkins said. “We got back on track after that, but going into a game like this, you have to stay on track the whole game.” Oklahoma wrapped up its first season in the Southeastern Conference with their second 6-7 record in coach Brent Venables' three seasons. The Sooners had a much different-looking roster than the regular season. More than two dozen players went into the transfer portal, and the Sooners were also without standout linebacker Danny Stutsman and safety Billy Bowman, who bypassed playing to begin preparation for the NFL draft. “Obviously not the year we wanted to have, but although there’s a lot of disappointment, there’s been a ton of growth,” Sooners hometown tight end Jake Roberts said. “You learn how to fight through adversity.” The takeaway Oklahoma: While the Sooners played in a bowl for the 26th consecutive season, they had 23 winning seasons in a row before Venables took over as head coach. ... Hawkins was hampered by at least six dropped passes while throwing to a group whose only scholarship receivers were freshmen. Navy: The Midshipmen are 2-0 against Oklahoma, the only other meeting a 10-0 win at Norman in 1965. They beat an SEC team for the first time since a 21-0 win over Mississippi in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day 1955. Up next Oklahoma opens Venables’ fourth season at home Aug. 30 against FCS team Illinois State. Venables has a 22-17 record. Navy returns Horvath and all of its offensive skill starters next season, which begins Aug. 30 at home against VMI. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballNoneNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes rose to more records Wednesday after tech companies talked up how much of a boost they’re getting from the artificial-intelligence boom. The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% to add to what’s set to be one of its best years of the millennium. It’s the 56th time the index has hit an all-time high this year after climbing in 11 of the last 12 days . Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a former and potentially future president, Donald Trump hailed what would become as a road map for “exactly what our movement will do” with another crack at the White House. As for a hard-right turn in America became a liability during the 2024 campaign, . He denied knowing anything about the “ridiculous and abysmal” plans written in part by his first-term aides and allies. Now, after being elected the 47th president on Nov. 5, Trump is stocking his second administration with key players in the detailed effort he temporarily shunned. Most notably, Trump has tapped for an encore as director of the Office of Management and Budget; Tom Homan, his former immigration chief, as and immigration hardliner Stephen Miller as . Those moves have accelerated criticisms from Democrats who warn that Trump's election hands government reins to movement conservatives who spent years envisioning how to concentrate power in the West Wing and impose a starkly rightward shift across the U.S. government and society. Trump and his aides maintain that he won a mandate to overhaul Washington. But they maintain the specifics are his alone. “President Trump never had anything to do with Project 2025,” said Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt in a statement. “All of President Trumps' Cabinet nominees and appointments are whole-heartedly committed to President Trump's agenda, not the agenda of outside groups.” Here is a look at what some of Trump's choices portend for his second presidency. The Office of Management and Budget director, a role Vought held under Trump previously and requires Senate confirmation, prepares a president's proposed budget and is generally responsible for implementing the administration's agenda across agencies. The job is influential but Vought made clear as author of a Project 2025 chapter on presidential authority that he wants the post to wield more direct power. “The Director must view his job as the best, most comprehensive approximation of the President’s mind,” Vought wrote. The OMB, he wrote, “is a President’s air-traffic control system” and should be “involved in all aspects of the White House policy process,” becoming “powerful enough to override implementing agencies’ bureaucracies.” Trump did not go into such details when naming Vought but implicitly endorsed aggressive action. Vought, the president-elect said, “knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State” — Trump’s catch-all for federal bureaucracy — and would help “restore fiscal sanity.” In June, speaking on former Trump aide Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, Vought relished the potential tension: “We’re not going to save our country without a little confrontation.” The strategy of further concentrating federal authority in the presidency permeates Project 2025's and Trump's campaign proposals. Vought's vision is especially striking when paired with Trump's proposals to dramatically expand the president's control over federal workers and government purse strings — ideas intertwined with the president-elect tapping mega-billionaire Elon Musk and venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy to Trump in his first term sought to remake the federal civil service by reclassifying tens of thousands of federal civil service workers — who have job protection through changes in administration — as political appointees, making them easier to fire and replace with loyalists. Currently, only about 4,000 of the federal government's roughly 2 million workers are political appointees. President Joe Biden rescinded Trump's changes. Trump can now reinstate them. Meanwhile, Musk's and Ramaswamy's sweeping “efficiency” mandates from Trump could turn on an old, defunct constitutional theory that the president — not Congress — is the real gatekeeper of federal spending. In his “Agenda 47,” Trump endorsed so-called “impoundment,” which holds that when lawmakers pass appropriations bills, they simply set a spending ceiling, but not a floor. The president, the theory holds, can simply decide not to spend money on anything he deems unnecessary. Vought did not venture into impoundment in his Project 2025 chapter. But, he wrote, “The President should use every possible tool to propose and impose fiscal discipline on the federal government. Anything short of that would constitute abject failure.” Trump's choice immediately sparked backlash. “Russ Vought is a far-right ideologue who has tried to break the law to give President Trump unilateral authority he does not possess to override the spending decisions of Congress (and) who has and will again fight to give Trump the ability to summarily fire tens of thousands of civil servants,” said Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, a Democrat and outgoing Senate Appropriations chairwoman. Reps. Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico, leading Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, said Vought wants to “dismantle the expert federal workforce” to the detriment of Americans who depend on everything from veterans' health care to Social Security benefits. “Pain itself is the agenda,” they said. Trump’s protests about Project 2025 always glossed over . Both want to reimpose Trump-era immigration limits. Project 2025 includes a litany of detailed proposals for various U.S. immigration statutes, executive branch rules and agreements with other countries — reducing the number of refugees, work visa recipients and asylum seekers, for example. Miller is one of Trump's longest-serving advisers and architect of his immigration ideas, including his promise of the largest deportation force in U.S. history. As deputy policy chief, which is not subject to Senate confirmation, Miller would remain in Trump's West Wing inner circle. “America is for Americans and Americans only,” Miller said at Trump’s on Oct. 27. “America First Legal,” Miller’s organization founded as an ideological counter to the American Civil Liberties Union, was listed as an advisory group to Project 2025 until Miller asked that the name be removed because of negative attention. Homan, a Project 2025 named contributor, was an acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director during Trump’s first presidency, playing a key role in what became known as Trump's Previewing Trump 2.0 earlier this year, Homan said: “No one’s off the table. If you’re here illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder.” John Ratcliffe, Trump's , was previously one of Trump's directors of national intelligence. He is a Project 2025 contributor. The document's chapter on U.S. intelligence was written by Dustin Carmack, Ratcliffe's chief of staff in the first Trump administration. Reflecting Ratcliffe's and Trump's approach, Carmack declared the intelligence establishment too cautious. Ratcliffe, like the chapter attributed to Carmack, is hawkish toward China. Throughout the Project 2025 document, Beijing is framed as a U.S. adversary that cannot be trusted. Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, wrote Project 2025's FCC chapter and is to chair the panel. Carr wrote that the FCC chairman “is empowered with significant authority that is not shared” with other FCC members. He called for the FCC to address “threats to individual liberty posed by corporations that are abusing dominant positions in the market,” specifically “Big Tech and its attempts to drive diverse political viewpoints from the digital town square.” He called for more stringent transparency rules for social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube and “empower consumers to choose their own content filters and fact checkers, if any.” Carr and Ratcliffe would require Senate confirmation for their posts.Manhattan Business Lawyer Peter Zinkovetsky Releases Comprehensive Article on Managing Business in Manhattan 12-04-2024 10:42 PM CET | Politics, Law & Society Press release from: ABNewswire Manhattan business lawyer [ https://www.avenuelawfirm.com/manhattan-business-lawyer/ ] Peter Zinkovetsky of Avenue Law Firm has released an in-depth article examining the legal complexities of running, growing, and safeguarding businesses in Manhattan, New York. 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Zinkovetsky's article underscores that running a business in Manhattan involves more than just daily operations; it requires addressing a wide range of legal requirements. Labor laws, for instance, are a major concern for businesses of all sizes. Non-compliance can lead to penalties and reputational damage, making legal compliance a crucial part of business operations. "Labor laws in Manhattan are layered and complex," Zinkovetsky explained. "From workplace safety to anti-discrimination measures, businesses need to understand and adhere to these rules to protect their employees and their operations." The article also explores the importance of managing contracts and agreements. Zinkovetsky emphasizes that contracts-whether they involve leases, supplier agreements, or employment terms-must be carefully drafted to protect a company's interests and remain legally enforceable. For businesses in Manhattan, intellectual property (IP) often represents a critical asset. 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Euro Staggers as Bitcoin Surges Past $100,000 Amid French Political TurmoilB. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG Takes Position in Mobileye Global Inc. (NASDAQ:MBLY)Natixis Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. ( NYSE:FBIN – Free Report ) by 20.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 58,728 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 10,069 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC’s holdings in Fortune Brands Innovations were worth $5,258,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Family Firm Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Fortune Brands Innovations in the second quarter worth $31,000. LRI Investments LLC acquired a new position in Fortune Brands Innovations in the 1st quarter worth about $34,000. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. increased its position in Fortune Brands Innovations by 526.5% in the 2nd quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 520 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 437 shares during the last quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC acquired a new position in Fortune Brands Innovations in the 1st quarter worth about $51,000. Finally, Rothschild Investment LLC acquired a new position in Fortune Brands Innovations in the 2nd quarter worth about $54,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.60% of the company’s stock. Fortune Brands Innovations Stock Up 1.3 % FBIN stock opened at $76.50 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 0.69. Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. has a 52-week low of $62.54 and a 52-week high of $90.54. The company has a 50-day moving average of $84.29 and a two-hundred day moving average of $76.46. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 1.51. Fortune Brands Innovations Dividend Announcement The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 11th. Investors of record on Friday, November 22nd will be paid a $0.24 dividend. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.25%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 22nd. Fortune Brands Innovations’s payout ratio is presently 27.04%. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. Truist Financial upped their target price on Fortune Brands Innovations from $82.00 to $92.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. BMO Capital Markets upped their target price on Fortune Brands Innovations from $84.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. UBS Group cut their target price on Fortune Brands Innovations from $98.00 to $97.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, November 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Fortune Brands Innovations from $82.00 to $84.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 30th. Finally, Evercore ISI reduced their price target on Fortune Brands Innovations from $80.00 to $78.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Fortune Brands Innovations currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $91.36. View Our Latest Stock Analysis on Fortune Brands Innovations Fortune Brands Innovations Company Profile ( Free Report ) Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc provides home and security products for residential home repair, remodeling, new construction, and security applications in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Water, Outdoors, and Security. The Water segment manufactures or assembles, and sells faucets, accessories, kitchen sinks, and waste disposals under the Moen, ROHL, Riobel, Victoria+Albert, Perrin & Rowe, Aqualisa, Shaws, Emtek, and Schaub brands. Recommended Stories Receive News & Ratings for Fortune Brands Innovations Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Fortune Brands Innovations and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Saturday, at Franklin Park, Westford Academy senior Jack Graffeo added another prestigious top finish to his resume.

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AP Business SummaryBrief at 3:46 p.m. ESTNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell broadly on Friday as Wall Street closed out a holiday-shortened week on a down note. The losses were made worse by sharp declines for the Big Tech stocks known as the “Magnificent 7”, which can heavily influence the direction of the market because of their large size. The S&P 500 fell 66.75 points, or 1.1%, to 5,970.84. Roughly 90% of stocks in the benchmark index lost ground, but it managed to hold onto a modest gain of 0.7% for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 333.59 points, or 0.8%, to 42,992.21. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite fell 298.33 points, or 1.5%, to 19,722.03. Semiconductor giant Nvidia slumped 2.1%. Microsoft declined 1.7%. Each has a market value above $3 trillion, giving the companies outsized sway on the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq. A wide range of retailers also fell. Amazon fell 1.5% and Best Buy slipped 1.5%. The sector is being closely watched for clues on how it performed during the holiday shopping season. Energy stocks held up better than the rest of the market, with a loss of less than 0.1% as crude oil prices rose. “There’s just some uncertainty over this relief rally we’ve witnessed since last week,” said Adam Turnquist, chief technical strategist for LPL Financial. The S&P 500 gained nearly 3% over a 3-day stretch before breaking for the Christmas holiday. On Thursday, the index posted a small decline. Despite Friday's drop, the market is moving closer to another standout annual finish . The S&P 500 is on track for a gain of around 25% in 2024. That would mark a second consecutive yearly gain of more than 20%, the first time that has happened since 1997-1998. The gains have been driven partly by upbeat economic data showing that consumers continued spending and the labor market remained strong. Inflation, while still high, has also been steadily easing. A report on Friday showed that sales and inventory estimates for the wholesales trade industry fell 0.2% in November, following a slight gain in October. That weaker-than-expected report follows an update on the labor market Thursday that showed unemployment benefits held steady last week. The stream of upbeat economic data and easing inflation helped prompt a reversal in the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy this year. Expectations for interest rate cuts also helped drive market gains. The central bank recently delivered its third cut to interest rates in 2024. Even though inflation has come closer to the central bank's target of 2%, it remains stubbornly above that mark and worries about it heating up again have tempered the forecast for more interest rate cuts. Inflation concerns have added to uncertainties heading into 2025, which include the labor market’s path ahead and shifting economic policies under incoming President Donald Trump. Worries have risen that Trump’s preference for tariffs and other policies could lead to higher inflation , a bigger U.S. government debt and difficulties for global trade. Amedisys rose 4.7% after the home health care and hospice services provider agreed to extend the deadline for its sale to UnitedHealth Group. The Justice Department had sued to block the $3.3 billion deal, citing concerns the combination would hinder access to home health and hospice services in the U.S. The move to extend the deadline comes ahead of an expected shift in regulatory policy under Trump. The incoming administration is expected to have a more permissive approach to dealmaking and is less likely to raise antitrust concerns. In Asia, Japan’s benchmark index surged as the yen remained weak against the dollar. Stocks in South Korea fell after the main opposition party voted to impeach the country’s acting leader. Markets in Europe gained ground. Bond yields held relatively steady. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.62% from 4.59% late Thursday. The yield on the two-year Treasury remained at 4.33% from late Thursday. Wall Street will have more economic updates to look forward to next week, including reports on pending home sales and home prices. There will also be reports on U.S. construction spending and snapshots of manufacturing activity.FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Blake Horvath set a Navy record with a 95-yard touchdown run and then scored a go-ahead 6-yarder with 4:34 left as the Midshipmen overcame an early two-touchdown deficit and stopped a late 2-point conversion attempt to beat Oklahoma 21-20 in the Armed Forces Bowl on Friday. The Sooners (6-7) got a 10-yard touchdown pass from Michael Hawkins Jr. to Jake Roberts with six seconds left. They then went for the win, but Hawkins was sacked by Justin Reed on the conversion try. “It was a great play that I was able to make,” Reed said, quickly crediting the rest of the defense. “We just made sure that we stayed composed after them just getting that touchdown.” Just two weeks after a dominating win over Army for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, the Midshipmen (10-3) reached 10 wins for the sixth time. The last 10-win season had been in 2019, which had been their last winning season. “Well, it’s the perfect ending,” second-year Navy head coach Brian Newberry said. “You’re down 14-0, I think it kind of symbolizes everything that these guys have been through, especially the seniors, symbolizes how things started. Things looked bleak, things weren’t going great, adversity and they kept scratching and clawing and fighting.” Horvath's record run on a sprint down the middle of the field tied the game at 14 late in third quarter. He then put Navy ahead for the first time on his 6-yard TD run, one play after he converted a fourth-and-3 with a 16-yard pass to Eli Heidenrich. “I thought if we go score right there, that might be the difference in the game. And it was,” Newberry said of going for it on fourth down in that 12-play, 66-yard drive that took 7 1/2 minutes. Horvath ran 18 times for 155 yards, and completed 7 of 12 passes for 92 yards. Alex Tecza had an 11-yard TD run for the Midshipmen. Oklahoma went up after Gavin Sawchuk’s 21-yard TD on the opening drive, when he had 37 yards after only 61 in his other eight games this season. It was 14-0 with 5:56 left in the first quarter after Hawkins rolled left, reversed field and got almost to the other side of the field before throwing to Zion Kearney for a 56-yard catch-and-run TD. “Came out pretty strong, but second quarter I think we got a little relaxed ... we weren't together as a team,” Hawkins said. “We got back on track after that, but going into a game like this, you have to stay on track the whole game.” Oklahoma wrapped up its first season in the Southeastern Conference with their second 6-7 record in coach Brent Venables' three seasons. The Sooners had a much different-looking roster than the regular season. More than two dozen players went into the transfer portal, and the Sooners were also without standout linebacker Danny Stutsman and safety Billy Bowman, who bypassed playing to begin preparation for the NFL draft. “Obviously not the year we wanted to have, but although there’s a lot of disappointment, there’s been a ton of growth,” Sooners hometown tight end Jake Roberts said. “You learn how to fight through adversity.” Oklahoma: While the Sooners played in a bowl for the 26th consecutive season, they had 23 winning seasons in a row before Venables took over as head coach. ... Hawkins was hampered by at least six dropped passes while throwing to a group whose only scholarship receivers were freshmen. Navy: The Midshipmen are 2-0 against Oklahoma, the only other meeting a 10-0 win at Norman in 1965. They beat an SEC team for the first time since a 21-0 win over Mississippi in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day 1955. Oklahoma opens Venables’ fourth season at home Aug. 30 against FCS team Illinois State. Venables has a 22-17 record. Navy returns Horvath and all of its offensive skill starters next season, which begins Aug. 30 at home against VMI. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football

Enzo Maresca savoured chants of ‘we’ve got our Chelsea back’ from travelling fans following a 5-1 Premier League thrashing of 10-man Southampton at St Mary’s. Blues supporters also sang the name of head coach Maresca during the closing stages of an emphatic success sealed by goals from Axel Disasi, Christopher Nkunku, Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer and substitute Jadon Sancho. Bottom club Southampton briefly levelled through Joe Aribo but were a man down from the 39th minute after captain Jack Stephens was sent off for pulling the hair of Marc Cucurella. Chelsea, who have endured an underwhelming period since Todd Boehly’s consortium bought the club in 2022, climbed above Arsenal and into second place on goal difference, seven points behind leaders Liverpool. The Blues have scored 57 goals in 22 matches in all comps this season, our best goals-per-game ratio in a single season in our history. 💙 #CFC | #SOUCHE pic.twitter.com/Xrx1SaM3aK — Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) December 4, 2024 “It was a very good feeling, especially because you can see that they are happy, that is our target,” Maresca said of the atmosphere in the away end. “We work every day to keep them happy and tonight was a very good feeling, especially the one that they can see that Chelsea’s back. This is an important thing.” Maresca rotated his squad in Hampshire, making seven changes following Sunday’s impressive 3-0 win over Aston Villa. Following a sloppy start, his side, who stretched their unbeaten run to six top-flight games, could easily have won by more as they hit the woodwork three times, in addition to squandering a host of chances. “I’m very happy with the five we scored,” said the Italian. “I’m not happy with the first 15, 20 minutes, where we struggled. The reason why we struggled is because we prepared the game to press them man to man and the first 15, 20 minutes we were not pressing them man to man. “After 15, 20 minutes we adjust that and the game was much better. For sure we could score more but five goals they are enough.” Southampton manager Russell Martin rued a costly “moment of madness” from skipper Stephens. The defender’s ridiculous red card was the headline mistake of a catalogue of errors from the beleaguered south-coast club as they slipped seven points from safety following an 11th defeat of a dismal season. “I don’t think anyone will be as disappointed as Jack,” Martin said of Stephens, who was sent off for the second time this term after tugging the curls of Cucurella as Saints prepared to take a corner. “I haven’t got to sit down and talk with him about that at all. He will be hurt more than anyone and it’s changed the game for us tonight, which is disappointing. “I think they have to describe it as violent conduct; it’s not violent really but there’s no other explanation for that really. It’s a moment of madness that’s really cost us and Jack.” Southampton repeatedly invited pressure with their risky attempts to play out from defence, with goalkeeper Joe Lumley gifting Chelsea their second goal, scored by Nkunku. While Saints were booed off at full-time, Martin, who was missing a host of key players due to injuries and suspensions, praised the effort of his depleted team. “When they see such a big scoreline and a couple of the goals we concede, I understand it (the jeers),” he said. “It’s football, it’s emotive, people feel so much about it, it’s why it’s such a special sport in this country and so big. “I understand it but I feel really proud of the players tonight, some of the football we played at 11 v 11 was amazing. “For an hour with 10 men we’ve dug in so deep, there were some big performances. I’m proud of them for that and I’m grateful for that because that’s not easy in that circumstance.”In the final days before Romania’s parliamentary elections this weekend, the governing parties’ leaders both quit, pollsters gave up on projecting the results and the nation’s top court cast serious doubt on the integrity of the voting process. And the stakes couldn’t be higher. Sunday’s parliamentary contest pits the pro-European establishment against far-right insurgents and will help to determine whether a critical NATO member and Ukrainian ally lurches closer to Moscow. It takes place in an atmosphere of scarcely believable chaos and confusion. Romania is in the middle of three consecutive weekend ballots for both a new parliament and a new president. Events spun off the rails in the first round of the presidential election on Nov. 24, when a Russia sympathizer with barely any public profile emerged as the shock winner. Calin Georgescu reported zero spending on a campaign that was mainly driven by social media videos on TikTok recorded from his living room. His victory sparked fears that Romania’s democratic process had been hacked by the Kremlin. In the country’s biggest political crisis since the communist regime collapsed over three decades ago, the constitutional court has ordered a recount of the presidential ballots, but it won’t have the fresh results until Sunday night and there is mounting speculation that it may order a rerun. As voters prepare to return to the polls on Sunday, there are major questions hanging over the process that they simply do not have answers to. The prospect of a far-right surge has sent hundreds to take the streets in freezing temperatures. In Bucharest, demonstrators chanted “We want freedom, not fascism.” For all the concerns about Russian interference, there’s also deep frustration, especially outside the major cities, with the mainstream candidates who were ejected in the first presidential ballot. Romania’s two most established parties, the Social Democrats and the Liberals, have governed in coalition for the past three years and the country has suffered rising inequality and rampant inflation. The vote puts 19 million Romanians at the heart of the struggle between the democratic institutions of the European Union and Russia’s expansionary ambitions. To the north, Romania borders Ukraine, where the Russian army has been fighting for almost three years to restore what President Vladimir Putin says is his country’s historic territorial rights. To the east is Moldova, where a pro-Western president survived another election earlier this month amid widespread reports of Kremlin interference. Putin’s ally Viktor Orban governs Hungary to the west. Romania, too, an EU member, could soon have a pro-Russian president and a far-right government, if the next two weeks of voting break in their favor. Many Romanians only began to learn after the vote about 62-year-old Georgescu, the agricultural engineer who languished in the single digits in polls just weeks before the election. A one-time ally of ultranationalist Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, Georgescu has denounced military support for Ukraine, called for a quick end to the war and cast doubt on the benefits of the country’s NATO membership. “I do not want to leave NATO, I do not want to leave the European Union,” he said on Tuesday, pushing back against his characterization by the local media. “I am a Romanian — I have no connection with Russia, I’m not a legionnaire, I’m not an antisemite.” Some of the comments collide with previous statements, in which he laid blame for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with NATO — and raised the prospect of leaving the military alliance if it didn’t guarantee peace. In 2020, Georgescu praised Putin as one of the worlds few true leaders. The alarm deepened after Georgescu said he had no campaign funding — and that supporter financing had been donated. The claim raised hackles from critics who pointed out that the candidate’s high-resolution videos, including some with sweeping landscape shots — featuring him on horseback, performing judo moves, dipping into a mountain lake — could only have been produced by professionals. An investigation by local news website G4media suggested the effort was artificially amplified by foreign interference. Georgescu’s profile was heavily promoted by a volunteers who were prompted to spread posts in exchange for “undisclosed rewards,” the website reported. A similar scheme took place during the vote in Moldova. Romania’s Supreme Defense Council, which includes top government and intelligence officials, issued a statement Thursday saying that one candidate — it didn’t name Georgescu — benefited from “massive exposure and preferential treatment.” The panel cited Russian influence operations that aimed to shift public opinion in Romania — and accused TikTok of failing to label the candidate’s videos as election material as required by Romanian law. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who has frequently misled the media over previous disinformation campaigns, said Friday that allegations of Russian interference in Romanian elections are unfounded and unsupported, according to the Interfax news agency. TikTok said it was “categorically false” to claim that it treated Georgescu’s account differently from other candidates. Adding to the sense of a country spinning out of control, Social Democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned his party’s leadership while his coalition partners, the Liberals, ousted their leader. After pollsters completely missed Georgescu’s victory last week, they’ve opted not to release any further surveys, so voters, candidates and officials are all essentially flying blind ahead of Sunday’s vote. Before the voluntary polling blackout, the ultranationalists tied to another candidate George Simion, had been making steady gains and were running second place behind the Social Democrats. Now though, no one is really sure where they stand. “The situation is very fluid,” said Remus Stefureac, the director of research firm INSCOP. He predicted that Romania’s pro-European would still get between 50% and 60%, enabling them to form a government, but without much conviction. “In a background of increased social tensions, a sovereign movement can get a temporary boost,” he said. ——— (With assistance from Slav Okov and Demetrios Pogkas.) ©2024 Bloomberg L.P. Visit bloomberg.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

slot machine online casino A 59-year-old Canadian grandmother just broke a Guinness World Record for . Marking her second Guinness World Record title, DonnaJean Wilde broke the record for most pushups in one hour by a woman, clocking 1,575 pushups in 60 minutes, reported Nov. 20. Eleven of Wilde’s 12 grandchildren were cheering her on while she competed for the title, per Guinness World Records. In photos from the event, one sign read, “My grandma is officially amazing!” According to the world record authority, Wilde broke the previous record — 1,207 pushups in one hour — with 17 minutes to spare. “I had to fight back the happy tears and emotions and keep going,” Wilde said, per Guinness. “I still felt quite strong and I was aiming for a high number of push ups to complete in the next 17 minutes.” In order to be counted toward the total, the pushups must be performed with a 90-degree bend at the elbow and a full extension while pushing up. When not executing the pushup, Wilde was allowed to take breaks. Guinness reported that Wilde completed 620 pushups in the first 20 minutes. Toward the end of the hour, Wilde's shoulder began to dislocate before popping back in. “My message is to be a believer,” Wilde said in a shared by Guinness World Records. “Choose to believe in yourself and others. Plan to attack each day and to be on the offensive side of the game.” Wilde continued, “Make time to do the things that you love so you can make things happen and write your own story.” In March, Wilde broke the record for holding the longest abdominal plank among women, maintaining the position for 4 hours, 30 minutes and 11 seconds, per Guinness. Wilde said in a video that her training for the plank involved performing hundreds of pushups a day. “While I was training for that attempt, pushups were a big part of my training,” she said. “I fell in love with doing pushups, just like I did planking. So, I just kept rolling with it. “I believe that if we stay active and have health and wellness goals we can age gracefully and powerfully,” Wilde said, per Guinness. Becca Wood is a news and trending reporter for TODAY Digital based in New York City. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter.

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Share this Story : LIVING ON THE EDGE: Do the Ottawa Senators need Brady Tkachuk to tone down his emotion? Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Breadcrumb Trail Links Ottawa Senators Sports Hockey NHL Senators Extra LIVING ON THE EDGE: Do the Ottawa Senators need Brady Tkachuk to tone down his emotion? When he plays like a Tasmanian devil, it can be reckless at times. But it's what he does, it's who he is. And that's OK with Senators head coach Travis Green. Author of the article: Tim Baines Published Nov 24, 2024 • Last updated 13 minutes ago • 5 minute read Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here . Or sign-in if you have an account. Ottawa Senators left wing Brady Tkachuk fights with Vancouver Canucks centre Dakota Joshua during the third period on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. Photo by Justin Tang / THE CANADIAN PRESS Article content The conundrum for the Ottawa Senators: Do you let Brady Tkachuk continue to be Brady Tkachuk? We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team . LIVING ON THE EDGE: Do the Ottawa Senators need Brady Tkachuk to tone down his emotion? Back to video We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team . Play Video Or do you try to change his all-out, sometimes reckless mindset? Do you risk having your team captain spend time in the penalty box when he sticks up for teammates or tries to use his physical presence to shift the momentum of a game? The answer, apparently, is yes. In Saturday’s 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks , the fifth straight setback for the Ottawa Senators, Tkachuk took 21 minutes in penalties. Three of the infractions were minors — roughing, unsportsmanlike conduct and cross-checking. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Sign In or Create an Account Email Address Continue or View more offers If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription. Activate your Online Access Now Article content There was also a fighting major against Vancouver’s Dakota Joshua and a misconduct that knocked him out of the game in the third period. So, while the Senators were trying to battle back from a 4-1 lead (they scored two goals in the final four minutes), their captain was in the dressing room. You want Tkachuk, who has scored more than 30 goals three times in his first six NHL seasons and already has 10 this year, on the ice as much as possible; he can’t contribute offensively if he’s in the penalty box or in the dressing room. A year ago, he had 134 penalty minutes; this year, he has 48. He drops the gloves, he runs over people, he takes penalties. It’s good, yet sometimes it’s bad. But with Brady Tkachuk, there’s a fine line. With Brady Tkachuk, you’re getting somebody who will do whatever he thinks it takes to help his team win, to protect his teammates. Sometimes frustration and emotion get the better of him. But he gives a crap, he cares. Maybe more guys on the team need to find that edge. On Saturday, Tkachuk tried to light a fire under his teammates, who weren’t playing well enough. That’s what leaders do. Sports Get the latest sport headlines and breaking news. There was an error, please provide a valid email address. Sign Up By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Thanks for signing up! A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sports will soon be in your inbox. We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again Article content Advertisement 3 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content When he plays like a Tasmanian devil, it can be reckless at times. But it’s what he does, it’s who he is. And that’s OK with Senators head coach Travis Green. “Whatever Brady and I talk about is between Brady and I,” Green said Saturday. “But he’s an emotional guy. I’m not going to take away his passion and his emotion. We’re going to coach Brady. Every player, you coach a bit differently. I’m not going to harness or take away his passion, his emotion. Quite frankly, it might have gotten us back into the game ... a bit.” His teammates appreciate Tkachuk and what he does. “Not many guys play the game the way he plays it,” defenceman Thomas Chabot said. “He’s got so much character. We all love him. He brings it every single night. It’s not always going to be perfect, it’s never perfect for any of us. He’s been speaking up and embracing his role (as captain), and we all follow that. “Being the captain, he puts a lot of pressure on himself. We want him to know it’s not all on his shoulders. When times are tough, there are emotions. That’s the game, it’s played with emotion and passion.” FIVE AND COUNTING: The Senators should have been able to beat the very short-handed Canucks. Look at the lineups and you’d give Ottawa the edge. Advertisement 4 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content But, Saturday, the Canucks were better. “We fell behind, we had a good push at the end, but we have to have that push when the game starts,” winger Claude Giroux said. “I strongly believe we’re right there. But we have to be better, we will be better. We’re a better team than this.” For the Senators, it’s back to the drawing board, with a home game Monday against the Calgary Flames , then a three-game western road swing that lands in San Jose, Los Angeles and Anaheim. Green was short with the media following Sunday’s skate at the Bell Sensplex; his patience has to be wearing thin. When asked what has to happen, what has to change for the Senators on Monday, Green said, “Play better.” “You don’t just magically win because you want to,” Green said Saturday. “The other team has a say in who wins and who loses as well. As I’ve said, you can play well and lose, play bad and win.” Asked if Ottawa had a lack of emotion early in Saturday’s game, Green said: “That’s easy to say from the outside looking in. What is emotion? Is it the building getting loud? Is it scoring goals? Play good hockey and everyone thinks you have emotion, I guess. Did we have emotion in Boston (a 3-2 win) or Toronto (3-0 win)? No, we just played better. That’s the reality.” Advertisement 5 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Asked how the Senators can regain the confidence they seemed to be showing earlier in the season, he said: “The guy that gets the answer to that is going to make a lot of money. It’s not like you tell someone to be confident. You can pat him on the back, give him a little kick in the butt, but confidence comes from within. Each guy finds confidence his own way and we’re trying to help our guys with that. This is not just a teaching league. You’re here to play.” Asked if had the impression the Senators played not to lose instead of playing to win Saturday, Green said: “No, I didn’t. I got the impression we gave them four easy goals and didn’t play well enough to win the game.” Asked about his veteran players, Green said: “Some guys haven’t played good enough and have to play better.” To throw in a Yogi Berra quote, is this “deja vu all over again?” Giroux doesn’t think so. “We’re a different group than we were in the past,” he said. “We’re going to turn this around, I strongly believe that.” ICE CHIPS: Don’t go flipping around your TV channels looking for Monday’s game to be on TSN: it’s not. Senators versus Flames is the featured game on Amazon Prime Monday Night Hockey. If you don’t have Prime, TSN 1200 radio is a great option ... The game starts at 7:30 p.m. ... Artem Zub missed practice Sunday; when a player is OK to go the next day, the Senators usually call it a “maintenance day.” They didn’t call Zub’s absence that ... Winger Zack MacEwen was put on waivers and Zack Ostapchuk was recalled from Belleville. 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ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care , at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023 , spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said. “Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia,” the center said in posting about his death on the social media platform X. It added in a statement that he died peacefully, surrounded by his family. Businessman, Navy officer, evangelist, politician, negotiator, author, woodworker, citizen of the world — Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions and stands out among the 45 men who reached the nation’s highest office. The 39th president leveraged his ambition with a keen intellect, deep religious faith and prodigious work ethic, conducting diplomatic missions into his 80s and building houses for the poor well into his 90s. “My faith demands — this is not optional — my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can, with whatever I have to try to make a difference,” Carter once said. In this Nov. 3, 2019, file photo, former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. A moderate Democrat, Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and technocratic plans reflecting his education as an engineer. His no-frills campaign depended on public financing, and his promise not to deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia. “If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter repeated before narrowly beating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford, who had lost popularity pardoning Nixon. Carter governed amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over racism, women’s rights and America’s global role. His most acclaimed achievement in office was a Mideast peace deal that he brokered by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the bargaining table for 13 days in 1978. That Camp David experience inspired the post-presidential center where Carter would establish so much of his legacy. Yet Carter’s electoral coalition splintered under double-digit inflation, gasoline lines and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. His bleakest hour came when eight Americans died in a failed hostage rescue in April 1980, helping to ensure his landslide defeat to Republican Ronald Reagan. Carter acknowledged in his 2020 “White House Diary” that he could be “micromanaging” and “excessively autocratic,” complicating dealings with Congress and the federal bureaucracy. He also turned a cold shoulder to Washington’s news media and lobbyists, not fully appreciating their influence on his political fortunes. “It didn’t take us long to realize that the underestimation existed, but by that time we were not able to repair the mistake,” Carter told historians in 1982, suggesting that he had “an inherent incompatibility” with Washington insiders. Carter insisted his overall approach was sound and that he achieved his primary objectives — to “protect our nation’s security and interests peacefully” and “enhance human rights here and abroad” — even if he fell spectacularly short of a second term. FILE - From left, President Barack Obama, former President Jimmy Carter, first lady Michelle Obama and former President Bill Clinton wave from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington during a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke, Aug. 28, 2013. Ignominious defeat, though, allowed for renewal. The Carters founded The Carter Center in 1982 as a first-of-its-kind base of operations, asserting themselves as international peacemakers and champions of democracy, public health and human rights. “I was not interested in just building a museum or storing my White House records and memorabilia,” Carter wrote in a memoir published after his 90th birthday. “I wanted a place where we could work.” That work included easing nuclear tensions in North and South Korea, helping to avert a U.S. invasion of Haiti and negotiating cease-fires in Bosnia and Sudan. By 2022, The Carter Center had declared at least 113 elections in Latin America, Asia and Africa to be free or fraudulent. Recently, the center began monitoring U.S. elections as well. Carter’s stubborn self-assuredness and even self-righteousness proved effective once he was unencumbered by the Washington order, sometimes to the point of frustrating his successors . He went “where others are not treading,” he said, to places like Ethiopia, Liberia and North Korea, where he secured the release of an American who had wandered across the border in 2010. “I can say what I like. I can meet whom I want. I can take on projects that please me and reject the ones that don’t,” Carter said. He announced an arms-reduction-for-aid deal with North Korea without clearing the details with Bill Clinton’s White House. He openly criticized President George W. Bush for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He also criticized America’s approach to Israel with his 2006 book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” And he repeatedly countered U.S. administrations by insisting North Korea should be included in international affairs, a position that most aligned Carter with Republican President Donald Trump. Among the center’s many public health initiatives, Carter vowed to eradicate the guinea worm parasite during his lifetime, and nearly achieved it: Cases dropped from millions in the 1980s to nearly a handful. With hardhats and hammers, the Carters also built homes with Habitat for Humanity. The Nobel committee’s 2002 Peace Prize cites his “untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” Carter should have won it alongside Sadat and Begin in 1978, the chairman added. Carter accepted the recognition saying there was more work to be done. “The world is now, in many ways, a more dangerous place,” he said. “The greater ease of travel and communication has not been matched by equal understanding and mutual respect.” FILE - Jimmy Carter gives his acceptance speech after accepting the Democratic nomination for president on the convention floor, July 15, 1976, at New York's Madison Square Garden. Carter’s globetrotting took him to remote villages where he met little “Jimmy Carters,” so named by admiring parents. But he spent most of his days in the same one-story Plains house — expanded and guarded by Secret Service agents — where they lived before he became governor. He regularly taught Sunday School lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church until his mobility declined and the coronavirus pandemic raged. Those sessions drew visitors from around the world to the small sanctuary where Carter will receive his final send-off after a state funeral at Washington’s National Cathedral. The common assessment that he was a better ex-president than president rankled Carter and his allies. His prolific post-presidency gave him a brand above politics, particularly for Americans too young to witness him in office. But Carter also lived long enough to see biographers and historians reassess his White House years more generously. His record includes the deregulation of key industries, reduction of U.S. dependence on foreign oil, cautious management of the national debt and notable legislation on the environment, education and mental health. He focused on human rights in foreign policy, pressuring dictators to release thousands of political prisoners . He acknowledged America’s historical imperialism, pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders and relinquished control of the Panama Canal. He normalized relations with China. “I am not nominating Jimmy Carter for a place on Mount Rushmore,” Stuart Eizenstat, Carter’s domestic policy director, wrote in a 2018 book. “He was not a great president” but also not the “hapless and weak” caricature voters rejected in 1980, Eizenstat said. Rather, Carter was “good and productive” and “delivered results, many of which were realized only after he left office.” Madeleine Albright, a national security staffer for Carter and Clinton’s secretary of state, wrote in Eizenstat’s forward that Carter was “consequential and successful” and expressed hope that “perceptions will continue to evolve” about his presidency. “Our country was lucky to have him as our leader,” said Albright, who died in 2022. Jonathan Alter, who penned a comprehensive Carter biography published in 2020, said in an interview that Carter should be remembered for “an epic American life” spanning from a humble start in a home with no electricity or indoor plumbing through decades on the world stage across two centuries. “He will likely go down as one of the most misunderstood and underestimated figures in American history,” Alter told The Associated Press. FILE - President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter are pictured with their daughter Amy at the first of seven inaugural balls in Washington, Jan. 20, 1977, at the Pension Building. James Earl Carter Jr. was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains and spent his early years in nearby Archery. His family was a minority in the mostly Black community, decades before the civil rights movement played out at the dawn of Carter’s political career. Carter, who campaigned as a moderate on race relations but governed more progressively, talked often of the influence of his Black caregivers and playmates but also noted his advantages: His land-owning father sat atop Archery’s tenant-farming system and owned a main street grocery. His mother, Lillian , would become a staple of his political campaigns. Seeking to broaden his world beyond Plains and its population of fewer than 1,000 — then and now — Carter won an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1946. That same year he married Rosalynn Smith, another Plains native, a decision he considered more important than any he made as head of state. She shared his desire to see the world, sacrificing college to support his Navy career. Carter climbed in rank to lieutenant, but then his father was diagnosed with cancer, so the submarine officer set aside his ambitions of admiralty and moved the family back to Plains. His decision angered Rosalynn, even as she dived into the peanut business alongside her husband. Carter again failed to talk with his wife before his first run for office — he later called it “inconceivable” not to have consulted her on such major life decisions — but this time, she was on board. “My wife is much more political,” Carter told the AP in 2021. He won a state Senate seat in 1962 but wasn’t long for the General Assembly and its back-slapping, deal-cutting ways. He ran for governor in 1966 — losing to arch-segregationist Lester Maddox — and then immediately focused on the next campaign. Carter had spoken out against church segregation as a Baptist deacon and opposed racist “Dixiecrats” as a state senator. Yet as a local school board leader in the 1950s he had not pushed to end school segregation even after the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, despite his private support for integration. And in 1970, Carter ran for governor again as the more conservative Democrat against Carl Sanders, a wealthy businessman Carter mocked as “Cufflinks Carl.” Sanders never forgave him for anonymous, race-baiting flyers, which Carter disavowed. Ultimately, Carter won his races by attracting both Black voters and culturally conservative whites. Once in office, he was more direct. “I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over,” he declared in his 1971 inaugural address, setting a new standard for Southern governors that landed him on the cover of Time magazine. FILE - President Jimmy Carter leans across the roof of his car to shake hands along the parade route through Bardstown, Ky., July 31, 1979. The president climbed on top of the car as the parade moved toward the high school gym, where a town meeting was held. His statehouse initiatives included environmental protection, boosting rural education and overhauling antiquated executive branch structures. He proclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the slain civil rights leader’s home state. And he decided, as he received presidential candidates in 1972, that they were no more talented than he was. In 1974, he ran Democrats’ national campaign arm. Then he declared his own candidacy for 1976. An Atlanta newspaper responded with the headline: “Jimmy Who?” The Carters and a “Peanut Brigade” of family members and Georgia supporters camped out in Iowa and New Hampshire, establishing both states as presidential proving grounds. His first Senate endorsement: a young first-termer from Delaware named Joe Biden. Yet it was Carter’s ability to navigate America’s complex racial and rural politics that cemented the nomination. He swept the Deep South that November, the last Democrat to do so, as many white Southerners shifted to Republicans in response to civil rights initiatives. A self-declared “born-again Christian,” Carter drew snickers by referring to Scripture in a Playboy magazine interview, saying he “had looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times.” The remarks gave Ford a new foothold and television comedians pounced — including NBC’s new “Saturday Night Live” show. But voters weary of cynicism in politics found it endearing. Carter chose Minnesota Sen. Walter “Fritz” Mondale as his running mate on a “Grits and Fritz” ticket. In office, he elevated the vice presidency and the first lady’s office. Mondale’s governing partnership was a model for influential successors Al Gore, Dick Cheney and Biden. Rosalynn Carter was one of the most involved presidential spouses in history, welcomed into Cabinet meetings and huddles with lawmakers and top aides. The Carters presided with uncommon informality: He used his nickname “Jimmy” even when taking the oath of office, carried his own luggage and tried to silence the Marine Band’s “Hail to the Chief.” They bought their clothes off the rack. Carter wore a cardigan for a White House address, urging Americans to conserve energy by turning down their thermostats. Amy, the youngest of four children, attended District of Columbia public school. Washington’s social and media elite scorned their style. But the larger concern was that “he hated politics,” according to Eizenstat, leaving him nowhere to turn politically once economic turmoil and foreign policy challenges took their toll. FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter uses a hand saw to even an edge as he works on a Habitat for Humanity home in Pikeville, Ky., June 16, 1997. Carter partially deregulated the airline, railroad and trucking industries and established the departments of Education and Energy, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He designated millions of acres of Alaska as national parks or wildlife refuges. He appointed a then-record number of women and nonwhite people to federal posts. He never had a Supreme Court nomination, but he elevated civil rights attorney Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the nation’s second highest court, positioning her for a promotion in 1993. He appointed Paul Volker, the Federal Reserve chairman whose policies would help the economy boom in the 1980s — after Carter left office. He built on Nixon’s opening with China, and though he tolerated autocrats in Asia, pushed Latin America from dictatorships to democracy. But he couldn’t immediately tame inflation or the related energy crisis. And then came Iran. After he admitted the exiled Shah of Iran to the U.S. for medical treatment, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun in 1979 by followers of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Negotiations to free the hostages broke down repeatedly ahead of the failed rescue attempt. The same year, Carter signed SALT II, the new strategic arms treaty with Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union, only to pull it back, impose trade sanctions and order a U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Hoping to instill optimism, he delivered what the media dubbed his “malaise” speech, although he didn’t use that word. He declared the nation was suffering “a crisis of confidence.” By then, many Americans had lost confidence in the president, not themselves. Carter campaigned sparingly for reelection because of the hostage crisis, instead sending Rosalynn as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy challenged him for the Democratic nomination. Carter famously said he’d “kick his ass,” but was hobbled by Kennedy as Reagan rallied a broad coalition with “make America great again” appeals and asking voters whether they were “better off than you were four years ago.” Reagan further capitalized on Carter’s lecturing tone, eviscerating him in their lone fall debate with the quip: “There you go again.” Carter lost all but six states and Republicans rolled to a new Senate majority. Carter successfully negotiated the hostages’ freedom after the election, but in one final, bitter turn of events, Tehran waited until hours after Carter left office to let them walk free. FILE - President-elect Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd as he and his wife Rosalynn arrive at the Plains Baptist Church to attend services in Plains, Ga., Nov. 22, 1976. At 56, Carter returned to Georgia with “no idea what I would do with the rest of my life.” Four decades after launching The Carter Center, he still talked of unfinished business. “I thought when we got into politics we would have resolved everything,” Carter told the AP in 2021. “But it’s turned out to be much more long-lasting and insidious than I had thought it was. I think in general, the world itself is much more divided than in previous years.” Still, he affirmed what he said when he underwent treatment for a cancer diagnosis in his 10th decade of life. “I’m perfectly at ease with whatever comes,” he said in 2015 . “I’ve had a wonderful life. I’ve had thousands of friends, I’ve had an exciting, adventurous and gratifying existence.” Former Associated Press journalist Alex Sanz contributed to this report. Jimmy Carter is shown at age 6, with his sister, Gloria, 4, in 1931 in Plains, Georgia. (AP Photo) This is a 1932 photo of Jimmy Carter at age 7 in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo) Lt. Jimmy Carter peers at instruments on submarine USS K-1 in a 1952 photo. Directly in front of Carter, smoking a cigar, is Don Dickson. He had forgotten he ever served with Carter until he came upon the photo during Christmas, 1977. A friend got it to the White House where Carter wrote: "To my friend Donald Dickson - Jimmy Carter, USS K-1 to White House." (AP Photo) FILE - In this Sept. 15, 1966 file photo, then Georgia State Sen. Jimmy Carter hugs his wife, Rosalynn, at his Atlanta campaign headquarters. Jimmy Carter, winner in Georgia's runoff primary in the Democratic Party to determine the party's candidate for the November election for governor, 1970. (AP Photo) Former State Sen. Jimmy Carter listens to applause at the Capitol in Atlanta on April 3, 1970, after announcing his candidacy or governor. In background, his wife Rosalyn holds two-year-old daughter Amy who joined in the applause. Carter, 45, of Plains, Ga., finished third in the 1966 Democratic Primary behind Gov. Lester Maddox and Ellis Arnall. (AP Photo/Charles Kelly) Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn clutch the microphones as he claims victory in a runoff election at campaign headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, September 24, 1970. Carter beat former Georgia Governor Carl Sanders for the nomination and will face Republican candidate Hal Suit, veteran television newsman, in the general election Nov. 3, 1970. (AP Photo/Charles Kelly) Former state Sen. Jimmy Carter breaks into a broad smile after early returns gave him a lead of almost 2-1 in the Democratic runoff against former Gov. Carl Sanders, Sept. 23, 1970, in Atlanta, Ga. The winner will meet the Republic Hal Suit for the governorship of Georgia on the Nov. 3 general election. (AP Photo/Charles Kelly) Governor-elect Jimmy Carter and his daughter Amy, 3, walk about the grounds by the fountain at the Governor's Mansion in Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 10, 1971, as they get to know the place where they will live for the next four years. Carter will be sworn in as governor of Georgia Tuesday. (AP Photo) Judge Robert H. Jordan administers the oath of office to Gov. Jimmy Carter during ceremonies at the state capitol in Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 12, 1971. Next to the judge is former Gov. Lester Maddox, who will take over as lieutenant governer of Georgia. (AP Photo) Jimmy Carter of Georgia, seen here Feb. 6, 1971, already described as a symbol of a new breed of moderate southern politician, says that the race question has ceased to be a major issue "between or among candidates" running for office in the old confederacy. (AP Photo) Jimmy Carter, Governor of Georgia, is shown at his desk in Atlanta, on February 19, 1971. (AP Photo) Georgia's Gov. Jimmy Carter reaches for pen February 25, 1972 to sign a Georgia Senate House resolution opposing forced busing to achieve integration in the classrooms of the United States. Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter joins a half-dozen Rockettes in a high kick, September 21, 1973, at Radio City Music Hall in New York, while visiting backstage before an afternoon performance. Carter is in New York to induce the film industry to make pictures in his state. (AP Photo/stf) Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter, right, and Delaware Gov. Sherman Tribbitt say hello to Atlanta Braves Hank Aaron, left, following a rain canceled game with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Thursday, Sept. 27, 1973, Atlanta, Ga. The cancellation slowed Aaron’s opportunity to tie or break Babe Ruth’s home run record. (AP Photo) Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter spoke to 18,000 messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention on Thursday, June 13, 1974 in Dallas, Texas. He urged Baptists to use their personal and political influence to return the nation to ideals of stronger commitment and higher ethics. He said "there is no natural division between a man's Christian life and his political life." (AP Photo/Greg Smith) Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter tells a gathering, Saturday, Oct. 5, 1974 at the National Press Club in Washington about his ideas concerning energy conservation. (AP Photo) In this Thursday, Aug. 14, 1975 file photo, former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter announces in Washington that he qualified for federal matching funds to help finance his campaign for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination. Former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter, right, drew about 5,000 people to Youngstown's Federal Plaza in Youngstown, Ohio, in his quest for support in Tuesday's Ohio Democratic primary, June 7, 1976. The presidential hopeful waded into the crowd, shaking hands and signing autographs. Carter, speaking to the largest crowd to assemble during his Ohio campaign, said 1976 would be a Democratic year because of the Watergate aftermath and other national ills. (AP Photo) In this Monday, Aug. 23, 1976 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter gives an informal press conference in Los Angeles during a campaign tour through the West and Midwest. On Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. (AP Photo) Democratic Presidential nominee Jimmy Carter, left, eats some freshly roasted barbecue chicken with his brother Billy Carter at Billy's gas station, Sept 11, 1976, Plains, Ga. The nominee had returned the night before from a week of campaigning, and planned to hold an impromptu press conference at the gas station. (AP Photo/Jeff Taylor) Democratic presidential nominee, Jimmy Carter, is all smiles as he talks with his brother Billy at the Carter Family Peanut warehouse, September 18, 1976. (AP Photo) Jimmy Carter stands in a large mound of peanuts at the Carter Peanut Warehouse in Plains, Ga., September 22, 1976. The Democratic party presidential nominee took an early morning walk through the warehouse to inspect some of the harvest. (AP Photo) FILE - In this Oct. 6, 1976 file photo with his wife Rosalynn Carter looking on at center, Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, center left, shakes hands with President Gerald Ford at the conclusion of their debate at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater in San Francisco, Calif. (AP Photo, File) Jimmy Carter, Democratic candidate for president, is joined by his daughter, Amy, as he waves from the rostrum at Fort Worth Convention Center, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 1, 1976. Carter and his family have been campaigning Texas, making a last minute bid for the state's 26 electoral votes. The others are not identified. (AP Photo) U.S. President-elect Jimmy Carter waves to supporters as he is surrounded by family members at a hotel in Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 3, 1976. Carter won the presidential election by 297 electoral votes to 241 for Ford. Standing next to him is his wife, Rosalynn, and their daughter Amy Lynn, far right. The others are unidentified. (AP Photo) President-elect Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn wipe tears from their eyes after returning to their home town in Plains, Ga., Nov. 3, 1976. The Carter family was greeted by local residents after returning from Atlanta. (AP Photo) President-elect Jimmy Carter leans over to shake hands with some of the people riding the "Peanut Special" to Washington D.C., Jan. 19, 1977. They will travel all night, arriving in Washington in time for Carter's inauguration as President tomorrow. (AP Photo) Jimmy Carter takes the oath of office as the nation's 39th president during inauguration ceremonies in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 1977. Carter's wife, Rosalynn, holds the Bible used in the first inauguration by George Washington as U.S. Chief Justice Warren Burger administers the oath. Looking on at left are, Happy Rockefeller, Betty Ford, Joan Mondale, Amy Carter, and outgoing President Gerald Ford. Behind Carter is Vice President Walter Mondale. At far right is former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. (AP Photo) Rosalynn Carter, left, looks up at her husband Jimmy Carter as he takes the oath of office as the 39th President of the United States at the Capitol, Thursday, Jan. 20, 1977, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Carter held a family Bible for her husband. (AP Photo) Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter walk down Pennsylvania Avenue after Carter was sworn in as the nations 39th President, Jan. 20, 1977, Washington, D.C. (AP Photo) FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 20, 1977 file photo, President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd while walking with his wife, Rosalynn, and their daughter, Amy, along Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House following his inauguration in Washington. (AP Photo/Suzanne Vlamis) In this Jan. 24, 1977 file photo, President Jimmy Carter is interviewed in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. In this file photo dated May 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, right, and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II with French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, at Buckingham Palace in London. In this Feb. 20, 1978, file photo, President Jimmy Carter listens to Sen. Joseph R. Biden, D-Del., as they wait to speak at fund raising reception at Padua Academy in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File) President Jimmy Carter tucks his thumbs into his jeans and laughs as he prepares to head down the Salmon River in Idaho August 1978 for a three day rubber raft float. (AP Photo) United States President Jimmy Carter, on a visit to West Germany in 1978, rides with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt during a review of United States Forces at a base near Frankfurt. (AP Photo) Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House after signing the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel on March 26, 1979. (AP Photo/ Bob Daugherty) President Jimmy Carter, left, and Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev, right, sign the documents of the SALT II Treaty in the Vienna Imperial Hofburg Palace, Monday, June 18, 1979, Vienna, Austria. President Jimmy Carter leans across the roof of his car to shake hands along the parade route through Bardstown, Ky., Tuesday afternoon, July 31, 1979. The president climbed on top of the car as the parade moved toward the high school gym, where a town meeting was held. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty) In this April 25, 1980 file photo, President Jimmy Carter prepares to make a national television address from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on the failed mission to rescue the Iran hostages. President Jimmy Carter applauds as Sen. Edward Kennedy waves to cheering crowds of the Democratic National Convention in New York's Madison Square Garden, Aug. 14, 1980. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty) President Jimmy Carter raises a clenched fist during his address to the Democratic Convention, August 15, 1980, in New York's Madison Square Garden where he accepted his party's nomination to face Republican Ronald Reagan in the general election. (AP Photo/stf) Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy greets President Jimmy Carter after he landed at Boston's Logan Airport, Aug. 21, 1980. President Carter is in Boston to address the American Legion Convention being held in Boston. (AP Photo) President Jimmy Carter, left, and Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas enjoy a chuckle during a rally for Carter in Texarkana, Texas, Oct. 22, 1980. Texarkana was the last stop for Carter on a three-city one-day campaign swing through Texas. (AP Photo/John Duricka) In this Oct. 28, 1980 file photo, President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with Republican Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan after debating in the Cleveland Music Hall in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Madeline Drexler, File) Former US President Jimmy Carter, who had negotiated for the hostages release right up to the last hours of his Presidency, lifts his arm to the crowd, while putting his other hand around the shoulders of a former hostage in Iran, believed to be Bruce Laingen, at US AIR Force Hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany, Wednesday, January 21, 1981. Former Pres. Jimmy Carter, center, is joined by his wife Rosalynn and his brother Billy Carter during session of the Democratic National Convention, Tuesday, July 19, 1988, Atlanta, Ga. Billy had been recently diagnosed with cancer. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaks to newsmen as PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, right, looks on after the two men met in Paris Wednesday, April 4, 1990. Carter said he felt some leaders did not represent the region's yearning for peace. (AP Photo/Pierre Gieizes) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, introduces his wife Rosalynn, right, to Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin, April 14, 1991 in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Avery) Former President Jimmy Carter gestures at a United Nations news conference in New York, April 23, 1993 about the world conference on Human Rights to be held by the United Nations in Vienna June 14-25. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Former Presidents George Bush, left, and Jimmy Carter, right, stand with President Clinton and wave to volunteers during a kick-off rally for the President's Volunteer Summit at Marcus Foster Stadium in Philladelphia, PA., Sunday morning April 27, 1997. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) President Bill Clinton presents former President Jimmy Carter, right, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during a ceremony at the Carter Center in Atlanta Monday, Aug. 9, 1999. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter adjusts his glasses during a press conference in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, July 6, 2006. The former president and 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner is heading a delegation from the democracy-promoting Carter Center, based at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, to observe preparations for Nicaragua's Nov. 5 presidential election. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) In this Friday, Dec. 8, 2006 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter signs copies of his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Ga. (AP Photo/Ric Feld) Former President George H.W. Bush, left, watches as Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton chat during a dedication ceremony for the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, May 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Former President Jimmy Carter poses for a portrait during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Monday, Sept. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Former President Jimmy Carter poses on the red carpet for the documentary film, "Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Monday, Sept. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Former President Jimmy Carter, right, and his wife Rosalynn wave to the audience at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Former President Jimmy Carter, right, and former first lady Rosalynn Carter are seen on stage at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Former President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd as he goes on stage at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Former President Jimmy Carter, right, is seen with Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) President-elect Barack Obama is welcomed by President George W. Bush for a meeting at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, with former presidents, from left, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) In this photo taken Saturday, May 29, 2010, former South Africa president Nelson Mandela, right, reacts with former US president Jimmy Carter, during a reunion with The Elders, three years after he launched the group, in Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP Photo/Jeff Moore, Pool) Former US President Jimmy Carter, center, one of the delegates of the Elders group of retired prominent world figures, holds a Palestinian child during a visit to the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Menahem Kahana, Pool) Former President Jimmy Carter, 86, leads Habitat for Humanity volunteers to help build and repair houses in Washington's Ivy City neighborhood, Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 file photo, former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, background right, looks at former U.S. president, Jimmy Carter, center, while visiting a weekly protest in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. The protest was organized by groups supporting Palestinians evicted from their homes in east Jerusalem by Israeli authorities. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, his wife, Rosalynn, and former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan conclude a visit to a polling center the southern capital of Juba Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Pete Muller) Former President Jimmy Carter signs his name in the guest book at the Jewish Community center in Havana, Cuba, Monday March 28, 2011. Carter arrived in Cuba to discuss economic policies and ways to improve Washington-Havana relations, which are even more tense than usual over the imprisonment of Alan Gross, a U.S. contractor, on the island. C (AP Photo/Adalberto Roque, Pool) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter pauses during an interview as he and his wife Rosalynn visit a Habitat for Humanity project in Leogane, Haiti, Monday Nov. 7, 2011. The Carters joined volunteers from around the world to build 100 homes in partnership with earthquake-affected families in Haiti during a week-long Habitat for Humanity housing project. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, sits prior to a meeting with Israel's President Shimon Peres at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Peres met two of 'The Elders', a group composed of eminent global leaders brought together by Nelson Mandela. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter watches baseball players work out before Game 2 of the National League Division Series between the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Dave Martin) Former President Jimmy Carter speaks during a forum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Among other topics, Carter discussed his new book, "A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power." (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) President Jimmy Carter, left, and Rosalynn Carter arrive at the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year event at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) In this July 10, 2015, file photo, former President Jimmy Carter is seen in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) In a Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday School class at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown, in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) Former President Jimmy Carter answers questions during a news conference at a Habitat for Humanity building site Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, in Memphis, Tenn. Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have volunteered a week of their time annually to Habitat for Humanity since 1984, events dubbed "Carter work projects" that draw thousands of volunteers and take months of planning. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Former President Bill Clinton, left, and former president Jimmy Carter shake hands after speaking at a Clinton Global Initiative meeting Tuesday, June 14, 2016, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter holds a morning devotion in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, before he and his wife Rosalynn help build a home for Habitat for Humanity. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz) Former president Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter arrive during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) In this Feb. 8, 2017, file photo, former President Jimmy Carter speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony for a solar panel project on farmland he owns in his hometown of Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) Former President George W. Bush, center, speaks as fellow former Presidents from right, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter look on during a hurricanes relief concert in College Station, Texas, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. All five living former U.S. presidents joined to support a Texas concert raising money for relief efforts from Hurricane Harvey, Irma and Maria's devastation in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Former President Jimmy Carter, 93, sits for an interview about his new book "Faith: A Journey For All" which will debut at no. 7 on the New York Times best sellers list, pictured before a book signing Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis) Former President Jimmy Carter speaks as Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams listens during a news conference to announce Abrams' rural health care plan Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter are seen ahead of an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Former President Jimmy Carter takes questions submitted by students during an annual Carter Town Hall held at Emory University Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis) Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, left, meets with former President Jimmy Carter, center, at Buffalo Cafe in Plains, Ga., Sunday, March 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) In this Nov. 3, 2019, file photo, former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church, in Plains, Ga., Nov. 3, 2019. Well-wishes and fond remembrances for the former president continued to roll in Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, a day after he entered hospice care at his home in Georgia. (AP Photo/John Amis, File) Former President Jimmy Carter, arrives to attend a tribute service for his wife and former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Former President Jimmy Carter arrives for the funeral service for his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Plains, Ga. The former first lady died on Nov. 19. She was 96. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) A sign wishing former President Jimmy Carter a happy 100th birthday sits on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) We're always interested in hearing about news in our community. Let us know what's going on! Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter.Seahorse Freight Association celebrated journalistic excellence in the transport and logistics sector at its annual awards ceremony on Monday, and announced plans for a new mentoring scheme, as well as a training partnership with the British International Freight Association (BIFA). Over 150 guests gathered in central London to applaud winners in 11 categories rewarding excellence in journalism across the supply chain industry. At the event in central London, Seahorse launched a new Mentoring Scheme offering young and aspiring journalists pastoral support to help them fulfil their career ambitions, guide them through a difficult patch, or assist them to resolve a problem at work. The scheme is self-service, allowing mentees to enter and leave as they wish, providing some simple guidelines are followed. The mentors will be volunteers. “As well as recognising excellence in journalism in our sector, a key focus for Seahorse is the support and career development of young media professionals entering into our industry,” said Emma Murray, Chair of Seahorse and Chief Executive Officer, Meantime Communications. “We want to help the industry to attract the very best, and ensure career ambitions are fulfilled and talented professionals stay with the industry. “With this in mind, we have been working to launch initiatives to support and mentor newcomers joining us.” As well as the mentorship scheme, Seahorse is announcing a partnership with the British International Freight Association to launch a new educational initiative designed specifically for journalists and other staff working with the media that are newcomers to the freight and logistics sector. The course, titled “Freight & Customs Fundamentals for Media Executives,” aims to bridge the knowledge gap and provide incoming staff with an understanding of the complexities of international trade, freight management and customs procedures. This year’s Seahorse Journalism Awards received entries from across the globe for categories, including; Multimedia, Maritime, Air Cargo, Overland, Technology, Supply Chain, and new category Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Journalist of the Year. There were also awards for Journalist of the Year, News Journalist of the Year, Feature Journalist of the Year, and Rising Star of the Year. The Personality of the Year Award was handed to Gavin Allwright, Secretary General of the International Windship Association for his dedication to renewable energy innovation in the maritime sector. Peter Edwards, co-founder of Heavy Lift and Project Forwarding International Magazine, was given the Lifetime Achievement Award recognising a varied career in the industry stretching back to 1959. Portcare’s Maria Udy, who sadly passed away after a battle with cancer was recognised with a special award for her dedication to Seahorse and to working with the freight community. “The Seahorse Awards, not only acknowledge talent and creativity, but also to pay tribute to the vital role that journalism plays in the freight and logistics sector,” said Murray. “They are more than a recognition of individual achievement; they symbolize the collective effort of all those who strive to improve communication.” The Seahorse Awards, were, once again, judged by a gender-balanced panel comprised of 24 industry professionals from a diverse range of backgrounds. The Seahorse Awards are supported by headline sponsor AAL Shipping, with categories sponsored by the TT Club, Lloyd’s Register, DNV, The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), Davies Turner, PSA International, Global K9 Protection Group, Meantime Communications, Port of London Authority, and Glasgow Prestwick Airport. The Seahorse Freight Association is a not-for-profit organisation, which was founded in 1962 to bring companies in the supply chain, logistics, and transport industry together with the media who report on them and the Public Relations and marketing professionals who work in the sector. Source: Seahorse Freight Association

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Bruins CEO Charlie Jacobs: 'We're a .500 club right now'( MENAFN - WELLKINS) Wellkins Medical Centre, a leading multispecialty medical Centre, has been honored with the Best Digital Transformation SME Award at the Qatar Digital Business Awards (QDBA) 2024, hosted by the Ministry of Communications and Information technology (MCIT). The award was presented by His Excellency Mohammed bin Ali Al-Mannai, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, during a grand ceremony held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on last weekend. Dr. Sameer Moopan, Founder, Chairman, and Managing Director of Wellkins Medical Centre, received the award along with Director Khalil Mansoor Al Shahwani and Chief Operating Officer Nikhil Joseph. The QDBA recognizes businesses that excel in using digital technology to drive innovation, improve operations, and deliver value to stakeholders. This year’s theme highlighted the role of technology in achieving Qatar National Vision 2030 and fostering a knowledge-based economy. Speaking about the achievement, Dr. Sameer Moopan said, "We are honored to receive this prestigious award from MCIT. It reflects our commitment to building patient-Centered healthcare systems. I extend my heartfelt gratitude to MCIT, our dedicated team at Wellkins, and our technology partners – Al Khidma Systems, Purplegrids Inc., Bluarrows, and Talebu Communications – for making this transformation possible." He further highlighted Wellkins’ innovative initiatives, including the Digital Health Locker and Clinical Information System, "The Digital Health Locker empowers patients to securely store, access, and share their medical records online, improving continuity of care and giving them better control over their health data." Nikhil Joseph, COO of Wellkins added, "The Clinical Information System streamlines workflows within the medical Centre, enhancing patient care, improving efficiency, and ensuring data accuracy and confidentiality. These projects have not only transformed patient experiences but also set new benchmarks for innovation in Qatar’s healthcare sector. Our system simplifies the entire process from appointment confirmation, registration to medicine delivery at home which makes maximum patient satisfaction." Wellkins Medical Centre continues to lead digital transformation in Qatar’s healthcare by integrating advanced technologies like 'Wellbee,' an AI-powered assistant that simplifies patient interactions with features such as automated appointment scheduling and digital health record management. MENAFN30112024007512016241ID1108941564 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.Panel to review education dept staff demands《TAIPEI TIMES》Taipei councilor handed nine years for corruption

By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer Multiple regulatory agencies have urged American financial institutions to implement strict measures to ensure the protection of older adults in light of the increasing number of scams targeting the vulnerable population. State and federal agencies, including the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., said in a Dec. 4 joint statement that the financial exploitation of older Americans is estimated to cause annual losses exceeding $28 billion. “Elder financial exploitation is the illegal use of an older adult’s funds or other resources for the benefit of an unauthorized recipient,” the agencies said in the statement. Such abuse “can deprive older adults of their life savings in whole or in part, devastate their financial security, and cause other harm.” Between June 15, 2022, and June 15, 2023, over 155,000 reports of such potential abuse were reported by institutions that were linked to more than $27 billion in suspicious activity. According to an FBI report, there were more than 101,000 “elder fraud” complaints in 2023, with people over the age of 60 losing an average of $33,915. The average loss was nearly 270% higher than in 2020 when the average loss was $9,175. Last year, older adults reported most losses were from investment scams. “Investment fraud involves complex financial crimes often characterized as low-risk investments with guaranteed returns,” the FBI report said. “They comprise of advanced fee frauds, Ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes, market manipulation fraud, real estate investing, and trust-based investing such as cryptocurrency investment scams.” Other major scams were related to business email compromise, romance, government impersonation, and personal data breaches. Last week, regulatory agencies urged institutions, such as banks, to help older adults more effectively by increasing account oversight and by training employees to recognize and respond to such financial exploitation. In questionable situations, institutions may delay the disbursement of funds. Designated employees can also serve as a single point of contact for older account holders, the agencies said. Institutions are asked to contact regulatory authorities and “elder fraud prevention and response networks” immediately if they encounter suspicious activity. “These networks can help improve coordination among supervised institutions, law enforcement, APS [adult protective services], local aging service providers, and other key partners,” the agencies said. According to the Arizona State University’s Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, older adults are typically duped financially either through fraudulent schemes perpetrated by strangers or via exploitation by relatives or caregivers. Strangers deceive older people through fake sweepstakes, investments, and charity contributions. Fraudsters offer loans to older adults in need of cash and then charge exorbitant interest rates and other fees. Some scammers promise to resolve health issues facing older individuals by promoting “miracle cures.” “Unlike strangers, relatives and caregivers often have a position of trust and an ongoing relationship with the elderly,” researcher Kelly Dede wrote in a 2023 guide for the center. “Financial exploitation occurs when the offender steals, withholds, or otherwise misuses their elderly victims’ money, property, or valuables for personal advantage or profit, to the disadvantage of the elder.” Such activities include cashing an older adult’s Social Security or pension checks without their approval, repeatedly borrowing money from them without paying back, and forcing older people to legally hand over their assets, according to the guide. According to the American Bankers Association, older adults are often targeted as they tend to have more accumulated wealth. Older adults who are most vulnerable to financial exploitation include those who have previously been victimized by scams, experience social isolation, suffer from mental health issues such as dementia, are unfamiliar with modern technology, and do not have much information about the various types of scams, the ABA said in an infographic. Some of the warning signs that an older adult could be experiencing monetary exploitation include unusual activity in their bank accounts, new people accompanying them to banks, account withdrawals that they cannot explain, and relatives or caretakers who start monetary transactions on the older adult’s behalf without any documentation, ABA noted. CFPB advises people who suspect an older person may have been duped out of their money to report the incident to the adult protective services. In case the older adult is facing immediate harm, the matter should be reported to 911. Otherwise, filing a complaint with the local police or sheriff’s office would do. “If the financial abuse involved a financial account, work with your loved one to contact their bank, credit union, credit card company, or other financial services provider as soon as possible,” the agency said. “Depending on the situation, the financial institution may be able to get your loved one’s money back. You can also check whether your loved one has any insurance that might cover the loss.”

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The Foothill League soccer season is in full swing after the second round of league games on Tuesday. Both Hart teams had their league byes while both Saugus squads eked out narrow victories to remain perfect in league on the young season. Here’s what happened for both boys’ and girls’ soccer as teams battled it out on a windy Tuesday in the Santa Clarita Valley. Boys’ soccer Saugus 3, Valencia 2: Saugus won by a one-goal margin Tuesday for the second time in as many league games, taking down Valencia on the road, 3-2. Lincoln Fritz, Santiago Veizaga and Colby McKelvey got the goals for Saugus (2-1, 2-0). Valencia (2-2, 0-2) will look to bounce back on Thursday when it travels to Castaic. Saugus has a road matchup at West Ranch on Thursday. Golden Valley 7, Castaic 2: After sitting out the first round of Foothill League games, Golden Valley opened up with a 7-2 home win over Castaic on Tuesday. Will Flint scored four of Golden Valley’s goals. Anthony Padilla had two and Brandon Arietta had one. Golden Valley (3-3, 1-0) travels to Hart on Thursday. West Ranch 3, Canyon 0 : The Wildcats of West Ranch got over their scoreless draw to start off league play with a 3-0 shutout on the road at Canyon on Tuesday. Logan Bates, Logan Sanchez and Jason Kaufman each scored once to give West Ranch the win. Canyon (1-4, 0-2) has its league bye on Thursday. Girls’ soccer West Ranch 7, Canyon 1 : Five different Wildcats scored as West Ranch beat Canyon at home on Tuesday, 7-1. Savannah Tiskos hit the back of the net twice, while Calista Imperial Pham, Isabella Bruno, Natalie Ramos and Sofia Forbes each scored once. Isabella Lopez provided two assists for West Ranch. Tiskos, Savannah Patton, Melody Canton and Isabella Ruiz also handed out assists. West Ranch (1-1, 1-1) travels to Saugus on Thursday while Canyon (0-3-1, 0-2) has its league bye. Castaic 6, Golden Valley 1 : Four girls scored for Castaic Tuesday as the Coyotes won at home over Golden Valley, 6-1. Pyper Ormes and Leila Sadra each scored twice for Castaic. Kennedy Crone and Clair Silvestro added a goal each. The loss for Golden Valley came a day after a 12-1 thrashing of Vasquez at home. Seven Grizzlies got on the score sheet on Monday, including four goals from Audrey Tait, two from Emilie House and two from Aubrey Esqueda. Tait and House also recorded assists. Castaic (3-0, 2-0) has a road meeting at Valencia on Thursday. Golden Valley (4-5, 0-1) is scheduled to host Hart. Saugus 1, Valencia 0 : Only one goal was needed for Saugus to take down Valencia (1-3, 0-2) at home on Tuesday. Makea Leonard got the goal as Makenna Blum set her up to keep Saugus (3-0, 2-0) perfect in league play in the early going.

The Ravens looked better defensively last week, but now Roquan Smith's injury is a concernAtos SE announces the completion of the settlement and delivery of its €233 million rights issueRobotics and programming workshop inspires y oung innovators . BingoPlus Foundation, the social development arm of Digiplus Interactive Corp, gave the students Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, a significant boost in their robotics and programming aspirations by organizing a workshop that will develop their skills and deepen their knowledge in the robotics and programming field. Held last November, celebrating Children’s Month, the training brought together elementary to senior high school students from Dr. Vicente F. Gustillo Memorial National High School, Sped High School, Cadiz West Elementary School I and II, Cadiz East Elementary School I and II, Caduha-An National High School, Villacin National High School, Tiglawigan National High School, Sped Training Center and, DepEd Cadiz offering them hands-on experience in building and programming robots. An estimated 4,853 students will benefit from the robotics and programming initiatives to be implemented at the different schools led by the students who took part in the initial seminar. “At BingoPlus Foundation, we believe in empowering the youth with skills that prepare them for the future. By providing access to robotics and programming training, we’re sparking their curiosity and equipping them with tools to innovate and lead in a technology-driven world,” said Angela Camins-Wieneke, Executive Director of BingoPlus Foundation. Roxan Cosico, founder of the Robotics and Programming Guild of the Philippines, led the robotics discussion, providing participants with the skills to create robots and program them for specific tasks. In addition to students, 213 teachers also gained valuable knowledge to guide future generations. Aside from the robotics and programming training, the city also received robotics kits which will be housed at the Cadiz Public Library, one of the adopted PLUS centers of BingoPlus Foundation. Going the Extra Mile for Youth BingoPlus Foundation’s initiatives reached further, providing 50 students from the Carol-an IP Community in Kabankalan with tablets to enhance their learning experience. Meanwhile, 60 scholars attended the second session of the FutureSmart Leadership Assembly last November 30 at the DigiPlus headquarters. The session, titled The Power of Habits, focused on helping students develop positive routines to improve academic and personal growth. With a hybrid format, the assembly brought together scholars onsite and virtually, emphasizing the importance of self-awareness and actionable plans for success. Holistic Support for Health and Welfare BingoPlus Foundation also extended aid to children’s health and basic needs. In Kalaklan, Olongapo, 350 kids received free medical checkups, vitamins, and essential medicines. Additionally, orphans at Saint Rita Orphanage in Parañaque City were provided with food and baby essentials, underscoring the Foundation’s commitment to nurturing the nation’s youth through education, health, and care. Being business-savvy should be fun, attainable and A+. BMPlus is BusinessMirror's digital arm with practical tips & success stories for aspiring and thriving millennial entrepreneurs.

Last week a serious fire broke out at a luxury apartment building that was owned by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross in New York's Hudson Yards. According to Page Six , the fire occurred at around 11 a.m. last Thursday while the 44-story building was undergoing maintenance. Thankfully, nobody was hurt. ABC 7 in New York reports that the fire marshal is still investigating the cause of the fire. Nevertheless, 80 firefighters were required to stop the smoke from choking the air. They were able to stop it within 40 minutes, per the report. In the aftermath of the fire, the building's general manager has reportedly been fired. Heads roll after terrifying blaze at ultra-luxe building owned by billionaire Dolphins boss Stephen Ross https://t.co/Qppp0TmjvL pic.twitter.com/OI6DTJZF8y The apartment building known as The Set is described in publications as “a five-star hotel crossed with a luxury rental crossed with a techy workplace." Amenities include communal desks, concierges, housekeeping, drinks, a stocked fridge, dry cleaning, a pool and even I.V. drips. The building's website lists the price of an unfurnished one-bedroom apartment at $7,400 per month. New York Daily News/Getty Images Stephen Ross founded Related Companies in 1952. The private real estate developer is currently valued at over $60 billion, while Ross' own net worth is reportedly upwards of $10 billion. The company is based in Hudson Yards but has locations in many of the other biggest cities in the United States, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and West Palm Beach, along with London. Ross bought the Miami Dolphins for a total of $1.1 billion and has invested significant capital into renovating Hard Rock Stadium in order to bring the stadium closer to modern standards. Postseason success has eluded the team under Ross' leadership though. Through his first 15 years as the owner, the Dolphins have reached the playoffs only three teams and have not won a playoff game. Related: Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross Reportedly Makes Major Franchise DecisionStock market today: Wall Street gains ground as it heads for a winning week

Elon Musk calls Trudeau an ‘insufferable tool’ on his social media platformSupreme Court While hearing Bengal government's plea challenging the decision of Calcutta HC to quash the OBC classification of 77 communities, mostly belonging to the Muslim religion, SC observed that reservation could not be given on the basis of religion but the state clarified that the basis was not religion but backwardness, a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the state, said reservation was granted not on the basis of religion but on the basis of backwardness of the communities. "The ground of religion is not an issue here. It happens that they belong to a religious community but they are backward," he said. The issue of whether Muslims as a community should get quota has become a wedge issue with BJP, in particular, opposing it on the ground that it has not been provided for in the Constitution. After a brief hearing, the bench adjourned the case to Jan 7. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , and Mini Crossword .

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huntington, w.va. – Marshall defensive lineman Mike Green was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and Herd quarterback Braylon Braxton was named as the league’s Newcomer of the Year. The announcement was made by the Sun Belt Conference office on Thursday morning. “I couldn’t be more excited for Mike and Braylon!” Marshall Football head coach Charles Huff said. “Those are two guys who have been elite leaders and elite men in our program. They have done everything we’ve asked them to and with team success, they have gotten their individual accolades. They are two phenomenal players getting the recognition they’ve earned.” Green is making Marshall and Sun Belt history during the 2024 season, tying the Sun Belt record of 16.0 sacks set last year by Troy’s Javon Solomon. Currently, Green leads all FBS players in three major statistical categories while ranking in the top-3 in FBS in two others: tackles for loss (21.0, 1st in FBS), sack yardage (139, No. 1 in FBS), TFL yardage (150, No. 1 in FBS), sacks (16.0, No. 2 in FBS) and tackles by a defensive lineman (79, No. 3 in FBS). Green is also one sack away from the Marshall record of 17.0, set by Cecil Fletcher. Braxton earned the Newcomer of the Year honors after leading Marshall to a Sun Belt East championship, using efficiency and a balanced attack to propel Marshall to the front. Braxton is currently 7-0 for Marshall as a starter in 2024 and has been at his best in the final weeks of the season, leading Marshall to turnover-free efforts in the final three wins of the regular season, which included road wins over Old Dominion (42-35) and a double-overtime comeback win at James Madison (35-33). Twice this season, Braxton was named as the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week for his play and he had a pair of 140-yard rushing efforts to go with his stellar play in leading the Herd passing attack. Braxton has thrown for 1,431 yards with 17 touchdowns and only two interceptions, serving as the only quarterback in FBS to have an 8:1 touchdown-to-interception ratio. He also has added 544 yards and four scores on the ground. Green and Braxton’s honors were part of a release in which Marshall had 13 players named as All-SBC honorees following their run to the SBC East Division title. Of those 13 players, five were named as All-SBC First Team selections. In addition to Green, first-team nominees included offensive lineman Logan Osburn, linebacker Jaden Yates, safety J.J. Roberts and return specialist Ian Foster. “All of our players have put in a tremendous amount of work and to see them get the recognition for their hard work in the dark is gratifying as their coach!” Huff said. “I couldn’t be more proud and excited for those guys and their families.” Osburn has led the Herd for several seasons, having started 45 games in his Marshall career, including 38 straight. This season, the Cabell Midland product has led a Marshall offensive line that ranks in the top-20 in FBS in rushing at 200.4 yards per game, while also allowing just 16 sacks in 12 games. Yates earned the first-team nomination in his first season as a starter after emerging as the Sun Belt Conference’s leader in tackles with 114 on the season. Yates has started all 12 games this season and has added 7.0 tackles for loss, a sack and two fumble recoveries. Roberts leads the Sun Belt and is ranked in the top-10 in FBS in passes defended and is No. 2 in FBS in pass breakups with 14. In addition to that, Roberts is No. 2 on the Herd’s team in tackles with 91 and has 5.0 tackles for loss, a sack, a forced fumble and a blocked kick that was returned for a touchdown. Roberts also had the unique distinction of being named as SBC Defensive Player of the Week and SBC Special Teams Player of the Week in 2024. Speaking of special teams, it got no more special than Herd freshman kick returner/safety Ian Foster, who averages 33.4 yards per kick return, which leads all FBS. Foster also leads all kick returners in FBS in 40-yard returns (5) and 50-yard returns (3). Foster also added 46 tackles and 5.0 tackles for loss as a safety. Braxton was named as the All-SBC Second Team quarterback, joining running back A.J. Turner as the Herd’s two selections on the All-SBC Second Team Offense. Turner currently has 864 yards rushing and six rushing touchdowns while also catching eight passes for 68 yards and two touchdowns for the Herd. Despite being limited late in the season due to injury, Turner is still ranked sixth in the SBC in rushing and is one of only two players in FBS to record multiple 80-yard runs this season. The Herd also boasted of a pair of All-SBC Third Team Defense selections in defensive lineman Deeve Harris (51 tackles, 7.5 TFLs, 4.5 sacks, 1 FF) and defensive back Jacobie Henderson (46 tackles, 2 INTs, 10 PBUs). Marshall’s All-SBC Honorable Mention selections included wide receiver Christian Fitzpatrick (32 receptions, 569 yards, 6 TDs), tight end Toby Payne (16 rec., 163 yards, 6 TDs), offensive lineman Jeremy Jones (started all 12 games at RT) and defensive back Josh Moten (37 tackles, 4 INTs, 4 PBUs). Marshall travels to Cajun Field in Lafayette, La., this weekend to take on Louisiana in the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Championship Game. That game will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET and be shown on ESPN.slot machine win 。

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The reigning Super Bowl champions saw their run of 15 straight wins ended by the Buffalo Bills last week, but got back to winning ways thanks to star quarterback Patrick Mahomes. After a late Chuba Hubbard touchdown and two-point conversion had made it 27-27, the Chiefs got the ball back with less than two minutes on the clock and a 33-yard run from Mahomes helped set up Spencer Shrader for a game-winning field goal. THE CHIEFS SURVIVE AGAIN. 🔥 Patrick Mahomes comes up CLUTCH with a 33-yard run late, before Spencer Shrader wins it as time expires! Get your #NFL action on ESPN! pic.twitter.com/POt57HQYig — ESPN Australia & NZ (@ESPNAusNZ) November 24, 2024 Mahomes finished the game with 269 yards and three touchdowns, two of them to Noah Gray in the first half. Running back Jahmyr Gibbs scored two touchdowns as the Detroit Lions beat the Indianapolis Colts 24-6 to improve their record to 10-1, matching that of the Chiefs. David Montgomery also ran for a score before having to leave the game with a shoulder injury. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ended a four-game losing streak with a 30-7 win over the New York Giants, who “mutually agreed” to terminate the contract of quarterback Daniel Jones earlier this week. Jones’ replacement Tommy DeVito was sacked four times while opposite number Baker Mayfield ran for a touchdown and completed 24 of 30 pass attempts for 294 yards. Rachaad White, Bucky Irving and Sean Tucker also ran for touchdowns in a one-sided contest. The Dallas Cowboys ended their five-game losing streak with a remarkable 34-26 win over the Washington Commanders, with 30 points scored in the final three minutes. KaVontae Turpin’s 99-yard kick-off return for a touchdown looked to have sealed victory for the Cowboys, only for the Commanders to respond with a field goal before getting the ball back with 33 seconds remaining. Wide receiver Terry McLaurin sprinted 86 yards through the Dallas defence for a touchdown, only for Austin Seibert to miss the extra point. 99 YARDS TO THE 🏡 @KaVontaeTurpin was gone!! 📺: #DALvsWAS on FOX📲: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/LvklCbYJ1e pic.twitter.com/4ckMWDEDPL — Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) November 24, 2024 The Commanders tried an onside kick and Juanyeh Thomas returned it 43 yards for a touchdown. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw four touchdown passes as the Miami Dolphins cruised to a 34-15 win over the New England Patriots, while the Tennessee Titans pulled off a surprise 32-27 victory at the Houston Texans. The Minnesota Vikings improved to 9-2 thanks to a 30-27 overtime win against the Chicago Bears, Parker Romo kicking the decisive field goal from 29 yards.

“I can’t remember a comparable case of interference in the election campaign of a friendly country in the history of the western democracies,” Merz told the Funke media group on Sunday. Merz’s remarks come after German newspaper Welt am Sonntag published an article by Musk describing the AfD as the “last spark of hope” for Germany. The article has been widely criticised by MPs across the political spectrum as a clear instance of interference in German democratic processes less than two months before snap elections. [ Elon Musk pens German newspaper opinion piece supporting far-right AfD party Opens in new window ] Polls have the AfD in second place behind Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , with the Social Democrats (SPD) of chancellor Olaf Scholz trailing in third place. Mainstream parties in Germany revile the AfD, which has called for the mass deportation of people with immigrant backgrounds and wants Germany to exit the EU. Large sections of the party have been designated extremist by German domestic intelligence and placed under surveillance. Saskia Esken, SPD co-leader, harshly criticised the Musk article. “Our democracy is capable of defending itself, and is not for sale,” she told Reuters. “Whoever tries to influence our election from outside, whoever supports an anti-democratic, misanthropic party like the AfD... should expect fierce resistance from us,” she said. Matthias Miersch, SPD general secretary, also attacked Axel Springer, the media conglomerate that owns Welt am Sonntag., saying it was “shameful and dangerous” that the company had provided Musk with a platform to campaign for the AfD. [ Bluesky may be in danger of becoming Elon Musk’s black mirror Opens in new window ] Andreas Audretsch, a senior Green MP who is leading the party’s election campaign, also criticised Musk’s article. “It damages our democracy when Herr Musk, the Chinese state or Moscow’s troll factories subvert our democratic discourse,” he said. Welt comment editor Eva Marie Kogel announced over the weekend that she was resigning, in a sign of the anger the decision to publish the Musk piece generated in the paper’s newsroom. “Journalism lives off independence and credibility, Die Welt lives off its reputation,” said Mika Beuster, head of the DJV, the German journalists’ association. “All of that is being thrown, with a great clatter, in the dustbin.” Insiders at Axel Springer, which also owns Politico, rejected the claim that, by publishing the Musk article, they were providing a platform to the billionaire and the far right. [ The old order of globalisation may be collapsing – and bringing Germany with it Opens in new window ] “He’s the owner of Twitter and with one tweet he can reach 200 million people,” said one. “Who is Welt to give him a platform? He is a platform. Better to publish this on our platform where we can guard it and flank it with our own opinion.” In his article, Musk, a close adviser to US president-elect Donald Trump and a friend of Axel Springer chief executive Mathias Döpfner, praised the AfD’s policies of market deregulation, tax cuts and cutting red tape, as well as its opposition to immigration. He also dismissed the idea that the party was “right-wing extremist”, noting that its co-leader, Alice Weidel, is in a same-sex relationship with a woman from Sri Lanka. “Does that sound to you like Hitler? Please!” he wrote. Merz said Musk had “overlooked” a few important points in his article, saying he would never have been able to build his Tesla factory in the east German state of Brandenburg with the AfD. It was the far-right party that had, he said, “put up the fiercest opposition to the plant”. [ German ministry denies claims it considered sanctioning academics supporting Palestine Opens in new window ] He also noted that any Brexit-style withdrawal from the EU, as advocated by the AfD, would cause huge harm to the entire German economy, “not only the car industry”. “You could recognise these relationships pretty easily provided you didn’t derive all your information from your own social media channels,” Merz said. – Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2024CALIFORNIA, Nov 25 — A scientist guides a long tube into the mouth and down to the stomach of Thing 1, a two-month-old calf that is part of a research project aiming to prevent cows from burping methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Paulo de Meo Filho, a postdoctoral researcher at University of California, Davis, is part of an ambitious experiment aiming to develop a pill to transform cow gut bacteria so it emits less or no methane. While the fossil fuel industry and some natural sources emit methane, cattle farming has become a major climate concern due to the sheer volume of the cows’ emissions. “Almost half of the increase in (global) temperature that we’ve had so far, it’s been because of methane,” said Ermias Kebreab, an animal science professor at UC Davis. Methane, the second largest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide, breaks down faster than CO2 but is more potent. “Methane lives in the atmosphere for about 12 years” unlike carbon dioxide which persists for centuries, Kebreab said. “If you start reducing methane now, we can actually see the effect on the temperature very quickly.” Filho uses the tube to extract liquid from Thing 1’s rumen — the first stomach compartment containing partially digested food. Using the rumen liquid samples, the scientists are studying the microbes that convert hydrogen into methane, which is not digested by the cow but instead burped out. A single cow will burp roughly 220 pounds (100 kilograms) of the gas annually. Social critters Thing 1 and other calves receive a seaweed-supplemented diet to reduce methane production. Scientists hope to achieve similar results by introducing genetically modified microbes that soak up hydrogen, starving methane-producing bacteria at the source. However, the team proceeds cautiously. “We can’t just simply cut down methane production by removing” methane-making bacteria, as hydrogen could accumulate to the point of harming the animal, warned Matthias Hess, who runs the UC Davis lab. “Microbes are kind of social critters. They really like to live together,” he said. “The way they interact and affect each other impacts the overall function of the ecosystem.” Hess’s students test different formulas in bioreactors, vessels that reproduce microorganisms’ living conditions in a stomach from movements to temperature. More productive cows The project is being carried out at UC Davis as well as UC Berkeley’s Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI). IGI scientists are trying to identify the right microbe — the one they hope to genetically alter to supplant methane-producing microbes. The modified microorganisms will then be tested at UC Davis in the lab and in the animals. “Not only are we trying to reduce methane emissions, but you also increase the feed efficiency,” said Kebreab. “Hydrogen and methane, they are both energy, and so if you reduce that energy and redirect it to something else... we have a better productivity and lower emissions at the same time.” The ultimate goal is a single-dose treatment administered early in life, since most cattle graze freely and can’t receive daily supplements. The three research teams have been given $70 million and seven years to achieve a breakthrough. Kebreab has long studied sustainable livestock practices and pushes back against calls to reduce meat consumption to save the planet. While acknowledging this might work for healthy adults in developed nations, he pointed to countries like Indonesia, where the government is seeking to increase meat and dairy production because 20 percent of children under five suffer from stunted growth. “We can’t tell them to not eat meat,” he said. — AFPThe Kansas City Chiefs bounced back from their first defeat of the season with a dramatic 30-27 win over the Carolina Panthers. The reigning Super Bowl champions saw their run of 15 straight wins ended by the Buffalo Bills last week, but got back to winning ways thanks to star quarterback Patrick Mahomes. After a late Chuba Hubbard touchdown and two-point conversion had made it 27-27, the Chiefs got the ball back with less than two minutes on the clock and a 33-yard run from Mahomes helped set up Spencer Shrader for a game-winning field goal. THE CHIEFS SURVIVE AGAIN. 🔥 Patrick Mahomes comes up CLUTCH with a 33-yard run late, before Spencer Shrader wins it as time expires! Get your #NFL action on ESPN! pic.twitter.com/POt57HQYig — ESPN Australia & NZ (@ESPNAusNZ) November 24, 2024 Mahomes finished the game with 269 yards and three touchdowns, two of them to Noah Gray in the first half. Running back Jahmyr Gibbs scored two touchdowns as the Detroit Lions beat the Indianapolis Colts 24-6 to improve their record to 10-1, matching that of the Chiefs. David Montgomery also ran for a score before having to leave the game with a shoulder injury. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ended a four-game losing streak with a 30-7 win over the New York Giants, who “mutually agreed” to terminate the contract of quarterback Daniel Jones earlier this week. Jones’ replacement Tommy DeVito was sacked four times while opposite number Baker Mayfield ran for a touchdown and completed 24 of 30 pass attempts for 294 yards. Rachaad White, Bucky Irving and Sean Tucker also ran for touchdowns in a one-sided contest. The Dallas Cowboys ended their five-game losing streak with a remarkable 34-26 win over the Washington Commanders, with 30 points scored in the final three minutes. KaVontae Turpin’s 99-yard kick-off return for a touchdown looked to have sealed victory for the Cowboys, only for the Commanders to respond with a field goal before getting the ball back with 33 seconds remaining. Wide receiver Terry McLaurin sprinted 86 yards through the Dallas defence for a touchdown, only for Austin Seibert to miss the extra point. 99 YARDS TO THE 🏡 @KaVontaeTurpin was gone!! 📺: #DALvsWAS on FOX📲: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/LvklCbYJ1e pic.twitter.com/4ckMWDEDPL — Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) November 24, 2024 The Commanders tried an onside kick and Juanyeh Thomas returned it 43 yards for a touchdown. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw four touchdown passes as the Miami Dolphins cruised to a 34-15 win over the New England Patriots, while the Tennessee Titans pulled off a surprise 32-27 victory at the Houston Texans. The Minnesota Vikings improved to 9-2 thanks to a 30-27 overtime win against the Chicago Bears, Parker Romo kicking the decisive field goal from 29 yards.

Why I'd buy these top ASX dividend shares before the end of 2025Several Former USC Trojans Dominate In Wild NFL Week 12 MatchupThe FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are under fire from Senate lawmakers after declining to testify publicly at a scheduled hearing on national security threats. The decision marks a significant dismissal of a longstanding convention. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Gary Peters said the decision "robs the American people of critical information" and sidesteps "the opportunity for public accountability" on how America is kept safe . Peters, a Michigan Democrat , said this was the first time in more than 15 years that an FBI director and Homeland Security secretary had together made a refusal. The hearing typically acts as a platform for agency heads to address Congress on pressing security concerns. Topics range from weapons of mass destruction to cyberattacks . Instead, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray opted for a classified setting. How Did the FBI and DHS Respond? Their decision comes during a politically charged period––Republican President-elect Donald Trump is interviewing candidates to replace Wray, and recently named South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as his pick to succeed Mayorkas if re-elected. The FBI defended its position in a statement. "FBI leaders have testified extensively in public settings about the current threat environment and believe the Committee would benefit most from further substantive discussions and additional information that can only be provided in a classified setting," the agency said. The DHS echoed similar sentiments, noting that the agency and the FBI had shared extensive unclassified information publicly, including the recently published Homeland Threat Assessment. "DHS takes seriously its obligation to respond to Congressional requests for testimony," the department said, adding that Mayorkas has testified in Congress 30 times during his tenure. A 'Shocking Departure' From Tradition The Senate committee, which usually schedules the hearings months in advance, was informed on Monday of the decision. A separate House Homeland Security Committee hearing was also postponed to add to their frustrations. Despite the agencies' assurances, Peters called the decision a "shocking departure" from tradition. He argued that the classified format prevents the public from understanding how the government is addressing critical threats. "These hearings have always been a way to inform the American people about the threats we face and how the government is responding," he said. Tensions During Last Year's Hearing At last year's hearing, Mayorkas warned that the U.S. government is at risk of losing key tools for preventing terrorists from using drones , chemicals , or weapons of mass destruction if Congress doesn't act soon. He criticized the Senate for stalling a bill (Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards, or CFATS) designed to regulate chemicals and prevent their misuse in terrorism because a Republican senator worried it might hurt the competitiveness of U.S. chemical companies. There are about 3,200 high-risk facilities across the country, according to agency data. Since no agreement was reached, the government's authority to enforce these rules ended in July. A coalition of organizations urged Senate leaders to reincorporate it––but despite these initiatives, it is yet to be enforced. "Congress must not allow these DHS authorities to lapse," Mayorkas said, arguing that they are vital for protecting the country. "This is not a moment to let our guard down." This article includes reporting from the Associated Press

Artificial intelligence. Abortion. Guns. Marijuana. Minimum wages. Name a hot topic, and chances are good there's a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another. Many of the laws launching in January are a result of legislation passed this year. Others stem from ballot measures approved by voters. Some face legal challenges. Here's a look at some of the most notable state laws taking effect: FILE - Director of Photography Jac Cheairs and his son, actor Wyatt Cheairs, 11, take part in a rally by striking writers and actors outside Netflix studio in Los Angeles on Friday, July 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File) Hollywood stars and child influencers California, home to Hollywood and some of the largest technology companies, is seeking to rein in the artificial intelligence industry and put some parameters around social media stars. New laws seek to prevent the use of digital replicas of Hollywood actors and performers without permission and allow the estates of dead performers to sue over unauthorized AI use. Parents who profit from social media posts featuring their children will be required to set aside some earnings for their young influencers. A new law also allows children to sue their parents for failing to do so. FILE - In advance of Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri's Congressional testimony, to illustrate the harms children face on social media, parent activists brought an "Instagrinch" to the Capitol building in Washington, Dec. 7, 2021. (Eric Kayne/AP Images for ParentsTogether, File) Social media limits New social media restrictions in several states face court challenges. A Florida law bans children under 14 from having social media accounts and requires parental consent for ages 14 and 15. But enforcement is being delayed because of a lawsuit filed by two associations for online companies, with a hearing scheduled for late February. A new Tennessee law also requires parental consent for minors to open accounts on social media. NetChoice, an industry group for online businesses, is challenging the law. Another new state law requires porn websites to verify that visitors are at least 18 years old. But the Free Speech Coalition, a trade association for the adult entertainment industry, has filed a challenge. Several new California measures aimed at combating political deepfakes are also being challenged, including one requiring large social media platforms to remove deceptive content related to elections and another allowing any individual to sue for damages over the use of AI to create fabricated images or videos in political ads. FILE - Parents, students, and staff of Chino Valley Unified School District hold up signs in favor of protecting LGBTQ+ policies at Don Antonio Lugo High School, in Chino, Calif., June 15, 2023. (Anjali Sharif-Paul/The Orange County Register via AP, File) School rules on gender In a first nationally, California will start enforcing a law prohibiting school districts from adopting policies that require staff to notify parents if their children change their gender identification. The law was a priority for Democratic lawmakers who wanted to halt such policies passed by several districts. FILE - Christian F. Nunes, president of National Organization for Women speaks as abortion rights activists and Women's March leaders protest as part of a national day of strike actions outside the Supreme Court, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) Abortion coverage Many states have passed laws limiting or protecting abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a nationwide right to the procedure in 2022. One of the latest is the Democratic-led state of Delaware. A law there will require the state employee health plan and Medicaid plans for lower-income residents to cover abortions with no deductible, copayments or other cost-sharing requirements. FILE - Gov. Tim Walz speaks before a crowd gathered for a rally on the steps of the state Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday evening, Aug. 7, 2019. Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, center left, and his wife Gwen Walz, center right, stand by him. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP, File) Gun control A new Minnesota law prohibits guns with "binary triggers" that allow for more rapid fire, causing a weapon to fire one round when the trigger is pulled and another when it is released. In Delaware, a law adds colleges and universities to a list of school zones where guns are prohibited, with exceptions for those working in their official capacity such as law officers and commissioned security guards. Medical marijuana Kentucky is becoming the latest state to let people use marijuana for medical purposes. To apply for a state medical cannabis card, people must get written certification from a medical provider of a qualifying condition, such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, epilepsy, chronic nausea or post-traumatic stress disorder. Nearly four-fifths of U.S. states have now legalized medical marijuana. Minimum wages Minimum wage workers in more than 20 states are due to receive raises in January. The highest minimum wages will be in Washington, California and Connecticut, all of which will top $16 an hour after modest increases. The largest increases are scheduled in Delaware, where the minimum wage will rise by $1.75 to $15 an hour, and in Nebraska, where a ballot measure approved by voters in 2022 will add $1.50 to the current minimum of $12 an hour. Twenty other states still follow the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. FILE - A man talks on his cell phone while driving in Los Angeles, Monday June 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File) Safer traveling In Oregon, using drugs on public transit will be considered a misdemeanor crime of interfering with public transportation. While the measure worked its way through the legislature, multiple transportation officials said drug use on buses and trains, and at transit stops and stations, was making passengers and drivers feel less safe. In Missouri, law enforcement officers have spent the past 16 months issuing warnings to motorists that handheld cellphone use is illegal. Starting with the new year, penalties will kick in: a $150 fine for the first violation, progressing to $500 for third and subsequent offenses and up to 15 years imprisonment if a driver using a cellphone cause an injury or death. But police must notice a primary violation, such as speeding or weaving across lanes, to cite motorists for violating the cellphone law. Montana is the only state that hasn't banned texting while driving, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. FILE - Surrounded by members of the legislature and signs touting saving families money, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announces her 'Axe the Food Tax' campaign at Dillons grocery store in Topeka, Kan., Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 by holding an axe. (Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal via AP, File) Tax breaks Tenants in Arizona will no longer have to pay tax on their monthly rent, thanks to the repeal of a law that had allowed cities and towns to impose such taxes. While a victory for renters, the new law is a financial loss for governments. An analysis by Arizona's nonpartisan Joint Legislative Budget Committee estimated that $230 million would be lost in municipal tax revenue during the first full fiscal year of implementation. Meanwhile Alabama will offer tax credits to businesses that help employees with child care costs. Kansas is eliminating its 2% sales tax on groceries. It also is cutting individual income taxes by dropping the top tax rate, increasing a credit for child care expenses and exempting all Social Security income from taxes, among other things. Taxpayers are expected to save about $320 million a year going forward. FILE - Election board inspector Pat Cook readies "I Voted" stickers for voters during early voting in Oklahoma City, Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) Voting rights An Oklahoma law expands voting privileges to people who have been convicted of felonies but had their sentences discharged or commuted, including commutations for crimes that have been reclassified from felonies to misdemeanors. Former state Sen. George Young, an Oklahoma City Democrat, carried the bill in the Senate. "I think it's very important that people who have gone through trials and tribulations in their life, that we have a system that brings them back and allows them to participate as contributing citizens," Young said. Associated Press writers Trân Nguyễn in Sacramento, California; Kate Payne in Tallahassee, Florida; Jonathan Mattise in Nashville, Tennessee; Randall Chase in Dover, Delaware; Steve Karnowski in Minneapolis; Bruce Schreiner in Frankfort, Kentucky; Claire Rush in Portland, Oregon; Summer Ballentine in Jefferson City, Missouri; Gabriel Sandoval in Phoenix; Kim Chandler in Montgomery, Alabama; John Hanna in Topeka, Kansas; and Sean Murphy in Oklahoma City contributed. Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden walks to the Oval Office after attending the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz arrive during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) A delegate looks at her phone during the Republican National Convention Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Jocardo Ralston, 47, from Pennsylvania, looks up to a television to watch the presidential debate between President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at Tillie's Lounge on Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Supporters of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump look on as a bus carrying Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris passes by following a campaign event, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, in Rochester, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Attendees look on at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak on the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at the Republican National Convention Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at PPG Paints Arena, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Pittsburgh, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and former first lady Michelle Obama arrive to speak during a campaign rally, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024 at the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo, Mich. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) A supporter greets Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump after a campaign event at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) A political advertisement for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is displayed on the Sphere, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris walks toward reporters to speak before boarding Air Force Two, as she departs Las Vegas from Harry Reid International Airport, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, en route to Arizona. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) A voter works on her ballot at a polling place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Former President Donald Trump waits for the start of proceedings in Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in New York. Before testimony resumes Tuesday, the judge will hold a hearing on prosecutors' request to sanction and fine Trump over social media posts they say violate a gag order prohibiting him from attacking key witnesses. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool) Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump dances after speaking at a campaign event Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris looks at a monitor of the event from backstage, just before taking the stage for her final campaign rally, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump is prayed over with Pastor Paula White during the National Faith Summit at Worship With Wonders Church, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Powder Springs, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Forgiato Blow wears a necklace with a likeness of former President Donald Trump before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Elon Musk jumps on the stage as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Voters stand in line outside a polling place at Madison Church, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Phoenix, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York) Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris hugs President Biden during the Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Lee's Family Forum, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Henderson, Nev. 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Make masa an everyday ingredient with these bean and cheese gorditasAs the Nottingham Forest supporters filed out of Goodison Park they roared in unison: “We’re going to win the league.” The chances are they will not, but the sound of their celebrations at the end of this match were almost as galling to some Everton supporters as the prospect of Liverpool, the only team above them after this win, being the ones to stop them. Their joy, and the fun that away end is having up and down the country, is a feeling that has long been alien to Blues through several seasons of misery. There have been bursts of spirit - the week of three wins, including in the Merseyside derby, among them. And there are plenty of reasons for Everton supporters to look forward to the future as the club stabilises under new owners ahead of the summer move to a new home that should be transformative to its ambitions. Sean Dyche knows who will get the blame for dismal Everton defeat to Nottingham Forest Everton player ratings as two terrible in dismal Nottingham Forest loss This is the present though and the final year at Goodison was marred by another away win on a dreary Sunday afternoon in which Everton struggled to compete with a side that was in disarray when it became the first of those three sides slain during the heady days of April. Back then, Forest looked more chaotic than Everton. Having become the second side to suffer the ignominy of a Premier League points deduction their defeat in L4 forced them deeper into the relegation fight it saved Everton from. The result was so significant it shredded the visitors’ nerves, fuelling a frantic outburst on social media that had disciplinary repercussions. But Forest eventually pulled clear of the trouble and this season they are having a campaign they could only have dreamt of in August. That is the problem for Sean Dyche and for those who make the decisions at Everton. Forest are the latest side to show that a team can go from a relegation fight to one that inspires hope and draws supporters into thinking that any match could yield three points. Everton have not done that. The league is littered with examples of clubs that have grown on and off the pitch into teams that provide belief to their supporters. In contrast, Everton remain trapped in that cycle of struggle. This is a club that has not been as well-run as the likes of Brighton and Hove Albion or Brentford, and have had less money to spend than Forest - it will have been lost on few that the best player on the pitch, Morgan Gibbs-White, was one of several missed targets of recent summers. So too was Anthony Elanga, another thorn in Everton’s side. Supporters know that. But they are not wrong to want more than a side that, at its best, can stubbornly fight for draws against those with Champions League ambitions but then struggles to muster a threat when they face a lesser light. As tough as it might be, this fanbase is justified in its hope the final campaign at the Grand Old Lady would not be one of forlorn journeys home after listening to away end after away end enjoy their final trip to Goodison. The pressure to improve is one that will be passed on to new owners The Friedkin Group very quickly. The stability, resources and expertise they will bring should make progress possible. Whatever Dyche’s long-term role under them turns out to be, it should not be forgotten what he has achieved while labouring under the chastening constraints of the old regime, and that he is yet to see the tangible benefit of change. He remains locked in a struggle with results and expectation though. For all the positivity inspired by the draws against Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City, Everton have won just three times in 18 games this season and with Crystal Palace and Wolverhampton Wanderers now improving, they lie just three points ahead of third bottom Leicester City. Until draws turn into wins the fear that Ruud van Nistelrooy’s side are just an unexpected win from catching them will linger and fester. That is the second reason why games like this hurt to those whose dreams are attached to the fortunes of Everton. While Forest are showing that a change in fortunes is possible with the right level of organisation and ambition, on Sunday they showed what can be achieved with fight and maturity on the pitch. Everton’s small squad may well have been tired after three brave draws but they failed to lay a glove on a Forest side that, while in form, should not have been given the freedom to enact their gameplan so effectively. They were timid, slow and once again unimaginative going forward. That failure is on the players and the manager and must be addressed immediately with further tricky games ahead. The truth of this match is that Forest kept Everton at a distance. Through goalscorers Chris Wood and Gibbs-White they were stronger and more intelligent than an Everton side that appeared bereft of ideas. As Dyche attempted to break through the attacking struggles of the season so far by dropping Dominic Calvert-Lewin for Armando Broja, this was a reminder that different personnel can only change so much if the approach is not altered. How enviously Broja and Calvert-Lewin must have watched Wood in action. Forest do not approach games too differently to Everton - they do not like possession, they look to counter, they like a physical figure up top. But the big difference between the teams is the support offered to Wood. For so much of this season Calvert-Lewin has been isolated, even more so since Dyche decided - with some success - to sacrifice attacking ambition to improve defensively by moving Abdoulaye Doucoure to the number 10. That change had yielded six points and three clean sheets through four unbeaten matches but it is one that has its limitations, as was clear against Forest, and does not solve the problems still facing a side that needs more wins. Because of the continued struggle up top, once the away team took the lead, this game looked lost for Everton. And it was a goal that showcased the difference in approach, the difference in ambition. When Wood won Gibbs-White’s long ball forward he had Anthony Elanga close enough to him to claim the second ball. His flick found Wood, whose lofted finish was cute and took his personal tally to within three of Everton’s total number of league goals for the campaign. The goal had looked increasingly likely when it came midway through the first half. Wood had already volleyed over after linking up well with Elliot Anderson, another player who offered him support, and headed just wide from a well-placed Elanga cross. As Everton sought a response Broja fought hard but was often operating alone and was forced to feed on scraps and manufacture chances for himself. The excellent Gibbs-White created the best chance of the half when he played Elanga through on goal only for the winger to shoot wide on half-time. In the second half Everton continued to labour but it was again Forest that presented the bigger threat. They were happy for Everton to take the ball and comfortable at dealing with what the hosts threw at them. They also played with greater composure. While Forest were dangerous on the break it was Everton who created the goal that sealed this away win, Doucoure’s pass dropping short of James Tarkowski and Vitali Mykolenko, allowing Elanga to steal in. He combined with Wood to send Gibbs-White into the box to finish this as a contest. Dyche rang the changes but to little effect. It was not until the 80th minute that Everton had their first shot on target as Calvert-Lewin, one of the substitutes, headed tamely at Matz Sels. Another second half arrival, Beto, forced Sels into a tougher stop but, save for the persistence of Iliman Ndiaye, Forest were given little to worry about. At the end, they still looked more likely to score and should have made it three when an Everton corner became a counter attack that saw Elanga miss a second one-on-one with Pickford, who then saved from Taiwo Awoniyi’s effort off the rebound. The misses, of course, did little to quieten that celebrating away end. Everton and Dyche have problems to solve and this match was a reminder of the fight they are still in. The Blues boss has overseen an upturn in results in what has been a very good December on and off the pitch for the club. The emotion of wanting to finish well at Goodison should not detract from the realities of the challenges still facing this club. But the promise of better days will still feel distant unless and until Everton begin to pick up wins.

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