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$HAREHOLDER ALERT: The M&A Class Action Firm Continues To Investigate Merger - AVTE, BCOV, ...LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Voters dejected by the presidential election results need to find a way to give back and remain involved, Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday as they celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Clinton presidential library. The former president urged audience members in a packed theater to remain engaged and find ways to communicate with those they disagree with despite a divisive political time. The two spoke about a month after former President Donald Trump's win over Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election. “We’re just passing through, and we all need to just calm down and do something that builds people up instead of tears them down,” Bill Clinton said. Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state who was defeated by Trump in the 2016 election, said she understands the next couple of years are going to be challenging for voters who don't agree with the decisions being made. "In addition to staying involved and staying aware, it’s important to find something that makes you feel good about the day because if you’re in a constant state of agitation about our political situation, it is really going to shorten your life," she said. The Clintons spoke during a panel discussion with journalist Laura Ling, who the former president helped free in 2009 when she was detained in North Korea with another journalist. The event was held as part of a weekend of activities marking the 20th anniversary of the Clinton Presidential Library's opening in Little Rock. The library is preparing to undergo an update of its exhibits and an expansion that will include Hillary Clinton's personal archives. Hillary Clinton said part of the goal is to modernize the facility and expand it to make it a more open, inviting place for people for convene and make connections. When asked about advice he would give for people disappointed by the election results, Bill Clinton said people need to continue working toward bringing people together and improving others' lives. “If that's the way you keep score, then you ought to be trying to run up the score,” he said. “Not lamenting the fact that somebody else is winning a different game because they keep score a different way." “And in addition, figure out what we can do to win again,” Hillary Clinton added, eliciting cheers. The program featured a panel discussion with cast members of the hit NBC show “The West Wing” and former Clinton White House staffers. The weekend amounted to a reunion of former Clinton White House staffers, supporters and close friends, including former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and adviser James Carville. McAuliffe said he and Carville ate Friday at Doe's Eat Place, a downtown restaurant that was popular with Clinton aides and reporters during Clinton's 1992 White House run. He said he viewed the library and its planned expansion as important for the future. “This is not only about the past, but it's more importantly about the future," McAuliffe said. “We just went through a very tough election, and people are all saying we've got to get back to the Clinton model.”

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There's a new space race in full swing, but private industry , not world superpowers, are driving this post-Cold War iteration. While Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have dominated headlines with their exciting advancements in rocketry, a cottage industry of smaller start-ups is vying for dominance in all manner of space-based markets. AST SpaceMobile ( ASTS -0.17% ) is betting it can be a crucial provider of mobile communications using a fleet of satellites. Investors seem to be buying into the vision that the company is selling, with its stock up more than 400% this year alone. With all the excitement, is AST a buy now? Can you hear me now? Those of us in the United States are pretty familiar with the cell towers that dot our landscape. By and large, reliable cell service and broadband access are a given in much of the country. That's not true, however, for much of the rest of world -- far from it. More than a third of the global population lacks access to the internet, and for many more, it's extremely unreliable. Cell service is more widespread but is still sorely lacking for many. AST designs and manufactures satellites that can provide cellular broadband anywhere in the world without the need for any specialized equipment or modifications to your cellphone. The latest earnings weren't great, but it's early days The company reported its third-quarter numbers last week. Investors were underwhelmed, and its stock tumbled nearly 20% in the immediate aftermath. In the days since, shares have mostly recovered, and are now down just 2.7% since before the earnings call. The red mark that drove the stock plunge was a hefty earnings miss. The company reported an earnings per share (EPS) loss of $1.10, while analysts expected just a $0.23 loss per share. While that's a painful miss, remember that the company is still in full start-up mode. Traditional financial markers that work well for more mature companies, like steady EPS growth, aren't always all that telling for a company like AST, at least right now. At the moment, it is hardly bringing in any revenue at all -- just $1.1 million last quarter. This quarter marks the launch of its first five satellites, a huge milestone. It intends to begin testing its network in beta, already having inked agreements with AT&T , Verizon Communications , and others . It has also secured contracts with launch providers, like Blue Origin, that will allow it to send up another 60 satellites. A spike in revenue is coming, but profitability may be further behind With five satellites now in orbit and more coming, AST can begin delivering the services it was created to provide. Revenue should follow suit. That being said, it will take time -- and money -- to bring the network to full capacity. Launching satellites is expensive, and the company will have to shell out more than $1 billion just to put the next 60 into orbit. This will require raising more funding. That could mean selling stock or taking on debt. Either way, the key to AST's success will be how quickly and efficiently it can bring its network on line. Can it raise enough capital without blowing up its books? I think so, but be wary of potential stock dilution in the near future. AST is a compelling option AST's model vision of the future of broadband access is compelling. It's not hard to see the value it can provide. Having already made inroads with key telecoms, the company is in a great position to capitalize on that promise. For those with a high risk tolerance and a longer time horizon, I think AST SpaceMobile is a buy. However, if you are more interested in protecting your capital -- maybe you're nearing retirement -- I would look elsewhere.MAC defensive lineman commits to Iowa out of transfer portalMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa led the NFL in passing yards in 2023, and he has been just as sharp for much of this season. But on Wednesday, Tagovailoa shouldered a share of the blame for what he called a surprising 5-7 start, saying his month-long stint on injured reserve with a concussion played a huge part in the way this season has unfolded. “I don’t think that (record) shows the character of who we are as a team,” Tagovailoa said. "It doesn’t show the work that we’ve put in this offseason together. “Nobody else will say it but me, and I feel like this has a lot to do with myself, obviously putting myself in harm’s way in the second game, going down and basically leaving my guys out to dry ... I do take heart to that as well and don’t want to do that to my guys again.” The Dolphins looked like they were returning to last season's form during a recent three-game winning streak, but questions about Miami's toughness resurfaced after a poor performance at frigid Lambeau Field last Thursday, when the temperature at kickoff was around 27 degrees. Miami missed 20 tackles, per Next Gen Stats, and allowed 114 yards on the ground while only rushing for 39 yards. Tagovailoa was sacked five times. The Dolphins have lost their past 12 regular-season or postseason games in which the temperature at kickoff was 40 degrees or lower, with more potential cold weather games coming up at Houston, Cleveland and the New York Jets later this season. Miami was 4-10 in games played in December or later in the past two seasons. “Collectively you’ve got to all have that same mindset,” Tagovailoa said of Miami's toughness. “That’s why we have team football, that’s why you’re in team sports. I think you’ve got to look at it as, are you mentally tough and are you physically tough? They have to go hand in hand. If one of those things has a kink in it, it could go one way or the other.” A few weeks after former Dolphins safety DeShon Elliott said the Dolphins were “soft” when he played there, linebacker Jordyn Brooks criticized his team's toughness after losing to Green Bay. “I feel like we let the elements control the way we played,” Brooks said after the 30-17 loss. “As a group, I thought we were soft. Simple as that.” Coach Mike McDaniel said he expects all kinds of criticisms to come when the team fails to reach expectations, but added that he uses the game tape to measure toughness. “If I have an example of weak-mindedness or situations where a guy is turning something down or how he’s loafing because of a result, those are things I can coach,” McDaniel said. McDaniel added he didn't see anything on the tape to suggest players weren't giving full effort, but he did see many instances of missed tackles because of straining and poor technique — not bringing their feet through the tackle — which got worse as the game went on. He also said players would have insisted he bench teammates if they were “loafing” or turning down assignments, which he indicated didn't happen. “I'm very aware that the narrative exists," McDaniel said, "and with absolute certainty, I know that the narrative will exist unless it changes. There’s one way to change it. And that’s winning a game against the New York Jets. "And you know what? People still might not call you tough. Cool. I take it very serious as a head coach to be responsible for things that can help to be accountable and to bring forth information that’s actually helpful, not finger pointing." Some Dolphins players disagreed with the notion the team isn't tough enough. “I guess we’ve got to prove it wrong," said defensive tackle Zach Sieler. “If people think that, we’ve got to go out there and beat it. I don’t think that’s the case. I think we play physically up front. I think we play physically all around. I think we’ve got to make sure we’re showing that on Sunday.” Miami placed backup cornerback Cam Smith on injured reserve after he dislocated his shoulder against Green Bay. The Dolphins also signed tackle Jackson Carman off the practice squad and signed cornerback Jason Maitre to the practice squad. ... Edge rushers Bradley Chubb and Cameron Goode practiced Wednesday for the first time this season, and McDaniel didn't rule out the possibility of one or both of them playing on Sunday. Chubb tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in Week 17 last season, and Goode ruptured a patella tendon in the season finale. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL

Universal Pictures has revealed that Christopher Nolan's next film will be The Odyssey, a 'mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology' that will be released in theaters on July 17, 2026. Nolan's The Odyssey will bring "Homer's foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time" and will be a retelling of the Ancient Greek epic poem that was first written in the 8th or 7th century BC. Christopher Nolan’s next film ‘The Odyssey’ is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.— Universal Pictures (@UniversalPics) December 23, 2024 For those unfamiliar, The Odyssey follows the journey of Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, who travels the world for 10 years in an attempt to get home after the Trojan War. 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WASHINGTON — As billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk praised Donald Trump at an October rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and awarded a $1 million check at a town hall in McKees Rocks later that month, he also helped former hedge fund CEO Dave McCormick oust long-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. That's according to U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who said Sunday that Musk's impact within Pennsylvania's borders went beyond Trump's victory in the most populous battleground state and affected the Senate race. "It's rare to have a surrogate that has a lot of fanboys and is very compelling to a lot of the demographic that we are losing in, in my party and in Pennsylvania," Fetterman said on ABC's "This Week. "I really believe that it mattered. We lost Bob Casey for 15,000 votes. And yeah, I'm sure he did move the needle. That's undeniable." He said Musk's impact went beyond that of a typical surrogate, like Fetterman was, campaigning for a favored candidate — even beyond the millions of dollars he spent on the presidential campaign. Musk contributed more than $235 million to his own super PAC, which funded a Pennsylvania statewide tour and a controversial $1 million-a-day giveaway. "Musk and I, we're in the business, surrogacy is part of it, and sometimes it really has much of an impact," Fetterman said. "But I knew that was going to be a special one ... an endorsement and an active one, and I'm not even talking about it as a checkbook." Fetterman also praised what he said was Trump's "singular political talent." "You know, he had the energy and almost a sense of fearlessness to just say all those kinds of things," he said "And people, it's undeniable that it has an entertaining aspect for that, too, and just if you're not afraid to say all of those things, or, and after you survived an assassination, you literally were shot in your head and had the presence of mind to respond, you know, 'fight, fight, fight.' " He said he disagreed with Vice President Kamala Harris' characterization of Trump, who tried to overturn the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden, as a "fascist." "That's her prerogative, I mean, but, but it's not a word that I would use," Fetterman said. "Because you put a lot of Democrats, especially in my state, that I know, and I happen to love people that are going to vote for Trump, and they are not fascists. And also fascism, that's not a word that regular people, you know, use, you know? I think people are going to decide who is the candidate that's going to protect and project, you know, my version of the American way of life, and that's what happened." Even as Fetterman was campaigning for Harris — saying he thought she would carry the state — he said there was no denying Trump's popularity among segments of Pennsylvania voters. "If you live in Pennsylvania and you spend time in 'red county' Pennsylvania, as much as I did, the support is astonishing," he said. "I mean, I was driving home from Indiana County at nine o'clock, and there was a Trump superstore on the side of a road, nine o'clock on Friday night, and people are buying swag. And then really, that really crystallized in, at the assassination, and that was in Butler County, Western Pennsylvania, fairly close to where I live. And the day or two later, you start seeing people wearing shirts with that iconic picture. And, you know, the energy and the anger and, it's like, wow, I really thought — in fact, I thought that might be ballgame." (c)2024 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Visit the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at www.post-gazette.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Trashing IRS won’t improve US tax code