gift code jili178 By RANDALL CHASE, Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has reaffirmed her ruling that Tesla must revoke Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick on Monday denied a request by attorneys for Musk and Tesla’s corporate directors to vacate her ruling earlier this year requiring the company to rescind the unprecedented pay package. McCormick also rejected an equally unprecedented and massive fee request by plaintiff attorneys , who argued that they were entitled to legal fees in the form of Tesla stock valued at more than $5 billion. The judge said the attorneys were entitled to a fee award of $345 million. The rulings came in a lawsuit filed by a Tesla stockholder who challenged Musk’s 2018 compensation package. McCormick concluded in January that Musk engineered the landmark pay package in sham negotiations with directors who were not independent. The compensation package initially carried a potential maximum value of about $56 billion, but that sum has fluctuated over the years based on Tesla’s stock price.Delaware judge reaffirms ruling that invalidated massive Tesla pay package for Elon Musk

In this episode of the Oncology Unplugged series, host Chandler Park, MD, a medical oncologist at Norton Cancer Institute in Louisville, Kentucky, spoke with Stephen Liu, MD, a thoracic oncologist and the Head of Developmental Therapeutics at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, DC, about advancements in EGFR -mutated non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and key clinical trials shaping the NSCLC treatment paradigm. Liu emphasized the importance of identifying patients with minimal residual disease (MRD) to better tailor therapy and reduce unnecessary treatment exposure. He noted ongoing research, such as efforts to develop personalized MRD markers, but acknowledged that current technologies remain suboptimal compared with advances seen in hematologic malignancies. The discussion also addressed emerging data from the phase 3 FLAURA2 trial (NCT04035486), which explored osimertinib (Tagrisso) combined with chemotherapy in the first-line metastatic EGFR -mutated NSCLC setting. Liu noted the improvement in progression-free survival with osimertinib plus chemotherapy vs osimertinib alone but raised questions about whether upfront combination therapy is superior to sequential treatment. He also highlighted the importance of preserving quality of life, noting that single-agent osimertinib allows patients more independence and less disruption to daily life compared with regimens requiring frequent infusions.

Texans' Tank Dell out for season after official injury diagnosisSt. John's bids to remain hot in clash vs. DelawareEl Salvador's Congress on Monday approved a bill promoted by President Nayib Bukele to roll back a ban on the mining of gold and other metals, dismaying environmentalists. The small Central American nation became the world's first country to outlaw metal mining in 2017, warning of the harmful effects of the chemicals used, like cyanide and mercury. The move by Bukele's predecessor, former left-wing rebel Salvador Sanchez Ceren, reflected a growing rejection of mining by rural communities in the region. But last month, Bukele, who is popular at home for his crackdown on street gangs, signaled that he wanted to change course. The bill to bring back metal mining was approved by 57 deputies out of a total of 60, said Ernesto Castro, head of the legislature -- which is dominated by the ruling party -- as environmental campaigners protested nearby. Critics fear that mining will pollute the Lempa River, which runs through a potential mining zone proposed by Bukele and supplies water to 70 percent of the inhabitants of the capital and surrounding areas. "This wretched mining will punish the people, it will contaminate our waters and rivers and that's an attack on life," activist Vidalina Morales told reporters. Bukele said last month that El Salvador, a country of 6.6 million people, had "potentially" the largest gold deposits per square kilometer in the world. "God placed a gigantic treasure underneath our feet," he wrote on social media, arguing that the mining ban was "absurd." "If we make responsible use of our natural resources, we can change the economy of El Salvador overnight," he said. The new law stipulates that the state will be the only entity authorized to search for, extract and process mined metals. However, the government may do so through companies in which it is a shareholder. The bill prohibits the use of mercury in mining operations, which may not be carried out in protected natural areas or places with important water sources. A survey by Central American University published on Monday revealed that 59 percent of respondents do not consider El Salvador "an appropriate country for metal mining." Since El Salvador dollarized its remittances-reliant economy in 2001, it has registered average annual growth of 2.1 percent. Twenty-seven percent of Salvadorans live in poverty, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and 70 percent of the workforce operates in the informal sector. Elsewhere in the region, Costa Rica and Honduras have banned open-pit mining, and Panama declared a moratorium on new mining concessions last year after mass protests over plans for a huge copper mine. ob/fj/dr/jgc

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Visits Southern Border to Trash Trump's Tariffs, Mass DeportationsWith the year-end holidays approaching, it is only fitting that former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari is being treated like a Christmas piñata by President Claudia Sheinbaum. During her Wednesday morning press conference, Sheinbaum was asked about a video in which Salinas declared, “My name is Carlos Salinas and I am unemployed.” Then, responding to a question, Salinas adds, “I’m not a pensioner because someone took away our pensions.” «Me llamo Carlos Salinas de Gortari y soy desempleado... Sí porque “pensionado” ya no, ahora que “alguien” nos quitó las pensiones.» dijo @CarlosGortari_ refiriéndose a que @lopezobrador_ les quitó las remuneraciones al terminar su sexenio. 💰 📹 @nexosmexico @GenuinaMedia pic.twitter.com/DXWr5Af2yy — PARI TV (@PARI__TV) December 4, 2024 Salinas was referring to the pension granted to ex-presidents, which was rescinded by Sheinbaum’s predecessor and mentor, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. When asked about this by a reporter, Sheinbaum admitted she had not seen the video before, but invited Salinas to “apply for a pension via the Welfare [Ministry].” During Thursday’s press conference, Salinas’s name was brought up again and Sheinbaum was ready with more put-downs , first insinuating that Salinas did not even qualify as an ex-president. “I don’t call him president,” Sheinbaum said, referring to the controversial 1988 election “Despite the differences I have with Fox, Fox won the presidency, but Salinas de Gortari arrived via electoral fraud. ” Sheinbaum piled on further. “He’s so unemployed, yes, so unemployed. But nobody’s ever seen him fly commercial,” she said of the ex-president, who lives in Spain. During his six-year term which ended on Sept. 30, López Obrador frequently used Salinas as a punching bag. The feud goes back even further, with the former often referring to the latter as “El Innombrable” (“The Unmentionable One”). In 2004 while López Obrador was mayor of Mexico City, leaked videos showed members of Salinas’inner circle taking bribes to finance the midterm elections. His chief-of-staff, finance minister and a borough president were implicated, and López Obrador accused Salinas of being behind the scheme. (An added bit of irony: The borough president arrested as a result of the 2004 video scandal was none other than Carlos Imaz, who was married to Sheinbaum at the time.) Salinas was also a constant thorn in his rival’s side during López Obrador’s first presidential campaigns (2006 and, 2012). A war of words erupted during the 2018 campaign after Salinas penned a critical op-ed in El País , warning the Mexican electorate about the dangers of populism. Earlier this year, López Obrador claimed Salinas was behind a damning report published in Pro Publica, in which Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Tim Golden cited a U.S. investigation into López Obrador’s links to drug cartels. So the fact that Salinas is again serving as a punching bag is no big surprise. However, the video that sparked this latest round of insults is over a year old. El Universal columnist Salvador García Soto said it was taken from an interview of Salinas conducted by the media group Nexos as part of its series on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The interview was conducted in the context of the 30th anniversary of NAFTA, which Salinas negotiated with former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Canada’s Brian Mulroney. Finally, the framing of the video as an abject former president whining about the elimination of his pension is ironic on two levels. Citing anonymous sources, García Soto reported that Salinas voluntarily canceled his pension in 2001. To be clear, of this there appears to be no prior reporting on the topic; the only former president to publicly decline the pension was Ernesto Zedillo (1994-2000). With reports from El Financiero , Serpientes y Escaleras , Pro Publica , La Jornada and Expansión Política

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WSU’s NIAR to work on mobile command centerWith county foe South Decatur in the gym Thursday, the Class 3A No. 1 Lady Pirates hit the hardwood looking for an eighth straight win to open the season. Greensburg jumped out to a 19-5 lead and cruised from there, winning 66-17. Greensburg opened the scoring with a lay-up by Greensburg’s Mylie Wilkison. A right-corner 3-pointer by Leah West pushed the lead to five. South got on the board with a left baseline jumper by Paige McQueen at the 5:22 mark of the first quarter. Greensburg went on a 10-0 run, all scored by Claire Larrison. Larrison had a drive to the bucket, a 3-pointer, a traditional three-point play and bucket off the Aly Powers assist in the run to extend Greensburg lead to 15-2. Following a South timeout, Paige McQueen completed a traditional three-point play to cut the deficit to 10. Greensburg closed the quarter with a bucket by West and rebound put-back by Wilkison to lead 19-5 after one quarter. Larrison’s rebound bucket got the Lady Pirates going in the second quarter. South answered with a bucket by Dalilah Martin. Another Larrison putback started a Greensburg 17-2 run. Wilkison followed with a short jumper and Powers scored on the fastbreak. West then found Wilkison on the break for a 29-7 Greensburg lead. South’s Martin scored to slow the run, but a left-wing 3-pointer by Wilkison was followed with a Mary Harmon fastbreak bucket off the Emma McQueen assist. Larrison’s assist to West capped the run with Greensburg on top 38-9. After a Taylor Somers free throw for South, Emma McQueen stole the ball and dished to Powers for the easy bucket. Four points from West around another Taylor Somers free throw ended the first half with Greensburg leading 45-11. The third quarter scoring started with a short jumper by South’s Taylor Somers. Buckets by Greensburg’s Powers and Larrison started the running clock for the remainder of the game. The Lady Pirates outscored South 16-3 in the third quarter and 5-3 in the fourth quarter en route to the win. For the game, Greensburg shot 53 percent from the field while South shot 19 percent. South was 0-for-3 from beyond the 3-point arc. The Lady Pirates connected on 7-of-16. The Lady Pirates forced 24 turnovers and committed 10 turnovers. For the Lady Pirates, Larrison led in scoring with 24 points. Wilkison was next with 17 followed by West 12, Powers six, Harmon four and Kahlen Adams three. Larrison had a team-high eight rebounds. Harmon dished out a team-high seven assists. For South, Paige McQueen had seven points. Martin and Taylor Somers both scored four points. Makayla Somers added two points, three assists and five rebounds. The 8-0 Lady Pirates travel to Evansville North Saturday to face No. 2 Silver Creek (6-0). Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. EST (1 p.m. CT). The Lady Cougars drop to 5-4 heading into Saturday’s home contest with 6-1 Oldenburg Academy. The junior varsity tip is set for noon. Oldenburg Academy 53 North Decatur 50 The Lady Twisters trailed visiting North Decatur for three quarters Thursday, but a 14-8 run in the fourth quarter rallied Oldenburg Academy to the 53-50 win. Oldenburg improves to 6-1 on the season. North falls to 5-2. After falling behind early 2-0, the Lady Chargers took a 4-2 lead and never trailed again in the first half. North led 14-11 after the first quarter and 31-24 at the half. OA outscored North 15-11 in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 42-39 heading to the final eight minutes where the Lady Twisters continued their rally. Madi Allen led the scoring for North with 17 points. Kelsey Haley scored nine points. Jo Whitaker and Carmen Thackery both had eight points. Ally Whitaker scored six points and Clare Kinker had two points. In the game, North hit 6-of-8 free throws. Oldenburg connected on just 4-of-13. The Lady Chargers are back in action Tuesday, hosting Class 2A No. 5 Eastern Hancock (8-0). The junior varsity Lady Chargers outscore OA 20-4 in the second half to post 31-24 the road win. Stats for North included Brynlee Green nine points, Sarah Moeller seven points, Jewel Verseman four points, Norah Amberger four points, Grace Nobbe three points, Brooklyn White two points, Libby Crawford two points and Jessie Biltz two rebounds.

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Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter , a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere. In The Lab, a performer going at a wall with a pick-axe during a concert might seem symbolic. After all, the Mission gallery and performance space has always supported artists who break down conventions in music and visual arts. But the demolition last September by Mission District sound artist Victoria Shen (aka Evicshen ) was more than a provocation. She was lending a hand to a remodel — an ongoing expansion that figures to transform the The Lab, an essential arts space, on the cusp of its fifth decade. As Mission Local reported last year , The Lab secured a new 12-year lease at its location in the Redstone Building, expanding into currently unused space. (The venue declined to rent that space when it relocated from its original location, at Bush and Divisadero, back in 1995.) When the wall Shen assaulted finally comes down, The Lab will encompass the entirety of the building’s main auditorium, says Andrew Smith, who succeeded Dena Beard as The Lab’s executive director last year. “We’re turning that back room, which was used as storage in recent years, into exhibition space, while inviting artists to play with that wall at the back in preparation for a major floor-plan remodel,” adds Smith. In doing so, they’ll restore the original footprint of the historic building, which was San Francisco’s Labor Temple, and dates to 1914. Further work on the wall will figure into The Lab’s 40th birthday celebration Saturday, Dec. 7, a party featuring food by veteran chef Leif Hedendal, an open bar, and a set by composer, vocalist and electronics artist Pamela Z . It’s something of a farewell performance before she heads off to Germany for much of 2025, as the recipient of a prestigious Berlin Prize Fellowship. No matter what happens across the country, Mission Local remains your source of in-depth San Francisco reporting . Now, more than ever, we're hoping you can support nonprofit, independent journalism in your community. We have $70,000 in matching gifts — double your donation today! Z plans to present a set of her solo works for voice and electronics. “I want to do something that plays with the site itself, and the wall that’s currently being demolished,” says Z, adding that she’ll including pieces that span the duration of her relationship with The Lab. Z has been associated with the space since the late 1980s, when she presented her first full evening performance there. As she’s honed her lapidary practice — sculpting sound in real time by looping her voice and triggering samples via an evolving array of bespoke gear — Z has returned to the The Lab again and again. For several years, she presented an avant revue “where I’d fill the evening with work by people from all different disciplines, segueing one to another,” says Z, who’s also served on The Lab’s board. There was her one-act opera, “Wonder Cabinet,” a collaboration with cellist Matthew Brubeck inspired by the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles “where we transformed the theater with scrims,” she recalls. But some of her most significant work at The Lab was far less publicized. For about a decade, starting in the early ‘90s, a series of grants from the California Arts Council funded a Lab residency for Z. When the venue moved to the Redstone Building, the program became a vital part of the Mission’s creative ecosystem. At first her sound and performance workshops were designed for at-risk youth, “and then low-income women, and then low-income residents of the Mission,” Z says. “A lot of interesting artists took those workshops. Choreographers left feeling they could make sound scores for their own performances, and they’d build these new works.” With about 10 people in each eight-week course, Z introduced Mission denizens to the ins and outs of sound production. Together, they worked in The Lab’s studio, set up by sound artist Ed Osborn, “a little room in the back with a computer station with Pro Tools and a midi keyboard,” she said. “I’d have the group meet once a week in the gallery, and each session I’d cover one thing: found text, timbre, Foley, and also talking about performance itself as an art form. Every week I’d give an assignment to create something, and the second half of the session they’d all present what they’d done.” More than a classroom, The Lab has also served as an incubator and host for events like the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival . Z was involved in creating that showcase, and in recent years it’s taken place at The Lab. “Especially in the last few years, we’ve been having other organizations come in and use the space,” Smith says. “That tends to fly under the radar. The American Indian Cultural District is in the space five or six times a year. We just did a big fashion show production with a trans Latina group .” In many ways, The Lab is a survivor from the city’s freewheeling past, when artists could afford rent with a part-time job and numerous storefront spaces provided environments in which creative endeavors could take shape. With the space’s future assured through at least 2036, Smith sees The Lab as vital foothold for experimental artists in the neighborhood. “A huge part of my decision to expand The Lab is to really lock down the space for public use,” he says. “It has been a really important resource for other Mission residents.” ’40 Years of the Lab (with Pamela Z)’ takes place at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at The Lab, 2948 16th St. Tickets ($17 and up) and more info here . For us at Mission Local, it brought a realization that while we can still be puzzled by this country and city, we can serve it best by covering it as journalists. Your support allowed us to bring you extensive election coverage in 2024 . Now, regardless of the national results, we’ll be following up on all of the promises that the winning candidates made here in San Francisco. Independent, nonprofit outlets like ours rely on your donations to make this happen. It is how we continue to do our job and expand our coverage every year. 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MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler will not play in the final two games of Miami’s ongoing road trip while recovering from illness, the team said Friday. That means Butler will not play Saturday at Atlanta or Sunday at Houston. The earliest he could play again is Wednesday at home against New Orleans. Butler hasn’t played since the first quarter of Miami’s Dec. 20 game against Oklahoma City, when he twisted an ankle, left the game and then was ruled out because of illness. Miami has played three games since without Butler, two because of the illness and then Thursday’s win in Orlando with him back in Miami conditioning for a return. He is not with the team on the road trip. The Heat said Thursday that they are not going to trade Butler, that announcement coming after ESPN, citing sources, said the six-time All-Star would prefer to be moved before the trade deadline on Feb. 6. Butler has not publicly expressed any desire to be traded. He is averaging 18.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.9 assists this season. ___ AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBAIsrael PM's shock blame for Aussie synagogue attackDOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has reaffirmed her ruling that Tesla must revoke Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick on Monday denied a request by attorneys for Musk and Tesla’s corporate directors to vacate her ruling earlier this year requiring the company to rescind the unprecedented pay package. McCormick also rejected an equally unprecedented and massive fee request by plaintiff attorneys , who argued that they were entitled to legal fees in the form of Tesla stock valued at more than $5 billion. The judge said the attorneys were entitled to a fee award of $345 million. The rulings came in a lawsuit filed by a Tesla stockholder who challenged Musk’s 2018 compensation package. McCormick concluded in January that Musk engineered the landmark pay package in sham negotiations with directors who were not independent. The compensation package initially carried a potential maximum value of about $56 billion, but that sum has fluctuated over the years based on Tesla’s stock price. Following the court ruling, Tesla shareholders met in June and ratified Musk’s 2018 pay package for a second time, again by an overwhelming margin. Defense attorneys then argued that the second vote makes clear that Tesla shareholders, with full knowledge of the flaws in the 2018 process that McCormick pointed out, were adamant that Musk is entitled to the pay package. They asked the judge to vacate her order directing Tesla to rescind the pay package. McCormick, who seemed skeptical of the defense arguments during an August hearing, said in Monday’s ruling that those arguments were fatally flawed. “The large and talented group of defense firms got creative with the ratification argument, but their unprecedented theories go against multiple strains of settled law,” McCormick wrote in a 103-page opinion. The judge noted, among other things, that a stockholder vote standing alone cannot ratify a conflicted-controller transaction. “Even if a stockholder vote could have a ratifying effect, it could not do so here due to multiple, material misstatements in the proxy statement,” she added. Meanwhile, McCormick found that the $5.6 billion fee request by the shareholder’s attorneys, which at one time approached $7 billion based on Tesla’s trading price, went too far. “In a case about excessive compensation, that was a bold ask,” McCormick wrote. Attorneys for the Tesla shareholder argue that their work resulted in the “massive” benefit of returning shares to Tesla that otherwise would have gone to Musk and diluted the stock held by other Tesla investors. They value that benefit at $51.4 billion, using the difference between the stock price at the time of McCormick’s January ruling and the strike price of some 304 million stock options granted to Musk. While finding that the methodology used to calculate the fee request was sound, the judge noted that the Delaware’s Supreme Court has noted that fee award guidelines “must yield to the greater policy concern of preventing windfalls to counsel.” “The fee award here must yield in this way, because $5.6 billion is a windfall no matter the methodology used to justify it,” McCormick wrote. A fee award of $345 million, she said, was “an appropriate sum to reward a total victory.” The fee award amounts to almost exactly half the current record $688 million in legal fees awarded in 2008 in litigation stemming from the collapse of Enron.

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Aston Villa denied last-gasp winner in Juventus stalemate(The Center Square) – Paula Scanlan is hopeful the narrative around gender ideology is shifting, especially as Republicans prepare for majorities in both chambers of the 119th Congress and a seat in the White House. “I am hopeful that with the majorities now that we will be able to get across the finish line,” Scanlan told The Center Square on Thursday, speaking of more legislation on the way to protect women's spaces. “Obviously, this goes beyond sports ... So ideally, I think that the biggest thing would be to federally pass something that says this is what a woman is.” Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. Error! There was an error processing your request. Get the latest need-to-know information delivered to your inbox as it happens. Our flagship newsletter. Get our front page stories each morning as well as the latest updates each afternoon during the week + more in-depth weekend editions on Saturdays & Sundays.

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DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has reaffirmed her ruling that Tesla must revoke Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick on Monday denied a request by attorneys for Musk and Tesla’s corporate directors to vacate her ruling earlier this year requiring the company to rescind the unprecedented pay package. McCormick also rejected an equally unprecedented and massive fee request by plaintiff attorneys , who argued that they were entitled to legal fees in the form of Tesla stock valued at more than $5 billion. The judge said the attorneys were entitled to a fee award of $345 million. The rulings came in a lawsuit filed by a Tesla stockholder who challenged Musk’s 2018 compensation package. McCormick concluded in January that Musk engineered the landmark pay package in sham negotiations with directors who were not independent. The compensation package initially carried a potential maximum value of about $56 billion, but that sum has fluctuated over the years based on Tesla’s stock price. Following the court ruling, Tesla shareholders met in June and ratified Musk’s 2018 pay package for a second time, again by an overwhelming margin. Defense attorneys then argued that the second vote makes clear that Tesla shareholders, with full knowledge of the flaws in the 2018 process that McCormick pointed out, were adamant that Musk is entitled to the pay package. They asked the judge to vacate her order directing Tesla to rescind the pay package. McCormick, who seemed skeptical of the defense arguments during an August hearing, said in Monday’s ruling that those arguments were fatally flawed. “The large and talented group of defense firms got creative with the ratification argument, but their unprecedented theories go against multiple strains of settled law,” McCormick wrote in a 103-page opinion. The judge noted, among other things, that a stockholder vote standing alone cannot ratify a conflicted-controller transaction. “Even if a stockholder vote could have a ratifying effect, it could not do so here due to multiple, material misstatements in the proxy statement,” she added. Meanwhile, McCormick found that the $5.6 billion fee request by the shareholder’s attorneys, which at one time approached $7 billion based on Tesla’s trading price, went too far. “In a case about excessive compensation, that was a bold ask,” McCormick wrote. Attorneys for the Tesla shareholder argue that their work resulted in the “massive” benefit of returning shares to Tesla that otherwise would have gone to Musk and diluted the stock held by other Tesla investors. They value that benefit at $51.4 billion, using the difference between the stock price at the time of McCormick’s January ruling and the strike price of some 304 million stock options granted to Musk. While finding that the methodology used to calculate the fee request was sound, the judge noted that the Delaware’s Supreme Court has noted that fee award guidelines “must yield to the greater policy concern of preventing windfalls to counsel.” “The fee award here must yield in this way, because $5.6 billion is a windfall no matter the methodology used to justify it,” McCormick wrote. A fee award of $345 million, she said, was “an appropriate sum to reward a total victory.” The fee award amounts to almost exactly half the current record $688 million in legal fees awarded in 2008 in litigation stemming from the collapse of Enron.India Made Major Drone Tech Progress In 6 Years: Surveyor General

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In the final days of the 2024 calendar, there's a lot to look forward to in the sports world in 2025. Field Level Media surveyed writers and editors in its network to come up with 25 to watch in the New Year. Bill Belichick, head coach, North Carolina After 333 career NFL wins and 29 years as a head coach, Belichick had the year off in 2024 and admitted he couldn't sit still. He'll be 73 in April before his first season as a head coach at the college level with North Carolina. Universally recognized as one of the all-time great coaches in any sport, "Chapel Bill" adapts his no-nonsense Patriot Way to the college game. Belichick crashes into the Atlantic Coast Conference escorted by intrigue because of his trophy-collecting success with the Patriots followed by a dismal run without Tom Brady. Cameron and Cayden Boozer, Columbus High School (Miami) The twin sons of former Duke and NBA standout Carlos Boozer, Cameron and Cayden Boozer are five-star recruits with hooper bloodlines. Cayden is a pass-first point guard and Cameron has top-pick draft stock down the road. The twins are seniors in high school headed to Durham as freshmen next season. For now, they're stars on the same Columbus (Fla.) prep team. Caitlin Clark, guard, Indiana Fever Snubbed for the Olympic team and given stay-in-your-lane treatment but a segment of the WNBA upon arrival to the Fever, it didn't take Clark long to raise her game and serve the rest of the league an exclamatory reply. Indiana went from WNBA worst to the playoffs in one season, piloted by Clark's scoring, passing and playmaking all while lifting all boats in the league due to a level of popularity last attained by the American cheeseburger. What's in store in her second season? Clark has a new coach and the ball squarely in her hands for Indiana, no doubt entering the 2025 schedule with a few remaining doubters in mind. Bryson DeChambeau, LIV Golf DeChambeau further stamped his status as one of the best in the game with a second U.S. Open win, picking up the monumental win at Pinehurst but there's an equal chance you -- or your children -- are more familiar with DeChambeau as a social media and streaming legend. He played epic rounds with Tom Brady and President-elect Donald Trump, and he had weekenders of all ages tracking his 16-day stretch trying for a hole-in-one -- over the top of his Dallas residence. It's all part of the tidal wave of energy and success pushing DeChambeau to the top of the heap in pro golf. Novak Djokovic, ATP Tour Arguably the GOAT in men's tennis, Djokovic will aim to prove he isn't washed up. The 37-year-old Serbian finished 2024 ranked seventh in the world, his lowest year-end placement since 2006, and he won just one tournament in 2024 -- his lowest total since before he won his first two titles in 2005. Djokovic reached the final at Wimbledon for his best major result of the year, but a third-round crash out of the U.S. Open prompted questions about whether Father Time is finally returning serve. He recently announced that he will team with recently retired rival Andy Murray as his coach for the Australian Open, so the Scot will be charged with helping Djokovic add to his record haul of 24 major singles championships. Cooper Flagg, forward, Duke From high school hoops phenom to the next great one produced by the Blue Devils, Flagg is on a course for All-American status as a true freshman and has been pegged among favorites for the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. Flagg opened eyes at the USA Olympic scrimmages before the 2024 Summer Games and has size, skill and upside some have compared to perennial NBA All-Star Kevin Durant. Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame As a freshman, Hidalgo announced herself as the next great player for Notre Dame women's basketball by leading the Irish to an ACC Tournament title and claiming a First Team All-America nod. In the first half of this season, she's making a strong case for the National Player of the Year award by playing masterfully in big games. Heading into play Friday, Hidalgo owns the nation's second-best scoring average this season at 25.8 points per game while also leading the country in steals and helping the Irish defeat some of the marquee programs in the sport, including UConn, Southern California and Texas. With a sharp shot, smooth handle, wicked speed and first-class defensive instincts, Hidalgo aims to power Notre Dame to its first Final Four in six years. Carson Hocevar, NASCAR A runaway Rookie of the Year winner in 2024, Hocevar's star has been rising for a few years. Now the NASCAR world is bracing for what's around the next turn. With growing Spire Motorsports behind him and a year of Cup Series experience under his belt, his peers aren't ruling out his first career win and much -- much -- more in 2025 among a group of rising talents in the sport that includes Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell and Chase Elliott. LeBron James, forward, Los Angeles Lakers King James turns 40 on Monday. And if you've spotted him on the court during a remarkable career that began with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003, he doesn't look a day over 30. James claimed his fourth career gold meal in the Paris Olympics over the summer, and the four-time NBA MVP remains locked in on claiming a fifth NBA title. Slowed by a foot injury in early December, there's still time to see James and appreciate his greatness but only he knows when to expect a final bow. Flau'jae Johnson, guard, LSU You might not know Johnson, but your kids probably do. She's a recording artist and popular rapper with NIL deals fronting for Puma, Taco Bell, JBL and more. Johnson is averaging 20 points per game as a junior in a breakout season everyone in Baton Rouge saw coming. Johnson is a tenacious defender and vastly improved 3-point shooter who helps the Tigers make certain they'll be part of the race to the finish in the Southeastern Conference. Nelly Korda, LPGA If you watched any LPGA event in 2024, there's a pretty solid chance you watched Korda contend and a good bet she ended the final round with a trophy. Korda won seven times and the 26-year-old bagged a second major title and 11 finishes in the top 10. She separated from the rest of the world much the same way Scottie Scheffler did on the PGA Tour, and begins the 2025 season as the Player of the Year and World No. 1 by a wide margin. Katie Ledecky, swimming Speaking of primes and, well, GOATs - the label no longer seems sufficient for Ledecky. At the Paris Olympics, she became the most decorated American female Olympian ever with nine career gold medals, tying her with Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina (1956-64) for most all-time among women. In Paris, she won her signature 800-meter freestyle event for the fourth straight Olympics and she also won gold in the 1500 freestyle for the second time. Ledecky also won a silver and a bronze to raise her total medal count to 14, another American female record. Part of Ledecky's appeal is modesty that isn't always found in someone with her wheelbarrow full of accomplishments. In a recent TV interview, the possibility of Ledecky participating in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles was brought up and the ego-free Ledecky said, "I hope so. I have to qualify first." Patrick Mahomes, quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs Not for the first time, but Mahomes is doing Tom Brady things and climbing into the GOAT conversation rung-by-rung at the ripe young age of 29. Racking up wins if not immortal statistics in 2024, Mahomes has the Chiefs in position to three-peat as Super Bowl champions and place a "4x" on his bio line as Lombardi Trophy and Super Bowl MVP winner in February. Brady's fourth of seven rings came at age 36 in the "Malcolm Butler game," beating the Seattle Seahawks to wrap the 2014 season. The Chiefs locked up the No. 1 seed and first-round bye in the AFC, meaning he's three wins from another Super Bowl opportunity. Connor McDavid, forward, Edmonton Oilers A runner-up Stanley Cup finish did nothing to diminish McDavid's standing among the best in the league, or shift his path from joining the all-time greats of the game. Because of his playmaking ability and skill, there are few present-day peers in McDavid's class. He had 132 total points -- 100 assists -- in 2023-24 and is back among league leaders again this season. Lionel Messi, forward, Inter Miami He's getting up in age but Messi, 37, still can mesmerize opponents and thrill fans across the world, all while trying to bring Inter Miami an elusive MLS Cup. The Herons set the league mark for points but were stunningly ousted by Atlanta United in the playoffs to put a damper on a season that saw him named the MLS MVP after posting 36 goal contributions (20 goals, 16 assists) in only 19 league matches because of injuries and Copa America duty for Argentina. Shohei Ohtani, OF-DH-SP, Los Angeles Dodgers What does the first 50-50 player in MLB history do for an encore? He's ready to get back to being a dominant two-way player as a right-handed starter at the front of the rotation after resting his surgically repaired, possibly bionic, throwing arm to recover from UCL surgery. Ohtani is 38-19 in 86 career starts with the Angels from 2018-2023. In 2022, he was 15-9 with 219 strikeouts and a 2.33 ERA in 28 starts. Riqui Puig, midfielder, Los Angeles Galaxy Of course, Messi dominates any conversation but Puig, the 25-year-old from Spain, could be the new face of the league after his Hollywood-like performance in the Western Conference final vs. the Seattle Sounders when he sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the second half. He continued playing and assisted the winning goal in the 85th minute of the 1-0 victory. Although he was unable to play when the Galaxy captured the MLS Cup the following week, it didn't diminish his 2024 season in which he had 37 goal contributions (17 goals, 20 assists) in 36 matches across all competitions, including four goals and four assists in four MLS postseason matches. Alex Pereira, UFC light heavyweight champion Boogeyman at middleweight, consistent presence in UFC main events in the light heavyweight division. Pereira had a perfect year, finishing Jamahal Hill, Jiri Prochazka and Khalil Rountree Jr., all considered top-shelf challengers. Entering 2025, Pereira can move up to heavyweight to challenge the winner of Jon Jones' next fight, likely against Tom Aspinall, or remain at 205 pounds to test Magomed Ankalaev. Deion Sanders, head coach, Colorado Coach Prime might not be planning to bow out of Boulder yet -- he insists he's committed to being at Colorado after a two-year stint -- but the NFL is looming with up to 10 coaching vacancies expected in the early days of the 2025 calendar. Sanders would energize a fan base and has a track record of winning while developing talent with name-value assistants. If his gold jacket and Hall of Fame credentials don't take him back to the pro game, it's also worth considering the coffers at top-brand college football programs are sure to be ready to knock, too. Scottie Scheffler, PGA Tour Rare company lines Scheffler's resume, and he rips into 2025 as the three-time defending PGA Tour Player of the Year. Only Tiger Woods had won three in a row before Scheffler chewed up the competition in 2024 with a top-10 finish 16 times in 19 starts, another Masters win -- his second -- plus an Olympic gold medal and seven Tour wins. It was the best single-season based on results since Tiger's eight-win 2006 season. Paul Skenes, pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates A sophomore sensation would be one thing. Captaining the Pirates all the way to the playoffs would be another. It isn't often baseball's most hyped prospect lives up to the bloated billing. But it took Skenes just two starts to demonstrate he might already be the best pitcher in the game. When's the last time a rookie went 11-3 with a 1.96 ERA? It was so long ago, Dave Brown was pitching for a team called the Chicago American Giants of the Negro National League in 1920. Fernando Mania has nothing on this guy, and if he doubles down with a postseason pass, he'll own more than the keys to the city of Pittsburgh. Oleksandr Usyk, WBO, WBA, WBC heavyweight champion Following back-to-back wins against Tyson Fury, Usyk has leverage few heavyweight champions have had in several decades. Defeating the opponent who many boxing pundits felt was the division's best, Usyk is set on beating IBF champion Daniel Dubois if Dubois gets through Joseph Parker in his next fight. JuJu Watkins, guard, Southern California Watkins is the engine behind the Trojans and gives USC a chance to reach the Final Four after a regional final loss to UConn stopped their run last March. The sophomore All-American point guard already avenged that loss and is doing better-than-Caitlin Clark things through her first 45 college games with averages of 26.5 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists. Victor Wembanyama, forward, San Antonio Spurs The top pick in the 2023 NBA Draft made himself comfortable in San Antonio and his ascent to the league mantle might not take as long as expected. The Spurs' All-Star hit Christmas Day with the Spurs (15-15) in contention for a playoff spot. He was averaging 25.4 points, 10.2 rebounds, 4.0 blocks and 3.9 assists per game. He's the early frontrunner for Defensive Player of the Year, swiping 10 blocks in a blowout of the Portland Trail Blazers before a 42-point, 18-rebound showing on Christmas Day in a 117-114 loss to the New York Knicks. With talent developing around him, including 2024 first-rounder Stephon Castle, the Spurs are not a team anyone wants to see coming in the playoffs. --Field Level Media

BOISE — During the holiday season, online criminals increasingly target Idahoans through online scams and fraud schemes. Today, U.S. attorney Josh Hurwit, along with the FBI, the Fort Hall Police Department, the Bannock County prosecuting attorney’s and sheriff’s offices, the Bonneville County prosecuting attorney’s and sheriff’s offices, the Idaho Falls Police Department and the Pocatello Police Department, announced their joint Don’t Click December consumer protection campaign. The AARP is also participating in the announcement and the awareness campaign. The campaign advises members of the public to exercise skepticism and caution when receiving unsolicited online, email, pop-up, or text communications from unknown or unverified sources. If there is any doubt about a link, message or attachment, law enforcement cautions, “Don’t click it.” As part of the campaign, the U.S. attorney’s office, the FBI, and their partners will release a public service announcement each week in December leading up to Christmas. In the first PSA, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJzOh0RDGjw&feature=youtu.be , FBI Special Agent in Charge Shohini Sinha, Fort Hall Police Chief Pat Teton, and U.S. attorney Josh Hurwit introduce Don’t Click December and explain some of the ways in which individuals can be targeted. Three additional PSAs will alert the public to common online fraud schemes that Idaho law enforcement has seen affect Idahoans. These schemes are: — “QR” scam: This scam targets individuals through corrupt or fictitious QR codes. Often the scammer will email or text a scam QR code in an attempt to trick you. They may even cover up a legitimate QR code with their own corrupted code with the goal of getting you to visit a bogus website that can steal your information if you log in. Always verify with the restaurant or business if you suspect a QR code is suspicious. — “Pig butchering” scam: In this cryptocurrency investment fraud scam, known as “pig butchering,” victims usually receive communications asking them to deposit money into financial investments using cryptocurrency. After an initial investment, victims receive further communications with a fake account report showing financial gains in order to get them to invest more, but the investments are fake, and all the money is under the control of criminals who ultimately steal the victims’ investments. If you are contacted about an investment opportunity by someone you don’t know through social media, text or dating sites, don’t click it. If the message appears to be from an investment company you actually invest with, check the email address to verify it is from the company you’ve invested with. — “Tech support” scam: In this scam, criminals impersonate technology, banking or government officials to convince victims to share personal information. You could get a pop-up on your computer indicating your accounts have been hacked and to call a number. But that number goes to the scammer who tries to manipulate you to gain access to your computer or accounts and takes your money to fix a non-existent problem. If you get such a request, don’t click it. Government entities and legitimate businesses will never call you or send unsolicited pop-up messages to ask for access to your computer. Unfortunately, these are not the only schemes affecting the public, and new schemes arise all the time. Law enforcement hopes that the Don’t Click December consumer protection campaign will raise public awareness and encourage individuals to talk to their friends and relatives about not clicking suspicious links, texts, messages, pop-ups or attachments. “We have witnessed many Idahoans lose their hard-earned money or their entire retirement savings to online scams. And, sadly, this type of crime tends to spike during the holiday season,” said U.S. attorney Hurwit. “But, together, we can reduce the risks by talking with each other about how to avoid such scams, and I’m grateful to our law enforcement partners and the AARP for joining us in the Don’t Click December campaign. We also encourage Idahoans to report any scams as soon as possible so that law enforcement can investigate and we can bring these vicious online criminals to justice.” “According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, Idahoans lost more than $33 million to various scams last year,” said Special Agent in Charge Shohini Sinha of the Salt Lake City FBI. “As we shop, bank and stay connected online, it’s important to be alert and aware of internet‐enabled crime. The FBI is proud to partner with our law enforcement partners to share these important safety messages to keep you and your money safe, especially during the busy holiday season.” “We are pleased to join with our partners to raise awareness about online fraud targeting our citizens. If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. If you’re not familiar with it, don’t click on it,” said Pocatello Police Chief Roger Schei. “Increases in technology, especially the use of AI, and the complexity of criminal organizations is making it more challenging for Idahoans to avoid the criminals who want to defraud them,” said AARP Idaho State Director Lupe Wissel. “This initiative is a great way for Idahoans to share information with their friends, family and neighbors to help keep everyone safe from scammers.” The U.S. attorney’s office and its law enforcement partners recognize that we all must work to eliminate the stigma individuals may experience if they are victimized. There is no shame in falling victim to an online scheme, which are often designed by professional criminals, sophisticated and tested repeatedly across the country. For this reason, the Don’t Click December consumer protection campaign also publicizes ways to report scams and incidents of fraud to the FBI and local law enforcement. To learn more about these and other scams targeting Americans, visit FBI.gov , and if you believe you have been victimized, take action by reporting it to FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at IC3.gov or by contacting your local law enforcement agency.